The book provides an in-depth discussion on the human nature concept from different perspectives and from different disciplines, analyzing its use in the doping debate and researching its normative overtones. The relation between natural talent and enhanced abilities is scrutinized within a proper conceptual and theoretical framework: is doping to be seen as a factor of the athlete’s dehumanization or is it a tool to fulfill his/her aspirations to go faster, higher and stronger? Which characteristics make sports such a peculiar subject of ethical discussion and what are the, both intrinsic and extrinsic, moral dangers and opportunities involved in athletic enhancement? This volume combines fundamental philosophical anthropological reflection with applied ethics and socio-cultural and empirical approaches. Furthermore guidelines will be presented to decision- and policy-makers on local, national and international levels. Zooming in on the intrinsic issue of what is valuable about our homo sapiens biological condition, this volume devotes only scant attention to the specific issue of natural talent and why such talent is appreciated so differently than biotechnological origins of ability. In addition, specific aspects of sports such as its competitive nature and its direct display of bodily prowess provide good reason to single out the issue of natural athletic talent for sustained ethical scrutiny.
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.12.2012

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Tolleneer, Jan; Sterckx, Sigrid; Bonte, Pieter

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International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine, v. 52, Dordrecht ; New York, ©2013

International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine, vol. 52, Dordrecht, ©2013

International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 2012

Springer Nature, Dordrecht, 2013

Netherlands, Netherlands

Dec 07, 2012

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Source title: AthleticEnhancement, Human Nature and Ethics: Threats and Opportunities of Doping Technologies (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine)

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: Human Nature as a Promising Concept to Make Sense of the Spirit of Sport....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Self, Other, Play, Display and Humanity: Development of a Five-Level Model for the Analysis of Ethical Arguments in the Athletic Enhancement Debate....Pages 21-43
Is Human Enhancement Unnatural and Would This Be an Ethical Problem?....Pages 45-57
Dignified Doping: Truly Unthinkable? An Existentialist Critique of ‘Talentocracy’ in Sports....Pages 59-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Subhuman, Superhuman, and Inhuman: Human Nature and the Enhanced Athlete....Pages 89-103
Prometheus on Dope: A Natural Aim for Improvement or a Hubristic Drive to Mastery?....Pages 105-123
Outliers, Freaks, and Cheats: Constituting Normality in the Age of Enhancement....Pages 125-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Doping Use As an Artistic Crime: On Natural Performances and Authentic Art....Pages 149-162
Something from Nothing or Nothing from Something? Performance-Enhancing Drugs, Risk, and the Natures of Contest and of Humans....Pages 163-183
Transhuman Athletes and Pathological Perfectionism: Recognising Limits in Sports and Human Nature....Pages 185-198
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
“Definitely Not for Women”: An Online Community’s Reflections on Women’s Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs in Recreational Sports....Pages 201-218
Toward a Situated and Dynamic Understanding of Doping Behaviors....Pages 219-235
Restoring or Enhancing Athletic Bodies: Oscar Pistorius and the Threat to Pure Performance....Pages 237-251
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Sports Physicians, Human Nature, and the Limits of Medical Enhancement....Pages 255-270
Anti-doping Policies: Choosing Between Imperfections....Pages 271-289
A Simple Regulatory Principle for Performance-Enhancing Technologies: Too Good to Be True?....Pages 291-310
Back Matter....Pages 311-315

The book provides an in-depth discussion on the human nature concept from different perspectives and from different disciplines, analyzing its use in the doping debate and researching its normative overtones. The relation between natural talent and enhanced abilities is scrutinized within a proper conceptual and theoretical framework: is doping to be seen as a factor of the athlete's dehumanization or is it a tool to fulfill his/her aspirations to go faster, higher and stronger? Which characteristics make sports such a peculiar subject of ethical discussion and what are the, both intrinsic and extrinsic, moral dangers and opportunities involved in athletic enhancement? This volume combines fundamental philosophical anthropological reflection with applied ethics and socio-cultural and empirical approaches. Furthermore it presents guidelines to decision- and policy-makers on local, national and international levels

2013-10-27