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Sport, Society, and Anti-Doping Policy: An Ethical Overview

Andrew Bloodworth Orcid Logo, Michael McNamee Orcid Logo

Acute Topics in Anti-Doping, Volume: 62, Pages: 177 - 185

Swansea University Authors: Andrew Bloodworth Orcid Logo, Michael McNamee Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1159/000460748

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The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the philosophical and ethical underpinnings of anti-doping policy. The nature of sport and its gratuitous logic is explored. The doping rules in sport, such as the Prohibited List, are ways of drawing a line to facilitate a certain sort of com...

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Published in: Acute Topics in Anti-Doping
ISBN: 978-3-318-06043-0 978-3-318-06044-7
ISSN: 0254-5020 1662-2812
Published: S. Karger AG 2017
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34545
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Abstract: The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the philosophical and ethical underpinnings of anti-doping policy. The nature of sport and its gratuitous logic is explored. The doping rules in sport, such as the Prohibited List, are ways of drawing a line to facilitate a certain sort of competition. Sports can be understood as a means of testing the natural physical abilities of the athlete, combined with the hard work they put into improving their performance. A test promoted by the anti-doping laws. Permitting certain forms of performance enhancement would threaten the special nature of such a test. Doping can be seen as a threat to the integrity of sport, not just because of the rule breaking doping currently entails. The chapter explores the ethical issues that arise with such forms of enhancement, such as fairness, harms to health, and indeed a refusal to accept human limitations. Finally, the criteria upon which a substance or method may be prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is addressed. The 3-part criteria, concerning (1) enhancement, (2) health, and (3) the spirit of sport are described, and literature that takes a critical line is addressed. Particular reference is made to the public health agenda explicit within anti-doping policy.
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Start Page: 177
End Page: 185

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