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dc.contributor.authorMeshki, Rand
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-09T16:26:20Z
dc.date.available2011-09-09T16:26:20Z
dc.date.issued2011-09-09
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/3399
dc.description.abstractGene doping is the most recent addition to the list of banned practices formulated by the World Anti-doping Agency. It is a subset of doping that utilizes the technology involved in gene therapy. The latter is still in the experimental phase but has the potential to be used as a type of medical treatment involving alterations of a patient‘s genes. I apply a pragmatic form of ethical inquiry to evaluate the application of this medical innovation in the context of sport for performance-enhancement purposes and how it will affect sport, the individual, society and humanity at large. I analyze the probable ethical implications that will emerge from such procedures in terms of values that lie at the heart of the major arguments offered by scholars on both affirmative and opposing sides of the debate on gene doping, namely fairness, autonomy and the conception of what it means to be human.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjectGene Doping, Performance-Enhancement, Pragmatic Ethicsen_US
dc.titleA Pragmatic Approach to Ethical Inquiry on Transhuman Athletes and Gene Doping in Sporten_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameM.A. Applied Health Sciencesen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentApplied Health Sciences Programen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Applied Health Sciencesen_US
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