Athletic enhancement, human nature and ethics : threats and opportunities of doping technologies / / Jan Tolleneer, Sigrid Sterckx, Pieter Bonte, editors
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| Titolo: |
Athletic enhancement, human nature and ethics : threats and opportunities of doping technologies / / Jan Tolleneer, Sigrid Sterckx, Pieter Bonte, editors
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| Pubblicazione: | Dordrecht [Netherlands] ; ; New York, : Springer, 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 174.9796 |
| Soggetto topico: | Doping in sports |
| Drug abuse | |
| Ethics | |
| Sports medicine | |
| Altri autori: |
TolleneerJ (Jan)
SterckxSigrid
BontePieter
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. Conceptual and theoretical framework -- pt. 2. Transgressing the limits of human nature -- pt. 3. The normative value of human nature -- pt. 4. Socio-cultural and empirical approaches -- pt. 5. Practices and policies. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Athletic enhancement, human nature and ethics |
| ISBN: | 94-007-5101-X |
| 1-283-93591-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910438333703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, . 1567-8008 ; ; 52