“Aretism” and Pharmacological Ergogenic Aids in Sport: Taking a Shot at the Use of Steroids

Holowchak, M. Andrew

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“…They both, however, relate to what is untouched by Kant's categories, although the thing in itself is not necessarily unconceivable in terms of the categories. 31 Despite philosophical arguments that to some extent defend doping and the application of gene technology to sport (45; 71; 72), it is still true that as modern sport is currently (and has always been) structured, both in rules and spirit, these practices are in contravention of the way sports "should" be played. This point is essential to understanding the contradiction to which bad faith provides a flawed solution.…”

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“…Also, the application of technology to improve performance has reached the point where many practices do not conform to the spirit of the sport, which is enshrined in ideas such as fair play and the level playing field. 31 An emphasis on performance in the context of competition, quantification, and records cannot but lead to bad faith in many cases when the rules of sport embody principles such as fair play and a level playing field.…”

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The Paradox of Bad Faith and Elite Competitive Sport

Culbertson¹

2005

Journal of the Philosophy of Sport

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Within the philosophy of sport considerable attention has been given to the practices employed by elite athletes to improve performance. For example, Schneider and Butcher (66) and Tamburrini (71), along with many others, have tackled the issue of the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport 1 ; Munthe (51; 52), Tamburrini (72), and Miah (43;44;45) have considered the potential role of genetic modification in performance enhancement; and Loland (38; 39) has addressed the logic of progress that underlies both elite sport and the performanceenhancement practices that it generates.Although each of these deals with a specific issue, Hoberman (29; 30) provided an early, and largely successful, attempt to produce an overview of what we might refer to as "the technological attitude to the elite sporting body." 2 Hoberman is critical of the practices of sport science (particularly sport psychology) and sports medicine. He regards the performance principle in elite sport as motivating a technological attitude to the sporting body that treats the body as a machine (the notion of "mortal engines"). This attitude manifests itself in practices such as the use of performance-enhancing drugs, genetic modification, 3 and extreme training. This results in an alienation of the athlete from his or her body. Hoberman's analysis does, however, tend toward an ideological account and in doing so neglects to consider any possible self-deception on the part of athletes that might accompany the adoption of the role of an elite competitor. This article will focus on that selfdeception, treating it as a motivated project by considering the Sartrean notion of "bad faith" (mauvaise foi) (61: pp. 47-70).The central thesis here is that there are elements of the structure and practice of "record sports" and "quasi-record sports" (39: p. 128) that facilitate or promote self-deception to a greater degree than most other social practices. 4 This article is concerned with self-deception on the part of athletes. It is possible that sport facilitates self-deception among spectators, but that is beyond the scope of this discussion. I begin by considering Hoberman's account of the technologizing of the elite sporting body as a means of both contextualizing and clarifying the problem of self-deception in relation to the performance-enhancement practices in much elite competitive sport. Having identified a concern, I then consider Sartre's approach to bad faith before addressing the possibility of avoiding bad faith in elite sport and the possible implications of such avoidance. I then locate bad faith within elite Downloaded by [University of Western Ontario] at 23:55 17 November 2014 CULBERTSON 66 sport. Finally, I argue that record sports and quasirecord sports are especially fertile grounds for self-deception.In all the work cited in the first paragraph, a central concern is the ethical issues raised by performance-enhancement practices in elite sport. This article does not attempt to explicitly deal with questions of ethics. This is not to den...

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The Paradox of Bad Faith and Elite Competitive Sport

Culbertson¹

2005

Journal of the Philosophy of Sport

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“…S time je usko povezano i pitanje količine pojedinaca koji su spremni na izlaganje opasnim zdravstvenim rizicima, na način kako liberalisti to zastupaju. 81 Budućnost rješenja za dopinško pitanje, unutar predloženog trećeg puta, Morgan vidi u zajednicama koje naziva participatorna demokracija. U bu dućnosti takve zajednice bi mogle odlučiti da će se, primjerice, izvrsnost u određenom sportu uspješnije postići uz pomoć određenih tvari poput steroida i amfetamina jer će, primjerice, pomoći sportašima da se brže rekuperiraju na kon natjecanja i treninga te time dobiti veću šansu za usavršavanje, na način na koji to zajednica podupire.…”

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Ethics of Doping in Sports: Two Contrasting Perspectives

Škerbić

2016

Filoz. istraž.

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Sažetak Autor postavlja tezu da je za etiku sporta problem dozvole ili zabrane dopinga u sportu ne rješivo pitanje, kao i s time usko povezano definiranje pojma dopinga. Stoga, da bi dokazao UvodProblematiziranje dopinga u sportu unutar diskursa filozofije i etike sporta započelo je člankom W. M. Browna pod naslovom »Ethics, Drugs and Sport« u časopisu Journal of the Philosophy of Sport (god. 7 (1, 1980.) , dalje: JPS).Od tada, doping (p)ostaje jedna od dominantnih tema unutar discipline. Au tor ovog rada ima nakanu, unutar diskursa filozofije i etike sporta, izvršiti kritičku analizu problematike dopinga, odnosno poboljšavatelja kompetencij skih performansi sportaša. Cilj je rada ocrtavanje obrisa specifičnog diskursa određivanjem fundamentalnih pitanja i/ili problema argumentacijskih okvira, razvojnih faza i njihovih prijelomnih točaka. Analiza je provedena na uzorku tekstova objavljenih u časopisu JPS. Valja istaknuti da je spomenuti časopis službeno glasilo Međunarodne organizacije za filozofiju sporta (IAPS -The International Association for the Philosophy of Sport) i prvi znanstveni časopis na ovom relativno novom i specifičnom

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“…3 For instance, Holowchak has given an impressive account of the medical problems likely caused by one particular PED, anabolic steroids. 4 They include heart disease, cancer of and other damage to the liver, and damage to both males' and females' reproductive system. A simple paternalistic rationale for maintaining the current ban on steroids and other PEDs shown to cause similar damage-mirroring at least one reason for our ban on dangerous recreational drugs-is to protect potential users from harm.…”

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Performance‐Enhancing Drugs, Paternalism, Meritocracy, and Harm to Sport

Dixon

2008

Journal of Social Philosophy

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“Aretism” and Pharmacological Ergogenic Aids in Sport: Taking a Shot at the Use of Steroids

Cited by 21 publications

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The Paradox of Bad Faith and Elite Competitive Sport

The Paradox of Bad Faith and Elite Competitive Sport

Ethics of Doping in Sports: Two Contrasting Perspectives

Performance‐Enhancing Drugs, Paternalism, Meritocracy, and Harm to Sport

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