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Authors: C. Tamburrini, Torbjorn Tannsjo
ISBN-13: 9780415342360, ISBN-10: 0415342368
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: December 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: C. Tamburrini

Book Synopsis

Will the genetic design of athletes destroy sport … or will it lead to a new and extraordinary age of athletic achievement?

Exploring a new territory in sport and ethics, this edited collection contains some of the best new writing that has emerged from the debates concerning the uses of genetic technologies to improve sport performance. Issues covered include:

* gene technology and sports ethics
* genetic testing in sports
* gene technology and the sporting ethos
* gene technology and gender equality in sport.

This cutting-edge text is the first on the subject to analyze gender specific questions that arise from genetically modified sport and is likely to provoke further debate in the world of sport and bio-ethics.

Contributors include Lincoln Allison, Ruth Chadwick, Arne Ljungqvist, Andy Miah, Christian Munthe, Bengt Saltin, Angela Schnieder and many more.

Table of Contents

Introduction : the life sciences and the ethos of sport1
1The international anti-doping policy and its implementation13
2The basics of gene doping19
3Genetic enhancement of athletic performance32
4Gene doping : the shape of things to come42
5Genetic engineering and elitism in sport57
6What's wrong with admiring athletes and other people?70
7Educational or genetic blueprints, what's the difference?82
8Sport and genetics : moral and educational considerations regarding 'athletic predestination'91
9Ethical aspects of controlling genetic doping107
10Nutrigenomics, individualism and sports126
11Compulsory genetic testing for APOE Epsilon 4 and boxing136
12Citius, altius, fortius ad absurdum : biology, performance and sportsmanship in the twenty-first century149
13The vulnerability thesis and use of bio-medical technology in sport158
14Sport, gene doping and ethics165
15The genetic design of a new Amazon181
16Resisting the emergence of Bio-Amazons199
17Bio-Amazons - a comment205
18What is gender equality in sports?209

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