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Title: | Ethical genetic enhancement in sport | ||||
Author: | Bennett, Philip Seton |
ISNI:
0000 0004 2733 0069
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Awarding Body: | University of Bristol | ||||
Current Institution: | University of Bristol | ||||
Date of Award: | 2012 | ||||
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Athletes have consistently tried to gain a competitive edge over each other throughout the
history of sport. Advances in genetics suggest that this will be one source of such an edge in
the future. The World Anti-Doping Agency has decreed that so-called 'gene doping' is
impermissible. In this thesis, I will argue that this approach is premature; I offer a case for the
inclusion of genetic enhancements in sport. The explication will be made within a virtue
consequentialist moral framework linked to a MacIntyrean understanding of social practices.
Having dealt with minor initial objections, possible problems for society, and concerns about
the impact on sport, I will show why the inclusion of the innovation would be beneficial to
sport. The main positive result will be the possibility for a deeper engagement with the
practice for a longer period of time thus enabling more goods internal to the practice to be
realised. These internal goods have a major bearing on the positive consequences associated
with sport and will justify the permiss.ibility of using genetic enhancement technology.
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Supervisor: | Not available | Sponsor: | Not available | ||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.570716 | DOI: | Not available | ||
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