Genetically Modified Athletes: Biomedical Ethics, Gene Doping and Sport (Ethics and Sport)

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In a provocative analysis of sport ethics and human values, Genetically Modified Athletes imagines the brave new world of sport. The internationally acclaimed book examines this issue at a crucial time in its theorisation, questioning the very cornerstone of sporting and medical ethics, asking whether sporting authorities can, or even should, protect sport from genetic modification.

This� book brings together sport studies and bioethics to challenge our understanding of the values that define sport. We already allow that athletes can optimise their performance by the use of technologies; without wishing to assert that 'anything goes' in sports performance enhancement, Andy Miah argues that simply being human matters in sport and that genetic modification does not have to challenge this capacity.

Genetically Modifies Athletes includes examination of:

* the concept of 'good sport' and the definition of cheating
* the doped athlete - should we be more sympathetic?
* the role of the medical industry
* the usefulness (or not) of the terms 'doping' and 'anti-doping'.

An important and growing field of interest, this book should be read by students, academics and practitioners.

Genetically Modified Athletes: Biomedical Ethics, Gene Doping and Sport (Ethics and Sport) Review

At a time when steroid scandals are shaking the very foundation of professional sports and the anti-doping authorities and media have pegged gene doping as the next BALCO, "Genetically Modified Athletes" brings a refreshing dose of reason to the subject. Rather than immediately assuming that any genetic enhancement of athletes would be tantamount to cheating, Dr. Andy Miah applies the philosopher's technique of questioning every premise and proceeds to analyze a myriad of ethical arguments for and against the various types of genetic-based enhancement (use of genetics to produce safer drugs, alteration of non-hereditary cells, alteration of hereditary cells, and genetic pre-selection), reaching the provocative conclusion that certain forms of genetic enhancement may actually be beneficial to the sporting community and society at large. Many will disagree with Dr. Miah's conclusions but none will be disappointed by the thoroughness and intelligence of this work.

-Kevin Joseph, author of "The Champion Maker"

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