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Philosophy on steroids: A reply
Swansea University, UK.
Swansea University, UK.
2010 (English)In: Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, ISSN 1386-7415, E-ISSN 1573-0980, Vol. 31, no 6, p. 401-10Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Brent Kious has recently attacked several arguments generally adduced to support anti-doping in sports, which are widely supported by the sports medicine fraternity, international sports federations, and international governments. We show that his attack does not succeed for a variety of reasons. First, it uses an overly inclusive definition of doping at odds with the WADA definition, which has global, if somewhat contentious, currency. Second, it seriously misconstrues the position it attacks, rendering the attack without force against a more balanced construal of an anti-doping position. Third, it makes unwarranted appeals to matters Kious considers morally 'clear', while simultaneously attacking a position many others take to be equally morally 'clear', namely that of anti-doping. Such an inconsistency, attacking and appealing to the moral status quo as befits one's argument, is not acceptable without further qualification. Fourth, his position suffers from a general methodological flaw of over-reliance upon argumentation by analogy. Moreover, it is argued that the analogies, being poorly selected and developed, fail to justify his conclusion that the anti-doping lobby lacks philosophical and moral authority for its stance. These issues are symptomatic of a more fundamental problem: any attempt at providing a blanket solution to the question of whether doping is morally acceptable or not is bound to run up against problems when applied to highly specific contexts. Thus, rather than reaching any particular conclusion for or against doping products or processes in this article, we conclude that an increased context-sensitivity will result in a more evenhanded appraisal of arguments on the matter.

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Springer Netherlands, 2010. Vol. 31, no 6, p. 401-10
Keywords [en]
Sports ethics, Doping, Moral methodology, Sports, Performance enhancement
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Medical Ethics
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Humanities and Social sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-8907DOI: 10.1007/s11017-010-9154-9PubMedID: 20706791OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-8907DiVA, id: diva2:699251
Available from: 2014-02-27 Created: 2014-02-27 Last updated: 2017-12-05Bibliographically approved

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