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Author Møller, Verner.

Title The ethics of doping and anti-doping : redeeming the soul of sport? / Verner Moller
Published Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010

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 W'PONDS  362.29 Mol/Eod  AVAILABLE
Description 165 pages cm
Series Ethics and sport
Ethics and sport book series.
Contents Contents: 1. What is doping? -- 2. What is sport? -- 3. Unchristian sport -- 4. Doping history: fact or fiction? -- 5. The law of silence -- 6. When good intentions turn bad -- 7. The fear of modernity -- 8. Legalisation of doping -- 9. The athletes' viewpoint -- 10. The need for a fresh start -- Appendix: Pro-Tour Teams' Code of Ethics
Summary Drawing on extensive and detailed case studies of doping in sport, and using a highly original blend of conceptual ideas from philosophy and sociology, Moller strongly criticises current anti-doping regimes and challenges our commonly held ideas about the nature of sport and the risks posed by drugs to health and fair play
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Athletes -- Drug use -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Doping in sports -- Moral and ethical aspects.
LC no. 2009009292
ISBN 0415484650 (hardback)
0415484669 (paperback)
9780415484657 (harback : alk. paper)
9780415484664 (paperback: alk. paper)