Bioethics, Genetics and Sport
Written by leading experts Mike McNamee and Silvia Camporesi, the text distinguishes fact from myth while analysing philosophical implications of current scientific developments in sports medicine and science.
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Bioethics, Genetics and Sport
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Advances in genetics and related biotechnologies are having a profound effect on sport and raising important ethical questions. Drawing on real case studies and grounded in rigorous science and an ethical critique of current practice and developments, this book explores the intersection of genetics, ethics and sport.
Advances in genetics and related biotechnologies are having a profound effect on sport, raising important ethical questions about the limits and possibilities of the human body. Drawing on real case studies and grounded in rigorous scientific evidence, Bioethics, Genetics and Sport offers an ethical critique of current practices and explores the intersection of genetics, ethics and sport.
Written by two of the world's leading authorities on the ethics of biotechnology in sport, the book addresses the philosophical implications of the latest scientific developments and technological data. Distinguishing fact from popular myth and science fiction, it covers key topics such as the genetic basis of sport performance and the role of genetic testing in talent identification and development. Its ten chapters discuss current debates surrounding issues such as the shifting relationship between genetics, sports medicine and sports science, gene enhancement, gene transfer technology, doping and disability sport.
This is the first book to be published on this important subject in more than a decade. It is fascinating reading for anyone with an interest in the ethics of sport, bioethics or sport performance.
Series: Ethics and Sport
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Praised as key reading and a central reference for the field of sport bioethics, this work is considered by Matija Mato Ε kerbiΔ of the University of Zagreb as a classic or capital work in the philosophy of sport.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781138892231
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 09 March 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Illustration: 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 560g
Pages: 202
About the Author
Silvia Camporesi is a Bioethicist with an interdisciplinary background in biotechnology, ethics and the philosophy of medicine. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and Director of the MSc in Bioethics & Society at King's College London, UK. Over the past decade, Silvia has written extensively about the ethics of emerging biotechnologies. Her first book, From Bench to Bedside to Track and Field: the Context of Enhancement and its Ethical Relevance, was published for UC Medical Humanities Press in 2014. This is her second book. Silvia also serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, and is a member of the Institute of Medical Ethics Research Committee, which fosters research and teaching in bioethics in the UK.
Mike McNamee is Professor of Ethics at KU Leuven, Belgium, and Professor of Applied Ethics at Swansea University, UK. Over the last 25 years he has pioneered the Ethics of Sport as a research field. He has published several books including Research Ethics in Exercise, Health and Sport Sciences (Routledge, 2006), Sports, Virtues and Vices (Routledge, 2008) and Sport, Medicine, Ethics (Routledge, 2016). He is the Founding Editor of the international journal Sport, Ethics and Philosophy (2007β17), and Co-Editor of Routledgeβs Ethics and Sport book series (1998β) which comprises more than 30 volumes. His work has been funded by various national research councils and the European Commission, in topics ranging from anti-doping policies and eating disorders in sport, to the ethics of human enhancement. He is a member of WADAβs Ethics Panel, and Programme Director of a consortium of European Universities in a new Erasmus+ funded MA degree in Sport Ethics and Integrity.
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