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Performance Enhancing Drugs and the Limits of Human Nature

June 30, 2016 by Bernhard

As far as questions of ethics in sports go, cycling has been one of the most pronounced sources of moral dilemma. While the nature and cause of these dilemmas might seem obvious, it’s worth it to briefly recite them. Sports are supposed to be fair. Fairness is typically construed to mean that no participant should have access to any means that gives them an unnatural advantage over others. Performance enhancing drugs are a widespread source of an unnatural advantage; using […]

Categories: Bicycles, Ethics, Philosophy • Tags: human nature, PEDs, performance enhancing drugs, sports

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