Thesis Submission Date
Fall 2011
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Philosophy and Public Affairs
Reader 1
Amy Kind
Reader 2
Gregory Hess
Rights Information
© 2011 Ethan J. Bond
Abstract
In this paper, I seek to determine whether the current ban on performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in professional sport is justified. I look at two of the most common categories of arguments in favor of the ban, which I term the Harm Category and The Nature of Sport Category, and ultimately determine that neither is strong enough to justify the current ban. I determine, however, that a third and less common category of arguments, which I term the Dehumanization Category, provides good reason to justify the ban by appealing to our intuitions about why the use of PEDs in professional sport is wrong.
Recommended Citation
Bond, Ethan J., "A Ban on Performance - Enhancing Drugs? Harm, Nature of Sport and Dehumanization" (2011). CMC Senior Theses. Paper 248.
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/248