Browsing Artikler / Articles by Subject "performance-enhancing drugs"
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Attitudes towards use of performance-enhancing substances and body modification techniques : a comparison between elite athletes and the general population
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-08)Medical and technological developments open up new possibilities for modifying the body and enhancing performance in various areas of life. This study compares attitudes among Norwegian elite athletes (n ¼ 234) with ... -
Performance-Enhancing Drugs, Sport, and the Ideal of Natural Athletic Performance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The use of certain performance-enhancing drugs (PED) is banned in sport. I discuss critically standard justifications of the ban based on arguments from two widely used criteria: fairness and harms to health. I argue that ... -
Sport, Performance-enhancing Drugs, and the Art of Self-imposed Constraints
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Should the use of performance-enhancing drugs (PED) be banned in sport? A proper response to this question depends upon ideas of the meaning and value of sport. To a certain extent, sport is associated with ideal values ...