Crime and NO punishment: Thoughts on the Use and Abuse of Performance-Enhancing Drugs
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Doping or use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) is one of sports major problems. Not everybody agrees to this allegation. Some argue that sports are unfair by nature due to talent, genetic and financial differences between athletes. As such, doping may work to increase fairness (and ‘uncertainty of outcome’) where use of the illegal substance may be a mean for the untalented, genetically unfit, or poor athlete. These persons suggest allowing (controlled) use of PEDs. Others argue that sport is about measuring talents, genetics, and financial differences, and that use of PEDs is unethical cheating. Some economists, among them me are less interested in the ethical conflict. Here, the idea is that both demand and supply may be adversely affected by free PEDs. The audience may be less interested in watching “medical championships” and parents may be less interested in sending their kids to train.
Alexis Sossa
Institute of Sociology, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Kjetil K. Haugen
Crime and NO punishment: Thoughts on the Use and Abuse of Performance-Enhancing Drugs
128 pages, paperback
Chișinău, Republic of Moldova: Eliva Press 2022
ISBN 978-1-63648-601-7
Competitive sport is significant for various aspects of individual and societal well-being. Overall, it provides a platform for athletes to showcase their abilities, inspire others, and create memorable moments of triumph and sportsmanship. However, with all the multiple benefits that sport entails, there is a black sheep, or as expressed in the book, a known crime with no easy solution (or punishment): the use and abuse of performance-enhancing drugs.
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