Abstract
Steroid use is a reality in professional and high school sports. Some fall into the traps of peer pressure and some are obsessed with breaking records. However, like most quick fixes, there is a large price to pay. Steroid users risk their own health. But, denouncing steroid use by simply saying, “That’s bad, don’t do it,” will not change attitudes. In order to persuade and appeal to current and future steroid users, focused, lucid, and valid ethical reasoning must be applied, even if that means steroid use cannot be condemned in a black and white, absolutist manner. By admitting and recognizing that prohibiting steroid use is not completely justifiable, we can at least get steroid users to listen. Hopefully, a nuanced argument will at least challenge current and future steroid users to stop and think about the implications of steroid use, even though it may not prevent them from “popping a pill.”
Faculty Sponsors
Joshua Kimber
Project Type
Event
Location
Alvin Sherman Library
Start Date
4-13-2012 1:00 PM
End Date
4-13-2012 5:30 PM
Applications of Ethical Theories in Evaluating the Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs
Alvin Sherman Library
Steroid use is a reality in professional and high school sports. Some fall into the traps of peer pressure and some are obsessed with breaking records. However, like most quick fixes, there is a large price to pay. Steroid users risk their own health. But, denouncing steroid use by simply saying, “That’s bad, don’t do it,” will not change attitudes. In order to persuade and appeal to current and future steroid users, focused, lucid, and valid ethical reasoning must be applied, even if that means steroid use cannot be condemned in a black and white, absolutist manner. By admitting and recognizing that prohibiting steroid use is not completely justifiable, we can at least get steroid users to listen. Hopefully, a nuanced argument will at least challenge current and future steroid users to stop and think about the implications of steroid use, even though it may not prevent them from “popping a pill.”
