Are Steroids Ethically Good for Athletes?
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Really interesting piece in Science Progress by Dr. Arthur Caplan , Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and the Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, on the ethics of steroids. In short, he argues that the commonly-endorsed logic of "steroids are evil" is at least partly misguided, if not altogether wrong. Here are some excerpts from his piece : * * * ...
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Published 3/20/2008 by GRG51 at Steroid Nation
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urgency, Shropshire says that right now, "There is not a sense of
ethical crisis. It hasn't gotten to the level of teams or leagues
having a Chief Ethical Officer. I don't think they view steroid use as
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