Eddie Vedder
2011-09-25, 09:25
Man har analyserat studentarbeten som handlat om doping mellan 98 och 2006 för att försöka se trender i hur deras attityder mot dopingpreparat ser ut.
In the debate on the use of illegal substances for performance enhancing aims, commonly referred to as doping, perceptions and interpretations of doping by significant outsiders has received little attention compared to media attention for doping in elite sports. Therefore, this study focuses on opinions on doping in elite sports by students in human movement studies covering a period from 1998–1999 to 2005–2006 (N = 555). Three research questions were examined: 1) how much attention do students pay to the issue of doping in elite sports; 2) what are the students’ opinions; and 3) which arguments do students use to substantiate these opinions? A four-level model was developed to categorize the ethical arguments according to who or what is at stake: the individual athlete (the self), the athlete’s opponents and social environment (the other), the sport and its fair play essence (the play) and the spectator sport and its social role (the display). Over the years studied students seem to have developed a more diffuse ethical attitude on the doping issue. A shift from the zero tolerance principle towards a more lenient attitude towards doping in elite sports is observed and discussed.
Student attitudes towards doping in sport: Shifting from repression to tolerance? International Review for the Sociology of Sport 2011 46: 346
Attityderna har skiftat, framför allt synen på doping som något farligt som föreföll mycket starkare i de äldre arbetena än de nya. De nyare pratade till och med om 'healthy doping'. Det fanns även en kritik mot nolltoleranspolicyn och inte alls samma konsekventa syn på doping som fusk.
At this time the lack of consensus among sport scientists, sport philosophers and ethicists is striking. Research regarding the influence of the previously mentioned socializing institutions is a necessary complement to this study and can provide new insights as well. In conclusion, we realize that elite sports will soon have to tackle the issue of gene doping in elite sports as a much more complicated ethical issue. In future research on doping in elite sports and more generally on sports ethics, an important role is reserved for the opinion of significant outsiders. Through similar models, shifts in perceptions can be observed and discussed.
In the debate on the use of illegal substances for performance enhancing aims, commonly referred to as doping, perceptions and interpretations of doping by significant outsiders has received little attention compared to media attention for doping in elite sports. Therefore, this study focuses on opinions on doping in elite sports by students in human movement studies covering a period from 1998–1999 to 2005–2006 (N = 555). Three research questions were examined: 1) how much attention do students pay to the issue of doping in elite sports; 2) what are the students’ opinions; and 3) which arguments do students use to substantiate these opinions? A four-level model was developed to categorize the ethical arguments according to who or what is at stake: the individual athlete (the self), the athlete’s opponents and social environment (the other), the sport and its fair play essence (the play) and the spectator sport and its social role (the display). Over the years studied students seem to have developed a more diffuse ethical attitude on the doping issue. A shift from the zero tolerance principle towards a more lenient attitude towards doping in elite sports is observed and discussed.
Student attitudes towards doping in sport: Shifting from repression to tolerance? International Review for the Sociology of Sport 2011 46: 346
Attityderna har skiftat, framför allt synen på doping som något farligt som föreföll mycket starkare i de äldre arbetena än de nya. De nyare pratade till och med om 'healthy doping'. Det fanns även en kritik mot nolltoleranspolicyn och inte alls samma konsekventa syn på doping som fusk.
At this time the lack of consensus among sport scientists, sport philosophers and ethicists is striking. Research regarding the influence of the previously mentioned socializing institutions is a necessary complement to this study and can provide new insights as well. In conclusion, we realize that elite sports will soon have to tackle the issue of gene doping in elite sports as a much more complicated ethical issue. In future research on doping in elite sports and more generally on sports ethics, an important role is reserved for the opinion of significant outsiders. Through similar models, shifts in perceptions can be observed and discussed.