ABSTRACT
The discussion to follow focuses upon two basic questions. First, is it possible to state a cogent and clear objection to the use of performance enhancers in sport by appeal to the notion of fairness? Second, and assuming a positive answer to the first question, can such an argument withstand critical scrutiny? My inclination to revisit these rather familiar questions is motivated by my belief that philosophical discussion of the so-called fairness argument has failed thus far to pay sufficient and much needed attention to two key background considerations of substantial importance to the argument. The first of these involves the nature of fairness itself, while the second has to do with some crucial distinctions within the competitive process that are characteristic of the nature of sport.
