ABSTRACT
Andy Miah offers a thorough analysis of the implication of gene therapy for the human future. Rather than solving the ethical dilemma, splitting sports into two distinctly different types of sport amplifies the ethical problem. First, accepting a category of genetically enhanced competition is to accept that this category of sport in effect is transformed into a gene-tech laboratory where elite sport’s competitive nature, and tempts ambitious athletes to accept the role as willing guinea pigs for medical and other companies interested in human enhancement. Second, having an alternative category of sport for athletes who want to compete without having their bodies genetically modified only accessible for individuals who consent to having regular biopsies taken is equally indefensible. “To do a scientifically poor and dangerous study in humans would be far less difficult, probably less successful, and certainly perilous for the athlete”.
