Doping

Question 1

Bans on doping are often argued from 2 different camps:

Answer 1

• liberal

- conservative

Question 2

The basic tenant in Mill is that…

Answer 2

we cannot allow harm to others = no harm principle

Question 3

Direct vs indirect harm:

Answer 3

• hitting someone causes direct harm to them

- telling someone to hit them causes indirect

Question 4

No harm principle = principle of preventing both ____ and _____ harm.

Answer 4

• direct

- indirect

Question 5

Revision #1 of no harm principle:

Answer 5

the harmful conduct prevention principle

Question 6

There are harms of ____ and ______ that the principle needs to account for.

Answer 6

• commission

- omission

Question 7

Revision #2 of no harm principle:

Answer 7

General harm prevention principle

Question 8

General harm prevention principle says that individuals can be rightfully compelled by the state (or society) to…

Answer 8

act in a certain manner:

• to avert conduct which is in itself harmful
• omission to act can reasonably be expected to deprive others from benefits they are entitled to

Question 9

Soft paternalism:

Answer 9

we can compel people not to harm others (directly or indirectly) and to give help to prevent them

Question 10

Conditions for soft paternalism:

Answer 10

• must not compel when it produces more harm than the prevented act
• compel those not capable of making informed choices, but mature adults are more autonomous

Question 11

Soft paternalism looks to prevent harm but in a ____ and _____ way.

Answer 11

• efficient

- economical

Question 12

Individuals can freely ____ and ____ paternalistic rules they willingly follow (______).

Answer 12

• gather
• construct
• autonomy

Question 13

_____ _____ bans on doping are fine.

Answer 13

voluntary paternalistic

Question 14

2 main justifications for banning doping:

Answer 14

• if you dope and I don’t, I’ll lose the competitive edge

- if you dope, it’ll force me to dope (coercion)

Question 15

Problems with coercion argument:

Answer 15

• sport is always risky
• can’t remove all risk
• doesn’t convey a moral duty to ban doping

Question 16

Conservative view on doping:

Answer 16

harm argument

Question 17

Liberal view on doping:

Answer 17

autonomy argument

Question 18

Argument on doping that overcomes the liberal-conservative divide:

Answer 18

coercion argument

Question 19

Reductio ad absurdum:

Answer 19

McTwist

Question 20

Describe the argument that it’s all coercion:

Answer 20

coerced to dope and not to dope

Question 21

Describe the argument that it’s not even coercion:

Answer 21

influenced or pressured?

Question 22

Describe the argument of the best version of sport:

Answer 22

what is the best version of sport??

Question 23

Often times the solution seems to be to….

Answer 23

create another league/category for those not allowed in the ‘normal’ league