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(2013) Athleticenhancement, human nature and ethics, Dordrecht, Springer.
Transhuman athletes and pathological perfectionism
recognising limits in sports and human nature
Michael J. McNamee
pp. 185-198
In recent discussions in sports and bioethics there it has been suggested that sports may become a site where the modification of human nature itself might be played out. In this essay I explore the desirability of the idea that there might be athletes who could transcend humanity and thus transform sports. I argue that such a desire is a failure to consider the goodness of human and athletic vulnerability. I argue against the idea of the transhuman athlete, and reject it as a form of pathological perfectionism.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5101-9_10
Full citation:
McNamee, M. J. (2013)., Transhuman athletes and pathological perfectionism: recognising limits in sports and human nature, in J. Tolleneer, S. Sterckx & P. Bonte (eds.), Athleticenhancement, human nature and ethics, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 185-198.
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