Is Society Somewhat And Blame For Performance Enhancing Drugs?

In “We, the Public, Place the Best Athletes on Pedestals,” William Moller strongly criticizes the “. . . self-righteous media types who make a living by drumming up indignation from the masses” (Moller 548). In addition to criticizing the media, Moller also condemns the general public for demonizing professional athletes because “. . . the reason [insert name of professional athlete] did [or does] steroids is you and me” (Moller 547). In other words, he claims that society is to blame for athletes’ usage of performance enhancing drugs because “[w]e, the public, place the best athletes on pedestals, gods on high” (Moller 547-48). Therefore, Moller argues that you and I are hypocrites because at some point in our lives, we all cheat and do wrong, yet we expect athletes to be superhuman without the aid of banned substances. While I agree with Moller’s assertions, his explanations as to why athletes use PED’s are limited, thus lacking the oomph necessary to propel his argument to a new dimension. Ultimately, fame and fortune, pressure from fans, and the human nature to perform as best you can are all factors that cause athletes to use illegal stimulants.

Drugs in sports is becoming a problem everywhere. “Another 26-year old athlete died of liver cancer after taking a number of different types of steroids over a four year period ” (Drugs and…). This is significant because this shows how dangerous drugs can be. If we have drug testing in schools this student could still be alive and would have stopped drugs before it got bad. The evidence points to the fact that drugs are a major health risk that is very concerning. In some cases taking drugs can even lead to death. In addition, another situation took place that affected a college student named Bob. Bob tried everything to gain weight so he could play football, so he chose to try steroids like everyone else. Steroids got him to play professional football, but horrible things were happening to him. He was having serious health problems. Bob quit drugs and is lucky to be alive (Drugs and…). This connects to the fact that doing drugs is a major

Achievement is valued highly in our society. Coaches want their players to give 110 percent, professors encourage their students to study harder, and parents want to see their children become the best person they can be. Not only do we want to "keep up with the Joneses," we want to surpass them. In the pursuit of excellence, some people will take drugs as an enhancement for their cognitive abilities. What makes this path to excellence ethically questionable? There are two large issues to using cognitive enhancements: fairness and the pressure to use them. While there may be nothing intrinsically wrong with using cognitive enhancers, the use of these drugs will likely have major side-effects on society which need to be taken into

Moller was quick to relieve steroid users of responsibility, and quick also to relieve himself from the same as he revealed his use of Ritalin during his early years at a competitive boarding school. Yet his thesis, and the title of his article, both arouse an important point about how divisive public pressure and values can be; public opinion can move someone to risk their own health, well-being, and ironically, their reputation for the sake of accomplishment, or (and here is the take-home) it can inspire a person to push the limits of their own natural ability, and achieve excellence through virtuous and traditional hard work and purity.

Famed writer Grantland Rice once wrote, “When the great scorer comes to mark against your name. He'll mark not won or lost but how you played the game” (World of quotes, 1). That buoyant attitude of selflessness and heart has slowly diminished throughout the course of time. Now, George Allen’s booming voice, former coach of the Washington Redskins, runs throughout head of America, “Only winners are truly alive. Winning is living. Every time you win, you’re reborn. When you lose, you die a little” (Harris, 67). It is with this frame of mind that athletes are pushed beyond the edge of reason. Although peer pressure and pressure from coaches are central reasons why one may use steroids, most users begin using in order to improve their self image or excel in sports. Ethics, integrity, and legality aside, some athletes will stop at nothing to attain “that extra edge”.

Famous athletes who consumes drugs are not good role models for children. When a child is young, he/she will tend to follow everything that their idol does. He/she will want to look like them, do the same things as that person do, and follow their way of acting. Children learn things extremely fast and to be able to correct them will be difficult. Given that, children should follow people who have morals and are not bad influential. Sometimes children can get so obsessed with their idol, when they realize that their idol is not the person they thought he/she was they will get disappointed. In the novel “The New Colossus,” written by Marshall Goldberg. The author discusses in chapter five about the wave of newcomer migrating to Castle Garden

Professional athletes are competitive by nature and will do what it takes to win. Sports have been used as not only entertainment but a way for a person to show off their athletic ability. Due to uncontrollable factors people may find it harder to compete or surpass other’s performance. Even with training people’s bodies respond different to physical stimulation. Professional baseball is an extremely competitive sport with hand-eye coordination and strength being key factors. When the difference between playing in the majors or minors, keeping up with younger players as you age or to be the best players turn to performance enhancing drugs. Performance enhancing drugs come in many different forms but the most common are anabolic steroids, human growth hormone and other agents that mimic anabolic results. These performance enhancing drugs, with addition to hard work do in fact increase strength in the user. These methods of performance enhancement also include many other substances used to gain an edge on the competition. All of these are considered cheating because of the fact a person gains an unfair advantage over other players. The use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs has changed what once was a game played for enjoyment into a drug fueled search for the largest salary.

This research paper is about athletes and their use of drugs. The drug that is most

Are Athletes More Susceptible To Drug Use? In the reading “Why Sports Matter” By Wilfrid Sheed is an essay written that talks about a little bit of everything that has to do with sports. The essay starts off by giving a little background on when sports first came out and they were not approved of by most. Sheed goes on to discuss the epidemic of cheating and how it was also frowned upon in sports.

The idea of using drugs to enhance athletic performance is not a new idea. It has been around for years, opium was used by Greeks during ancient times. As were mushrooms and the rear hooves of mules. It’s only lately that this topic has become one for the moral and ethics behind sports.

argue for the right to use drugs that push the human body for better ability in sports. Those against their use often claim it as being against the spirit of sport (p.666). Savulescu et al. claim that drug’s use would only break the spirit of sport if sport was limited to being a showcase of the biologically superior, as is found in animal sport. The reason it is not such is because human sport involves strategy and choice in what athletes do to gain an edge. Therefore, Savulescu et al. claim that performance enhancing drugs in human sport would just be another facet of an athlete’s use of reason and strategy that is inherent to the competition. The second argument that Savulescu et al. raise is that if performance enhancing drugs are allowed in classical music because of its propensity to create beauty, then it too should be allowed in sports for the same reason. A high quality performance in sports can be considered just as much a thing of beauty as a high quality performance in music. I object that the use of performance enhancing drugs in music is not the same as in sports, despite the similar outcomes and competitive conditions. The use of performance enhancing drugs by athletes pushes them past what their normal biological limits of ability would be for the same training regime, etc. Whereas in music, the use of performance enhancing drugs merely removes a temporary handicap to allow musicians to reach their actual natural limit of ability. It is

Within the text, many different topics are presented then explained to give the reader maximum understanding. The article states, “By allowing everyone to take performance enhancing drugs, we level the playing field” (Savulescu Foddy Clayton 3). Within each proposed topic, the descriptive and evidenced responses give a positive reason as to what the drug can do. Such as leveling the playing field, enhancing the game, and enhancing athlete’s physical and mental

This is a material world promoting material values, thus meaning that it should not be surprising to see individuals being willing to do everything in their power in order to make profits. Or should it? The sports community today is troubled by a series of athletes who have yielded to society's pressures and abandoned their principles with the purpose of taking performance enhancing drugs. It is difficult to determine if it would be normal for the masses to judge these individuals, concerning that they are actually one of the reasons for which these people have come to consider taking performance enhancing drugs in the first place. However, the only ones who can judge them are other hard-working sportspersons who have stood by their principles and who respect the idea of sport in general.

Many people believe that drug use in professional athletics is not a serious problem, however it is more widespread and serious than people think. In professional athletics the use of drugs is looked upon as somewhat of a serious problem, but is also very discrete and low key. Every once in a while one might see a prominent figure in a certain sport being reprimanded for the use of some outlawed drug, however this is just one of the many who happened to get caught. Athletes today seem to find no moral problem with using performance-enhancing drugs, or in other words cheating. Also many of them feel that because they are "stars" there should be no repercussions for their illegal activity.

More and more, of our society views winning more important than itself. Success in competition brings status, popularity, and fame, not to mention college scholarships. Today’s athletes are looking for an advantage over the competition that will make them winners. Unfortunately, the drugs of today are caught up in the high stakes competition frenzy. Of this reality, teenage use of performance improved drugs is growing ever more popular. In colleges and in the professional league a lot of people are doing drugs and its ruining their health and life. Also, if some teenagers take performance drugs they are making them better than everyone else giving themselves an advantage over everyone else which is cheating, so why should they get money