Christian Worldview Ethical Dilemmas

I used to compete in high school powerlifting, and was the best at what I did. I would train day after day to impress my coaches as well as myself so I could be ready for the weekend in which I had to compete against rival schools. Three weeks before my last powerlifting meet to qualify to go to the state round my coach pulls me to the side to give me a short talk. He said “Son you are going up against some of the best powerlifters in the state and I personally think you will not be ready, so I want to give you this for help.” He handed me a box and in it contained syringes and anabolic steroids so I can inject myself. Personally I thought that was a terrible idea to have to train all day and night so I will be ready to compete then have my coach tell me to cheat, I declined my coaches offer. I feel anabolic steroids are the wrong way to go, and I will not cheat my way in life. If I were to succeed in my state meet then I will prove my doubters wrong. If I were to lose then I will still keep my head up high cause I knew I didn’t fallback to taking steroids and cheating. From this memory that I went through I have learned a lot about the use of steroids, that is why I am against

Using drugs to increase performance is without doubt cheating when it comes to sports, but in professional sports money will always be a reason for athletes to use it. For a professional athlete it can be the difference between being the best and being part of the results list. With all the money involved in sports today there is a calculated risk by using it that many people are willing to take.

From the worldly perspective, people can be inclined to compromise ethical beliefs for their perceived benefit in doing so. In this case, having a coach ignoring performance enhancing drug use to continue a winning record, and teammates that are “pushing” the use creates tension for a developing athlete. Just because a substance is not yet illegal does not make it “right” to consume; the substance still offers an advantage over those who are not using it. “One hundred percent of community sports instructors…reported that they have a role to play in preventing doping” (Backhouse, 2012, p.170). With this knowledge, it becomes clear that there is a negative connotation associated with using performance enhancing drugs, and for good reason, “94% of community sports instructors indicated that doping should be outlawed due to its negative effects on health” (Backhouse, 2012, p.170).

The best resolution for Paul to take according to the Christian worldview would explain to his coaches and teammates that he is not comfortable taking the drugs. Although not illegal at the moment, there is no telling when it could become illegal causes all players to be suspended, and it is cheating. Cheating is not something the team or coaches should be proud of. Paul should let them know that by them working hard individually, and as a team, would mean so more if they win. If they lose, they would all know in their heart that they tried their very best, and can hold their head high. In the Ten Commandments it says, “Thou shall not steal” (Exodus 20:15), and

Paul is a dedicated young athlete. He works hard on the field and hard in the weight room training his body to peak conditioning for his sport. As a result of his hard work, Paul has secured a spot in the starting lineup. As his team develops and grows, Paul sees his team mates taking a performance enhancing drug and seeing phenomenal results. Paul believes that the coaches are aware, but turning a blind eye due to the success that the team has been having and that the drug is not technically illegal. Paul has recently been told by the coach that he is in danger of losing his starting spot because other athletes are outperforming him. Paul has been approached by his teammates with the opportunity to use the performance enhancing drug to catch up. Paul is torn. Should he give in and take the performance enhancing drug since it 's not illegal? In that way he can catch up to his teammates performance and stay on the starting squad and get the accolades that go with it, but that requires the

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”.

Imagine that you just won the Gold in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Now imagine the Gold getting Stripped from your hands by the officials of the Olympics. All because you decided to take steroids. Every year 45% of all Athletes take some sort of steroid or performance enhancing drug (Barnes). Many high school athletes take steroids for football or baseball. But some kids take steroids for weight lifting and that is all they take it for the do not even play sports. Both of these reasons are wrong morally and legally, but if there was one that was worse it would taking steroids for weight lifting. At least the people that take it for sports have a reason. Steroids may provide you a scholarship to college but it eventually show and

Image winning at the highest level of competition: the fame, successes, all the characteristics of being a champion, and to have it all seized away because you had used performance enhancing drugs. Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) have been used in sports for many years, and there use is one of the most important issues among professional athletes. These drugs are detrimental to the human body physically and mentally. These athletes also serve as role models, influencing the younger generation by presenting that’s it acceptable to cheat no matter the consequences. So with all to consider and the evidence that is available, performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) should not be legalized.

Sports illustrated interviewed a cohort (group of people) of elite Olympic athletes, asking, “If you were given a performance-enhancing substance, you would not be caught, and you would win, would you take it? Ninety-eight percent of athletes answered yes.”(Charleston) That is a big number. Big risk with such a small chance of success. Taking drugs to enhance your performance is just not right. Striving to get better, takes patience and perseverance. Athletes are known for their road they take to get to where they are today. Along with jail time, athletes that commit illegal acts should be banned from their sport, for their careers will never be the same, children should not look up to athletes who do those things, and the chance of losing

Since the dawn of the twenty-first century, performance enhancing drugs have become a religious practice in “the lives of some sport figures.” The use of these supplements have given the user an edge, an edge to perform at maximum capability. Most major athletes all agree on the fact that the competitive determination to win is intense. Despite all, most athletes have high hopes of either winning a medal, a full ride college scholarship or the once in a lifetime opportunity to play for a professional team. In such nature, the use of performance-enhancing drugs has become increasingly recurrent (Athletes & Drug Use). Accomplishing such goals includes taking performance-enhancing drugs. As society evolves and progresses, one has to realize

Performance enhancing drugs is cheating and it needs to be stopped. They need to have more restrictions and consequences for these drugs.

In the world of sports, athletes come across many decisions that could make or break their career. The most controversial question in today’s society involves the legalization of performance enhancing drugs in sports. Although the benefits of performance enhancing drugs allows for athletes to perform to the best of their ability, there are many arguments that go in favor and against the use of these drugs. The most recognized argument that is against the use of performance enhancing drugs states that it is considered as morally wrong because it is considered as cheating and having an unfair advantage to those who do not take participation in doping (the use of banned drugs). On the other hand, those who defend the use of performance enhancing

The use of performance enhancing drugs to help athletes perform better is illegal and considered cheating as this drug gives the athlete who may have been an average performer an edge over the competition after the use of these drugs. This is unfair to the other players who are playing a fair game. No matter at what level whether its high school, college or a professional, athletes should not be using drugs to help or boost their performance in any way as it wrong and the athlete is basically cheating his way to the top. No doubt that drugs/HGH may help the player’s vitality and even reduce injury time but the serious side effects of prolonged use is still unknown and is still cheating since it’s not legal as not every player is taking it to make it a fair game.

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.

Performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) have been created to enable athletes who compete in a majority of sports to improve endurance and skill when competing. Illicit drugs should certainly not be legalised to be taken in sport, especially to enhance performance. For a number of years now, society has seen several athletes fall from their significant careers in disgrace, shame and often with fatal health risks. Consuming any form of drug that substantially improves achievement in the athlete’s chosen sport have always been considered as cheating, this shouldn’t change now. Along with performing as an dishonest and prejudiced athlete, drugs can also dramatically affect the stability of mental and physical health of that athlete. There are many significant