Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Arlington
Position:
Not Clearly Pro or Con
to the question "Should performance enhancing drugs (such as steroids) be accepted in sports?"
Reasoning:
"Part of me--the libertarian part--says that people should be able to use whatever substances they want when they compete. Those who don't want to risk their lives or health should take up another line of work. People who don't want to watch supercharged athletes can find another form of entertainment. But another part of me thinks there should be restrictions on what athletes can consume. The restrictions would be justified on both paternalistic and fairness grounds."
Experts
Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or other relevant advanced degrees, heads of professional sports leagues, and US Congress members with significant involvement in, or related to, performance enhancing drugs and sports. [Note: Experts definition varies by site]
Involvement and Affiliations:
Associate Professor, Philosophy, University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)
Member, National Association of Scholars, 2005-present
Faculty Adviser, Students for the Second Amendment, UTA, 2003-present
"Our Millian Constitution: The Supreme Court's Repudiation of Immorality as a Ground of Criminal Punishment," Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, May 2004
"Deontological Egoism," Social Theory and Practice: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Philosophy, July 2003
"Principled Objections and Sham Arguments: The Case of Capital Punishment," Philosophy and Rhetoric, 1999
Cowritten with Irving M. Copi, Instructor's Solutions Manual for Informal Logic, 1996
Cowritten with Irving M. Copi, Informal Logic, 1996
Other:
Licensed to practice law in Michigan (as of Jan. 1984) and Arizona (as of June 1985), in state and federal courts
