The moral obligation to explore the military use of performance-enhancing supplements and drugs

Special Operations Forces (SOF) are closely involved with many of the military's developments to maintain a high readiness force. SOF emphasizes proper training and education, high physical and mental fitness, and proper moral awareness. In that respect, performance enhancing supplements or drugs (PES/D) can make a major contribution and be a next step in military development. But what is the impact of such a step? Accepting or even experimenting with PES/Ds will have far-reaching effects and raises medical, legal, and above all, ethical concerns. In light of this, our research question is: Co... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Wigger, Chris G.J.
Oelschlager, Patricia J.
Dokumenttyp: Abschlussarbeit
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Verlag/Hrsg.: Monterey
California: Naval Postgraduate School
Schlagwörter: performance enhancing supplements and drugs / PES/Ds / human enhancement / cognitive enhancers / physical enhancers / supplements / drugs / gene therapy / legislation / ethics / moral responsibility / special operation forces / SOF / Dutch special forces / U.S. special forces / military development / resiliency / POTFF / USSOCOM
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Link(s) : https://hdl.handle.net/10945/55553