the moral reasoning of student athletes and athletic training students

I do not care whether Arnold chooses to dope or not. As long as it does no impact me, I
do not care.
2 10.5 0 0 0 0.0
Arnold should do whatever he thinks will produce the most positive outcome. 10 52.6 3 100 0 0.0
Most common reasons not to take the drug
Testing positive would bring a lot of embarrassment and humiliation to Arnold’s family. 15 19.5 6 19.4 2 9.1
Arnold should not take the drugs because doping is against the rules. There are no
exceptions to this rule.
Arnold must not take the drugs because his opponents have a right to drug free
competition and equal opportunity to succeed.
37 48.1 10 32.3 16 72.7
22 28.6 13 41.9 4 18.2
Decision #2 – George learns of a new supplement that is not on WADA’s list of banned
substances. George learns that his competition is already using it and since they beat him last
year he’s tempted to try it. What should George do?
Take the drug Can’t decide Don’t take the drug
Freq. % Freq. % Freq. %
Team sport athletes 36 31.6 27 23.7 51 44.7
Individual sport athletes 13 33.3 8 20.5 18 46.2
Athletic training students 9 34.6 5 19.2 12 46.2
Most common reasons to take Supplement X
Team Indiv. ATS
F % F % F %
Supplement X is not on the United States Anti-Doping Agencies list of banned
substances; George is not violating any rules.
Society would forgive George for taking Supplement X. Competition is about
getting and edge. It is about doing whatever it takes win.
Other athletes are already taking supplement S, George is justified in taking
supplement X to level the playing field.
19 52.8 3 23.1 2 22.2
9 25.0 2 15.4 5 55.6
8 22.2 8 61.5 1 11.1
Most common reasons why participants couldn’t decide
I don’t care what supplements athletes take. It’s George’s body, if he wants to do
it, go for it.
7 25.9 2 25.0 2 40.0
If they are all doped, does it really matter? 12 44.4 3 37.5 3 60.0
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