| |
Disagree |
No Opinion |
Agree |
| I am in favour of a complete ban on doping for athletes |
5% |
0% |
95% |
| I had already heard of gene doping before receiving this questionnaire |
23% |
0% |
77% |
| I believe gene doping is already in use amongst elite athletes |
21% |
29% |
50% |
| Gene doping is a health risk for athletes |
17% |
35% |
48% |
| Given good coaching, gene doping can be medically sound for elite athletes |
60% |
16% |
24% |
| Doing top sport in itself entails more risks than medically assisted use of gene doping |
53% |
25% |
22% |
| Pressure from the environment is an important reason why elite athletes would use gene doping |
25% |
4% |
71% |
| Career opportunities are an important reason for elite athletes to use gene doping |
11% |
3% |
87% |
| Elite athletes are role models for other athletes with regard to the use of gene doping |
17% |
7% |
76% |
| The use of gene doping amongst elite athletes inspires young people to transgress rules of society |
36% |
12% |
52% |
| Genetic research as part of a dope test is an extreme breach of the privacy of an elite athlete |
83% |
4% |
13% |
| The selection of young children based on their genetic disposition for sporting achievement can be defended in the policy of top sport |
58% |
10% |
32% |
| The use of gene doping reduces the sportive merit of an elite athlete |
6% |
5% |
89% |
| The genetic manipulation of unborn children for sporting achievements can be defended |
95% |
3% |
2% |
| Gene doping is a threat to fair play in sports |
3% |
4% |
93% |
| Because of individual differences it is fair to allow gene doping amongst elite athletes |
96% |
1% |
3% |
| Because of differences in training facilities it is fair to allow gene doping amongst elite athletes |
99% |
0% |
1% |
| Gene doping will radically change the character of top sport |
12% |
13% |
75% |
| By using gene doping elite athletes suggest that money and fame are more important than effort and dedication |
18% |
11% |
71% |
| Top sport is about the ‘altius, citius, fortius’ principle (higher, faster, stronger) and gene doping is part of that |
84% |
8% |
8% |
| By allowing gene doping we shall be measuring technological achievements rather than human achievements |
5% |
11% |
84% |
| Every human being has the right to be born with unaltered genes |
1% |
8% |
91% |
| A society can prohibit something (hence also gene doping) by means of laws and rules. |
2% |
1% |
97% |
| A elite athlete can be forbidden to use gene doping because this encourages others to also use it |
5% |
7% |
88% |
| A elite athlete can be forbidden to use gene doping because this harms his or her own health |
11% |
28% |
61% |
| Elite athletes should be allowed to choose freely for gene doping, regardless of any restricting measure taken by sports authorities |
92% |
5% |
3% |
| Each way of genetic intervention with unborn and under aged children should be forbidden because they should be allowed to choose for this as competent adults |
18% |
12% |
70% |
| A genetic intervention to recover more quickly from an injury is therapeutic and hence the prohibition of gene doping does not apply |
36% |
32% |
32% |
| Gene doping is in essence the same as other means of enhancement such as high altitude training or heavy training programmes |
92% |
4% |
4% |
