Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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http://ethicist.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/are-high-tech-prostheses-fair/


What do you think about this article? Do you think prosthetics are fair? Is this a way to be fair to everyone who wants to compete or is it giving people an unfair advantage? Should these people be able to compete in competitive events like the Olympics? Why or why not
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  1. ian taylorNovember 13, 2009 at 8:00 AM

    no, i do not think that prosthetics are fair for athletes to use because they are just like steroids. prothetics give athletes an unfair advantage. i think that the people that use prothetics should not be able to compete in any compatitions like the Olympics. the reason why they should not be able to compete in the Olypics are because it increases the ability of an athlete.

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  2. Alyssa SupeniaNovember 13, 2009 at 8:01 AM

    i think this article is ridiculous. I think prothetics are fine because it gives people who have the disavantage of running to do what they love. I dont think that it is an unfair advantage and yes these people should compete in the olypics because they are just as good as the next person.

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  3. nick wolfeNovember 13, 2009 at 8:06 AM

    i think that prostetic legs would make it more easy to run because you dont have to worry about you legs hurting. But even if you can run longer than other people you might not be as fast as they are. i think it is fair for people to race with prostetic legs because they might have lost there dream when they lost there legs, with the prostetic legs they can still run and compete for there dream. the olimpics is for the best of the best so i think the people with prostetic legs should compete to see who would go to the olympics

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  4. Katelyn McCaulleyNovember 13, 2009 at 8:11 AM

    I think that this is unfair and fair in a way. It is fair for the athletes that are disabled to have prothetics and be able to run but it is unfair for the people who have regular legs and the prosthetics are out running them. I think they should be able to compete in the olympics because i dont think it would get a much more advantage that would really make a difference btu i see where they are coming from if they think its unfair.

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