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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I think the people who think prosthetic legs give people with amputated legs an advantage are crazy. Doctors dont make these legs to make people with no legs run faster they make them so they would be able to walk again. its the runners own strength to move that fast. yes i do think prosthetic legs are fair it gives people whos dream was to run trck a chance to live it. it is not giving runners a advantage. they should be able to compete in the olympics because it isnt their fault they lost there legs.
ReplyDeleteThe article is very interesting. Honestly I do think prosthetics are fair. I mean it is honestly still legs and there is no way of cheating. You’re still using your body and they are just like the real legs. No it’s completely fair a person with legs still have an advantage to beat the person with the prosthetics ones. Yes, these people should be able to compete in the Olympics therefore you have to treat everyone equally I am not saying you have to but it would be the polite thing to do. If they would not let them compete that would be rude and also very wrong. It might make them feel different and left out and like they don’t mean anything. You still have to let them follow their dreams.
ReplyDeleteI think this article can be argued but it can also be easyly resolved. The way to fix this open a different calss for people with this. I think that these people should be able to take place in the Olympics but the should be in a differnt class. They should have a regular calss than make a another class for people with a fake leg.
ReplyDeleteI think this article is interesting but then again I think it is not really fair. The article is saying that the people who the prosthetics have a better chance of winning because I guess you could say it gives you a boost. Do I think prosthetics are fair, well this goes back ways for me. I think it is fair because it is not their fault that they lost a leg, but then again if it gives them a boost it is not really that fair to the runners who don’t have a prosthetics because they get hurt with chine splints.so it kind of goes both ways. I think I am more towards the unfair advantage, unless the people with a prosthetics could run against eachother and then the runners who don’t have one should run againt themselves to make everything even.
ReplyDeleteAgain I think that they could be allowed to get into the Olympics if they run against themselves, but if they are running against the runners who don’t have that problem I think they should not be allowed to run in the Olympics.
Prosthetics is an advantage that handicapped athletes have on non handicapped athletes. When you put it into deep enough thought, it is unfair to other athletes. Now I’m not saying that it is a bad thing to be handicapped and they shouldn’t be able to compete, what I believe should be done to make things fair.
ReplyDeleteWhat I believe they should do is to make their own bracket of events with other disabled athletes. This way the playing field is evened out and there are no arguments. Also it makes things more competitive because they are playing people with the same advantages that they have along with the disadvantages.
I think that this is an interesting article. This type of article could be very popular. I personally think that giving the disabled another chance at life is definetly the way to go. Even if the have an advantage, just make them start further away than everyone else. I definelty think that this is fair letting disabled have another chance again.
ReplyDeleteLetting disabled people like these into the Olympics is definetly a sure thing that they should let them. If they have to start them farther away, do it; but don't kick them out of the races.
This article is very interesting and informative. In a way, yes, it is fair because the prosthetics give the runner’s that can’t necessarily “run” because they are underprivileged because they don’t have legs to run with, it’s fair because it gives them a chance to follow their dreams and interests. When it comes to competing, it’s not fair to the other runners that have to gain all that leg muscle and deal with pain, while the runners with prosthetics don’t have to necessarily train as much because the prosthetics do all the running for them. I think that if there is competing going on, runners with prosthetics shouldn’t go against the people with legs (to put it nicely), they should go against other runners that have prosthetics. They should be allowed to compete in the Olympics, but maybe change the prosthetics so they are more “leg-like” and not so springy.
ReplyDeleteI do think that prosthetics could be unfair.I think it is good that they are giving them a chance to compete but i believe they are given an unfair advantage.
ReplyDeleteThey should be aloud to compete but i dont think they should be aloud to compete at the olympics because the olympics should be as fair as possible.
I think this is a very interesting article. I think this is fair for the people with the prosthetics but not fair for the people that do not. The people with the prosthetics have a little bounce in there run which means on ever step they take they have a little advantage. But for the people with regular legs they could get shin splints, cramps in their legs and they don’t have that bounce like the others do. I think they should be able to compete just not against people with regular legs on the other hand I think they should be able to. It is not fair to exclude them from a run just because of their legs.
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