The natural-artificial distinction is not only an abstract metaphysical question dedicated to classifying and differentiating between entities and phenomena that occur in nature from man-made objects. The distinction between the natural and the artificial is central to the philosophy of technology and an interesting heuristic to discuss important notions about the growing process of technologization in sport. For example, if one accepts the natural-artificial distinction, one is against any genetic intervention to improve sports performance because one would consider it unnatural. In this article, I present an argument against the natural-artificial distinction and defend the ethical permissibility of the technologization of sport.

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体育的自然-人为区分和技术化

自然-人为的区别不仅是一个抽象的形而上学的问题，它致力于对自然界中发生的实体和现象与人造物体进行分类和区分。自然与人工之间的区别是技术哲学的核心，也是一种有趣的启发式方法，用于讨论有关体育技术发展过程的重要概念。例如，如果一个人接受自然-人为的区别，就反对任何通过基因干预来改善运动表现的方法，因为人们会认为这是不自然的。在本文中，我提出了反对自然-人为区别的论据，并捍卫了体育技术化的伦理允许性。