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The 1970’s, and a major international judo tournament is in the offing. I am selected to represent Britain as the Lightweight representative. However, there is a problem: I weigh only 58Kg, several Kg less than my prospective opponents from overseas. Extra mass, and especially extra muscle, would tremendously improve my prospects, but how to achieve such a result in a relatively short time? One of our team officials makes a suggestion., “What you need is some steroids....”
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Owens, G. (1999). Ethics, Aesthetics, and Empiricism. In: Werhane, P.H., Singer, A.E. (eds) Business Ethics in Theory and Practice. Issues in Business Ethics, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9287-1_8
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