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Contact Details

Email
taryn.knox@otago.ac.nz
Position
Lecturer
Department
Department of Bioethics (Dunedin)
Qualifications
PhD MBHL MA BA(Hons) LLB (Otago)
Research summary
Philosophy of psychiatry and medicine, mental health ethics, sport ethics
Teaching
Ethics to students of medicine, physiotherapy, pharmacy, and dentistry and oral health. BITC 201
Memberships
University of Otago Human Ethics Committee

Research

Taryn is interested in the ways in which the philosophy of language and the philosophy of science can inform ethical decisions in medicine, especially psychiatry. Her PhD focused on ways in which 'mental illness' could be defined to safeguard against abusive medical treatment, such as forced conversion therapy for gay people and the institutionalisation of political dissidents.

Taryn is currently working alongside Associate Professor Lynley Anderson in a project regarding the gender binary in sport, and how this could be adapted to ensure the inclusion of transgender athletes as well as fairness.

Publications

Knox, T. (2025). Pregnancy should not be classified as a disease: A normative argument. Proceedings of the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL) Conference. Retrieved from https://aabhl2025.w.events4you.currinda.com Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Partridge, B., & Knox, T. R. (2025). Pregnant women are often not listened to, but pathologising pregnancy isn’t the solution. Journal of Medical Ethics, 51(1), 50-51. doi: 10.1136/jme-2024-109931 Journal - Research Other

McNamee, M., Anderson, L. C., Borry, P., Camporesi, S., Derman, W., Helm, S., Knox, T. R., … Weed, M. (2025). Sport-related concussion research agenda beyond medical science: Culture, ethics, science, policy. Journal of Medical Ethics, 51, 68-76. doi: 10.1136/jme-2022-108812 Journal - Research Article

Knox, T. (2024). Operationalizing fairness. American Journal of Bioethics, 24(11), 46-47. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2024.2399829 Journal - Research Other

Knox, T., Gilbert, A., & Anderson, L. (2024, May). Calling time on collision sport for children? Bioethics Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar]. Other Research Output

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