John Coggon
Biographic Data
| ID | 4493522 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Coggon |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Coggon |
| SIGNATURE | COGGON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6420-8420 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Making Sense of John Harris and The Value of Life: An Enigma, Wrapped in Mysterious Contradictions, inside an Absence of Theoretical Commitments
This paper critically engages with the work of John Harris. Its central focus is his 1985 book, The Value of Life : a foundational text in philosophical bioethics, whose relevance and resonance continue firmly to endure. My aim is to examine what it says—and omits to say—about political authority. Through analysis of apparent and substantive contradictions, and of John’s core focus on moral reasons rather than a basic moral theory, I argue that J…
Operationalising a large research programme tackling complex urban and planetary health problems: A case study approach to critical reflection
Addressing increasingly urgent global challenges requires the rapid mobilisation of new research groups that are large in scale, co-produced and focussed explicitly on investigating root causes at a systemic level. This requires new ways of operationalising and funding research programmes to better support effective interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary (ID/TD) partnerships between a wide range of academic disciplines and stakeholder groups. Un…
Lord Sumption and the values of life, liberty and security: Before and since the Covid-19 outbreak
Lord Sumption, a former Justice of the Supreme Court, has been a prominent critic of coronavirus restrictions regulations in the UK. Since the start of the pandemic, he has consistently questioned both the policy aims and the regulatory methods of the Westminster government. He has also challenged rationales that hold that all lives are of equal value. In this paper, I explore and question Lord Sumption’s views on morality, politics and law, quer…
From Best Interests to Better Interests? Values, Unwisdom and Objectivity in Mental Capacity Law
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 governs personal decision-making for adults. It incorporates five overarching principles, including that incapacity may not be inferred merely from a person's unwise decisions and that where a person lacks capacity decisions must be made in her best interests. Through analysis of judicial treatment of unwisdom, best interests, subjectivity and objectivity, considered against parliamentary debates on the Mental Capacit…
Smoke Free? Public Health Policy, Coercive Paternalism, and the Ethics of Long‐Game Regulation
Contemporary public health advocacy promotes a ‘fifth wave of public health’: a ‘cultural’ shift wherein the public's health becomes recognized as a common good, to be realized through concerted developments in the institutional, social, and physical environments. With reference to examples from anti‐tobacco policy, in this article I critically examine the fifth‐wave agenda in England. I explore it as an approach that, in the face of liberal indi…
Camillia Kong: Mental Capacity in Relationship: Decision‐Making, Dialogue, and Autonomy
From Reason to Practice in Bioethics: An Anthology Dedicated to the Works of John Harris
Human Dignity in Bioethics and Law by Charles Foster
Operationalising a large research programme tackling complex urban and planetary health problems: A case study approach to critical reflection
Addressing increasingly urgent global challenges requires the rapid mobilisation of new research groups that are large in scale, co-produced and focussed explicitly on investigating root causes at a systemic level. This requires new ways of operationalising and funding research programmes to better support effective interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary (ID/TD) partnerships between a wide range of academic disciplines and stakeholder groups. Un…
Human Dignity in Bioethics and Law by Charles Foster
From Reason to Practice in Bioethics: An Anthology Dedicated to the Works of John Harris
Camillia Kong: Mental Capacity in Relationship: Decision‐Making, Dialogue, and Autonomy
Smoke Free? Public Health Policy, Coercive Paternalism, and the Ethics of Long‐Game Regulation
Contemporary public health advocacy promotes a ‘fifth wave of public health’: a ‘cultural’ shift wherein the public's health becomes recognized as a common good, to be realized through concerted developments in the institutional, social, and physical environments. With reference to examples from anti‐tobacco policy, in this article I critically examine the fifth‐wave agenda in England. I explore it as an approach that, in the face of liberal indi…
From Best Interests to Better Interests? Values, Unwisdom and Objectivity in Mental Capacity Law
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 governs personal decision-making for adults. It incorporates five overarching principles, including that incapacity may not be inferred merely from a person's unwise decisions and that where a person lacks capacity decisions must be made in her best interests. Through analysis of judicial treatment of unwisdom, best interests, subjectivity and objectivity, considered against parliamentary debates on the Mental Capacit…
Lord Sumption and the values of life, liberty and security: Before and since the Covid-19 outbreak
Lord Sumption, a former Justice of the Supreme Court, has been a prominent critic of coronavirus restrictions regulations in the UK. Since the start of the pandemic, he has consistently questioned both the policy aims and the regulatory methods of the Westminster government. He has also challenged rationales that hold that all lives are of equal value. In this paper, I explore and question Lord Sumption’s views on morality, politics and law, quer…
Operationalising a large research programme tackling complex urban and planetary health problems: A case study approach to critical reflection
Addressing increasingly urgent global challenges requires the rapid mobilisation of new research groups that are large in scale, co-produced and focussed explicitly on investigating root causes at a systemic level. This requires new ways of operationalising and funding research programmes to better support effective interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary (ID/TD) partnerships between a wide range of academic disciplines and stakeholder groups. Un…
Making Sense of John Harris and The Value of Life: An Enigma, Wrapped in Mysterious Contradictions, inside an Absence of Theoretical Commitments
This paper critically engages with the work of John Harris. Its central focus is his 1985 book, The Value of Life : a foundational text in philosophical bioethics, whose relevance and resonance continue firmly to endure. My aim is to examine what it says—and omits to say—about political authority. Through analysis of apparent and substantive contradictions, and of John’s core focus on moral reasons rather than a basic moral theory, I argue that J…
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Ethics in medical practice (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law and economics (3 works) · Bioethics (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works)