David R Lawrence
Biographic Data
| ID | 5629088 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David R Lawrence |
| GIVEN NAMES | David R |
| FAMILY NAME | Lawrence |
| SIGNATURE | LAWRENCE D R |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8152-9410 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Bioethics transformed
This article examines the evolution of bioethics over the past four decades since the publication of John Harris’ seminal work, “The Value of Life” (1985). It argues that while the core principles articulated by Harris remain relevant, bioethics has undergone significant transformation across four key domains. First, the expanding frontiers of biotechnology have necessitated engagement with complex issues beyond individual clinical ethics. Second…
Operationalising Moral Status
Legal and ethical frameworks remain dominated by a broadly binary conception of moral status as the primary organising idea: entities are typically treated either as persons, with extensive rights, or as things, with at best limited protections. While many jurisdictions now recognise animal welfare and anti-cruelty duties, these measures generally stop short of acknowledging independent full moral status. This landscape is ill-suited to the diver…
Armies and Political Change in Britain, 1660–1750
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Neurolaw—A Call to Action
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England's Islands in a Sea of Troubles
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Regulating the Tyrell Corporation
Emerging biotechnologies and advances in computer science promise the arrival of novel beings possessed of some degree of moral status, even potentially sentient or sapient life. Such a manifestation will constitute an epochal change, and perhaps threaten Homo sapiens’ status as the only being generally considered worthy of personhood and its contingent protections; as well as being the root of any number of social and legal issues. The law as it…
Novel Beings
A world of 'posthumans,' synthetic human embryos, perhaps even thinking artificial intelligences (AI) becomes increasingly inevitable. A vast range of technologies, including genomics, synthetic biology, advanced pharmaceuticals, neurotechnologies, and breakthroughs in computer science and artificial intelligence research promise to create new forms of sentient, even sapient intelligent life in the not-too-distant future; and perhaps change our u…
Does a Mind Need a Body
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Red herrings, circuit-breakers and ageism in the Covid-19 debate
In their recent paper ‘Why lockdown of the elderly is not ageist and why levelling down equality is wrong’ Savulescu and Cameron attempt to argue the case for subjecting the ‘elderly’ to limits not imposed on other generations. We argue that selective lockdown of the elderly is unnecessary and cruel, as well as discriminatory, and that this group may suffer more than others in similar circumstances. Further, it constitutes an unjustifiable depriv…
The English People at War in the Age of Henry VIII
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Crusade Propaganda in Word and Image in Early Modern Italy
Debby, Nirit Ben-Aryeh. Crusade Propaganda in Word and Image in Early Modern Italy: Niccolò Guidalotto’s Panorama of Constantinople (1662). An article from journal Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme (Volume 39, Number 3, Summer 2016, pp. 5-221), on Érudit
Fatal Rivalry
George Goodwin. Fatal Rivalry: Flodden 1513; Henry VIII, James IV and the Battle for Renaissance Britain. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013. x + 288 pp. + 16 color pls. $29.95. ISBN: 978-0-393-07368-3. - Volume 67 Issue 2
Walter Ralegh’s History of the World and the Historical Culture of the Late Renaissance
Popper, Nicholas. Walter Ralegh’s History of the World and the Historical Culture of the Late Renaissance. An article from journal Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme (Volume 36, Number 2, Spring 2013, pp. 5-205), on Érudit
Ideology and Foreign Policy in Early Modern Europe (1650–1750)
Onnekink, David and Gijs Rommelse (eds.). Ideology and Foreign Policy in Early Modern Europe (1650–1750). An article from journal Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme (Volume 36, Number 2, Spring 2013, pp. 5-205), on Érudit
Princely Armor in the Age of Dürer
This striking publication examines two masterful armors for man and horse recently acquired by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Among the earliest complete European examples in existence, these German works demonstrate the superior design and craftsmanship of princely armor in the early 16th century. The celebrated master Wilhelm von Worms the Elder (d. 1538) of Nuremberg made the luxurious, exquisitely decorated steel horse armor for Duke Ulrich …
The Knightly Art of Battle
The Martial Ethic in Early Modern Germany
B. Ann Tlusty. The Martial Ethic in Early Modern Germany: Civic Duty and the Right of Arms. Early Modern History: Society and Culture. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. xv +372 pp. $95. ISBN: 978–0–230–57656–8. - Volume 65 Issue 1
Reappraising the Elizabethan and Early Stuart Soldier
For much of the 20th century, historians could muster little praise for the late Tudor and early Stuart soldiery, often portraying them as amateurs who were part of a decaying and moribund military tradition isolated from the transformations shaping warfare on the European continent. In the 1980s and 1990s, these theories were tested and found wanting by those who argued that the English were fully engaged in the so‐called early modern military r…
The Last Knight Errant
Christopher Wilkins. The Last Knight Errant: Sir Edward Woodville and the Age of Chivalry. London: I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2010. xxii + 234 pp. index. append. illus. bibl. £25. ISBN: 978–1–84885–149–8. - Volume 63 Issue 2
Martial Power and Elizabethan Political Culture
Rory Rapple. Martial Power and Elizabethan Political Culture: Military Men in England and Ireland, 1558–1594. Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. xiii + 332 pp. index. map. bibl. $120. ISBN: 978–0–521–84353–9. - Volume 62 Issue 4
Neolithic mortuary practice in Orkney
The human skeletal remains from the Neolithic chambered cairn of Isbister, Orkney were re-examined to test the accuracy of observations reported in the published analysis. During the examination, pathological lesions, signs of weathering and other taphonomic markers were recorded. Two marked disparities between the study and the published report were discovered: the Isbister population was found to display a high prevalence rate of pathological s…
Oysters as geoarchaeologic objects
Crassostreine oysters have unutilized potential in analyses of coastal archaeological sites. Intertidal vs. subtidal harvesting may be determined by an examination of shell characters, and the culling of samples recognized through scrutiny of valves or shells collected dead. the season of live shell gathering may be estimated via a ligament growth model. Possible human uses of oysters include foodstuffs, agricultural and building materials, imple…
Palestine's Transformation
Palestine's Transformation
Oysters as geoarchaeologic objects
Crassostreine oysters have unutilized potential in analyses of coastal archaeological sites. Intertidal vs. subtidal harvesting may be determined by an examination of shell characters, and the culling of samples recognized through scrutiny of valves or shells collected dead. the season of live shell gathering may be estimated via a ligament growth model. Possible human uses of oysters include foodstuffs, agricultural and building materials, imple…
Neolithic mortuary practice in Orkney
The human skeletal remains from the Neolithic chambered cairn of Isbister, Orkney were re-examined to test the accuracy of observations reported in the published analysis. During the examination, pathological lesions, signs of weathering and other taphonomic markers were recorded. Two marked disparities between the study and the published report were discovered: the Isbister population was found to display a high prevalence rate of pathological s…
Reappraising the Elizabethan and Early Stuart Soldier
For much of the 20th century, historians could muster little praise for the late Tudor and early Stuart soldiery, often portraying them as amateurs who were part of a decaying and moribund military tradition isolated from the transformations shaping warfare on the European continent. In the 1980s and 1990s, these theories were tested and found wanting by those who argued that the English were fully engaged in the so‐called early modern military r…
Palestine's Transformation
Palestine's Transformation
Oysters as geoarchaeologic objects
Crassostreine oysters have unutilized potential in analyses of coastal archaeological sites. Intertidal vs. subtidal harvesting may be determined by an examination of shell characters, and the culling of samples recognized through scrutiny of valves or shells collected dead. the season of live shell gathering may be estimated via a ligament growth model. Possible human uses of oysters include foodstuffs, agricultural and building materials, imple…
Neolithic mortuary practice in Orkney
The human skeletal remains from the Neolithic chambered cairn of Isbister, Orkney were re-examined to test the accuracy of observations reported in the published analysis. During the examination, pathological lesions, signs of weathering and other taphonomic markers were recorded. Two marked disparities between the study and the published report were discovered: the Isbister population was found to display a high prevalence rate of pathological s…
Martial Power and Elizabethan Political Culture
Rory Rapple. Martial Power and Elizabethan Political Culture: Military Men in England and Ireland, 1558–1594. Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. xiii + 332 pp. index. map. bibl. $120. ISBN: 978–0–521–84353–9. - Volume 62 Issue 4
The Last Knight Errant
Christopher Wilkins. The Last Knight Errant: Sir Edward Woodville and the Age of Chivalry. London: I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2010. xxii + 234 pp. index. append. illus. bibl. £25. ISBN: 978–1–84885–149–8. - Volume 63 Issue 2
Reappraising the Elizabethan and Early Stuart Soldier
For much of the 20th century, historians could muster little praise for the late Tudor and early Stuart soldiery, often portraying them as amateurs who were part of a decaying and moribund military tradition isolated from the transformations shaping warfare on the European continent. In the 1980s and 1990s, these theories were tested and found wanting by those who argued that the English were fully engaged in the so‐called early modern military r…
The Knightly Art of Battle
The Martial Ethic in Early Modern Germany
B. Ann Tlusty. The Martial Ethic in Early Modern Germany: Civic Duty and the Right of Arms. Early Modern History: Society and Culture. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. xv +372 pp. $95. ISBN: 978–0–230–57656–8. - Volume 65 Issue 1
Walter Ralegh’s History of the World and the Historical Culture of the Late Renaissance
Popper, Nicholas. Walter Ralegh’s History of the World and the Historical Culture of the Late Renaissance. An article from journal Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme (Volume 36, Number 2, Spring 2013, pp. 5-205), on Érudit
Ideology and Foreign Policy in Early Modern Europe (1650–1750)
Onnekink, David and Gijs Rommelse (eds.). Ideology and Foreign Policy in Early Modern Europe (1650–1750). An article from journal Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme (Volume 36, Number 2, Spring 2013, pp. 5-205), on Érudit
Princely Armor in the Age of Dürer
This striking publication examines two masterful armors for man and horse recently acquired by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Among the earliest complete European examples in existence, these German works demonstrate the superior design and craftsmanship of princely armor in the early 16th century. The celebrated master Wilhelm von Worms the Elder (d. 1538) of Nuremberg made the luxurious, exquisitely decorated steel horse armor for Duke Ulrich …
Fatal Rivalry
George Goodwin. Fatal Rivalry: Flodden 1513; Henry VIII, James IV and the Battle for Renaissance Britain. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013. x + 288 pp. + 16 color pls. $29.95. ISBN: 978-0-393-07368-3. - Volume 67 Issue 2
Crusade Propaganda in Word and Image in Early Modern Italy
Debby, Nirit Ben-Aryeh. Crusade Propaganda in Word and Image in Early Modern Italy: Niccolò Guidalotto’s Panorama of Constantinople (1662). An article from journal Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme (Volume 39, Number 3, Summer 2016, pp. 5-221), on Érudit
The English People at War in the Age of Henry VIII
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Regulating the Tyrell Corporation
Emerging biotechnologies and advances in computer science promise the arrival of novel beings possessed of some degree of moral status, even potentially sentient or sapient life. Such a manifestation will constitute an epochal change, and perhaps threaten Homo sapiens’ status as the only being generally considered worthy of personhood and its contingent protections; as well as being the root of any number of social and legal issues. The law as it…
Novel Beings
A world of 'posthumans,' synthetic human embryos, perhaps even thinking artificial intelligences (AI) becomes increasingly inevitable. A vast range of technologies, including genomics, synthetic biology, advanced pharmaceuticals, neurotechnologies, and breakthroughs in computer science and artificial intelligence research promise to create new forms of sentient, even sapient intelligent life in the not-too-distant future; and perhaps change our u…
Does a Mind Need a Body
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Red herrings, circuit-breakers and ageism in the Covid-19 debate
In their recent paper ‘Why lockdown of the elderly is not ageist and why levelling down equality is wrong’ Savulescu and Cameron attempt to argue the case for subjecting the ‘elderly’ to limits not imposed on other generations. We argue that selective lockdown of the elderly is unnecessary and cruel, as well as discriminatory, and that this group may suffer more than others in similar circumstances. Further, it constitutes an unjustifiable depriv…
Neurolaw—A Call to Action
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England's Islands in a Sea of Troubles
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Armies and Political Change in Britain, 1660–1750
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Bioethics transformed
This article examines the evolution of bioethics over the past four decades since the publication of John Harris’ seminal work, “The Value of Life” (1985). It argues that while the core principles articulated by Harris remain relevant, bioethics has undergone significant transformation across four key domains. First, the expanding frontiers of biotechnology have necessitated engagement with complex issues beyond individual clinical ethics. Second…
Operationalising Moral Status
Legal and ethical frameworks remain dominated by a broadly binary conception of moral status as the primary organising idea: entities are typically treated either as persons, with extensive rights, or as things, with at best limited protections. While many jurisdictions now recognise animal welfare and anti-cruelty duties, these measures generally stop short of acknowledging independent full moral status. This landscape is ill-suited to the diver…
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