The Road to Hell

The Road to Hell

My concern in this paper is a distinction most commonly associated with the Doctrine of the Double Effect (DDE). Elizabeth Anscombe claims that the denial of the DDE "has been the corruption of non-Catholic thought, and its abuse the corruption of Catholic thought." Many other philosophers, on the other hand, regard the DDE as not just wrong, but also wildly implausible. Some would even say tha...

Internet: road to heaven or hell for the clinical laboratory?

The Internet started as a research project by the Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for networking computers. Ironically, the networking project now predominantly supports human rather than computer communications. The Internet's growth, estimated at 20% per month, has been fueled by commercial and public perception that it will become an important medium for merchandising...

The Road to Hell: An Experimental Study of Intentions

Abstract: Do people care about intentions? Good intentions often do not produce good results when a person tries to do something nice for someone else. In this paper, we ask under what circumstances do people pay attention to outcomes and under what circumstances do they focus on intentions. While the aphorism in the paper’s title suggests that outcomes play a larger role than intentions, our s...

Hell On Earth: A Modern Day Inferno in Cormac McCarthy's The Road

The Long Road to Eradicate Rinderpest