My Ph.D. dissertation was on the question of what it means for a person to be evil. In other words, what is an evil person? The main purpose behind this was to know how to avoid being evil. The whole dissertation is on the web as one large PDF file. You may download and print it for your own personal reading. Printing it on any commerical basis is prohibited. It is copyrighted to me, and it may be quoted within the limits of fair use. More extensive copying requires my permission.
- The Evil Person - my Ph.D. dissertation
- Synopsis of The Evil Person, which I read at my defense
While working on my dissertation, I wrote a lot that didn't make it into the final work. Here is a selection of some of what wasn't included in the final copy.
- Love and Perversions of Love (PDF)
- Original Sin
- Storming Heaven -- Arthur Machen on Evil
"Hell" by Fergus Duniho
I made this picture by applying successive special effects with Ultimate Paint. I saved it when I got this, which reminds me of the pictures Hieronymus Bosch drew of hell. I suppose it's really a Rorschach, which may be a blur to some. I see it full of ghostly, enigmatic, and demonic figures.