Death Note vs. The World, the Flesh, and the Devil; An Enquiry into the Three Enemies of the Rational Soul

In the anime and manga series Death Note, the pseudo-protagonist and villain named Kira wanted to get rid of all the World's evil. He thought he found the solution in the Death Note; a notebook owned by a Shimigami (Death God) which has the ability to take peoples lives simply by writing their names in it. Kira endevours in punishing the whicked by writing their names in the Death Note. More ambitious was his declaration to the world that he "Kira" will be the world's ne law and God. The series continues with "L" the world's greatest detective taking on Kira's challenge and cascades into the equally mathced battles of Kira and L. The series probes deep into the moral issues confronting the world today and provokes a sense of justice for what is morally right and just.

Desmond Bernal has another story to tell though. In "The World, the Flesh and the Devil: An Enquiry into the Future of the Three Enemies of the Rational Soul", Bernal saw science as our best tool for defeating the three enemies. The World means floods and famines and climate changes. The Flesh means diseases and senile infirmities. The Devil means the dark irrational passions that lead otherwise rational beings into strife and destruction.