Definition
To lead to a disaster by acting with good intentions.
Origins
From the proverb the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
In Context
- "In the other direction, treatments that were decried in their time as paving the road to hell, including vaccination, transfusions, anesthesia, artificial insemination, organ transplants, and in-vitro fertilization, have become unexceptional boons to human well-being."