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Ethics without God?

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About a month ago on James Altucher 's very popular blog,  someone asked a question: how do you find ethics without religion? (You can read the question and answer section right here: http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2012/02/ask-james-global-warming-facebook-more-crappy-people-and-how-many-dates-before-you-know/  ) I believe Italian author Francesco Agnoli gives a very convincing answer in this page of his book: " Perché non possiamo essere atei" (Why we can't be atheists). The book was published by the Italian publisher Piemme in 2009. I translated and edited the page, for brevity, previous permission from UCCR, Unione Cristiani Cattolici Razionali. You can find the original article in Italian here:   http://www.uccronline.it/2012/02/22/ha-senso-la-morale-senza-dio-rispondono-dostoevskij-e-francis-collins/     Translating from Italian to English is difficult. At least for me. I hope what I wrote is easily readable. I welcome your comments. Thank you. ...
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Who killed them? And why?

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  April 28, 1945 , Giulino di Mezzegra , in the Province of Como, Italy. In a place so marginal to be almost invisible, there dies, after having been captured while he was fleeing and convicted without a trial, Benito Mussolini . And with him, Claretta Petacci . There was no order to shoot Benito Mussolini and his ministers. So, who did really kill him? A dialog with Luciano Garibaldi. From Pangea,  rivista avventuriera di cultura e idee. Traduzione di Leonardo Pavese About that day, oh what a paradox, the only certain thing is that it is not certain what you, certainly, will find in history books. That is, that the one who killed Il Duce was “ Colonel Valerio ,” an alias that can be traced back to Walter Audisio , an accountant from Alessandria, later a representative and a Senator of the Republic in communist garb. One could say that what matters are the outcomes and not the means. But it is not true: legends are built on the bodies of leaders. The identity of a nation i...
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Italian Album

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     Every now and then, I find beautiful and interesting historical pictures of Italian aircraft and the people around them, probably rarely seen in the Anglosphere.      I hope you will find them interesting too.      Your comments will be greatly appreciated.        Thank you.      Rome, Centocelle Airport (now closed), April 15, 1909. The Wright brothers were in Italy to show their airplane and hopefully win over more clients. The first airplane to fly in Italy had been Delagrange’s Voisin, on May 25,1908.    1919. The Royal Army wants to contribute to the development of air transportation. A SVA (Savoia Verduzio Ansaldo) of the 66th Fighter Squadriglia of the Italian Royal Army is loading the mail for the Pisa, Piacenza, Milan, Turin postal route.           The Caproni Ca.1 (Ca.300 HP) three-engine airplane was a former...
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