Challenging Moral Dilemmas

I suggest you read The New Science of Morality by Joshua D. Greene for the weekend:

[...] a lot of our problems, moral dilemmas, are the result of modern technology. For example, we have the ability to bomb people on the other side of the world. Or we have the ability to help people on the other side of the world. We have the ability to safely terminate the life of a fetus. We have the ability to do a lot of things that our ancestors were never able to do, and that our cultures may not have had a lot of trial-and-error experience with. How many cultures have had trial-and-error experience with saving the world from global warming?  None. Because we're on trial number one, and we're not even through it yet.

Rushdie Strikes Back

Iranian government has finally banned all books of Salman Rushdie, the author of Satanic Verses, the notorious book which caused quite a turmoil in the lands of the never setting holy crescent. Letting books of a writer one was determined to kill at sight circulate freely  was absurd to say the least and this anomaly has been corrected by this long awaited law.

Rushdie, however, was quick to respond: he decided to offer his novels (in Persian) free in downloadable format. This presents a golden opportunity for those who seek his head. They now have a chance to know their enemy first hand without resorting to hearsay. Getting to learn something about your target's crimes before killing him should be a moral obligation for every candidate wishing to accomplish this honorable task.