Ethics in engineering

so. i'm sitting in my ethics class. trying to beat dson's scores on tetris...he surpassed my scores while i slept last night. i shall overcome soon.


but yeh. i'm in ethics. it's an ok class but it's really really really REDUNDANT.

pretty much, we start off with an issue...and people keep talking. they keep rephrasing each others' questions and statements. i think it's because they are too opinionated. or they just like hearing the sound of their own voices. honestly. i mean. i say some things every once in a while because i actually have an opinion, but if someone has already said it, i won't bother. i'll just continue playing tetris. anyways.

so should i talk a little about ethics? ok. so today, we talked about simple subjectivism. essentially, its just saying that if you have an opinion, and you genuinely believe in your opinion, then it's right. of course, not many people or conventions actually argue in favor for this type of ethics. which makes me wonder, where did this even come from and why does it still exist? obviously, there are distinctions between what people believe is right or wrong. but if everyone is right in their own opinion, what's the point of ethics?

here's are two simple examples...

1. person 1 likes chocolate ice cream. person 2 likes strawberry ice cream. ok. no problem. they are both right. no one cares.

2. person 1 believes that he can kill his neighbor because he wants his neighbors wife with whom he has been having an affair with. person 2 believes that killing is wrong in all senses, along with adultery. and he also happens to be the neighbor. ok. problem. they are both right according to simple subjectivism. that's stupid.

the real issue is when you take into account cultural relativism. maybe there is some culture in the world where you can fight to the death for a spouse or partner or mate or whatever. i mean. idk. and i don't really want to look it up. but still. if simple subjectivism were taken seriously, there would be no distinction between right or wrong because who is to say that someone's opinion is wrong? that in itself is also and opinion.