Late Night Post: What I Can Possibly Gain From Ethics Class

I know that this is supposed to be a blog pertaining to videogames, scifi, music and technology, but I've been in school lately and there's not much time to pull up content, unless I immediately come across some material.This evening, I attended two of the four classes I'll be cramming hard to pass this semester, so I can get into a school back home of my choice. I attended my intermediate drawing class and my intro to ethics class and I enjoyed the art class, but I'm definately intimidated by my ethics class.

Intro to Ethics: I know that for humanity to function we must have a set of moral codes such as "don't kill eachother", don't covet other's property and don't try to justify individualistic motives through others (e.g. eugenics, racial clensing, euthanasia, rise of Hitler etc.) However, if I see a promise in a subject such as science, I believe that science is man's salvation and it does not need to follow the laws of ethics. I find the class intimidating, because it requires some participation. Today in class, I was afraid to contribute to the answers in fear of being wrong. I tend to underestimate my capability to grasp the material in philosophy which is why I did all my assignments at the last minute. I also hear that if you're a woman or a person of color, you or your ideas will never be taken seriously. This is why I'm more concerned doing the work, on time, the right way and passing the tests and short papers. This is also why I'm going to try to transfer to a university at home that is more culturally and racially diverse than the whole city of Reno. I haven't been here for more than 2 yrs and already I feel like I'm growing out of this city. I want to stay here until I graduate, but it's going to be more difficult if I am not happy here.

Anyways: I think what I can gain from this class is the ability to argue using Ethos (ethics). As I was in class and the instructor discussed the different types of ethics, partially in the lecture he discussed religion. He used a basic example of theism, not a specific religion. As he was discussing the Devine Command Theory, all I could think about was the Christian Bible and the Islamic Quran. I thought about switching to a different class, particularly a game design class, or the sign language class. I think if I'm not happy in this class I'll take the sign language and pay an extra $400 for it. The class starts next month on Fridays and Saturdays. This class will be helpful in a sense to argue why the god in the bible is unjust, unethical and hypocritical.