clamsrus

Morals are a lot to do with self worth......if you don't value yourself, or by extension your society, then it is quite legitamate to do unto others as you would have them do unto you....ie.....screw the lot of them.

While values, as such are dictated by external systems, legal, religious, cultural, habitual social customs, them to a greater or less degree individuals will always "buy into" the prevailing flavour of ethic and moral code.

Where however people are ruled by internal checks and measures based on their own intrinsic worth as human beings, then to accept a or reject a code forced upon them is going to be determined by the degree of "fit" with their internal measuring stick.
Formalising the code is usually coupled with exerting of power and control of one individual or organisation over another group....and that subjugation is "Not Moral"???