From where come your morals?

[Whateverist]

Mommy, Daddy, the Mailman....our dog......they all had a hand in it.  I remember there were some ants, and also a nesting bird.  True story.  
-Try not to hurt things too much.

Yeah I still wince when I remember the baby frogs a friend of mine and I dissected on a lark as very young kids.  I'm pretty sure it hurt them too, but it still bothers me.

I've pretty much been making my morals up as I go.  I don't tend to look for morals which will give me my marching orders everyday. Nor do I expect them to be comprehensive so that every choice becomes a simple decision procedure where no new thinking is required.  My moral motto is: we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.