From where come your morals?

[urlawyer]

So, this is kind of a big topic amongst theists and atheists alike since it is paramount to each of our identities, worldview, and how we live our daily lives. I take a firm stance in the grounds of subjective morality which is why we have such a diversely opinionated people.
What I want to know is what values do you personally hold as a baseline for your own morality? Theists are welcome to join in the discussion but if you propose your holy scriptures as your foundation, please offer some specific pieces instead of the entirety so this doesn't turn into another "this-is-why-your-book-isn't-a-valid-source-of-morality" thread.

My personal baseline values are: human existence, individual enjoyment of said existence, truth, and knowledge.
I suppose these values make me something of an intellectual humanist... if my understanding of what a humanist is is correct.

[robvalue]

My morality can be summed up as trying to maximise the standard of life for all humans and animals. This would cover such things as happiness, healthiness, removal of stress and threats, and having as much freedom as possible.

Of course that is a very general mission statement and there are always going to be conflicts and compromises.

Truth and knowledge certainly are very important factors in achieving my goal.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I don't propose to speak for anyone else, but I get my morals from the Moral of The Month Club (headquarters Gdansk).  I send them money and they send me back a wee motivational moral message.

Haven't steered me wrong so far.

Boru

[The Grand Nudger]

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.

[robvalue]

Truth and knowledge come into play because the closer everyone's internal model of reality is to actual reality, the better placed they are to act morally.

[urlawyer]

@Rhythm:
The mail man and your dog huh?... there must be some conflicting values at that juncture.

[Alex K]

There is a book...

[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.  

[robvalue]

I seem to have hardwiring anyhow, which often overrules rational thought. I can decide the best thing to do is to step on an insect, because it is suffering and I know it will die. But I literally can't bring myself to do it. My internal morality is overriding my conscious morality or something. I seem to be programmed against causing harm.

[Kitty Galore]

My family was the blue print, experience is the building.

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I seem to have hardwiring anyhow, which often overrules rational thought. I can decide the best thing to do is to step on an insect, because it is suffering and I know it will die. But I literally can't bring myself to do it. My internal morality is overriding my conscious morality or something. I seem to be programmed against causing harm.

Omg. Rob. I totally know what you are talking about, I have done that since I was a child. Mostly I just close my eyes, and think to myself, "I'm sorry little guy." I do the deed. I do it because I want to end it's suffering. I know they don't think and feel like we do, but I have always done that. I could never do it to an animal though, even though it is the right thing to do, I could not bring myself to do it. Only bugs. I'm a hypocrite.