The source of morality is LOVE

Rationality, laws, institutions, decrees, rules, hierarchies, and meta-narratives are all tossed about and thrown against the rocks of the stormy grey sea that the world is. None of these will teach morality, for they all have one thing in common: they are made by humans, whispered or decreed, recommended or demanded, but all have the flaw of not acknowledging their subjectivity. Instead, they pretend to be the truth, objective and right. Morality cannot surge from such a cold, rational and pretentious place. Instead it must surge from a place which acknowledges the flaws, divides and subjectivity in humans. A place which breaths compassion and mercy, understanding and warmth, to be able to not objectively do what is right, but to feel the needs of the other, and act upon them. In other words, morality comes from love.

Humans are not ultimately bad, but they are not ultimately good either. They should not need structures, laws or decrees to guide them along the right path, but feeling for the neighbor, and an acknowledgement of the complexity of relationships. Some argue that if there were no laws or institutions created for the greater good of humanity, we as a human race would not feel compelled to stay in order, we would follow our own greedy personal wants, and would fight wars and hate and violence would escalate. I think that laws and instituions are just an excuse for a few to benefit over the many, while looking like they are doing the right thing, the good thing, because they work within the "legal" spectrum of things. We fool ourselves. Legality is the mask that greed hides behind, the towel we cover our heads with.  Laws are not a substitute for conscience. When there are laws, people are more interested in following them than in helping and accompanying people with love. Furthermore, the argument that without laws and institutions we would live in a world ridden with violence and degradation is false. "Well look buddy, its too late. We already live in a world with violence and hate. Look at Hiroshima. Look at the World Wars. Look at the capitalists who earn millions by exploiting nature, while 98% of the world is underprivileged. It would almost look like this suffering, hate and violence is caused by institutions and laws." We have to admit it. We can hardly get any worse. Laws and institutions decreed by man, varying all the way from orthodox religion to reasoning boxes we close ourselves into, to laws and politics, have done nothing. Morality can only come from feeling for others, from love. From communities which acknowledge the complexity of relationships, try to develop these, and are guided by no institution, law, or rational decree, but something as simple and great as love.