What's good for people, animals and the planet is good and moral. What's bad for people, animals and the planet is bad and immoral.

Don't do stupid things, don't hurt others, make things better and just be decent and kind.

Be nice to people, make them smile, offer a helping hand when you can and most important of all, don't be a dick!

I follow the moral codes I learned from infancy, the sum of which is that I am here only for a very, very short time and that I am compelled to be a responsible custodian of the earth and to do as little harm as possible by my presence. To experience the moments fully and be open to the expression of verifialbe reason. I am a pacifist. That I may not change others, but that I can change and renew myself on the life paths I choose and to follow my heart. I don't know if that qulifies as a moral code or not.

The same one as ever: Common Sense.

While I don't follow any strict code, I still generally follow the "golden rule" of "treat others how you want to be treated (and can reasonably expect them to want to be treated)."

I have a loose moral code of trying to leave things better than I found them which, to varying degrees, includes not just places, but animals and people.

I also strive for social equity and justice in what ways I can, as I think these fall under the "golden rule" category.

There's much more, but that's a good start, I think.

I try to live life honestly, to myself and others, try to cause the least harm and most good in the bits of the world I interact with, and be the friend I'd like to have.

I tend to go with maxims or mottos a lot....
To thine own self be true, Live and let live, love others...

Generally, if I need to lie or be deceptive to achieve a goal, I don't pursue it.
and when I'm feeling macho... “I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” John Wayne.
Peace

The golden rule

I have a very simple moral code. Love myself.

If I love all the things and the people who help to enrich my life why would I want to hurt anyone?
If artist for example, enriched your life, why would you harm artist?. Would you not do everything in your power to keep them healthy and happy.. If you love people who can help you why would you not want them to reach their full potential. Ergo, you could benefit by their growth as well?

Yes I have a very simple moral code built on my own selfishness. Life for life sake. The human being is a social animal aware of his individuality and the best way to stroke his ego is to improve the whole of his social group, small and large, and hope that social safety net that socially support that protects and nourishes the individual is as strong and healthy as possible.

Empathy and kindness.
Those feelings should also apply to one's self, too.
Most other comments I read seem to boil down to that.
Empathy and kindness boil down to love.

Personally I do not believe in religion but I do believe we have a spirit and it let's our body know when we are doing something that goes against nature. Natural law abides inside of us, not in religious dogma and rituals but we have been taught to ignore our instincts. Natural law informs our spirit that life is valuable and actually allows morals to develop naturally.

I go with the "don't be an asshole" for starters but I also think I follow a code of willfullness in relationship to how I function within the patriarchal nest of fools in my life. I agree do no harm however I believe much of what we were taught in kindergarten is a good guide especially holding hands when you cross the street.

Simple, do unto others. Sometimes it actually works...

I just be myself.

I know what is right, and I know what is wrong. And I act on that knowledge in the most honest way I can. By the way, I was always non-religious, so, I never needed religion to give me a moral code.

I am ethical and have always found morals equal to false religious claims so I never followed the bigotry and racism of xians in my family or neighborhood

As defined by Wikipedia: Stoicism is predominantly a philosophy of personal ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world. According to its teachings, as social beings, the path to happiness for humans is found in accepting this moment as it presents itself, by not allowing ourselves to be controlled by our desire for pleasure or our fear of pain, by using our minds to understand the world around us and to do our part in nature's plan, and by working together and treating others fairly and justly.

The Stoics are especially known for teaching that "virtue is the only good" for human beings, and that external things—such as health, wealth, and pleasure—are not good or bad in themselves, but have value as "material for virtue to act upon". Alongside Aristotelian ethics, the Stoic tradition forms one of the major founding approaches to Western virtue ethics.[1] The Stoics also held that certain destructive emotions resulted from errors of judgment, and they believed people should aim to maintain a will (called prohairesis) that is "in accord with nature" (a phrase they interpreted to mean several different things). They thought the best indication of an individual's philosophy was not what a person said, but how a person behaved.[2] To live a good life, one had to understand the rules of the natural order since they taught everything was rooted in nature.

I don't think we should look for moral leadership in doctrine or scripture. If anywhere we should look for a set of morals in our communities and those around us. A set of values that promotes each other and does not set the priority of one over another. Of course this is Utopian and should be seen as a direction of travel.

I think the most popular answer without looking...the Golden Rule. It is not whomever has the gold, rules.

I think the most popular answer without looking...the Golden Rule. It is not whomever has the gold, rules.

I never was religious and had very strange irreligious parents & extended family - In 1952 I was four years old and could read, I read everything, I found even things I should never have got my hands on so all of my morals come from those books and the classics of childrens' books are morality squared. Real life was quite alien to me . I learned all the politenesses how to stay out of trouble and got all of my morality deepened with each inspiring book that I read . I was mostly reading because i needed to be invisible in a bonky family - because people leave you alone when you are lost in a book. Reality was a lot harder!

Anything that is stupid is not moral.

Our morals are evolutionary. Back in the day, wearing our bear skins and living in caves we soon learned that if we were obnoxious pricks, thieves or murderers we would be kicked out of the clan. We are pack animals and couldn't survive solo so we constantly checked that we were pulling our weight (notice we still compare ourselves with others). We learned altruism because we wanted people to be kind to us when we became sick or injured, others in turn would care for us.

Probably the code of malefficience (which I believe) translates to 'do no harm'. But as I have said before 'morality is in the mind of the beholder'.

Without God, we are our own arbitor of right and wrong. There is no other authority that can tell me I am wrong. If I decide torturing cats is moral, who has the moral authority to tell me I am wrong. Illegal maybe, but not immoral.