What brand of morality to you hold yourselves and others accountable to?
This can be a sore subject for me, since I am an atheist who lives in predominantly Mormon Utah. When I tell people I am an atheist, many tend to think I must have a very different lifestyle and set of morals than they do. It is quite frustrating and insulting.
Basically, I try to live in a way that doesn't harm anyone else. Also, I try to help those who I think society has oppressed, or has harmed in some way or another. I try to do volunteer work for causes that I feel passionately about, mostly things that benefit the homeless, equal rights for the LGBT community, and various animal rights causes. Vegetarianism also fits into what I would consider my view of 'morality.'
I have a difficult time trusting the morals of people who belong to a religion and behave a certain way toward others because they are trying to avoid the negative consequences that their religion has claimed will happen if they fail to follow those morals. I tend to think I am a more 'moral' person, since I try to treat others fairly because I think it is the right thing to do, not because I fear an imaginary consequence in an afterlife. I realize that is a very pretentious view of things, however, and I would rarely tell someone that in person.
Do people trust you?
Yes and no. I don't have a lot of people who are close to me, but those who I've deemed worthy of my loyalty know that I would practically do anything for them. For anyone else, I would treat them in a way that was fair and appropriate given the situation. I follow rules and laws that I consider logical and just, and disregard the others completely. I'm great at finding loopholes and explaining my way out of things that I am not willing to do.
Do you consider yourself trustworthy?
Well, yes. If I say I'm going to do something, I will do it. Some rules I will not follow, though, even if I know I am expected to. This has been a problem before in a few jobs. I've had managers who were very inept and ineffective, and I had difficulty doing anything that they told me to do. I would usually just do things my own way, and eventually the manager just becomes tired of reprimanding me, realizes that I work hard and efficiently, and leaves me to do things however I deem fit. On the other hand, if a manager actually wins my respect, I will trust them and do as they tell me, and work much harder for them.
As far as romantic relationships, I'm very trustworthy in that sense. However, as soon as it is obvious that a relationship isn't rewarding for me anymore, I will abandon it without a second thought. This requires a very extreme fuck-up from my significant other, though.
Here is a basic summary of my morality: I may not be a nice guy, but I'm not a scumbag either.
Dealing with me you usually get what you deserve (good or bad)
Yeah, pretty much. That's my TL;DR version.