RE: Authority, Authorship and Authenticity in Life
Recall that morality originates in the habits or behavior habits of a person or group. Thus, according to our customs and behaviors, we are building our "way of being" throughout our lives. Because human life is a project, that is, it is not previously determined or defined by something or someone outside the subject that lives. Life is, then, a constant "doing". And morality has to do with that "doing," which is composed of acts, habits and customs and has to do with projects, goals and standards or codes that somehow guide our lives.
since we are born we are in this process of becoming our own authority. When you were born, you were 100% dependent on the adults around you, and there are many reasons why this happens, and it is really, perfect that it is so. You needed to depend on 100 of others to receive from some place the information that would later allow you to take care of yourself.
I tell you that sometimes this area of "laws, morality, rules and authority" becomes very rigid and exploitative, and it generates a drastic or punitive authority, which does not allow us to enjoy or explore life. In psychoanalysis it is known as Super Yo, in other currents it is your inner punitive Father or your rigid beliefs about life.
And speaking of external authority, imagine for a moment what would it be like to change the term authority for guidance, teacher or inspiration? That instead of needing to have "bosses or authorities" under which to govern, follow people who inspire you the highest values you aspire to in life?
Indeed, morality is the rule and law, and others act as guides to help them live better and wiser. Authority can be individual under the over-arching universal authority of morality which is not simply a guide, but other people can be guides to to teach about various aspects of life that optimize reciprocal cooperative living.