This is not the same as morality-is-arbitrary, which people sometimes assert. There is a not-clearly-defined ground of morality necessary for a society to be stable enough to last long enough to develope customs1, 2. If you decided to assert that "theft is morally acceptable" you wouldn't last long, even if your law prohibited theft.
Refs
* On morailty, 2008. Not really satisfactory, because I'm not distinguishing L from M, but the direction is correct.
* The Case for Libertarian Friendliness.
* Human Deaths from Hot and Cold Temperatures and Implications for Climate Change (Patrick Brown, Breakthrough Institute) via RP.
* Natural Variability, Attribution and Climate Models #6 - Science of Doom.
Notes
1. Hence the fairly common assertion that "without religion, you have no morality" is wrong.
2. See-also my Book Review: The Righteous Mind.
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