IMO, Jehovah's Witnesses are not taught to have morals, they are taught to follow rules. They are taught that being moral means following all the WT rules, even when the WT rules are very immoral.
For example, a Jehovah's Witness will completely shun a fellow human being, even their own child or parent. Treat the person right in front of them as if they don't exist, like they were dead. This is not moral. This is not Christian. This is not love. But they have been taught that it is!
I think JWs actually have LESS morals than other people and I think they are not able to really tell what is right and wrong, what is loving and what is unloving.
This is all because they have been taught to follow rules instead of taught to BE LOVING and to follow their God-given conscience.
Also I believe that being raised a JW is not developmentally healthy for an adolescent.
The developmental needs of adolescents are not met in the Org. Each stage of human development has certain needs, and these needs must be met for development to proceed in a healthy way. Infants need to learn to trust and to feel secure. Preschoolers need to practice doing things on their own (I can pour the milk myself!) School age kids need to DO stuff (bike ride, build models, play house, whatever) JWs can raise very developmentally healthy children, up to this point.
But adolescents have needs, too. They NEED to try out identities (am I a preppy person? A rocker? An athlete?). They NEED to feel connected to a wide variety of peer groups to do it. They try out different clothes, music and friends. They need to question their beliefs and look for reasons for beliefs. JW parents who insist on following the JW rules cannot allow their children to meet these developmental needs. I believe forcing an adolescent to live by WT rules is abusive and damaging to their development.
Failure to successfully develop an identity of their own leads to great difficulties in adulthood...'identity diffusion' =a self that is not fully developed or defined, not able to 'find' themselves or their direction in life, 'stuck' in the questions of adolescence
or 'identity foreclosure' =“Identity foreclosed individuals have committed themselves to values and goals without taking time to explore alternatives. Instead, they accept a ready-made identity that authority figures (usually parents but sometimes teachers, religious leaders, or romantic partners) have chosen for them. Foreclosed individuals tend to be dogmatic, inflexible, and intolerant. Some use their commitments in a defensive way, regarding any difference of opinion as a threat. Most are afraid of rejection by people on whom they depend for affection and self-esteem (Frank, Pirsch, & Wtight, 1990: Kroger, 1995).”
Just as a baby must crawl at a certain time, an adolescent must explore the world, make some of his own choices and decide what he believes. The JW faith does not allow this.