I agree, it’s always nice to get to your own conclusions.
I like to consider my stories as ‘just a stories’ - especially bad to the bone (which idk if you have read, I think you have) because a moral might be killing your parents and being a sociopath with some morals is okay. Maybe someone will read into my story and find a positive moral or hidden message that I did not realize when writing.
You make another great point, it’s up to the reader to take the moral. In your literature class, have you come across a story inwhich you found the morals - questionable?