Pleasure as part of God’s will.
As far as I understand the rabbi’s point, our knowledge of God’s moral obligation stems from the very existence of conscience and our intuitive understanding of “what is good” and “what is bad” (I could certainly be wrong, I would welcome correction). There seems to be a part of us, a bit of a compass, that directs us to the fact that “it is good to love life.” Would you say that there is a way in which we can conclude that this is God’s explicit will?
We also have a tendency to speak slanderously. Not everything in us is a normative obligation. These are different feelings. We have tendencies within us, and there is an understanding of norms of what is appropriate and inappropriate. The latter are binding and the former are not. I don’t think anyone would think that there is a moral value in loving life. But if someone does think so, then they should act accordingly.
I simply argue that morality is for the sake of pleasure.
We are normatively morally obligated, and once moral aspirations have been fulfilled (and simultaneously) our ultimate goal is to enjoy and love life (and this supersedes the need for a moral obligation to observe commandments).
I know the “what if a person enjoys killing” argument, but I am not an atheist and that is exactly the point. God has commanded us collectively to be moral so that we can reach fuller and truer levels of enjoyment of life.
I don't understand this nonsense.
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