Q&A: Why fulfill God's wishes?
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Why fulfill God's wishes?
Question
Suppose I accepted all your arguments about the philosophical Creator, and also the claim about morality, and also that the tradition might be correct and God wants from us the laws of religion.
Why do we need to do what He wants?
Answer
See my article on philosophical gratitude. Let me just preface it by saying that any principle on which I would base your obligation would be open to the same question: why obey that principle itself? When you look for such an explanation, you first have to define which principles are acceptable to you and on which such a justification can be built.