Question

Hello. Maimonides writes in the Laws of Repentance, “Do what is true because it is true,” as distinct from utilitarian considerations. What does he mean by this? If he means that there is an obligation to serve God and therefore one must do so, then he cannot derive that from a factual premise that this is the truth. Correctness or incorrectness are concepts that can be applied only to descriptive statements, and not to normative claims like the laws of the Torah. Therefore, if his intention is that this is the right thing to do, then once again it comes back to a utilitarian consideration. At most, one can say that it is right to do what one is obligated to do.