Moral realism
If God's legislative authority stems from ontological gratitude, and you believe that the concepts of good and evil are independent of him, what happens if that authoritative entity chooses to legislate evil?
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At first glance, I thought that in such a situation I would be in a dilemma between the duty to obey him and the moral duty. But the latter does not exist without a command.
So apparently I was supposed to listen to him.
Beyond that, if he had chosen to enact evil, then perhaps I would not be obligated to him. Then I would not be obligated to good because there is no command, nor to evil because the source of the force has lost its authority.
But this is probably an ill-defined discussion. It's kind of like asking what would happen if the triangle were rectangular. A complete being who created our world cannot legislate evil (maybe theoretically can, but in practice it won't happen).
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