The problem with the arbitrariness of will
Hello Rabbi,
I read the fourth notebook and at the same time I also encountered Leibowitz's method.
As I understand it, you claim that God established the idea of goodness and morality, and when a person thinks about whether to do this or that act, the observation will be based on ideas and not on realistic facts, and therefore the naturalistic fallacy does not apply to that observation.
A. Did I understand correctly? If so, why would there be a difference between observing reality and its facts and observing ideas? Why would knowing that something is good or moral (necessarily) make him choose that way? In other words, where is the avoidance of the naturalistic fallacy?
B. From this perspective, I did not understand why Leibowitz's method was incorrect, that is, why the claim "I am moral because I chose this way" is not the only answer to the question of why I am moral, and all the others do not answer the question because the question "Why?" can be asked about them themselves.
C. Hidden within your argument is the assumption that the will does indeed look at the moral ideal. Why assume this is so? That is, I accept the evidence from morality, but why is it not more reasonable to assume that the comparison between it and the act follows the determination of the will?
I hope I was clear enough, thank you very much.
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