 God is, by definition, good. This is both a fixed point concerning God’s nature and a plausibility-making feature of theological voluntarism. If one were to deny that God is good (understood de dicto—that is, ‘if there is a being that qualifies as God, then that being is good’), one would call one’s own competence in use of the term ‘God’ into question. And even if it were allowed that one can employ the term ‘God’ masterfully while denying that God is good, if one were to deny that God is good, then one would undercut one’s capacity to defend theological voluntarism. For theological voluntarism is plausible only if God is an exalted being; but a being that is not good is not an exalted being.