Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed Hitherto
III: General Remarks on Morality§290 The moral hypothesis, designed with a view to justifying God, said: evil must be voluntary (simply in order that the voluntariness of goodness might be believed in); and again, all evil and suffering have an object which is salvation.
The notion “guilt” was considered as something which had no connection at all with the ultimate cause of existence and the notion “punishment” was held to be an educating and beneficent act, consequently an act proceeding from a good God.
The absolute dominion of moral valuations over all others: nobody doubted that God could not be evil and could do no harm, that is to say, perfection was understood merely as moral perfection.