Full Idea
We may wonder whether God can be good since he has not produced more moral goodness than he has. We may wonder whether God is guilty by neglect.
Gist of Idea
Can God be good, if he has not maximised goodness?
Source
Brian Davies (Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion [1982], 3 'Freedom')
Book Reference
Davies,Brian: 'An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion' [OUP 1993], p.46
A Reaction
The orthodox response is that we cannot possibly know what the maximum of moral goodness would look like, so we can't make this judgement. Atheists say that God fails by human standards, which are not particularly high.