 But this view seems mistaken. Consider the cosmological argument.  In some versions, the conclusion is that there is an unmoved mover.  In others, that there is a first cause. In others, that there is a necessary being, having its necessity of itself. None of these conclusions involves any claims about the moral character of the entity in question, let alone the claim that it is a morally perfect person.  But in the absence of such a claim, how could such arguments, even if they turned out to be sound, serve to undercut the argument from evil?