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Full Idea
Agents who perform evil nonautonomously do not know what they are doing, because they have made a mistake in understanding or evaluating their own conduct.
Gist of Idea
Evil people may not be autonomously aware, if they misjudge the situation
Source
John Kekes (Against Liberalism [1997], 02.4)
Book Ref
Kekes,John: 'Against Liberalism' [Cornell 1997], p.33
A Reaction
So while liberals say that true evil must be autonomous, Kekes says it may result from factual or evaluative error, for which people are also responsible.
Related Idea
Idea 23087 Much human evil is not autonomous, so moral responsibility need not be autonomous [Kekes]