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Makishima is an interesting one as far as Urobuchi creations go (and in general as well of course). Usually his characters start out with a pure and/or noble ideal in mind, but as the ideal clashes with the harsh reality around them and ends up causing them almost nothing but despair, they become corrupted and start to follow said ideal through unscrupulous means, which often (and unbeknownst to the character) directly contradict the original aim of the ideal.
And where Makishima sets himself apart from those is that (it seems) he actually started out that way. Here we have a guy who above all else champions people's free will and thus seeks to upset a system that undermines it, which can hardly be called a villainous motivation, only he's always gone about it in a villainous manner, e.g. enabling serial killers.
But regardless of how one may feel about his methods, his ideas are certainly interesting and compelling, especially his appraisal of the Sybil system's effect on society — it's stripped people's lives of meaning and their actions of value by suppressing their free will. Thus, as one who is able to live outside of the constraints of said system, he's taken it upon himself to be the one to liberate those suppressed from the shackles of society and restore meaning to their lives.
So yeah, all in all, I'm sold. Definitely looking forward to seeing how he will try to bring out the "splendor" in Kougami's soul.
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