I consider it a fascination with control. A fascination of the control over life and death. The ability to take someone's life at a whim, and being given suddenly the intoxicating power to do just that and executing it immediately.
The freedom to do what you want, whether it's a career or a base bloodlusting desire. That's what I see here and in a lot of Urobucher's villains, main or otherwise, as they explore that "high" of no longer being merely a human constrained in your own mortality, but also being able to control the mortality of others. Exercising that desire to go beyond being "merely human." It's sort of probably Urobucher's sordid take on the Ubermensch.
My take on Makishima's intentions is not merely a delight in empowering the criminal insane. Rather, he wants to observe the actions people will take in a society that is extremely controlled and limitedly empowered by an all encompassing system. That is to say, I think is intention is to itself "study" what amounts to a very Rosseau-an "man in the state of nature", where before the social contract of the Sibyl System is in place man is allowed and empowered to choose anything and everything he wants without limit or control. He "empowers" these people who are forced to suppress their desires to act out.
Edit - I think I'll post a longer version of this in the philosophy thread.
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