It is not about acknowledgement, it’s about understanding the morality of the action. Most of the time, only they know the answer to that question.

In my opinion, in order for an action to be evil, the actor must know what is good or what is right behavior. While sometimes the actor acts with intent to cause harm, sometimes, the actor is ignorant of such things.

If that guy is in his 40’s he has lived a hard life. I’m surprised he is still conscious let alone mobile.

I thoroughly enjoyed an Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon. It’s an interesting take on the generation ship theme.