Значения термина own badness на английском

A natural born do-gooder, which is the same as saying someone blind to their own badness.

The better a man is, the more clearly he sees, and the more deeply he feels, his own badness.

And by their own badness.

Bad writers bulwark themselves against a confrontation with their own badness by reference to other writers with whom they feel they share certain defence-worthy characteristics.