Everything I desribe here happens in imaginary world.

I'm writing a first person novel and main character has highly controversial views. For example, he does not see anything wrong in eating cultured meat chemically and structurally identical to human meat. He does not see anything wrong in pedophiles having sex with androids looking like children, even more he insists it is the best way, because pedophiles do not choose to be pedophiles.

He does not mind killing and kidnapping, using mercenaries, for solving some social issues. If someone is going to give an order to start a war, it'a better to kill him prior, to reduce the amount of victims. There are many other (but all are probably rational) reasons for doing that.

He would like to pee in some lawgivers' faces. Because the bills they proposed and the laws they adopted were stupid. Because too many people have been damaged by them.

The main character does not consider laws to be guiding rules, because they are adopted in favor of those who adopt them. And his social position allows him doing that. When talking with his friend's 14 year old sister who is afraid to have sex with her older boyfriend, he tells she has nothing to worry about. If someone (except her) accuses her boyfriend in having sex with her, the main character will use his power to stop the disgrace.

His own attitides towards relationships are more extreme. He does not consider any type of relationships to be appropriate for him. He is a proponent of free love and will not commit relationships, only start bed-close friendship at most.

He is not mad, not irrational, has a great ability to plan, even if he is a bit more impulsive than others. He has empathy, the reason he does all these actions is that he values desires more than anything else, until they contradict each others. Those who cannot fulfil their wishes concerning themselves because other people restrict them, are seen victims by him. Here are children (adolescents) who want to have sex but can't. Here are people who want to use drugs but can't. Here are people who want to have sex outside of relationships but can't (I mean some conservative societies). And the list is too long to post it here. What drives him mostly is empathy. So we hardly can say that the protagonist is evil.

But he still is highly controversial. This made me think if such a character with all these controversial attitudes will be a no-no for a reader. Or maybe a publisher. Of course, it maybe possible that his attitudes instead will be received with interest or maybe even awe, but I'm not sure on this. In either way, I still think such a novel deserves a shot.

So, the bad reception is what I'm afraid of. I can't change the character much, because it is for me is someone like Zarathustra for Nietzsche. This means the main character simply is the one who is similar to me (or me is similar to the main character, call it a reincarnation) in his attitudes. But I am asking what techniques could improve the reception, to make the novel and the main character more attractive. How to avoid confirmation bias and other biases in readers in such cases? What kind of structure should a writer use for this purpose?

^{Sorry if my English is bad (and I suspect it is), it is my second language.}

I'm writing a first person novel and main character has highly controversial views, many of which the majority of people would probably consider immoral. Would a character with controversial attitudes be a no-no for a reader? Or maybe a publisher?

Of course, it maybe possible that his attitudes instead will be received with interest or maybe even awe, but I'm not sure on this. In either way, I still think such a novel deserves a shot.

In summary, I'm afraid of a bad reception. I don't want to change the character much, he is like Zarathustra was for Nietzsche: A mouthpiece for my own beliefs and attitudes. What techniques could improve the likely reception, to make the novel and the main character more attractive? How can I prevent confirmation bias and other biases in the readers in such cases? What kind of structure should a writer use for this purpose?