I believe that orcs were absolutely depraved--as in, they WERE base-born and could not desire good... nor did they really know the true meaning of it. Maybe the could sense good though--they might have hated the children of Ilúvatar because they seemed much happier and were not slaves like the orcs were. It says in the Sil that the Orcs secretly hated their master (Morgoth), and I believe this is probably because he is the cause of all their suffering and their inability to do "good."
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