Plenty of people have your types of thoughts - I'd argue it is very rare that people don't :) They just happen to come to different conclusions regarding what's

Plenty of people have your types of thoughts - I'd argue it is very rare that people don't :) They just happen to come to different conclusions regarding what's good and what's bad, including 'calling poor people bad decision makers is really bad' that you are aware of and are keen to avoid :). These are interesting matters and are well explored by analytic moral philosophy. Here's what some smart people have figured out thus far: http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/Cavalier/80130/part1/sect5/RMP.html http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/Cavalier/80130/part1/sect5/RMP.html