why shouldn't people be able to decide for themselves? The answers against the latter are, at their root, paternalistic and elitist. Is that the same as bad? W

why shouldn't people be able to decide for themselves? The answers against the latter are, at their root, paternalistic and elitist. Is that the same as bad? What is this zealotry against paternalism and elitism? Perhaps you could focus more on outcomes than some social engineering crusade you have, deciding that certain philosophies are automatically "bad".