>Grown adults can make their own decisions and suffer the consequences.
Not in any western country. People are heavily insulated from the consequences of their actions by the welfare state. We even subsidize their ability to bring children into the world and (most likely) raise them poorly.
No, what is egotistical is believing your individual choices don't affect others and believing that the consequences your actions are not externalized by society.
Not in any western country. People are heavily insulated from the consequences of their actions by the welfare state. We even subsidize their ability to bring children into the world and (most likely) raise them poorly.