Morally Wrong

Is it morally wrong to smoke around your young child? I am lucky enough to have lived on this earth for forty-seven years. My parents raised me with no interference from the courts, and I am fine. I take issue with the court’s invading our lives and homes beyond what their role is in our society. Government’s role is to protect us from those who wish to harm us. The government should protect our right to live, and the government should protect our liberties. The government has no right to invade our homes, families, or personal affairs.
The American Cancer Society says that there is some evidence suggesting that secondhand smoke might be linked to adults with cancer who were exposed to secondhand smoke (Society). This statement made by the American Cancer Society does not sound definitive. Furthermore, there are many substances in our society that could be harmful to human beings as well, pesticides, fertilizers, and all the antibiotics and steroids they pump into our meat is not healthy for us either, Should we expect our government to enter our homes and monitor all things we do as a family? …show more content…
“We cede our authority to a government so long as it protects our natural rights” (Muehlhauser). However, in politics, Locke is a proponent of limited government (Connolly). He uses a theory of natural rights to argue that governments have obligations to their citizens, have only limited powers over their citizens, and can ultimately be overthrown by citizens under certain circumstances (Connolly). This could be looked at as the philosophy of individual rights and limited government (Forde). According to Locke, the government must respect the rights of individuals. Are the right of this woman being violated? This woman is not breaking any laws; she is entitled to do as she wishes in her home, with her child, as long as she is not endangering her