A California Superior Court judge ordered a Sacramento woman to stop smoking around her 5-year-old son.

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A California Superior Court judge ordered a Sacramento woman to stop smoking around her 5-year-old son.

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A California Superior Court judge ordered a Sacramento woman to stop smoking around her 5-year-old son. The decision came during a custody dispute. The boy’s father claimed that breathing secondhand smoke could harm the boy’s health. Do moral considerations support the judge’s ruling?

Identify the moral issue(s) and the parties involved; identify what rights are at stake.