If yes, then it's time to put Nick's situation in your shoes.
“Thank You for Smoking”
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| Aaron Eckhart as Nick Naylor. Source: http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Thank-You-For-Smoking-thank-you-for-smoking-547321_1024_768.jpg |
In
the movie “Thank You for Smoking”, the lobbyist in the name of Nick Naylor is
in the verge of choosing to either let his son smoke by the legal age of 18
years old or not. This question is indeed obvious when Senator Finistirre ask
Naylor before a Senate Committee hearing on cigarettes. Regarding this
situation, there are relevant facts that need to be considered. Mr. Nick
Naylor, the chief spokesperson and lobbyist in behalf of the big cigarette
companies, is the Vice President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies in which the
purpose is to research the nature of cigars and the information obtained are used
by huge cigarette companies to defend themselves against anti-tobacco groups. For
Nick Naylor, regarding social factors, his job also includes the pressure on
being a good father for his son. He needs to prove to anyone else that he can
nurture his son to be a competent adult. For political factors, if Nick answers
that he let his son Joey smoke by the legal age of 18, his son will be exposed
on the underlying dangers of smoking cigarettes. The stakeholders involved in
the situation are Nick Naylor, his son Joey Naylor, and the ex-wife Jill.
Given
the stated facts, Nick Naylor has three possible options to choose from. The
first option is to let Joey smoke cigars. The first option is indeed correct in
accordance with the rights principle in which an individual like Joey is
entitled to make decisions once he reached the legal age of 18. The rights
principles specify that a person is permitted to do such actions as a mean to
develop their capacity to do crucial decisions for themselves. In other words,
Joey is entitled to be independent and is a fully competent adult at the age of
18 considering the norms in the United States. The second option is never let
Joey smoke. Such decision is based on the utilitarianism principle in which it
stipulates that the rightness of action was the basis and the sum total
benefits produced by the act is greater than the total benefits produced. In
this case, cigars do more harm than good considering that the additives like
tobacco, nicotine and other composition of a cigarette is addictive at the same
time, destructive to the organs. The third option comes to a compromise. Mr.
Naylor will let his son aware of the dangers of smoking at the same time giving
him the liberty of doing decisions as it was governed by virtual ethics
principle wherein it determines the rightness or wrongness of an action by
examining the kind of nature or character tends to produce.. That will make
Joey decide for himself, but with the awareness and knowledge of the harmful
effects of smoking, Nick’s son is indeed sure in making a right decision which
is to not to smoke at all.
The
best option regarding the statements aforementioned is to do a compromise. It
will benefit Joey giving him the freedom to do decisions at the same time let
him aware of the dangers of smoking. Joey as a competent adult will surely make
Nick Naylor proud of his son considering
that Joey’s known expertise in reasoning is derived from him. Jill Naylor will
be happy for Joey for being a good son to her. To do a compromise is in fact
the most morally and ethically thing to do.
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