Ethical Perspectives on Child Labor
Deontology vs. Utilitarianism
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https://doi.org/10.58445/rars.1711Keywords:
social science, ethics, child laborAbstract
Throughout the last few centuries, child labor (CL) has been introduced into the industrializing world, where it’s been looked at through various ethical perspectives, serving utmost importance in a cost-benefit analysis of CL in countries like Bangladesh. Amir Radfar, professor at the College of Health Studies of A.T. Still University, crucially finds that child labor affects more than 211 million children, with Asia having the highest rates of child employment. (Radfar et. al. 2018). Due to this finding, this report focuses on Bangladesh, as it’s globally known for incidents of CL for multinational companies. Given CL’s corporate benefits and its harmful physio-psychological effects on children, it’s necessary to research an ethical perspective in order to evaluate an accurate cost-benefit analysis to combat increasing levels of CL in Bangladesh.
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