Key Terms
The illegal use of children working under dangerous conditions
What is Child Labour?
Provinces passed the legislation requiring school attendance
When is the mid-1920s?
This age group accounts for 48% of all child labour victims
What are children aged 5-11?
This pope categorizes onerous child labour under violence
Who is Pope John Paul II?
According to this maxim, people should not only be treated as a means but also as an end
What is the second moral maxim?
Individuals/regions in a state of extreme scarcity (money, resources)
What is Poverty?
Children were regarded as economic possessions in their families
What is the 19th Century?
The number of children working in hazardous conditions
What is 73 million?
"Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these"
Who is Jesus?
Believes that people must always follow their maxims in all circumstances.
Who is Kant?
An economic downturn in the 1930s
The percentage of children employed fell to 40% that year.
When is 1961?
The percentage of child labour that takes place in agriculture
What is 71%?
States that humans live in a fair society, and that child exploitation is a serious violation of a person's life
What is the social doctrine of the church?
Tolerating these practices in times of adversity, according to Kant, is still wrong
An Apostolic Exhortation by Pope Francis in 2013
What is Evangelii Gaudium?
Apart from Aboriginal cultures, child labour is more evident in these societies
What are the New France societies?
The number of children who are subjected to forced labour, including debt bondage, slavery, and commercial sexual exploitation
What is 4.3 million?
Helps those in need and is about the sacredness of every human life
What are Catholic social teachings?
They do not consider the best interests of children when hiring them
What are families and greedy employers?
A province in the Philippines known for its mineral deposits of gold, silver, etc
What is Camarines Norte?
Establishes 17 years of age is the minimum for working children
What is Convention 138?
The number of Canadian companies known to be importing goods that are at high risk of being produced by a child or through forced labour
What is 1200?
The church is against veritable slavery which chooses utility over human dignity
What is the Compendium of Social Doctrine (#29)?
Is not completely opposed to child labour (as is Kant) as long as the priority of the labour is the protection and safety of the child rather than profit
What is the Catholic Church?