Assignment #2 : Social Justice

Young Min JO
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Part I: Analysis of India’s Child Labour Using Maxwell and Young’s Framework
INTRODUCTION
Child labour has been around since the industrial revolution. There are many different definitions of child labour depending on the organization. The International Labour Organization (ILO) describes child labour as “work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development”. On the other hand, UNICEF describes it as “involved in child labour activities if between 5 to 11 years of age, he or she did at least one hour of economic activity or at least 28 hours of domestic work in a week”. Simply put, it is the employment of children under the minor legal age. The national census in 2011 still found that there were approximately 4.35 million child labourers in India (aged 5-14). By using Maxwell and Young’s framework, I will analyse the child labour force in India.
INDIA’S SOCIAL INJUSTICE (MAXWELL) Reading the BBC article on India’s children labour, it is clear that social injustice plays a role. The exploitation, trade, and mistreat of these children all point towards social injustice. According to Maxwell, social injustice is moral unfairness in the division of society’s rewards or burdens. Despite the fact that using children as their labour force is morally wrong, the wage distribution ($2/day) inequity strongly supports the fact that there is social injustice in India.
Social justice is important in a community (in this case India) in order to maintain social order, and be sustainable and healthy in order to ensure sustainable economic growth. In Maxwell’s article, he describes three strategies for social: place, policy, and people.
Policy. According to the 1998 national census, India had an estimated total number of child