All children have the right to moral and physical development. According to the Geneva Declaration on the Rights of the Child, “the child must receive the means necessary for his normal development, both material and spiritual” (>). However, child labor deprives them of their education and limits their development, which significantly affects their future and gives them very low chances of success. Children are not able to develop the social skills, knowledge and self-confidence to be able to go out into the world and become successful adults; obviously leaving them no choice but to continue living in poverty, thus creating a never-ending cycle of poverty. Applying the deontological approach, more specifically using the main principle of Kant's moral theory – the categorical imperative, there should be no justification for child labor. “The categorical imperative states that you must act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will it to become a universal law” (Widdows, H. , 2011). So, if one cannot reasonably wish for child labor to be universally required, then this is not an acceptable action. Do you want your own children to be workers? Do you want your children to miss out on an education and a childhood? Any rational person would not do this; therefore, the action is always morally wrong. By