A Civil Action
The movie A Civil Action brings up an interesting idea that many people in the public
don't see or hear about very often. The idea that the big corporations often don't take
into account the safety of the people that work for them or the people that live around
the factories. These big corporations are run entirely by money and the idea of what
things will cost and how much money they can possibly make. Too many times money is more
important than the lives of human beings and the people that run these places only see in
dollars and cents. The moral issues that this dilemma brings up are immense. This has
been happening for centuries since the industrial revolution. Workers were subjected too
harsh conditions and unsafe factories so that more goods could be produced. They had
children as young as seven and eight years old working 15 hour days. In our modern times,
toxic waste now plays a big part in the safety of people. The waste that these companies......
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