Why did many factories hire children rather than men

I think it was because Children would listen better, and would have no control over what they were doing int he factory, while men may have put up a fight, and would refuse to listen. Also Children were more easily bribed, and brainwashed than adults

its whatever your mind tells you

social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they liv