RealWorldGraduation_Question_27 <– PDF
A group of artists has assembled samples of their work and have displayed them at public venues. Among the works is one that portrays child molestation as desirable, one that blatantly mocks Christians, one that ridicules the notion of hard work and sensible spending, and one that celebrates violence against women. All of them have high-scale production values. They are not cheap efforts designed only to get attention; they are serious artwork.
All of these works of art have themes that are contrary to traditional values, and in fact, turn out to be commercial failures. Why would artists knowingly and willingly spend their talents in this manner?
a) They are trying to find the limits of what is protected by the First Amendment
b) They are trying to illustrate the obsolescence of the traditional moral values by example.
c) It is usually the truly visionary people who tend to become artists; it is their job to instruct society.
d) They are using reverse psychology to educate people that what they depict in their art really should be rejected.
e) Some combination of a), b), and c).
(The answer is shown on p. 2 of the PDF.)
