Shanna: Owners of any work of art, simply by virtue of ownership, ethically have the right to destroy that artwork if...

Motunrayo-Bamgbose-Martins December 26, 2020

bumping up the last question on this discussion-help

"Why do we not need to take "unique" into account For this question, I got hung up on the word "unique". Jorge is saying that ownership of UNIQUE artworks with aesthetic or historical significance carry the moral right to... But there is nothing to imply in answer A that the picture of the dad is unique or has any aesthetic or historical significance. I'm wondering why this answer would be correct if it really doesn't satisfy the conditions given in the question"

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shunhe December 28, 2020

Hi @Motunrayo-Bamgbose-Martins,

Thanks for the question! So the word unique isn’t as important here because we can safely assume that a portrait of your father is a unique one. Most people’s fathers aren’t going to be people that are famous to the extent that a lot of people have portraits of them, so it’s reasonable to assume that the portrait of the father is unique. Since it’s a reasonable assumption, and this answer choice is better than the others, we have to pick this one, even though it may not be “the ideal” answer choice.

Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions that you might have.