PT3.S4.Q24 - It has been claimed that an action is morally good...

jogalons

In this principle question - I don't understand what makes Answer C different from Answer E. Why is one right when the other one is wrong?

McBeck418

Shanna says that if you find art distasteful or you just don't want to take care of it anymore, you should have the right to destroy it.

We want our answer choice to defend that position.

C says we shouldn't allow people to destroy art unless we know future artists will make just as good of art.

But Shanna doesn't make that stipulation. She just says you have a blanket right, by virtue of owning art, to destroy it for whatever reason.

E backs this up. This answer is the more general principle under which her original claim falls. Not only do you have a right to destroy the art you own, you have the right to do what you want to your possessions as long as it doesn't harm anyone.