PrepTest 93+, Section 2, Question 23
Filmmaker: I use hidden cameras when filming documentaries, because people behave differently when they are aware of being filmed. Although my subjects have been told that a camera is present, they remain unaware of its location and act naturally. Hence, my documentaries are more worthwhile than documentaries in which, for example, people speak directly to the camera.
Filmmaker: I use hidden cameras when filming documentaries, because people behave differently when they are aware of being filmed. Although my subjects have been told that a camera is present, they remain unaware of its location and act naturally. Hence, my documentaries are more worthwhile than documentaries in which, for example, people speak directly to the camera.
Filmmaker: I use hidden cameras when filming documentaries, because people behave differently when they are aware of being filmed. Although my subjects have been told that a camera is present, they remain unaware of its location and act naturally. Hence, my documentaries are more worthwhile than documentaries in which, for example, people speak directly to the camera.
Filmmaker: I use hidden cameras when filming documentaries, because people behave differently when they are aware of being filmed. Although my subjects have been told that a camera is present, they remain unaware of its location and act naturally. Hence, my documentaries are more worthwhile than documentaries in which, for example, people speak directly to the camera.
Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the filmmaker's argument?
A documentary with no purpose other than authentically depicting the behavior of its human subjects can be legitimate.
A documentary can be authentic only if it does not include any subjects speaking directly to a camera.
Makers of documentaries do not have a moral obligation to reveal to their subjects the location of the cameras filming them.
The more authentically a documentary depicts its subjects, the more worthwhile it is.
Subjects of documentaries should not try to discover the locations of the cameras filming them.
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