PrepTest B, Section 1, Question 14
If an artist receives a public subsidy to support work on a specific projectÔøΩe.g., making a filmÔøΩand if this project then proves successful enough to allow the artist to repay the subsidy, is the artist then morally obliged to do so? The answer is clearly yes, since the money returned to the agency distributing the subsidies will be welcome as a source of support for other artists deserving of public subsidies.
If an artist receives a public subsidy to support work on a specific projectÔøΩe.g., making a filmÔøΩand if this project then proves successful enough to allow the artist to repay the subsidy, is the artist then morally obliged to do so? The answer is clearly yes, since the money returned to the agency distributing the subsidies will be welcome as a source of support for other artists deserving of public subsidies.
If an artist receives a public subsidy to support work on a specific projectÔøΩe.g., making a filmÔøΩand if this project then proves successful enough to allow the artist to repay the subsidy, is the artist then morally obliged to do so? The answer is clearly yes, since the money returned to the agency distributing the subsidies will be welcome as a source of support for other artists deserving of public subsidies.
If an artist receives a public subsidy to support work on a specific projectÔøΩe.g., making a filmÔøΩand if this project then proves successful enough to allow the artist to repay the subsidy, is the artist then morally obliged to do so? The answer is clearly yes, since the money returned to the agency distributing the subsidies will be welcome as a source of support for other artists deserving of public subsidies.
Which one of the following principles, if established, most helps to justify the conclusion in the passage?
An artist has a moral duty to urge deserving fellow artists to try to obtain public subsidies, especially if those artists' projects promise to be financially successful.
A financially successful artist should acknowledge that financial success is not solely a function of artistic merit.
A subsidy should be understood as creating a debt that, though routinely forgiven, is rightly forgiven only if either the debtor is unable to repay it or the creditor is not interested in repayment.
The provider of a subsidy should judge as most deserving of subsidies those whose projects are most likely to turn into financial successes.
An artist requesting a subsidy for a potentially profitable project should be required to make a reasonable effort to obtain a bank loan first.
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