TOK - Accepted Conventions

... "In areas of knowledge such as the arts and the sciences, do we learn more from work that follows or that breaks with accepted conventions?" Firstly, one must consider the aforementioned "accepted conventions". What is considered socially correct or morally "right" in our society? Especially in a period of time with numerous contrasting ideas and opinions, how can one distinguish the moral correctness of a particular concept? Consequently, one must then place the question into consideration. Ultimately, conventions act as a means for ideas or theories to refine themselves and pave way to brighter ideas and innovations, in which sometimes, straying from them is absolutely necessary. If one commits to detailed research, a number of social conventions unique to each individual nation of the world would be discovered. Since the beginning of time, these socially accepted conventions have developed into stereotypes on which much of society bases its operations and

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