Question

An early effort to define ___________________________ focused on whether the material had any serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value

Answer 1

to define Obscenity, Buddy

Answer 2

I think the answer is Obscenity, If an material had any serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value then it should be define obscenity. Obscenity is the word, that mainly indicate a strong repugnance. An obscenity is any utterance or act that strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time.