As a young girl raised in the Catholic church, I remember these constant reminders of the importance for me to refrain from Listening to and/or watching any form of secular music, especially rap or hip-hop. The only reason my parents gave me for why this form of music was restricted was that the verbal and body language expressed through song lyrics and music videos was "immorally wrong for a Catholic girl." As an obedient child, I obeyed the rules, for the most part. But now, as a young adult, I realize that my parents' ethical judgment of secular music impacted my understanding of the true purpose of hip hop music and the purpose of the artists. I realized that ethical judgment can truly prevent someone from expanding their knowledge. I then began to wonder to what extent ethical judgment regarding the mechanisms used in the arts and other areas of knowledge such as the natural sciences might prevent me from obtaining more information in these areas? Music and visual arts are two aspects of art that can attract countless heated topics about ethics, preventing viewers outside of the artist's field from grasping any insight into the story or intended message behind it. the specific work. Similarly, ethical judgments focused on scientific procedures such as animal testing can affect the way scientific progress is made in society, due to the lack of available knowledge. If art and science are considered fields of knowledge, then why can't we as members of society use them to our advantage and strive to obtain the form of knowledge they provide , rather than tackling their ethical aspects, which in itself in turn removes o...... middle of paper ...... knowledge. It is quite obvious that ethical judgments actually limit the growth of knowledge. If I was not able to transcend the physical side of the image of "Piss Christ" and ignore my narrow-minded ethical judgment, I would not have been able to broaden my horizon and acquire that deep underlying message that may or may not have been the artists' intentions. In doing so, I was able to disclose my knowledge about myself. Even though the knowledge was still there, it took my deep thinking about the artwork to recognize it, allowing me to gain more knowledge. In matters of addiction, scientific procedures devoid of ethical judgments allow a growth of knowledge in the person who knows them, mainly when they are used for a beneficial purpose. In conclusion, I believe that the absence of ethical judgment within the arts and sciences is what truly makes them means of knowing..