The second fetter is “Doubt”, a mechanism to protect certain beliefs even when presented with undeniable evidence to the contrary. For example, let’s say that you see your parents packing the gifts for Christmas, but you will doubt the evidence that Santa Claus doesn’t exist, by coming up with the story that maybe that’s the way Santa Claus operates - perhaps that he hypnotizes your parents to do his bidding, but ultimately he’s deciding which gifts you’re going to get. Your parents are the mere executioners of his will. We can rationalize any belief that we have.
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I believe you are describing amathia.
In essence, amathia represents the blindness of the soul: a conscious or habitual refusal to learn, examine, or align oneself with truth. It is both an intellectual and moral condition, emphasizing that true knowledge requires humility, introspection, and the willingness to confront uncomfortable truths.