In the fourth installment of the popular Persona video game series, a key character, Marie, is revealed as the goddess Izanami. She splits into two personalities when the people she is trying to protect stop wishing for truth. They had effectively given up on it. By splitting, though, she loses her power (“Marie,” Persona Records Wiki, accessed June 24, 2026, https://persona-records.fandom.com/wiki/Marie). When we give up on knowing truth, we lose the power to know right from wrong.
Knowing Right From Wrong