Which of the following ethical types of reasoning would be most likely to say that a physician should be honest in telling a cancer patient that he or she only has a short time to live, even if he or she knew the patient would live longer if he or she did not know the truth?

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Nonconsequentialist ethics, unlike consequentialist ethics, holds that certain actions are right or wrong in themselves, regardless of the consequences. In this case, telling the truth is seen as inherently right, even if it might lead to worse outcomes for the patient. Virtue ethics focuses on the character of the moral agent rather than the ethics of the act itself, making it less directly relevant to this specific question about the morality of an action based on its inherent rightness.

Which of the Following Ethical Types of Reasoning Would Be