A nurse lies to a patient about the side effects of the medication that she administers to the patient because the patient has stated that she does not want to take anything that might cause her to become drowsy. This action is a violation of the deontological approach because of which of the following reasons?

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The deontological approach, particularly Kantian ethics, emphasizes that actions are morally right if they can be universalized. Lying cannot be universalized as a moral law, thus making the nurse's action wrong according to deontological ethics.

A Nurse Lies to a Patient About the Side Effects