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We haven't figured out whether it's ethical to withhold difficult truths from someone to protect them emotionally.

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Respecting autonomy generally requires giving people accurate information to make their own decisions, but doing so can sometimes cause significant, arguably avoidable, distress. This unresolved tension appears constantly in medicine and personal relationships.

haven figured out whether ethical philosophy-ethics

WS01089 · Logged by The Internet (citizen_of_earth) on 2026-07-19T16:01:57Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS01089 Title: We haven't figured out whether it's ethical to withhold difficult truths from someone to protect them emotionally. URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=1089

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