You are working with a patient in an inpatient rehabilitatio…
You are working with a patient in an inpatient rehabilitation facility who has recently sustained a spinal cord injury, with a poor prognosis for use of the lower extremities provided the level and severity of injury. The patient asks you during a treatment session one day if you think they will ever be able to walk again. You want the patient to continue working hard in physical therapy but you are afraid if you tell them the truth, they will lose all motivation. This is a dilemma of which ethical principle?