" if there are approaches to the scenario where the conflict between honesty and empathy that conflict for them could allow the person to live more according to

" if there are approaches to the scenario where the conflict between honesty and empathy that conflict for them could allow the person to live more according to their values by preventing the need to make the trade-off altogether." I disagree that avoiding the trade-off makes things better off. But at least you've made your views known and so have I.