From the perspective of principle ethics, a counselor who is counseling a client planning a violent act against another person, and who intervenes to notify the client's family members is:
A) sacrificing client autonomy in order to prevent harm and to do good.
B) sacrificing fidelity in order to be truthful.
C) sacrificing justice in order to be faithful to promises made.
D) sacrificing veracity in order to protect the client's anonymity.
E) sacrificing beneficence in order to promote fidelity.

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In principle ethics, the counselor's primary concern is to do good and prevent harm. By notifying the client's family members, the counselor is sacrificing the client's autonomy but is doing so to protect the safety of others. The counselor is acting in accordance with the ethical principle of beneficence, which requires counselors to act in the best interests of their clients and to prevent harm.

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