course hero analyze the relevant information. here, in deontology, you must identify the intended-impact-upon-the-humanity-of-yourself-and-others in your choice (this is the hard part). deontology says, it doesn’t ultimately matter what the law says is right, what your religion says is right, or what your family says is right. you alone are responsible for analyzing your true underlying intention-toward-humanity in the willing that drives your choice – regardless of consequences. the consequences (such as your friend crying or breaking up) do not matter in deontology. the intention alone is what matters. so – sort out the intention-toward-humanity that drives the act of lying and the one that drives the act of telling the truth. (hint: kant says lying dehumanizes and disrespects the other because it is a choice that assumes you know better than them and that they are not autonomous or rational enough to make their own decision if presented with the truth.) remove all concern for consequences from your analysis when you apply deontology.