Nicholas Roerich (for the love of God)

[frankiej]

Thats not my families comfort vs my freedom.

Your hypothetical involves some monster abusing his power and depriving people of their freedom, but playing head games at the start of it. Both options (and of course in that situation I would chose to myself be imprisoned) result in a loss of freedom for all.

So, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?

I would think that it isn't as simple as that. You speak about his family, there is a little thing called love that comes into the equation when talking about the safety and needs of your loved ones...