I was listening to Leonard Peikoff's podcast #20. The topic came up about the foundation of why shouldn't an objective require someone to testify against themselves. (Basically, the question was to justify the self-incrimination part of the 5th amendment of the US constitution)
The gist of Dr. Peikoff's reply was (my words, not so much his) "as an egoist, why should I help you convict me?"
I find I have lots of "mental baggage" from my past that I still need to sort out. This feels like one of those areas. My first response has been "actually, the need for this is to prevent people from being tortured" as people will say anything once you threaten them with or inflict upon them sufficient pain and anguish. This torture view, of course, seems to rely upon the possibility that painful torture is not such a commonplace thing these days.
Maybe sleep will help...
rootie
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