[manasecret]

Ok, wasn't sure...

You say that Andrew Ryan doesn't mind-control you into killing him, but doesn't he? He mind-controls you to sit, stand, and run before he finally commands you to kill. And if he could also use the mind control, he could also have stopped you early on by using the same that Atlas/Fontaine uses. Seems to me he is trying to free you, or as you say is willing to die for his principle. I wonder if there is not much in Ryan's narrative that comes before that reveals some tinge of love for you, since you are his son. He does say soon before you get to him, "You are my greatest disappointment." Yes, I think he died for his principles, but maybe he also died because of his fatherly love for his son.