What is 'objective' value?

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Close. 

I think it is on a sliding scale. But I can't say I am 100% confident in this. 

And yes, *IF* it is on a sliding scale, I don't know exactly where on the scale that is for each/any life form. I do imagine humans would be above bacteria though lol.

Sorry for the delay in response, life got in the way.

Let's just stick to humans. To you which has more value, your husband or my wife? Which one could you easier deal with going away, forever?

I see the point you are trying to make here MH.  I don't think anyone is denying that we as humans place subjective value on other humans and to varying degrees.  I tried to make the point that this does not negate the inherent objective value of human life.  Of course you value those close to you more than others.  

Let's spin it this way.  You hand a homeless man $100 bill.  In that same day you hand Donald Trump $100 bill.  Who values it more?  Donald Trump could use it for toilet paper and not care, where the homeless man may be able to eat for month.  Does the value of that bill change depending on who is using it?  It has objective value of $100 placed on it by the U.S. Government.  So you could argue that the homeless man subjectively places higher value to a $100 bill than Donald trump does, but objectively it's true value never changed.