"If so , what would be bad about allowing a view that places objective value in human life to be the basis for making law ?"
"1 - It is innacurate . We allow killing in times of war , in self defense , and in state sanctioned executions . So we already have a situation where , when given X mitigating factors , it is justifiable to take a life . It is impossible to say all life is equal , and then to apply that as law . People will be outraged . I know I would be . 2 - Objective to who ? Who gets to decide how valuable life is ? And why should they get to ? And who says they are right ? The relative value of life works fine , thanks very much ."
"would be bad about allowing a view that places objective value in human life to be the basis for making law"
"It is innacurate . We allow killing in times of war , in self defense , and in state sanctioned executions"