Life
Life noun - The way people live at a particular time and place.
Usage example: frontier life must have been rugged, exciting, challenging, and more than a little dangerous
Values
Values noun - Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something).
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- Finally, it does not actually serve the function of an ethical code in the first place; it fails to give guidance on how to live: it essentially states that one must sacrifice their values/life to others (which in turn makes their life impossible/unbearable), in order to deserve the right to live.
Source: Useful Notes / Objectivism - Blackbeard values his own life more than that of his daughter, drinks the one he thinks will give life, and ends up dying.
Source: Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo - Since it's reasonable to assume that the character actually values their life, it's unlikely that they would treat their life like a game.
Source: Metagame
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