Hey, @freedomizer,

You've hit on it right here:

life is an attribute of the individual, ones own life would be ones ultimate value.

That's right in line with what Jesus said:

"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?" - Matthew 16:26

The human life is in fact the most fundamentally important unit of wealth, no getting around it. My freedom ends where your nose begins... Objective morality.