Are life and death not two possible alternatives that man must constantly choose between? There are thousands of people demonstrating their higher subjective value for death on a daily basis. No? Somebody forgot to tell them that they are out of spec.
Value is a manifestation of human action. Absent human action, the concept is meaningless. Rocks and plants don’t value anything. So how can there be two distinct value systems with respect to human action. Such abstracts as law and order are meaningless absent human action, therefore, they cannot be based on a different value system. I have to agree with the assertion being made here that Objectivism must reject subjectivism completely. Any attempt to have two value systems is nonsensical.