You make good points, but even something like this: something so basic that all people can agree on, I can't say I can abide by. One of the people I care about more than anyone else was held in captivity and raped repeatedly for months when she was 18 by her much older boyfriend. I am one of the few things keeping her from complete desolation. She can't stop putting massive gashes into her body. And you know, for all that I stand against, I know for a fact that I would attempt to remove his throat with my hands. I won't even go to the same country as his in my lifetime because of it. Perhaps that's because of something selfish, or perhaps I'm warping my values to believe I'm doing good, or perhaps it truly is doing something for the betterment of this already shitty world against my beliefs, or maybe that belief is wrong, but there are things that exist outside values, exceptions to rules. I think enough exist to make any value to weak to stand.most people want to live a life where they do not intentionally hurt other people. That is a core value of mine that I don't forsee changing.