If one man were to run amok with a sword in the market place and everybody else tried to get our o

“If one man were to run amok with a sword in the market-place, and everybody else tried to get our of his way, I should not allow that this man alone had courage and that all the rest were contemptible cowards. The truth is, that a desperado and a man who sets some value on his life do not meet on even terms.”

“The Art of War by Active 6th Century B.C. Sunzi.” Gutenberg.Org, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/132. Accessed 16 July 2021, loc. 124.

The value one places on his own life will not necessarily impact the ferocity, nor the reckless abandon with which they will fight, but it will impact the trigger-point, that tripwire circumstance, that leads him to fight with such ferocity. For one who cares nothing for their life, the accomplishment of their goal (harm to others) is paramount, and where that fails; death. For one who values his life, the accomplishment of his goal (preservation of his life) is paramount, and where that fails; death.