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Inalienable Right to Choice in Life John Stuart Mills, a 19th century utilitarian, formulated an argument that helped to explain the idea of the inalienable right to liberty written about in the Declaration of Independence. Daniel Callahan reformulated this argument making it into an explanation of the inalienable right to life rather than liberty, using the same idea in the premises. Callahan’s argument concludes that the right to life and the right to commit suicide are not compatible, therefore euthanasia is not permissible without the right to suicide. However, I believe that this is not the case and in this paper my goal is to prove that because of misunderstood terminology, the right to life and the right to choose death are, in fact, completely compatible. To understand my objection in this paper, both Callahan’s and Mill’s argument must be completely understood. According to Callahan, his reformulated argument begins with the premise that people have the inalienable right to life. This correlates with Mill’s first premise that people have the inalienable right to liberty. For the sake of the argument, Callahan then throws in the possibility that people have the right to suicide. For people to be able to have the right to suicide, then they must be able to surrender their right to life, but Callahan compares this to Mill’s argument about people trying to surrender their right to freedom. Mill’s claims that for someone to be able to give up or transfer theirShow MoreRelatedDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 PagesWhat Are Management Skills? 9 Improving Management Skills 12 An Approach to Skill Development 13 Leadership and Management 16 Contents of the Book 18 Organization of the Boo k 19 Practice and Application 21 Diversity and Individual Differences 21 Summary 23 SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL 24 Diagnostic Survey and Exercises 24 Personal Assessment of Management Skills (PAMS) 24 What Does It Take to Be an Effective Manager? 28 SSS Software In-Basket Exercise 30 SCORING KEY AND COMPARISON DATA 42 Personal Assessment