Abstract
Since people very rarely live in isolation, the value of individual freedom must find its place in a social setting. The maximization, or even the protection, of positive personal freedom quickly becomes a political issue. So it is necessary, in continuing the analysis, to shift from the purely individual perspective and consider positive liberty as a social and political ideal.
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See Tony Cliff, Russia: A Marxist Analysis (London, 1970).
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Crocker, L. (1980). Social Liberty. In: Positive Liberty. Melbourne International Philosophy Series, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8837-8_5
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