December 18, 2005
Neo-liberals see the state as a vehicle or an instrument for pursing their own own self-chosen ends. Freedom is generally coded as the unimpeded purusit of one's desires (negative freedom), as distinct from self-determination or autonomy (positive freedom).
The former traditionally assumes the individual subject as a given and understands freedom spatially: as the presence of external limits to the individual's sphere of action. Freedom lies in between agents and the constraints upon their actions.
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