Of course, all liberals understand that the privileges of freedom are not unrestricted. A major restriction on the freedom of the individual is that using it should not interfere with the freedom of other individuals. I however, don’t this this is not a controversial restriction. I think the real restriction might come from the idea that although the lack of external coercion is accepted as necessary for freedom, coercion may also be internal. If individuals are affected by compulsion, addiction, irrational prejudices, or uncontrolled passions and if the choices they make are informed by ignorance, stupidity, manipulation, or propaganda, then they lack freedom as much as if they had experienced external coercion. Being free from external interference
