The liberal story instructs me to seek freedom to express and realize myself. But both the “self” and freedom are mythological chimeras borrowed from the fairy tales of ancient times. Liberalism has a particularly confused notion of “free will.” Humans obviously have a will, they have desires, and they are sometimes free to fulfill their desires. If by “free will” you mean the freedom to do what you desire, then yes, humans have free will. But if by “free will” you mean the freedom to choose what to desire, then no, humans have no free will.
