Our freedom can be compromised, then, in either of two general ways: by actions or arrangements that impede our capacity to pursue the ends we value, or by actions or arrangements that shape or direct our thinking to accustom us to those restrictions or limitations that might otherwise have been sources of resentment. We therefore become less free when others, whether acting individually and deliberately or operating indirectly and collectively through institutions, limit or restrict us by imposing practical impediments that prevent our pursuit of ends we consider important or by prohibiting
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