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Full Idea
There is no embarrassment in accommodating several distinct features within the idea of freedom, focusing respectively on capability, lack of dependence and lack of interference.
Gist of Idea
Freedom can involve capabilities, independence and non-interference
Source
Amartya Sen (The Idea of Justice [2009], 14 'Capability')
Book Ref
Sen, Amartya: 'The Idea of Justice' [Penguin 2010], p.309
A Reaction
This relates to Berlin's distinction between negative and positive rights.