Negative liberty means:
- self-mastery
- absence of external constraints
- collective freedom
- social welfare
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Correct answer: B. absence of external constraints
1. Negative liberty = freedom from interference.
2. Hobbes, Bentham, Berlin championed this conception.
3. Contrasts with positive liberty (Rousseau, Hegel).
__Source: syllabus Political Theory Ch 2 §2.4 — negative and positive liberty__