▁he ▁believed ▁that ▁this ▁culture ▁of ▁possess ive ▁individual ism ▁prevent ed ▁individuals ▁from ▁developing ▁their ▁powers ▁of ▁rational ity , ▁moral ▁judgment , ▁cont empl ation ▁and ▁even ▁friendship ▁and ▁love . ▁ ▁These ▁were ▁the ▁" tr uly ▁human ▁powers ," ▁Mac ph erson ▁claimed . ▁ ▁On ▁Mil ton ▁Fried man ▁Ess ay ▁VII ▁of ▁the ▁Ess ays ▁in ▁Retrie val ▁was ▁titled ▁" E leg ant ▁T omb st ones : ▁A ▁Note ▁on ▁Fried man ' s ▁Fre edom " ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁direct ▁challenge ▁to ▁certain ▁assumptions ▁of ▁" fre edom " ▁made ▁by ▁Mil ton ▁Fried man ▁in ▁Capital ism ▁and ▁Fre edom . ▁ ▁For ▁Mac ph erson , ▁capital ism ▁was ▁disc ord ant ▁with ▁freedom . ▁ ▁Part ▁of ▁the ▁disag re ement ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁differ ing ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁" fre edom ". ▁For ▁self - des cribed ▁' class ical ▁liber als ' ▁like ▁Fried man , ▁freedom ▁is ▁negative ▁and ▁is ▁seen ▁as ▁an ▁absence ▁of ▁constraints ▁or ▁freedom ▁of ▁choice . ▁Following ▁a ▁tradition ▁that ▁began ▁with ▁G .   W .   F . ▁H eg el , ▁Mac ph erson ▁viewed ▁freedom ▁as ▁positive ▁and ▁defined ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁freedom ▁to ▁develop ▁one ' s ▁full est ▁human ▁potential . ▁ ▁Fried man ▁shows ▁great ▁dis d ain ▁for ▁positive ▁freedom , ▁associ ating ▁it ▁with ▁Marx ism ▁and ▁Commun ism ; ▁he ▁uses ▁the ▁term ▁' li ber al ' ▁with ▁der ision