 The most common rationale for freedom in Hayek and Friedman is “ignorance—we cannot be sure we are right” (Friedman 1987 [2017: 185]). As we have seen, while Friedman says he favors “a free society because my basic value is freedom itself”, he nonetheless asks, “How do I justify that preference? … If I really knew what sin is, I could not justify it” (1987 [2017: 185]). Similarly, Hayek says that the case for individual freedom