 Following a tradition that began with G. W. F. Hegel, Macpherson viewed freedom as positive and defined it as the freedom to develop one's fullest human potential.Friedman shows great disdain for positive freedom, associating it with Marxism and Communism; he uses the term 'liberal' with derision when referring to socialists, while contesting that he was a true liberal.Macpherson's criticisms of Friedman rest on three claims