Harold J. Laski: “In our world he cannot employ his freedom so as to give him assurance…”

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In our world he cannot employ his freedom so as to give him assurance of happiness.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski argues that in the modern world, freedom does not guarantee happiness without the means to utilize it.

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