Liberal liberty is the absence of subjective legal or institutional constraints on the individual, containing the idea that all citizens should be treated equally equal. Freedom as self-government involves a supposed individual state of independence, self-determination, superiority, and self-confidence. Participatory freedom includes the right of the individual to participate fully in the political process. Collective deliverance is considered the liberation of a group from external control, imprisonment, servitude, or domination. (Walton Jr and Smith,