Individual and collective self-determination are co-constitutive parts of the liberal script, or two sides of the same coin. Treating individual and collective self-determination as equally valid core propositions of the liberal script allows to both  analyze the tensions between them and to group the varieties of the liberal script on a continuum between individual and collective-self-determination. Last not least, emphasizing co-constitutiveness allows for incorporating non-Western justifications for the liberal script.

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