Hegel and liberalism: posing a problem

In her article the author poses a question whether it is possible to say, c ontrary to common agreement, that Hegel's political thought contains the el ements of liberal political thought. She shows, through the examination of The Elements of the Philosophy of Right, that Hegel's definition of an indi vidual as a being of reason and as a free being at the same time, points in the direction of liberalism and its preoccupation with the freedom and aut onomy of the individual. Hegel's key emphasis, however, is that freedom of free choice already presupposes a choice already made, a forced choice of t he frame of the free choice itself, which an individual has to take upon hi mself/herself.