If the self is constituted through recognition by others and participation in ethical life (Sittlichkeit), then external freedom is insufficient and social integration is a necessary condition for self-realization (Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit).
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Sittlichkeit(Hegel's political philosophy; contrasted with the purely subjective moral will)
A German term meaning 'the ethical' or 'ethical life'; in Hegel's philosophy, the tradition of communal ethical life that mediates and grounds individual reason and freedom
Social integration(as used in social philosophy)
Being genuinely connected to and part of a community, where you participate in its practices and are accepted by others.
necessary condition(Counterfactual analysis of causation; Mackie 1965, 1974)
A condition C is necessary for event E if E would not have occurred in the absence of C
self(Herder's philosophy of mind)
The individual subject whose existence is essentially dependent on thought and human mental life, and whose specific identity is defined by thought and human mental life.
self-realization(Russell's clarification that desire-satisfaction ethics need not be sordid or narrowly self-interested.)
The fulfillment of one's own desires, which Russell identifies with duty; can be achieved through self-sacrifice.