Nietzsche On Free Will Analysis

Have you ever wonder why as people grow up that we feel the need to make our own choices and decisions? This need to make our own choices are in every life on this earth. Today there are billions of people on this earth, and for each individual that is born we are born with the right to make our own decisions. A right that, one will eventually in their life span has to take advantage and responsibility of. That right is called Free Will. Furthermore, there are many that support and appreciate this right of free will, however, there are also many that are against this notion. German Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche are one of the many people who finds displeasure in free will. As Nietzsche expresses his thoughts and feeling about …show more content…
Some might believe that we should be told what to do instead of having the freedom to do as, please. Nietzsche states "Man ought to be such and such!” If man were told what they should be and what they should do, things might just be better. However take it from history when blacks were told that they were insignificant and slaves to the white. There was always trouble and animosity between the two races until they decided to accept each other as equals with equal rights. There are people that misuses their freedom to cause and inflict pain and harm to other. However, it is not everyone’s intention to cause pain sometimes it is by accident that we cause pain. It is in moments like this where one learns to be more careful with the choices they make with their free …show more content…
Nietzsche is feels as though we will truly be free once the need to pin responsibility to one’s action is forgotten. This is Nietzsche’s view of true free will and there might just be some who agree and share his doctrine. However we all have our own lives, views, thoughts, and beliefs and because we have free will we are able to decide what views and belief best fits us as individuals. As Aristotle states “activity of the soul in accordance with [the best and most complete] virtue.” We decide what the best choice of life is for ourselves. Finally in my view Friedrich Nietzsche’s perspective on free will is partially right. Where he is wrong is where thinks free will is an error. If we did not have free will then we are told what is best for us and we are doomed to live a life that does not fit all. We should have the right to choose our own path. However Nietzsche is right that free will was created for punishment. Free will allows us to make our own decision and accepts that our choices have effects, and if we accept our punishment for the bad choices we will learn to make better choices