u/xxlucarainxx

I'm quite new to Nietzsche and have been thinking about section 21 in Beyond Good and Evil. In this section, as far as I understand it, Nietzsche rejects the idea of free will and identifies a desire for freedom of will with the desire to bear the sole responsibility for one's actions. But he also diagnoses the opposite position - the belief in an unfree will - as stemming from a desire to absolve oneself of responsibility.

These understandings of each position make sense to me on their own - and I found them very revealing personally. But, my question is; if there is no freedom of will, but a belief in an unfree will is the desire to absolve oneself of responsibility - what is the alternative?

It seems to me that Nietzsche is getting at the possibility of avoiding the nihilism that comes with determinism but without conceding to any sort of belief in free will - but how?

Thanks!