Free-will within determinism

Many people, many liberals, are not happy with the idea that we may not be free to be as anarchic and even nihilistic as they think they want to be. But we are freest when we are aware of the degree of free-will we have within our determinism. Unconscious determinism is not bad, consciousness was not the “fall” from the unconscious direction of life. Animals are not bad because they are unaware of their biological determinism. It is not determinism in itself that is backward, in humans it is unawareness of the degree of determinism and free-will we have that is backward.

We have choices in what we do but they are not unlimited choices. The goal is determined but the path is freer. We can control our actions through values and morals which are or are not in harmony with human nature and the natural laws, and also we can have values more deeply in harmony with the activation of life to evolve toward Godhood. That is not exactly what Nietzsche meant when he said "accept your fate." He more or less thought the will to power was anarchic and nihilistic and we should learn to accept that unfreedom of the will.

This defines a partial "free will," not a complete free will---the large rock rolling down the mountain can take different paths, but it is rolling down the mountain in any case.