The power to act without necessity and according to one's own discretion, free will still fascinates debates today, as in the past with the philosophers Nietzsche, Descartes and Nietzsche Humé. There are two strongly opposing views on the topic, one is determinism and the other “free will”. Determinism, or the belief that a person lacks free will and that all events, including human actions, are determined by forces external to an individual's will, counteracts the entire premise of free will. René Descartes formulates his philosophical work through deductive reasoning and follows his work with his system of reasoning. David Hume analyzes philosophical questions with inductive reasoning and skepticism with a strong systematic order. Neither a systematic philosopher nor a rigid thinker, Nietzsche offers his nihilistic vision on the topic of free will. The three different approaches to free will by Nietzsche, Hume, and Descartes all have their strengths as well as their pitfalls. Nietzsche insists that free will is created by theologians and therefore denies its existence, while Descartes embraces free will and Hume identifies its meaning. With the "Design Argument" in Meditations on Philosophy first to turn on his proclamation on the topic of free will, Descartes evokes free will given entirely through the creator, God. With his solid belief in God, Descartes concludes that free arbitrariness is attributed to the creation of a person by God. Descartes announces: «I make mistakes because the faculty of judging the truth, which I have received from God, is not, in my case, infinite» (54-55, Meditations). Descartes believes that errors in judgment were given to him by God, but ultimately the choice is up to no one but himself. He takes full responsibility for his de...... half of the document ...... Concerning human understanding. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1993, ed. Print.Leiter, Brian. "Nietzsche's moral and political philosophy". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Laboratory, CSLI, Stanford University, August 26, 2004.Leiter, Brian. “Who is the 'Sovereign Individual'? Nietzsche on freedom. (10 September 2009. Cambridge Critical Guide to Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality, Simon May, ed., 2010. Available at SSRN:Nietzsche, Friedrich. Twilight of the Idols. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1997, ed. Print. Russell , Paul. “Hume on Free Will.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Research Lab, CSLI, Stanford University, 14 December 2007.