My Will is Free - But What is it Free From?

If there is a discussion of Calvinism or God's omniscience and someone says, "so do we have free will?" we treat 'free will' in this case as meaning 'can I act contrary to the will of God?'

And if we discuss fate and destiny and someone says "so do we have free will?" we treat is as asking "is my whole life already determined, or is it to be decided?"

But if someone just says "I have free will!" then we do not know what he means. What is your will free from?

Is your will free from yourself? Well, then that is not your will. That's just will twisting in the aether somewhere - random and chaotic.

Well, yes, you might say. My will is not free with regards to myself. Well, then don't call it free will unless you have some context that tells what it is free from, unless of course you want to speak in absolutes that even you do not agree with.

Of course, that will is your will, and you are determined by some proportion of nature and/or nurture which means that your will is determined by some proportion of nature and/or nurture. Your will is still free, depending on what you mean it to be free from.