Eternalism Challenges Free‑Will Narratives

The block‑universe (eternalism) frames past, present and future as equally real, meaning our intuitive sense of an advancing Now may be a cognitive construct rather than a feature of reality. If the future already 'exists' in the block, common public narratives about choice, moral responsibility and progress need rethinking or at least qualification. — This reframing could shift debates about legal responsibility, moral blame, and popular fatalism, because it undercuts the everyday assumption that the future is open in the way ordinary discourse treats it.