Q&A #5: Question One

The first question I had about this weeks topic of time is in regards to the block theory of time. If the past, present, and future already exist, it implies that the world is predetermined . If this is so then the contentious debate about whether we have free will in a deterministic universe is bound to arise. The author brings up some points about this topic saying that we may eventually commit a particular action of our own volition, so in that sense free will does not disappear in a determined system. It seems to me that accepting that we will one day perform a particular action seems fatalistic, it seems to remove some responsibility for the action as a proper defense of an immoral act would be "well I was going to do it anyways because it is inevitable". If there is a moral system in a predetermined universe, it seems it would have to be based on intention, I can hope for the best when committing a certain act but whether I do something immoral is already determined. I can still intend to do the right thing but inevitably I am bound to perform whatever action I have already committed in the already existing future.