Concerning the Resilience of Galen Strawson’s Basic Argument
Dr. Istvan’s defense of an argument for the impossibility of human moral responsibility—an article that drew the ire mainly of right-wing snowflakes who threatened to rape his "nigger wife"
Check out my article, “Concerning the Resilience of Galen Strawson’s Basic Argument.” It was released in 2011 at Philosophical Studies.
Here is the Abstract. Contact me if you want the full thing. I believe it remains behind a paywall.
Concerning the Resilience of Galen Strawson’s Basic Argument
Dr. Michael A. Istvan Jr. (orcid.org/0000-0002-8675-4510)
Abstract.—Against its prominent compatiblist and libertarian opponents, I defend Galen Strawson’s Basic Argument for the impossibility of moral responsibility. Against John Martin Fischer, I argue that the Basic Argument does not rely on the premise that an agent can be responsible for an action only if he is responsible for every factor contributing to that action. Against Alfred Mele and Randolph Clarke, I argue that it is absurd to believe that an agent can be responsible for an action when no factor contributing to that action is up to that agent. Against Derk Pereboom and Clarke, I argue that the versions of agent-causal libertarianism they claim can immunize the agent to the Basic Argument actually fail to do so. Against Robert Kane, I argue that the Basic Argument does not rely on the premise that simply the presence of indeterministic factors in the process of bringing an action about is itself what rules out the agent’s chance for being responsible for that action.
Acknowledgements
I am grateful to Michael LeBuffe, Hugh J. McCann, the anonymous referees for Philosophical Studies, and especially Alesha Istvan for their help on this project.
Citation info: “Concerning the resilience of Galen Strawson’s Basic Argument.” Philosophical Studied 155 (2011). 399–420. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-010-9578-0
PS. Here is what one stalker wrote after I “ruined his life” with this article. I never replied, which really got him going lol. Talk about dark obsession for men!
I emailed your other account but I don't think you read the message. Your article about Galen Strawson has destroyed my life knowing I have no UR, I couldn't make sense of my life, I lost my job , my son, my family all because of you. I tried to kill myself 2 days ago. All because of you. I hate what you did to me. I now have to even the score...
You fucking scum. I'm getting even after what you did me. You cunt, you shit, you let your parents and son down. They will know what you really think and write and what you think of there achievements!!!
I hope you rot!!!You slag off the hard work of heros , you quietly think shit of the achievements of your family and son, and sit there with your fucking muggy face making out its all good. You fucking scum. I hate dirty people like you who hide away and lie to there family and friends. I have learnt your nigger wife was also involved, so you both lie to your son do you? Hope you feel fucking good about it, tell him what you really think of his future exam results. Shit just hit the fan Mickey. You being exposed for the scum you are to the people around you. You destroyed me inside. See this as a gift from me to you to say thanks.
Fuck off nowThe more I read your work, the more I look at your pictures and your YouTube videos the more sick I feel the more angry I get. You putting on this act but hiding a dirty secret from your loved ones . You think all there hard work is worth nothing and they deserve no praise. You certainly gave your son praise when he gave you that present in that video. Why lie to him you sick fuck? Tell him what you really feel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh you don't. You just wreck lives in your spare time online whilst in your private life pretend to care about the achievements of those around you.
SickoNo reply. Shows you for the cunt you are. Slimy little fucking maggot who let his parents and son down, thinks fuck all over his families achievements and those of heros. As I said scum of the earth. The lowest of the low, not worthy of even been called a human being. Your a disgrace to our name you pathetic piece of shit. Seeing your pictures I puke in my mouth, seeing your videos I feel like death. I should really stop looking at them but I won't. I want to stare you the fuck out in the pictures. Know the shit behind the face. The scum behind the name!!!!
Talk soonI wake up in the night I see your cuntish face I feel sick I feel angry I feel the rage, you will be exposed to your family your friends and everyone you dirty fucking scum. I will keep trying until my work is done and u r exposed for the rotting maggot peice of shit that you are. Tell Alisha the same... She was part of the evil paper!!!!
Fuck off now u cuntWhat's the difference between Michael Istvan junior and a brain Tumor?
I'd rather have a brain Tumor in my mind then him!!!
CuntYour cancer, your shit, your evil, what you have done to me and others. It's total scum ill never forgive you. You and your pig wife!!!!
Cunt. You and your fat pig wife. Cunts who fucked my life up. You destroyed me
Rot you fucking scum. Both of youI'm in the process of it cunt. Doing justice and exposing you like dateline exposes paedophiles to friends and family . They will know what you really do behind there back and what you think of them. Your worse than a paedophile. You are the very lowest of all. I wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire.
Tell the nigger pig the same. I want to rape it, but I don’t ya knwo?I bet you read your paper and the 1994 strawson and it really turns you on. Oooo the basic arguement, flap flap, sicko. Quit this shit and concentrate on your son you cunt. He is more important. He may even find out one day when he is browsing your name online and then it will be to late. Daddy is disowned. So get the paper off line or one day you could lose it all like I did. I hope you do. That really would be ironic and karma.
Do it Michael. Take the work offline and delete all trace of your disgusting shit you vile piece of maggot shit
I'm off to be sick as got the image of your face in my head. Hope Alisha's don't pop in my head I will gouge my eyes out lolWell I did YouTube, twitter, Facebook, emails and other education websites. I have done my duty and informed as many as I could about you. They are aware. Carman Istvan i particularly had a good chat with. My work is done. I exposed you for what you really are which is worse than a paedo. My work is done and I will have no further correspondence with you or the fat pig online or by other means. I will
Solve my life. Your too pathetic to of ever had one worth living so fuck you ha ha. It's about re building what you destroyed for me
Goodbye Michael cunt face Istvan junior, I hope you rot just so you know that. Fucking rot!!!
Bye prickYour worse than cancer
Oink oink somebody needs her slops
She is as evil as you writing that article!!! Your both cunts and are a disgrace to your sonCouldn't help it. You need to be reminded about what you are. Scum, shit, filth, even those words don't do justice. Scum of the earth, low life filth, fucking shit, hmmm still not close. Whatever it is though, you and your wife are it.
Now get fucked
ByeI'm so sorry...
Not
You fucking vermin scum. Still lying to your family. Don't worry I've told them already. Lots of them on Facebook. And your fat pig wife's. why don't u just quit? Quit on life. Quit on your son. Nobody will care now they know the contents of your paper. You may as well you fucking slimy cunt. He deserves a better dad than you, your shit, your a failure, you think fuck all of his achievements as stated in the paper. He deserves more than 2 shitty scummy fucking vermin parents like you.
Rot you dirty piece of shit. ROT you lying failure of a dad!!!!! Going to puke blood again thought of your dirty faceYou and your fucking fat pig wife. You are disgusting scum. I wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire. You are worse than hitler worse than bundy worse than paedophiles. I cough up blood when I see Alisha's face and I puke when I see your face . Your poor son . Born to the evil sick parents he has. Ones who don't care about what he achieves. You shouldn't be allowed to keep him. It's abuse. I hope the government take him away from you and rescue him. This is not the last of this you fucking pervert!!!!!!
Cunt. I hate you. You ruined my life and one day your son when he learns the truth of his parents will dis own you
Rot, fucking rot!!! You and the fat pig!!!!She knows now you dirty prick . Plus a host of other Istvan's. Facebook , you tube , twitter and through your university site
You have none. Family. Soon to be none when they disown your ugly fucking mug!!! They know Michael your pervertet secret. They know you fucking little cunt!!!!!
And your son will never speak to you again when he finds out what you think of his achievements. I hate you more than anyone or anything in the world . You and your fat disgusting pig faced wife!!!! Go get her slops you fucking pervert
Then go and rot . Rot rot ROT!!!!!! Just film it then get the fat pig to put it online so I can see. How I hate how you wrecked my life so much. It is pure hate of the highest order I have for you. I have been destroyed so now I'm getting even on you you fucking pervert!!!!!!That's what I think of you. You and miss piggy are worse than HIV worse than cancer. I would rather have that illness than be related to you. You fucking pervert. Just do yourself in. Nobody will care. Now they know the truth they won't care. Your son will dis own you when he learns the truth of what you write about his achievements. Do it you fucking perverted cunt!!!!! And get the pig to put it online so I can see it. Erghhh u sick fuck. Rot. Rot in a hole and suffer
Go and fucking die in a ditch, nobody loves you. Even your son won't after he is exposed to what you write. Your family have been told already via Facebook. Carman, larry and others...
Do us a fucking favour and tell pig face and fat bitch to join you
CuntFucking die you pervert cunt and take fat pig with you
I hope you get cancer you fucking pervert and your fat pig wife. The dirty slut. Go get slops for the fat cunt.
Have you got cancer yet or your fat pig cunt wife???
I hope you both get it in 2015!!!!You have ignored me throughout u fucking cunt. I wish u all the worst things in the world u and your dirty slut fat pig cunt wife. U with your ugly bald dirty cunt face. I hope u suffer
Just end it all your worth nothing your family hates u and your son will tooHope you get HIV you and fat pig cunt wife
Michael I'm not going to insult you any more or your wife. I'm sorry. My world has been destroyed since reading your paper, and my son lost his dad and my fiancé lost her groom and her home. You destroyed me inside but it's not your fault as you say, nobody is responsible for there behaviour, not me, not you, so I hold you no grudges. It was pre set at the Big Bang you would do this. Goodbye Michael, I mean it this time, I have seen the light. Sorry for my emotional abusive messages it was just an over reaction to having my life destroyed by you, but I'm ok now
All the best xGreetings all,
You don't know me, but I know you. Last year you all played a part in destroying my life. I lost everything because of you, my son, my partner, my job, my home, my mental health. All because of you, you told me I had no control, how I was not responsible for anything I do , how my beautiful 6 year old son was not responsible for what he did and I couldn't praise him for all his effort in learning to read, write, play sports and grow into a decent working moral human being. I was on the brink of suicide. However, I came back. As a consequence of my family and strong will I came back from the brink and have now regained control after you told me I had none and you made all that effort to prove it to me in your papers. This is a message to let you know that. I came back. I used to think the Bundys and Hitlers of this world was the real problem. However I have learnt that you are the real cancers. People who say the 9/11 firefighters are praise less and holocaust survivors also praise less. Child molesters and mass murderers blameless. Such opinions are those uttered from the very lowest of the scum of the earth. I know you Michael and Galen you have children and a wife. Brian you don't. To view there deeds in life as praiseless is horrific and the opinions of very sick people. Your views smearing these people names and deeds and indeed the real heros should be made illegal and you should be locked up. The cancers of our society taken out of society and left to rot in a prison cell.
However you are not my problem anymore. You are the evils in this world , you should be in jail and your family and children if they ever read your work would be shocked. I beat it though, I beat you. I won. This is just a message to that effect, I won!!!!!!
Goodbye, and good luck with the rest of your cancerous, evil , pathetic existence, your parents would be really proud I'm sure of you and your children when they grow up also... Not!
Dear all [Dan Dennett, Galen Strawson, Bruce Waller, Neil Levy, Greg Caruso, me and so on]
Since 2014, all of you would of had some contact with me via different aliases, some of you by just email, some of you by other social media platforms, in regards to the topic of free will and moral responsibility.
At some point, I would of become abusive and targeted you personally. I would just like to say from the bottom of my heart, I am so so sorry. I have been very unwell and suffered from severe mental illness. This has cost me my job, my family and many other things in life. At many times I have wanted to die but I just lacked the courage to go through with killing myself. I may have blamed you for this, but of course, it is not your fault, it is mine. I have however sought treatment and am very much on the road to recovery, but this doesn't excuse my disgraceful behavior. I ask you all, to please find it within yourselves to forgive me. I never meant anything I said, I was in a terrible place and looked to channel my emotions through emails and other methods. Now in a better state of mind, I am able to reflect on my behavior and I am utterly ashamed of myself. Please, I really do beg of you all to forgive me, I am not a bad person really, I was a disturbed person who badly needed help. I now have that help and I can ensure you all, that you will never receive anything like this from me again. If I could undo it all I would, I really really would,
If all or some of you could reply just to let me know you have forgiven me, I would really appreciate it. It haunts me when I sleep, when I am awake, what I have typed and said to you all.
I wish you all the best with your careers and the meaningful contribution you make to the world of philosophy and science,
Kindest regards,
