In Strawsons basic argument, he attempts to prove that responsibility cannot exist through a set of plausible premises. His arguments are close to hard determinism, but do not depend on the truth or falsity of determinism. It instead focuses upon the ability (or lack of) the agent to choose to be the way one is and have the principle of choice necessary for responsibility. He does not say free will and responsibility (of which it is important to make a distinction between) are important because of their relation with determinism, but because our ability to act freely would allow us to be truly responsible for our actions in a way which would allow us to ascribe the notions of praise and blame to them. Looking at Strawson’s argument in comparison
