If causal production just consists in the relevant counterfactual and nomological dependencies, then making an action unavoidable through those very dependencies is indistinguishable from bringing it about.
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A conditional statement concerning what would be the case if some antecedent condition were true, evaluated across possible worlds; contraposition does not hold in general for counterfactuals.
dependencies(in logic and metaphysics)
Relationships where one thing relies on or is determined by another thing; connections between events or facts.
making an action unavoidable(in philosophy of action and free will)
Creating a situation where someone has no choice but to perform a particular action; removing their ability to do otherwise.