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    Supports→The distinction between causes and background conditions tracks the distinction between abnormal and normal conditions, not merely counterfactual dependence.

    In McGrath's case, both Byron's and Chris's failures are equally counterfactually relevant to the plant's death, yet only Byron's failure is judged a cause.

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    Hart and Honoré (1959 [1985]) suggest that conditions which are normal, or default, are background conditions; whereas those which are abnormal, or deviant, are causes. This distinction between normal, default, or inertial conditions and abnormal, deviant, or non-inertial causes has been appearing with increasing regularity in the recent literature. For instance, McGrath (2005) presents the following vignette: Abigail goes on vacation and asks her neighbor, Byron, to water her plant. Byron promi

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