A Different Kind of Inevitability

I think Dennett shies away from "inevitable", because it's normal meaning is "beyond our control" or as the OED says, something that "cannot be avoided". But the inevitability within causal determinism is a bit different, because it incorporates us, our wants and needs, and our own choices.

Inevitable suggests that it is something that we would want to avoid, but know that we cannot. But in the context of causal determinism, what we choose to do will be what we already want to do. After all, that's why we chose it. It will not be something that we wish to avoid, but rather something that we wish to do.

So, this is not an inevitability that is troublesome in any way.