Repeat after me ten times: “Whether or not the laws of the universe are reductionist has no bearing on how I assign meaning to events and objects.”
When I say the brain surgery could damage their mind, I am comparing an idealized version of my model of their future mind with my model of their mind after the surgery goes wrong. The shouldness exists only in my mind; it is not an property of their mind independent of my model.
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Then there is no objectivity in judgments of illness whatsoever. Only the independent impressions and opinions of various people.
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I would agree with this statement. The vast majority of people agree on whether bodily state is an illness or not; this is because we agree on what the state of the body/mind "should" be, not because there is an actual correct state written into the fabric of the universe.
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