You are your brain so I kind of have problems seeing the distinction in the first place. When a law says “Don’t publish a copy of the copyrighted music you own

You are your brain so I kind of have problems seeing the distinction in the first place. When a law says “Don’t publish a copy of the copyrighted music you own.” and you do publish a copy is there something wrong with your brain? There certainly is if you believe that a healthy brain should not publish copyrighted music given the existing incentives in society. Just think for a moment what would happen if we really were able and willing to change brains however we wanted to. Laws then become blueprints for changing brains which is kind of scary. Laws don’t have to orient themselves on what might be considered healthy brain behavior (but who gets to define that?), they can say whatever they want. It’s a pretty significant intrusion, but then again, so is locking someone up for a few decades. I’m actually quite a fan of not ever punishing. I think the goal of criminal law should be to reduce crime while still allowing as much freedom as possible. Imprisonment (or, even worse, the death penalty) seems like a very blunt instrument for that purpose. Changing the brain, however, comes with its own issues. Does society get to decide who we are? I’m not sure about that.