Is castrating young boys ethical?

[Annik]

How about if you'd take a course on philosophy, and recognize that the brain never stops developing unless it is in stasis

I didn't know they taught biological development in philosophy. However, I'm not talking about brain development. I'm talking about cognitive development. You still haven't even skimmed that article, huh?

Or... more importantly, you just use your head for a moment, and think of a time when the consequences of an action you've made as an 'adult' turned out differently than you expected to. We live in the moment, or for the near future, for that which we can see... 15 years from now: DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA, at all? Because if you do... that's rather optimistic of ya

Because we really cannot see the future, and I'm really not about to excuse away people's stupidity with 'oh, but their brain isn't developed enough to do that without judging the consequences 'properly''... value systems are subjective, and humans will not see everything coming until they perfectly mathematize their little universe.

I think you believe what you want and no amount to science will change it. Fine. Children have the same cognitive abilities as adults. But wait-- They don't! In this context, we're talking about pre-pubesent kids. These aren't teens (who have reached Formal Operational Stage, since you didn't read the article), they're children who haven't hit puberty. They probably aren't aware of the function of their balls, let alone the consequences of removing them. Not amount to reasoning and explanation will help these children to understand how this would effect their future love lives, their abilities to have children, the lack of testosterone, ect. They probably have never even kissed someone romantically or thought about children as anything other than their peers. Your argument is based on a word game about the wrong topic.