Rhys Southan

Writer, philosophy student, freelance

Rhys Southan is a freelance writer who has has written for The New Inquiry and The New York Times, among others. He is a student of philosophy at the University of Oxford and is slowly working on a book about the ethics of eating meat.

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Written by Rhys Southan

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Ethics

Execution at Happy Farm

Which world would be better: one in which all meat is grown in a lab or one which still contains humanely farmed animals?

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Illustration of a blond superhero in blue and yellow flying with fists forward, medieval castle and hills in the background.

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Human reproduction

The first cut

Most American boys are circumcised as a matter of course. Now, many of them feel violated. Should the practice be banned?

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A woman painting by a pond surrounded by lush greenery, with her reflection visible in the calm water.

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Art

Is it OK to make art?

If you express your creativity while other people go hungry, you’re probably not making the world a better place

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A gravestone inscribed “Young English Poet” with daffodils in the foreground and a Celtic cross in a cemetery in the background.

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Ethics

Staying alive

Our genes and our culture tell us to live as long as possible – even when living is misery. Should we listen?

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Painting of a creature resembling an alien composed of various vegetables like an aubergine head, courgette limbs and a pepper.

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Ethics

The vegans have landed

A dominant species is a dominant species. If you really care about animal rights, vegan ethics don’t go far enough

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