# #85 - The Moral Relevance of Consciousness | Neil Levy

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Podcast: [The Ethical Frontier](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ethical-frontier-6723630)
Published: 2026-02-01T23:09:27+00:00
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You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Neil Levy is a professor of philosophy at Macquarie University, Sydney, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford. Website: https://www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-neil-levy Summary:In this interview, we discuss the distinction between phenomenal consciousness and access consciousness, as well as the moral relevance of consciousness in ethics. Many philosophers believe that phenomenal consciousness is necessary to have moral value. Levy criticizes this position.

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