Curriculum Vitae
Neil Levy
Qualifications
PhD, Monash University, 2006. Title of Thesis Knowledge and Control: Towards a Compatibilist of
Moral Responsibility
PhD, Monash University, 1995. Title of Thesis Being Up-to-Date: Foucault, Sartre and Postmodernity
BA (Hons – First Class) Monash University 1991
Employment
2005 –
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of
Melbourne
2005 -
Research Fellow, James Martin 21st Century School, University of Oxford.
2002-5
Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of
Melbourne.
2000-2002
Lecturer in philosophy, Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga.
Current Research Interests
Free will and moral responsibility. Neuroethics. Philosophical psychology. Moral cognition. Practical
epistemology.
Current Grants
2006-8 ARC Discovery Project ‘Neuroethics: The Practical and the Philosophical’ N Levy and J
Kennett. Role: Chief Investigator. Funding $185,354
Project Summary: The sciences of the mind and the technologies they have spawned throw up a
host of ethical challenges for our societies. The power they bring directly to intervene in the mind,
controlling mood, elevating abilities and even reading and inserting thoughts, poses unprecedented
problems, both for our existing ethics and for our self-understanding. This project will develop a
framework for the ethical regulation of these technologies and will seek to understand the
implications of these sciences for our conception of human agency.
Publications
Books
Levy, N. 2007. Neuroethics: Philosophical Challenges for the 21st Century, Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Levy, N. 2004. What Makes us Moral? Crossing the Boundaries of Biology, Oxford: Oneworld.
Levy, N. 2002. Moral Relativism, Oxford: Oneworld.
Levy, N. 2002. Sartre, Oxford: Oneworld.
Levy, N. 2002. Being Up-To-Date: Foucault, Sartre and Postmodernity, New York: Peter Lang.
Selected Book Chapters
Levy, N. - Restrictivism Is A Covert Compatibilism. In N. Trakakis (Ed) Essays On Free Will
And Moral Responsibility. Cambridge Scholar Press, Forthcoming.
Levy, N. - Self-Deception Without Thought Experiments. In J. Fernandez And T. Bayne (Eds)
Delusions, Self-Deception And Affective Influences On Belief-Formation. New York:
Psychology Press, Forthcoming.
Levy, N. - Institutions, Individuals, And Accountability. In S. Clarke And J. Oakley (Eds)
Informed Consent And Clinician Accountability: The Ethics Of Auditing And Reporting
Surgeon Performance, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, In press.
Levy, N. - Physician-Assisted Suicide And The Slippery Slope. In Edgar Dahl & Dieter
Birnbacher (Eds), Physician-Assisted Suicide: Moral, Legal, And Social Implications Of
Giving Death A Helping Hand, Kluwer, Forthcoming.
Levy, N. and Bayne, T. - The Feeling Of Doing. In Sebanz, N. & Prinz, W. Disorders Of
Volition. NIT Press, 2006.
Levy, N. - Foucault’s Unnatural Ecology. In Éric Darier (Ed), Discourses Of The Environment,
Basil Blackwell, 1999.
Selected Journal Articles
Levy, N. - Bad Luck Once Again. Philosophy And Phenomenological Research, In Press.
Levy, N. – Restoring Control: Comments On George Sher. Philosophia, In Press.
Levy, N. - Norms, Conventions, And Psychopaths. Philosophy, Psychiatry & Psychology, In Press.
Levy, N. - The Responsibility Of The Psychopath Revisited. Philosophy, Psychiatry & Psychology, In
Press (Target Article).
Levy, N. - Rethinking Neuroethics In The Light Of Radical Externalism. American Journal Of
Bioethics (Ajob-Neuroscience), In Press.
Levy, N. - The Social: A Missing Term In The Debate Over Addiction And Voluntary Control. American
Journal Of Bioethics (Ajob-Neuroscience), 7 (2007), 35-36
Levy, N. - Against Sex Selection. Southern Medical Journal, 100 (2007), 107-109.
Levy, N. - Doxastic Responsibility. Synthese, 155 (2007), 127-155.
Levy, N. - Agents And Mechanisms: Fischer’s Way. Philosophical Quarterly, 57 (2007), 123-130.
Levy, N. - Respecting Rights… To Death. Journal Of Medical Ethics 32 (2006), 608-611.
Levy, N. - Determinist Deliberations, Dialectica, 60 (2006), 453-459.
Levy, N. - What Evolves When Morality Evolves? Studies In The History And Philosophy Of Science.
Part C: Studies In History And Philosophy Of Biological And Biomedical Sciences 37 (2006), 612-620.
Levy, N. - Cognitive Scientific Challenges To Morality. Philosophical Psychology 19 (2006), 567-587.
Levy, N. - Autonomy And Addiction. Canadian Journal Of Philosophy 36 (2006), 427-448.
Dahl, E. & Levy, N. - The Case For Physician-Assisted Suicide: How Can It Possibly Be Proven?
Journal Of Medical Ethics 32 (2006), 335-338.
Levy, N. Open-Mindedness And The Duty To Gather Evidence. Public Affairs Quarterly 20 (2006), 5566.
Dahl, E. & Levy, N. - Der Ärztlich Assistierte Suizid In Oregon: Wiegen Die Kosten Den Nuzten Auf?
Aufklärung Und Kritik 11 (2006), 55-63.
Levy, N. - Addiction, Autonomy And Ego-Depletion. Bioethics, 20 (2006), 16-20.
Levy, N. - The Wisdom Of The Pack. Philosophical Explorations, 9 (2006), 99-103.
Levy, N. - Libet’s Impossible Demand. Journal Of Consciousness Studies, 12 (2005), 67-76.
Levy, N. - The Good, The Bad And The Blameworthy. Journal Of Ethics And Social Philosophy 1
(2005), 1-16.
Levy, N. - Contrastive Explanations: A Dilemma For Libertarians. Dialectica 59 (2005), 51-61.
Levy, N. - Imaginative Resistance And The Moral/Conventional Distinction. Philosophical Psychology
18 (2005), 231-241.
Levy, N. &Lotz, M. Cloning And A (Kind Of) Genetic Fallacy. Bioethics 19 (2005), 232-250.
Levy, N. - Downshifting And The Meaning Of Life. Ratio 18 (2005), 176-189.
Bayne, T. & Levy, N. - Amputees By Choice: Body Integrity Identity Disorders And The Ethics Of
Amputation. Journal Of Applied Philosophy 22 (2005), 75-86.
Levy, N. - Understanding-Blindness? Simon Baron-Cohen’s The Essential Difference. Phenomenology
And The Cognitive Sciences 3 (2004), 315-324.
Levy, N. & Bayne, T. - A Will Of One’s Own: Consciousness, Control And Character. International
Journal Of Law And Psychiatry 27 (2004), 459-470.
Levy, N. - Foucault As Virtue Ethicist. Foucault Studies 1 (2004), 20-31.
Levy, N. - Cohen And Kind: A Response To Nathan Nobis. Journal Of Applied Philosophy 21 (2004),
213-217.
Levy, N. - The Responsibility Of Lawyers And The Responsibility Of Philosophers. Australian Journal
Of Legal Philosophy 29 (2004), 172-178.
Levy, N. - Epistemic Akrasia And The Subsumption Of Evidence. Croatian Journal Of Philosophy, 4
(2004), 149-156.
Levy, N. - Good Character: Too Little, Too Late. Journal Of Mass Media Ethics 19 (2004),108-118.
Levy, N. - Evolutionary Psychology, Human Universals & The Standard Social Science Model. Biology
And Philosophy 19 (2004), 459-472.
Levy, N. & Bayne, T - Doing Without Deliberation. International Review Of Psychiatry, 16 (2004),
209-215.
Levy, N. - Why Frankfurt Examples Don’t Beg The Question: A Reply To Woodward. Journal Of Social
Philosophy XXXV (2004), 211-215.
Levy, N. - Self-Deception And Moral Responsibility. Ratio 17 (2004), 294-311.
Levy, N. - Self-Deception And Responsibility For Addiction. Journal Of Applied Philosophy 20 2003:
133-142.
Levy, N. - Cultural Membership And Moral Responsibility. The Monist 86 (2003), 145-163.
Levy, N. - Analytic And Continental Philosophy: Explaining The Differences. Metaphilosophy 34
(2003), 284-304.
Levy, N. - Descriptive Relativism: Assessing The Evidence. Journal Of Value Inquiry, 37 (2003), 165177.
Levy, N. - What (If Anything) Is Wrong With Bestiality? Journal Of Social Philosophy 34 (2003), 444456.
Levy, N. - Against Philanthropy, Individual And Corporate. Business & Professional Ethics Journal, 21
(2002), 95-108. (Reprinted In Deni Elliott (Ed) The Kindness Of Strangers: Philanthropy And Higher
Education. Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, 2005)
Levy, N. - Excusing Responsibility For The Inevitable. Philosophical Studies 111 (2002), 43-52.
Levy, N. - The Intrinsic Value Of Culture. Philosophy In The Contemporary World 9 (2002), 49-57.
Levy, N. - Virtual Pornography, Actual Harm? The Child Pornography Prevention Act. Ethics And
Information Technology 4 (2002), 319-323.
Levy, N. - The Apology Paradox And The Non-Identity Problem. Philosophical Quarterly 52 (2002),
358-368.
Levy, N. - In Defence Of Entrapment In Journalism (And Beyond). Journal Of Applied Philosophy 19
(2002), 121-130.
Levy, N. - Self-Ownership: Defending Marx Against Cohen. Social Theory And Practice 28 (2002), 77100.
Levy, N. - Reconsidering Cochlear Implants. Bioethics 16 (2002), 134-153.
Levy, N. - Why Regret Language Death? Public Affairs Quarterly 15 (2001), 373-384.
Levy, N. - Wider Still: Reflective Equilibrium And The Explanation Of Political Radicalization.
International Journal Of Politics And Ethics 1 (2001), 147-155.
Levy, N. - Charles Taylor On Overcoming Incommensurability. Philosophy And Social Criticism 26
(2000), 47-61.
Levy, N. - Stepping Into The Present: Macintyre’s Modernism. Social Theory And Practice 25 (1999),
471-490. (Reprinted As Fare Un Passo Nel Presente: La Modernità Di Macintyre. In Sociologia E
Politiche Sociali, 5,2 (2002).)
Levy, N. - Ethics And Rules: A Political Reading Of Foucault’s Aesthetics Of Existence. Philosophy
Today 42 (1998), 79-84
Levy, N. - Untimely Meditations: Periodising Recent French Thought. Symposium 2 (1998), 61-75.
Levy, N. - The Prehistory Of Archaeology: Foucault And Heidegger. The Journal Of The British
Society For Phenomenology 27 (1996), 157-171.
Editorial
2007 – Editor-in-Chief of Neuroethics (Springer).
Co-editor with Michael McKenna of a special edition on free will and luck of Philosophical
Explorations
Editor of a special edition on empirically informed approaches to ethics of Ethical Theory and Moral
Practice
Past Fellowships and Grants
2004-6 ARC Large Grant (with Dr Tim Bayne):
Moral Responsibility and Cognitive Science: Agency, Empathy and Theory of Mind (ARC Discovery
Grant; 2004-2006. $87570).
Recent Invited/Selected Conference Presentations
2007 ‘Responsibility and History’ Indiana University Conference on Agency and Responsibility,
Bloomington Indiana
2007. ‘Evolution and Moral Realism’ Ethics and Evolution, University of Tasmania.
2007 ‘Moral Modularity’ Moral Cognition and Meta-Ethics Conference, Sydney
2007 ‘Self-Deception and Anosognosia’ Understanding Delusions, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
2007 ‘Psychology and Morality’, Invited lecture, Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv
2006 Heuristics and Truth, Invited Lecture, University of Ulster
2006 'Agent-Causation and Luck' Bled conference on Freedom, Determinsim and Responsibility, Bled,
Slovenia,