This chapter explores "presence" in performance as a quality that is both aesthetic and morally relevant. The claim is that "presence" is an important element in relating to others and relevant to relating ethically. Drawing on "the enactive process' from perceptual and cognitive studies, ethics is conceived of as a process in which we humans "enact" both the world, and ourselves as moral beings. Zarrilli applies this approach in working with actors to train them to bring an embodied sense and their full attention to their performance task. He relates this to "presence" as it is experienced by the audience (although not as a quality that an actor should strive for). In parallel, ethics is conceived of as practices that involve bringing attention, acumen and skill to an interaction with another person. A review of a performance by Martina Abramović is discussed as an example of a (potentially) transformative and ethically relevant power of "presence" as so enacted. Also discussed is the place of affect in relation to "presence" and the importance of affect in ethics. Woven together these threads present a conception of ethics as creative and retaining the aliveness of performance. It is an approach that opens to enacting moral ideals in life as contrasted with a more minimal approach of fulfilling one's moral obligations.