《德伯家的苔丝》的伦理内涵

Moral Thoughts in Tess of the D’Urbervilles

试从文学伦理学批评的角度,通过分析以进化论为代表的伦理思想对哈代的影响,探讨了《德伯家的苔丝》中所蕴含的伦理内涵,从而指出哈代不仅接受了进化论等先进的思想理念,而且还运用利他主义伦理观和康德的道义论为作品主人翁苔丝解决道德问题,引起人们对小说中伦理问题的重新思考。

This paper applies ethical approach to the discussion of moral thoughts in Tess of the D＇Urbervilles through the analysis of the influence on Hardy by several major ethical approaches. It points out that Hardy not only embraces advanced moral thoughts represented by the theory of evolution, but also resolves Tess＇s moral issues by associating them with altruistic ethic and Kant＇s theory of deontology so as to arouse people＇s rethinking on moral issues presented in the novel.