Summary Iris Murdoch's philosophical novel The Bell (1958) presents a singular ethical situation by portraying a prospective priest, named Michael Meade, engaged in a homoerotic relationship resulting in thorny moral dilemmas. The previous studies of the novel claim that Michael is doomed to a tragic failure because of his wrongdoing and the consequent sense of guilt. Contrarily to such traditional, “dominant” readings, in the present article I offer a Deleuzian-ethical reading and discuss how Michael finally achieves freedom by embracing the joy of his “schizophrenising” love. I argue that Michael's love for Nick and Toby should not be judged according to the constrictive rules of slave morality as a wrong feeling, because it aims at forming an open multiplicity that would increase the power of both bodies. Whereas religion by definition is supposed to bring happiness for human beings, in this fictional universe such restrictive societies as the Abbey relegate it to a repressive “order of judgement” requiring blind obedience to a set of reactive moral doctrines. In the end, solely Michael and Dora manage to find a line of flight by revolting against reactive morals. By offering such a “resistant” reading, this article reveals the virtual forces within this text as yet unactualised and demonstrates how such texts indeed are “becoming-texts.”

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爱的事件与道德的存在：对艾瑞斯·默多克 (Iris Murdoch) 的《钟声》(The Bell) 的德勒兹式解读

总结 Iris Murdoch 的哲学小说 The Bell (1958) 描绘了一位名叫 Michael Meade 的未来神父，参与了导致棘手的道德困境的同性恋关系，从而呈现了一种独特的伦理状况。之前对这部小说的研究声称，迈克尔注定会因为他的错误行为和随之而来的内疚感而悲剧性地失败。与这种传统的“主导”读物相反，在本文中，我提供了德勒兹式的伦理读物，并讨论迈克尔如何最终通过拥抱他“精神分裂”的爱的喜悦而获得自由。我认为迈克尔对尼克和托比的爱不应该根据奴隶道德的限制性规则来判断为一种错误的感情，因为它旨在形成一种开放的多重性，从而增加两个身体的力量。虽然宗教根据定义应该为人类带来幸福，但在这个虚构的宇宙中，像修道院这样的限制性社会将其归为一种压制性的“判断秩序”，要求盲目服从一套反应性的道德教义。最后，只有迈克尔和朵拉通过反抗反动的道德，设法找到了一条逃生线。通过提供这种“抗拒”阅读，本文揭示了文本中尚未实现的虚拟力量，并展示了这些文本如何确实是“成为文本”。只有迈克尔和朵拉通过反抗被动的道德，设法找到了一条逃生线。通过提供这种“抗拒”阅读，本文揭示了文本中尚未实现的虚拟力量，并展示了这些文本如何确实是“成为文本”。只有迈克尔和朵拉通过反抗被动的道德，设法找到了一条逃生线。通过提供这种“抗拒”阅读，本文揭示了文本中尚未实现的虚拟力量，并展示了这些文本如何确实是“成为文本”。