Substantive readings of literary works are central to Martha C. Nussbaum's attempt to develop a conception of morality based on particular instances. Building on her key concepts perception and improvisation while adjusting them by way of drawing on works by Cora Diamond, this article suggests that not only literature, but also what W. T. A. Mitchell has coined “imagetexts” display a wide range of values and attitudes that question abstract moral principles. By inviting readers and viewers to compare and contrast their cognitive as well as emotional responses, text and image spur a kind of moral thinking oriented towards the particular. A salient incident from Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness (1902) and Liv Bugge's art book You Make Me Want to Die in the Countryside: A Meditation on “Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad (2011) provide test cases for this assertion. Diverging and incompatible moral attitudes are dispersed and explored throughout these works and the orchestration of diverse attitudes calls for equally diverse cognitive and emotional responses.

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走近纠缠的道德态度

对文学作品的实质性阅读是玛莎·C·努斯鲍姆 (Martha C. Nussbaum) 基于特定事例发展道德观念的尝试的核心。这篇文章建立在她的关键概念感知和即兴创作的基础上，同时通过借鉴 Cora Diamond 的作品来调整它们，这表明不仅文学，而且 WTA 米切尔创造的“图像文本”都展示了广泛的价值观和态度，这些价值观和态度质疑抽象伦理。通过邀请读者和观众比较和对比他们的认知和情感反应，文本和图像激发了一种面向特定的道德思维。约瑟夫·康拉德的中篇小说《黑暗之心》（1902）和丽芙·布格的艺术书《你让我想死在乡下》中的一个突出事件：Joseph Conrad (2011) 对“黑暗之心”的沉思为此断言提供了测试用例。分散和不相容的道德态度在这些作品中被分散和探索，不同态度的协调要求同样不同的认知和情感反应。