moralhod Morality in the Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad . Perhaps so, but the question of moral philosophy has been discussed over time and is an important element in Conrad's story, Heart of Darkness. In general, the timeless discussion dates back to the early philosophical writings of Plato and transcends general religious foundations to the general applications and codes of behavior espoused by Kant and Mills. These individuals and these lines of thought attempt to establish a “good” code of behavior based on something: a benevolent god, extensible codes similar to the Golden Rule, or even a collective relativist opinion. Later, in the 1800s and around the turn of the century, popular thought turned around and attacked these codes through works such as Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and various works by Nietzsche such as Au- beyond good and evil. In more modern times, some sort of balance between these two currents leads to what Richard Garner describes as amorality, or the complete abandonment of a moral system. Conrad, who wrote Heart of Darkness while his contemporaries were denouncing objective moralities, incorporates much of these philosophies and uses the work as a demonstrative system of a unique morality. The development of a moral system is generally fraught with many problems; primarily, and this affects systems of morality based on Judeo-Christian religious principles, that evil exists in the world. A morality based on a Judeo-Christian God enters into a conflict between omnibenevolent love and this existence, for how could an omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent god allow evil to exist...... middle of paper. .....layers his own thoughts with a relativistic morality. Works Cited Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness. New York: WW Norton and Company, 1988. Garner, Richard. The experience of philosophy. Ed. Daniel Kolak, Raymond Martin. Belmont California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1996.Guerard, Albert J. The Journey Within. New York: WW Norton and Company, 1988. Kant, Immanuel. The experience of philosophy. Ed. Daniel Kolak, Raymond Martin. Belmont California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1996. Milton, John. Paradise lost. New York: WW Norton and Company, 1993. Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil. Trans. Marianne Cowan. Chicago: Gateway Editions, 1955. Plato. Plato's four Socratic dialogues. Trans. Benjamin Jowett. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1934.

Essay / moralhod Morality in the Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad . Perhaps so, but the question of moral philosophy has been discussed over time and is an important element in Conrad's story, Heart of Darkness. In general, the timeless discussion dates back to the early philosophical writings of Plato and transcends general religious foundations to the general applications and codes of behavior espoused by Kant and Mills. These individuals and these lines of thought attempt to establish a “good” code of behavior based on something: a benevolent god, extensible codes similar to the Golden Rule, or even a collective relativist opinion. Later, in the 1800s and around the turn of the century, popular thought turned around and attacked these codes through works such as Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and various works by Nietzsche such as Au- beyond good and evil. In more modern times, some sort of balance between these two currents leads to what Richard Garner describes as amorality, or the complete abandonment of a moral system. Conrad, who wrote Heart of Darkness while his contemporaries were denouncing objective moralities, incorporates much of these philosophies and uses the work as a demonstrative system of a unique morality. The development of a moral system is generally fraught with many problems; primarily, and this affects systems of morality based on Judeo-Christian religious principles, that evil exists in the world. A morality based on a Judeo-Christian God enters into a conflict between omnibenevolent love and this existence, for how could an omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent god allow evil to exist...... middle of paper. .....layers his own thoughts with a relativistic morality. Works Cited Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness. New York: WW Norton and Company, 1988. Garner, Richard. The experience of philosophy. Ed. Daniel Kolak, Raymond Martin. Belmont California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1996.Guerard, Albert J. The Journey Within. New York: WW Norton and Company, 1988. Kant, Immanuel. The experience of philosophy. Ed. Daniel Kolak, Raymond Martin. Belmont California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1996. Milton, John. Paradise lost. New York: WW Norton and Company, 1993. Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil. Trans. Marianne Cowan. Chicago: Gateway Editions, 1955. Plato. Plato's four Socratic dialogues. Trans. Benjamin Jowett. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1934.

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