| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| 1.1 George Eliot and The Mill on the Floss | 第11-14页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第14-19页 |
| 1.2.1 Studies on George Eliot and The Mill on the Floss | 第14-17页 |
| 1.2.2 Studies on Feminist Ethics | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Frame | 第19-23页 |
| 2.1 The Formation and Development of Feminist Ethics | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2 Carol Gilligan’s Ethics of Care | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3 Nel Noddings’s Relational Ethics | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Embodiment of Maggie's Caring | 第23-35页 |
| 3.1 Natural Caring for Her Family | 第24-30页 |
| 3.1.1 Respect for Her Father | 第24-26页 |
| 3.1.2 Fondness for Her Brother | 第26-30页 |
| 3.2 Maggie’s Ethical Caring for Philip Wakem | 第30-35页 |
| 3.2.1 Strong Sympathy for Philip’s Disability | 第30-33页 |
| 3.2.2 Genuine Solicitude for Philip’s Situation | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter 4 Maggie’s Moral Development | 第35-50页 |
| 4.1 Pre-conventional Stage: Orientation to Individual Survival | 第36-41页 |
| 4.1.1 Desire to Maintain Self | 第36-38页 |
| 4.1.2 Aspiration for Independence | 第38-41页 |
| 4.2 Conventional Stage : Goodness as Self-Sacrifice | 第41-45页 |
| 4.2.1 Needs in Relations to Responsibility | 第41-43页 |
| 4.2.2 Others Before Self | 第43-45页 |
| 4.3 Post-conventional Stage: Morality of Nonviolence | 第45-50页 |
| 4.3.1 Avoidance of Hurting Others | 第45-47页 |
| 4.3.2 Dissipated Tension Between Selfishness and Responsibility | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter 5 The Image of Maggie and Her Creator George Eliot | 第50-57页 |
| 5.1 Similarities Between Maggie and the Life of George Eliot | 第50-53页 |
| 5.1.1 Family Relations and Educational Background | 第50-51页 |
| 5.1.2 The Conflict with Conventional Marriage | 第51-53页 |
| 5.2 Maggie and Eliot's Sympathy and Caring | 第53-57页 |
| 5.2.1 Close Relationship Between Self and Others | 第54页 |
| 5.2.2 ABalance Between Passion and Duty | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
