| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| ·An Introduction to Iris Murdoch | 第9-10页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第10-16页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two The Self and the Construction of Moral Life in The Be | 第18-31页 |
| ·An Introduction to Murdoch’s Viewpoint of the Self | 第18-21页 |
| ·Dora’s Incomplete Self and Immorality | 第21-26页 |
| ·Dora’s Establishment of a Complete Self | 第26-31页 |
| Chapter Three Egoism and the Construction of Moral Life in A Severed Head | 第31-42页 |
| ·An Introduction to Murdoch’s Viewpoint of Egoism | 第31-34页 |
| ·Martin’s Enslavement to Egoism and Illusion | 第34-37页 |
| ·Martin’s Move towards Reality | 第37-42页 |
| Chapter Four Attention and the Construction of Moral Life in The Unicorn | 第42-52页 |
| ·An Introduction to Murdoch’s Viewpoint of Attention | 第42-45页 |
| ·The Selfish and Destroying Attention | 第45-47页 |
| ·The Move towards Selfless Attention | 第47-52页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-58页 |