| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-20页 |
| 1.1 Iris Murdoch: Life and Works | 第9-11页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第11-16页 |
| 1.3 Kant's Notion of the Sublime | 第16-18页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Confrontation with the Sublime Images | 第20-28页 |
| 2.1 Mor's Feeling of Aversion to Bledyard | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 Martin's Failed Understanding of Honor | 第22-24页 |
| 2.3 Julius's Impotence of Reflective Judgement towards Tallis | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Three Inspired by the Sublime Images | 第28-41页 |
| 3.1 Mor's Regain of His Faculty of Reason | 第28-33页 |
| 3.2 Martin's Negative Pleasure | 第33-36页 |
| 3.3 Julius's Reconstruction of Imagination | 第36-41页 |
| Chapter Four The Final Choice of Good | 第41-51页 |
| 4.1 Mor's Return to His Family | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2 Martin's Elimination of His Egoism | 第44-47页 |
| 4.3 Julius's Unraveling of His Tangled Life | 第47-51页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-57页 |