本論文探討夏綠蒂·勃朗特的《簡愛》（Jane Eyre）與安妮·勃朗特的《荒野莊園的房客》（The Tenant of Wildfell Hall）中道德決策問題，指出兩位小說家，皆認為道德自主性及其衍生決定與行動，源自於個人內在良知與道德觀。本文主張勃朗特姐妹透過對寬恕及道德深思之細緻描寫，挑戰維多利亞時期傳統道德觀念。藉由康德的道德哲學，尤其是定言令式的理論框架，本研究進一步揭示，簡愛與海倫在面對感情誘惑與社會壓力時，仍能作出凌駕於社會道德，理性且自主的道德決判。此外，本論文也批判性地回應，以往學界將兩位主角的道德選擇詮釋為向傳統維多利亞價值妥協的觀點，筆者強調，兩位小說女主角的的行動，實則體現出她們成熟的道德決斷，並且展現出積極且自主的道德意識。

This thesis explores moral decisions in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, highlighting how both novels depict moral autonomy and
moral action as deeply personal processes guided by personal conscience rather than societal expectations. I argue that the Brontë sisters challenge Victorian notions of morality through their nuanced portrayals of forgiveness and moral deliberation. Guided by Kantian moral philosophy, particularly the categorical imperative, the study shows that Jane Eyre and Helen Huntingdon make rational, self-governed decisions rooted in principled moral reasoning, despite intense emotional and social pressures. Critiquing existing scholarship that interprets the protagonists’ moral choices as retreats into traditional Victorian ideals, this thesis instead emphasizes that their actions reflect deliberate moral reasoning grounded in personal conscience.

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