Heart Of Darkness Ethics Essay

In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness we see different dispositions toward human morality. It is to a great degree troublesome, perhaps incomprehensible, to derive the correct support of ethical quality that Conrad expected. Conrad furnishes his readers with a few cases where the understanding of morality is fortuitous, relative, and even "indeterminable." One finds numerous circumstances in the novel that lie somewhere close to morality, unethical behavior, and flippancy. A couple of cases from the novel that show this thought are: the portrayal of Kurtz as uncovered through Marlowe, Marlowe's own particular activities and considerations, and the Kurtz' passing scene.
Conrad apparently suggests that Marlowe endorses morality or is an ethical

His aunt speaks of the invasion of Africa as commendable due to their "weaning those ignorant millions of their horrid ways, when our cynic, existentialist, Marlowe hints that "the Company was run for profit (16.)" Does Marlowe not care about the conversion of the non-Christian natives? It appears that he is not. During his time in the Congo, Marlowe does not seem particularly interested in the moral behavior of the natives. When the natives under Marlowe's direction suggest cannibalism, he is not concerned that they would break some moral law, but rather is struck with a feeling of "culture shock." He reasons, "I would have no doubt been properly horrified if had it not occurred to me that that he and his chaps must have been growing increasingly hungry (42)." Marlowe is not a bit concerned with the moral ramifications of the native's request, does this mean that Marlowe ceases to be the moral character we thought him to be? One might be tempted to say that Marlowe goes through some sort of change with regards to morality during his journey, but the chronology of the these examples is not uniform, (as the page citations have indicated) so that would be an illogical