Literature/Film Quarterly, January 1st, 2003
From long before the publication of Madame Bovary to the most current ethical debates, the question of conscience has polarized philosophers, theologians, physicians, politicians, writers, and the general public: is an absence of conscience a moral or mental disease? In the notorious judicial proceedings to ban Flaubert's novel, prosecuting attorney Ernest Pinard identified lack of conscience as the corrupting force at the center of Madame Bovary. The 1857 trial against Flaubert centered on accusations of moral and religious offenses ("outrage a la morale publique, a la religion et aux bonnes ...
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