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  • Chapter 1 - General Protreptic and Suggested Approaches to Life

  • from Part I - Moral Themes and Types of Moralism in Galen
  • Sophia Xenophontos, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki
  • Book:
    Medicine and Practical Ethics in Galen
    Published online:
    14 December 2023
    Print publication:
    04 January 2024, pp 21-32
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    Chapter 1 provides a systematic account of the main moral themes and types of moralism in Galen. Among these, the most general level is represented by an unparticularised moralism, in which the author pronounces ethical verdicts with universal application. Galen’s aim here is not to override moral relativism (in the modern sense of the term) nor restrain moral freedom. Rather, he seeks to delimit what he wishes to stigmatise as deviant behaviour as lucidly as possible, so as to be able to offer rudimentary directives for goodness effectively. In this model of basic moralism, even though there are instances where the author’s moral viewpoint features in a commanding fashion, reference is made to an astute reader who either embraces, upon reflection, Galen’s viewpoint or judiciously considers what is at stake when the former goes astray.