Seneca’s Letters (interpretive ethics)

Seneca’s letters are not rules to obey but judgments to practice.

Each situation is weighed, interpreted, and met with a response shaped by reason, character, and context.

Ethics here is not abstract morality.

It is applied discernment.

The same principle can demand different actions depending on circumstance.

What matters is whether the response aligns with virtue under real conditions, not whether it matches an idealized rule.