Brock, Dan
Bronn
fighting without honor
game theory and
Brynden
burdensomeness, biomedical ethics and
Butterbumps
Campbell, A. G. M.
cannibalism, cultural relativism and
Carson, Thomas
Cassel, Rodrick
categorical imperative, moral luck and
causation, magic. See magic, causation
character
egoism and virtue ethics
fatalism and
martial arts and
moral luck and
Charles I (King of England)
Charles II (King of England)
Children of the Forest
biomedical ethics and
magic and
problem of evil and
Chisholm, Roderick
chivalry
gender roles and
idealization of
as misguided
vulnerability and
Cicero
circumstantial luck
Clegane, Gregor (“the Mountain”)
chivalry and
insanity and
just war theory and
lying and
metaphysics and
social contract theory and
Clegane, Sandor (“the Hound”)
chivalry and
metaphysics and
problem of evil and
virtue ethics and
commitment, lying and
Conn
consciousness
animals and
biomedical ethics and
metaphysics and
wargs and
consequentialism
lying and
virtue ethics and egoism
control
insanity and
moral luck and
cost-versus-gain ratio, just war theory and
Cressen
crime, insanity as
cultural relativism
defined
diversity of ethical codes in
moral relativism and
violence and
Damphair, Aeron
Darry, Lord
deception, lying and
“Decisions Near the End of Life” (American Medical Association)
Declaration of Independence
Denys, Lord
dependency, power and
Derby City Hospital (England)
Descartes, René
Desmond, Ser
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Hume)
direwolves
magic and
metaphysics and
subjectivity and
See also individual names of direwolves
Discourses (Machiavelli)
dogma
epistemology and
problem of evil and
doing, being vs.
dojo
Dornish
Dothraki
cultural relativism and
fears and customs
Horse God
just war theory and
See also Drogo, Khal; Targaryen, Daenerys (“Dany”)
Down’s Syndrome, biomedical ethics and
dragons, magic and
Drogo, Khal
biomedical ethics and
cultural relativism and
fatalism and
idealism and
just war theory and
lying and
morality and
power and
social contract theory and
Drowned God of the Ironmen
Duff, Raymond S.
Duur, Mirri Maz
biomedical ethics and
insanity and
lying and
magic and
egoism, virtue ethics and
Elia
English Civil War
Epicurus
epistemology
dogma and
epistemic humility
epistemic trust
justification and
justified true belief and
reliabilism and
study of
essentialism, fatalism and
eudaimonia
euthanasia, passive vs. active
evidence, problem of evil and
evil
defined
moral
natural
See also problem of evil
fairness, game theory and
Faith of the Seven
fatalism
authenticity and
essentialism and
freedom and
justice and
metaphysical fatalism
fear
logic and
power and
Feehan, Thomas
feminist philosophy, on chivalry. See also chivalry
Florian
Flowers, Jafer
Forel, Syrio
chivalry and
mind like water
self-discovery and
Zen seeing
fortuna
Foucault, Michel
freedom, fatalism and
free will
free will defense. See problem of evil
Frey, Lord Walder
power and
self-interest and
Game of Thrones, A. See Martin, George R. R.; individual names of characters
game theory
defined
incomplete information in
irrationality in
love and
non-zero-sum games
rationality in
self-interest and
Gared
gender roles
chivalry and
fatalism and
game theory and
Geneva Conventions
Ghost
epistemology and
metaphysics and
Gilly
Glaucon
gods. See religion
golden mean
Greatjon
Great Other
Greek gods, problem of evil and
Grenn
Greyjoy, Balon
Greyjoy, Theon
just war theory and
problem of evil and
Greyjoys, war and
Grice, Paul
Grotius, Hugo
Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (Kant)
Gyges
Halfhand, Qhorin
Hallyne the Pyromancer
handicap. See biomedical ethics
happiness
eudaimonia and virtue ethics
morality and
motivation and
power and
virtue and
Hardy, Lyndon
hate, power and
Heaven, Ross
Heidegger, Martin
Henry VIII (King of England)
Heraclitus
H’ghar, Jaqen
High Septon. See also religion
History of Madness, The (Foucault)
Hobbes, Thomas
honor and
self-interest and
on social contract theory
Hodor
Holland, Ser Dontos
homosexuality, chivalry and
honesty, virtue ethics and
Horn of Winter, epistemology and
House and Philosophy
How to Do Things with Words (Austin)
human rights, just war theory and
Hume, David
humility. See epistemology
idealism
defined
honor and
motivation and
power and
“Idle Argument”
Incas
incest, cultural relativism and. See also Lannister, Cersei (Queen); Lannister, Jaime
insanity
as criminal
justification and
“madness” as
power and
social control and
values and
intellect, happiness and
intention
just war theory and
lying and
power and virtù
investment, game theory and
Iron Throne, social contract theory and. See also individual names of characters
irrationality, game theory and
James I (King of England)
Jefferson, Thomas
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Jojen
Jonquil
Jordan, Robert
Jory
justice, fatalism and
justification
epistemology and
insanity and
justifiable conduct and just war theory
justified true belief, epistemology and
just war theory
cost-versus-gain ratio and
defined
discrimination between combatants and noncombatants
idealism and
intention and
legitimate authority and
moral luck and
motivation and
probability of success and
reprisal and
rights of state’s own citizens
treatment of prisoners of war and
war as last resort
Kant, Immanuel
chivalry and
lying and
moral luck and
Kingsguard, chivalry and
King’s Landing, morality and
knighthood
chivalry and
game theory and
Lady (direwolf)
Lannister, Cersei (Queen)
authenticity and
chivalry and
cultural relativism and
egoism and
game theory and
happiness and
incest and
lying and
morality and
moral judgments about
virtue ethics and
Lannister, House of. See also individual names of family members
Lannister, Jaime
biomedical ethics and
causality and
cultural relativism and
game theory and
incest and
insanity and
just war theory and
morality and
problem of evil and
Lannister, Lord Tywin
just war theory and
social contract theory and
Lannister, Tyrion (“the Imp”)
adaptability and
on becoming who you are
cultural relativism and
fortuna and
game theory and
insanity and
just war theory and
moral luck and
views about Dornish women
views about his sister
virtù and
virtue ethics and
Lao Tzu
legitimate authority, just war theory and
Leibniz, Gottfried
Leviathan (Hobbes)
Lhazareen “Sheep People”
Littlefinger. See Baelish, Lord Petyr “Littlefinger”
Locke, John
logic
fear and
problem of evil and
“long-distance driver” example
love
cultural relativism and incest
game theory and
physicalism and
power and
virtue ethics and honesty (See also virtue ethics)
loyalty, social contract theory and
luck
fortuna as
virtù and
Luwin, Maester
belief in magical beings
biomedical ethics and
magic and
lying
as betrayal of trust
commitment and
consequentialism and
deception of kings
deception vs.
game theory and
intent and
Machiavelli, Niccolò
idealism and
power and
The Prince
mad fools
magic
causation and
physicalism and
reality and
science and
See also metaphysics
Marillion
Marquis, Don
martial arts
authentic living and
as spiritual practice
Martin, George R. R.
conclusion of A Song of Ice and Fire by
on Joffrey
narrative mode used by
Master of the Five Magics (Hardy)
materialism, metaphysics and
Melisandre
dogmatism and
problem of evil and
Mendacio, De (Saint Augustine)
mercy killing, biomedical ethics and
metaphysical fatalism
metaphysics
consciousness and
defined
materialism and
physicalism and magic (See also magic)
souls and
vitalism and
Mill, John Stuart
mind-body problem
mindfulness
Moon Boy
Mopatis, Illyrio
“Moral and Ethical Dilemmas in the Special-Care Nursery” (Duff, Campbell)
moral evil
morality
accountability and
happiness and
motivation for
power and
power and dependency
punishment and
social contract theory and
virtue ethics and motivation
moral luck
categorical imperative and
control and
moral responsibility and
role of moral character in
society and
“Moral Luck” (Nagel)
moral relativism, cultural relativism and
moral responsibility, moral luck and
moral universalism, cultural relativism and
Mordane, Septa
Arya and
game theory and
More, Sir Thomas
Mormont, Ser Jorah
biomedical ethics and
cultural relativism and
epistemology and
idealism and
magic and
power and
mortuary cannibalism, cultural relativism and
motivation
happiness and
just war theory and
for morality
virtue ethics and
Mya
Mycah
Nagel, Thomas
biomedical ethics and
metaphysics and
“Moral Luck”
Name of the Wind, The (Rothfuss)
narrative mode, virtue ethics and
natural evil
“Needle”
Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
Nietzsche, Friedrich
Night’s Watch
Ninjutsu, as spiritual practice
non-zero-sum games
Northerners
Nymeria (direwolf)
Nymeria (Warrior Queen)
objectivity, metaphysics and
omnipotence, problem of evil and
omniscience, problem of evil and
On Liberty (Mill)
Orell
Osha
Others
Othor
Pascal, Blaise
Pascal’s Wager
Patchface
Payne, Ser Ilyn
Pearson, John
perfect goodness
phronesis, virtue ethics and
physicalism
magic and metaphysics
materialism and metaphysics<
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See also metaphysics
Pindar
Plato
Apology
happiness and
happiness and morality
happiness and virtue
life of reason and
love and
Republic
“Why be moral?”
polar concepts
power
aspiring to
of hereditary and new rulers
insanity and
morality and
morality and dependency
problem of evil and
social contract theory and
virtù
Prince, The (Machiavelli)
Prinz, Jesse
prisoners of war, just war theory and
probability of success, just war theory and
problem of evil
defined
evil, defined
free will defense and
logic and
natural evil and
natural evil vs. moral evil
omniscience, omnipotence, perfect goodness, and
polar concepts and
power and
punishment, morality and
Pycelle, Grand Maester
chivalry and
insanity and
Rachels, James
rape, cultural relativism and
rationality, game theory and
Raydar, Mance
reality, magic and
reasoning
the good life and
virtue ethics and
reliabilism, epistemology and
religion
chivalry and
problem of evil and
reprisal, just war theory and
Republic (Plato)
resultant luck
Rhaegar
Rhaella
R’hllor
Right and the Good, The (Ross)
ring of Gyges
Ross, W. D.
Rothfuss, Patrick
Royce, Ser Waymar
rulers
types of, and power (See also power)
tyrant’s soul and happiness
See also individual names of characters
Russell, Bertrand
Sartre, Jean-Paul
Saul, Jennifer
Scanlon, T. M.
science, magic and
Sealord of Braavos
Second Sex, The (Beauvoir)
self-consciousness
self-interest, game theory and
Selmy, Ser Barristan (“the Bold”)
chivalry and
game theory and
lying and
madness and
Sensei
Sept of Baelor
sexism, chivalry and
Shae
Shaw, George Bernard
Singer, Peter
skepticism, epistemology and
Slynt, Janos
Small Paul
Snow, Jon
consciousness and behavioral evidence for
epistemology and
fatalism and
power and
self-discovery and
as warg
social contract theory
defined
loyalty and
morality and
power and
resistance to
thought experiments and
warfare and
society
chivalry and
moral luck and
social control and insanity
See also cultural relativism
Socrates
on evil and a good person
happiness and injustice
ring of Gyges
self-discovery and
Song of Ice and Fire, A (Martin), conclusion of. See also individual names of characters
souls
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