Game of Thrones and Philosophy

by Jacoby, Henry, Irwin, William

  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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  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