Game of Thrones and Philosophy

by Jacoby, Henry, Irwin, William

  causation and

  consciousness, animals, and

  magic and

  Southron religion

  spirit, happiness and

  Spiritual Practices of the Ninja, The (Heaven)

  Spivak, Gayatri

  Stark, Arya

  chivalry and

  fatalism and

  morality and

  Ninjutsu and self-discovery

  problem of evil and

  self-discovery by

  self-knowledge and

  swordplay and

  Taoism and

  Water Dance and

  Zen seeing and mindfulness

  Stark, Benjen

  Stark, Bran

  biomedical ethics and

  chivalry and

  consciousness and

  happiness and

  magic and

  physical causation and

  virtues and

  Stark, Catelyn

  chivalry and

  cultural relativism and

  epistemology and

  game theory and

  insanity and

  just war theory and

  lying and

  problem of evil and

  views on Cersei’s character

  Stark, House of. See also individual names of family members

  Stark, Lord Eddard (“Ned”)

  biomedical ethics and

  chivalry and

  cultural relativism and

  epistemology and

  fatalism and

  game theory and

  happiness and

  honor and

  idealism and

  just war theory and

  lying and

  moral evil and

  morality and

  power and

  problem of evil and

  social contract theory and

  virtue ethics and

  Stark, Lyanna

  Stark, Rickon

  epistemology and

  magic and

  Stark, Robb

  fatalism and

  game theory and

  just war theory and

  lying and

  power and

  social contract theory and

  Stark, Sansa

  bad faith and

  game theory and

  just war theory and

  problem of evil and

  zombies and

  Steinem, Gloria

  “strangler”

  Studies in the Way of Words (Grice)

  subjectivity, consciousness and

  Summer (direwolf)

  consciousness and

  magic and

  Swinburne, Richard

  swordplay

  self-discovery and

  training and

  Zen and

  Tai Chi

  Taoism, leading good life and

  Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu)

  Targaryen, Aerys (Mad King Aerys II)

  game theory and

  immorality and

  insanity and

  insanity and power

  as Leviathan

  power and

  Targaryen, Daenerys (“Dany”)

  adaptability and

  assassination and

  biomedical ethics and

  cultural relativism and

  fate and

  idealism and

  insanity and

  just war theory and

  lying and

  magic and

  power and

  problem of evil and

  social norms and

  subjectivity and

  Targaryen, House of, and social contract theory

  See also individual names of family members

  Targaryen, Maester Aemon

  epistemology and

  game theory and

  Targaryen, Rhaegar

  Targaryen, Rhaego

  Targaryen, Viserys

  cultural relativism and

  just war theory and

  power and

  Targaryens, incest and

  Tarly, Samwell

  epistemology and

  magic and

  Thorne, Alliser

  thought experiments, social contract theory and

  Tooley, Michael

  Trant, Ser Meryn

  Trumai

  Truth and Truthfulness (Williams)

  Tully, House of

  just war theory and

  war and

  See also individual names of family members

  Twain, Mark

  Two Treatises of Government (Locke)

  Tyrell, Ser Loras

  chivalry, homosexuality and

  insanity and

  lying and

  social contract theory and

  Tyrells, House of, and cultural relativism

  upward blocks, in martial arts

  utilitarianism

  valar dohaeris

  valar morghulis

  Varys, Lord (“the Spider”)

  idealism and

  lying and

  morality and

  on power

  protection of realm

  social contract theory and

  virtue ethics and

  violence, cultural relativism and

  virtù

  defined

  intention and

  luck and

  virtue vs.

  virtue ethics

  defined

  egoism vs.

  good life and

  happiness and

  honesty and

  martial arts and

  moral attributions and

  narrative mode and interpretation of

  virtuous person, defined

  vitalism, metaphysics and

  vulnerability, chivalry and

  Wall, the

  warfare

  epistemology and

  lying and

  power and

  social contract theory and

  See also just war theory

  warfare cannibalism, cultural relativism and

  wargs

  consciousness and

  epistemology and

  War of the Five Kings

  just war theory and legitimate authority (See also just war theory)

  power and

  Warren, Mary Anne

  Water Dance, Taoism and

  Waters, Gendry

  What We Owe to Each Other (Scanlon)

  Wheel of Time (Jordan)

  wights

  epistemology and

  magic and

  metaphysics and

  wildlings, epistemology and

  Will

  Williams, Bernard

  Windproud

  Wode, Ser Willis

  wu wei

  Ygritte

  Yoren

  epistemology and

  self-discovery and

  Zen

  self-discovery and

  Zen seeing and

  Zeus

  zombies, materialism and

  Zoroastrianism