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
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