An in-depth look at the philosophical issues behind HBO's Game of Thrones television series and the books that inspired itGeorge R.R. Martin's New York Times bestselling epic fantasy book series, A Song of Ice and Fire, and the HBO television show adapted from it, have earned critical acclaim and inspired fanatic devotion. An in-depth look at the philosophical issues behind HBO's Game of Thrones television series and the books that inspired it George R.R. ForewordAcknowledgments: How I was spared from having to take the BlackIntroduction: So What if Winter Is Coming?Part One. You Win or You Die1. Maester Hobbes Goes to King's LandingGreg Littmann2. It is a Great Crime to Lie to a KingDon Fallis3. Playing the Game of Thrones: Some Lessons from MachiavelliMarcus Schulzke4. The War in Westeros and Just War TheoryRichard H. CorriganPart Two. The Things I Do for Love5. Winter is Coming! The Bleak Quest for Happiness in WesterosEric Silverman6. The Death of Lord Stark: The Perils of IdealismDavid Hahn7. Lord Eddard Stark, Queen Cersei Lannister: Moral Judgments from Different PerspectivesAlbert J. J. Angleberger and Alexander Hieke8. It Would Be a Mercy: Choosing Life or Death in Westeros and BeyondMatthew TedescoPart Three. Winter is Coming9. Wargs, Wights, and Wolves that are Dire: Mind and Metaphysics, Westeros StyleHenry Jacoby10. Magic, Science, and Metaphysics in A Game of ThronesEdward Cox11. You know nothing, Jon Snow: Epistemic Humility Beyond the WallAbraham P. Schwab12. Why is the world so full of injustice? Gods and the Problem of EvilJaron Daniel SchoonePart Four. The Man Who Passes the Sentence Should Swing the Sword13. Why Should Joffrey Be Moral If He's Already Won the Game of Thrones?Daniel Haas14. The Moral Luck of Tyrion LannisterChristopher Robichaud15. Dany's Encounter with the Wild: Cultural Relativism in Games of ThronesKatherine Tullman16. There Are No True Knights: The Injustice o ChivalryStacey GoguenPart Five. Stick Them with the Pointy End17. Fate, Freedom, and authenticity in A Game of ThronesMichael J. Sigrist18. No One Dances the Water DanceHenry Jacoby19. The Things I Do For Love: Sex, Lies, and Game TheoryR. Shannon Duval20. Stop the Madness! Knowledge, Power, and Insanity in A Song of Ice and FireChad William TimmContributors: The Learned Lords and Ladies from Beyond the Seven KingdomsIndex