Game of thrones and philosophy : logic cuts deeper than swords

Game of thrones and philosophy : logic cuts deeper than swords /

"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 critica...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Jacoby, Henry Owen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012
Series:Blackwell philosophy and popculture series.
Subjects:
Game of thrones (Television program)
Philosophy.
Philosophy
philosophy.
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: So What if Winter Is Coming?
  • Part One: "You Win or You Die"
  • 1: Maester Hobbes Goes to King's Landing
  • 2: It Is a Great Crime to Lie to a King
  • 3: Playing the Game of Thrones: Some Lessons from Machiavelli
  • 4: The War in Westeros and Just War Theory
  • Part Two: "The Things I do for Love"
  • 5: Winter Is Coming!: The Bleak Quest for Happiness in Westeros
  • 6: The Death of Lord Stark: The Perils of Idealism
  • 7: Lord Eddard Stark, Queen Cersei Lannister: Moral Judgments from Different Perspectives
  • 8: It Would Be a Mercy: Choosing Life or Death in Westeros and Beyond the Narrow Sea
  • Part Three: "Winter is Coming"
  • 9: Wargs, Wights, and Wolves That Are Dire: Mind and Metaphysics, Westeros Style
  • 10: Magic, Science, and Metaphysics in A Game of Thrones
  • 11: "You Know Nothing, Jon Snow": Epistemic Humility Beyond the Wall
  • 12: "Why Is the World So Full of Injustice?": Gods and the Problem of Evil
  • Part Four: "The Man Who Passes the Sentence Should Swing the Sword"
  • 13: Why Should Joffrey Be Moral If He Has Already Won the Game of Thrones?
  • 14: The Moral Luck of Tyrion Lannister
  • 15: Dany's Encounter with the Wild: Cultural Relativism in A Game of Thrones
  • 16: "There Are No True Knights": The Injustice of Chivalry
  • Part Five: "Stick Them with the Pointy End"
  • 17: Fate, Freedom, and Authenticity in A Game of Thrones
  • 18: No One Dances the Water Dance
  • 19: The Things I Do For Love: Sex, Lies, and Game Theory
  • 20: Stop the Madness!: Knowledge, Power, and Insanity in A Song of Ice and Fire.

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