The Moral World of “The Witcher”

Ethics and Chill - A podcast by Ethical Society of St. Louis

“The Witcher” has become a phenomenon. The character was born in the short stories of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, popularized in a video game series from CD Projekt Red, and is now fully mainstream with his own Netflix show. The world of “The Witcher” is dark, morally complex, and compromised. But it is not nihilistic. What moral messages can we learn from this fascinating fantasy universe?