Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 169-173) e índice

I: Greek, Roman, and Christian happiness -- 1. Happiness as moral and intellectual virtue -- 2. Happiness as flourishing -- 3. Happiness as radical asceticism -- 4. Happiness a hedonism -- 5. Happiness as tranquility -- 6. Happiness as worldly transcendence -- II: Happiness reconceived -- 1. Happiness as morally earned -- 2. Happiness as collective achievement -- 3. Happiness as the greatest good for the greatest number -- 4. Happiness as illusion -- 5. Happiness as positive psychological state -- III: Contemporary philosophical views -- 1. Philosophy joins hands with social science -- 2. Happiness as positive self-appraisal -- 3. Happiness as accurate, positive self-appraisal -- 4. Happiness as connection to objective, preexisting good -- 5. What we learn from contemporary philosophers -- 6. Can everyone be happy? -- 7. Should everyone be happy? -- 8. How much suffering is compatible with happiness? -- 9. Why happiness is overrated -- IV: The paths to happiness -- 1. Adjust expectations -- 2. Nurture relationships -- 3. Be optimistic and appreciative -- 4. Have faith -- 5. Make peace, not war -- 6. Be goal-oriented -- 7. Prioritize -- 8. Use leisure wisely, energize the senses, eat and exercise properly -- 9. Go with the flow -- 10. Be lucky -- 11. Forms of happiness -- V: The meaning of life -- 1. What does it mean to say life has meaning? -- 2. The existential problem -- 3. The religious solution -- A. Eastern religion -- B. Western religion -- C. Assessment of religion -- 4. Cosmic meaninglessness -- 5. The construction of contingent meaning -- A. Nietzsche -- B. Camus -- 6. Telescopes and slinky toys -- 7. Meaning & significance -- 8. Death

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