1 Some Puzzles about Happiness                 1  (22)
      1.1 The Smile-Shaped Curve of Happiness      1  (4)
      1.2 Troubles about Happiness                 5  (7)
      1.3 Why Worry about Happiness?               12 (3)
      1.4 What's in This Book                      15 (8)
  PART I SOME THINGS THAT HAPPINESS ISN'T
    2 Sensory Hedonism about Happiness             23 (14)
      2.1 Bentham, Mill, and Sidgwick on           23 (4)
      Happiness
      2.2 Haybron on Hedonism about Happiness      27 (5)
      2.3 Why Hedonism is False                    32 (5)
    3 Kahneman's "Objective Happiness"             37 (16)
      3.1 Kahneman and "Instant Utility"           37 (6)
      3.2 The Theory of Objective Happiness        43 (1)
      3.3 The Intended Role of Objective           44 (2)
      Happiness
      3.4 Problems with Kahneman's Theory          46 (7)
    4 Subjective Local Preferentism about          53 (17)
    Happiness
      4.1 Forms of Preferentism                    53 (2)
      4.2 Conceptual Background                    55 (3)
      4.3 Davis's Theory of Happiness              58 (5)
      4.4 Problems for Davis's Form of Local       63 (4)
      Preferentism
      4.5 A Paradox for Preferentism?              67 (3)
    5 Whole Life Satisfaction Concepts of          70 (37)
    Happiness
      5.1 A Surprising Book Title                  70 (2)
      5.2 Whole Life Satisfaction Theories of      72 (2)
      Happiness
      5.3 Two Preliminary Problems                 74 (3)
      5.4 Some Distinctions and a Multitude of     77 (4)
      Concepts
      5.5 Actualism and Hypotheticalism            81 (8)
      5.6 Conclusion                               89 (18)
        Appendix A Happiness and Time: More        91 (7)
        Nails in the Coffin of Whole Life
        Satisfactionism
        Appendix B Happiness =df. Whatever the     98 (9)
        Happiness Test Measures
  PART II WHAT HAPPINESS IS
    6 What is This Thing Called Happiness?         107(30)
      6.1 Where We Stand                           107(2)
      6.2 A Crucial Distinction                    109(9)
      6.3 Happiness at a Time, During an           118(6)
      Interval, in a Domain, and in a Life
      6.4 Wendell, Dolores, and the New Mother     124(13)
        Appendix C The Meaning(s) of `Happy'       127(1)
        C.1 Some Claims of Ambiguity               127(2)
        C.2 Quine on Ambiguity                     129(2)
        C.3 Is `Happy' Ambiguous?                  131(1)
        C.4 Does `Happy' Have Any of the           132(3)
        Suggested Senses?
        C.5 The Meaning of `Happy'                 135(2)
    7 Attitudinal Hedonism about Happiness         137(23)
      7.1 The Problem of Objectless Moods          137(6)
      7.2 "The Missing Element"                    143(4)
      7.3 In Praise of Shallow Happiness           147(3)
      7.4 Brett the Drag Racer                     150(1)
      7.5 Susan the Pessimistic Student            151(2)
      7.6 Lois and the Dinosaurs                   153(1)
      7.7 Tammy                                    154(1)
      7.8 Tristan and Bruce                        155(2)
      7.9 The Philosopher                          157(2)
      7.10 Summary                                 159(1)
    8 Eudaimonism                                  160(28)
      8.1 "Happiness is The Good"                  160(1)
      8.2 Welfare, Well-Being, Quality of Life     160(10)
      8.3 Eudaimonism and Survival Strategies      170(3)
      8.4 The Fragmentation of Happiness           173(15)
        Appendix D Five Grades of Demonic          181(7)
        Possession
    9 The Problem of Inauthentic Happiness         188(15)
      9.1 The Objection from Non-autonomous        188(2)
      Values
      9.2 Sumner on Authenticity                   190(1)
      9.3 Problems for Sumner's Solution           191(3)
      9.4 Relevance to My Form of Eudaimonism      194(9)
    10 Disgusting Happiness                        203(13)
      10.1 A Problem for Eudaimonism of all        203(7)
      Forms
      10.2 Avoiding Controversy                    210(6)
    11 Our Authority over Our Own Happiness        216(15)
      11.1 Epistemic Authority                     216(5)
      11.2 Controlling Authority over Happiness    221(10)
  PART III IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EMPIRICAL STUDY
  OF HAPPINESS
    12 Measuring Happiness                         231(22)
      12.1 Why Measure?                            231(2)
      12.2 Satisfaction with Life and Its          233(7)
      Domains
      12.3 A Better Way to Measure Happiness       240(4)
      12.4 Review of Cases                         244(4)
      12.5 Methodological Comments                 248(5)
    13 Empirical Research; Philosophical           253(17)
    Conclusions
      13.1 Layard on the Reality of Happiness      254(5)
      13.2 The "Objective Reality" of Happiness    259(4)
      13.3 Happiness as a Natural Kind             263(5)
      13.4 Concluding Warnings, Clarifications,    268(2)
      Disclaimers
    14 The Central Points of the Project as a      270(4)
    Whole
Bibliography                                       274(7)
Index                                              281