The Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Psychology of Well-Being

PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF PRUDENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY 1. Taking Socrates's Question Seriously 2. Happiness, Well-Being, and the Good Life: A Primer 3. What Do We Want from a Theory of Happiness? Or how to make a mongrel concept hunt PART II: THE NATURE OF HAPPINESS 4. Hedonistic Theories of Happiness 5. Life Satisfaction Theories of Happiness 6. Emotional State Theories of Happiness 7. Happiness as Psychic Affirmation PART III: THE NATURE OF WELL-BEING 8. Well-Being and Virtue 9. Happiness, the Self, and Human Flourishing PART IV: PURSUING HAPPINESS 10. Do We Know How Happy We Are? 11. The Pursuit of Unhappiness 12. Happiness in Context: Notes on the Good Society