Happiness, Morality, and Freedom; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; PART 1:Happiness; 1 Happiness as Endorsed Contentment; 2 The Final Good and the Final End; 3 Reason and True Happiness; 4 The Happiness of Others; PART 2: Morality; 5 The Fundamental Principle of Morality; 6 The Content of the Fundamental Principle; 7 Other Accounts of Morality; PART 3: Freedom; 8 Freedom, Deliberation, and the Self; 9 Freedom, Ultimate Power, and Ultimate Responsibility; Bibliography; Index
Summary
To be happy is to be satisfied with one's life according to a standard that one can claim as a reasonable being. Being moral and being held morally responsible are shown to be essential to being happy in this sense