1. Connecting free people : a neo-Aristotelian proposal -- 2. Revisiting Aristotle : in pursuit of happiness -- 3. Constructing the good life : narrative as a path to eudaimonia -- 4. Aristotle's polis : the soil of eudaimonia -- 5. The freedom of community : can virtue be pluralistic? -- 6. Civil society : modern Aristotelian polis? -- 7. Negotiating the good life : conflict management in a pluralistic democracy -- 8. Modern communities : a rejoinder to Putnam