1. In pursuit of happiness: an invitation to discovery / Stuart McCready.
2. Nirvana and the social order: happiness in Indian philosophy and religion / Daud Ali.
3. Dao, Confucianism, and Buddhism: happiness in Chinese philosophy and religion / Wang Keping.
4. Pleasure, happiness, and the good: insights of the Greek philosophers / Stuart McCready.
5. The soul and the intellect: happiness in medieval philosophy / Sara Sviri.
6. The Kabbalah and Hasidiam: happiness in Jewish mysticism / Naftali Loewenthal.
7. Living in the moment: the alchemy of happiness in Sufism / Sara Sviri.
8. Heavenly bliss and earthly delight: happiness in the Christian Middle ages / Lesley Smith.
9. In praise of reason: from humanism to Descartes / Jill Kraye.
10. The greatest happiness of the greatest number: utilitarianism and enlightenment / Geoffrey Scarre.
11. Personality and happiness: who are the happy people? / Michael Argyle.
12. Managing good and bad fortune: opportunities for happiness / David Nias.
13. Strategies for happiness: getting more out of life / David Nias.
14. Beyond a warm feeling: two more elements of well-being / Sir Anthony Kenny.