Introduction -- Wasted lives? -- Projects of worth -- Flourishing -- Things that matter -- Morality and happiness -- Morality and unhappiness -- Character -- Appearing moral -- God and morality -- Heaven and hell -- Moral judgments -- Moral standards -- Choosing the experience machine -- Happiness and ignorance -- Assessing achievement -- Pleasures and pains -- Fear of the divine -- Fear of unfulfilled desires -- Fear of death -- Futility -- Living well -- Satisfaction -- Concluding questions