ABSTRACT
Chapter 1 sets the scene for the book with the introduction of a number of concepts and an overview of the content of the book. This includes the central question to be answered during the book: How can we continue to be or become happier? Other questions and important issues in modern society to be dealt with in the book are, further: Are we happier if we work more? Are we happier if we have a welfare state? Do we know what it means to be happy?
