Contents

I. Why Animal Pleasure

1. Survival of the Happiest: The Adaptive Basis for Pleasure
2. Forbidden Pleasures: Our Reluctance to Acknowledge Animal Pleasure
3. Feeling Smart: The Intelligence of Pleasure

II. What Animal Pleasure

1. Play: Fun for Its Own Sake
2. Food: The Pleasures of Sustenance
3. Sex: Procreation and Recreation
4. Touch: Making Contact with Pleasure
5. Love: The Ripening Warmth of Intimacy
6. Other Pleasures: Esthetics, Humor and Beyond
7. From Flies to Fish: At the Margins of Pleasure

III. From Animal Pleasure

1. Feeling Good, Doing Good: Implications of a Pleasurable Kingdom

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