The call for submissions stated our topic simply as "pleasure." I did not know what to expect from this call, or even whether "pleasure" was the best word to use. To be sure, pleasure is the most neglected topic in psychology, at least in relation to claims about its importance. Under various names and guises
(satisfaction, happiness, hedonic tone, utility, positive emotiori), pleasure has been advanced as the final criterion for human morality, as the basis of economic decisions, as, indeed, the ultimate goal of human action.