defect that disturbed both Aristotle and John Stuart Mill: it can be crowded with demands, with bills to pay, mouths to feed, problems to solve, preoccupied by “struggle and privation.”35 Think of the days on which you have nothing to look forward to but sleep: a respite from childcare, putting out fires at work, fighting to keep your relationships alive. Don’t get me wrong, these things all matter. Their value may be final; but it is essentially ameliorative. Caught on the treadmill of what has to be done, day by day, you may not have time for what you want but do not need. In the words of
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