Introduction
Modes of settling: settling down, settling in, settling up, settling for, settling one's affairs, settling on
The value of settling: settling as an aid to planning and agency, settling, commitment, trust, and confidence, settling the social fabric
What settling is not: settling is not just compromising, settling is not just conservatism, settling is not just resignation
Settling in aid of striving: settling in order to strive, what strivings require settling, and why, when to switch between one and the other, and why
Conclusions.
On settling by Robert E. Goodin. ISBN 9780691148458. Published by Princeton University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.