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A five page paper which looks at the concepts of freedom and restraint in Book II of More’s Utopia, with reference to work, leisure, resources, politics, and marriage.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
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January 2013 To Use This Report Correctly, Please
Book II of Mores Utopia attempts to demonstrate a number of ways in which personal freedom may be balanced by
social restraint. Even though More advocates a way of life which was, in many ways, significantly different from the English Tudor society in which he himself lived, Utopia does not
set out to promote indiscriminate freedom or a lack of personal responsibility. The inhabitants of Utopia are expected to work, to contribute to society, to go to war on behalf
of their country if necessary and to act in an ethical manner towards themselves and others.
However, the way in which other aspects of Utopian life are delineated are almost revolutionary in comparison to
the society of sixteenth-century England. For example, the Utopian cities are all built on similar lines, at least as far as possible giving the variations in the terrain of the
country, and the concept of private property does not exist; the buildings within the city are communal, rather than belonging to any one individual or group. The cities themselves are
self-contained, in the sense that they remain within their own boundaries and do not attempt to encroach on the territory of others, but in any case the population are primarily
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