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A 3 page essay criticizing More's Utopia in an historical context. The writer feels that a 'perfect' society is not possible when it has war, prisoners or war, and slavery. Examples from other Utopian ideologies are presented to illustrate points made. No other sources cited.
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both, humans rise above themselves to give their all to the community. In the 2,400 years since Plato, a number of valiant efforts have been made
to create a perfect society. Along with Platos Republic, such works as St. Augustines City of God, Jean Jacques Rousseaus Social Contract and Edward Bellamys Looking Backward have influenced philosophies
of government and inspired change. A major utopian thinker, Karl Marx, was at the origin of several revolutions, and half the world still claims loyalty to his ideas.
But Sir Thomas Mores Utopia is unique as an instigator of an entirely new train of thought. The word utopia comes from the Greek U Topos,
meaning nowhere, and from what I can tell, that is still where one is most likely to find it. More, who wrote his Utopia in 1516, created a world full
of grotesque realities that would be hard for most of us to live with. Marriage, for instance, was obligatory when women were 18 and men 22, and adulterers were forbidden
to remarry. Mores utopians could worship any god they pleased, though he made them mostly Christians, for convenience (hence, a hint that egalitarianism was not genuine).
The utopians of the 16th century were fairly relaxed on the matter of beliefs, though their moral codes seem to come from the Bible. But in the 17th century,
ideal worlds suddenly became fierce moral kingdoms. They were, in fact, theocracies, with the church replacing the secular authority of the state. If the 19th century
utopians could see us, they would probably swear that we lived in a perfect world. Though More might find us empty, spiritually empty and devoid of transcendental virtues, the utopians
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