A single word that describes an alternate reality that may never be witnessed by humans. Utopia, according to Oxford Dictionary, is defined as “An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.” Saint Thomas More, an English 16th century philosopher, lawyer, and Renaissance humanist, published a two-part book called Utopia. The first portion relays the corruption in England through the eyes of More and a few friends as they sit in his garden chatting. The concepts they discuss such as war, stealing, murder, or even how society works in general leads to the plot of the second section of Utopia.
One man in this group, Raphael Hythloday, begins to elaborate on a place he recently traveled to called Utopia. His time in Utopia …show more content…
One thing for a society like Utopia to work would need to include no selfishness, greed, or anything of the such. Ideally, everything would be perfect because everybody has everything, but the concept of corruption would ruin the chances of such from getting far. People would want to cheat the system by taking the easy route and leave hard work for others. The innovation for new ideas and technology would be declined as there is no incentive to improve or make higher quality items as everybody gets anything they would want. The process of transforming to this lifestyle would require much dedication and most likely a fresh start due to people’s formed values, opinions, and greediness. Attempting to change a countries operation would be impossible and last time something similar happened the effects during World War II were seen.
Humans, in general, enjoy the idea of freedom and not being confined down to doing a specific task because they are told to. They enjoy the satisfaction of accomplishment and discovering something new. It would be a no-brainer to say a society would turn down the opportunity for a glimpse of perfection because many are far from it. Humans and current societies are not fit for such transition and each person values different characteristics in life making it difficult to identify a “perfect”
One man in this group, Raphael Hythloday, begins to elaborate on a place he recently traveled to called Utopia. His time in Utopia …show more content…
One thing for a society like Utopia to work would need to include no selfishness, greed, or anything of the such. Ideally, everything would be perfect because everybody has everything, but the concept of corruption would ruin the chances of such from getting far. People would want to cheat the system by taking the easy route and leave hard work for others. The innovation for new ideas and technology would be declined as there is no incentive to improve or make higher quality items as everybody gets anything they would want. The process of transforming to this lifestyle would require much dedication and most likely a fresh start due to people’s formed values, opinions, and greediness. Attempting to change a countries operation would be impossible and last time something similar happened the effects during World War II were seen.
Humans, in general, enjoy the idea of freedom and not being confined down to doing a specific task because they are told to. They enjoy the satisfaction of accomplishment and discovering something new. It would be a no-brainer to say a society would turn down the opportunity for a glimpse of perfection because many are far from it. Humans and current societies are not fit for such transition and each person values different characteristics in life making it difficult to identify a “perfect”