Utopias Are Created on Flawed Values
Utopian stories have been around since men have seen the cruelty of the life they live. These stories can take a variety of forms from critical to dreamy. In 1516, Thomas More described his ideas of a perfect society in his novel Utopia. In Utopia, a friend called Ralph describes an island where everyone does his or her part, everyone’s needs are met, and people receive what they need without having to pay for it. Here criminals become slaves and are still useful to society instead of being locked up. This society uses money earned form imports to pay people to fight their wars so that their people do not have to die and does not value luxury or flaunt their wealth. To most this may seem like the perfect life especially to males living in 15th century Europe. However, in this essay I will argue that while trying to create a perfect society, More not only overlooked the …show more content…
Because of this, he disregarded the major imperfections that the society at the time valued and depended on. Instead, his society also depended on these imperfections which included sexism and classism. In Utopia both classism and sexism are prevalent and help keep the society collected. Without sexism, there would be no head of the family to keep the order and both parents would have to take responsibility for the children or women would do less work in order to care properly for the children. Without classism, there would be no order. People need to see authority in order to follow it. Without special treatment, people question the leaders whether religious or political. People also need incentive to strive for major positions. Without special treatment, the citizens of Utopia would not strive to become priests, scholars, or leaders. Jobs that require more thought are not as attractive unless people gain something from
Utopian stories have been around since men have seen the cruelty of the life they live. These stories can take a variety of forms from critical to dreamy. In 1516, Thomas More described his ideas of a perfect society in his novel Utopia. In Utopia, a friend called Ralph describes an island where everyone does his or her part, everyone’s needs are met, and people receive what they need without having to pay for it. Here criminals become slaves and are still useful to society instead of being locked up. This society uses money earned form imports to pay people to fight their wars so that their people do not have to die and does not value luxury or flaunt their wealth. To most this may seem like the perfect life especially to males living in 15th century Europe. However, in this essay I will argue that while trying to create a perfect society, More not only overlooked the …show more content…
Because of this, he disregarded the major imperfections that the society at the time valued and depended on. Instead, his society also depended on these imperfections which included sexism and classism. In Utopia both classism and sexism are prevalent and help keep the society collected. Without sexism, there would be no head of the family to keep the order and both parents would have to take responsibility for the children or women would do less work in order to care properly for the children. Without classism, there would be no order. People need to see authority in order to follow it. Without special treatment, people question the leaders whether religious or political. People also need incentive to strive for major positions. Without special treatment, the citizens of Utopia would not strive to become priests, scholars, or leaders. Jobs that require more thought are not as attractive unless people gain something from