More's Utopian Society

More’s Utopia is the “best state of a commonwealth” because it eliminates the vice that causes all forms of evil, which is pride. In Utopia, people do not have any possessions of their own, so they share everything in their community. Therefore, no one is poor because all of the material items that exist belong to everyone equally. In other societies, people fear that others will take more than they need, and this fear is what drives these people to act out of selfishness in order to possess more than others around them. However, in Utopia, that fear does not exist because everyone rejoices in the common good, rather than in personal success. In a Utopian’s mind, personal success is only measured by how successful the community is. The effectiveness of the Utopian society stems from the lack of pride, which is the vice that leads to all of the …show more content…
More may have wanted to mirror these imaginations of these explorers to the initial reactions of his readers. When first reading his account of Utopia, the reader pictures this society as a perfect paradise that came about naturally, like the natural beauty of the unexplored New World. But the reader eventually understands that More’s account of Utopia shows that this society has come about through intense planning and programming down to the finest detail. The meticulous arrangement of the citizens in their cities and their detailed daily schedules show how this system is built on deliberate planning and consistent routine. Perhaps More wanted to show the juxtaposition between the New World and Utopia, in that the New World was in a state of untamed, natural beauty that was perfect because it was unexplored, while Utopia is built upon a system that thrives off of very detailed outline of a society in which perfect human values can function