A Utopian Society Must Be Classified As Perfect And Just For All

A utopia sounds like a wonderful thing. The Oxford English Dictionary defines “utopia” as an “imagined or hypothetical place, system, or state of existence in which everything is perfect, esp. in respect of social structure, laws, and politics.” (OED, 2015, entry 2) But what happens when someone tries to bring this imagined land of perfection into reality? Both in fictional literature and in real life applications, utopian dreams destroy societies.

The term utopia is often coined as an ideal or perfect society. In Sir Thomas More “Utopia” such a society is presented. However, today’s reader can see that this ideal or perfect society is filled with many underlying problems that make it not utopic or even dystopic. To exemplify the society More’s mention puts a strain on the freedom and relationship the citizens have with its country in to question. Such an act is detrimental in creating a utopia because if the citizens are not happy with the freedom and rights they are given how can the society itself be presented as a utopia, it is instead like a prison.

A utopia is what everyone is aiming for, but is that really what they are getting? With the hopes of a perfect society, we the people are rushing for a drastic change in the way things work without giving too much care in which direction things are changing, and that can and will cause definite issues. In the hopes to rush into a perfect world, too many people are treating government like a roulette wheel and hoping for the best, even though all odds are against them. In doing so, they are setting themselves up for a more controlled tomorrow.

A utopian society is a society in which everything is absolutely perfect; a society in which everyone is happy with their life. The society in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is set up by the World Controllers to be such. However, the society itself is just the opposite of a utopian society: a dystopian society. Even though everything appears to be perfect for everyone, the hidden truth reveals a different reality. The society in Brave New World is a dystopian society as exhibited by the lack of reality, freedom, and identity.

‘One man’s utopia is another man’s dystopia.’ This is a famous quote we must often bear in mind when writing about such topics and it is often fairly accurate. A utopian society, in this essay, will be defined as a “non-existent society that is described in considerable detail…” (Fitting, 1993, 1) and an ideal and visionary society that enjoys perfection in various fields such as politics, law and more as seen in Thomas More’s famous novel, Utopia. A positive utopian society is often impossible due to a variety of reasons, primarily human nature and the inevitable inequality found in these idealized societies. A prime example of how a utopian society is often impossible can be found in Andrew Niccol’s film, Gattaca (1997). The film Gattaca explores a new version of an idealized society, a utopia that revolves heavily around genetic engineering. In Gattaca, an individual’s future is delineated by his or

What is a perfect world? Can a Utopia be “perfect” or is it destined to fail. A Utopia is an ideal world. Is it possible to make an ideal world flourish and succeed. A Utopia is supposed to make everyone happy.

It is very harmful to break off into individual factions based on our personality’s. Many historical people like, Adolf Hitler, have tried to reorganize society into social equality to create a perfect uptiopa. However, all those attempts to create a perfect utopian society failed. In our personality quiz we did, we realized choleric are going to need some sanguine in their group or nothing would get done and visa versa. I believe we need variety in our society. The separation will cause many dangerous issues like future war threats, lack of development, even competition between the factions. We can already see competition between the Agenation and the Erudite developing in Divergent. An example is when Beatrice father says Erudite people

“The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better” (Orwell 262). For many people a perfect Utopia requires both happiness and freedom, but what is a Utopia? A Utopia is a made up place or state, in which everything in it is considered to be perfect. But on the other hand we have a Dystopia, which is generally what Utopias become. Dystopias generally are in a state in which everything is unpleasant or bad. But even though these societies are complete and total opposites they can both coexist in the same society. One part of the society can be living the high life and be on the top of the world, while the rest of them are just left to suffer. An example of this kind of society would

We want to feel in control of our lives, and be independent people. We want to be our own person, and be original. What if we didn’t have the freedom to believe and feel what we wanted? Freedom and independence is something we take for granted a lot of the time. We are so used to being able to feel and believe what we want. We are lucky to live in a society where we are not controlled to feel and believe things we don’t want to. The goal of the utopian society was to control how people feel, what they believed in, and their place in society.

Could you believe some kids wake up and look in the mirror thinking about all the time about why they are not treated fairly, while others wake up and want to treat someone unfairly? Could you also believe that hunger is happening right this second? It happens every single day! It is completely barbaric. Is living in a Utopian society better than a Democratic society? Just take a second and imagine a society that had strict rules on rudeness where there was no such thing as huge problems. Living in a perfect Utopian society is better than living in a Democratic society with freedom because there isn't bullying, hunger and terrible climate.

Towards the end of the Industrial Revolution, a faction of socialism called Utopian Socialism emerged as a strong movement. They were called Utopians because of their unrealistic and fanciful ideas, mainly creating a society without social class, crime, or any sort of ill to the community. The movement is said to have originated with Thomas More's Utopia, written in 1517, a fictional novel about an ideal society where everyone is peaceful and happy. Realizing that their ultimate goal of a ‘perfect’ society was unrealistic, many early socialists split off from the Utopians and created practical socialism. This type of socialism called for a style of government where most property is commonly shared and income equality is strived for through

It seems as though every time a society attempts to create a utopia, it has the opposite effect. 1984 is an example of an attempt at a utopian society that results in a place that is definitely not perfect. In most instances, a dystopia will be created when trying to make a utopia (Hough). There are multiple reasons as to why a utopia cannot work. Some of these reasons include resources and people in the society. George Orwell’s 1984, along with past governments, show that a utopia can never be truly created and that it will always turn into a dystopia.

An ideal society is one that is driven by dreams, one that is determined to work towards goals and in turn are happy. Even happy with not being perfect, but rather good. An ideal society would be united and have, as cliche as it may sound, world peace. A society where we can realize we are all dependent on each other and would be without injustice. A society that always shows love to everyone and questions values. An ideal society would be run with a government that is not as we know it now, but one where instead of being focused on constricting citizens it's only focus is on the welfare of its citizens.

Ideal. Flawless. Unrivaled. Quintessential. Too good to be true. Perfect. In addition to being synonyms of one another, all of the aforementioned words share one similar and unique characteristic – they all describe utopian societies. A utopia is generally defined as a ‘perfect world’. In this type of society, every individual is equal and the woes of humanity – greed, war, starvation – are nonexistent. However, this type of world can be found in an often-criticized government – socialism. Generally speaking, a socialist society is one in which the community owns and controls its assets as a whole. Thus, the two types of societies share many similarities. Furthermore, utopian societies are, in principle, most similar to socialist

Utopia is a dangerous idea, responsible for millions of deaths throughout the twentieth century. From the idealism of Lenin and Trotsky & the communist revolutionaries all over the world to the Arianism and bond to blood and soil experienced by the Germans under Nazi rule. History has proven time and time again that attempting to achieve utopia only results in several wars and countless casualties. We could argue every aspect of the above mentioned socio-economic systems and only obtain a narrow understanding as to what truly defines a utopianist system. however, there is one point that I cannot concede, that is not prevalent in the two above mentioned utopian systems: Pragmatic liberalism is an emerging utopianist force and it is becoming dangerously popular amongst the general public. The methods we use in the first world are naive in regards to achieving universal goals. In saying so, I must make it clear that I do not condone conservatism or neo-liberalism as a solution to idealistic centre politics, for the sole reason that I believe problems such as environmental sustainability, access to education, and equality should be held in higher regards than production and wealth. Therefore, in order to achieve the goals that may seem to lay just out of our reach, we must enact radical changes to our current socio-economic system. However the question remains, what is utopianism today?