Creating a utopian society where there are no inequalities. ... The utopian society I am proposing is just that, a fictional society in which I set the rules. John Rawls "realistic utopia" which he defines "political philosophy in realistically utopian when it extends what are ordinarily thought to be the limits of practicable political possibility and so doing, reconciles us to our political and social condition."... First you would ask yourself what kind of city you would want your society to exist in? ... What I do not want in my society is the capitalism mentality created by the democra...

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The Handmaids Tale In the Novel "The Handmaids Tale" the narrator, Offred, guides us through a futuristic, post American, society governed by theocracy. ... This quote has a number of meanings, both in the immediate context, about Gilead, and society as a whole. ... Because the body operates in a very democratic fashion, the "democracy of bodily functions" is a sharp contrast to how things work in a totalitarian society. ... Because everything which comes into the body is diffused into the blood, every cell in the body receives an equal share (in this aspect at least, the body also beco...

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Only if all men put themselves under the absolute control of a central power can they avoid what Hobbes regards as their natural state. ... This is why Hobbes" found it necessary to transfer power to exercise their wills to a sovereign power whose sole obligation is to achieve what he was appointed for, which is civil peace. ... Locke clearly states if one cannot use what he has taken, then he has taken more than his share and should give the excess back. ... It seems that Locke's state of nature is Utopian in its views. ... Locke's state of nature coupled with Hobbes" form of...

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