As the concept of morality is analyzed, a utopian society free of the pitfalls of democracy is created, and its potential as a viable community questioned. The backbone of Plato's utopian society is the principle of specialization, the idea that the most efficient society is one that puts each person in the job to which they are best suited. ... As his utopians society is created, only the Philosopher Kings have the ability to be controlled by their own reason. ... What Plato describes in the Republic as democracy, is what we in modern times know as anarchy. Plato also takes out of c...

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They wish to do so for they are fed up with taxes and fines being levied on them, and they yearn for a society that is less obsessed with legality and rigidity. ... They decide to fashion a new society, a solution that seems to be rather farfetched and unlikely. ... By establishing what they felt was a utopian society in the sky, Peisthetaerus and Eulipides would be creating the same problems they were trying to escape from in Athens. ... What Peisthetaerus and Eulipides should have realized from this process is that there is no such thing as a perfect civilization, and they should tolerat...

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Virtues contribute to people's actions in today's society. ... In today's society, these are known as laws. ... However, Plato's four virtues individually do not necessarily produce a utopian society. ... Courage is the preservation of the opinion produced by law, through education about what things are terrible, and what things are good. ... He believes that each part of the soul works in conjunction with the others to form the utopian society that he is searching for. ...

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Here we see Socrates' real ideal and philosophical beliefs coming to the forefront in the way he refutes others ideas, and how he frames his own Utopian society. ... Moderation, Socrates thought had to do with everyone having only what they needed to survive. ... It stated that the community only had what it produced, and those who produced things would produce it for everyone else, and they would share (some would equate that to communism). ... This allowed everyone to enjoy everything as a society in moderation, and did not allow for greed and the monopolization of power and goods. ......

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He creates a blueprint for a utopian society, in his book The Republic, out of his disdain for the tension of political life (Hacker, 24). ... Essentially what Plato wants to achieve is a perfect society. ... They are supposed to be the select few who know what is best for society (Hacker 33). ... Plato chose to tell the reader of his Republic how men would act and what their attitudes would be in a perfect society (Hacker 81). ... Plato sees the justice and law as what sets the guidelines for societal behavior. ...

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However the question is, is Plato's idea of a just society in fact the "truth-? ... His quest was abruptly ended because of an unjust decision by a supposedly just society. ... "And, conversely, let us repeat that when each order "tradesman, Auxiliary, Guardian "keeps to its own proper business in the commonwealth and does its own work, that is justice and what makes a just society."" ... Plato feels that only the golden souls can do what is just for the state, because they are the only ones that have access to the "Good,"" which is the core of Plato's utopian society. ....

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Therefore, it is necessary to determine what our function is. The function of a thing, or its telos, is what it alone can do, or what it can do best. ... Moral decisions are ultimately made on the basis of what God commands, not what reason tells us. ... He constructs a foundation for a utopian society in his book "The Republic". The purpose of his thought process was to cleanse his society of the woes he felt plagued it and construct a new one....

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The government is doing what is in their best interest instead of what is morally just. ... At the end of his essay, Thoreau describes a utopian State, in which people are able to live independently of the government. ... Thoreau contends that a person is ultimately responsible to himself alone and can and should see himself as independent of his society and government. ... What should people do? ... Many Athenians view Socrates as a man who pursues what is morally right. ...

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