A utopian government althought idealistic is utterly impossible. If there was to be one the following are what I would like. First I would address citizen involvment in the government and society around it. ... These officials would then debate what is best for this particular state. ... People know people and thye know what they want. ...
Utopianism was a way of life that consisted of a perfect, full-function society. ... The actual question at hand is why the Utopian movements were unsuccessful and what factors essentially caused it to fail. It was truly ironic that perfectly envisioned societies failed. Utopian ideas have had an impact on almost every aspect of life. ... Although More was not the first to clarify what makes up an ideal society, he was the one to coin this word to describe it. ...
The Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, portrays a "utopian" society that differs in many ways from the current United States. ... The present day economic system in the United States revolves around a responsible spending and capitalist society rather than an irresponsible and wasteful society. ... Freedoms, such as art and religion, have been sacrificed for what the World State calls "happiness." ... He is the originator of the current utopian concept that they live under. ... The Brave New World does an excellent job of telling how these differences in the utopian World State could act...
John Rawls and Jean- Jacques Rousseau are both known for their theories regarding what would constitute an ideal state of existence, but despite many similarities in their political theories, and the clear influence that Rousseau had on Rawls's work, the utopian society proposed by Rousseau would not qualify as a just utopian society by Rawls's standards. ... According to Rousseau, what matters is the whole. ... Rousseau's utopian society is one that revolves around a mindset of group benefit fostered by using force and the "general will" to take from individuals any...
Many great philosophers have created utopian societies for people to consider and explore. ... Although their proposed ideas have differentiated, and numerous have been utopian in concept, they have all shared the same basic ideas and principles. ... Everyone in the society must feel as if they are worth something and know what their role is. ... The standard for determining what is an unfavorable affect should be determined by each society as a whole. Each society should make their determinations through a purely democratic or representative democratic form. ...
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. ......
Rousseau created a utopian model of one to one instruction and tutelage through the boy's youth. As in many his other work, this one assumed human beings were essentially good, and only the distorting influences of society corrupted them. He brought Émile far away from cities to get rid of the badness of society, and he taught Émile natural courses - purely from Émile's personal experience instead of told facts; so that knowledge was acquired through the youth's innate curiosity, not the statements of others. ... All he wrote in Émile may be to justi...
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. ...
