Utopia of Thomas More

Question: Describe about the Report for Utopia of Thomas More. Answer: Utopia is depicted as a sternly righteous and puritanical state, where few of us would feel quite happy; yet we go on using the word Utopia to signify an easy-going paradise whose only fault is that it is too happy and ideal to be realized. (Chambers, R H 1938) To a man educated in that century, that distinction was obvious between the virtues which might be taught by human reason alone, and the further virtues taught by Catholic orthodoxy. (Chambers, R H 1938) In basing his Utopia upon these four heathen virtues, More is following mediaeval tradition; further, he is following his great examples, Platos Republic and Law; but above all, he makes his satire upon contemporary European abuses more pointed. (Chambers, R H 1938) Research question Utopia, a conflicting satire between a puritanical state and a state of human reason- a state of fiction or reality ? Reference: Levitas, Ruth. "The imaginary reconstitution of society or why sociologists and others should take utopia more seriously."Inaugural Lecture, University of Bristol24 (2005). Logan, George M., and Robert M. Adams. "More: Utopia." (2016).