a society based on common ownership of property

English writer Thomas More's treatise Utopia, portrayed a society based on common ownership of property, whose leaders administered property through the application of reason.

a better society that accommodates and cares for all citizens

The point of More’s idea of utopia was NOT to strive for perfection (which is impossible), but to strive towards a better society that accommodates and cares for all citizens.

social justice

In his book, Utopia, St. Thomas More argued the need for social justice on a whole range of issues, in opposition to the forces of a world obsessed with wealth, pleasure, power, and prestige.

an imaginary society free of private property, sexual discrimination and religious intolerance

First published in 1516, during a period of astonishing political and technological change, Sir Thomas More's utopia depicts an imaginary society free of private property, sexual discrimination and religious intolerance.

the concept of economic equality

In Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1965), a central value or societal goal is the concept of economic equality; but this does not include the notion of social equality.

a society

Later, Thomas More’s utopia envisaged a society in an ideal location, based on a new political, economic and cultural organization that would allow for the inhabitants’ wellbeing in equal conditions.

a good life without exploitation and with equality for all

In 1516, the Utopia written by British author Thomas More revealed the sin of primitive accumulation by capitalism and depicted the longing of human beings for a good life without exploitation and with equality for all.

all property is communal

In his most famous and controversial book, Utopia, Thomas More imagines a perfect island nation where thousands live in peace and harmony, men and women are both educated, and all property is communal.

equality

Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) described a society in which lands would be held in common and production and distribution would proceed on a basis of equality.

to change man?s thinking by creating an ideological society

Through Utopia, Thomas More attempted to change man?s thinking by creating an ideological society.

social transformation

The term “utopia” was created by Thomas More in the 16th century, in the context of humanism, with the goal of urging social transformation.

the best state for human flourishing

Thomas More's Utopia seeks to find the best state for human flourishing.

freedom of religion

In Utopia, Thomas More advocated freedom of religion, yet Thomas More sent people to be burned when they exercised this freedom.

a society with little private property and on a communal farm mandatory labor

Thomas More's Utopia, published in 1516, imagined a society with little private property and mandatory labor on a communal farm.

a logical society might order a logical society's affairs

When Thomas More wrote Utopia Thomas More was driven by a sense of irrationality in high places, and sought to portray how a logical society might order a logical society's affairs.

a world entirely transformed by radical changes in institutional arrangements

Thomas More's Utopia envisions a world entirely transformed by radical changes in institutional arrangements.

in an ideal location, based on a new political, economic and cultural organization that would allow for the inhabitants’ wellbeing in equal conditions

Later, Thomas More’s utopia envisaged a society in an ideal location, based on a new political, economic and cultural organization that would allow for the inhabitants’ wellbeing in equal conditions.

the paradox of the modern (new) world: the possibility of abundance (freedom) in a society of scarcity (non-freedom), and the dangers that are inherent in this paradoxical situation for the development of the emergent capitalist society

Thomas More's Utopia (1516) sets out, for the first time, the paradox of the modern (new) world: the possibility of abundance (freedom) in a society of scarcity (non-freedom), and the dangers that are inherent in this paradoxical situation for the development of the emergent capitalist society.

debate, reflection, and critical thinking

Utopia Sir Thomas More's Utopia has spurred debate, reflection, and critical thinking since critical thinking's original publication in the sixteenth century.

the construction of the Utopian society

Thomas More's Utopia emphasizes the construction of the Utopian society upon the principle that 'nobody owns anything, but everyone is rich'.1 With this basis, Utopian society not only succeeded, but become fruitful. ...