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 use of mercenaries in preference to citizens

Sir Thomas More in Mortagne's Utopia advocated the use of mercenaries in preference to citizens.

a society that seems to be the ideal living situation for human beings

In his book Utopia, Thomas More examines a society that seems to be the ideal living situation for human beings.

freedom of religion

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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. ...

interest in Utopia in 1516 as a way of redistributing wealth when common lands were privatised

Thomas More first suggested interest in Utopia in 1516 as a way of redistributing wealth when common lands were privatised.

that of the classical political economists, which celebrated the emergence of capitalism

Thomas served as a counterpoint to the other utopia being offered at that time, that of the classical political economists, which celebrated the emergence of capitalism.

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.

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.

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.

on a basis of 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.

the benefits of the death penalty in dialogue form

Sir Thomas More 's Utopia, published in 1516, debated the benefits of the death penalty in dialogue form, coming to no firm conclusion.