After analysing six different utopias, it is concluded that Babghanistan, Liluania and Alfaunia is the most realistic out of all the utopias. The similarity that is identified between the 3 utopia is that the state of nature and inherent nature is easily identified and responsibilities, rights of both citizen and the government are appropriate.
Babghanistan is one of the most realistic utopia because there is a valid appropriate reason behind every choice made by the government as well as giving reasons why it would not be effective if the government picked the opposite way on the dilemmas. For example, in the fourth dilemma about abortion, it is clearly stated “if abortion were illegal there would still be many woman that would go to a non licensed doctor.” This shows the other side of the dilemma which indicates realism in the utopia. The policy also stated that “After your first abortion the price will increase by $200 for every abortion you get after that” and “women who were raped or impregnated against their will, they will be granted an abortion throughout any time of the pregnancy.” and
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For example, in the second dilemma about gun control, it clearly stated that “guns are strictly restricted and illegal” and “People can sometimes be violent and lack self control and therefore should not be trusted with weapons.” It is logical and realistic because if the government believes that “people can sometimes be violent and lack self control” then guns should be “strictly restricted and illegal” but what makes Alfaunia significantly realistic is that the policy also consider the safety of citizens. It is stated that guns are only permitted “if they complete a training and get an approval from the military and the government.” This result in Alfaunia being one of the more realistic utopia than
it should be learnt that the search for „utopia‟ is a contemplative one, and can never be
Imagine a place where everything is perfect. There is a place where there is no warfare, where all. All politics, laws, customs, and traditions are respected. A place where there is sameness among all the citizens and everyone is content and happy. This place would be considered a utopia.
One of the reasons, the so called Utopia fails to exist time and again when attempts are taken solely on the ground of equity is that, even the most idyllic society is somewhat built on the foundation of pain, sacrifice of the weak for the benefits of strong. From the analysis of Omelas and the contemporary North American societies it is clear that there is no Utopia.
Can utopia be a reality, or is it simply a dream? Throughout history, many governments built upon the ideals of a utopian society ultimately crumble upon closer inspection. In the memoir Red China Blues, the protagonist Jan Wong believed that she found utopia. She believes that she found a society where everyone is equal, a society where tyranny is nonexistent. Where the government answers questions readily and allows it’s citizens to do as they please. As she puts it, she was a “stark raving maoist”, a true believer in the principles of Maoism and its purported benefits. However, she encounters conflicts with her culture about the amount of information she is allocated, her personal relationships. These conflicts combine
This serene society greatly contradicts the one we live in. Our society is furnished with hatred and warfare, yet in return, we are given freedom and the privilege of having distinctive characters. Given the nature of human beings, our society is more idealistic to live in. Utopia is an imaginary state, which consists of people who believe they are more capable of living in a group than alone. In such a community, the welfare of the group is the primary interest compared to the comfort of individuals.
Everyone grows up with the thought of an American dream in mind . Unfortunately that American dream is only limited to the people who are not of color. Sadly the people of color and the american dream don 't match up to well. I feel that this is because it can’t be easily obtained due to improper education and never being given the opportunity to show what they’re made of. Maybe if we weren 't categorized by our living arrangements, or the amount of our wealth, or better yet being presumed as these incompetent animals who aren’t good for nothing. Then we too would be able to achieve our own american dreams ,but as people of color the chances of that are not likely living in a world that feeds us with this improper mindset.
Few people would take issue with the statement that America faces monumental challenges both to its own well-being as well as to its self-imposed duty to become "a more perfect union". Over the years, many speakers, authors, and dreamers have used the dirty facts of this nation's (and its predecessors') seemingly unrepentant capitalism, paternalism, belligerence, and tendency toward cultural assimilation to declare the entire enterprise bankrupt and to focus, not on where, exactly, the USA went wrong, but instead on what the truly ideal civilization would look like. They have created, in speech or on paper, entire realms of happiness and harmony, free of injustice, crime, and any other negative social vice. They have failed, however, in most cases, to free themselves from the trap of the nature of the human animal and his uncanny ability to absolutely avoid accurate prediction or even adequate description. It is my suggestion that, out of the bulk of utopian proposals the world has seen, the Constitution of the United States does, in fact, come the closest to creating "no place" for the greatest number of people through its pragmatism, its admission to not knowing the nature of every man, and, most importantly, its allowal of alternate visions of Utopia.
Our fascination with utopias stems from our attraction to and pursuit of progress within our own society. We study utopias with the hope that our society will someday evolve into one. But what often goes unnoticed is that if our society improves enough to become utopian, it won't be able to improve any longer. Hence, it will be rigid and unchanging, the complete opposite of what it was as it evolved to its elevated state. This is an awful truth for us because we place value and virtue in the ideas of desire and progress. Our reason tells us: once in an ideal land, desire cannot simply cease to be, because desire is part of our human nature. And our reason is right. An ideal society should accentuate our human nature, not suppress it. As we desire a perfect society we know that a perfect could not exist without our desire. And as long as we desire, we hope for progress. The idea that an utopia wouldn't allow such progress to occur is enough to make us stop believing in utop...
Each person has their own vision of utopia. Utopia means an ideal state, a paradise, a land of enchantment. It has been a central part of the history of ideas in Western Civilization. Philosophers and writers continue to imagine and conceive plans for an ideal state even today. They use models of ideal government to express their ideas on contemporary issues and political conditions. Man has never of comparing the real and ideal, actuality and dream, and the stark facts of human condition and hypothetical versions of optimum life and government.
John Lennon's Flawed Utopia John Lennon’s Imagine was released in 1971, just one year after the Beatles’ parting, but halfway through the Vietnam war. Almost as an uproar towards the happenings of the war, to inspire people to live a more peaceful life without war, Lennon tries to depict the ideal world, a utopia of sort, in which everyone can live in harmony and peace. As benevolent and noble of an idea this might be, it’s hard not to question what the price to pay might be in order to achieve Lennon’s ideal view of the world, and most importantly, what exactly would be at stake.
A utopia does not necessarily need to be absolutely perfect to be accepted by all the people. For example, in Brave New World, John says, “But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want
An utopia is often imagined as a perfect place, one without the major problems and worries of contemporary society; a dystopia however is exactly the opposite: not only is it an unpleasant place but one that is truly corrupt. In Utopia by Thomas More, a sailor named Raphael explains to Thomas his observations of a nation radically different from their own. The Utopians live in a communal society where all goods are public property and where there is no concept of money. At first glance, Utopia seems flawless, but a closer look reveals the inner darkness and failures of their culture. The Utopians’ expectation for maintaining an efficient society forces them to surrender their human dignity. Specifically, the illusion of perfection and purity
“In the place where idealism and realism meet, that is where there is the greatest evolutionary tension.” Idealism prioritizes ideals, social reforms and morals, by wanting to benefit not just yourself, but the world around you, believing people are generally good. On the contrary, realism gives priority to national interest and security with emphasis on promoting one’s own power and influence by assuming that people are egocentric by nature. Based on the definitions stated above, idealism and realism are significantly different from each other and their divergence of thought is more apparent when various proponents of each such as Woodrow Wilson, Henry Lodge, Barack Obama and George W. Bush have varied outlooks on comparable issues in politics. Subsequently, an idealist’s reaction to a particular issue would be a lot different than a realist’s response. Therefore, idealism deals with normative ideas and allows for improvements in the progress of not only a single state, but the whole world, however realism solely focuses on the benefits of one’s own nation.
That would be my utopia briefly that I would want to live in. A place that has water, mountains, woods, and the desert close. A place more natural and with beautiful scenery everywhere with wild animals that wouldn’t hurt you. A place where poverty doesn’t exist. Although has it’s important jobs like nurses, firefighters and police officers close by. My paradise where judgemental and life threatening people would not be tolerated. Instead you would have to respectful and courteous. A utopia is a place that can’t be made. Utopia literally means, “not real”. As much as I would love to have a place like this, it never would be possible. Your definition of paradise to you might be hell to another.
A utopia is a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions. When I sit to think I think of my own utopia. I dream of things that I could not do the normal world but in my own utopia. In my utopia a key phrase and motto is “don’t worry”. I want to have no worries in what I do, think, feel, and every other aspect that would worry about. In my utopia, I am the utopia.