Utopia and Utopian Ideals
Introduction
The idea of a perfect world can be uniquely individual. For some, it would be a society without war or violence. For others, it would be a world based on equality for all races, creeds, and genders. Still, others would consider a world free from financial burdens to be ideal. The possibilities are nearly endless and certainly everyone has their own personal answer to that dilemma. Although it may sound like something asked by a panel of judges at a Miss America pageant, it is a question that numerous writers and thinkers have attempted to answer. Some have considered changing certain political aspects to create an ideal society, and others have concentrated on economic factors. Either way, the dream of making a perfect world has become so much a part of the human existence that it has been given its own name: utopia. Though the quest for these utopian ideals is essentially a quest for a peaceful society, it has at times sparked revolution, war, and bloodshed. It is sometimes the case that one person's utopia is another person's prison.
Coined by Sir Thomas More in 1516 in his work of the same title, utopia (Greek for "no place") has come to mean an ideally perfect state.
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