Paper Abstract
A 7 page essay that discusses More's Utopia. Sir Thomas More published Utopia in 1516. In this work, which is widely considered to be his masterpiece, More ostensibly describes the ideal society, however, the true intention of the work was to provide More with a platform that he could use to criticize social and political policy in sixteenth century England. In so doing, More presents opinions that differ sharply from his contemporaries Nicolo Machiavelli, author of The Prince, and Castiglione, author of The Book of the Courtier, who, like More, also express a position relative to the nature of virtue within the context of political power. Examination of the attitudes of these contemporaries shows how drastically different More's Utopia was, even in regards to his own era. No other sources cited.
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