ht for them because war would risk the lives of Utopian citizens and nothing is worth the death of a Utopian. (More, 110-111)More also points out that the main purpose of Utopians is pleasure. They work as little as possible to ensure they have adequate provisions and spend the rest of their time expanding their minds and maintaining their health, for without a healthy body how can one truly experience pleasure? Unlike England, everyone in Utopia is allowed to feel pleasure, not just the wealthy. (More, 95-98)Thomas More seems to have a good idea of what the perfect society would be like, however whether it would really work is another matter. Whether greed is a product of capitalism or not is still a question, but it does exist and people are driven to accumulate wealth. England may have been a society that strictly enforced a class system and was driven by capitalism, but could a society really survive under More's model?...
