Some people might say that the perfect world is a world with the perfect government, with all countries living in perfect peace with each other, and everyone has a determined function to execute and keep the world running. However, I disagree with said idea, that is not a perfect world, that is just a good enough world. A perfect world would be a place where there are no governments, laws or countries, no difference between people, and real freedom.
According to Tomas More (1516), a perfect world the people on the power would be select by the people. I disagree with his idea of a perfect government. In a true perfect world there would be no government at all. People would know what they are supposed to do without someone telling them. Tomas More (1516) also says that people who break some rules could even be punished with death. In a perfect world there would be no rules to be broken or punishments. Everybody knows that hurting people isn't good, just based on how they would feel if they were hurt. The idea of having strict laws and punishments does not define a perfect world, neither does having a government. People are free and smart on the perfect world.
When discussing marriage, Tomas More (1516) says that every family would be "chosen", a woman would be given a husband and they would have a controlled number of children. This idea is completely wrong. The family as a basis for any type of society should be where the perfection begins. The perfect family is the one where people marry whoever they like and have as many children as they want. People are free to adopt children. People are free to marry people of the same sex. People are free to not get married if they do not want to.
Finally, Tomas More (1516) talks about professions and working on the community in the perfect world. This is one of the few points he make I agree with. His opinion is that every child would learn a profession from someone (normally, but not necessarily, their father) and would not work for money, they would work for the sake of each other. In my vision of a perfect world, people would do whatever is possible to help each other, so everyone would be happy together. People should learn a profession by working with the experienced ones and being taught while helping on the work. Some authors might say that in a perfect world your profession would be assigned to you, and it would be something that you like. This is OK at first, but, what if someone changes his mind and start liking something else? People should be free to change their occupations whenever they want to, with no restrictions.
My idea of a perfect world may be even more out of reach than every other idea out there. The world itself is perfect, what makes it imperfect are the people living in it and how they can't co-exist in harmony. A perfect world would require at least perfect people to be really perfect. The idea being able to do nothing but follow strict rules and live the same day over and over again, the same way everybody else does, can be anything but a perfect world.
It is a good thinking about the perfect world. Everybody has his right to do what they want to .It is the society's obligation to protect the people's right. of course, in your passage maybe it is hard to realize because if there is no rules there is no things to limit the person's behavior
ResponderExcluirI found your prospective very interesting. And also your intro :)
ResponderExcluirI liked they way when you said " good enough world " And how your idea of a perfect world very related to freedom
well done :)
Thanks Sara. Freedom is the best thing we could have in the world, so having a world where everybody is free to be what they want is for me the ideal world.
ExcluirIt's a good text. Very objective and very interesting. I liked your outside sources.
ResponderExcluirFelipe- you did an excellent job of seeking out a thought provoking text, and writing a thoughtful response to what you read, in light of the question presented. A world without government is certainly an interesting idea! Do you think this is the future?
ResponderExcluirExcellent work here!