Comparison Of Aldous Huxley And Thomas Mores Utopia

How did Aldous Huxley and Thomas Moore approach the perfect society in their writings? They each created a society vastly different from the prevailing one of their times. Thomas More coined the word utopia from 2 Greek words ou meaning no or not and topos which mean no place for his novel Utopia (Miriam-Webster 2017). His novel Utopia written in 1516 was essay of current 16th century English society. Each author is a product of their times. Thomas Moore lived during the Renaissance at a time just after the New World was discovered and the printing press was invented. The world was alight with new ideas and Thomas More thought these new ideas could lift the masses of Europe out of abject poverty. People whose only wrongdoing was†¦show more content†¦One defining characteristic of the Utopian genre is that the societies require their citizens to give up personal freedoms in exchange for economic and physical security. In Utopia all people are equal and people voluntarily gave up those freedoms. Draconian laws protect a benevolent state and therefore the population at large. People can be killed or enslaved for breaking the rules. Utopi a was ruled by a hierarchy of elected phylarchs within this classless society. The author Thomas More contrasts the Utopia classless society with entrenched European class system which is based on largely on heredity. In Brave New World the world is ruled by a supposed benevolent ruling class. The population is subjugated through the Bokanovsky Process, Podsnap Technique and Hypnopaedia. These processes condition people to be happy with their lot in life. Both Authors define the common good from different perspectives. Both societies provide the basics of the common good. People were fed, clothed and educated by society. They had easy access to medical care and housing. To Thomas Moore the common good also meant to nourish the mind. He believed in a society populated by an enlightened, happy and productive people. This intelligent population was civically involved and helped rule the land. People used the free time