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Utopia : An Ideal Man

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Utopia : An Ideal Man

Philosophers throughout the history of man had always sought the ideal society . Philosophers like Aristotle , Plato , and Augustine argued that an ideal society is something where all men use reason as the basis of action . St . Thomas Aquinas , the medieval philosopher and theologian argued that an ideal society is something that approximates the `New Jerusalem ' Later philosophers like Descartes , Kant , and Russell argued for a less rigid and `out of bound ' society . For example

, Kant argued that an ideal society is simply a community of reasonable individuals (reasonableness is not an equivalent of rationality

In the construction of an ideal society , there must be first assumptions about man , the individual . In an ideal society , the individual is , of course , rational - calculating benefits over costs and overtly conscious of the welfare of other individuals . There is no conflict for being overtly concerned with the welfare of others and rationality . Some philosophers argued that an `irrational ' act is sometimes considered a rational act , from the point of view of other individuals . Because rationality is a difficult concept to define , then one is forced to limit its meaning . A rational individual is an individual who follows moral and humanitarian precepts , and calculates benefits over costs (in microcosmic action

The ideal society would have to base its existence from the spirit of cooperation . All public projects would be shared by individuals based on his owned resources . There is no economic...