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Utopia-work (Click to select text)
Function of Work: The function of work in a Utopian Society can be summed up in one basic idea. People work to benefit the community. The end result of this action to benefit the community is the benefit of each individual. The idealistic thinking of benefiting others as opposed to yourself is what separates Utopian Society. In Utopia, a man knows that he and his family will be sufficiently provided for as long as public stores are full. His main concern will be to help fill the public stores. With this action, he is benefiting the entire community. "Agriculture is the one occupation at which everyone works, men and women alike, with no exceptions." The equality within Utopia is part of the foundation of the society which help accomplish the goals of work. Also, everybody works at a productive trade, and the result is that they get the work done in a six-hour day. "Their working hours are ample to provide not only enough but more than enough of the necessities and even the conveniences of life." Whether it be food, supplies, road conditions, or any other improvement of lifestyle, the amount and setup of work in the society can provide for all these. Because everyone contributes, the amount of work required, per person, is small. "In several of the necessary crafts, their way of life requires less total labor than does that of people elsewhere." When there is less work for each member of the community to perform, the opportunity to shrink the average work day arises. This allows for more free time in which the people can pursue their interests. The overall principle behind Utopian function of work is based upon the idea that when work is needed servicing the community to achieve the goal of communal benefit, it is the main priority. And when work is not needed, Utopia relies on the fact that, "the chief aim of their constitution is that, whenever public needs permit, all citizens should be free, so far as possible, to withdraw their time and energy from the service of the body, and devote themselves to the freedom and culture of the mind." And the happiness one achieves by fulfilling their interests, can be equated to the happiness achieved in working as a community. More's thoughts on work in our society: The function of work in our society differs greatly from that of a Utopian society. Our capitalistic society is based on competition. Every man strives to acquire wealth for himself. This causes man to be obsessed with private concerns. Work is viewed as what we have to do to survive or help our family survive. There rarely is any community benefit for individual work and this is primarily because of the abundance of greed and materialistic wants. More seems to hint at what he expects in the future by relating it to the situation in other countries of his time. "In the first place, hardly any of the women, who are a full half of the population work; or, if they do, then as a rule their husbands lie snoring in bed." He also mentions the 'religious men,' the rich, and the beggars as other stereotypical groups who don't work. "And now consider how few of those who do work are doing really essential things." More also would not appreciate the excess of jobs today, mostly serving very little communal benefit. To conclude, More believes that his Utopian society is one, which is a nearly impossible reach for any society. He would be very displeased to find out the function of work in our society, but it would probably be something he would expect.
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