Thomas Moore is best known for his work called Utopia. Utopia was actually two books. The first was a vigorous critique of early Tudor society in Great Britain. Book two was an account of a mythical island, Utopia.

In this “what if” book, Moore seemed to be suggesting that if a government were perfect, and its citizenry perfect, this is what they would be like. Sir Thomas Moore may have asked himself, if there was a place where human reason alone ordered affairs for the general good, what would it be like? His answer was simple: Utopia. Over many centuries, the word has come to suggest that which is perfect, or the unattainable.

Utopia asks a crucial question: What are the basic principles upon which a good society is organized? Ideally, Utopia is the perfect world, a place where peace reigns throughout the world. Moore’s vision of Utopia included this and much more, including the citizens working freely for the welfare of everyone and each of these citizens had access to the wealth they created. There was no slavery, no oppression of the weak by the strong. There was no ruthless power based on an intolerable concentration of wealth in a few hands. Utopia also represented a vision of a nation at peace with it self and its neighbors.