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2007-08-17 14:10:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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Not impossible but be careful what you wish for.

The Japanese author Haruki Murakami envisioned one version of a utopian world in his novel Hardboiled Wonderland and The End of the World. In that utopian world people never fought, always they did what they were "supposed to do", and never hated or got angry or jealous. But they also never fell in love or got excited about anything.

Without the existence of sadness, you can never know happiness.
Without the concept of bad, you can never be good.

2007-08-17 15:58:49 · answer #1 · answered by Sin™ 6 · 0 0

It is impossible to create a Utopian world, because the Utopian world normally becomes a reverse Utopian world, where the hierarchy tries to keep the world the way it is no matter the cost. Look at communism a supposed Utopian world, but nothing is perfect, mans greatest gift..

2007-08-18 04:40:29 · answer #2 · answered by stinky_pitts_101 4 · 0 0

Such a thing can not happen. Unless you think of the supernatural like God. Read Plato , the republic and it gives you an idea of what would be needed for a Utopian society; the things needed for such a society would help it reach the Utopian society but because of the steps taken towards that society it would have created its own demise. its a good book. hope the book helps.

2007-08-17 23:44:20 · answer #3 · answered by helper100 1 · 0 0

"Religion formed the modern world and destroyed it." Once religion is out of the picture, maybe. First you need to define utopian. If their is life their wil be death and obviously not absolute peace, If we eat a cow in the utopian world the cow wouldn't believe he lived in utopia. It is all relative.

In a fictional sense no problem, Author Sir Thomas More did it just fine.

2007-08-18 00:29:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yes , it is impossible to create an utopian world. The world can be re-newed, but only if we accept St. Pauls concept of the dialectic between God's positive world spirit ( in the Hegalian sense) and our conscious power (virtue) to give ourselves over to the model set forth by God's advancement of the human dialectic itself...an advancement that is indwelling in the class struggle world-wide. Each stage of the historical progress does bring us closer to a "utopia"...surely a person from the feudal dark ages might think we live in a utopia today on a materialistic level...and a greater hell on earth on the level of individuals trapped as isolated atoms in false anti-social communities based on money -values alone to measure ones worth. To ask this question is important because only then might we be able to envision a better world. Since a better world would,of necessity, be made from a historical act, it would by necessity emerge by imperfect circumstances. It would not be a "utopia"-- but the violent birth of a new,higher economic system. Such a system would exist historically as a stage of humanity as it progressed toward a even higher stage. However, at every stage there would be contradictions amongst people...but increasingly contradictions without antagonisms. In time the "Kingdom of God" will emerge where people will all be scientifically enlightened and theologically rational..such a society will be classless, with property in the hands of producer associations and municipal banks serving the public interests. A merit based democracy will replace this world where "merit walks and bullshit talks". At least that is what I dream of..I supose it will be some form of the guild type Socialism of G.D.H.Cole and the American IWW type of industrial unionism ..together with the idea of republican socialism that A. Einstein wrote of...or as Frederick Engles said of turning the USA constitution upside down so that our system of government would serve the working classes ( as opposed to being the bullwork of Big Money and the corporate monopolies). Christ Jesus, whom I see as a Great Teacher and not as God, said that the utopia is always in our reach if we live a life of service to our fellow humans and strive to love God with all of our hearts. Christ was a model in that sense. If we put limits on our own selfish desires and dedicate ourseles to some higher purpose, and train our body in the actions which lead to our health and beauty, and our thoughts turned toward the highest of ideals..we will in our own lives live the utopia posssible in the best of all possible worlds historically open to us.

2007-08-18 00:04:32 · answer #5 · answered by Rek M 1 · 0 0

Not in the infiniteness of possiblites.
On earth were possiblites are limited to the ones with power, it seems highly unlikely.
Yet thats what we are moving towards. Progressing from caves to manisons, stones to pillows, sticks to TV's.
Count on some form of progress to an utopian era.

2007-08-17 21:22:57 · answer #6 · answered by Juefawn™ 4 · 0 0

Utopia means "nowhere" in Ancient Greek.

2007-08-18 00:31:29 · answer #7 · answered by Bruce M 3 · 0 0

impossible now that we live the way we do ehhh... read 1984 George Orwell if u haven't already incredible and trueee

2007-08-17 21:53:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anya 1 · 0 0

It's possible. Only hang up is you'd have to populate it with one person. The concept of utopia differs from one to another. I am certain that my utopia is your hell.

2007-08-17 21:31:29 · answer #9 · answered by mikosin357 3 · 0 0

Not at all.... just every one must live a selfless life instead of a selfish one.

Chandra A

2007-08-17 22:16:54 · answer #10 · answered by Chandra A 2 · 0 0

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