The unchangeably corrupt human nature, according to Machiavelli, will never allow the ideal society, Utopia, to coexist with it in the same community. Although More and Machiavelli?s opinions differ greatly in their view of human nature, both works are unbelievably intriguing in that each of the societies would leave an incredible mark in history. Machiavelli?s society dominating the world and More?s living in perfect harmony and equality would each make for an interesting vacation. Their government, rulers, and international affairs policies are all intelligently formulated ideas and yet none of them can coexist with the others based on the authors philosophical ideas concerning human nature. Despite who is correct, there will always be both malevolent and kindhearted people in society and humans therefore need a government based on this reality of diversity. A combination of both governments would supply the world?s people with clever yet righteous leaders and strict yet just governments capable of leading the next generation to an era of success.

A Utopian government is gentle and fair in nature yet in Machiavelli?s more realistic society, this relaxed form of government would not survive. In other words, Utopia?s laissez faire approach is too weak of a system to control a naturally corrupt society. Both authors create a government that would function properly under whichever form of human nature they believe to be true. Therefore, in Machiavelli?s society there were many laws and regulations that were strictly enforced and harshly punished. The Utopians view the need for law differently: ? They very much condemn other nations, whose laws,? swell up to so many volumes; for they think it an unreasonable thing to oblige men to obey a body of laws that are both of such bulk and so dark as not to be read and understood by every one of the subjects? (Utopia, p.61). The Utopian society highlights the unwritten laws of morality that humans possess if they are raised in a society that promotes honesty and virtue. In this ideally principled community, a government with few laws would function smoothly, but in Machiavelli?s society would fail due to people?s inherent selfishness. People?s natural tendency to lie, cheat, and steal swells up without any restrictions, destroying not only their own community but also their government. Another governmental issue is how government deals with its criminals. Due to the abundant amount of laws that Machiavelli?s society enforces, it is implied that the treatment of criminals is harsh and strict. In Utopia, Raphael describes how this ideal society punishes its? criminals and then concludes: ?These are their laws and rules in relation to robbery; and it is obvious that they are? mild and gentle; since vice is not only destroyed, and men preserved, but they are treated in such a manner as to make them see the necessity of being honest? (Utopia, p.14). The irony of the fact that More provides laws for criminals that should not exist if Utopia were truly a perfect society solidifies Machiavelli?s argument that men are evil, not matter how pleasant a society raises them. But, there are criminals in Utopia, and its? governments ability to correct men?s vices permits Utopia to maintain its? ideal form and orderly way of life. But with this inescapably corrupt nature, achieving this

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