The Political Views Of Burke and Moore

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"The following examines the ideological perspectives of Sir Thomas More and Edmund Burke. More was considered a humanist, while Burke has been viewed as an important figure in the development of conservative political thought.


Sir Thomas More, also known as Saint Thomas More (because of sanctification by the Catholic Church) is probably best known for his confrontation with King Henry VIII, for which he lost his life. He was a statesman as well as a political and social philosopher. His most famous work is his Utopia, a book in which he created his version of a perfect society and gave his name to such conceptions ever after as "utopias." The word is of Greek origin, a play on the Greek word eutopos, meaning good place. In the book, More describes a pagan and communist city-state in which the institutions and policies are governed entirely by..."

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