Everyone has different views on how society should be run. The Prince, by Machiavelli, explains that human nature is naturally selfish. However, Utopia, by Sir Thomas More, shows that human nature cannot possibly be selfish to create a Utopia, and is neither good nor bad but ‘develops according to the society that a person is raised in’. In comparing Utopia and The Prince, many clashing issues come up, such as whether a leader like Hannibal should be praised as a wonderful leader, or as a cruel one, and what type of society he should govern, a Machiavellian one or a Utopian. Another issue might be with the government and how to deal with problems that arise between nations in either a Machiavellian or Utopian society. Throughout the discussion of theses topics, both authors outline their different outlooks on human nat
ure and create their own governments. With Machiavelli’s views on the’ inherent selfishness’ of human nature, a true Utopian cannot possibly exist. 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 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 laws differently, they strongly disapprove of other nations, whose laws’ swell’ up to many volumes, because they think it is ridiculous to try to make m
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