Some say a perfect society is impossible because humans are imperfect. Others say that a perfect society is possible and should be striven for. I’m going to give my honest (and probably boring) thoughts on this topic. Don’t expect this essay to be perfect, as I can barely comprehend this topic at all without writing about it, but bear with me.
The first thing that needs to be tackled is the definition of a “perfect†society. I don’t really think such a thing can possibly exist, if I am quite honest. It is hard for me to wrap my head around what a “perfect†society would look like. Without each member of a society being perfect, how can we collectively, as a group of imperfect people, call ourselves perfect, when each of its members is not? I think that a perfect society cannot exist, but we should still strive for it. The formation of a better society is really based upon the growth of each of its members as a person. You can’t have a lot of imperfect people, imperfect by themselves, be a “perfect†society. Each member would have to be a Jesus-level perfect in order to have a perfect society, and, as we are sinners and not perfect by any means, we cannot have a perfect society. That said, in the bible, it says: “He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.†(King James Version, 1 John 2:6). From my limited knowledge of interpretation, I would say that what John is trying to say is that we should strive to be like Christ as much as we can, so we should strive to be perfect like Christ. If every human were to do this, we wouldn’t have a perfect society, but we would have one that is way, way better than the one we have now. We need to strive for perfection, and, even though we will never achieve perfection, we can at least make significant progress.
To recap, I basically said that a perfect society should be striven for, but will ultimately never be attained to the extent of complete perfection, because that is impossible for humans to attain.