A man for all seasons - More Selfish??

[samiira]

Thomas More was a selfish man. He sacrificed his family and himself to his pride. Discuss

How was More selfish..?? How was his family sacrificed.. and what was his pride..??

please help me out.. and if u know any quotes relating to this please let me know

[kakar0t]

More was a selfish fool because he sacrified
*The well being of his family (financial and the fact that more was a father)
-> The lavish lifestyle that they lived could no longer exist because he had resigned from his position as Lord Chancellor- hence, the decrease in his pay.
-> More was the father of Meg and husband of Alice. More chose the path, the path that lead away from his family and to prison and ultimately his execution
*The right of his state to a heir
-> Englands political strengh at risk
*The safety of his 'friends'
-> More became "a dangerous man to know"

Also in order to satisfy some kind of inward and immaterial theory, If he faltered and changed his thoughts, he would ultimately feel he let himself down. In upholding his moralistic decision, all of the above suffered to some extent. In conclusion, in order to please his conscience he conjured the suffering of all those around him.

[samiira]

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[kakar0t]

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[pooshwaltzer]

Well, well...look what the cat dragged in!

So I assume you having time to come here means the essay's all written and complete?

Thomas More a selfish man? Making the declaration is straightforward; appeasing the adjudicators of reason and rationale is entirely another challenge altogether. Note that a sacrifice is not necessarily the typical trade of sorts where benefits may be exchanged, ie. swapping one form of opportunity for another form of gain. Thomas More elected to forgo wealth, power, prestige and the complementary status of elite society in order to indulge in his own obsessive penchant with law, order and the legislature apparatus to which he proffered both life and limb.

So More sacrificed his family's stature and priority of welfare to pursue his personal determinations. What did the man gain from his confrontation with State and Church? Nothing of tangible value - that much is certain. In fact, all he managed to derive from his incessant demonstrations of resistive conduct was antagonistic attention and political conflagration. More, ever the roguish deviant, suffered and had consequentially bought to bear the tirade of reprimanding injunctions upon his own family members and affiliates.

Selfish or selfless, the pudding is in the proof of citation.

[samiira]

thanks pooshwaltzer.. ill add those points to my essay =]