Book II, on marriage customs
The famous nude inspection before marriage—More's witty argument that one inspects a horse more carefully than a spouse.
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From Utopia by Thomas More
Striking Utopian customs include prospective spouses viewing each other naked before marriage, slavery as punishment rather than birth condition, and voluntary euthanasia for the incurably ill.
Book II, on the sick and dying
Priests and magistrates counsel the terminally ill that voluntary death is honorable, though suicide without sanction is dishonored.
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