Ideal Society

Political philosophers are interested in imagining what the perfect society would be like. A Theory of Justice by John Rawls has one of the best expressions of this notion. Here, Rawls proposes the idea of a well-ordered society. A well-ordered society is one in which everyone upholds the same standards of fairness and in which these standards also govern our society's fundamental institutions. The ideal society must also be well-ordered, according to Rawls.

There are valid arguments for believing that a well-organized society is an ideal society. In fact, Rawls presents the idea of a well-ordered society since he believes that such communities share a few characteristics that make for an alluring ideal. What do these traits entail? One benefit is social cohesion; in a society as such, everyone works together to achieve what is necessary for justice. Here, politics appears to be more of a shared endeavour than a contest. Another characteristic is that the institutions of coercion that make up this society are probably up to public inspection when we inquire as to why they demand of us what they do: We are all aware that our fundamental institutions were established to satisfy the requirements of justice. Last but not least, Rawls contends that when we uphold the demands of justice in a well-functioning society, we achieve our independency: we behave in accordance with laws and institutions that we would self-legislate or award.

The Greek philosopher Plato describes a tale of people confined inside a cave who spend their entire lives only looking towards the back of the cave in his classic cave allegory from The Republic. There is a small wall between them and the back of the cave. People are walking with items over their heads while there is a fire beyond the wall. The shadows that the objects make on the wall are due to the fire's light. The inhabitants of the cave have only ever seen these shadows; therefore, they consider them to be the source of reality.

One of the men eventually learns how to free himself from his chains. When he glances under a low wall, he realises that there are elements casting the shadows. He learns that the shadows are only imperfect representations of the actual objects, which are what exists in reality. Plato interpreted this to mean that the only thing that is true is what is perfect, and since perfection has already been attained, it will never change.

Plato claimed that the material world is a construct and that everything made of matter is changeable. The forms that makeup reality are imperfectly represented by material objects. For Plato, forms are the idealised essences of things that one views with the mind's eye rather than the eyes. Truth is not discovered through observation but rather through philosophical reflection.

Justice (equality), economic security, and world peace make up the three main components of a utopian society, and numerous philosophers have pondered the structure and operation of this ideal society over the years.

The pioneer of Beauty Futurism, Alex Box's inventive and multifaceted approach has established her as the developer of a new visual language, as well as a conversation between artistic expression and scientific inquiry. Her work served as an inspiration for this piece.

Alex Box has established herself as a significant artist through her sensitive surface study and distinctive mix of science, technology, and beauty. 

Not just because of her aesthetic and makeup techniques but also because of the way her work adheres to the subject of a futuristic view of society, Alex Box has provided excellent inspiration for this piece. Box is pushing boundaries and encouraging others to follow suit by investigating posthuman identities and the future of beauty while evolving the beauty narrative.

According to Box, as the metaverse matures, we are still in the early phases of understanding identity through experience. Before this, one's identity and self-representation were built on a binary physical body logic that is reflected in the digital body and is still held to the physical and aesthetic logic of the real world. We have an idea of the body and its acknowledged constraints that we may perceive via our senses; this idea defines our constrained body logic and helps to establish who we are.

Photography: Luna

Make-up: Luna

Model: Mónica Abreu