The same trade generally passes down from father to son, inclinations often following descent: but if any man’s genius lies another way he is, by adoption, translated into a family that deals in the trade to which he is inclined; and when that is to be done, care is taken, not only by his father, but by the magistrate, that he may be put to a discreet and good man: and if, after a person has learned one trade, he desires to acquire another, that is also allowed, and is managed in the same manner as the former. When he has learned both, he follows that which he likes best, unless the public has more occasion for the other. –Utopia, Sir Thomas More Read the excerpt. What is the claim? Men should be forced to work in the same occupation as their father. Men should choose their occupation, unless society needs them to practice another skill. Men should have unlimited freedom to learn as many occupations as they want. Men should have the freedom to choose whether to work.
