More knew very well a place like Utopia couldn't exist, and this is obvious from the title - 'Utopia' in Greek roughly translates as 'no place'. It was a sort of intellectual joke among him and his humanist friends. He obviously didn't believe a society such as that he describes could ever exist. because, as you say, it would require perfect people.
Although I will not say that this book was tedious--for it was certainly not--I will say that it's answers to sociological issues were foolish. I had to read it for Western Civilization, and we discussed the possibilty of it actually woking. Everyone agreed that it was entirely impossible and would require perfect people. More wrote well, but I hope that he did not actually believe what he wrote. Utopia could not be perfect for any modern person who desires freedom of thought and ideas. The idea looks good on paper, but the actualization would be horrid. As my teacher pointed out, the closest match to Utopia was East Germany during the time of the Berlin Wall.
If we do not define the ideal for ourselves as Thomas Moore does in Utopia, then how will we ever achieve half of it? The purpose of reading such literature is not to map out the perfect way of living for you, but to make you think about it. It looks like this book was an incredible success for you!
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