Chomsky believes justice can be disassociated from power. He believes that human being has the capacity to use logic and make judgments rationally that can guide us to a more neutral society free from biased. Foucault believes that justice is socially constructed by those with power especially the government and private institutions.
Foucault believes that our society is constructed to benefit the people in power while it denies the rest of the classes. Foucault’s viewpoint of justice was influenced by Marxist theory. In Foucault’s opinion our justice system is made up of “bourgeois” (property owners), and it is a system of repression. According to Marxist theory, capitalism creates a system of inequality and it prevents the lower class from
Foucault believes that our society is constructed to benefit the people in power while it denies the rest of the classes. Foucault’s viewpoint of justice was influenced by Marxist theory. In Foucault’s opinion our justice system is made up of “bourgeois” (property owners), and it is a system of repression. According to Marxist theory, capitalism creates a system of inequality and it prevents the lower class from