常识与科学:当代中国死刑观念形成的两种不同路径

Common Sense and Science: Two Kinds of Path for Notion of Death Penalty Formation in Contemporary China

常识是一种以人们的共同经验为基础构成的认知图景。常识是认识和理解刑法学的一种知识。常识与专业知识之间的矛盾导致常识认识和理解刑法学是有限度的根本原因之所在。常识是形成当代中国死刑观念的一种最基本路径。这意味着,常识不仅为老百姓提供了认识死刑的认知图景,而且为老百姓提供了思维方式和价值规范。科学不仅是认识和理解刑法学的一种最有力知识,而且科学也是当代中国死刑观念形成的一种最可取的路径。

Common sense is a cognitive picture on the basis of common experience to people. Common sense is knowledge of awareness and understanding of criminal law. Contradiction between common sense and expertise is the key cause of the common sense to limiting awareness and understanding of criminal law. Common sense is a basic path for forming the idea of death penalty in contemporary China. This means that common sense not only provides understanding of the cognitive picture of the death penalty for people and provides a way of thinking and norms of values for people. Science is not only the most powerful knowledge of awareness and understanding of criminal law,but also a most desirable path of forming the idea of death penalty in contemporary China.