犯罪功能论再议——从犯罪的哲学根基谈起

On Function of Crime——From the Philosophical Foundation of Crime

犯罪功能论引发了学者争议。争议的根源在于,哲学上对犯罪的主流认识是犯罪的＂虚无性＂,即将犯罪视为对＂善＂的损害,因而犯罪是＂法＂的缺乏或虚无。犯罪功能论的逻辑前提,应该是犯罪本身具有存在性。因此,需要去除犯罪的＂虚无性＂,剥离对犯罪道德评价的部分,将犯罪还原为具有存在性的裸的社会事实。在这个哲学根基上,犯罪具有社会功能则是水到渠成的结论。

The theory of function of crime has aroused controversy among scholars. The controversy stems from that mainstream understanding of crime in philosophy is the ＂nihility＂ of crime,that crime is regarded as damage to good and absence of law. The theory of criminal function should generate from logical premise that crime itself is in existence. Therefore,it is necessary to remove the ＂ nihility＂ of crime,peel off the part of moral evaluation of crime, and restore the crime to the bare social fact in existence. On the basis of this philosophical cognition,we could come to conclusion naturally that crime does have social function.