何处安放情感?——司法与法官情感的关系反思

Where to Put Emotions?-Reflection on the RelationshipBetween the Adjudication and the Judge's Emotions

面对司法是否应该去情感化的大哉问,本文从现代认知科学对于情感的认识出发,指出情感虽然是有偏向性的,但是情感对于司法审判来说既是有益品,也是必需品,基于案情本身而产生的情感并没有违反司法中立性原则,这种情感也使得公正司法成为可能,但是庭审前、庭审中产生的对人不对事的情感,确实是违反司法中立性的,应予摒弃。至于事前存在的针对与本案有关的类型化事实而发的情感,虽然严格来说不符合中立性原则,但是无法除之而后快,只能借助共情能力来克服。

In the face of the puzzling question of whether the adjudication should be dispassionate or de-emotional,this article starts from the understanding of emotions from modern cognitive science perspective,and points out that although emotions are biased,they are both beneficial and necessary for adjudication.Emotions generated based on the case issues do not violate the judicial neutrality principle,on the contrary,they make fair adjudication possible.However,emotions toward people and not matters generated before and during the trial is indeed a violation of judicial neutrality and should be abandoned.As for the emotions in response to the typed facts related to this case before trial,although strictly speaking,they do not conform to the principle of neutrality,they cannot be eliminated and can only be overcome with the help of empathy.