如果依人道主義,應該廢除死刑!如果依生命倫理,應該廢除死刑!如果依憲法生存權的保障,應該廢除死刑!如果依現代刑事政策採「教化刑」的理論,應該廢除死刑!如果依現今全世界137個國家沒有死刑的潮流,應該廢除死刑!但是,為何在台灣,還是有約八成的人民反對廢除死刑?問題出在那裡?……確實,死刑的存廢議題,在國內,連主政者也都無所是從,不知如何作決策?其結果就是讓國人的生命,一個接一個的消失在槍口下…。此觀馬英九總統於2009年5月14日批准兩項國際人權公約,且於2009年4月22日頒布兩公約施行法,強調兩項國際人權公約所規定的「廢除死刑」條款,具有國內法之效力。但是,馬英九總統卻另一方面以依法行政之理由,而於2010年4月30日一次執行4名死刑犯之槍決,一舉推翻我國自2006年以來4年間未曾執行死刑之記錄。足見執政者對於死刑存廢問題之態度,都前後不一、自相矛盾,亦無怪乎國人對於此一議題,難以形成最大公約數之共識。足見對於死刑議題,仍有持續討論之價值與必要性。我國傳統對於死刑存廢議題,大多由刑事法學者從犯罪預防理論或刑事政策的角度進行析論。本文擬從理性辯證的方法,析論保留死刑與廢除死刑兩種意見之內容,,試圖產生互相說服的動力,亦期待能尋找出國人對於死刑存廢議題之意見統合之最大公約數。
According to the theory of humanism, we must abolish the death penalty.According to the moral philosophy of life, we must abolish the death penalty.According to the constitutional assurance of life, we must abolish the death penalty.According to the theory of 「Educational Penalty」of current criminal policy, we must abolish the death penalty.According to the current that 137countries had abolished the death penalty in the world, we must abolish the death penalty. But it is cannot denied for 80% peoples are approve the Death Penalty. The reason about that is this paper will explore points.It was a perfect time for we had no fear and lack, and we could be brazen and selfish without any blame. But after our birth, we lost all the shelter and turned to be a fragile human being. Struggling for life, we stared to fawn, to flatter, to be socialized and become disciplined and tame.It is dangerous to grant the state power to dispossess human life. With this perception of the mental and political structure of death penalty, we insist on the abolition of the death penalty to protect the human life and to increase the possibility of our freedom.