犯罪故意成立：违法性认识还是社会危害性认识

犯罪故意的成立究竟要求违法性认识还是社会危害性认识备受争论。中国刑法语境下的违法性认识指的是刑事违法性认识，社会危害性认识指的是行为人对自己实施的行为是否符合社会主文化群体利益、需要的主观认知。普通老百姓几乎不懂法是一个不容争辩的客观事实，行为人在行为时不可能准确判断行为的违法性；违法性认识作为故意的内容不利于实现刑法保护包括犯罪人在内的全体公民基本人权的目的，违法性不是故意的认识内容，社会危害性认识才是故意成立的必备要素。

The Establishment of Criminal Intension: Illegal Cognition or Social Harmfulness Cognition

The establishment of criminal intension gives rise to much controversy as to its requirement of criminal illegality cognition or of social harmfulness cognition.Illegal cognition in the context of China's Criminal Law refers to the criminal illegality cognition and social harmfulness refers to the actor's subjective cognition of his or her action,that is,whether the actor's action accords with the interests or requirements of the major social and cultural groups.It is an objective fact that the common peopl...