This essay enquires into the implications for criminal law of Derrida’s analysis in the Death Penalty seminars. The seminars include a reading of Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals , specifically Kant’s reflections on the sovereign right to punish, which is read in conjunction with the reflections of Freud and Reik on the relation between the unconscious and crime, as well as Nietzsche’s reflections on morality, punishment and cruelty. What comes to the fore in Derrida’s analysis is a system of economic exchange operating on an unconscious level, of which criminal law forms an intrinsic part. Derrida’s analysis of the ‘origin’ of crime in the seminars poses serious questions to the assumption of freedom underlying modern criminal law. The link, which he posits between punishment and political theology, likewise challenges the existing theories and forms of punishment. What the seminars call for, in the name of the Kantian Enlightenment, is a radical break with economic circularity as it operates in respect of crime and punishment.

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论罪与罚：德里达读康德

本文探讨德里达在死刑研讨会上的分析对刑法的影响。研讨会包括阅读康德的《道德形而上学》，特别是康德对惩罚主权权利的反思，结合弗洛伊德和瑞克对无意识与犯罪关系的反思，以及尼采对道德的反思，惩罚和残忍。在德里达的分析中，突出的是一种在无意识层面上运行的经济交换系统，其中刑法是其内在组成部分。德里达在研讨会上对犯罪“起源”的分析对现代刑法中的自由假设提出了严重的问题。他认为惩罚与政治神学之间的联系，同样挑战现有的惩罚理论和形式。研讨会以康德启蒙运动的名义呼吁彻底打破经济循环，因为它在犯罪和惩罚方面发挥作用。