随着人权运动以人为本思想的确立和公民法律意识的增强,越来越多的案例中涉及到精神损害赔偿的问题,而我国法学界对精神损害赔偿的理论研究尚处在初级阶段,致使长期以来,我国民事法律对精神损害赔偿的适用范围规定得过于狭窄,不足以维护人身权利;对赔偿的数额标准也没有明确、具体的规定。本文着重探讨了精神损害赔偿在适用范围和数额确定上的立法缺陷,并就这两个问题发表一些个人的看法和意见。 With the establishment of the people-oriented ideology of human rights movement and the enhancement of the legal awareness of citizens, more and more cases involve the issue of compensation for moral damages. However, the theoretical study on the compensation for moral damages in our country’s jurisprudence is still in its infancy , China’s civil law provides for the scope of the application of compensation for mental damage is too narrow, not enough to safeguard the rights of individuals; the amount of compensation standards nor clear and specific provisions. This article focuses on the legislative defects in determining the scope and amount of compensation for mental damages and makes some personal opinions and opinions on these two issues.