ものづくり文化と倫理

Abstract

This paper deals with creating culture and ethics. Mr.Sadayoshi Terukawa, who has suffered from ALS, published a book about his life under medical treatment. His words of the book, "I have lived because I am a human being," attracted my attention. When the words caught my eyes, the World Expo has been prepared. The theme of the Expo is "Nature's Wisdom" which means we have to solve the environmental problems and protect the natural world. The environmental problems have bee caused by human beings. It is human beings that destroy the environment and are to be blamed. But Mr.Terukawa says it is human beings that protect him and give him a life. His life under medical treatment shows that human beings are fragile and cannot live without mutual cooperation and techniques for invention to make their livings. Westerners' way of thought is to divide nature and human beings or culture. But that way of thought which Japanese followed and resulted in the modern situation in which the natural world had been destroyed and environmental problems had been caused. Now is the time that we have to change the way of thought. We can find the true way in the world of interactive exchange between nature and human beings which is shown in the words of Mr.Terukawa's books.