Author(s)

Jinhui Chen, and Mingxian Shen

Corresponding Author

Jinhui Chen

ABSTRACT

Marine accidents are a very complicated natural and social phenomenon. As early as June 1997, IMO published the List of human element common terms, which has maintained good stability. This text defines the "human error" that causes the marine accident of a ship, and describes in detail the various "human error phenomena" that cause the marine accident of a ship. However, the text does not define "human element". Different from the traditional hermeneutics, which regards human understanding and interpretation as a way of understanding text, philosophical hermeneutics interprets the text as a way of human existence. This includes the possibility of too much intention to interpret the text. International shipping industry has a typical multiculturalism. Believers of different religions, as well as dialectical materialists, and believers in various philosophies of life, have a very different understanding of the "human element" contained in the text. Therefore, the relevant persons related to the shipping industry should reach consensus and mutual understanding in equal communication and dialogue, and realize the unity of people.

KEYWORDS

IMO, human element, philosophical hermeneutics, belief