Humanity vs. Humanism

Humanitynoun

Mankind; human beings as a group.

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The human condition or nature.

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The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.

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Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.

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The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.

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Mankind collectively; the human race.

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The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness.

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Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.

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The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.

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all of the inhabitants of the earth;

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the quality of being humane

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the quality of being human;

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The study of the humanities or the liberal arts; literary (especially classical) scholarship.

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Specifically, a cultural and intellectual movement in 14th-16th century Europe characterised by attention to classical culture and a promotion of vernacular texts, notably during the Renaissance.

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An ethical system that centers on humans and their values, needs, interests, abilities, dignity and freedom; especially used for a secular one which rejects theistic religion and superstition.

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Humanitarianism, philanthropy.

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Human nature or disposition; humanity.

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The study of the humanities; polite learning.

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A doctrine or ethical point of view that emphasizes the dignity and worth of individual people, rejects claims of supernatural influences on humans, and stresses the need for people to achieve improvement of society and self-fulfillment through reason and to develop human-oriented ethical values without theism.

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the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare

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the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural

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the cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies

Humanism

Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the potential and agency of human beings, individually and socially. It considers human beings as the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry.