Definition of Humanitarianism

	Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog Now!
Home - Quote Topics - Quotes of the Day - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Quotation Trivia Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Humanitarianism

The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in denying the divinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine based upon this view of Christ.

The doctrine that man's obligations are limited to, and dependent alone upon, man and the human relations.

Related Definitions:

Alone, Also, And, Are, Based, Christ, Denying, Dependent, Distinctive, Divinity, Doctrine, Human, In, Limited, Man, Of, System, Tenet, That, The, This, To, Upon, View, Whole

Humanitarianism Quotations

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.
Albert Schweitzer

A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism.
Irving Babbitt

Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice.
Adolf Hitler

Yet humanitarianism is not a purely Christian movement any more than it is a purely humanist one.
Christopher Dawson

Humanitarianism Translations

humanitarianism in German is Menschenfreudlichkeit

Quotes