About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 177. Chapters: Confucianism, Utilitarianism, Moral relativism, Vegetarianism, Moral absolutism, Consequentialism, Hedonism, Nihilism, Objectivism, Ethical naturalism, Ethical non-naturalism, Veganism, Egoism, Natural law, Non-cognitivism, Normative ethics, Collectivism, Speciesism, Internalism and externalism, Pessimism, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Moral universalism, Humanitarianism, Deontological ethics, Antinomianism, Objectivist movement, Emotivism, Catholic Probabilism, Virtue ethics, Contractualism, Aristotelianism, Principlism, Dominant group, Evolutionary ethics, Legalism, Ethical intuitionism, Contextualism, Abolitionism, Expressivism, Moral nihilism, Rational egoism, Moral skepticism, Science of Value, Antinatalism, Paternalism, Prioritarianism, Biocentrism, Projectivism, Carnism, Cynicism, Conventionalism, Aequiprobabilism, Quasi-realism, Value pluralism, Moral rationalism, Veritism, Universal prescriptivism, Utilitarian bioethics, Antisexualism, Personism, Moderate objectivism, Ethical subjectivism, Welfarism, Ethical formalism, Decisionism, Compensationism, Proportionalism, Moral particularism, Accidentalism, Act utilitarianism, Worldcentrism, Extrication morality, Ascriptivism, Rule egoism, Prudentialism. Excerpt: In its most general form, humanitarianism is an ethic of kindness, benevolence and sympathy extended universally and impartially to all human beings, and also to animals. Humanitarianism has been an evolving concept historically but universality is a common element in its evolution. No distinction is to be made in the face of suffering or abuse on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, tribal, caste, religious, national, or species divisions. Humanitarianism can also be described as the acceptance of every human being for plainly just being another human, ignoring and abolishing biased social views, pre...
