Sentence examples for humaneness are from inspiring English sources

But the law's supporters argue that even small steps toward humaneness are important, and point to several countries in Europe that have banned foie gras.

Lee's proficiency at swapping genres, but retaining a purposeful humaneness, is his hallmark.

A preference for dogma over kindness, for superstition-based moralism over humaneness, is standard fare for religion, as history too loudly attests.

No improvements to humaneness were reported following the second year of culling, leading to the withdrawal of the British Veterinary Association's support for the method.

In its most basic manifestation, humaneness is characterized as the impulse of "heaven and earth" (the cosmos) to produce things.

Humaneness was described variously, but most often associated with the injunction not to do to others what one would not want done to oneself.

Badger welfare, in terms of humaneness, was evaluated by comparing the night-time activity periods of badgers and by monitoring their daytime use of setts.

Humaneness is not just a matter of considerateness and paying due respect; Zhu Xi underscores the rigors of conducting oneself sincerely and authentically with humaneness, citing Confucius' examples of not only ministers who had declined official posts to maintain their integrity but of times when the exemplary person is willing to sacrifice his or her own life to fulfill humanity (Analects 15.8).

And, one of the key concepts utilized by Confucius and later Confucians to interpret and elaborate upon the basic sense of goodness or humaneness is a term that is at the very heart of family values.

One could say that within the Confucian worldview, ren is ren: embodying the virtue of humaneness requires that one become an ethically mature human being.

"The humaneness problem was probably the hardest part," he told me.