From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Humanitarianism
is a way of behaving out of
kindness
to other people. Someone who is a
humanitarian
is a person who helps to improve the lives of other people without thinking about their
race
,
belief
or
nationality
.
Humanitarianism is not the same thing as
Humanism
which is about not believing in a
god
.
A good example of Humanitarianism is the well-known story from the
New Testament
about the
Good Samaritan
who goes to help the poor man who has been
robbed
.
Humanitarianism also means basic
morality
indispensable for human being. There are
international laws
called "international humanitarian laws" considered to created out of humanitarianism of this mean. Among them,
Geneva Conventions
on the matter made at the
time of wars
are well known.