Since nursing involves one human being helping another, the notion of humaneness has been associated traditionally with nursing. From Wordnik.com. [Humanistic Nursing] Reference
And now we learn why the President's "humaneness" directive is no obstacle to the use of such grotesque techniques. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
No doubt loyalty and trustworthiness were integral to the Confucian ethic, but equally important were more universal ethical prescriptions such as humaneness. From Wordnik.com. [Japanese Confucian Philosophy] Reference
The Canadian government responded with an ardent defense of the "humaneness" of seal-hunting and rejected efforts to outlaw the practice. From Wordnik.com. [EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed] Reference
In their project, the terms "humaneness" and "humankind" are meant to capture ideas that have been gaining traction in the business world for several years. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
As I have said, every convict testified to the humaneness of Warden. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 20] Reference
The term "humanistic nursing" often is interpreted as implying humaneness. From Wordnik.com. [Humanistic Nursing] Reference
He added that in Sithole's case, he would not take into account mercy or humaneness. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It was a humaneness that I'd never seen and that was something that shifted my plates. From Wordnik.com. [The film that changed my life: Mike Newell] Reference
So in nursing they are seen as supporting the elements of humaneness and humanitarianism. From Wordnik.com. [Humanistic Nursing] Reference
The last few pages invoke a magical harmony between reality, imagination, and humaneness. From Wordnik.com. [Subterranean Press » 2006 » December] Reference
These privileges granted the prisoners demonstrate the humaneness of the prison officials. From Wordnik.com. [The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries] Reference
As a civilized society, we owe it to animals to treat them with compassion and humaneness. From Wordnik.com. [Wayne Pacelle: Remembering Robert Byrd, Lifelong Leader for Animals] Reference
His friends, family and colleagues, spoke highly of Gama, his acting skills and humaneness. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Wall Street needed a tough law enforcer to bring some standards and humaneness to the street. From Wordnik.com. [The Press Boosted Spitzer's Power and Career] Reference
In another part of his speech, Fidel Castro praised the quality, the humaneness, of the Chilean citizen. From Wordnik.com. [RECEPTION OF THE CUTCH] Reference
Her enforced blindness and the lack of ‘eye contact’ with her children left them bereft of humaneness. From Wordnik.com. [Motherhood Messages From Mythology: a Study of Four Queens as Mothers in Indian Epics Ramayana and Mahabharata « English Lesson Plans « Free Lesson Plans « Literacy News] Reference
Such humaneness and uprightness did he afterward show in every case to all those who had fought against him. From Wordnik.com. [Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44).] Reference
I looked at the world with the humaneness, I think, which is one of the hallmarks of being liberal in my mind. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 28, 2003] Reference
Condemnations of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza alternated with appeals to Israeli humaneness. From Wordnik.com. [Behind The Insults] Reference
Our whole force was drawn from people who had a conscience, able to learn humaneness if they hadn't been brought up with it. From Wordnik.com. [There Will Be Time]
The Analects situates humaneness at the center of its moral philosophy, emphasizing it as the most universal ethical notion. From Wordnik.com. [Japanese Confucian Philosophy] Reference
Ren is often translated as “benevolence” or “humaneness”, and is used by the text in a broader and a narrower sense. From Wordnik.com. [Mencius] Reference
The most we can do is remember Natalya Estemirova and believe that one day humaneness will be rated higher than barbarianism. From Wordnik.com. [Oleg Kozlovsky: Killers of Russian Human Rights Activists Will Not Be Punished] Reference
He could be pointed and sharp, but the reason why he was so beloved was that his basic humaneness came through everything he wrote. From Wordnik.com. [Will Rogers: A Biography] Reference
Jinsai emphasized the mind as the seat of the moral sentiments giving rise in action to the virtues of humaneness and righteousness. From Wordnik.com. [Japanese Confucian Philosophy] Reference
And I got to tell you, Andrew, from reading your book, I was surprised at their humaneness and also in many cases their cluelessness. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 12, 2009] Reference
We are bringing this humaneness, this forgivingness, saying to the people of New Orleans, you are with us during the times of apartheid. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2006] Reference
Strange, our leaders are telling us now that a little bit of social awareness and humaneness is what we should have been doing all along. From Wordnik.com. [Let's Now Have Capitalism with a Human Face?] Reference
The expectation of humaneness is so ingrained in the concept of nursing that some nurses are surprised when it is acknowledged by patients. From Wordnik.com. [Humanistic Nursing] Reference
I try in whatever way that I can to let people know that there is a "fire" that is consuming humaneness, justice, fairness, and compassion. From Wordnik.com. [The Power of Appreciation] Reference
"These include the principle of truth telling, the principle of independence, the principle of justice and the principle of humaneness," Reddy said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"We will further ensure the implementation of the principles of transformation, equity, redress and ubuntu (humaneness) within our schools," Maloka said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
African Renaissance also entails the reaffirmation of our pride as Africans with a culture and identity that define our collective humanity and humaneness. From Wordnik.com. [Address on the African Renaissance at the University of Bosphorus, Istanbul] Reference
If Mr. Obama pushes for immigration reform that balances humaneness with respect for the rule of law, he will almost certainly draw in some neoconservatives. From Wordnik.com. [Will Obama Bring Home the Neocons?] Reference
Mr. Charyn is not burlesquing our past; he is reimagining it as an uplifting fable of his own, complete with acts of valor and humaneness in the teeth of bestial cruelty. From Wordnik.com. [A Revolutionary Romp] Reference
Canada has made numerous attempts to set the facts straight about the Canadian seal hunt and we have provided ample evidence of the humaneness and sustainability of the hunt. From Wordnik.com. [On Canadian Seal Hunting] Reference
But I think they were able, because of their ability to accept what their humaneness dictated to their consciances, I think they just took their best impulses and acted on them. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin, August 4, 1974. Interview G-0034. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
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