marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species"
These are really good people like Bono, Bob Geldoff, Momma Patricia of Calcutta and people who work for organisations like Hope, including me now. These are people who get stuck in and give it a go to save poor people from certain death.
Content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid.