humanistic

adjective

1. 1

   marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare

   a humane physician

   released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons

2. 2

   pertaining to or concerned with the humanities

   humanistic studies

   a humane education

3. 3

   of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism

   the humanistic revival of learning

4. 4

   of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion

   the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution"- Wendell Thomas