humane

adjective2

1. •
   Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.

   • It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals.
   • As methods of execution go, beheading is more humane than drawing and quartering.
2. •
   Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.

   • many divine precepts to counterpoise our hearts, special antidotes both in scriptures and humane authors, which who so will observe, shall purchase much ease and quietness unto himself. — 1624