Humanity (n.) of keeping the gas chambers secret — 'living in the expectation of death by gassing would only be the harder' — led people to volunteer for Auschwitz and call truth-tellers insane.
Humanity (n.) of the judges Eichmann mistook for softness — the authentic, shining humanity he had probably never met before in his life.
Humanity (n.) in common with those we accuse, judge and condemn is precisely what the law presupposes — denying it, as Buber did, is a luxury judges cannot afford.
Humanity (n.) is the idea of mankind present in every single man; men are humane to the extent it rules not only their judgments but their actions — there actor and spectator become one.
Humanity (n.) was excluded in principle by Hobbes — the sole regulating idea of international law — the prerequisite for all race doctrines; without it, nothing is more plausible than different species of apes for different races.
Humanity (n.) for the eighteenth century a mere regulative idea has become an inescapable fact — and now must guarantee the right to have rights itself.