Humanitism is a philosophy born in academic circles from efforts in dialogue & universalism and in the minds of the populus at the close of the 2nd Millennium CE rather than one that can be ascribed to any one individual. The philosophy may be summed up in the phrase "Through Humanity. With Humanity. For Humanity." which covers its three levels the governing principle summed up in "For Humanity". The continuing survival & perpetuaion of Humanity is the main idea. To prevent the idea being nothing more than hot air, it is agreed that only someone who manifests the child of humanity in themselves and brings it out in others through everything they do and say is considered a true humanitist. Hence it is possible to promote humanitism without being a humanitist, thereby uniting the conclusions of scholars from very diverse traditions in the deisred target.

For the micro level Respecting Humanity refers to respect of any individual as a Human being with Human dignity. Any sentient being with feelings is deserving of opportunity to be understood. The stress on an individual's dignity and worth and capacity for self-realization is visible in the Humanist ethos. However this is only the groundwork believed necessary for the ultimate objective of perpetuating meaningful survival. It is recognised that satisfying to the will of the people will not necessarily result in the good of the people, and since only the imposition of the will of the majority is considered acceptable, the first step to humanity's survival can only be the evolution of sound realization individually in the hearts & minds of the majority. An individual's Humanity cannot exist in isolation from Humanity and as such is invioble and sacred, violating the Humanity of an individual is thus a crime against all Humanity. Mutual support in the journey to self discovery and the role of the individual as an integral part of Humanity is implied which leads into the medium level.

The Medi level is concerned with the interaction between members of the species. The ideal is that there is no need for human coordinators if members of society work in harmony with each other according to Humanitist principles along the lines of a basic recorded organizational blueprint. Fundamentally this is Social Solidarity but as when acting as an individual, one must also always act with Humanity as understood by Humanity in the group. Interaction should always be carried out with Humanity. Humanity is not understood as the standard behaviour of the Human species (indeed Humans commonly act without Humanity in many instances) but is used to refer to the ideal behaviour the Human should seek to attain and encourage others in as all those noble qualities Humans have discovered which set us aside from other animals. As with the micro level the interpretation of Humanity is balanced with the other two levels. It is believed this kind of behaviour is mathematically the most efficient way of ensuring the success fo the species.

Anton Edward Rupert (4 October 1916 - ) is an Afrikaner-South African billionaire entrepreneur, businessman and conservationist. He was born in the small town of Graaff-Reinet and grew up in Stellenbosch, where the Rupert Group still has its headquarters.After dropping out of medical school due to a lack of funds, Rupert earned a chemistry degree at the University of Pretoria.

From humble beginnings as a chemistry lecturer, manufacturing cigarettes in his garage, Dr. Rupert built the tobacco and industrial conglomerate Rembrandt and oversaw its transition to the industrial and luxury branded goods sectors, with Rembrandt splitting into Remgro (an investment company with financial, mining and industrial interests) and Richemont (a Swiss based luxury goods group). Currently, the Rupert business empire encompasses hundreds of companies located in 35 countries on six continents, with combined yearly net sales in the region of USD 10 billion.

Dr Rupert has also been deeply involved in environmental conservation and his companies have been prominent in funding the fine arts; since 1964 foundations established by Rembrandt have used a part of the group's profits for the promotion of education, art, music and the preservation of historical buildings.He has also played an important role in the South African Small Business Development Corporation (SBDC), a non-profit company whose loans to small and medium-sized businesses have created nearly half a million jobs since 1981.

Although he was openly critical of the apartheid system during that era, both at home and abroad, he avoided confrontations that may have threatened his business interest

Dr. Rupert established the tobacco company “Voorbrand” in the 1940’s. He soon renamed it Rembrandt Ltd., whose overseas tobacco interests were consolidated into Rothmans in 1972.

In 1988, the Rembrandt group founded the Swiss luxury goods company, Richemont, which in turn acquired Rembrandt's shares in Rothmans. Richemont also owns such luxury brands as Cartier (jewellery); Alfred Dunhill, Sulka and Hackett (designer clothing); Seeger (leather bags); Piaget, Baume & Mercier and Vacheron Constantin (Swiss watches) and Montblanc (pens).

In 1995 Rembrandt and Richemont consolidated their respective tobacco interests into Rothmans International, which was at the time the world's fourth largest cigarette manufacturer.

In 1999 Rothmans International merged with British American Tobacco (BAT), the world's second largest cigarette producer. Remgro now holds a 10% and Richemont an 18.6% share in BAT.Dr Rupert's eldest son, Johann Rupert, is now the CEO of Richemont and chairman of Remgro.