Description
In this provocative follow-up to the ideas behind “The Saad Truth,” Gad Saad challenges the cultural reflex to treat empathy as an unquestionable virtue. Drawing on psychology, ethics, and real-world examples, he argues that certain forms of “misguided compassion” can enable harm, distort incentives, and ultimately undermine the very people they claim to help. The book explores how moral emotions can be manipulated—by ideology, media narratives, and social pressure—while offering a framework for distinguishing genuine care from performative or self-defeating sympathy. With Saad’s direct, debate-ready style, this is a call to rethink compassion’s limits and to choose responsibility over sentimentality.
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paperback
Broadside
Published Jun 21, 2026
ISBN: 9780063446533
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First Published
2026
Language
eng
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