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Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind by Gad Saad is a provocative work of cultural criticism that applies evolutionary psychology to contemporary political and moral debates. Saad, known for linking public controversies to behavioral science and ideological contagion, argues that empathy can become destructive when it is detached from judgment, consequences, and obligations to one own community. The book does not reject empathy as a human capacity; its central claim is that misdirected or excessive empathy can produce policies and norms that protect harmful actors, weaken social boundaries, and undermine institutional confidence. Its subject matter places it at the intersection of political philosophy, psychology, social policy, and anti-woke commentary. The purpose is diagnostic and polemical: to name a pattern Saad sees across Western societies, explain why it appeals emotionally, and warn that compassion without discrimination can become a civilizational liability rather than a virtue.