From bestselling author Dr. Gad Saad comes Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind, a blistering critique of the maladaptive irrational altruism currently gripping Western culture. This work explores how elevating victimhood to a virtue and softening stances on punishment leads to civilizational collapse, arguing that the West may be terminally infected by this cultural mindset.

Saad posits that this cultural shift has hijacked the empathy module of the progressive elite, resulting in a catastrophic miscalibration of moral priorities. The consequences manifest in policies that coddle violent criminals, protect rapists, and brand self-defense as toxic behavior, actively dismantling the pillars of safety and freedom.

• Examines the crisis of empathy that fosters a system of inverse morality where the strong are demonized and the destructive are celebrated.
• Critiques policies that prioritize the feelings of ostensibly marginalized groups over The Truth, criminals over victims, and squatters over homeowners.
• Analyzes how common sense is being eroded by misguided compassion in areas ranging from immigration to public safety.
• Serves as a wake-up call against ignoring survival instincts in the name of political correctness.

This is the 1st Edition of the book, written in English by Gad Saad and published by Broadside Books.

• Author: Gad Saad
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Print Length: 256 pages
• Publication Date: June 18, 2026
• ISBN-13: 978-0063446533
• Dimensions: 152 x 229 mm (approx. 6 x 9 inches)
• Weight: 434 g

Suicidal Empathy offers readers an essential framework for understanding the current cultural decline driven by irrational altruism and provides a necessary challenge to prevailing narratives.