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Gad Saad: When Empathy Becomes Dangerous
Gad Saad returns to discuss his new book Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind , a provocative argument that empathy is not a moral trump card. Empathy can illuminate suffering, but it can also distort judgment when it is t...
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Gad Saad: When Empathy Becomes Dangerous is an episode from The Michael Shermer Show by Michael Shermer. Gad Saad returns to discuss his new book Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind , a provocative argument that empathy is not a moral trump...
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Published May 26, 2026, 01:30:02 long, audio available.
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