The Road to Hell Is Being Paved With Suicidal Empathy

Review of Gad Saad’s new book ‘Suicidal Empathy: Dying to be Kind,’ published by Broadside Books.

People gather outside a supervised consumption site in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver on Feb. 21, 2017. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Commentary

In his book-cover endorsement of “Suicidal Empathy: Dying to be Kind,” author Bruce Bawer calls it “easily more important than any book in recent memory.” Elon Musk adds: “Western civilization is doomed unless the core weakness of suicidal empathy is recognized and actions are taken.”