Pathological Altruism May 2026

A cognitive bias where one's desire to be "helpful" blinds them to the negative long-term effects of their actions.

Pathological altruism is defined as behavior in which the , but the actual outcome results in reasonably foreseeable harm to either the recipient, the altruist, or society at large. Pathological Altruism

The book is a multidisciplinary collection of essays covering a vast range of topics: The Pathological Altruist Gives Till Someone Hurts A cognitive bias where one's desire to be