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Collective Hypocrisy: How Societies Betray Their Own Values
Paperback
PhilosophyGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology
Publisher: Dr. Hussam Atef Elkhatib
Published: Mar 17 2026
Pages: 68
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.16 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Why do societies proclaim values they do not consistently uphold? Why does hypocrisy persist across cultures, systems, and generations?
Collective Hypocrisy: How Societies Betray Their Own Values is a reflective inquiry into the tension between what we claim to believe and how we actually behave. Moving beyond surface-level critique, this book examines how individuals and institutions rationalize contradictions, justify double standards, and maintain moral narratives that often collapse under scrutiny.
Through a philosophical and observational lens, the book explores the role of power, identity, ideology, and self-deception in sustaining collective inconsistency. It asks not only how hypocrisy appears, but why it is tolerated, repeated, and sometimes even defended.
Rather than offering prescriptions, this work invites readers to confront uncomfortable questions about moral consistency, social expectations, and the limits of ethical commitment. It is not a call to perfection, but a call to awareness.
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