Utilitarianism Relates Positively to Willingness to Sacrifice Others; Disgust Sensitivity and Absorption Relate Negatively

Utilitarian attitudes positively correlated with perceptions of the moral correctness, moral permissibility, and intent to sacrifice one person to save five people in moral dilemmas that manipulated personal responsibility and emphasized disgust or sadness. Absorption and disgust sensitivity negatively correlated with these decisions. Sadness rumination had no such relationships.