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Disgust Predicts Non-consequentialistic Moral Attitudes

Erlandsson, Arvid LU (2012) In Educational Studies 54. p.133-144
Abstract
237 Japanese university-students read nine moral stories based on three moral aspects (absolute rules, absolute loyalty and retributive punishment) and rated which of two endings (one typically consequentialistic and one typically non-consequentialistic) they believed to be morally preferable. Participants also rated themselves on several personality-variables. Disgust-sensitivity, but not cognitive style or anger proneness, significantly predicted non-consequentialistic attitudes in all three aspects. The results suggest that individual differences in disgust-sensitivity not only predict the severity of moral judgments, but also the amount of non-consequentialistic attitudes.
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Disgust-sensitivity, Individual differences, Moral attitudes, Consequentialism, Retributive punishment
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Educational Studies
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54
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133 - 144
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International Christian University Publications 1-A
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0452-3318
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English
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  series       = {{Educational Studies}},
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