The theory that suicide violates the moral domain of purity, whereas homicide violates the qualitatively different domain of autonomy, rests in part on the hypothesis that suicide, but not homicide, elicits disgust in a witness, taints the perpetrator's soul, and is judged immoral in a way relatively insensitive to the perpetrator's intention. In six studies (N = 320; 640; 320; 417 [pre-registered]; 320; 105), suicide failed to show these hypothesized markers of purity in the way predicted: Suicide elicited more sadness than disgust or grossed out. Suicide was judged immoral, tainting to the soul, and disgusting; but homicide was all of those things, only more so. Both suicide and homicide were equally responsive to intention. Judged immorality was correlated with the reported amount of disgust elicited for a case of suicide but also for violations of autonomy and community.

自杀违反了纯洁的道德领域，而凶杀违反了性质不同的自治领域的理论，部分基于这样的假设，即自杀而不是凶杀，会引起证人的厌恶，玷污犯罪者的灵魂，并被认为是不道德的。一种对犯罪者的意图相对不敏感的方式。在六项研究中（N = 320; 640; 320; 417【预注册】；320; 105），自杀未能以预测的方式显示这些假设的纯洁标志：自杀引起的悲伤多于厌恶或恶心。自杀被认为是不道德的，玷污了灵魂，令人作呕。但凶杀就是所有这些事情，而且更是如此。自杀和凶杀对意图的反应是一样的。判断的不道德行为与报告的自杀案件引起的厌恶程度相关，但也与侵犯自治和社区的行为相关。