[coffeemug]

That’s a very uncharitable way to interpret public opinion. A more charitable way is that people have different ethical intuitions. Some of us lean more utilitarian than others, and almost no one is a pure utilitarian. It isn’t merely a matter of being more emotional; people very reasonably have different views on this stuff.

[N_Lens]

I think it’s rational to lean more utilitarian if you’re administering a city, state or country.