CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's irresponsible to pretend to shoot at people in public
Situation: Frank loves cowboys and the history of the wild west and has lots of toys and costumes that he uses when he plays.
Intention: Frank wants to play cowboys at recess today.
Immoral action: Frank chases the other kids around the play ground waving a black water gun he snuck into school to play cowboys today.
Norm: You should not put food down on the couch.
Situation: Mickey and Sarah are on the couch, watching TV, and have a few pieces of leftover pizza from dinner, when Sarah leaves to go to the bathroom.
Intention: Mickey wants to do something with the leftover pizza.
Moral action: Mickey takes the pizza to the kitchen and puts it in the refrigerator.
Norm: You should not put food down on the couch.
Situation: Mickey and Sarah are on the couch, watching TV, and have a few pieces of leftover pizza from dinner, when Sarah leaves to go to the bathroom.
Intention: Mickey wants to do something with the leftover pizza.
Immoral action: Mickey puts the pizza on the couch cushion next to him.
Norm: It's wrong to start fights over trivial matters.
Situation: Gabe is talking to his friend who made a point which he feels certain is incorrect.
Intention: Gabe wants to feel validated that he is correct.
Moral action: Gabe emphasizes that it doesn't really matter but sends his friend a link proving him right.
Norm: It's wrong to start fights over trivial matters.
Situation: Gabe is talking to his friend who made a point which he feels certain is incorrect.
Intention: Gabe wants to feel validated that he is correct.
Immoral action: Gabe gets into a fight with his friend and proves his point to her.
Norm: Underage children should not watch R rated movies.
Situation: Thomas being 13 years old stays at home alone while his parents go to work.
Intention: Thomas wants to do something to kill his boredom.
Moral action: Thomas builds a plane using his Lego.
Norm: Underage children should not watch R rated movies.
Situation: Thomas being 13 years old stays at home alone while his parents go to work.
Intention: Thomas wants to do something to kill his boredom.
Immoral action: Thomas watches a horror movie out of his curiosity.
Norm: It's perverted to have sex with your cat.
Situation: Nick has a pet cat and is feeling particularly horny while at home.
Intention: Nick wants to release his sexual frustration.
Moral action: Nick masturbates to pictures on the internet.
Norm: It's perverted to have sex with your cat.
Situation: Nick has a pet cat and is feeling particularly horny while at home.
Intention: Nick wants to release his sexual frustration.
Immoral action: Nick has sex with his cat.
Norm: It's frowned upon to go back on your word.
Situation: Charles, a journalist, invites Martin, a criminal with a record, to an interview and promises him safety from prosecution.
Intention: Charles wants to keep Martin from committing more crimes.
Moral action: Charles has the interview and tries to convince Martin to leave a life of crime.
Norm: It's frowned upon to go back on your word.
Situation: Charles, a journalist, invites Martin, a criminal with a record, to an interview and promises him safety from prosecution.
Intention: Charles wants to keep Martin from committing more crimes.
Immoral action: Charles contacts the police and has them show up at the meeting and arrest Martin.
Norm: It's rude to cancel an appointment without sufficient notice.
Situation: James has an appointment with his realtor this tomorrow afternoon.
Intention: James wants to cancel the meeting and reschedule for later this week.
Moral action: James calls his realtor firt thing in the morning the day before the appointment.
Norm: It's rude to cancel an appointment without sufficient notice.
Situation: James has an appointment with his realtor this tomorrow afternoon.
Intention: James wants to cancel the meeting and reschedule for later this week.
Immoral action: James waits until the last minute to try to cancel and reschedule the appointment.
Norm: It's polite to hold the door open for people.
Situation: It's raining heavily as Paul pulls up to a convenience store, and as he gets out of his car and runs for the door he sees someone else running up.
Intention: Paul wants to get inside.
Moral action: Paul opens the door and holds it open behind him for the stranger.
Norm: It's polite to hold the door open for people.
Situation: It's raining heavily as Paul pulls up to a convenience store, and as he gets out of his car and runs for the door he sees someone else running up.
Intention: Paul wants to get inside.
Immoral action: Paul quickly opens the door to get out of the elements and steps inside.
Norm: It's helpful to figure things out on your own.
Situation: Kelri is trying to put together a model kit, which has confusing instructions.
Intention: Kelri wants to complete the kit and give the model to a friend.
Moral action: Kelri watches a tutorial, figures out how to build the kit, and finishes it on her own.
Norm: It's helpful to figure things out on your own.
Situation: Kelri is trying to put together a model kit, which has confusing instructions.
Intention: Kelri wants to complete the kit and give the model to a friend.
Immoral action: Kelri gets frustrated, and asks her dad to finish the kit for her.
Norm: You should be happy for people getting married.
Situation: John and Chelsea are getting married and invite Hank, who is under a lot of stress, to the wedding.
Intention: Hank wants to come to the wedding and eat at the reception.
Moral action: Hank puts on a smile and forces himself to congratulate John and Chelsea at the wedding.
Norm: You should be happy for people getting married.
Situation: John and Chelsea are getting married and invite Hank, who is under a lot of stress, to the wedding.
Intention: Hank wants to come to the wedding and eat at the reception.
Immoral action: Hank comes to the wedding loaded with stress and is in a sour mood the whole time.
Norm: You shouldn't stay with an abusive spouse.
Situation: Carla had been with Larry for years, but he beat her every week.
Intention: Carla wants Larry to stop beating her.
Moral action: Carla leaves Larry and goes to live with her mother in another state.
Norm: You shouldn't stay with an abusive spouse.
Situation: Carla had been with Larry for years, but he beat her every week.
Intention: Carla wants Larry to stop beating her.
Immoral action: Carla tries to fight back against Larry when he comes after her.
Norm: It's bad to prank call 911.
Situation: Sandy is at home alone by the phone.
Intention: Sandy wants to to do something amusing.
Moral action: Sandy gets out Sandy's old sketchbook and practices a still life.
Norm: It's bad to prank call 911.
Situation: Sandy is at home alone by the phone.
Intention: Sandy wants to to do something amusing.
Immoral action: Sandy dials 911 and orders a pizza.
Norm: You shouldn't play loud noise if it disturbs your neighbors.
Situation: Cindy, who has elderly neighbors, loves music and just got a new set of speakers for her house.
Intention: Cindy wants to play her favorite song on the speakers.
Moral action: Cindy plays the song at medium volume and shuts the windows.
Norm: You shouldn't play loud noise if it disturbs your neighbors.
Situation: Cindy, who has elderly neighbors, loves music and just got a new set of speakers for her house.
Intention: Cindy wants to play her favorite song on the speakers.
Immoral action: Cindy plays the song and turns it up to test the capabilities of the speakers.
Norm: It's good to stand by your friends
Situation: Sabrina's friend Dave was accused of taking something from Koga.
Intention: Sabrina wants to contribute to Dave's case.
Moral action: Sabrina defends Dave and stands by him because they are friends.
Norm: It's good to stand by your friends
Situation: Sabrina's friend Dave was accused of taking something from Koga.
Intention: Sabrina wants to contribute to Dave's case.
Immoral action: Sabrina talks about how Dave would usually take things as a kid.
Norm: It's good to adopt a new animal.
Situation: Casey spots a small dog laying on the ground outside of his house.
Intention: Casey wants to do something with the dog.
Moral action: Casey fosters the dog for a couple of weeks before deciding to keep the dog.
Norm: It's good to adopt a new animal.
Situation: Casey spots a small dog laying on the ground outside of his house.
Intention: Casey wants to do something with the dog.
Immoral action: Casey takes the dog to an animal shelter.
Norm: It's wrong to expect kids to pay for things.
Situation: Rick is driving back home with his son who wants to stop to get fast food as a treat.
Intention: Rick wants to teach his son responsibility.
Moral action: Rick gets his son the fast food under the condition that he gets an A on an upcoming test.
Norm: It's wrong to expect kids to pay for things.
Situation: Rick is driving back home with his son who wants to stop to get fast food as a treat.
Intention: Rick wants to teach his son responsibility.
Immoral action: Rick stops to get fast food but makes his son use his allowance to buy his own food.
Norm: You shouldn't discriminate against people based on their height.
Situation: Maria is looking at profiles of men on a dating site.
Intention: Maria wants to pick a date.
Moral action: Maria considers numerous factors that focus on compatability.
Norm: You shouldn't discriminate against people based on their height.
Situation: Maria is looking at profiles of men on a dating site.
Intention: Maria wants to pick a date.
Immoral action: Maria only considers tall people as potential dates.
Norm: You shouldn't use someone else's social media account.
Situation: Jenny is sitting next to her friend's computer and sees that their social media site account is signed in.
Intention: Jenny wants to send someone a message on the social media site.
Moral action: Jenny signs into her own account to send something over on the social media site.
Norm: You shouldn't use someone else's social media account.
Situation: Jenny is sitting next to her friend's computer and sees that their social media site account is signed in.
Intention: Jenny wants to send someone a message on the social media site.
Immoral action: Jenny uses her friend's social media account to send a message to someone.
Norm: It's good to clean up after yourself.
Situation: Steve comes in from the rain to have lunch with his wife Mary while leaving a water trail behind him.
Intention: Steve wants to eat lunch.
Moral action: Steve mops up the water before sitting at the table.
Norm: It's good to clean up after yourself.
Situation: Steve comes in from the rain to have lunch with his wife Mary while leaving a water trail behind him.
Intention: Steve wants to eat lunch.
Immoral action: Steve sits down at the kitchen table.
Norm: Spending a ton of money on a television is irresponsible.
Situation: Toby is at an electronics store looking at TVs even though he's on a limited budget.
Intention: Toby wants to buy a TV.
Moral action: Toby purchases a medium sized older model TV which fits within his budget.
Norm: Spending a ton of money on a television is irresponsible.
Situation: Toby is at an electronics store looking at TVs even though he's on a limited budget.
Intention: Toby wants to buy a TV.
Immoral action: Toby buys a huge and very expensive TV although it's way above his budget.
Norm: It is good to work to support your family.
Situation: Greg is unemployed and has a wife and kids that need support.
Intention: Greg wants to provide the essentials for his family.
Moral action: Greg takes an entry level job, so he has at least some money coming in.
Norm: It is good to work to support your family.
Situation: Greg is unemployed and has a wife and kids that need support.
Intention: Greg wants to provide the essentials for his family.
Immoral action: Greg relies on the welfare system to take care of his family.
Norm: You shouldn't attend events that you weren't invited to.
Situation: Charla lives in Hollywood and found out that her favorite fashion icon, Mia, is attending a party by her house tonight.
Intention: Charla wants to see what Mia wears to the party.
Moral action: Charla goes on social media to check Mia's account.
Norm: You shouldn't attend events that you weren't invited to.
Situation: Charla lives in Hollywood and found out that her favorite fashion icon, Mia, is attending a party by her house tonight.
Intention: Charla wants to see what Mia wears to the party.
Immoral action: Charla crashes the party to see Mia.
Norm: It is expected that you follow the rules at school
Situation: Cam is bored and sitting in his math class with nothing to do.
Intention: Cam wants to do something fun.
Moral action: Cam reads a funny book that he got from the school library.
Norm: It is expected that you follow the rules at school
Situation: Cam is bored and sitting in his math class with nothing to do.
Intention: Cam wants to do something fun.
Immoral action: Cam rolls up a spitball and shoots it at the teacher.
Norm: It's rude to make outrageous demands for your wedding.
Situation: Jane is getting married and wants her whole wedding to have a red and white color scheme.
Intention: Jane wants to make sure her bridesmaids match the color scheme.
Moral action: Jane picks a red bolt of fabric and lets each bridesmaid design a dress out of it.
Norm: It's rude to make outrageous demands for your wedding.
Situation: Jane is getting married and wants her whole wedding to have a red and white color scheme.
Intention: Jane wants to make sure her bridesmaids match the color scheme.
Immoral action: Jane insists that all her bridesmaids wear wigs or dye their hair in the same shade of red.
Norm: Friends should be supportive of one another after death.
Situation: Luke has a friend who ran a charity but passed away and left it to Luke.
Intention: Luke wants to figure out what to do with the charity.
Moral action: Luke continues to run the charity in honor of his friend.
Norm: Friends should be supportive of one another after death.
Situation: Luke has a friend who ran a charity but passed away and left it to Luke.
Intention: Luke wants to figure out what to do with the charity.
Immoral action: Luke liquidates the charity for a profit.
Norm: It's good to help people in need.
Situation: Donna's friend is sick in bed with a cold and cancels their weekly cooking get-together.
Intention: Donna wants to have a fun evening practicing her cooking skills.
Moral action: Donna makes a bunch of different soups for her sick friend.
Norm: It's good to help people in need.
Situation: Donna's friend is sick in bed with a cold and cancels their weekly cooking get-together.
Intention: Donna wants to have a fun evening practicing her cooking skills.
Immoral action: Donna tries a fancy recipe she saw online and wanted to try for herself.
Norm: You shouldn't shoot people.
Situation: Paul has a gun and finds a man trying to break into his car.
Intention: Paul wants to stop the robber.
Moral action: Paul points the gun at the robber and tells him to get on the ground.
Norm: You shouldn't shoot people.
Situation: Paul has a gun and finds a man trying to break into his car.
Intention: Paul wants to stop the robber.
Immoral action: Paul shoots the robber with the gun.
Norm: Bullying is mean.
Situation: Tom finds out a classmate of his stole a pencil from him without asking.
Intention: Tom wants to teach his classmate a lesson for stealing.
Moral action: Tom tells his classmate to stop stealing, using examples, without being mean.
Norm: Bullying is mean.
Situation: Tom finds out a classmate of his stole a pencil from him without asking.
Intention: Tom wants to teach his classmate a lesson for stealing.
Immoral action: Tom comes up with mean nicknames for his classmate and taunts him the rest of the schoolyear.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt a defenseless animal
Situation: Timmy is playing in the yard when the family's cat walks into the yard.
Intention: Timmy wants to play with the cat.
Moral action: Timmy pets the cat and lets it chase a piece of string.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt a defenseless animal
Situation: Timmy is playing in the yard when the family's cat walks into the yard.
Intention: Timmy wants to play with the cat.
Immoral action: Timmy repeatedly kicks the cat and pulls on its hair.
Norm: It's expected that spouses are kind to each other.
Situation: Joe is married to Lisa and has just gotten home from a long day at work to find Lisa has burned dinner.
Intention: Joe wants to eat dinner.
Moral action: Joe tells Lisa it's no big deal, and they'll just order some takeout.
Norm: It's expected that spouses are kind to each other.
Situation: Joe is married to Lisa and has just gotten home from a long day at work to find Lisa has burned dinner.
Intention: Joe wants to eat dinner.
Immoral action: Joe calls Lisa a lousy cook and complains about the food the whole time.
Norm: Smoking around other people is rude
Situation: Hank is outside the office near a group of people while taking a short break from a stressful day at work.
Intention: Hank wants to smoke a cigarette to relax.
Moral action: Hank moves away from the group and smokes with no one around him.
Norm: Smoking around other people is rude
Situation: Hank is outside the office near a group of people while taking a short break from a stressful day at work.
Intention: Hank wants to smoke a cigarette to relax.
Immoral action: Hank lights up a cigarette and smokes near the group outside.
Norm: It is mean to make your grandmother feel badly.
Situation: Jared finds out his grandmother broke his super expensive vase.
Intention: Jared to wants to talk to his grandmother about the vase.
Moral action: Jared expresses disappointment to his grandmother but doesn't make her feel bad.
Norm: It is mean to make your grandmother feel badly.
Situation: Jared finds out his grandmother broke his super expensive vase.
Intention: Jared to wants to talk to his grandmother about the vase.
Immoral action: Jared hurls expletives and shaming language at her grandmother.
Norm: You shouldn't have an aggressive animal.
Situation: Sally is looking at dogs at an animal shelter.
Intention: Sally wants to adopt a pet.
Moral action: Sally adopts a beagle.
Norm: You shouldn't have an aggressive animal.
Situation: Sally is looking at dogs at an animal shelter.
Intention: Sally wants to adopt a pet.
Immoral action: Sally adopts a pit bull which, due to its naturally violent tendencies towards other dogs, kills a pug at a dog park.
Norm: It's wrong to blow someone up.
Situation: Spencer is an explosive expert working at the local mine where local teenagers have been trespassing at lately.
Intention: Spencer wants to stop the trespassing.
Moral action: Spencer calls the local authorities to crack down on the trespassers since he is conducting blasts soon.
Norm: It's wrong to blow someone up.
Situation: Spencer is an explosive expert working at the local mine where local teenagers have been trespassing at lately.
Intention: Spencer wants to stop the trespassing.
Immoral action: Spencer knows there are proper warning signs, so he initiates a mining blast despite knowing a trespasser is in the area.
Norm: You should always give money to your church.
Situation: James just finished sitting through a sermon and the collection plate is being passed through the church.
Intention: James wants to look like an upstanding member of the church.
Moral action: James writes out a check for fifty dollars and puts it in the basket.
Norm: You should always give money to your church.
Situation: James just finished sitting through a sermon and the collection plate is being passed through the church.
Intention: James wants to look like an upstanding member of the church.
Immoral action: James tears out a page from his bible and slips it in the basket.
Norm: It's good to be supportive of your classmates.
Situation: James, who isn't particularly interested in sports, just found out that his school's football team qualified for the state championships.
Intention: James wants to avoid annoying his classmates.
Moral action: James congratulates all his classmates who are on the football team.
Norm: It's good to be supportive of your classmates.
Situation: James, who isn't particularly interested in sports, just found out that his school's football team qualified for the state championships.
Intention: James wants to avoid annoying his classmates.
Immoral action: James plays with his phone while everyone else is congratulating the football team.
Norm: It's wrong to lie to your significant other.
Situation: Joe is dating a jealous person, and he has been hanging out with a female friend all day.
Intention: Joe wants to avoid fighting with his partner.
Moral action: Joe tells his partner he was hanging out with a friend and omits information about her gender.
Norm: It's wrong to lie to your significant other.
Situation: Joe is dating a jealous person, and he has been hanging out with a female friend all day.
Intention: Joe wants to avoid fighting with his partner.
Immoral action: Joe makes up a story about what he has been doing all day.
Norm: It's bad to restrict your eating too much.
Situation: Connie wants to lose fifty pounds by the end of the year.
Intention: Connie wants to lose weight.
Moral action: Connie adds exercise to her modest diet.
Norm: It's bad to restrict your eating too much.
Situation: Connie wants to lose fifty pounds by the end of the year.
Intention: Connie wants to lose weight.
Immoral action: Connie only eights six hundred calories a day.
Norm: It's bad to violate human rights.
Situation: Jeff leans that his son Jim has been playing video games in school.
Intention: Jeff wants to punish Jim.
Moral action: Jeff takes Jim's video games away for a month.
Norm: It's bad to violate human rights.
Situation: Jeff leans that his son Jim has been playing video games in school.
Intention: Jeff wants to punish Jim.
Immoral action: Jeff locks Jim in a closet for a month.
Norm: You shouldn't sniff tampons.
Situation: Adam is a janitor, and he is cleaning out the women's bathroom.
Intention: Adam wants to experience a cheap thrill.
Moral action: Adam decides to use a toilet while he is in the women's bathroom because he has only ever used a toilet in a men's bathroom before.
Norm: You shouldn't sniff tampons.
Situation: Adam is a janitor, and he is cleaning out the women's bathroom.
Intention: Adam wants to experience a cheap thrill.
Immoral action: Adam notices women's sanitary items in the trash he is taking out and brings a piece of it to his nose because it seems fun.
Norm: It's wrong to miss having a medical disorder.
Situation: Benjamin is a child and just had his cast removed from a recovered broken leg.
Intention: Benjamin wants attention from his parents.
Moral action: Benjamin runs and jumps around in front of his parents as best as he can on his recovered leg.
Norm: It's wrong to miss having a medical disorder.
Situation: Benjamin is a child and just had his cast removed from a recovered broken leg.
Intention: Benjamin wants attention from his parents.
Immoral action: Benjamin tries to call for his parents help getting things like he had to when he had a cast because he liked having things done for him.
Norm: It is wrong to force your daughter to marry.
Situation: Steve's daughter is 25 and still at home, he is worried she'll never find a suitor.
Intention: Steve wants his daughter to marry.
Moral action: Steve tells his daughter how important seeing her married is to him.
Norm: It is wrong to force your daughter to marry.
Situation: Steve's daughter is 25 and still at home, he is worried she'll never find a suitor.
Intention: Steve wants his daughter to marry.
Immoral action: Steve pressures his daughter into marrying her abusive boyfriend.
Norm: It's good to decorate your baby's nursery.
Situation: Kate has had a baby recently and has a nursery for the baby.
Intention: Kate wants to prepare the nursery for the baby.
Moral action: Kate puts up colored wallpaper, furniture, and toys on the crib.
Norm: It's good to decorate your baby's nursery.
Situation: Kate has had a baby recently and has a nursery for the baby.
Intention: Kate wants to prepare the nursery for the baby.
Immoral action: Kate places a lone crib in the nursery.