CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't half-ass things.
Situation: John is assembling a wooden table that he ordered online.
Intention: John is tired and wants to go to bed.
Immoral action: John rushes through the building instructions and doesn't end up using all of the required screws so that he can go to bed sooner.
Norm: It's bad to have body odor.
Situation: Jason has spent most of his week home alone and hasn't taken a shower in 4 days.
Intention: Jason wants to hang out with his friends today.
Moral action: Jason takes a shower and puts some effort into his appearance and goes out to meet his friends.
Norm: It's bad to have body odor.
Situation: Jason has spent most of his week home alone and hasn't taken a shower in 4 days.
Intention: Jason wants to hang out with his friends today.
Immoral action: Jason decides not to shower after 4 days and goes to hang out with his friends anyway.
Norm: It's discouraged to become so inebriated you black out.
Situation: Matt receives a craft beer sampler in the mail.
Intention: Matt wants to enjoy the 18 new beers.
Moral action: Matt tries a beer a day after work.
Norm: It's discouraged to become so inebriated you black out.
Situation: Matt receives a craft beer sampler in the mail.
Intention: Matt wants to enjoy the 18 new beers.
Immoral action: Matt drinks them all that evening over a five hour period.
Norm: It's wrong to fake an injury for attention.
Situation: Jon is playing in a soccer match and his team is about to lose when the opponent scores a goal.
Intention: Jon wants his team to win.
Moral action: Jon tries his best to block the shot.
Norm: It's wrong to fake an injury for attention.
Situation: Jon is playing in a soccer match and his team is about to lose when the opponent scores a goal.
Intention: Jon wants his team to win.
Immoral action: Jon throws himself into his opponent and fakes an injury to stop the game and the goal.
Norm: You do not have any obligations to an ex partner.
Situation: Jared is eating lunch when his ex Shelly demands that he keeps his promise go see a movie with her.
Intention: Jared wants to avoid upsetting Shelly.
Moral action: Jared gives Shelly the number of one of his friends who wants to see the movie.
Norm: You do not have any obligations to an ex partner.
Situation: Jared is eating lunch when his ex Shelly demands that he keeps his promise go see a movie with her.
Intention: Jared wants to avoid upsetting Shelly.
Immoral action: Jared goes to see the movie with Shelly.
Norm: It's important to keep an eye on your child.
Situation: Molly decides the spend her day off at the park with her child.
Intention: Molly wants to relax and enjoy the park.
Moral action: Molly takes turns with another mother watching each other's kids.
Norm: It's important to keep an eye on your child.
Situation: Molly decides the spend her day off at the park with her child.
Intention: Molly wants to relax and enjoy the park.
Immoral action: Molly starts reading and ignores her child while they are playing.
Norm: It's good to have a positive self image.
Situation: Neo does poorly at the track meet and is thinking heavily about it afterward.
Intention: Neo wants to decide what to do about his performance.
Moral action: Neo decides to suck it up and talk with teammates about his role.
Norm: It's good to have a positive self image.
Situation: Neo does poorly at the track meet and is thinking heavily about it afterward.
Intention: Neo wants to decide what to do about his performance.
Immoral action: Neo degrades himself and decides to quit the team.
Norm: You should always clearly communicate your feelings with others.
Situation: Selena just ate a terrible casserole that her boyfriend cooked her for dinner.
Intention: Selena wants to thank her boyfriend for being thoughtful and giving.
Moral action: Selena tells her boyfriend that she appreciates him cooking her dinner, but tells him that she didn't really enjoy the dish he made.
Norm: You should always clearly communicate your feelings with others.
Situation: Selena just ate a terrible casserole that her boyfriend cooked her for dinner.
Intention: Selena wants to thank her boyfriend for being thoughtful and giving.
Immoral action: Selena tells her boyfriend that she appreciates him cooking her dinner, then says it was delicious so as not to hurt his feelings.
Norm: It is good not to play favorites
Situation: Tina runs a small deli and recently hired two of her sons to add to the staff.
Intention: Tina wants to promote someone to supervisor.
Moral action: Tina promotes the worker with the most experience to the position of supervisor.
Norm: It is good not to play favorites
Situation: Tina runs a small deli and recently hired two of her sons to add to the staff.
Intention: Tina wants to promote someone to supervisor.
Immoral action: Tina promotes her son, despite knowing that he doesn't have very much experience in running a shop.
Norm: Raping someone is not a good thing to do.
Situation: John notices a new coworker at his workplace that he finds attractive.
Intention: John wants to have intimate romantic relations with the woman.
Moral action: John asks his coworker out on a date after work.
Norm: Raping someone is not a good thing to do.
Situation: John notices a new coworker at his workplace that he finds attractive.
Intention: John wants to have intimate romantic relations with the woman.
Immoral action: John follows his coworker home and sexually assaults her.
Norm: You shouldn't eat animals that aren't meant for eating.
Situation: Wang is going through his local wet market looking at all the creatures for sale.
Intention: Wang wants to buy some meat for dinner.
Moral action: Wang buys a chicken to fix for dinner.
Norm: You shouldn't eat animals that aren't meant for eating.
Situation: Wang is going through his local wet market looking at all the creatures for sale.
Intention: Wang wants to buy some meat for dinner.
Immoral action: Wang buys a bat to take home to eat for dinner.
Norm: It is bad to pollute the environment
Situation: James just became the CEO of a major chemical company and found out they were dumping waste in the local river.
Intention: James wants to avoid bad publicity for the company.
Moral action: James orders the illegal dumping to stop and launches a PR campaign about the company's new green policies.
Norm: It is bad to pollute the environment
Situation: James just became the CEO of a major chemical company and found out they were dumping waste in the local river.
Intention: James wants to avoid bad publicity for the company.
Immoral action: James hushes up the evidence of illegal dumping and continues polluting the river.
Norm: It's wrong to take on responsibilities you can't handle.
Situation: Gavin just started a new job.
Intention: Gavin wants to prove himself to his boss.
Moral action: Gavin works hard on the first project his boss assigns him.
Norm: It's wrong to take on responsibilities you can't handle.
Situation: Gavin just started a new job.
Intention: Gavin wants to prove himself to his boss.
Immoral action: Gavin volunteers for a project he is not qualified for.
Norm: You should never resort to physical violence with anyone
Situation: Robert can't concentrate in class because Dave is tapping on his shoulder.
Intention: Robert wants Dave to stop.
Moral action: Robert asks Dave to stop tapping him.
Norm: You should never resort to physical violence with anyone
Situation: Robert can't concentrate in class because Dave is tapping on his shoulder.
Intention: Robert wants Dave to stop.
Immoral action: Robert punches Dave in the face.
Norm: People shouldn't go to college just to party.
Situation: Bob is a freshman in college begining his first semester.
Intention: Bob would like to meet people and make friends.
Moral action: Bob socializes with other students from his intended major.
Norm: People shouldn't go to college just to party.
Situation: Bob is a freshman in college begining his first semester.
Intention: Bob would like to meet people and make friends.
Immoral action: Bob joins a frat and parties hard with his new fraternity brothers almost every night.
Norm: It's wrong to freak people out.
Situation: Jake is starting a youtube channel in his free time.
Intention: Jake wants to make a viral video.
Moral action: Jake films himself surprising people with random acts of kindness.
Norm: It's wrong to freak people out.
Situation: Jake is starting a youtube channel in his free time.
Intention: Jake wants to make a viral video.
Immoral action: Jake pranks his friend with a fake spider even though he knows they are deathly afraid of them.
Norm: It's wrong to poke fun at teens.
Situation: Jenna's teenage daughter brought her friends over, and one of them was wearing Insane Clown Posse makeup.
Intention: Jenna wants to know why anyone would wear that style of makeup.
Moral action: Jenna asks, "So tell me about Insane Clown Posse and their music".
Norm: It's wrong to poke fun at teens.
Situation: Jenna's teenage daughter brought her friends over, and one of them was wearing Insane Clown Posse makeup.
Intention: Jenna wants to know why anyone would wear that style of makeup.
Immoral action: Jenna asks, "Why do you want to look like Pennywise in blackface?".
Norm: It's good to be concerned about your roommate's pets.
Situation: Chrissy was asked to pet-sit her roommate Jack's dog.
Intention: Chrissy wants to do a favor for Jack.
Moral action: Chrissy takes Jacks dog out and cleans up after him.
Norm: It's good to be concerned about your roommate's pets.
Situation: Chrissy was asked to pet-sit her roommate Jack's dog.
Intention: Chrissy wants to do a favor for Jack.
Immoral action: Chrissy watches Jacks dog but doesn't take him out.
Norm: You shouldn't be so pessimistic about your life.
Situation: Jay lost his job and is at home alone, thinking about what to do next.
Intention: Jay wants to decide what to do over the weekend.
Moral action: Jay takes a night off then applies for work on Sunday.
Norm: You shouldn't be so pessimistic about your life.
Situation: Jay lost his job and is at home alone, thinking about what to do next.
Intention: Jay wants to decide what to do over the weekend.
Immoral action: Jay chooses to stay home and drink.
Norm: It is wrong to want to try illicit drugs.
Situation: Carlos is offered a line of cocaine at a party he is attending.
Intention: Carlos wants to respond to the offer.
Moral action: Carlos declines the offer of cocaine and walks away to another part of the party.
Norm: It is wrong to want to try illicit drugs.
Situation: Carlos is offered a line of cocaine at a party he is attending.
Intention: Carlos wants to respond to the offer.
Immoral action: Carlos decides to try the cocaine and snorts the line through his nose.
Norm: It's bad to yell at someone.
Situation: Joy is walking down a crowded sidewalk on her way home from work.
Intention: Joy wants to get to her place quickly.
Moral action: Joy jumps on an electric scooter for rent and rides it to her apartment building.
Norm: It's bad to yell at someone.
Situation: Joy is walking down a crowded sidewalk on her way home from work.
Intention: Joy wants to get to her place quickly.
Immoral action: Joy screams at a slow-walking elderly person in front of her to hurry the hell up.
Norm: You shouldn't swear at others.
Situation: Sam's coworker Tom makes a big error on a group work project.
Intention: Sam wants to inform his coworker Tom about the mistake.
Moral action: Sam informs Tom of the error he made and offers to help him fix it.
Norm: You shouldn't swear at others.
Situation: Sam's coworker Tom makes a big error on a group work project.
Intention: Sam wants to inform his coworker Tom about the mistake.
Immoral action: Sam angrily berates and swears at Tom about the error he made.
Norm: You should make an effort to call your parents more.
Situation: Toby is getting ready to go to a party when he remembers that his parents asked him to call them.
Intention: Toby wants to go to the party.
Moral action: Toby gives his parents a quick call before going to the party telling him about his plans.
Norm: You should make an effort to call your parents more.
Situation: Toby is getting ready to go to a party when he remembers that his parents asked him to call them.
Intention: Toby wants to go to the party.
Immoral action: Toby heads to the party without calling his parents as they had requested.
Norm: You should show sympathy to people in hard times.
Situation: Ann's neighbor is undergoing hard times and Ann is acutely aware of this.
Intention: Ann wants to avoid loaning money to her neighbor.
Moral action: Ann visits her neighbor and finds ways to help other than financially.
Norm: You should show sympathy to people in hard times.
Situation: Ann's neighbor is undergoing hard times and Ann is acutely aware of this.
Intention: Ann wants to avoid loaning money to her neighbor.
Immoral action: Ann avoids her neighbor.
Norm: It is wrong to pressure someone for nude images.
Situation: John has just started seeing a woman named Jill who he has yet to be intimate with.
Intention: John wants to ask Jill for naked pictures.
Moral action: John asks once and agrees to stop his pursuit upon being told no.
Norm: It is wrong to pressure someone for nude images.
Situation: John has just started seeing a woman named Jill who he has yet to be intimate with.
Intention: John wants to ask Jill for naked pictures.
Immoral action: John is relentless in his pursuits and repeatedly asks Jill to send him pictures.
Norm: You shouldn't tell people to lose weight since it's rude.
Situation: John is at work when he sees Tim, an old teammate that was in another division for the past year who has gained significant weight.
Intention: John wants to comment on Tim's changed appearance.
Moral action: John tells Tim that it's been so long since they've seen each other he hardly recognized Tim.
Norm: You shouldn't tell people to lose weight since it's rude.
Situation: John is at work when he sees Tim, an old teammate that was in another division for the past year who has gained significant weight.
Intention: John wants to comment on Tim's changed appearance.
Immoral action: John tells Tim that he looks way bigger than the last time he saw him and that he needs to slim back down.
Norm: It's wrong to kidnap and torture a child.
Situation: Jeremy is driving home when he sees a young child walking down the road by himself.
Intention: Jeremy wants to pick the child up.
Moral action: Jeremy picks the child up and brings him to the local authorities to help get him home safe.
Norm: It's wrong to kidnap and torture a child.
Situation: Jeremy is driving home when he sees a young child walking down the road by himself.
Intention: Jeremy wants to pick the child up.
Immoral action: Jeremy picks the child up under the guise of giving him a ride, then rapes and slowly kills him.
Norm: You shouldn't forget to pick up your kids.
Situation: John has a bunch of errands to run, including picking up the kids from soccer practice and buying groceries for dinner.
Intention: John wants to make sure he what he needs to cook dinner.
Moral action: John goes to pick up the kids from soccer practice and buys groceries on the way back.
Norm: You shouldn't forget to pick up your kids.
Situation: John has a bunch of errands to run, including picking up the kids from soccer practice and buying groceries for dinner.
Intention: John wants to make sure he what he needs to cook dinner.
Immoral action: John goes to the grocery store and picks up what he needs, and then heads home.
Norm: You shouldn't waste a policemen's time.
Situation: Jill was out walking her dog when she saw a strange man waking through her neighborhood.
Intention: Jill wants to make sure no one in her neighborhood is the victim of a crime.
Moral action: Jill approaches the man and asked if he moved into the neighborhood recently.
Norm: You shouldn't waste a policemen's time.
Situation: Jill was out walking her dog when she saw a strange man waking through her neighborhood.
Intention: Jill wants to make sure no one in her neighborhood is the victim of a crime.
Immoral action: Jill calls the police and claims that the man is acting suspiciously.
Norm: It's bad to steal from the government.
Situation: Dirk is having a hard time keeping up with his bills.
Intention: Dirk wants more money to give him comfort.
Moral action: Dirk looks for a part time job at night to make more money.
Norm: It's bad to steal from the government.
Situation: Dirk is having a hard time keeping up with his bills.
Intention: Dirk wants more money to give him comfort.
Immoral action: Dirk claims more dependents than he should on his tax returns form, so that he will get back more money.
Norm: It's not okay to not care about your children.
Situation: Jeffrey has to move away from his family for his work for a few years, and leaves his children with his wife.
Intention: Jeffrey wants to earn a lot of money.
Moral action: Jeffrey calls his kids every day to talk to them and tries to go back home whenever possible.
Norm: It's not okay to not care about your children.
Situation: Jeffrey has to move away from his family for his work for a few years, and leaves his children with his wife.
Intention: Jeffrey wants to earn a lot of money.
Immoral action: Jeffrey buries himself in work and doesn't take the time to contact his family.
Norm: It is wrong to judge somebody for what they wear
Situation: Jenna noticed that one of her classmates was wearing out-of-date clothes.
Intention: Jenna wants to impress her friends with her fashion sense.
Moral action: Jenna points to the unusually dressed classmate and says, "I love her vintage style".
Norm: It is wrong to judge somebody for what they wear
Situation: Jenna noticed that one of her classmates was wearing out-of-date clothes.
Intention: Jenna wants to impress her friends with her fashion sense.
Immoral action: Jenna points out the out-of-date classmate and says, "Where you you think she shops, the dump?".
Norm: It's nice to pick an activity that everyone will enjoy.
Situation: John is spending the day at the park with friends.
Intention: John wants to decide what activity the group will participate in.
Moral action: John decides that the group will play basketball because he knows all his friends love it.
Norm: It's nice to pick an activity that everyone will enjoy.
Situation: John is spending the day at the park with friends.
Intention: John wants to decide what activity the group will participate in.
Immoral action: John decides that the group will play rugby because it is his favorite sport.
Norm: You shouldn't call people robots.
Situation: Jill just received her order in the mail, and she is missing one of the items she ordered.
Intention: Jill wants to speak with someone at customer service.
Moral action: Jill talks to the customer service agent and tells him he has been very helpful solving her problem.
Norm: You shouldn't call people robots.
Situation: Jill just received her order in the mail, and she is missing one of the items she ordered.
Intention: Jill wants to speak with someone at customer service.
Immoral action: As Jill is talking to the customer service agent she tells him to stop sounding like a robot reading from a script.
Norm: It's good to be diligent about cleaning.
Situation: Rob returns home from a long day at work and sits down on the couch.
Intention: Rob wants to invite his friend over for dinner.
Moral action: Rob invites his friend over and diligently cleans in the half hour before he arrives.
Norm: It's good to be diligent about cleaning.
Situation: Rob returns home from a long day at work and sits down on the couch.
Intention: Rob wants to invite his friend over for dinner.
Immoral action: Rob invites his friend over for dinner and sits on the couch until he arrives.
Norm: You should do what your partner says.
Situation: Dave’s wife has asked him to be home by 10 pm, but around 9:40 pm one of Dave's friends asks him to have one more drink at the bar.
Intention: Dave wants to reply to the offer of one more drink.
Moral action: Dave tells his friend that he ought to get home and declines another drink.
Norm: You should do what your partner says.
Situation: Dave’s wife has asked him to be home by 10 pm, but around 9:40 pm one of Dave's friends asks him to have one more drink at the bar.
Intention: Dave wants to reply to the offer of one more drink.
Immoral action: Dave tells his friend to go ahead and pour him another round, and he'll stay a bit longer.
Norm: It is best to keep friendship and romance separate.
Situation: Bill and Nancy have been best friends since childhood when one day Nancy asks Bill on a romantic date.
Intention: Bill wants to respond to Nancy's request.
Moral action: Bill tells Nancy that he doesn't want to go out with her as he fears it'll ruin their friendship.
Norm: It is best to keep friendship and romance separate.
Situation: Bill and Nancy have been best friends since childhood when one day Nancy asks Bill on a romantic date.
Intention: Bill wants to respond to Nancy's request.
Immoral action: Bill tells Nancy that he would love to take her out on a date that very night.
Norm: It is wrong to poison people
Situation: Tim's mother is sick and isn't feeling very well today.
Intention: Tim doesn't want his mother to be in pain.
Moral action: Tim calls a doctor to pay his mother a house visit.
Norm: It is wrong to poison people
Situation: Tim's mother is sick and isn't feeling very well today.
Intention: Tim doesn't want his mother to be in pain.
Immoral action: Tim gives his mother a high dose of poison to drink.
Norm: You should always pay back your friends.
Situation: Lisa is out shopping with friends but has run out of money.
Intention: Lisa wants a shirt that is on sale.
Moral action: Lisa asks her friend for a loan and pays her back that friday when she is paid.
Norm: You should always pay back your friends.
Situation: Lisa is out shopping with friends but has run out of money.
Intention: Lisa wants a shirt that is on sale.
Immoral action: Lisa asks her friend for a loan but stops taking her calls after to avoid paying the loan back.
Norm: It's wrong to make other people feel bad.
Situation: Kevin is at a party with friends.
Intention: Kevin wants to entertain his friends.
Moral action: Kevin tells a story about one of his own embarrassing moments.
Norm: It's wrong to make other people feel bad.
Situation: Kevin is at a party with friends.
Intention: Kevin wants to entertain his friends.
Immoral action: Kevin tells a story about a friend's most embarrassing moment without their consent.
Norm: It is rude to end a serious relationship over text
Situation: Robert and his girlfriend Sally are experiencing a lot of conflicts in their relationship lately.
Intention: Robert wants to end the relationship with Sally.
Moral action: Robert breaks up with Sally face to face the next time they see each other.
Norm: It is rude to end a serious relationship over text
Situation: Robert and his girlfriend Sally are experiencing a lot of conflicts in their relationship lately.
Intention: Robert wants to end the relationship with Sally.
Immoral action: Robert breaks up with Sally by sending her a text saying the relationship is over.
Norm: It's rude to assume that children aren't smart.
Situation: Jasper is babysitting for his sister's two kids while she works.
Intention: Jasper wants to play a game with the kids.
Moral action: Jasper asks the kids what games they would like to play.
Norm: It's rude to assume that children aren't smart.
Situation: Jasper is babysitting for his sister's two kids while she works.
Intention: Jasper wants to play a game with the kids.
Immoral action: Jasper insists that the 10 and 11 year old kids play Candy Land or Duck Duck Goose.
Norm: You shouldn't start fights with your family.
Situation: Paul's sister Mary is talking loudly while he is trying to read a book.
Intention: Paul wants his sister Mary to be quiet.
Moral action: Paul asks Mary to please be quieter while he is reading.
Norm: You shouldn't start fights with your family.
Situation: Paul's sister Mary is talking loudly while he is trying to read a book.
Intention: Paul wants his sister Mary to be quiet.
Immoral action: Paul shoves Mary and tells her to shut up and stop bothering him.