CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't prey upon people.
Situation: Oscar is poor and needs some money for food.
Intention: Oscar wants to get money.
Moral action: Oscar gets a job and works hard for money.
Norm: You shouldn't prey upon people.
Situation: Oscar is poor and needs some money for food.
Intention: Oscar wants to get money.
Immoral action: Oscar hides in an alley and assaults weak people who pass through, taking their money.
Norm: It's important to ask for things you need
Situation: Harry's electric bill is due in a week, but he doesn't have enough money to cover it.
Intention: Harry wants to seek assistance with paying his bill on time.
Moral action: Harry rings up his parents and asks if he can borrow money to pay his electric bill.
Norm: It's important to ask for things you need
Situation: Harry's electric bill is due in a week, but he doesn't have enough money to cover it.
Intention: Harry wants to seek assistance with paying his bill on time.
Immoral action: Harry takes money from his parents’ bank accounts without consulting them about it to pay his electric bill.
Norm: It is wrong to ruin someones chances at employment.
Situation: Jacks boyfriend wants to apply for a job at Jacks workplace and wants to use him as a reference.
Intention: Jack wants to keep his personal life separate from his work.
Moral action: Jack has a conversation with his boyfriend expressing his discomfort with them possibly working together.
Norm: It is wrong to ruin someones chances at employment.
Situation: Jacks boyfriend wants to apply for a job at Jacks workplace and wants to use him as a reference.
Intention: Jack wants to keep his personal life separate from his work.
Immoral action: Jack gives his boyfriend a bad reference to ensure he doesn't get the job.
Norm: It's invasive behavior to Google someone's address.
Situation: Daryl found out his classmate Lisa was having a house party, and is interested in attending.
Intention: Daryl wants to attend Lisa's house party.
Moral action: Daryl goes up to Lisa and mentions that he has heard talk of her party.
Norm: It's invasive behavior to Google someone's address.
Situation: Daryl found out his classmate Lisa was having a house party, and is interested in attending.
Intention: Daryl wants to attend Lisa's house party.
Immoral action: Daryl doesn't talk to Lisa about her party, and instead decides to just show up after googling her address.
Norm: You shouldn't snoop around things that don't belong to you.
Situation: Mary is a house cleaner.
Intention: Mary needs to clean the bedroom of her employer.
Moral action: Mary discreetly but thoroughly cleans around the things in her employer's closet.
Norm: You shouldn't snoop around things that don't belong to you.
Situation: Mary is a house cleaner.
Intention: Mary needs to clean the bedroom of her employer.
Immoral action: Mary looks through boxes in the closet when cleaning her employer's room and doesn't put things back.
Norm: It is wrong to be lazy at work.
Situation: Unbeknownst to his colleagues, Lev is ahead of his schedule at work this week and still has 6 hours left on his shift.
Intention: Lev wants to decide what to do.
Moral action: Lev talks with his coworkers to see if they need help.
Norm: It is wrong to be lazy at work.
Situation: Unbeknownst to his colleagues, Lev is ahead of his schedule at work this week and still has 6 hours left on his shift.
Intention: Lev wants to decide what to do.
Immoral action: Lev takes it easy all shift and doesn't ask for any work from anyone else.
Norm: It's considered inappropriate to yell at your own mother.
Situation: Alan lives with his mother who has dementia, and he notices that she left the stove on.
Intention: Alan wants his mother to be safe and not burn the house down.
Moral action: Alan talks to his mother calmly and decides to install safety locks for the stove.
Norm: It's considered inappropriate to yell at your own mother.
Situation: Alan lives with his mother who has dementia, and he notices that she left the stove on.
Intention: Alan wants his mother to be safe and not burn the house down.
Immoral action: Alan gets angry and yells at his mother not to leave the stove on.
Norm: You shouldn't say bad things about your kids to them.
Situation: Shawn's children are misbehaving in the house.
Intention: Shawn wants to stop the children's misbehavior.
Moral action: Shawn works to correct the children by showing them a better way of acting.
Norm: You shouldn't say bad things about your kids to them.
Situation: Shawn's children are misbehaving in the house.
Intention: Shawn wants to stop the children's misbehavior.
Immoral action: Shawn tells the children that they're stupid and petty, trying to get them to stop misbehaving.
Norm: It's wrong to worry your parents.
Situation: Kim is going out with some friends for the night, but agreed to be home by 10 .
Intention: Kim wants to have a good time with her friends.
Moral action: Kim's sets an alarm on her phone to make sure she is home in time while out with friends.
Norm: It's wrong to worry your parents.
Situation: Kim is going out with some friends for the night, but agreed to be home by 10 .
Intention: Kim wants to have a good time with her friends.
Immoral action: Kim is having so much fun she forgets all about her curfew and stays out way past 10.
Norm: You shouldn't break a confidence.
Situation: Jen tells her friend Billy that she's secretly in love with her best friend Frank who Billy works with.
Intention: Billy wants to spend an entertaining day at work with Frank.
Moral action: Billy decides to pass the time at work telling Frank about the game he watched on TV.
Norm: You shouldn't break a confidence.
Situation: Jen tells her friend Billy that she's secretly in love with her best friend Frank who Billy works with.
Intention: Billy wants to spend an entertaining day at work with Frank.
Immoral action: Billy decides to pass the time telling Frank all the details about how Jen feels about Frank.
Norm: It is wrong to vandalize other peoples property.
Situation: Richard and his neighbor don't get along very well.
Intention: Richard wants the neighbor to move his ugly RV from in front of his house.
Moral action: Richard calmly talks with his neighbor about moving the RV and offers to help him.
Norm: It is wrong to vandalize other peoples property.
Situation: Richard and his neighbor don't get along very well.
Intention: Richard wants the neighbor to move his ugly RV from in front of his house.
Immoral action: Richard takes a knife to the RV's tires in anger.
Norm: It's rude to catcall girls.
Situation: John is driving home from work when he notices a beautiful woman walking along the street.
Intention: John wants to get the woman's attention.
Moral action: John gives the woman a friendly wave as he drives by.
Norm: It's rude to catcall girls.
Situation: John is driving home from work when he notices a beautiful woman walking along the street.
Intention: John wants to get the woman's attention.
Immoral action: John calls the woman beautiful and tells her to smile more as he drives by.
Norm: You shouldn't let your friends hold you back in life.
Situation: John is hanging out with his friends when Jenny asks him to take her out on a date, but John’s friends tell him that Jenny is bad news.
Intention: John wants to respond to Jenny's request for a date.
Moral action: John looks at his friends, then at Jenny and tells her he will take her out because he doesn't care what his friends think, he thinks she's swell.
Norm: You shouldn't let your friends hold you back in life.
Situation: John is hanging out with his friends when Jenny asks him to take her out on a date, but John’s friends tell him that Jenny is bad news.
Intention: John wants to respond to Jenny's request for a date.
Immoral action: John looks at his friends, then at Jenny and tells her that if his friends think she's bad news, then she probably is and says no.
Norm: It's wrong for kids to lie to their parents.
Situation: Lara is invited to a party with older kids.
Intention: Lara wants to go to the party.
Moral action: Lara asks to go to the party and promises to be responsible.
Norm: It's wrong for kids to lie to their parents.
Situation: Lara is invited to a party with older kids.
Intention: Lara wants to go to the party.
Immoral action: Lara tells her parents she is studying but goes to the party instead.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat on people you love.
Situation: Jeff is at a bar without his wife, when a beautiful woman starts flirting with him and invites him back to her place.
Intention: Jeff wants to spend intimate time with a woman.
Moral action: Jeff is flattered but turns her down and returns home to be with his wife.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat on people you love.
Situation: Jeff is at a bar without his wife, when a beautiful woman starts flirting with him and invites him back to her place.
Intention: Jeff wants to spend intimate time with a woman.
Immoral action: Jeff leaves the bar with the woman and spend the night at her apartment.
Norm: Saying vulgar things is offensive.
Situation: Brad works in a restaurant as a server.
Intention: Brad wants to get plenty of tips.
Moral action: Brad apologizes and cleans up after spilling an order.
Norm: Saying vulgar things is offensive.
Situation: Brad works in a restaurant as a server.
Intention: Brad wants to get plenty of tips.
Immoral action: Brad swears loudly when spilling an order in front of some patrons.
Norm: It is discourteous to treat your significant other harshly.
Situation: John and Jeff are married and John comes home from work to find Jeff hasn't made dinner.
Intention: John wants to convey his anger at not having something to eat.
Moral action: John asks Jeff if he could please make sure dinner is ready in the future because he's exhausted and starving when he gets home from work.
Norm: It is discourteous to treat your significant other harshly.
Situation: John and Jeff are married and John comes home from work to find Jeff hasn't made dinner.
Intention: John wants to convey his anger at not having something to eat.
Immoral action: John smacks Jeff across the face for failing to perform his duties.
Norm: It is rue to not accept gifts from family.
Situation: Rey is having their birthday party.
Intention: Rey wants to have a nice day.
Moral action: Rey opens the gift from their dad and says thank you even though they dislike the gift.
Norm: It is rue to not accept gifts from family.
Situation: Rey is having their birthday party.
Intention: Rey wants to have a nice day.
Immoral action: Rey doesn't open the gift their dad gave them and pretends to forget about it.
Norm: It's rude to have an unpleasant attitude with people.
Situation: John sees some new people enter the building and walk towards him.
Intention: John wants to finish his work and not be distracted.
Moral action: John shakes the people's hands and excuses himself to finish his work.
Norm: It's rude to have an unpleasant attitude with people.
Situation: John sees some new people enter the building and walk towards him.
Intention: John wants to finish his work and not be distracted.
Immoral action: John puts out his hand and says, "Some other time," then walks away from the new people.
Norm: It's rude to cut in front of others in line.
Situation: Claire is at the front of the prison commissary line and Amber is at the end of the line.
Intention: Amber doesn't want to wait in the line for very long.
Moral action: Amber walks up to Claire and explains that her need is an emergency.
Norm: It's rude to cut in front of others in line.
Situation: Claire is at the front of the prison commissary line and Amber is at the end of the line.
Intention: Amber doesn't want to wait in the line for very long.
Immoral action: Amber walks towards the front of the line and stands in front of Claire.
Norm: It's bad to mislead your employer during an interview.
Situation: Jack is attending a job interview with an employer.
Intention: Jack wants to get the job.
Moral action: Jack honestly describes his working experiences to the employer.
Norm: It's bad to mislead your employer during an interview.
Situation: Jack is attending a job interview with an employer.
Intention: Jack wants to get the job.
Immoral action: Jack tells the employer that he has substantial managerial experiences even though he was only a supervisor in his previous company.
Norm: You shouldn't rob fast food restaurants.
Situation: Brad is short on his rent and is at a restaurant with his friend Lilly.
Intention: Brad wants to find a way to pay his rent.
Moral action: Brad asks Lilly if there is any way she can offer him a short term loan to make his rent.
Norm: You shouldn't rob fast food restaurants.
Situation: Brad is short on his rent and is at a restaurant with his friend Lilly.
Intention: Brad wants to find a way to pay his rent.
Immoral action: Brad approaches the register, threatens the cashier, and demands all of the money in the register.
Norm: You shouldn't annoy people in your class.
Situation: Jimmy's class is taking a test one day when he notices a girl he wants to be friends with.
Intention: Jimmy wants to get the attention of the girl he's interested in.
Moral action: Jimmy waits until the class is over then walks over to the girl and introduces himself.
Norm: You shouldn't annoy people in your class.
Situation: Jimmy's class is taking a test one day when he notices a girl he wants to be friends with.
Intention: Jimmy wants to get the attention of the girl he's interested in.
Immoral action: Jimmy keeps pestering the girl in class even though she's trying to concentrate.
Norm: It's nice to get married.
Situation: John and Sally have been dating for six years and Sally asks John if he's ever going to ask her to marry her.
Intention: John wants to respond to Sally's question.
Moral action: John tells Sally that he definitely plans on marrying her and that in fact they can should start talking about it more seriously.
Norm: It's nice to get married.
Situation: John and Sally have been dating for six years and Sally asks John if he's ever going to ask her to marry her.
Intention: John wants to respond to Sally's question.
Immoral action: John tells Sally that marriage is just a piece of paper and that he'll never leave her anyway so what's the difference?
Norm: Parents should support what their children do.
Situation: James' son Neil comes home one day during a break from college and says he wants to drop out to become a musician.
Intention: James wants to respond to Neil's statement.
Moral action: James tells his son that it's risky, but he supports his son's dreams and if there's any way he can help to let him know.
Norm: Parents should support what their children do.
Situation: James' son Neil comes home one day during a break from college and says he wants to drop out to become a musician.
Intention: James wants to respond to Neil's statement.
Immoral action: James tells his son that he's an idiot for taking such a huge risk with something unstable like music over something so solid like college.
Norm: It's good to have insurance for your car.
Situation: Ace buys a used car from a friend, but hasn't gotten insurance just yet.
Intention: Ace wants to go for a drive.
Moral action: Ace goes on his phone and buys car insurance before driving off.
Norm: It's good to have insurance for your car.
Situation: Ace buys a used car from a friend, but hasn't gotten insurance just yet.
Intention: Ace wants to go for a drive.
Immoral action: Ace goes for a drive right away, promising to buy insurance later.
Norm: It's bad to miss Thanksgiving.
Situation: Ron has an important paper due right after Thanksgiving break.
Intention: Ron wants to finish his paper.
Moral action: Ron does his work earlier, so he can spend time with family and friends during Thanksgiving.
Norm: It's bad to miss Thanksgiving.
Situation: Ron has an important paper due right after Thanksgiving break.
Intention: Ron wants to finish his paper.
Immoral action: Ron works all through Thanksgiving to finish the paper, ignoring family and friends.
Norm: It's good to hug your dog to show your love.
Situation: Andy comes home after a long day to find his dog Rex in front of the door.
Intention: Andy wants to respond to Rex.
Moral action: Andy gives Rex a big hug and tells him he is a good dog.
Norm: It's good to hug your dog to show your love.
Situation: Andy comes home after a long day to find his dog Rex in front of the door.
Intention: Andy wants to respond to Rex.
Immoral action: Andy loudly tells Rex to get out of the way.
Norm: It's rude to cut out on someone with no explanation.
Situation: Frank is at a party with his friend when he starts getting tired.
Intention: Frank wants to go home.
Moral action: Frank takes a minute to inform his friend that he's leaving before heading home.
Norm: It's rude to cut out on someone with no explanation.
Situation: Frank is at a party with his friend when he starts getting tired.
Intention: Frank wants to go home.
Immoral action: Frank leaves the party immediately without telling his friend he's going.
Norm: It is rude to say mean and hurtful things.
Situation: Jen brings home a new hat she just bought and models it for her husband Dave, asking him what he thinks about it.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the question.
Moral action: Dave tells Jen that she looks beautiful with her hat on and that he wishes she wore it all the time.
Norm: It is rude to say mean and hurtful things.
Situation: Jen brings home a new hat she just bought and models it for her husband Dave, asking him what he thinks about it.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the question.
Immoral action: Dave tells Jen that she looks hideous and that she is so obese that a hat doesn't make any difference to her looks.
Norm: You should always respect other people's parents.
Situation: Tony and Mark are hanging out when Tony asks Mark to sleep over and Mark tells him that his parents wouldn't allow that.
Intention: Tony wants to respond to Mark's statement.
Moral action: Tony tells Mark that he understands and that Mark should ask his parents in advance so that they might allow it in the future.
Norm: You should always respect other people's parents.
Situation: Tony and Mark are hanging out when Tony asks Mark to sleep over and Mark tells him that his parents wouldn't allow that.
Intention: Tony wants to respond to Mark's statement.
Immoral action: Tony tells Mark that he shouldn't care what his parents think and that if he was a good friend he'd stay.
Norm: You shouldn't kick out your partner if they are depressed.
Situation: Alfred's girlfriend is suffering from depression and has made their apartment very messy because she has no motivation to clean.
Intention: Alfred wants to live in a clean apartment.
Moral action: Alfred encourages his girlfriend to go to therapy and cleans all of her messes in the meantime.
Norm: You shouldn't kick out your partner if they are depressed.
Situation: Alfred's girlfriend is suffering from depression and has made their apartment very messy because she has no motivation to clean.
Intention: Alfred wants to live in a clean apartment.
Immoral action: Alfred tells his girlfriend she will have to move out if she can't clean up after herself.
Norm: You should do what your mother tells you.
Situation: Johnny's mother has given him strict instructions to look both ways before crossing the street.
Intention: Johnny wants to go across the street to his friend's house.
Moral action: Johnny stops to carefully check for cars in both directions before crossing the street.
Norm: You should do what your mother tells you.
Situation: Johnny's mother has given him strict instructions to look both ways before crossing the street.
Intention: Johnny wants to go across the street to his friend's house.
Immoral action: Johnny runs across the street without looking both ways for oncoming cars.
Norm: It's wrong to say things to make others feel hopeless.
Situation: Billy is talking with a friend who keeps on complaining about his life.
Intention: Billy is irritated by his friend and wants him to stop bothering him with his whining.
Moral action: Billy convinces his friend to try a new way of coping, which involves thinking only about the positive things.
Norm: It's wrong to say things to make others feel hopeless.
Situation: Billy is talking with a friend who keeps on complaining about his life.
Intention: Billy is irritated by his friend and wants him to stop bothering him with his whining.
Immoral action: Billy tells his friend there is no point in them talking about this anymore because his friend's situation is never going to improve.
Norm: It's mean to tell someone you can't trust them.
Situation: Some students that Nick is watching ask him why he is with them.
Intention: Nick wants to give a response to the question.
Moral action: Nick tells the students that he wants to spend more time with them.
Norm: It's mean to tell someone you can't trust them.
Situation: Some students that Nick is watching ask him why he is with them.
Intention: Nick wants to give a response to the question.
Immoral action: Nick tells the students that they can't be trusted and that he's there to watch them.
Norm: You shouldn't be picky when it comes to food.
Situation: Johnny is young and enjoys playing games.
Intention: Johnny wants to play video games.
Moral action: Johnny goes down to dinner to find vegetables on his plate and quickly eats his dinner regardless returning to his video games.
Norm: You shouldn't be picky when it comes to food.
Situation: Johnny is young and enjoys playing games.
Intention: Johnny wants to play video games.
Immoral action: Johnny goes down to dinner to find vegetables on his plate and refuses to eat it returning to his video games.
Norm: It is good to be honest about your feelings.
Situation: Jane is asked by her boyfriend if his drinking bothers her.
Intention: Jane wants to have a strong relationship.
Moral action: Jane tells her boyfriend that his drinking bothers her, and they need to talk about it.
Norm: It is good to be honest about your feelings.
Situation: Jane is asked by her boyfriend if his drinking bothers her.
Intention: Jane wants to have a strong relationship.
Immoral action: Jane doesn't want to upset him so tell him no, his drinking doesn't bother her.
Norm: It's rude to snap at someone.
Situation: Stacy's coworker is really bothering her with constant yammering and distractions.
Intention: Stacy wants her coworker to leave her alone to do her work.
Moral action: Stacy takes some time to gently tell her coworker that she needs some quiet while she's working.
Norm: It's rude to snap at someone.
Situation: Stacy's coworker is really bothering her with constant yammering and distractions.
Intention: Stacy wants her coworker to leave her alone to do her work.
Immoral action: Once Stacy has lost all patience with her coworker she yells at them to shut up.
Norm: It's wrong not to hang out with your best friend.
Situation: Pete's friend Patty is having a birthday party.
Intention: Pete wants to spend the night at home.
Moral action: Pete decides to show up at the party for a couple hours and then say he needs to leave early.
Norm: It's wrong not to hang out with your best friend.
Situation: Pete's friend Patty is having a birthday party.
Intention: Pete wants to spend the night at home.
Immoral action: Pete decides to ignore Patty's invitation to the birthday party.
Norm: It's good to buy something your child wants.
Situation: John has a young daughter.
Intention: John wants to get his daughter a birthday present.
Moral action: John asks his daughter what she'd like for her birthday and buys it.
Norm: It's good to buy something your child wants.
Situation: John has a young daughter.
Intention: John wants to get his daughter a birthday present.
Immoral action: John asks a neighbor what to get his daughter since he doesn't know her well.
Norm: It is rude to leave others out of a celebration.
Situation: John has just been promoted at work and invited a group of friends over to celebrate.
Intention: John wants to have a good time.
Moral action: John sees that his roommate is home and invites him to join in the celebration.