CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's bad to steal someone's car.
Situation: Elijah missed the bus to work one day, and he was running late.
Intention: Elijah wants to get to work on time.
Moral action: Elijah calls the taxi service and takes a taxi cab to work.
Norm: It's bad to steal someone's car.
Situation: Elijah missed the bus to work one day, and he was running late.
Intention: Elijah wants to get to work on time.
Immoral action: Elijah takes a car that he finds on the street and drives it to work.
Norm: It's good to be thoughtful when proposing marriage.
Situation: Jerry and Kat have been dating since they were in high school.
Intention: Jerry wants to ask Kat to marry him.
Moral action: Jerry presents a beautiful ring to Kat and asks her to marry him on her birthday at the beach.
Norm: It's good to be thoughtful when proposing marriage.
Situation: Jerry and Kat have been dating since they were in high school.
Intention: Jerry wants to ask Kat to marry him.
Immoral action: Jerry asks Kat to marry him in the middle of a card game without even having a ring.
Norm: Both partners should put forth equal effort in a relationship.
Situation: Grant is upset with the amount of chores that his wife assigns him.
Intention: Grant wants to explain how he feels.
Moral action: Grant explains that since he works and his wife doesn't, that she should be responsible for more of the chores.
Norm: Both partners should put forth equal effort in a relationship.
Situation: Grant is upset with the amount of chores that his wife assigns him.
Intention: Grant wants to explain how he feels.
Immoral action: Grant complains that the household chores are 'the wife's job' and he shouldn't have to do them.
Norm: It's unhealthy to want to kill yourself
Situation: Jenny is at work when she receives an email from corporate telling her that she's being laid off.
Intention: Jenny wants to emotionally react to the terrible news.
Moral action: Jenny turns off her computer and begins to sob loudly and telling everyone how unfair it is.
Norm: It's unhealthy to want to kill yourself
Situation: Jenny is at work when she receives an email from corporate telling her that she's being laid off.
Intention: Jenny wants to emotionally react to the terrible news.
Immoral action: Jenny turns off her computer and tells her coworkers she's going to kill herself before leaving the office.
Norm: It's not okay to defend pedophiles.
Situation: Frank is talking with Jimmy when Jimmy confides in Frank that he's a pedophile, and he abuses some children.
Intention: Frank wants to respond to Jimmy's statement.
Moral action: Frank tells Jimmy that it's abhorrent that he's doing these things and that he needs to get help right away.
Norm: It's not okay to defend pedophiles.
Situation: Frank is talking with Jimmy when Jimmy confides in Frank that he's a pedophile, and he abuses some children.
Intention: Frank wants to respond to Jimmy's statement.
Immoral action: Frank tells Jimmy that we all have desires and that Jimmy's desires are normal like anyone elses.
Norm: You shouldn't compare someone to an animal.
Situation: James is frustrated that his kids don't pick up their toys because he just stepped on a lego.
Intention: James wants to encourage his children to clean up after themselves.
Moral action: James takes his children's devices away until they pick up all their toys.
Norm: You shouldn't compare someone to an animal.
Situation: James is frustrated that his kids don't pick up their toys because he just stepped on a lego.
Intention: James wants to encourage his children to clean up after themselves.
Immoral action: James tells his children that if they keep living like pigs, he's going to move them into a pigpen in the backyard.
Norm: You should use the appropriate pronouns for a person.
Situation: Mary Ann was a waitress, and she was waiting on a man sitting at the counter.
Intention: Mary Ann wants to take the man's order.
Moral action: Mary Ann asks the man, "Sir, what would you like to order?".
Norm: You should use the appropriate pronouns for a person.
Situation: Mary Ann was a waitress, and she was waiting on a man sitting at the counter.
Intention: Mary Ann wants to take the man's order.
Immoral action: Mary Ann asks the man, "Ma'am, what would you like to order?".
Norm: It's good to give up your seat for someone.
Situation: Sarah is on a packed city bus when an elderly woman with a walker gets on board.
Intention: Sarah wants to get to her job.
Moral action: Sarah gets up and gives the woman her seat, holding on to a nearby pole for support.
Norm: It's good to give up your seat for someone.
Situation: Sarah is on a packed city bus when an elderly woman with a walker gets on board.
Intention: Sarah wants to get to her job.
Immoral action: Sarah notices the woman and puts her earbuds in to avoid being asked to give up her seat.
Norm: It's good to care for a pet.
Situation: Ben is driving in the car with his dog on a hot summer day.
Intention: Ben wants to buy groceries.
Moral action: Ben leaves his dog in the car with the windows down under a shade tree and spends only a few minutes shopping at the store.
Norm: It's good to care for a pet.
Situation: Ben is driving in the car with his dog on a hot summer day.
Intention: Ben wants to buy groceries.
Immoral action: Ben leaves his dog in the car with the windows rolled up and spends 1 hour shopping at the store.
Norm: You should make amends if you have stolen from people.
Situation: Neil is caught stealing by Stella and is being accosted by her for being a common thief.
Intention: Neil wants to respond to Stella's anger.
Moral action: Neil tells Stella that he understands he did wrong, and he'll do anything to make it right.
Norm: You should make amends if you have stolen from people.
Situation: Neil is caught stealing by Stella and is being accosted by her for being a common thief.
Intention: Neil wants to respond to Stella's anger.
Immoral action: Neil tells Stella to quiet down, or he's going to make her quiet.
Norm: It's good to auto-withdraw into your savings to save time.
Situation: Finn is having some mechanical problems with his car which is very old.
Intention: Finn wants to save up to buy a new car.
Moral action: Finn sets up his account to withdraw savings at an interval.
Norm: It's good to auto-withdraw into your savings to save time.
Situation: Finn is having some mechanical problems with his car which is very old.
Intention: Finn wants to save up to buy a new car.
Immoral action: Finn deposits money into his savings account every week by atm.
Norm: It's good to stop people from breaking the law
Situation: Mary sees her friend Rosa about to break into a car across the street.
Intention: Mary wants to help Rosa.
Moral action: Mary stops Rosa from taking the car and calms her down.
Norm: It's good to stop people from breaking the law
Situation: Mary sees her friend Rosa about to break into a car across the street.
Intention: Mary wants to help Rosa.
Immoral action: Mary looks the other way and when she looks again, Rosa and the car are gone.
Norm: It's good to sight-see during your vacation.
Situation: Emily goes to New York for vacation with her family and is feeling really anxious.
Intention: Emily wants to avoid crowds.
Moral action: Emily asks her family if they can go to less frequented places upstate because her anxiety is acting up.
Norm: It's good to sight-see during your vacation.
Situation: Emily goes to New York for vacation with her family and is feeling really anxious.
Intention: Emily wants to avoid crowds.
Immoral action: Emily stays in the hotel while her family goes out to explore the city together.
Norm: It's good to be happy about having a baby.
Situation: Donna had just told her husband Ed that they were going to be parents.
Intention: Ed wants to express his thoughts about the news.
Moral action: Ed rushes over to Donna and gives her a hug and a kiss.
Norm: It's good to be happy about having a baby.
Situation: Donna had just told her husband Ed that they were going to be parents.
Intention: Ed wants to express his thoughts about the news.
Immoral action: Ed throws a vase across the room and breaks the window when he hears the news.
Norm: You are expected to help family in times of need.
Situation: Kevin, a successful stockbroker, is on the phone with his mom who tells him that she and his dad are in financial trouble and need to borrow some money.
Intention: Kevin wants to respond to his mom's request for money.
Moral action: Kevin tells his mom that it's no problem, and she can take as much as they need.
Norm: You are expected to help family in times of need.
Situation: Kevin, a successful stockbroker, is on the phone with his mom who tells him that she and his dad are in financial trouble and need to borrow some money.
Intention: Kevin wants to respond to his mom's request for money.
Immoral action: Kevin tells his mom that he cannot spare any money right now as most of his money is tied up in stocks.
Norm: People in relationships should not be abusive to one another.
Situation: Sonja sees a new game up for sale on Steam that she wants to buy.
Intention: Sonja wants to obtain the game.
Moral action: Sonja decides to buy the game herself and earn the money she needs.
Norm: People in relationships should not be abusive to one another.
Situation: Sonja sees a new game up for sale on Steam that she wants to buy.
Intention: Sonja wants to obtain the game.
Immoral action: Sonja decides to stop having sex with her boyfriend until he buys it for her.
Norm: You should be nice to people in their birthday.
Situation: Sally is having a birthday party and is opening presents in front of her friend Sam.
Intention: Sam wants to play with one of Sally's presents.
Moral action: Sam asks if he can play with one of Sally's presents while she opens another.
Norm: You should be nice to people in their birthday.
Situation: Sally is having a birthday party and is opening presents in front of her friend Sam.
Intention: Sam wants to play with one of Sally's presents.
Immoral action: Sam takes the present without asking and runs off to play with it.
Norm: It's mean to steal a homeless person's money.
Situation: Ricky sees a homeless man playing guitar, hoping people will leave tips in his guitar case.
Intention: Ricky wants to reach into the guitar case.
Moral action: Ricky pulls some money out of his wallet and places it into the guitar case.
Norm: It's mean to steal a homeless person's money.
Situation: Ricky sees a homeless man playing guitar, hoping people will leave tips in his guitar case.
Intention: Ricky wants to reach into the guitar case.
Immoral action: Ricky sticks his arm into the guitar case, grabbing as much money as he can before running off.
Norm: It's good to give something to your spouse.
Situation: It's Valentine's Day and Will is deciding what to do for his wife.
Intention: Will wants to make his wife feel special.
Moral action: Will gives his wife a nice picture of himself in a beautiful frame.
Norm: It's good to give something to your spouse.
Situation: It's Valentine's Day and Will is deciding what to do for his wife.
Intention: Will wants to make his wife feel special.
Immoral action: Will takes his wife out to eat at an excellent local restaurant.
Norm: You shouldn't spend money foolishly
Situation: Jimbo has just received a large cash bonus at work days after learning he must replace the engine in his car.
Intention: Jimbo wants to use the money.
Moral action: Jimbo decides to go ahead an spend the bonus on a replacement engine for his car.
Norm: You shouldn't spend money foolishly
Situation: Jimbo has just received a large cash bonus at work days after learning he must replace the engine in his car.
Intention: Jimbo wants to use the money.
Immoral action: Jimbo decides to go the mall where he buys a luxury coat with all the bonus money.
Norm: Always let friends know when they are bothering you.
Situation: Mandy is extremely busy working overtime and her friend keeps calling.
Intention: Mandy wants to be left alone.
Moral action: Mandy tells her friend she is at work and tells her calls are distracting.
Norm: Always let friends know when they are bothering you.
Situation: Mandy is extremely busy working overtime and her friend keeps calling.
Intention: Mandy wants to be left alone.
Immoral action: Mandy turns off her phone without saying anything.
Norm: It's not nice to gossip about your ex partners.
Situation: Gabriel's boyfriend broke up with her, and she is out at the bar with her friends.
Intention: Wants to appear as if the break up didn't hurt her.
Moral action: Gabriel spends the night dancing and telling jokes with her friends, and avoids bringing up her ex.
Norm: It's not nice to gossip about your ex partners.
Situation: Gabriel's boyfriend broke up with her, and she is out at the bar with her friends.
Intention: Wants to appear as if the break up didn't hurt her.
Immoral action: Gabriel tells her friends that it was her who broke up with her boyfriend, because he wasn’t smart or wealthy enough.
Norm: It's wrong to be lazy
Situation: Patty has a big test tomorrow, but is feeling kind of tired.
Intention: Patty wants to take a nap.
Moral action: Patty sets her alarm and takes a short nap before studying.
Norm: It's wrong to be lazy
Situation: Patty has a big test tomorrow, but is feeling kind of tired.
Intention: Patty wants to take a nap.
Immoral action: Patty takes a long nap and wakes up late at night.
Norm: It's wrong to block someone's Internet connection.
Situation: Maude prepared a very extensive dinner for her son, and he rushed through it in order to go play video games.
Intention: Maude wants her son to spend less time gaming.
Moral action: Maude asks her son to try and play less games explaining how moderation is important.
Norm: It's wrong to block someone's Internet connection.
Situation: Maude prepared a very extensive dinner for her son, and he rushed through it in order to go play video games.
Intention: Maude wants her son to spend less time gaming.
Immoral action: Maude decides to shut the router off, essentially cutting off her son's internet connection.
Norm: You shouldn't marry someone you never met.
Situation: Glenda is walking down the street when she is approached by a stranger, Clark, who proposes marriage to her.
Intention: Glenda wants to answer the marriage proposal.
Moral action: Glenda tells Clark that he needs to ask her out on a date first, and then they'll see.
Norm: You shouldn't marry someone you never met.
Situation: Glenda is walking down the street when she is approached by a stranger, Clark, who proposes marriage to her.
Intention: Glenda wants to answer the marriage proposal.
Immoral action: Glenda tells Clark that he is ruggedly handsome so of course she accepts the marriage proposal.
Norm: You shouldn't doubt your child's word.
Situation: James is at home when his son Billy burst through the front door, home from school, all excited and tells James he's made the basketball team.
Intention: James wants to react to the news.
Moral action: James tells Billy that he's so proud of him for making it and that it's a great accomplishment.
Norm: You shouldn't doubt your child's word.
Situation: James is at home when his son Billy burst through the front door, home from school, all excited and tells James he's made the basketball team.
Intention: James wants to react to the news.
Immoral action: James tells Billy that he doesn’t buy it, since Billy is too tiny to ever be considered for the basketball team.
Norm: People shouldn't wish that children didn't exist.
Situation: James was upset with his brother, and he wanted to upset him for a short time.
Intention: James wants to upset his brother.
Moral action: James called his brother a bunch of swear words to his face.
Norm: People shouldn't wish that children didn't exist.
Situation: James was upset with his brother, and he wanted to upset him for a short time.
Intention: James wants to upset his brother.
Immoral action: James said he wished his brother didn't exist right to his face.
Norm: It is important to interact with your co-workers.
Situation: Ron is working on a large project with his co-workers, and the team is having a meeting.
Intention: Ron wants to go to the meeting.
Moral action: Ron goes to the meeting and tries to help come up with some solutions to problems.
Norm: It is important to interact with your co-workers.
Situation: Ron is working on a large project with his co-workers, and the team is having a meeting.
Intention: Ron wants to go to the meeting.
Immoral action: Ron goes to the meeting and stares off into space, thinking his own thoughts.
Norm: It's bad to harm other people's pets.
Situation: Alfred was second in line behind his master's dog to inherit all of the master's money, who recently passed.
Intention: Alfred wants to obtain the money.
Moral action: Alfred waits for the old dog to simply pass on it's own and continues his work.
Norm: It's bad to harm other people's pets.
Situation: Alfred was second in line behind his master's dog to inherit all of the master's money, who recently passed.
Intention: Alfred wants to obtain the money.
Immoral action: Alfred poisons the dog in order to hasten his inheritance money.
Norm: It's wrong to spend so much time online.
Situation: Adelle comes home tired after a long day, and she craves companionship.
Intention: Adelle wants to do something fun.
Moral action: Adelle invites some of her friends over to watch movies.
Norm: It's wrong to spend so much time online.
Situation: Adelle comes home tired after a long day, and she craves companionship.
Intention: Adelle wants to do something fun.
Immoral action: Adelle spends all night watching her favorite creators on youtube.
Norm: It's inappropriate to gossip about your wife.
Situation: Tim is talking to some of his buddies, and they are all talking about thier wives.
Intention: Tim wants to add something to the conversation.
Moral action: Tim turns the conversation to sports and talks about his favorite teams.
Norm: It's inappropriate to gossip about your wife.
Situation: Tim is talking to some of his buddies, and they are all talking about thier wives.
Intention: Tim wants to add something to the conversation.
Immoral action: Tim talks about embarrassing things about his wife to all his friends.
Norm: It's good to be interested in your family's interests.
Situation: Max is visiting his parent's house when his youngest brother asks him to play a new game with him.
Intention: Max wants to respond to his brother's question.
Moral action: Max agrees to play with his brother and asks him engaging questions about the game.
Norm: It's good to be interested in your family's interests.
Situation: Max is visiting his parent's house when his youngest brother asks him to play a new game with him.
Intention: Max wants to respond to his brother's question.
Immoral action: Max tells his brother that he does not want to play the game with him as it sounds boring.
Norm: It's bad to neglect your wife.
Situation: Aaron goes out with his buddies every evening while his wife, Claire, stays home alone.
Intention: Aaron wants to maintain his friendship with his buddies.
Moral action: Aaron invites Claire to party with his friends.
Norm: It's bad to neglect your wife.
Situation: Aaron goes out with his buddies every evening while his wife, Claire, stays home alone.
Intention: Aaron wants to maintain his friendship with his buddies.
Immoral action: Aaron and his friends go out to a party without inviting Claire.
Norm: It is good to take responisibility.
Situation: Josh has broken his mother's vase on accident and knows she will be upset.
Intention: Josh wants to tell his mother about the vase.
Moral action: Josh tells his mother that he will work to pay for the vase that he broke.
Norm: It is good to take responisibility.
Situation: Josh has broken his mother's vase on accident and knows she will be upset.
Intention: Josh wants to tell his mother about the vase.
Immoral action: Josh tells his mother that his brother was the one who broke the vase.
Norm: It's frowned upon to spread conspiracy theories.
Situation: Kyle hears a friend at school strongly defending their opinion that the Earth is flat.
Intention: Kyle wants to gain his friend's approval.
Moral action: Kyle looks up information online and has a civil conversation with his friend about what he read.
Norm: It's frowned upon to spread conspiracy theories.
Situation: Kyle hears a friend at school strongly defending their opinion that the Earth is flat.
Intention: Kyle wants to gain his friend's approval.
Immoral action: Kyle decides to tell others that the Earth is flat when his friend is around and uses his friend's arguments when doing so.
Norm: You shouldn't drive your car on the sidewalk.
Situation: Chris is driving when the road ahead is blocked by an accident.
Intention: Chris wants to continue to his destination.
Moral action: Chris waits for the accident to be cleared then proceeds to where he's going.
Norm: You shouldn't drive your car on the sidewalk.
Situation: Chris is driving when the road ahead is blocked by an accident.
Intention: Chris wants to continue to his destination.
Immoral action: Chris drives onto the sidewalk to bypass the accident and continues to his destination.
Norm: It's important to be direct with someone you're dating.
Situation: Jill's boyfriend wants her to join him camping, which she doesn't enjoy.
Intention: Jill wants to tell her boyfriend whether she'll go camping with him.
Moral action: Jill tells her boyfriend in a straightforward manner that she doesn't like camping and doesn't want to go.
Norm: It's important to be direct with someone you're dating.
Situation: Jill's boyfriend wants her to join him camping, which she doesn't enjoy.
Intention: Jill wants to tell her boyfriend whether she'll go camping with him.
Immoral action: Jill doesn't tell her boyfriend how she really feels about camping and ends up going with him.
Norm: People should be courteous to food service workers.
Situation: Bill goes into a fast food restaurant and an employee behind the counter asks for his order.
Intention: Bill wants to give the employee his order.
Moral action: Bill gives his order to the employee, thanking them for their work.
Norm: People should be courteous to food service workers.
Situation: Bill goes into a fast food restaurant and an employee behind the counter asks for his order.
Intention: Bill wants to give the employee his order.
Immoral action: Bill shouts his order at the employee and makes derogatory comments about the employee.
Norm: It's wrong to pretend to go to work.
Situation: Gordon has taken a day off from work to golf and is about to leave the house in his golf outfit, when his wife asks where he's going like that.
Intention: Gordon wants to answer his wife's question.
Moral action: Gordon tells his wife that he's going golfing since he's taken a day off work today.
Norm: It's wrong to pretend to go to work.
Situation: Gordon has taken a day off from work to golf and is about to leave the house in his golf outfit, when his wife asks where he's going like that.
Intention: Gordon wants to answer his wife's question.
Immoral action: Gordon tells his wife that he's going to work, it's just casual day, so he's taking advantage.
Norm: It's good to treat your kids sometimes.
Situation: Manny is returning home with his son who wants McDonald's for dinner.
Intention: Manny wants to avoid cooking dinner.
Moral action: Manny buy's his son McDonald's as he wanted.
Norm: It's good to treat your kids sometimes.
Situation: Manny is returning home with his son who wants McDonald's for dinner.
Intention: Manny wants to avoid cooking dinner.
Immoral action: Manny makes his son eat elsewhere instead.
Norm: It is wrong to want the environment to be harmed.
Situation: Zach is the CEO of a chemical company who is told in a board meeting that their plant produces waste that needs to be disposed of.
Intention: Zach wants to suggest a way to jettison the waste.
Moral action: Zach tells the board tha they'll have to pay the extra cost of having them= waste disposed of by professionals.