CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's polite to be quiet in a theater.
Situation: Alex is watching a movie in a full theater that his sick friend did not get to come and see.
Intention: Alex wants to tell his friend as soon as possible about the movie.
Immoral action: Alex keeps texting his friend and getting loud notifications of received messages during the movie.
Norm: It is wrong to resent a child.
Situation: Johnson owns his house and a neighborhood kid Frankie has been playing and making loud noise on his front lawn.
Intention: Johnson wants to keep his front lawn quiet.
Moral action: Johnson asks Frankie if he can play a bit quieter because he has to sleep.
Norm: It is wrong to resent a child.
Situation: Johnson owns his house and a neighborhood kid Frankie has been playing and making loud noise on his front lawn.
Intention: Johnson wants to keep his front lawn quiet.
Immoral action: Johnson tells Frankie never to play on his lawn again or be seen at all.
Norm: It's good to want to celebrate your relationship with another.
Situation: Phil's and Judy's tenth wedding anniversary is coming up in two weeks.
Intention: Phil wants to plan what to do on his anninversary.
Moral action: Phil rents the honeymoon suite at a five-star hotel for his anniversary and buys a diamond necklace to give to Judy.
Norm: It's good to want to celebrate your relationship with another.
Situation: Phil's and Judy's tenth wedding anniversary is coming up in two weeks.
Intention: Phil wants to plan what to do on his anninversary.
Immoral action: Phil buys tickets to a football game on his anniversary and invites his best friend to go with him.
Norm: It's bad to sneak out as a child.
Situation: Cindy's mother had just fussed at her for misbehaving at home.
Intention: Cindy wants her mother to leave her alone.
Moral action: Cindy goes into her room and closes the door behind her.
Norm: It's bad to sneak out as a child.
Situation: Cindy's mother had just fussed at her for misbehaving at home.
Intention: Cindy wants her mother to leave her alone.
Immoral action: Cindy sneaks out of the house and runs away from home.
Norm: You shouldn't take advantage of your friends.
Situation: Charlotte sometimes has outings with her friend, David, who often pays for her meals and drinks.
Intention: Charlotte wants to invite David out to dinner.
Moral action: Charlotte takes David out to dinner and pays for the meal.
Norm: You shouldn't take advantage of your friends.
Situation: Charlotte sometimes has outings with her friend, David, who often pays for her meals and drinks.
Intention: Charlotte wants to invite David out to dinner.
Immoral action: Charlotte and David have dinner and when the bill comes, Charlotte tells David that she has no money.
Norm: It's good to support your community parks.
Situation: Vivian wins the lottery, and the park beside her house is having a charity drive.
Intention: Vivian wants to spend money.
Moral action: Vivian gives the money to the park's charity drive.
Norm: It's good to support your community parks.
Situation: Vivian wins the lottery, and the park beside her house is having a charity drive.
Intention: Vivian wants to spend money.
Immoral action: Vivian spends her money luxury items.
Norm: It's good to have intimacy in a marriage.
Situation: Liam and Emma are celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary at the beach and has a ring for her.
Intention: Liam wants to see Emma's reaction.
Moral action: Emma is pleases with her ring, then Liam passionately kisses her and asks her to go home to make love.
Norm: It's good to have intimacy in a marriage.
Situation: Liam and Emma are celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary at the beach and has a ring for her.
Intention: Liam wants to see Emma's reaction.
Immoral action: Emma loves the ring, but then Liam says it's time to go home and get some sleep.
Norm: You shouldn't go outside if you're sick.
Situation: Misty has been looking forward to going to a friend's party all week, but now that it's Saturday, she's got a cough and a slight fever.
Intention: Misty wants to see her friends and talk to them.
Moral action: Misty calls her friend, and they set up a Skype session so Misty can see her friends while staying home.
Norm: You shouldn't go outside if you're sick.
Situation: Misty has been looking forward to going to a friend's party all week, but now that it's Saturday, she's got a cough and a slight fever.
Intention: Misty wants to see her friends and talk to them.
Immoral action: Ignoring her symptoms, Misty goes to the party and chats with all of her friends, giving hugs and kisses.
Norm: It's wrong to steal food from a store.
Situation: Hank is a homeless man who's been sitting outside a gas station all day, asking people for money to eat all day with no luck.
Intention: Hank wants a meal.
Moral action: Hank goes to a food bank up the road and asks for help in getting a meal.
Norm: It's wrong to steal food from a store.
Situation: Hank is a homeless man who's been sitting outside a gas station all day, asking people for money to eat all day with no luck.
Intention: Hank wants a meal.
Immoral action: Hank walks into the convenience store and sticks several candy bars in his pocket and walks out.
Norm: You should not let people's words drive you to murder.
Situation: James was in a bar when another man used a slur to refer to his sexuality.
Intention: James wants to punish the man who insulted him.
Moral action: James tells the bouncer about the man's use of the slur and asks to have him thrown out.
Norm: You should not let people's words drive you to murder.
Situation: James was in a bar when another man used a slur to refer to his sexuality.
Intention: James wants to punish the man who insulted him.
Immoral action: James smashes a whiskey bottle on the bar and attempts to drive it into the other man's neck.
Norm: It's expected to do favors for a friend.
Situation: Victoria is watching television on the couch when her roommate texts her asking her to walk their hyperactive dog.
Intention: Victoria doesn't want to miss a moment of her favorite show.
Moral action: Victoria asks another one of her friends to record the show before she takes the dog on a walk.
Norm: It's expected to do favors for a friend.
Situation: Victoria is watching television on the couch when her roommate texts her asking her to walk their hyperactive dog.
Intention: Victoria doesn't want to miss a moment of her favorite show.
Immoral action: Victoria does not reply to her friend and continues watching television.
Norm: You shouldn't drive if you had some alcohol earlier.
Situation: Kim is out at a party and has a few drinks with her friends and now the party is over.
Intention: Kim wants to go home.
Moral action: Kim decides to call a cab to get home.
Norm: You shouldn't drive if you had some alcohol earlier.
Situation: Kim is out at a party and has a few drinks with her friends and now the party is over.
Intention: Kim wants to go home.
Immoral action: Kim drives home even though she's still buzzed.
Norm: It's always good to repay others what you owe them.
Situation: Zach is low on money and still owes his friend Tim $100 but his rent is due in a few days.
Intention: Zach wants to pay his rent on time.
Moral action: Zach paints his parents' fence in order to earn some extra cash and is able to pay his rent and repay Tim.
Norm: It's always good to repay others what you owe them.
Situation: Zach is low on money and still owes his friend Tim $100 but his rent is due in a few days.
Intention: Zach wants to pay his rent on time.
Immoral action: Zach fails to pay Tim back the money he owes in order to afford his monthly rent.
Norm: You shouldn't string people along in relationships.
Situation: Melinda has been with her boyfriend for years but is tired of their relationship.
Intention: Melinda wants to avoid being single.
Moral action: Melinda decides to have a serious discussion with her boyfriend about how they could improve their relationship.
Norm: You shouldn't string people along in relationships.
Situation: Melinda has been with her boyfriend for years but is tired of their relationship.
Intention: Melinda wants to avoid being single.
Immoral action: Melinda stays with her boyfriend, even though she doesn't love him anymore, while trying to meet someone else.
Norm: It's bad to feel resentful of your spouse.
Situation: Sean and Sara are couple and Sean works as a waiter in a restaurant while Sara stays home taking care of their son.
Intention: Sara wants to react to Sean's career.
Moral action: Sara suggests Sean to get more experience in the restaurant business in order that one day he can set up his own restaurant.
Norm: It's bad to feel resentful of your spouse.
Situation: Sean and Sara are couple and Sean works as a waiter in a restaurant while Sara stays home taking care of their son.
Intention: Sara wants to react to Sean's career.
Immoral action: Sara points out that Sean's job is not lucrative and their family needs more money to improve their standard of living.
Norm: You shouldn't interrupt people when they are talking.
Situation: Uriel, a six year old, wants his mother to drive him to his friend's house, but his mother is talking on the phone.
Intention: Uriel wants to spend time with his friend.
Moral action: Uriel sends a text to his best friend inviting him over to his house.
Norm: You shouldn't interrupt people when they are talking.
Situation: Uriel, a six year old, wants his mother to drive him to his friend's house, but his mother is talking on the phone.
Intention: Uriel wants to spend time with his friend.
Immoral action: Uriel asks his mother to take him to his friends house in a loud tone as she talks.
Norm: It's good to workout with your friends.
Situation: Jack is stretching his legs in his local park when his friend, John, comes up to him and asks if he would like to run together.
Intention: Jack wants to go on a run.
Moral action: Jack says sure and runs the trial with John.
Norm: It's good to workout with your friends.
Situation: Jack is stretching his legs in his local park when his friend, John, comes up to him and asks if he would like to run together.
Intention: Jack wants to go on a run.
Immoral action: Jack tells John that he appreciates the offer, but he was intent on running alone today.
Norm: It's bad to not train your pets properly.
Situation: Willie juts got a new puppy that doesn't know how to behave properly and is frequently out of control.
Intention: Willie wants to train his puppy.
Moral action: Willie takes his puppy to a dog training school and gets him enrolled in a comprehensive course that lasts for a few months.
Norm: It's bad to not train your pets properly.
Situation: Willie juts got a new puppy that doesn't know how to behave properly and is frequently out of control.
Intention: Willie wants to train his puppy.
Immoral action: Willie decides to train the puppy himself even though he has no prior experience with training animals or knowledge of canine behavior.
Norm: It's bad to drop a microphone on the ground.
Situation: Joey is a comedian who is performing for a small crowd on stage at a local bar.
Intention: Joey wants to put an emphasis on his final joke.
Moral action: Joey saves his best joke for last and delivers it well.
Norm: It's bad to drop a microphone on the ground.
Situation: Joey is a comedian who is performing for a small crowd on stage at a local bar.
Intention: Joey wants to put an emphasis on his final joke.
Immoral action: Joey tells the joke and afterwards he holds the microphone out and drops it on the ground.
Norm: It is good to act selflessly toward others
Situation: Billy sees a ball fly over his fence and lands in his yard.
Intention: Billy wants to decide what to do with the ball.
Moral action: Billy decides that the other person who lost this ball is more important than him having an extra and throws it back.
Norm: It is good to act selflessly toward others
Situation: Billy sees a ball fly over his fence and lands in his yard.
Intention: Billy wants to decide what to do with the ball.
Immoral action: Billy takes a ball and keeps it for himself, since it landed in his yard.
Norm: It's good to help out your parents.
Situation: Tommy is watching TV while his mother cleans the living room.
Intention: Tommy wants to watch TV.
Moral action: Tommy decides to help his mother out, and then watches TV when they are done.
Norm: It's good to help out your parents.
Situation: Tommy is watching TV while his mother cleans the living room.
Intention: Tommy wants to watch TV.
Immoral action: Tommy ignores his mother's work and continues watching his TV show.
Norm: You shouldn't make old people do things.
Situation: Sam's elderly father William is living with Sam since he had a bad injury, and he has difficulty walking long distances.
Intention: Sam wants to go camping.
Moral action: Sam decides to go camping alone for a couple of days and gives his father his cell phone number in case of an emergency.
Norm: You shouldn't make old people do things.
Situation: Sam's elderly father William is living with Sam since he had a bad injury, and he has difficulty walking long distances.
Intention: Sam wants to go camping.
Immoral action: Sam decides that they should go on a family excursion and takes William camping along with him.
Norm: It's good to get along with your siblings.
Situation: Hannah has a younger sister Alice, and they live together with their parents.
Intention: Hannah wants to manage her relationship with Alice.
Moral action: Hannah takes care of many things for Alice when their mom is busy, and they are not just siblings but also best friends.
Norm: It's good to get along with your siblings.
Situation: Hannah has a younger sister Alice, and they live together with their parents.
Intention: Hannah wants to manage her relationship with Alice.
Immoral action: Hannah doesn't talk or show love to Alice much because she spends more time with her friends.
Norm: It's rude to ask someone how they got their scars.
Situation: Jack was at a bar, and the bartender there has scars on her face.
Intention: Jack wants to talk to the bartender.
Moral action: Jacks asks the bartender how long she's been working at that bar.
Norm: It's rude to ask someone how they got their scars.
Situation: Jack was at a bar, and the bartender there has scars on her face.
Intention: Jack wants to talk to the bartender.
Immoral action: Jack asks the bartender how she ended up with those marks on her face.
Norm: It's wrong to think your parents are stealing from you.
Situation: Sal is missing money in his room, and he suspects that his parents might know where it is.
Intention: Sal wants to ask his parents about his money.
Moral action: Sal asks his parents if anyone else happened to come in his room.
Norm: It's wrong to think your parents are stealing from you.
Situation: Sal is missing money in his room, and he suspects that his parents might know where it is.
Intention: Sal wants to ask his parents about his money.
Immoral action: Sal asks his parents which one of them took his money from his room.
Norm: It's not okay to be disrespectful to your parents.
Situation: Caleb sees a toy he's been wanting at the store and asks his mother for it, but she says no.
Intention: Caleb wants to respond to his mother's refusal to buy a toy for him.
Moral action: Caleb asks if he can get an allowance, so he can save up to buy the toy.
Norm: It's not okay to be disrespectful to your parents.
Situation: Caleb sees a toy he's been wanting at the store and asks his mother for it, but she says no.
Intention: Caleb wants to respond to his mother's refusal to buy a toy for him.
Immoral action: Caleb sits down in the middle of the aisle and says he's not moving until she buys him the toy.
Norm: It's good to show concern for your immediate family.
Situation: Peter is at home when his mom calls him and is crying so hard when he picks up the phone that she can't get a word out.
Intention: Peter wants to get his mom to say something.
Moral action: Peter tells his mom to take it slow and just breathe and then tell him what's wrong.
Norm: It's good to show concern for your immediate family.
Situation: Peter is at home when his mom calls him and is crying so hard when he picks up the phone that she can't get a word out.
Intention: Peter wants to get his mom to say something.
Immoral action: Peter tells his mom that she needs to get on with it, he can't just sit there waiting for her to speak.
Norm: It's good to help out other people in need.
Situation: Steve is walking down the street when he sees a homeless man on the street.
Intention: Steve wants the man to get off the street.
Moral action: Steve offers the man a job at a local business that he owns.
Norm: It's good to help out other people in need.
Situation: Steve is walking down the street when he sees a homeless man on the street.
Intention: Steve wants the man to get off the street.
Immoral action: Steve tells the man that he is lazy, and he needs to get a job.
Norm: It's hurtful to not make time for your significant other.
Situation: Jason had been working late every day and hadn't seen his wife in weeks.
Intention: Jason wants to visit with his wife.
Moral action: Jason tells his boss that he needs a day off to spend time with his wife.
Norm: It's hurtful to not make time for your significant other.
Situation: Jason had been working late every day and hadn't seen his wife in weeks.
Intention: Jason wants to visit with his wife.
Immoral action: Jason tells his wife to visit him at his lunch hour at work.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat on your projects.
Situation: Paul is struggling to come up with ideas for a big project at work.
Intention: Paul wants his project to be well received.
Moral action: Paul reviews his past work and is able to find inspiration from what he learned from them.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat on your projects.
Situation: Paul is struggling to come up with ideas for a big project at work.
Intention: Paul wants his project to be well received.
Immoral action: Paul spies on some of his coworkers and incorporates their ideas into his project.
Norm: It's wrong to con someone.
Situation: Ashley, who quit an MLM, wants to sell her remaining stock of essential oils, and she notices Sandy complaining about hair loss.
Intention: Ashley wants to get rid of her products.
Moral action: Ashley uses the oils to create custom soap bars, and gives samples to her friends and family.
Norm: It's wrong to con someone.
Situation: Ashley, who quit an MLM, wants to sell her remaining stock of essential oils, and she notices Sandy complaining about hair loss.
Intention: Ashley wants to get rid of her products.
Immoral action: Ashley tells her friend that her product cures hair loss, and sells him the product at a marked up price.
Norm: It's good to take vacations.
Situation: Mateo is a workaholic who is always responsible with his work duties.
Intention: Mateo wants to stay on top of his work schedule.
Moral action: Mateo chooses a slow week at work to go on vacation.
Norm: It's good to take vacations.
Situation: Mateo is a workaholic who is always responsible with his work duties.
Intention: Mateo wants to stay on top of his work schedule.
Immoral action: Not wanting to fall behind on work, Mateo goes an entire year without ever taking a vacation.
Norm: Taking extra without permission is greedy.
Situation: Charles is a teenager who is out trick-or-treating with his friends on Halloween.
Intention: Charles wants to collect a lot of candy.
Moral action: Charles takes just one piece of candy from each house, and his friends suggest staying out longer.
Norm: Taking extra without permission is greedy.
Situation: Charles is a teenager who is out trick-or-treating with his friends on Halloween.
Intention: Charles wants to collect a lot of candy.
Immoral action: Charles takes a handful of candy from every bucket, even when asked to take only one.
Norm: It's disrespectful to treat others poorly.
Situation: Fernando just woke up, needs to go to work, and his wife made him breakfast.
Intention: Fernando wants to get to work on time.
Moral action: Fernando rushes through breakfast but stops to thank his wife and give her a kiss before rushing out the door.
Norm: It's disrespectful to treat others poorly.
Situation: Fernando just woke up, needs to go to work, and his wife made him breakfast.
Intention: Fernando wants to get to work on time.
Immoral action: Fernando rushes through breakfast and doesn't thank his wife before rushing out the door.
Norm: People should not ruin other people's belongings.
Situation: Carlos is a field worker in Central America and has a very dull machete when his friend offers him a sharpener.
Intention: Carlos wants to sharpen his machete.
Moral action: Carlos uses the sharpener to put a fairly sharp edge on the machete, then gives it back.
Norm: People should not ruin other people's belongings.
Situation: Carlos is a field worker in Central America and has a very dull machete when his friend offers him a sharpener.
Intention: Carlos wants to sharpen his machete.
Immoral action: Carlos spends the entire night sharpening the machete to a razor-fine edge and wears out the sharpener.
Norm: It's mean to disrespect your friends dead parent.
Situation: Rick and Terry grew up together but haven't seen one another for years, until one day Rick stops by Terry's house.
Intention: Rick wants to reminisce with his friend about childhood memories.
Moral action: Rick reminds Terry of a time when the two boys got into trouble together and Terry's father had to come get them out of it.
Norm: It's mean to disrespect your friends dead parent.
Situation: Rick and Terry grew up together but haven't seen one another for years, until one day Rick stops by Terry's house.
Intention: Rick wants to reminisce with his friend about childhood memories.
Immoral action: While they are talking, Rick tells Terry that he remembers Terry's father as being the most unlikable person he ever met.
Norm: It is rude to ignore your elders.
Situation: Timmy'a grandmother asks him to get her something from the other room.
Intention: Timmy wants to watch TV.
Moral action: Timmy says okay and gets his grandmother what she wanted from the other room before starting to watch TV.
Norm: It is rude to ignore your elders.
Situation: Timmy'a grandmother asks him to get her something from the other room.
Intention: Timmy wants to watch TV.
Immoral action: Timmy goes to the TV and starts watching a show as if he didn't hear his grandmother's request at all.
Norm: It's wrong to exclude family from weddings.
Situation: Gary is having a wedding and is trying to decide who to invite when he realizes that the hall is too small for everyone.
Intention: Gary wants to solve the invitation problem.
Moral action: Gary searches for a larger venue, finds one, and books it for his wedding, then invites everyone who is close.
Norm: It's wrong to exclude family from weddings.
Situation: Gary is having a wedding and is trying to decide who to invite when he realizes that the hall is too small for everyone.
Intention: Gary wants to solve the invitation problem.
Immoral action: Gary invites his close friend and some family and doesn't invite some cousins, aunts, and uncles.
Norm: People should not physically assault each other.
Situation: Scott is on the playground at recess when a classmate Jimmy approaches him and forcefully takes the ball he's playing with from him.
Intention: Scott wants to get the ball back.
Moral action: Scott tells Jimmy that he was using the ball and asks if he will give it back to him.
Norm: People should not physically assault each other.
Situation: Scott is on the playground at recess when a classmate Jimmy approaches him and forcefully takes the ball he's playing with from him.
Intention: Scott wants to get the ball back.
Immoral action: Scott strikes Jimmy with his fists and pushes him to the ground before taking the ball back.
Norm: It can be dangerous to spread misinformation.
Situation: Karen is approached by her friend who is curious about trying an herbal supplement.
Intention: Karen wants to help her friend make a decision.
Moral action: Karen forwards her friend to an online resource where she can learn more.