CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to insult people out of anger.
Situation: James was talking to his friend on the playground when Bill accidentally hit him with a basketball.
Intention: James wants Bill to be more careful with the ball.
Moral action: James tosses the ball back to Bill and says, "Hey, be more careful".
Norm: It's rude to insult people out of anger.
Situation: James was talking to his friend on the playground when Bill accidentally hit him with a basketball.
Intention: James wants Bill to be more careful with the ball.
Immoral action: James calls Bill a clumsy four-eyes and tells him he's a loser.
Norm: You don't have to react emotionally to everything.
Situation: Matt Goes to school with Robin who is intellectually disabled and in the special ed class.
Intention: Matt wants to impress other people and be popular.
Moral action: Matt sticks up for Robin when others make fun of her and treats her respectfully.
Norm: You don't have to react emotionally to everything.
Situation: Matt Goes to school with Robin who is intellectually disabled and in the special ed class.
Intention: Matt wants to impress other people and be popular.
Immoral action: Matt mocks Robin and plays mean pranks on her in order to make others laugh.
Norm: It's not okay to hold a grudge against people.
Situation: Sally and her boyfriend broke up but Sally was really good friends with her boyfriend's frail mother.
Intention: Sally wanted to visit her ex-boyfriend's mother to stay in touch.
Moral action: Sally visits her ex-boyfriend's mother, and she does not try to talk about her ex at all.
Norm: It's not okay to hold a grudge against people.
Situation: Sally and her boyfriend broke up but Sally was really good friends with her boyfriend's frail mother.
Intention: Sally wanted to visit her ex-boyfriend's mother to stay in touch.
Immoral action: Sally visits her ex-boyfriend's mother, and she talks about how mad she is at her ex-boyfriend.
Norm: You shouldn't police what other people say.
Situation: Dave is at the office when the manager berates an employee, Janet, who calls the manager a jerk after he leaves.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Janet's statement of frustration.
Moral action: Dave tells Janet that he feels for her since the manager can be a jerk sometimes.
Norm: You shouldn't police what other people say.
Situation: Dave is at the office when the manager berates an employee, Janet, who calls the manager a jerk after he leaves.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Janet's statement of frustration.
Immoral action: Dave tells Janet that it's inappropriate to use the word jerk in a work setting.
Norm: It's bad to aggravate an animal.
Situation: Jeff's cat is growling and hissing at Jeff's friend Murray who has come to visit.
Intention: Murray wants the cat to stop hissing.
Moral action: Murray gets down on the ground and puts a hand out for the cat to sniff.
Norm: It's bad to aggravate an animal.
Situation: Jeff's cat is growling and hissing at Jeff's friend Murray who has come to visit.
Intention: Murray wants the cat to stop hissing.
Immoral action: Murray hisses back at the cat and pretends to try and swipe at him.
Norm: It is good to find bargains.
Situation: Jill is at the store looking for more clothes to buy for herself.
Intention: Jill wants to find more clothes.
Moral action: Jill goes through the store slowly and carefuly to look for good prices.
Norm: It is good to find bargains.
Situation: Jill is at the store looking for more clothes to buy for herself.
Intention: Jill wants to find more clothes.
Immoral action: Jill buys the first good clothes she sees and quickly ends her shopping trip.
Norm: You should not try to suffocate yourself.
Situation: Trish just got broken up with by her boyfriend and is feeling overwhelmed by her emotions.
Intention: Trish wants her emotions to stop happening.
Moral action: Trish has a few drinks of alcohol and goes up to her bed to fall asleep.
Norm: You should not try to suffocate yourself.
Situation: Trish just got broken up with by her boyfriend and is feeling overwhelmed by her emotions.
Intention: Trish wants her emotions to stop happening.
Immoral action: Trish grabs a plastic trash bag and puts it over her head, duct taping it around her neck and securing her hands in a pair of handcuffs.
Norm: You are expected to tip your server in most situations.
Situation: Sam has just received the bill at a restaurant and is surprised by how much it has added up to.
Intention: Sam wants to spend less money.
Moral action: Sam leaves a very modest tip.
Norm: You are expected to tip your server in most situations.
Situation: Sam has just received the bill at a restaurant and is surprised by how much it has added up to.
Intention: Sam wants to spend less money.
Immoral action: Sam completely stiffs the server on the tip in order to save money.
Norm: It's wrong to trick one's friends.
Situation: Brad and Andy are hanging out with a bunch of strangers at a party.
Intention: Brad wants to entertain the new people.
Moral action: Brad tells everyone silly jokes.
Norm: It's wrong to trick one's friends.
Situation: Brad and Andy are hanging out with a bunch of strangers at a party.
Intention: Brad wants to entertain the new people.
Immoral action: Brad plays a silly prank on Andy to make people laugh.
Norm: It's not okay to be unprofessional.
Situation: Ben is meeting a new client in the office this morning.
Intention: Ben wants to talk to the man about the work that he wants done.
Moral action: Ben meets the customer wearing a business suit and a tie.
Norm: It's not okay to be unprofessional.
Situation: Ben is meeting a new client in the office this morning.
Intention: Ben wants to talk to the man about the work that he wants done.
Immoral action: Ben greets the man wearing a tank top and boxing shorts.
Norm: It's good to want to dress nicely.
Situation: Dave and his wife Wendy are getting ready in their bedroom to go out to a very fancy restaurant tonight.
Intention: Dave wants to choose what to wear.
Moral action: Dave decides that he's going to go full out and puts on a tuxedo with a black bowtie.
Norm: It's good to want to dress nicely.
Situation: Dave and his wife Wendy are getting ready in their bedroom to go out to a very fancy restaurant tonight.
Intention: Dave wants to choose what to wear.
Immoral action: Dave decides to put on some basketball shorts, a thick plaid shirt, black socks and running shoes.
Norm: Children should not lie to their parents.
Situation: Emma broke her mother's vase while playing near the new puppy.
Intention: Emma wants to tell her mother about the vase.
Moral action: Emma tells her mother that she broke the vase and is very sorry.
Norm: Children should not lie to their parents.
Situation: Emma broke her mother's vase while playing near the new puppy.
Intention: Emma wants to tell her mother about the vase.
Immoral action: Emma tells her mother that the puppy broke the vase, not her.
Norm: It is rude to be ungrateful of someone's kind gesture
Situation: Pauline's friend Kathy just gifted her some cookies she made and Pauline takes a bite.
Intention: Pauline wants to give her opinion on the cookies.
Moral action: Pauline doesn't like the cookies, but she tells Kathy they taste great and thanks her.
Norm: It is rude to be ungrateful of someone's kind gesture
Situation: Pauline's friend Kathy just gifted her some cookies she made and Pauline takes a bite.
Intention: Pauline wants to give her opinion on the cookies.
Immoral action: Pauline tells Kathy that they taste terrible and spits out the bite she took.
Norm: It's rude to wake people up.
Situation: Emily lives with family and arrives home quite late but is very excited after receiving some good news.
Intention: Emily wants to listen to her favorite song to keep the good vibe going.
Moral action: Emily listens to her music using a pair of headphones.
Norm: It's rude to wake people up.
Situation: Emily lives with family and arrives home quite late but is very excited after receiving some good news.
Intention: Emily wants to listen to her favorite song to keep the good vibe going.
Immoral action: Emily cranks up the stereo and puts on her favorite song.
Norm: It's good to invite your grandchildren on your trips.
Situation: Martha is taking care of her two grandchildren for the weekend.
Intention: Martha wants to go camping.
Moral action: Martha takes her grandchildren to her favorite campground upstate.
Norm: It's good to invite your grandchildren on your trips.
Situation: Martha is taking care of her two grandchildren for the weekend.
Intention: Martha wants to go camping.
Immoral action: Martha drops her grandchildren off at a friends house for the weekend.
Norm: It is wrong to insist on having your way.
Situation: John is in a company meeting for product designs.
Intention: John wants to support his favorite design.
Moral action: John makes a case for his favorite design and comes to an amicable decision with his coworkers.
Norm: It is wrong to insist on having your way.
Situation: John is in a company meeting for product designs.
Intention: John wants to support his favorite design.
Immoral action: John adamantly argues for a design he likes and will not back down.
Norm: Eating moldy food is seen as unhealthy.
Situation: Jack is looking in the refrigerator for something to eat but sees only an old molded tomato soup.
Intention: Jack wants to satisfy his hunger.
Moral action: Jack decides to eat out.
Norm: Eating moldy food is seen as unhealthy.
Situation: Jack is looking in the refrigerator for something to eat but sees only an old molded tomato soup.
Intention: Jack wants to satisfy his hunger.
Immoral action: Jack eats the tomato soup.
Norm: You shouldn't get involved with someone who is married.
Situation: Marry wants to attend a party that requires a date, and Chris, a married man, offers to go with her.
Intention: Marry wants a date for the party.
Moral action: Marry searches for a partner on a dating site eventually settling for a nice guy.
Norm: You shouldn't get involved with someone who is married.
Situation: Marry wants to attend a party that requires a date, and Chris, a married man, offers to go with her.
Intention: Marry wants a date for the party.
Immoral action: Marry accepts Chris' offer and attends the party with Chris.
Norm: You shouldn't do drugs around your neighbors.
Situation: James enjoys smoking pot and has a lot of soft furnishings that absorb smells easily.
Intention: James doesn't want his apartment to smell like pot.
Moral action: James switches from smoking pot to eating pot brownies and cookies.
Norm: You shouldn't do drugs around your neighbors.
Situation: James enjoys smoking pot and has a lot of soft furnishings that absorb smells easily.
Intention: James doesn't want his apartment to smell like pot.
Immoral action: James smokes pot in his apartment building's garden in front of the neighbors' kids.
Norm: You should never cheat on your spouse
Situation: Maxine has been married to Phil for 10 years but has recently been flirting with a coworker.
Intention: Maxine wants to have a more exciting relationship.
Moral action: Maxine quits flirting with her coworker and makes an effort to spice up her marriage.
Norm: You should never cheat on your spouse
Situation: Maxine has been married to Phil for 10 years but has recently been flirting with a coworker.
Intention: Maxine wants to have a more exciting relationship.
Immoral action: Maxine decides to take flirting to the next level and sleeps with her coworker.
Norm: You should be respectful of other people's musical taste.
Situation: Barbara's cousin lets her listen to a song that her cousin likes and asks her what she thinks of it.
Intention: Barbara  wants to give her opinion of the song.
Moral action: Barbara says that while the song may not be her cup of tea everybody has a unique taste in music.
Norm: You should be respectful of other people's musical taste.
Situation: Barbara's cousin lets her listen to a song that her cousin likes and asks her what she thinks of it.
Intention: Barbara  wants to give her opinion of the song.
Immoral action: Barbara tells her cousin that the song is garbage and that only dummies would like that sort of thing.
Norm: It's rude to use things that aren't yours without asking.
Situation: Liz has been washing her hands a lot at work to avoid getting sick and now her hands are really dry.
Intention: Liz wants to moisturize her dry hands.
Moral action: Liz sees that her coworker has lotion, so she asks her coworker if she can use some to moisturize her hands.
Norm: It's rude to use things that aren't yours without asking.
Situation: Liz has been washing her hands a lot at work to avoid getting sick and now her hands are really dry.
Intention: Liz wants to moisturize her dry hands.
Immoral action: Liz notices that her coworker has lotion, and she uses some to moisturize her dry hands.
Norm: It is selfish to take your roommates parking spot.
Situation: Jim lives with his roomate Tom, and feels a little lonely when Tom is at work.
Intention: Jim wants to invite some company over.
Moral action: Jim goes to pick up his friend and drives him back to his place to watch movies.
Norm: It is selfish to take your roommates parking spot.
Situation: Jim lives with his roomate Tom, and feels a little lonely when Tom is at work.
Intention: Jim wants to invite some company over.
Immoral action: Jim invites his friend over to watch movies and tells him to park in Tom's spot.
Norm: It's gross to leave pee on public toilet seats.
Situation: Laura is afraid to sit down on a public toilet seat.
Intention: Laura wants to keep her skin from touching the toilet.
Moral action: Laura puts a seat protector down on the seat, then sits and urinates without splashing the seat.
Norm: It's gross to leave pee on public toilet seats.
Situation: Laura is afraid to sit down on a public toilet seat.
Intention: Laura wants to keep her skin from touching the toilet.
Immoral action: Laura hovers over the seat, splashing urine on it, before she flushes and doesn't wipe the seat.
Norm: It's good to move somewhere to live with your partner.
Situation: David has been dating his girlfriend Hanna for a while.
Intention: David wants to move out from his mother's home.
Moral action: David gets an apartment with his girlfriend Hanna who is also moving from home.
Norm: It's good to move somewhere to live with your partner.
Situation: David has been dating his girlfriend Hanna for a while.
Intention: David wants to move out from his mother's home.
Immoral action: David moves out and lives in his car in the alley.
Norm: You shouldn't lose contact with someone you love.
Situation: John and his girlfriend has a long distance relationship.
Intention: John wants to manage his communications with his girlfriend.
Moral action: John maintains steady contact with his girlfriend until they meet again in person.
Norm: You shouldn't lose contact with someone you love.
Situation: John and his girlfriend has a long distance relationship.
Intention: John wants to manage his communications with his girlfriend.
Immoral action: John starts to call his girlfriend less and misses the calls from his girlfriend.
Norm: It's good to care about your kids and their health.
Situation: Mary is a busy single mother whose son tells her he feels sick on the day of an important conference.
Intention: Mary wants to maintain a good balance between work and family.
Moral action: Mary arranges for a coworker to cover her while she takes her son to the doctor.
Norm: It's good to care about your kids and their health.
Situation: Mary is a busy single mother whose son tells her he feels sick on the day of an important conference.
Intention: Mary wants to maintain a good balance between work and family.
Immoral action: Mary feels he doesn't have a fever and so sends him to school, so she can attend her conference.
Norm: You shouldn't decline someone's invite.
Situation: James was invited to a baseball game by Mike, but he didn't feel like going.
Intention: James wants to decide what to do.
Moral action: James decides to go anyway and have fun with Mike.
Norm: You shouldn't decline someone's invite.
Situation: James was invited to a baseball game by Mike, but he didn't feel like going.
Intention: James wants to decide what to do.
Immoral action: James declines the ticket and Mike takes one of their other friends instead.
Norm: It's good to accept your family member's choices.
Situation: Lucy and her husband John are hosting Thanksgiving for their asexual son Paul and their gay daughter Catherine.
Intention: Lucy wants to know if her children are single.
Moral action: Lucy asks her son if he has any kind of romantic relationships despite his asexuality.
Norm: It's good to accept your family member's choices.
Situation: Lucy and her husband John are hosting Thanksgiving for their asexual son Paul and their gay daughter Catherine.
Intention: Lucy wants to know if her children are single.
Immoral action: Lucy asks Catherine when she is getting a boyfriend over the Thanksgiving table.
Norm: It's bad to show up late to your appointments
Situation: Jack made an appointment to go to a baseball game with his son Lee this afternoon.
Intention: Jack wants to pick up his son for the game.
Moral action: Jack picks his son up early, and they make it to the game on time.
Norm: It's bad to show up late to your appointments
Situation: Jack made an appointment to go to a baseball game with his son Lee this afternoon.
Intention: Jack wants to pick up his son for the game.
Immoral action: Jack fails to manage his time properly and arrives to pick up his son two hours late.
Norm: It is wrong to commit murder.
Situation: Becky is in a terrible marriage with a husband who is physically and mentally abusive.
Intention: Becky wants to get out of her marriage.
Moral action: Becky moves in with her sister and files for a divorce.
Norm: It is wrong to commit murder.
Situation: Becky is in a terrible marriage with a husband who is physically and mentally abusive.
Intention: Becky wants to get out of her marriage.
Immoral action: Becky murders her husband one night while he is asleep.
Norm: It's good to overcome your past when you're in love.
Situation: Jon is in a relationship with Christi but is concerned about his embarrassing past.
Intention: Jon wants to avoid being rejected for what he has done.
Moral action: Jon has a deep talk revealing his embarassing past to Christi wanting to be honest.
Norm: It's good to overcome your past when you're in love.
Situation: Jon is in a relationship with Christi but is concerned about his embarrassing past.
Intention: Jon wants to avoid being rejected for what he has done.
Immoral action: Jon panics when the relationship gets closer and finds an excuse to break up with Christi rather than reveal his past.
Norm: It is bad to abandon a cat after a move.
Situation: Henry has a cat but is moving in with his fiance who is allergic.
Intention: Henry wants to get rid of his cat for his fiance's sake.
Moral action: Henry lets his brother take in the cat.
Norm: It is bad to abandon a cat after a move.
Situation: Henry has a cat but is moving in with his fiance who is allergic.
Intention: Henry wants to get rid of his cat for his fiance's sake.
Immoral action: Henry leaves the cat in the street when he moves out.
Norm: You shouldn't hide things from your partner.
Situation: Dylan and Lucy are a married couple with a joint bank account, and Dylan's been struggling with a secret gambling addiction.
Intention: Dylan wants to go to the casino.
Moral action: Dylan confesses to Lucy about his problem and goes to the casino to suspend his account.
Norm: You shouldn't hide things from your partner.
Situation: Dylan and Lucy are a married couple with a joint bank account, and Dylan's been struggling with a secret gambling addiction.
Intention: Dylan wants to go to the casino.
Immoral action: Dylan goes to the casino behind Lucy's back and drains their bank account.
Norm: It's good to be caring and protective of animals.
Situation: Ben's saw his cat limping around.
Intention: Ben wants to see what is wrong with his cat.
Moral action: Ben sees his cat's injured leg and takes his cat to a vet.
Norm: It's good to be caring and protective of animals.
Situation: Ben's saw his cat limping around.
Intention: Ben wants to see what is wrong with his cat.
Immoral action: Ben realizes his cat injured his leg but decides to not care about it.
Norm: It's good to rescue an animal.
Situation: Jan is talking with the members of her family about getting a new pet.
Intention: Jan wants get a dog.
Moral action: Jan goes to the county animal shelter and adopts a dog from them.
Norm: It's good to rescue an animal.
Situation: Jan is talking with the members of her family about getting a new pet.
Intention: Jan wants get a dog.
Immoral action: Jan goes to a puppy mill and buys a dog from them.
Norm: It's wrong to have such high expectations of your partner.
Situation: Joe has been married for a year and his wife is learning to cook.
Intention: Joe wants to give feedback about his wife's food.
Moral action: Joe compliments his wife's cooking and also adds suggestions.
Norm: It's wrong to have such high expectations of your partner.
Situation: Joe has been married for a year and his wife is learning to cook.
Intention: Joe wants to give feedback about his wife's food.
Immoral action: Joe criticizes his wife's dishes as not meeting his personal standard.
Norm: Parents should not prevent their children from growing up.
Situation: Bob has a son and daughter in elementary school.
Intention: Bob wants to enjoy the experience of raising his children.
Moral action: Bob encourages his kids to explore, develop their own interests, and solve their own problems.
Norm: Parents should not prevent their children from growing up.
Situation: Bob has a son and daughter in elementary school.
Intention: Bob wants to enjoy the experience of raising his children.
Immoral action: Bob keeps his children  at home as much as possible and closely manages their lives.
Norm: It's wrong to pick fights with others.
Situation: Johnny has a growing and heated rivalry with another member of his middle school basketball team.
Intention: Johnny wants to show up his rival.
Moral action: Johnny challenges his rival to a one-on-one game of basketball.
Norm: It's wrong to pick fights with others.
Situation: Johnny has a growing and heated rivalry with another member of his middle school basketball team.
Intention: Johnny wants to show up his rival.
Immoral action: Johnny starts a fight with his rival to prove that he is superior.
Norm: It is wrong to waste your employer's money.
Situation: Alex is granted a large amount of autonomy at his job and the company will cover fairly high food costs while traveling.
Intention: Alex wants to eat a quality meal and have some drinks to recharge.
Moral action: Alex spends a reasonable amount on food and drinks at a casual restaurant.
Norm: It is wrong to waste your employer's money.
Situation: Alex is granted a large amount of autonomy at his job and the company will cover fairly high food costs while traveling.
Intention: Alex wants to eat a quality meal and have some drinks to recharge.
Immoral action: Alex orders very expensive food and drink at an expensive restaurant.
Norm: It wrong to strangle people you don't like.
Situation: Ron did not like Reggie, Ron's neighbor, he would come and bang at Ron's door at all hours asking to borrow things.
Intention: Ron wants to stop Reggie from coming to his door.
Moral action: Ron fences his property and keeps the gate locked.
Norm: It wrong to strangle people you don't like.
Situation: Ron did not like Reggie, Ron's neighbor, he would come and bang at Ron's door at all hours asking to borrow things.
Intention: Ron wants to stop Reggie from coming to his door.
Immoral action: Reggie comes to Ron's door and Ron loses it, Ron grabs Reggie around his neck and squeezes the life out of Reggie.
Norm: You should be polite about weight comments with your partner.
Situation: Lacey has noticed that her partner has been putting on a lot of unhealthy weight recently.
Intention: Lacey wants to discourage her partner from being unhealthy.
Moral action: Lacey suggests that they both start going to the gym more often.