CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: Abusing your spouse is wrong.
Situation: After a hard day at work Tom eats a terrible meatloaf prepared by his wife Betty.
Intention: Tom wants to express his displeasure to his wife.
Moral action: Tom explains to Betty that he did not enjoy the meatloaf and feels he deserves better after working all day to provide for her.
Norm: Abusing your spouse is wrong.
Situation: After a hard day at work Tom eats a terrible meatloaf prepared by his wife Betty.
Intention: Tom wants to express his displeasure to his wife.
Immoral action: Tom throws the meatloaf against the wall and then wraps his hands around Betty's neck and shakes her.
Norm: You should not try to make a friend uncomfortable.
Situation: Kalyn's invited their friend Rachel over but now it's getting late and Rachel shows no sign of leaving.
Intention: Kalyn wants Rachel to leave soon.
Moral action: Kalyn tells Rachel that she is tired and would love to catch up with Rachel again some other time.
Norm: You should not try to make a friend uncomfortable.
Situation: Kalyn's invited their friend Rachel over but now it's getting late and Rachel shows no sign of leaving.
Intention: Kalyn wants Rachel to leave soon.
Immoral action: Kalyn begins asking Rachel about her recent infertility issues to try and make Rachel uncomfortable, so she will leave.
Norm: It's wrong to give disease.
Situation: Paul just found out from his doctor that he has a highly infectious disease.
Intention: Paul wants to pick up his medicine from the store.
Moral action: Paul stays home and pays someone to deliver his medicine to the door.
Norm: It's wrong to give disease.
Situation: Paul just found out from his doctor that he has a highly infectious disease.
Intention: Paul wants to pick up his medicine from the store.
Immoral action: Paul goes to the store to pick up his medicine even though he knows he could spread the disease.
Norm: It's good to take trips to new places.
Situation: Bob went on the same vacation from work every year for 20 years.
Intention: Bob wants to enjoy his vacation.
Moral action: Bob goes somewhere new not knowing what it will be like.
Norm: It's good to take trips to new places.
Situation: Bob went on the same vacation from work every year for 20 years.
Intention: Bob wants to enjoy his vacation.
Immoral action: Bob goes to the same place he always does, and he drinks to the 21st anniversary of the vacation location.
Norm: It's wrong to do things behind people's backs.
Situation: Kinsley and Tom are a married couple and Tom doesn't like Kinsley's new friend Tiffany, who he thinks is a bad influence on Kinsley.
Intention: Kinsley wants to go out to lunch with Tiffany.
Moral action: Kinsley tells Tom that she's going to go out to lunch with Tiffany and that he's welcome to join them.
Norm: It's wrong to do things behind people's backs.
Situation: Kinsley and Tom are a married couple and Tom doesn't like Kinsley's new friend Tiffany, who he thinks is a bad influence on Kinsley.
Intention: Kinsley wants to go out to lunch with Tiffany.
Immoral action: Kinsley goes out to lunch with Tiffany without telling Tom, something that she knows he will disapprove of.
Norm: It's rude to prevent someone from talking.
Situation: Jocelyn and her friends are discussing politics, and she knows her friend Derek has strong views that oppose hers.
Intention: Jocelyn wants her friends to be on her side rather than Derek's.
Moral action: Jocelyn lets Derek express his opinions and rebuts them with the best arguments she can think of.
Norm: It's rude to prevent someone from talking.
Situation: Jocelyn and her friends are discussing politics, and she knows her friend Derek has strong views that oppose hers.
Intention: Jocelyn wants her friends to be on her side rather than Derek's.
Immoral action: Jocelyn interrupts Derek every time he tries to say anything, so he doesn't get a chance to express his opinion.
Norm: It's good to do things for your ex-partner.
Situation: Jerry's former wife Sharon was driving to pick up her mother at the airport, but she got a flat tire and called Jerry to ask for help.
Intention: Jerry wants to respond to Sharon's request.
Moral action: Jerry asks Sharon where she is, and jumps in his car to come fix her tire.
Norm: It's good to do things for your ex-partner.
Situation: Jerry's former wife Sharon was driving to pick up her mother at the airport, but she got a flat tire and called Jerry to ask for help.
Intention: Jerry wants to respond to Sharon's request.
Immoral action: Jerry tells Sharon that she better call her mother to tell her she won't be coming.
Norm: It's good to teach your kids new skills.
Situation: Fred is driving with his wife and child when he hears a "pop", then realizes that his tire has gone flat.
Intention: Fred wants to change his car tire.
Moral action: Fred brings his child out with him and has him help change the tire.
Norm: It's good to teach your kids new skills.
Situation: Fred is driving with his wife and child when he hears a "pop", then realizes that his tire has gone flat.
Intention: Fred wants to change his car tire.
Immoral action: Fred tells the wife and child to stay in the car and changes the tire himself.
Norm: It is wrong to be self depreciating.
Situation: Kyle is upset that he has been gaining weight and looks in the mirror to make an assessment of how he looks.
Intention: Kyle wants to form an opinion of his personal appearance.
Moral action: Kyle gives himself a pep talk in the mirror, where he verbally expresses that he needs to do a little gym work but that he is worth the effort.
Norm: It is wrong to be self depreciating.
Situation: Kyle is upset that he has been gaining weight and looks in the mirror to make an assessment of how he looks.
Intention: Kyle wants to form an opinion of his personal appearance.
Immoral action: Kyle does not feel anything good about his appearance and forms the opinion that nobody could ever be attracted to him.
Norm: It's wrong to steal from a lost wallet or purse.
Situation: Jane was walking through a store when she found a wallet laying on the ground.
Intention: Jane wants to turn the wallet in.
Moral action: Jane gives the wallet to the lost and found after reporting how much cash it contains.
Norm: It's wrong to steal from a lost wallet or purse.
Situation: Jane was walking through a store when she found a wallet laying on the ground.
Intention: Jane wants to turn the wallet in.
Immoral action: Jane takes the money out of the wallet before putting it in the lost and found.
Norm: It's good to try to talk through disagreements.
Situation: Zelda is having an argument with her friend over how they should solve a puzzle.
Intention: Zelda wants to show her way is the right solution.
Moral action: Zelda demonstrates to her friend how the solution she has in mind would actually indeed work.
Norm: It's good to try to talk through disagreements.
Situation: Zelda is having an argument with her friend over how they should solve a puzzle.
Intention: Zelda wants to show her way is the right solution.
Immoral action: Zelda tells her friend to leave her alone and that she will just do the puzzle herself.
Norm: It's wrong to say something just to irritate other people
Situation: John and Mindy are at home together and Mindy has on a new hat she likes.
Intention: John wants to laugh and have a good time.
Moral action: John tells Mindy her hat looks great and makes her look like a supermodel and laughs.
Norm: It's wrong to say something just to irritate other people
Situation: John and Mindy are at home together and Mindy has on a new hat she likes.
Intention: John wants to laugh and have a good time.
Immoral action: John tells Mindy her hat makes her look like a ugly man and laughs.
Norm: It's rude to dash someone's dreams of success.
Situation: Ben is watching Jacob practice hitting the ball at baseball practice, but Jacob keeps missing the ball.
Intention: Ben wants to offer feedback.
Moral action: Ben shows Jacob a better way of holding the bat to help him.
Norm: It's rude to dash someone's dreams of success.
Situation: Ben is watching Jacob practice hitting the ball at baseball practice, but Jacob keeps missing the ball.
Intention: Ben wants to offer feedback.
Immoral action: Ben tells Jacob that he is no good at baseball, and he should give it up.
Norm: It's wrong to never give to charity.
Situation: Tom is walking with his groceries out of the store when he bumps into a charity worker at a table asking for donations.
Intention: Tom wants to save his money.
Moral action: Tom stops and gives what he can afford to the charity worker while saving the rest.
Norm: It's wrong to never give to charity.
Situation: Tom is walking with his groceries out of the store when he bumps into a charity worker at a table asking for donations.
Intention: Tom wants to save his money.
Immoral action: Tom pretends not to see the charity worker and walks briskly to his car.
Norm: You shouldn't steal money from others.
Situation: Basil is in desperate need of a loan and is at the bank asking for one when he is turned down.
Intention: Basil wants to find a way to acquire the money he needs.
Moral action: Basil goes to a pay day lender who will give him the loan but at higher rates.
Norm: You shouldn't steal money from others.
Situation: Basil is in desperate need of a loan and is at the bank asking for one when he is turned down.
Intention: Basil wants to find a way to acquire the money he needs.
Immoral action: Basil reaches over into the teller's till and pulls out a wad of cash before running away.
Norm: It's not okay to violate someone's personal privacy.
Situation: Cameron has a crush on his sister's friend and just noticed that his sister left her laptop open when she left the house.
Intention: Cameron wants to know what his sister's friend thinks about him.
Moral action: Cameron waits until his sister gets back and tells her he likes her friend and asks what she thinks about him.
Norm: It's not okay to violate someone's personal privacy.
Situation: Cameron has a crush on his sister's friend and just noticed that his sister left her laptop open when she left the house.
Intention: Cameron wants to know what his sister's friend thinks about him.
Immoral action: Cameron goes on his sister's computer while she's away and reads her chat logs with her friend.
Norm: It is nice to offer a customer a good experience.
Situation: Janet works at a call center for a health insurance company, and is on the line with an angry caller, Kevin, who was double charged this month.
Intention: Janet wants to find out why Kevin was charged twice.
Moral action: Janet is understanding and sympathetic of Kevin's frustration, and let's him know it was a billing error that is now resolved.
Norm: It is nice to offer a customer a good experience.
Situation: Janet works at a call center for a health insurance company, and is on the line with an angry caller, Kevin, who was double charged this month.
Intention: Janet wants to find out why Kevin was charged twice.
Immoral action: Janet finds an error made with his billing and corrects it, but because she doesn't like Kevin's attitude, hangs up without telling him it was fixed.
Norm: You should always pay back what you owe.
Situation: Serena borrowed some money from her brother Todd which she is able to pay back now but there's a new video game she wants.
Intention: Serena wants to buy the new game.
Moral action: Serena pays Todd back and then starts saving up to buy the game.
Norm: You should always pay back what you owe.
Situation: Serena borrowed some money from her brother Todd which she is able to pay back now but there's a new video game she wants.
Intention: Serena wants to buy the new game.
Immoral action: Serena uses the money that she was going to pay Todd back with to buy the game.
Norm: It's wrong to tell your significant other what to do.
Situation: Jamie is planning to see a movie with her friend, but her husband Gary wishes she would stay home and watch a TV series with him.
Intention: Gary wants Jamie to know he's lonely.
Moral action: Gary tells Jamie that he doesn't want to watch this show by himself and asks Jamie if he can tag along.
Norm: It's wrong to tell your significant other what to do.
Situation: Jamie is planning to see a movie with her friend, but her husband Gary wishes she would stay home and watch a TV series with him.
Intention: Gary wants Jamie to know he's lonely.
Immoral action: Citing that he doesn't want to be alone, Gary forbids Jamie from going out to the movie with her friend.
Norm: Researching information for others can give you new insight yourself.
Situation: Maxwell notices his classmate looking at some academic journals for her paper, and he is free for the afternoon/.
Intention: Maxwell wants to do something productive.
Moral action: Maxwell searches through some academic journals to cut down on his classmate's research time.
Norm: Researching information for others can give you new insight yourself.
Situation: Maxwell notices his classmate looking at some academic journals for her paper, and he is free for the afternoon/.
Intention: Maxwell wants to do something productive.
Immoral action: Maxwell leaves his friend going home to organize all the books in his room.
Norm: It's good to care about the opinions of others.
Situation: Alejandro has begun finding his old wardrobe boring and doesn't like any of his clothes anymore.
Intention: Alejandro wants to develop a new personal style.
Moral action: Alejandro asks his friends and parents for their opinions on what would suit him best, and takes their advice into consideration when choosing what to wear.
Norm: It's good to care about the opinions of others.
Situation: Alejandro has begun finding his old wardrobe boring and doesn't like any of his clothes anymore.
Intention: Alejandro wants to develop a new personal style.
Immoral action: Alejandro decides to just wear whatever he feels like, regardless of fashion trends or what others say about his choices.
Norm: It's not okay to abandon everyone that cares about you.
Situation: Josie has been offered an amazing career opportunity in another country, but her family can't go with her.
Intention: Josie wants to accept the job offer.
Moral action: Josie takes the job but travels back home a few times a month and plans trips for her family to come visit as well.
Norm: It's not okay to abandon everyone that cares about you.
Situation: Josie has been offered an amazing career opportunity in another country, but her family can't go with her.
Intention: Josie wants to accept the job offer.
Immoral action: Josie leaves her family and moves to the other country on her own, with no idea when she will ever return.
Norm: You shouldn't be a peeping Tom because that's wrong.
Situation: Tom is walking by a woman's house and notices he can see that she's changing through the window.
Intention: Tom wants to respect the woman's privacy.
Moral action: Tom keeps walking and doesn't watch the woman.
Norm: You shouldn't be a peeping Tom because that's wrong.
Situation: Tom is walking by a woman's house and notices he can see that she's changing through the window.
Intention: Tom wants to respect the woman's privacy.
Immoral action: Tom hides in a bush where he thinks he is hidden and continues to watch the woman.
Norm: You shouldn't let your emotions hurt others.
Situation: Matt has had a very bad day and has just arrived at home when his children mob him and demand that he play with them.
Intention: Matt wants to relieve his stress.
Moral action: Matt asks for a few minutes of rest before playing with the children.
Norm: You shouldn't let your emotions hurt others.
Situation: Matt has had a very bad day and has just arrived at home when his children mob him and demand that he play with them.
Intention: Matt wants to relieve his stress.
Immoral action: Matt yells at the children and tells them to leave him alone, so he can have peace and quiet.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore your friends and slip away from them.
Situation: Randy just recently started dating Theresa, a young woman that he finds very attractive and interesting.
Intention: Randy wants to spend more time getting to know Theresa.
Moral action: Randy invites Theresa to join him when he's hanging out with his group of friends.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore your friends and slip away from them.
Situation: Randy just recently started dating Theresa, a young woman that he finds very attractive and interesting.
Intention: Randy wants to spend more time getting to know Theresa.
Immoral action: Randy slowly spends more and more time with Theresa instead of with his friends who rarely ever get to see him anymore.
Norm: It is bad to make people feel scared
Situation: Ursula is babysitting young children and it is time for them to go to bed.
Intention: Ursula wants the kids to stay in their rooms.
Moral action: Ursula reads the children book after book until she sees that they are all sound asleep and tucks them in.
Norm: It is bad to make people feel scared
Situation: Ursula is babysitting young children and it is time for them to go to bed.
Intention: Ursula wants the kids to stay in their rooms.
Immoral action: Ursula tells the children a tall tale about mysterious things that happen to children who leave their rooms at night and how they might vanish.
Norm: You shouldn't worry your parents.
Situation: Karen had a date planned with her boyfriend, but she hadn't told her parents yet.
Intention: Karen has to decide whether to tell her parents where she's going.
Moral action: Karen tells her parents about her date and gives them his phone number.
Norm: You shouldn't worry your parents.
Situation: Karen had a date planned with her boyfriend, but she hadn't told her parents yet.
Intention: Karen has to decide whether to tell her parents where she's going.
Immoral action: Karen sneaks out of her house and doesn't tell her parents what she's doing.
Norm: It's rude to disturb people in a public setting.
Situation: Carol is eating at a restaurant when she notices her district's political representative whose policies she disagrees with sitting nearby, so she walks over to his table.
Intention: Caroline wants to express her displeasure at the representative.
Moral action: Caroline asks for the representative's contact info and then later that evening sends him an email stating her problems with his policies.
Norm: It's rude to disturb people in a public setting.
Situation: Carol is eating at a restaurant when she notices her district's political representative whose policies she disagrees with sitting nearby, so she walks over to his table.
Intention: Caroline wants to express her displeasure at the representative.
Immoral action: Caroline  raises her voice at him and begins asking him questions about his policies and motives.
Norm: It's important to fulfill your promises to others.
Situation: Waldo's best friend confided in him that he cheated on his significant other and asks him to keep it a secret.
Intention: Waldo wants his best friend to be honest.
Moral action: Waldo explains to his best friend that values of honesty and encourages him to tell his significant other.
Norm: It's important to fulfill your promises to others.
Situation: Waldo's best friend confided in him that he cheated on his significant other and asks him to keep it a secret.
Intention: Waldo wants his best friend to be honest.
Immoral action: Waldo tells his best friend's significant other the truth hoping to teach his best friend by leading by example.
Norm: It's frowned upon to fantasize about violence.
Situation: Stan just had a bad argument with a customer, and he can't stop thinking about it.
Intention: Stan wants to think about what he'll do the next time it happens.
Moral action: Stan thinks about what he'll say to diffuse the situation the next time.
Norm: It's frowned upon to fantasize about violence.
Situation: Stan just had a bad argument with a customer, and he can't stop thinking about it.
Intention: Stan wants to think about what he'll do the next time it happens.
Immoral action: Stan imagines grabbing the customer by the throat and throwing them against the wall.
Norm: It's good to spend time somewhere with your family.
Situation: Carl has a family but is at work which he takes very seriously.
Intention: Carl wants to be successful in life.
Moral action: Carl puts in for some well earned time off to spend with his family because he views them as his greatest accomplishment.
Norm: It's good to spend time somewhere with your family.
Situation: Carl has a family but is at work which he takes very seriously.
Intention: Carl wants to be successful in life.
Immoral action: Carl stays at work after hours to put in the extra effort that he hopes will advance his career.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat on tests.
Situation: Vanessa is good at math but her friend Sally is bad at math and if she fails the next math test she will have to repeat the grade.
Intention: Vanessa wants Sally to pass the test.
Moral action: Vanessa offers to help Sally study for the test and teach her what she doesn't know.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat on tests.
Situation: Vanessa is good at math but her friend Sally is bad at math and if she fails the next math test she will have to repeat the grade.
Intention: Vanessa wants Sally to pass the test.
Immoral action: Vanessa offers to let Sally copy off her during the math test.
Norm: It is important to get along with your coworkers.
Situation: Paul is part of a tight-knit team at work that has just added a new member, Brenda, whose personality and interests are very different from the rest of the team.
Intention: Paul wants to maintain a good working environment.
Moral action: Paul gets to know Brenda better and finds ways to include her with the rest of the group.
Norm: It is important to get along with your coworkers.
Situation: Paul is part of a tight-knit team at work that has just added a new member, Brenda, whose personality and interests are very different from the rest of the team.
Intention: Paul wants to maintain a good working environment.
Immoral action: Paul begins excluding Brenda from social settings because she doesn't fit in with the group and makes things awkward.
Norm: It is rude to make other people worry about you.
Situation: Gerry is going backpacking for two weeks, and leaves a copy of his itinerary with his parents.
Intention: Gerry wants to have an enjoyable trip.
Moral action: Gerry decides on the spur of the moment to extend his trip by five days, and stops by a ranger cabin to phone his parents to let them know.
Norm: It is rude to make other people worry about you.
Situation: Gerry is going backpacking for two weeks, and leaves a copy of his itinerary with his parents.
Intention: Gerry wants to have an enjoyable trip.
Immoral action: Gerry decides on the spur of the moment to extend his trip by five days without telling anyone.
Norm: It is bad to fight constantly with others.
Situation: Tom is up for a promotion at work.
Intention: Tom wants to appear assertive.
Moral action: Tom takes extra care to make sure all his work related decisions are well researched and on-point.
Norm: It is bad to fight constantly with others.
Situation: Tom is up for a promotion at work.
Intention: Tom wants to appear assertive.
Immoral action: Tom takes to arguing his point of view with various staff members.
Norm: It's good to speak out against predatory behavior.
Situation: Maddock watches his manager sexually harassing his coworker from his office.
Intention: Maddock wants to avoid getting dragged into workplace drama.
Moral action: Maddock records a video of the incident and shows it to HR asking them to keep his identity a secret.
Norm: It's good to speak out against predatory behavior.
Situation: Maddock watches his manager sexually harassing his coworker from his office.
Intention: Maddock wants to avoid getting dragged into workplace drama.
Immoral action: Maddock continues working ignoring his boss' behavior.
Norm: You shouldn't insult your children's friends.
Situation: Rory's son is friends with a Hispanic boy who has a strong accent, and his son invited him to his place.
Intention: Rory wanted to say something to his son's friend.
Moral action: Rory asks the boy if he or his family needs anything.