CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's not okay to take something that isn't yours.
Situation: When Frank arrives to collect his take-out order from a restaurant, he spots several bags of food sitting out for pick-up but is told that the cooks forgot his order.
Intention: Frank wants to get home as quickly as possible.
Immoral action: Frank grabs the bag for another person's order and leaves the restaurant without saying a word to any of the workers.
Norm: It's wrong to discourage someone's hopes and dreams.
Situation: Daryl's daughter Elsa has been struggling in school, but she wants to be a doctor in the future.
Intention: Daryl wants Elsa to be happy and have a secure future.
Moral action: Daryl offers to help Elsa with her schoolwork and hires a tutor for her, so she can improve her grades for her school applications.
Norm: It's wrong to discourage someone's hopes and dreams.
Situation: Daryl's daughter Elsa has been struggling in school, but she wants to be a doctor in the future.
Intention: Daryl wants Elsa to be happy and have a secure future.
Immoral action: Daryl tells Elsa that her dream is unrealistic because of her bad grades and advises her to go to find a husband to take care of her, instead.
Norm: You can't expect your parents to always keep their promises.
Situation: Roy has been promised a new video game console for Christmas but his parents are not able to afford it.
Intention: Roy wants to play a game with a friend.
Moral action: Roy decides to wait until a better time in order to ask for the gift.
Norm: You can't expect your parents to always keep their promises.
Situation: Roy has been promised a new video game console for Christmas but his parents are not able to afford it.
Intention: Roy wants to play a game with a friend.
Immoral action: Roy brings up the promise when he finds out his parents weren't able to buy the console.
Norm: It's wrong to set ultimatum to those you love
Situation: Olga is suspicious of the close relationship her fiance Paul has with his ex-girlfriend.
Intention: Olga wants Paul to spend less time with his ex.
Moral action: Olga explains to Paul that the amount of time he spends with his ex makes her uncomfortable and asks him to please consider how his behavior impacts her.
Norm: It's wrong to set ultimatum to those you love
Situation: Olga is suspicious of the close relationship her fiance Paul has with his ex-girlfriend.
Intention: Olga wants Paul to spend less time with his ex.
Immoral action: Olga tells Paul that she will break up with him if he doesn't stop hanging out with his ex so much.
Norm: You should be grateful when your parents buy you things.
Situation: Sally just got her driver's license, and her mother bought her a used car to mark the occasion.
Intention: Sally wants to respond to the gift.
Moral action: Sally gives her mother a hug and thanks her for buying the car.
Norm: You should be grateful when your parents buy you things.
Situation: Sally just got her driver's license, and her mother bought her a used car to mark the occasion.
Intention: Sally wants to respond to the gift.
Immoral action: Sally complains that she doesn't like the color of the car and that it isn't cool.
Norm: It's rude to make a mess of someone else's desk.
Situation: June notices her employee's desk is a disorganized mess.
Intention: June wants to discipline her employee for a messy desk.
Moral action: June offers to help her employee clean up her desk and learn organizational skills.
Norm: It's rude to make a mess of someone else's desk.
Situation: June notices her employee's desk is a disorganized mess.
Intention: June wants to discipline her employee for a messy desk.
Immoral action: June messes her employee's desk up even more to prove to her employee she must clean it up.
Norm: It is rude not to be thankful for gifts
Situation: Alex got a hat as a gift for his birthday by his grandma, but he didn't like it.
Intention: Alex wanted to get rid of the hat.
Moral action: Alex thanks his grandma for getting him the hat and then returns the hat at a later time.
Norm: It is rude not to be thankful for gifts
Situation: Alex got a hat as a gift for his birthday by his grandma, but he didn't like it.
Intention: Alex wanted to get rid of the hat.
Immoral action: Alex tells his grandma that he doesn't like the hat and throws it in the trash.
Norm: People are expected to support their relatives' performances.
Situation: James' sister asked him to come to her community theater troupe's performance of Hamilton.
Intention: James wants to avoid listening to three hours of historical rap.
Moral action: James goes to his sister's play but wears headphones under his jacket and covertly listens to Taylor Swift during the whole performance.
Norm: People are expected to support their relatives' performances.
Situation: James' sister asked him to come to her community theater troupe's performance of Hamilton.
Intention: James wants to avoid listening to three hours of historical rap.
Immoral action: James tells his sister to her face that she can't sing, and he's not coming.
Norm: You shouldn't hate the love of your life.
Situation: John and his girlfriend, who was the love of his life, break up after relationship troubles.
Intention: John wants to find some closure and get his feelings in order about the relationship and it's ending.
Moral action: John remains grateful for experiencing their time together and hopes that he and his ex-girlfriend can maintain a civil relationship.
Norm: You shouldn't hate the love of your life.
Situation: John and his girlfriend, who was the love of his life, break up after relationship troubles.
Intention: John wants to find some closure and get his feelings in order about the relationship and it's ending.
Immoral action: After thinking about the situation for some time, John decides that he hates his ex-girlfriend and never wants to see her again.
Norm: It's always good to apologize.
Situation: James was trying to find a seat on a crowded subway when he accidentally knocked over someone's bag of groceries.
Intention: James wants to sit down because he's tired.
Moral action: James apologizes to the person with the groceries and sits on the floor while he gathers them up.
Norm: It's always good to apologize.
Situation: James was trying to find a seat on a crowded subway when he accidentally knocked over someone's bag of groceries.
Intention: James wants to sit down because he's tired.
Immoral action: James keeps walking forward to look for a seat without acknowledging the spilled groceries.
Norm: It's good to get an A on your assignments.
Situation: Dean is working on a take home project for his Algebra 2 class.
Intention: Dean wants to pass the class.
Moral action: Dean checks over his work on the project several times to make sure that he has done the best job possible.
Norm: It's good to get an A on your assignments.
Situation: Dean is working on a take home project for his Algebra 2 class.
Intention: Dean wants to pass the class.
Immoral action: Dean spends about fifteen minutes making sure he completed all the minimum requirements for the project.
Norm: You should thank friends for inviting you to do things
Situation: Brian is at a friend's party.
Intention: Brian wants to go home and get ready for work tomorrow.
Moral action: Brian makes sure to tell his friends goodbye and shows his appreciation for being invited to the party.
Norm: You should thank friends for inviting you to do things
Situation: Brian is at a friend's party.
Intention: Brian wants to go home and get ready for work tomorrow.
Immoral action: Brian slips out the back door without saying goodbye to anyone.
Norm: You should run errands for people who need help.
Situation: Shelly is leaving for the local supermarket and has an elderly neighbor who doesn't get around too well.
Intention: Shelly wants to purchase a few items for herself.
Moral action: Shelly thinks of her neighbor's situation and makes sure to ask them if they need anything from the supermarket.
Norm: You should run errands for people who need help.
Situation: Shelly is leaving for the local supermarket and has an elderly neighbor who doesn't get around too well.
Intention: Shelly wants to purchase a few items for herself.
Immoral action: Shelly goes to the supermarket and just buys the things she needs personally without considering that her elderly neighbor may need something.
Norm: One should never share another's health results without prior permission.
Situation: Paul's mother just told him that his father, a very private person, has been diagnosed with cancer, and that none of Paul’s siblings are aware of his condition.
Intention: Paul wants his siblings to know that their father is seriously sick.
Moral action: Paul talks to his dad about telling the whole family and convinces him that sharing the news will make him feel supported.
Norm: One should never share another's health results without prior permission.
Situation: Paul's mother just told him that his father, a very private person, has been diagnosed with cancer, and that none of Paul’s siblings are aware of his condition.
Intention: Paul wants his siblings to know that their father is seriously sick.
Immoral action: Paul calls his brother and sister to tell them about the diagnosis, without asking his father first if it's OK to do so.
Norm: You should offer to share your kite with your friends.
Situation: Dawn is playing with her kite on the beach while her friend Kris watches from afar.
Intention: Dawn wants to have fun.
Moral action: Dawn buys another kite from the stand, and gives her old kite to Dawn.
Norm: You should offer to share your kite with your friends.
Situation: Dawn is playing with her kite on the beach while her friend Kris watches from afar.
Intention: Dawn wants to have fun.
Immoral action: Dawn continues running down the beach giggling as she makes her kit go higher.
Norm: You should give your wife affection when she wants it.
Situation: After a long day at work, Tom grabs a beer from the fridge and plops himself down on the couch, when his wife walks up and starts talking.
Intention: Tom wants to unwind and relax.
Moral action: Tom invites his wife to grab seat next to him, and he caresses her while they watch television together.
Norm: You should give your wife affection when she wants it.
Situation: After a long day at work, Tom grabs a beer from the fridge and plops himself down on the couch, when his wife walks up and starts talking.
Intention: Tom wants to unwind and relax.
Immoral action: Tom tells his wife that he doesn't want to deal with her right now and to leave him alone.
Norm: It's insulting to refer to someone as a creep.
Situation: Mary is sitting at a bus stop waiting for her bus when a stranger walks up and starts talking to her.
Intention: Mary wants to be left alone.
Moral action: Mary politely excuses herself from the conversation, letting the person know that she is uncomfortable talking with strangers.
Norm: It's insulting to refer to someone as a creep.
Situation: Mary is sitting at a bus stop waiting for her bus when a stranger walks up and starts talking to her.
Intention: Mary wants to be left alone.
Immoral action: Mary calls the stranger a creep and tells him to get away from her.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore someone who is suicidal.
Situation: Gary gets a text from his friend Don who says he is thinking about killing himself.
Intention: Gary wants to decide whether to respond to the text.
Moral action: Gary immediately gives Don a call and does his best to talk Don out of suicide.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore someone who is suicidal.
Situation: Gary gets a text from his friend Don who says he is thinking about killing himself.
Intention: Gary wants to decide whether to respond to the text.
Immoral action: Gary ignores the text because he thinks Don is just being overly dramatic.
Norm: You shouldn't have sex with old ladies at work.
Situation: Oliver works at a library, where an elderly woman makes sexual advances at him.
Intention: Oliver wants to get rid of the elderly woman.
Moral action: Oliver reports the elderly woman to his boss.
Norm: You shouldn't have sex with old ladies at work.
Situation: Oliver works at a library, where an elderly woman makes sexual advances at him.
Intention: Oliver wants to get rid of the elderly woman.
Immoral action: Oliver has sex with the woman in the hopes that she'll go away.
Norm: You shouldn't be working if you're still sick or injured.
Situation: Rob has the coronavirus, but he needs to work in order to get paid.
Intention: Rob wants to work.
Moral action: Rob lets his boss know that he has the coronavirus, so he is allowed to work from home.
Norm: You shouldn't be working if you're still sick or injured.
Situation: Rob has the coronavirus, but he needs to work in order to get paid.
Intention: Rob wants to work.
Immoral action: Rob goes to work without telling anyone that he has coronavirus.
Norm: It's bad to cancel on someone with little advance notice.
Situation: Steve has a date scheduled with Mandy, but finds out he has to work on their date night.
Intention: Steve wants to cancel the date.
Moral action: Steve cancels the date as soon as he finds out he has to work.
Norm: It's bad to cancel on someone with little advance notice.
Situation: Steve has a date scheduled with Mandy, but finds out he has to work on their date night.
Intention: Steve wants to cancel the date.
Immoral action: Steve waits until a few minutes before the date to tell Mandy he can't make it.
Norm: You shouldn't be late to work.
Situation: Bruce hates getting up in the morning to go to his job working on an assembly line.
Intention: Bruce wants to sleep as long as possible.
Moral action: Bruce calculates the exact amount of time he needs to get ready and travel and sets his alarm clock accordingly.
Norm: You shouldn't be late to work.
Situation: Bruce hates getting up in the morning to go to his job working on an assembly line.
Intention: Bruce wants to sleep as long as possible.
Immoral action: Bruce goes back to sleep after his alarm goes off and wakes up at the time his shift should start.
Norm: You shouldn't be too hard on your employees
Situation: A person that works for Bob comes in five minutes late one morning.
Intention: Bob wants to let his employee know that he doesn't like them being late.
Moral action: Bob explains that it's important for everyone to be on time and asks the employee to make an effort not to be late.
Norm: You shouldn't be too hard on your employees
Situation: A person that works for Bob comes in five minutes late one morning.
Intention: Bob wants to let his employee know that he doesn't like them being late.
Immoral action: Bob yells at the employee and threatens to fire them if they are even one minute late in the future.
Norm: It's not polite to refuse an invitation from your partner.
Situation: Jim's girlfriend invites him to come have dinner with her and her family.
Intention: Jim wants to let his girlfriend know if he's coming for dinner with her family.
Moral action: Jim accepts his girlfriend's invitation to have dinner with her family.
Norm: It's not polite to refuse an invitation from your partner.
Situation: Jim's girlfriend invites him to come have dinner with her and her family.
Intention: Jim wants to let his girlfriend know if he's coming for dinner with her family.
Immoral action: Jim says he won't go to dinner with her and her family because he would be uncomfortable.
Norm: It's good to help out people down on their luck.
Situation: Mary has decided to do her community service at the local soup kitchen.
Intention: Mary wants to complete her community service as part of her high school graduation requirements.
Moral action: Mary goes for her shifts at the soup kitchen and helps prepare, cook, serve and clean up for every meal.
Norm: It's good to help out people down on their luck.
Situation: Mary has decided to do her community service at the local soup kitchen.
Intention: Mary wants to complete her community service as part of her high school graduation requirements.
Immoral action: Mary goes for her shifts at the soup kitchen but doesn't do much and spends all her time on her phone.
Norm: Helping others carry things is polite.
Situation: Johnny comes back from shopping with his mother and there are many bags in the car to bring in the house.
Intention: Johnny wants to play video games.
Moral action: Johnny helps his mother bring the bags in the house before starting to play video games.
Norm: Helping others carry things is polite.
Situation: Johnny comes back from shopping with his mother and there are many bags in the car to bring in the house.
Intention: Johnny wants to play video games.
Immoral action: Johnny runs in the house and starts playing video games leaving his mother to carry all the bags.
Norm: It is hurtful to stop talking to someone entirely.
Situation: Jack recently found out that his brother Murray cannot pay back all the money he owes Jack.
Intention: Jack wants to react to the bad news.
Moral action: Jack tells Murray that he can take longer if he needs to and that he understands times are tough.
Norm: It is hurtful to stop talking to someone entirely.
Situation: Jack recently found out that his brother Murray cannot pay back all the money he owes Jack.
Intention: Jack wants to react to the bad news.
Immoral action: Jack tells Murray that he can forget the loan but that he'll never speak to Murray, ever again.
Norm: It is expected to spend valentine's day with your partner.
Situation: There is a movie coming out on Valentine's day that Steve is really interested in that his girlfriend isn't.
Intention: Steve wants to go see the movie.
Moral action: Steve tells his girlfriend if she'll go see this movie, he'll see one of her favorites.
Norm: It is expected to spend valentine's day with your partner.
Situation: There is a movie coming out on Valentine's day that Steve is really interested in that his girlfriend isn't.
Intention: Steve wants to go see the movie.
Immoral action: Steve asks his girlfriend to go see the movie, she refuses, so he asks his buddies instead.
Norm: It is inappropriate to snoop on other people.
Situation: Alexa is home alone because her best friend and roommate is out on a date.
Intention: Alexa wants to avoid being bored.
Moral action: Alexa decides to find a TV show to watch and relaxes on the couch until her friend comes back from her date.
Norm: It is inappropriate to snoop on other people.
Situation: Alexa is home alone because her best friend and roommate is out on a date.
Intention: Alexa wants to avoid being bored.
Immoral action: Alexa decides to go to the same bar she knows her best friend went on a date to and watches the date from across the room.
Norm: It's fine to go to a bar.
Situation: Matilda works hard in school and rarely takes time for leisurely activities.
Intention: Matilda wants to be considered a serious student.
Moral action: Matilda takes the time to go to a bar with a few friends one evening after studying hard all week.
Norm: It's fine to go to a bar.
Situation: Matilda works hard in school and rarely takes time for leisurely activities.
Intention: Matilda wants to be considered a serious student.
Immoral action: Matilda never goes out to bars with her friends.
Norm: You shouldn't let people drive buzzed.
Situation: Henry and Peter are leaving the bar after a night of drinking and Peter is walking to his car and says goodbye to Henry.
Intention: Henry wants to respond to Peter's goodbye.
Moral action: Henry tells Peter that he's not letting him drive since he drank and that there is no goodbye since they're both taking the bus together.
Norm: You shouldn't let people drive buzzed.
Situation: Henry and Peter are leaving the bar after a night of drinking and Peter is walking to his car and says goodbye to Henry.
Intention: Henry wants to respond to Peter's goodbye.
Immoral action: Henry tells Peter to have a great night and continues to walk towards the bus stop.
Norm: It's annoying when people are always cheerful
Situation: Harry is waiting in the breakroom at work when his coworker Janice comes in and sits at a table far away sobbing.
Intention: Harry wants to converse with Janice to make his break more enjoyable.
Moral action: Harry walks over to Janice and ask her what is the matter, making sure to listen to her as she vents about what is bothering her.
Norm: It's annoying when people are always cheerful
Situation: Harry is waiting in the breakroom at work when his coworker Janice comes in and sits at a table far away sobbing.
Intention: Harry wants to converse with Janice to make his break more enjoyable.
Immoral action: Harry walks over to Janice with and begins to converse with her about his new puppy in a cheery manner.
Norm: It is good to be friendly to dogs.
Situation: Rick routinely sees a stray dog wandering through his neighborhood at night.
Intention: Rick wants to do something about the stray.
Moral action: Rick lures the stray in with food and decides to adopt it after gaining its trust.
Norm: It is good to be friendly to dogs.
Situation: Rick routinely sees a stray dog wandering through his neighborhood at night.
Intention: Rick wants to do something about the stray.
Immoral action: Rick throws rocks at the stray one night as it walks through his yard, yelling at it and chasing it away.
Norm: It's important to support LGBT friends.
Situation: Hank is at home watching TV when his gay friend Lou calls him and asks him to come to a pride event.
Intention: Hank wants to answer Lou's request.
Moral action: Hank tells Lou that he would be glad to come and asks where they should meet.
Norm: It's important to support LGBT friends.
Situation: Hank is at home watching TV when his gay friend Lou calls him and asks him to come to a pride event.
Intention: Hank wants to answer Lou's request.
Immoral action: Hank tells Lou that he doesn't really want to be seen in that crowd, and he won't come.
Norm: It's wrong to do things that hurt a significant other.
Situation: Ted's wife Janet is the front-runner in a mayoral election and Ted is asked by the media for an interview about his wife.
Intention: Ted wants to tell the media about Janet.
Moral action: Ted tells the media about the qualities Janet has that would make her a good mayor.
Norm: It's wrong to do things that hurt a significant other.
Situation: Ted's wife Janet is the front-runner in a mayoral election and Ted is asked by the media for an interview about his wife.
Intention: Ted wants to tell the media about Janet.
Immoral action: Ted tells the media all of the things his wife does and says that he doesn't like.
Norm: You shouldn't be rude to your doctor.
Situation: Brenda has an appointment with her doctor, but she's been in the waiting room a long time and is tired.
Intention: Brenda wants to let someone know how she feels.
Moral action: When Brenda's doctor asks her how she feels she just tells him that she is feeling a little tired from waiting.
Norm: You shouldn't be rude to your doctor.
Situation: Brenda has an appointment with her doctor, but she's been in the waiting room a long time and is tired.
Intention: Brenda wants to let someone know how she feels.
Immoral action: When Brenda see her doctor she tells him that she's tired, long waits are unacceptable, and he doesn't run his office well.
Norm: It's good to spend time with your family.
Situation: Jeffrey is back in his hometown visiting his parents for the weekend when his best childhood friend invites him to go to the beach.
Intention: Jeffrey wants to enjoy his afternoon.
Moral action: Jeffrey declines his friend's offer and spends the afternoon catching up with his parents and telling them about recent developments in his life.
Norm: It's good to spend time with your family.
Situation: Jeffrey is back in his hometown visiting his parents for the weekend when his best childhood friend invites him to go to the beach.
Intention: Jeffrey wants to enjoy his afternoon.
Immoral action: Jeffrey decides to go out with his friend and ends up spending the entire day away from home.
Norm: It's good to watch movies together with people.
Situation: Justin's family has a movie night planned for the evening.
Intention: Justin wants to go out with his friends.
Moral action: Justin asks if his parents if they can watch the movie early so that he can go out with his friends afterwards, and they agree.