CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's not good to make people feel uncomfortable
Situation: Kim just bought a new house and is hosting a house warming party.
Intention: Kim wants to get to know her new neighbors.
Moral action: Kim gets to know everyone and makes them feel welcome in her home.
Norm: It's not good to make people feel uncomfortable
Situation: Kim just bought a new house and is hosting a house warming party.
Intention: Kim wants to get to know her new neighbors.
Immoral action: Kim is rude and avoids talking to a neighbor who she never met.
Norm: You shouldn't argue with people during class time.
Situation: Heather is a student in Mr. Stephenson's Biology class.
Intention: Heather wants class to be less boring.
Moral action: Heather gives the class a chance despite initially being bored.
Norm: You shouldn't argue with people during class time.
Situation: Heather is a student in Mr. Stephenson's Biology class.
Intention: Heather wants class to be less boring.
Immoral action: Heather argues with Mr. Stephenson every day about how pointless the class is.
Norm: It is unprofessional to cry at work.
Situation: Dave is a grocery store clerk who is restocking a shelf when he gets a text that his wife is dead, and he immediately has an urge to cry.
Intention: Dave wants to find a place to cry.
Moral action: Dave sneaks outside by the loading dock at the back of the store and finds a place between two parked semi trucks to cry in private.
Norm: It is unprofessional to cry at work.
Situation: Dave is a grocery store clerk who is restocking a shelf when he gets a text that his wife is dead, and he immediately has an urge to cry.
Intention: Dave wants to find a place to cry.
Immoral action: Dave gets up from the floor where he was stocking and wanders into the cashier area where he begins to bawl his eyes out.
Norm: Not tipping a delivery person is rude.
Situation: Steve is home alone.
Intention: Steve wants to order some food.
Moral action: Steve thanks the driver and tips him generously.
Norm: Not tipping a delivery person is rude.
Situation: Steve is home alone.
Intention: Steve wants to order some food.
Immoral action: Steve gets his food and slams the door on the delivery driver without tipping.
Norm: It's good to let children express themselves.
Situation: Bobby is standing on the train tracks at a carnival with his kids who keep talking while he's trying to hear a clown.
Intention: Bobby wants his kids to be quiet, so he can hear.
Moral action: Bobby lets his kids talk as long as they promise to be quiet after.
Norm: It's good to let children express themselves.
Situation: Bobby is standing on the train tracks at a carnival with his kids who keep talking while he's trying to hear a clown.
Intention: Bobby wants his kids to be quiet, so he can hear.
Immoral action: Bobby yells at his kids to be quiet no matter what it is.
Norm: You shouldn't be noisy in public.
Situation: Dave is sunbathing in a beach.
Intention: Dave wants to listen to music.
Moral action: Dave uses headphones to listen to the music.
Norm: You shouldn't be noisy in public.
Situation: Dave is sunbathing in a beach.
Intention: Dave wants to listen to music.
Immoral action: Dave turns on his cellphone very loud to play his music.
Norm: It's wrong to start fights at school.
Situation: Ken gets picked on every day by a bully at schoool.
Intention: Ken wants to make the bully stop bothering him.
Moral action: Ken goes to the school counselor and informs them about the situation with the bully.
Norm: It's wrong to start fights at school.
Situation: Ken gets picked on every day by a bully at schoool.
Intention: Ken wants to make the bully stop bothering him.
Immoral action: Ken goes up to his bully and kicks him in the crotch then punches him in the face.
Norm: It's mean to lock your kids in their rooms.
Situation: Dave's children Tom and Sandy have made a huge mess by leaving their things everywhere.
Intention: Dave wants to punish his children.
Moral action: Dave decides to tell his children they won't be allowed to watch television that night as a punishment.
Norm: It's mean to lock your kids in their rooms.
Situation: Dave's children Tom and Sandy have made a huge mess by leaving their things everywhere.
Intention: Dave wants to punish his children.
Immoral action: Dave decides to put both Tom and Sandy in their respective rooms and to lock them in there for the rest of the day.
Norm: It's bad to deceive your coworkers.
Situation: Marie is invited to a work party.
Intention: Mary wants to bring cookies.
Moral action: Mary buys cookies and mentions the store she bought them from.
Norm: It's bad to deceive your coworkers.
Situation: Marie is invited to a work party.
Intention: Mary wants to bring cookies.
Immoral action: Mary buys cookies but says she made them when they are complimented.
Norm: You should not mess with people's coffee orders.
Situation: John works at Starbucks where an arrogant customer rudely orders a drink.
Intention: John wants to fulfill the customer's order.
Moral action: John calmly makes the customer their coffee just as they ordered.
Norm: You should not mess with people's coffee orders.
Situation: John works at Starbucks where an arrogant customer rudely orders a drink.
Intention: John wants to fulfill the customer's order.
Immoral action: John adds a squirt of hot sauce in the rude customer's drink.
Norm: It's wrong to slap your best friend in the face.
Situation: Hugh is arguing with his best friend about who has the best baseball team.
Intention: Hugh wants to win the argument.
Moral action: Hugh pulls up the statistics about all the baseball teams to prove his point.
Norm: It's wrong to slap your best friend in the face.
Situation: Hugh is arguing with his best friend about who has the best baseball team.
Intention: Hugh wants to win the argument.
Immoral action: Hugh smacks his friend in the face for saying Hugh's team is lousy.
Norm: It's rude to ask too much of your friends.
Situation: Sophie has a friend in Honduras, and some of her friends are going there.
Intention: Sophie wants to send her friend a gift.
Moral action: Sophie buys a small phone for her friend and asks her other friends to take it.
Norm: It's rude to ask too much of your friends.
Situation: Sophie has a friend in Honduras, and some of her friends are going there.
Intention: Sophie wants to send her friend a gift.
Immoral action: Sophie buys a large blender and asks her friends to take it in their luggage to Honduras.
Norm: It's rude to disregard or refuse compliments.
Situation: Dave is at the bar ordering a drink when the bartender tells him he's really good looking.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the compliment.
Moral action: Dave tells the bartender that she's really being nice and that he's flattered by her nice words.
Norm: It's rude to disregard or refuse compliments.
Situation: Dave is at the bar ordering a drink when the bartender tells him he's really good looking.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the compliment.
Immoral action: Dave tells the bartender that she's just flattering him and that he knows for a fact he's not especially attractive.
Norm: It's good to pay for what you want to buy.
Situation: James was about to go on his first real date and knew that he needed condoms, but he felt embarrassed about buying them.
Intention: James wants to obtain condoms.
Moral action: James asks his friend to buy the condoms for him.
Norm: It's good to pay for what you want to buy.
Situation: James was about to go on his first real date and knew that he needed condoms, but he felt embarrassed about buying them.
Intention: James wants to obtain condoms.
Immoral action: James waits until the cashier is distracted and shoplifts the condoms from the drugstore.
Norm: You shouldn't take wild animals.
Situation: Carrie sees a squirrel on her porch eating from her bird feeder.
Intention: Carrie wants the squirrel to leave the bird feeder alone.
Moral action: Carrie installs a squirrel-proof guard on her bird feeder to keep squirrels out and sets a separate feeding station up for squirrels.
Norm: You shouldn't take wild animals.
Situation: Carrie sees a squirrel on her porch eating from her bird feeder.
Intention: Carrie wants the squirrel to leave the bird feeder alone.
Immoral action: Carrie traps the squirrel and tries to keep it inside as a pet.
Norm: It's good to rebel against dictators.
Situation: Juan lives under an oppressive dictator in his home country.
Intention: Juan wants to be free.
Moral action: Juan joins a resistance movement against the dictator.
Norm: It's good to rebel against dictators.
Situation: Juan lives under an oppressive dictator in his home country.
Intention: Juan wants to be free.
Immoral action: Juan secretly escapes the country and sneaks into another one.
Norm: You shouldn't do things that would put you in jail.
Situation: Vince is an accountant with a company.
Intention: Vince wants to get some extra money.
Moral action: Vince helps his friends with their taxes for a fee.
Norm: You shouldn't do things that would put you in jail.
Situation: Vince is an accountant with a company.
Intention: Vince wants to get some extra money.
Immoral action: Vince takes some money and works the accounting so that no one can see the loss.
Norm: It's good to accept help from your parents.
Situation: Ryan is doing his taxes for the first time and doesn’t know what he is doing.
Intention: Ryan wants to file them and get his tax return back.
Moral action: Ryan lets his dad show him how to do them and accepts his advice.
Norm: It's good to accept help from your parents.
Situation: Ryan is doing his taxes for the first time and doesn’t know what he is doing.
Intention: Ryan wants to file them and get his tax return back.
Immoral action: Ryan refuses his dads offer for help and makes several big mistakes.
Norm: You shouldn't drive when locations are close enough to walk.
Situation: Jim is hungry for a cheeseburger and there is a place just one block away.
Intention: Jim wants to buy food from the nearby restaurant.
Moral action: Jim walks to the restaurant.
Norm: You shouldn't drive when locations are close enough to walk.
Situation: Jim is hungry for a cheeseburger and there is a place just one block away.
Intention: Jim wants to buy food from the nearby restaurant.
Immoral action: Jim drives his car to the nearby restaurant.
Norm: It's dishonest to steal funds from your employer.
Situation: Gabbie notices an accounting error at work that leaves a thousand dollars unaccounted for.
Intention: Gabbie wants to do something about the unaccounted money.
Moral action: Gabbie writes an email alerting her employer about the unaccounted money.
Norm: It's dishonest to steal funds from your employer.
Situation: Gabbie notices an accounting error at work that leaves a thousand dollars unaccounted for.
Intention: Gabbie wants to do something about the unaccounted money.
Immoral action: Gabbie diverts the money into her personal bank account thinking no one will notice.
Norm: You shouldn't disturb someone's meal.
Situation: James was eating a sandwich in a cafe when he heard the two women behind him express opposing political beliefs.
Intention: James wants to refute the women's political talking points.
Moral action: James grinds his teeth and makes a political post on Facebook.
Norm: You shouldn't disturb someone's meal.
Situation: James was eating a sandwich in a cafe when he heard the two women behind him express opposing political beliefs.
Intention: James wants to refute the women's political talking points.
Immoral action: James turns around and begins arguing about politics with the women behind him.
Norm: It's wrong to cause suffering to your pet.
Situation: Fred's cat meows at him, wanting to be fed.
Intention: Fred wants to get the cat to stop meowing.
Moral action: Fred feeds his cat canned tuna.
Norm: It's wrong to cause suffering to your pet.
Situation: Fred's cat meows at him, wanting to be fed.
Intention: Fred wants to get the cat to stop meowing.
Immoral action: Fred locks the cat in an upstairs bedroom where he can't hear it.
Norm: It's rude to mess with other people's personal property.
Situation: Lacy is in the living room with her roommates laptop on the couch.
Intention: Lacy wants to lay down.
Moral action: Lacy asks her roommate if she can move the laptop.
Norm: It's rude to mess with other people's personal property.
Situation: Lacy is in the living room with her roommates laptop on the couch.
Intention: Lacy wants to lay down.
Immoral action: Lacy throws the laptop on the floor and it's stepped on.
Norm: It's good to greet others on public transportation.
Situation: Pat is traveling across town to get to the mall.
Intention: Pat wants to have an enjoyable ride on the bus on the way there.
Moral action: Pat sits down and greets the person after they say hi.
Norm: It's good to greet others on public transportation.
Situation: Pat is traveling across town to get to the mall.
Intention: Pat wants to have an enjoyable ride on the bus on the way there.
Immoral action: Pat sits down and the person sitting next to him says hello and Pat ignores him.
Norm: It's immoral to bully or harass another person.
Situation: Paul and Greg go to Junior high together.
Intention: Paul wants to appear tough in front of others.
Moral action: Paul and Greg become friends and try out for football together.
Norm: It's immoral to bully or harass another person.
Situation: Paul and Greg go to Junior high together.
Intention: Paul wants to appear tough in front of others.
Immoral action: Paul teases Greg every day.
Norm: You shouldn't kick cats.
Situation: Dave is at home just reading a book  when he notices that his cat is peeing on the rug.
Intention: Dave wants to stop the cat from continuing to pee.
Moral action: Dave grabs a magazine and slaps it against his hand loudly to startle the cat.
Norm: You shouldn't kick cats.
Situation: Dave is at home just reading a book  when he notices that his cat is peeing on the rug.
Intention: Dave wants to stop the cat from continuing to pee.
Immoral action: Dave runs up to the cat and lightly kicks it so it flips away from the carpet.
Norm: It is rude to spoil the ending of a show.
Situation: Jill is rewatching her favorite show with Jim, who hasn't seen it yet.
Intention: Jill wants Jim to know how the episode ends.
Moral action: Jill waits and watches the show quietly with Jim till the end.
Norm: It is rude to spoil the ending of a show.
Situation: Jill is rewatching her favorite show with Jim, who hasn't seen it yet.
Intention: Jill wants Jim to know how the episode ends.
Immoral action: Jill reveals halfway through the show that the main character dies at the end of the episode.
Norm: It's good to donate leftover Christmas toys to charity.
Situation: Eric is doing spring cleaning and notices a lot of unused items laying around all over the house.
Intention: Eric wants to clear out some space in the house.
Moral action: Eric brings all the unused toys to goodwill to donate them.
Norm: It's good to donate leftover Christmas toys to charity.
Situation: Eric is doing spring cleaning and notices a lot of unused items laying around all over the house.
Intention: Eric wants to clear out some space in the house.
Immoral action: Eric stuffs the Christmas toys into a box and puts it in the garage where it will likely be forgotten.
Norm: It's inconsiderate to be loud when you have close-quarter neighbors.
Situation: Patty is having people over for a party at her house.
Intention: Patty wants to have fun and stay up late.
Moral action: Patty turns the music down and asks everyone to be more quite as it gets late.
Norm: It's inconsiderate to be loud when you have close-quarter neighbors.
Situation: Patty is having people over for a party at her house.
Intention: Patty wants to have fun and stay up late.
Immoral action: Patty knows she is being loud and plays her music at too high of a volume.
Norm: It's good to motivate others.
Situation: Tom is the Sales lead for a team of Sales reps, he gets a small commission on every representative's sales, he notices some employees aren't making many sales.
Intention: Tom wants to maximize his commission payments.
Moral action: Tom calls a sales meeting with all the agents and gives them a speech to help motivate them.
Norm: It's good to motivate others.
Situation: Tom is the Sales lead for a team of Sales reps, he gets a small commission on every representative's sales, he notices some employees aren't making many sales.
Intention: Tom wants to maximize his commission payments.
Immoral action: Tom fires the under performing employee's so that he can hire better sales representatives.
Norm: It's good to recognize when you did something wrong
Situation: Dave is driving with Jane as his passenger when he absentmindedly blows through a red light and Jane screams in terror.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Jane's scream.
Moral action: Dave tells Jane he's sorry, and she doesn't have to worry, he knows he wasn't looking and will concentrate harder on driving.
Norm: It's good to recognize when you did something wrong
Situation: Dave is driving with Jane as his passenger when he absentmindedly blows through a red light and Jane screams in terror.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Jane's scream.
Immoral action: Dave tells Jane it was nothing and no one got hurt, so she should quiet down and relax.
Norm: You should not feel entitled to people buying you things.
Situation: Jasmine is out shopping with Laura who owes Jasmine money, and Jasmine sees necklace loves out of her price range.
Intention: Jasmine wants to buy the necklace.
Moral action: Jasmine sells one of the bracelets on her wrist to a random shopper.
Norm: You should not feel entitled to people buying you things.
Situation: Jasmine is out shopping with Laura who owes Jasmine money, and Jasmine sees necklace loves out of her price range.
Intention: Jasmine wants to buy the necklace.
Immoral action: Jasmine tells Laura that she should give her cash because Laura owes her money.
Norm: It is rude to interrupt someone you are conversing with.
Situation: Robert is eating lunch with one of his coworkers, whom is telling him about their week at work.
Intention: Robert wants to express his recent frustrations that he's experienced at work.
Moral action: Robert waits for his coworker to vent their frustration, and then expresses his frustrations in kind.
Norm: It is rude to interrupt someone you are conversing with.
Situation: Robert is eating lunch with one of his coworkers, whom is telling him about their week at work.
Intention: Robert wants to express his recent frustrations that he's experienced at work.
Immoral action: Robert interupts his coworker in the middle of their story and starts complaining about his week.
Norm: It's not right to guilt people.
Situation: Hank is tired but needs to do grocery shopping for his wife, who takes care of the kids.
Intention: Hank wants to get out of doing the grocery shopping.
Moral action: Hank asks if he can watch the kids while she shops, as he's very tired.
Norm: It's not right to guilt people.
Situation: Hank is tired but needs to do grocery shopping for his wife, who takes care of the kids.
Intention: Hank wants to get out of doing the grocery shopping.
Immoral action: Hank tells his wife that she always makes him shop when he's tired and that she should have pity on him and do it.
Norm: It's wrong to be noisy around your roommates.
Situation: Patrick has a few friends over at the apartment he shares with Phil.
Intention: Patrick wants to entertain his guests.
Moral action: Patrick and his friends go into his bedroom to hang out and listen to music quietly.
Norm: It's wrong to be noisy around your roommates.
Situation: Patrick has a few friends over at the apartment he shares with Phil.
Intention: Patrick wants to entertain his guests.
Immoral action: Patrick puts on a movie in the living room at full volume for his friends.
Norm: It's good to be protective of your children.
Situation: Jon's son, Luke, is having trouble in school with being picked on.
Intention: Jon wants Luke to enjoy school.
Moral action: Jon gets involved with the teachers and explains the issue.
Norm: It's good to be protective of your children.
Situation: Jon's son, Luke, is having trouble in school with being picked on.
Intention: Jon wants Luke to enjoy school.
Immoral action: Jon doesn't get involved and asks Luke to stick up for himself.
Norm: It's wrong to steal candy without paying for it.
Situation: When Jack got to the gas station, he realized he forgot his wallet.
Intention: Jack wants to eat a Hundred Grand in the next few minutes.
Moral action: Jack searched his car for change and found about two dollars' worth.
Norm: It's wrong to steal candy without paying for it.
Situation: When Jack got to the gas station, he realized he forgot his wallet.
Intention: Jack wants to eat a Hundred Grand in the next few minutes.
Immoral action: Jack tries to slip a Hundred Grand bar down the front of his pants.
Norm: It is rude to ruin someone else's birthday celebration.
Situation: Toms best friend lied to him about something small, and then invited him to his birthday celebration.
Intention: Tom wants to confront his friend about the lie.
Moral action: Tom asks his friend for a private word at the party and asks why he lied.
Norm: It is rude to ruin someone else's birthday celebration.
Situation: Toms best friend lied to him about something small, and then invited him to his birthday celebration.
Intention: Tom wants to confront his friend about the lie.
Immoral action: Tom clings his glass at the birthday celebration and tells the entire party about his friend’s lie.
Norm: It's good to share the parenting load between partners.
Situation: Ann has to finish a project at work before the end of the day and her son is waiting for pickup after school.
Intention: Ann wants to pick up her son on time.
Moral action: Ann asks her husband to pick up her son.
Norm: It's good to share the parenting load between partners.
Situation: Ann has to finish a project at work before the end of the day and her son is waiting for pickup after school.
Intention: Ann wants to pick up her son on time.
Immoral action: Ann leaves the office to pick up her son before finishing her project.
Norm: It's polite to apologize to someone you have wronged.
Situation: Robert accidentally hits his friend in the face with a football who responds angrily.
Intention: Robert wants to respond to his friend.
Moral action: Robert apologizes to his friend.
Norm: It's polite to apologize to someone you have wronged.
Situation: Robert accidentally hits his friend in the face with a football who responds angrily.
Intention: Robert wants to respond to his friend.
Immoral action: Robert tells his friend to get over it and stop being a baby.
Norm: It's unhealthy to accept abuse from somebody else
Situation: Tom has been in a long term emotionally abusive relationship with someone.
Intention: Tom wants to avoid confrontation.
Moral action: Tom stands his ground and dumps his partner giving them no room to even confront him by cutting them off completely.
Norm: It's unhealthy to accept abuse from somebody else
Situation: Tom has been in a long term emotionally abusive relationship with someone.
Intention: Tom wants to avoid confrontation.
Immoral action: Tom pretends everything is okay in order to avoid fighting.
Norm: It's wrong to hide someone from justice.
Situation: After weeks of escalating physical fights, Jenna's brother killed his girlfriend and confessed his crime to her.
Intention: Jenna wants her brother to be safe.
Moral action: Jenna tells her brother to confess, and she'll support his story that his girlfriend was abusing him.
Norm: It's wrong to hide someone from justice.
Situation: After weeks of escalating physical fights, Jenna's brother killed his girlfriend and confessed his crime to her.
Intention: Jenna wants her brother to be safe.
Immoral action: Jenna lets her brother hide in her crawlspace when the police search her house.
Norm: It's harmful to recruit cult members.
Situation: Jack, while high on many different drugs, believed that he saw God, who took the form of a talking walrus.
Intention: Jack wants to share his spiritual experience with others.
Moral action: Jack begins attending substance use support groups, so he doesn't end up having crazy hallucinations again.