CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to take action against inappropriate behavior.
Situation: Jonas just started a new job and has noticed that some of his male coworkers are acting inappropriately with female colleagues.
Intention: Jonas wants to make friends at work.
Moral action: Jonas decides to talk to HR about the inappropriate behaviors he observed.
Norm: It's good to take action against inappropriate behavior.
Situation: Jonas just started a new job and has noticed that some of his male coworkers are acting inappropriately with female colleagues.
Intention: Jonas wants to make friends at work.
Immoral action: Jonas decides not to intervene because he wants his male colleagues to accept him and befriend him.
Norm: It's unprofessional to discuss someone's race in the workplace.
Situation: Bill is in the break room of his office talking to a few coworkers.
Intention: Bill wants to chat casually with his coworkers.
Moral action: Bill asks how everyone's weekend was.
Norm: It's unprofessional to discuss someone's race in the workplace.
Situation: Bill is in the break room of his office talking to a few coworkers.
Intention: Bill wants to chat casually with his coworkers.
Immoral action: Bill loudly asks Karen about her skin tone and what ethnicity she might be.
Norm: You shouldn't pace because it makes other people nervous.
Situation: James is trying to concentrate on a difficult programming problem in his open-plan office.
Intention: James wants to pace because it helps him concentrate.
Moral action: James takes his laptop outside and paces along the back of the building where no one can see him.
Norm: You shouldn't pace because it makes other people nervous.
Situation: James is trying to concentrate on a difficult programming problem in his open-plan office.
Intention: James wants to pace because it helps him concentrate.
Immoral action: James starts walking back and forth in the open walkspace in the middle of the office.
Norm: You shouldn't do anything that will get you in jail.
Situation: Larry has had too much to drink at the bar, and now it's time to go home.
Intention: Larry wants to leave for home.
Moral action: Larry calls a cab to pick him up at the bar and drive him home.
Norm: You shouldn't do anything that will get you in jail.
Situation: Larry has had too much to drink at the bar, and now it's time to go home.
Intention: Larry wants to leave for home.
Immoral action: Larry gets in his car and starts heading for home.
Norm: It is wrong to leave things behind at the beach.
Situation: Andrea is ready to go home after sunbathing and snacking on the beach.
Intention: Andrea wants to deal with her empty chip bag.
Moral action: Andrea heads for the parking lot and drops the chip bag in a trash can near her car.
Norm: It is wrong to leave things behind at the beach.
Situation: Andrea is ready to go home after sunbathing and snacking on the beach.
Intention: Andrea wants to deal with her empty chip bag.
Immoral action: Andrea throws the crumpled chip bag on the sand before heading to her car.
Norm: You shouldn't disturb your roommates at night.
Situation: Paul and Dane are in their dorm room at night, as Dane tries to get a good night's sleep because he has a test tomorrow.
Intention: Paul wants to listen to music.
Moral action: Paul puts on a set of headphones and listens to his music in the dark.
Norm: You shouldn't disturb your roommates at night.
Situation: Paul and Dane are in their dorm room at night, as Dane tries to get a good night's sleep because he has a test tomorrow.
Intention: Paul wants to listen to music.
Immoral action: Paul turns his stereo all the way up and rocks out for hours.
Norm: It is expected to protect your friend from harmful relationships.
Situation: Jan's best friend Ann was just asked to go on a date with a cute guy who is known to be abusive.
Intention: Jan wants the best for Ann.
Moral action: Jan forbids Ann from going on a date or meeting with the man.
Norm: It is expected to protect your friend from harmful relationships.
Situation: Jan's best friend Ann was just asked to go on a date with a cute guy who is known to be abusive.
Intention: Jan wants the best for Ann.
Immoral action: Jan lets Ann go on the date thinking that she will enjoy it.
Norm: You should be careful to not bump into others.
Situation: Jack was taking part in a marathon and was in the starting line with a large crowd of runners.
Intention: Jack wants to get ahead of the crowd of runners.
Moral action: Jack waits until the crowd disperses and weaves his way through the other runners.
Norm: You should be careful to not bump into others.
Situation: Jack was taking part in a marathon and was in the starting line with a large crowd of runners.
Intention: Jack wants to get ahead of the crowd of runners.
Immoral action: Jack pushes his way through the crowd of runners, jostling other runners as he tried to get ahead.
Norm: It's ok to hunt for your own meat.
Situation: James, who lives near a large forest, was recently laid off and his family is having trouble affording groceries,.
Intention: James wants to make sure his family gets enough protein.
Moral action: James hunts deer and wild birds so his family can eat the meat.
Norm: It's ok to hunt for your own meat.
Situation: James, who lives near a large forest, was recently laid off and his family is having trouble affording groceries,.
Intention: James wants to make sure his family gets enough protein.
Immoral action: James begins escorting wealthy businessmen into the forest to hunt for pleasure.
Norm: It's good to give tips on games to people.
Situation: Steve sees his friend Will playing a game, but Will is terrible at playing it.
Intention: Steve wants to watch Will play.
Moral action: Steve watches Will and gives him some pointers on how to do better.
Norm: It's good to give tips on games to people.
Situation: Steve sees his friend Will playing a game, but Will is terrible at playing it.
Intention: Steve wants to watch Will play.
Immoral action: Steve sits down to watch and records Will's poor performance, then uploads it to the internet.
Norm: Hard work is a good way to improve one's performance.
Situation: Aaron got a new job but still doesn't understand how to do it properly.
Intention: Aaron wants to improve in his work.
Moral action: Aaron puts in extra time mastering the specific skills of his job.
Norm: Hard work is a good way to improve one's performance.
Situation: Aaron got a new job but still doesn't understand how to do it properly.
Intention: Aaron wants to improve in his work.
Immoral action: Aaron reads an instruction manual on how to do his job better.
Norm: It is never okay to harass someone over the phone.
Situation: Amy is annoyed by the loud music coming from her neighbor's house.
Intention: Amy wants to get her neighbor to turn off the music.
Moral action: Amy visits her neighbor and asks him to turn off the music.
Norm: It is never okay to harass someone over the phone.
Situation: Amy is annoyed by the loud music coming from her neighbor's house.
Intention: Amy wants to get her neighbor to turn off the music.
Immoral action: Amy calls her neighbor and plays loud music into the phone.
Norm: Yelling at people is disrespectful and should be avoided.
Situation: Laine, who sometimes has anger issues, is having a dinner date with Kit at a local diner and Laine's chicken is under-cooked.
Intention: Laine wants to let the server know something's wrong with the food.
Moral action: Laine calls the server over and calmly tells her that the chicken is still pink in the middle.
Norm: Yelling at people is disrespectful and should be avoided.
Situation: Laine, who sometimes has anger issues, is having a dinner date with Kit at a local diner and Laine's chicken is under-cooked.
Intention: Laine wants to let the server know something's wrong with the food.
Immoral action: Laine calls the server over and begins to aggressively berate her for the horrible meal.
Norm: It's good to participate in events in your community.
Situation: Brian hears about a community picnic being organized in his apartment complex next weekend.
Intention: Brian wants to decide how to spend his weekend.
Moral action: Brian decides to pac a lunch and hang out at the community picnic.
Norm: It's good to participate in events in your community.
Situation: Brian hears about a community picnic being organized in his apartment complex next weekend.
Intention: Brian wants to decide how to spend his weekend.
Immoral action: Brian decides to ignore the event and stay at home playing video games.
Norm: It's wrong to make people angry.
Situation: Sam is having a tense debate with his friend Mike about abortion, and they have opposing views.
Intention: Sam wants to end the argument.
Moral action: Sam tells Mike that he understands and appreciates his viewpoint even though they don't agree on this particular issue.
Norm: It's wrong to make people angry.
Situation: Sam is having a tense debate with his friend Mike about abortion, and they have opposing views.
Intention: Sam wants to end the argument.
Immoral action: Sam tells Mike that he's an idiot and his position is ridiculous.
Norm: It's wrong to be a brat.
Situation: Sally's mother was talking to a friend that she saw when they were at the mall.
Intention: Sally wants to ask her mother if she could go to the toy store.
Moral action: Sally waits until her mother's friend leaves and then asks her mother if they can go to the toy store.
Norm: It's wrong to be a brat.
Situation: Sally's mother was talking to a friend that she saw when they were at the mall.
Intention: Sally wants to ask her mother if she could go to the toy store.
Immoral action: Sally interrupts her mother several times during their conversation to ask about the toy store.
Norm: You shouldn't expect others to clean up behind you.
Situation: Dan always cooks a big breakfast for the family before leaving for work.
Intention: Dan wants to go to work.
Moral action: Dan does the dishes and heads for work.
Norm: You shouldn't expect others to clean up behind you.
Situation: Dan always cooks a big breakfast for the family before leaving for work.
Intention: Dan wants to go to work.
Immoral action: Dan leaves the breakfast dishes for his wife to wash.
Norm: You shouldn't say bad things about your parents.
Situation: Flora is having a few friends over for the evening.
Intention: Flora wants to tell a riveting story to her friends.
Moral action: Flora tells her friends about an incredible and funny adventure her parents had when they were young.
Norm: You shouldn't say bad things about your parents.
Situation: Flora is having a few friends over for the evening.
Intention: Flora wants to tell a riveting story to her friends.
Immoral action: Flora decides to tell her friends about one of her parents' dark secrets.
Norm: It's bad to lie about your child's real father.
Situation: Tina's young daughter, who doesn't know that Tina remarried, asks why she doesn't look anything like her stepdad, Tina's new husband.
Intention: Tina wants to answer her daughter's question.
Moral action: Tina sits down with her daughter and explains that she and her biological father had a falling out, and that the stepdad is not the father.
Norm: It's bad to lie about your child's real father.
Situation: Tina's young daughter, who doesn't know that Tina remarried, asks why she doesn't look anything like her stepdad, Tina's new husband.
Intention: Tina wants to answer her daughter's question.
Immoral action: Tina tells her daughter that her stepdad is her biological father and that sometimes accidents happen.
Norm: You shouldn't beat your kids.
Situation: Sypha is arguing with Grant about if they should let the kids win at games.
Intention: Sypha wants to arrive at an agreement.
Moral action: Grant says "You shouldn't beat your kids", Sypha pauses and says she hadn't thought of it from that angle before.
Norm: You shouldn't beat your kids.
Situation: Sypha is arguing with Grant about if they should let the kids win at games.
Intention: Sypha wants to arrive at an agreement.
Immoral action: Grant says "You shouldn't beat your kids", Sypha insists that only applies to violence and not games.
Norm: You should ask before taking something.
Situation: Cooper is working on his car and needs a specific tool that his dad has.
Intention: Cooper wants to acquire the tool for his car.
Moral action: Cooper asks his dad to use the tool.
Norm: You should ask before taking something.
Situation: Cooper is working on his car and needs a specific tool that his dad has.
Intention: Cooper wants to acquire the tool for his car.
Immoral action: Cooper uses the tool without informing his dad.
Norm: It's wrong to misuse charitable donations.
Situation: Dahlia, the owner of a charity, can't afford to pay her rent.
Intention: Dahlia wants to settle her debts.
Moral action: Dahlia works out a payment plan with her manager that she can afford.
Norm: It's wrong to misuse charitable donations.
Situation: Dahlia, the owner of a charity, can't afford to pay her rent.
Intention: Dahlia wants to settle her debts.
Immoral action: Dahlia pays her rent from the extra money in her charity.
Norm: It can be rude to not appreciate a family heirloom.
Situation: Laura just inherited a large box of family heirlooms which her entire extended family treasures and has just brought the box home.
Intention: Laura wants to decide what to do with the heirlooms.
Moral action: Laura displays the heirlooms throughout her house for her and any family who visits to enjoy.
Norm: It can be rude to not appreciate a family heirloom.
Situation: Laura just inherited a large box of family heirlooms which her entire extended family treasures and has just brought the box home.
Intention: Laura wants to decide what to do with the heirlooms.
Immoral action: Laura decides to put the entire box of heirlooms in her basement that is prone to flooding.
Norm: It is wrong to hurt your significant other
Situation: George's and his wife get into a heated argument, and she says some very mean things about his appearance.
Intention: George wants to express his anger.
Moral action: George yells at her and storms out of the house.
Norm: It is wrong to hurt your significant other
Situation: George's and his wife get into a heated argument, and she says some very mean things about his appearance.
Intention: George wants to express his anger.
Immoral action: George pushes his wife away from him and storms out of the house.
Norm: It's important to apologize after a fight with your parents.
Situation: Tom is having a big fight with his parents, and he acts very childish.
Intention: Tom wants to move on after the fight.
Moral action: Tom apologizes for being wrong and for the way he acted.
Norm: It's important to apologize after a fight with your parents.
Situation: Tom is having a big fight with his parents, and he acts very childish.
Intention: Tom wants to move on after the fight.
Immoral action: Tom acts like the fight never happens, and never apologizes for the way he acted.
Norm: It's wrong to create a jealous household.
Situation: Pam's kids come home from school with their grade cards to show her.
Intention: Pam wants to talk to the kids about their grades.
Moral action: Pam takes John and Jake aside individually and looks over their cards pointing out something good on each one.
Norm: It's wrong to create a jealous household.
Situation: Pam's kids come home from school with their grade cards to show her.
Intention: Pam wants to talk to the kids about their grades.
Immoral action: Pam looks at both cards together and points out how much better John's is than Jake's.
Norm: It's bad to ask people to lie for you.
Situation: Becca has been seeing someone outside of the relationship with her romantic partner.
Intention: Becca wants to have an excuse if he starts asking around.
Moral action: Becca makes up her own excuse and simply asks her friends not to say anything at all.
Norm: It's bad to ask people to lie for you.
Situation: Becca has been seeing someone outside of the relationship with her romantic partner.
Intention: Becca wants to have an excuse if he starts asking around.
Immoral action: Becca asks her friends to tell her partner a made up story.
Norm: It's inappropriate to drink a beer in a government office.
Situation: Jake, who is carrying some beer for his friends in his backpack, is waiting in a long line at immigration services and is bored.
Intention: Jake wants to pass the time.
Moral action: Jake strikes up a conversation with a person near him in line.
Norm: It's inappropriate to drink a beer in a government office.
Situation: Jake, who is carrying some beer for his friends in his backpack, is waiting in a long line at immigration services and is bored.
Intention: Jake wants to pass the time.
Immoral action: Jake takes out a beer and quietly drinks it, taking the edge off of the wait.
Norm: You can't expect people to always manage their money well.
Situation: Logan is starting a college fund for his son and is telling his son about it.
Intention: Logan wants to create a bank account for his son's college fund.
Moral action: Logan opens the account but only gives himself access to it, planning to change access rights later.
Norm: You can't expect people to always manage their money well.
Situation: Logan is starting a college fund for his son and is telling his son about it.
Intention: Logan wants to create a bank account for his son's college fund.
Immoral action: Logan opens an account and gives his son full access to it, so he doesn't need to change access later.
Norm: It's disgusting to hold onto used condoms.
Situation: Zach has a girlfriend and has some condoms from his last night with her.
Intention: Zach wants to put the condoms out of sight.
Moral action: Zach throws the condoms into the trash and takes the trash out.
Norm: It's disgusting to hold onto used condoms.
Situation: Zach has a girlfriend and has some condoms from his last night with her.
Intention: Zach wants to put the condoms out of sight.
Immoral action: Zach throws the condoms into a bag and forgets about them.
Norm: It is good to participate in activities at school.
Situation: John has a free period during school.
Intention: John wants to fill the time with something to do.
Moral action: John decides to join a school club that tutors other students.
Norm: It is good to participate in activities at school.
Situation: John has a free period during school.
Intention: John wants to fill the time with something to do.
Immoral action: John decides to hang out in the school parking lot and smoke cigarettes.
Norm: It's rude to use a relative's computer without their knowledge.
Situation: Kevin is at his aunt's house, which has his aunt's computer that has unsaved info on it, and has to send an important email.
Intention: Kevin wants to send the important email.
Moral action: Kevin asks his aunt if he can use the computer to send an email.
Norm: It's rude to use a relative's computer without their knowledge.
Situation: Kevin is at his aunt's house, which has his aunt's computer that has unsaved info on it, and has to send an important email.
Intention: Kevin wants to send the important email.
Immoral action: Kevin logs on to his aunt's computer without asking, closes the open programs, and sends the email.
Norm: It's not okay to abandon someone when you need them.
Situation: Pete and Frank are delivering a refrigerator to a customer's home, which is a two-man job, and Frank is telling dirty jokes that upset Pete.
Intention: Pete doesn't want to hear Frank's dirty jokes anymore.
Moral action: Pete asks Frank if he can refrain from telling jokes while they're on a delivery job.
Norm: It's not okay to abandon someone when you need them.
Situation: Pete and Frank are delivering a refrigerator to a customer's home, which is a two-man job, and Frank is telling dirty jokes that upset Pete.
Intention: Pete doesn't want to hear Frank's dirty jokes anymore.
Immoral action: Pete drops his end of the refrigerator and walks back to the delivery truck.
Norm: Children shouldn't be put in the middle of parental conflicts.
Situation: Joe and Sarah are going through a custody battle and can't settle on a visitation schedule for when Joe gets to see his kids.
Intention: Joe wants to spend more time with his kids.
Moral action: Joe is always early for his scheduled visits and focuses on the time the they do have instead of complaining.
Norm: Children shouldn't be put in the middle of parental conflicts.
Situation: Joe and Sarah are going through a custody battle and can't settle on a visitation schedule for when Joe gets to see his kids.
Intention: Joe wants to spend more time with his kids.
Immoral action: Joe coaches his son to tell the judge handling the custody case that his mom neglects him.
Norm: It's expected to keep your pets on a leech.
Situation: James took his border collie on long walks because she was very high-energy.
Intention: James wants to wear his border collie out, so she's not hyper at home.
Moral action: James keeps his border collie on her leash and walks her for a full hour.
Norm: It's expected to keep your pets on a leech.
Situation: James took his border collie on long walks because she was very high-energy.
Intention: James wants to wear his border collie out, so she's not hyper at home.
Immoral action: James lets his border collie off her leash, so she can run around as he walks.
Norm: It's rude to get angry at people for mispronouncing spinach.
Situation: Lance is working in a foreign country teaching English when he hears a student who can't say "spinach" properly.
Intention: Lance wants to correct the student.
Moral action: Lance has the student repeat the word several times, correcting his speech each time.
Norm: It's rude to get angry at people for mispronouncing spinach.
Situation: Lance is working in a foreign country teaching English when he hears a student who can't say "spinach" properly.
Intention: Lance wants to correct the student.
Immoral action: Lance calls the student an idiot, tells him to shape up or ship out, and shows him the right way to pronounce it.
Norm: It is wrong to lie about someone dying.
Situation: Keira's final paper for her class is due tomorrow, and she doesn't think she can finish it in time.
Intention: Keira wants to get more time to finish her paper.
Moral action: Keira goes to her professor, explains her situation, and requests an extension.
Norm: It is wrong to lie about someone dying.
Situation: Keira's final paper for her class is due tomorrow, and she doesn't think she can finish it in time.
Intention: Keira wants to get more time to finish her paper.
Immoral action: Keira tells her professor that her grandmother just died and that she needs an extension.
Norm: It's wrong to dictate your significant other's friendships.
Situation: Harry and Lisa are dating, and Harry does not like one of Lisa's friends, Tina.
Intention: Harry wants to avoid Tina.
Moral action: Harry is honest with Lisa, and asks that he not be around when she hangs out with Tina.
Norm: It's wrong to dictate your significant other's friendships.
Situation: Harry and Lisa are dating, and Harry does not like one of Lisa's friends, Tina.
Intention: Harry wants to avoid Tina.
Immoral action: Harry tells Lisa she has to stop hanging out with Tina.
Norm: It's not good to be racist towards anyone.
Situation: Martin works in a grocery store and notices a black customer opening different bottles of ketchup and pouring them on the floor.
Intention: Martin wants to tell the black customer to stop opening ketchup bottles.
Moral action: Martin tells the customer that opening food products is not permitted in the store unless the customer pays for them.
Norm: It's not good to be racist towards anyone.
Situation: Martin works in a grocery store and notices a black customer opening different bottles of ketchup and pouring them on the floor.
Intention: Martin wants to tell the black customer to stop opening ketchup bottles.
Immoral action: Martin tells the customer that only uncivilized blacks would open and pour out ketchup bottles in a grocery store.