CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to lend your support in an election.
Situation: Riley lives in a country with a democracy and it is election day.
Intention: Riley wants to spend her day wisely.
Moral action: Riley knows many positions and issues on the ballot can affect her day to day life, so she makes the time to cast her votes in the election.
Norm: It's good to lend your support in an election.
Situation: Riley lives in a country with a democracy and it is election day.
Intention: Riley wants to spend her day wisely.
Immoral action: Riley spends all day at work earning a living and misses out on a chance to vote.
Norm: It's important to show sympathy to disadvantaged members of society.
Situation: Joel is walking down the street when he sees a homeless man asking for money on the sidewalk.
Intention: Joel wants to respond to the homeless man.
Moral action: Joel gives the homeless man money for food.
Norm: It's important to show sympathy to disadvantaged members of society.
Situation: Joel is walking down the street when he sees a homeless man asking for money on the sidewalk.
Intention: Joel wants to respond to the homeless man.
Immoral action: Joel tells the homeless man that he's in his situation because he's lazy.
Norm: It's good to protect your unborn child.
Situation: Tina is a party girl who has just found out that she is pregnant.
Intention: Tina wants to react to the unplanned pregnancy.
Moral action: Tina decides to change her life in order to be a good mother.
Norm: It's good to protect your unborn child.
Situation: Tina is a party girl who has just found out that she is pregnant.
Intention: Tina wants to react to the unplanned pregnancy.
Immoral action: Tina goes on a drinking and drug binge in an effort to forget her situation.
Norm: It's bad to find pleasure in pain.
Situation: Frank has discovered his girlfriend Lisa likes receiving pain while having sex, and she asks him to indulge her.
Intention: Frank wants to respond to Lisa's request.
Moral action: Frank explains his reservations to Lisa and urges her to seek professional help for her unusual desire.
Norm: It's bad to find pleasure in pain.
Situation: Frank has discovered his girlfriend Lisa likes receiving pain while having sex, and she asks him to indulge her.
Intention: Frank wants to respond to Lisa's request.
Immoral action: Frank decides to please Lisa and smacks her while they are having sex.
Norm: It is bad to violate your child's trust.
Situation: Eve is Mike's mother, and has promised Mike she will attend his big soccer game today, though she is feeling tired.
Intention: Eve wants to take a nap.
Moral action: Eve sets an alarm to wake up in time to make Mike's soccer game.
Norm: It is bad to violate your child's trust.
Situation: Eve is Mike's mother, and has promised Mike she will attend his big soccer game today, though she is feeling tired.
Intention: Eve wants to take a nap.
Immoral action: Eve takes a nap without setting an alarm and sleeps right through Mike's game.
Norm: You should share duties with your roommates.
Situation: John and his roommate agreed they would clean the apartment together and today is cleaning day.
Intention: John wants  to go to a friend's house.
Moral action: John spends a couple of hours cleaning the apartment with his roommate before going to his friend's house.
Norm: You should share duties with your roommates.
Situation: John and his roommate agreed they would clean the apartment together and today is cleaning day.
Intention: John wants  to go to a friend's house.
Immoral action: John goes over to his friend's house without doing any cleaning at all.
Norm: It's expected that you share with your siblings.
Situation: Eddie has bought a large chocolate bar.
Intention: Eddie wants to enjoy most of the candy by himself.
Moral action: Eddie gives his little brother a small piece of the chocolate and acts like the bar is smaller than it is.
Norm: It's expected that you share with your siblings.
Situation: Eddie has bought a large chocolate bar.
Intention: Eddie wants to enjoy most of the candy by himself.
Immoral action: Eddie hides the chocolate from his little brother and eats it all himself.
Norm: You shouldn't shoplift from department stores.
Situation: Jonny is shopping at a local department store and sees a pair of shoes he really wants but can't afford.
Intention: Jonny needs to get the shoes.
Moral action: Jonny leaves the store and gets to work saving up for the shoes, and later returns and buys them.
Norm: You shouldn't shoplift from department stores.
Situation: Jonny is shopping at a local department store and sees a pair of shoes he really wants but can't afford.
Intention: Jonny needs to get the shoes.
Immoral action: Jonny switches the shoe's he's wearing out for the ones he wants, and then walks out of the store.
Norm: It's encouraging to have friends who support your new hobbies.
Situation: Patrick's friend Eugene has recently gotten into painting and plans to participate in an amateur gallery showing.
Intention: Patrick wants to attend Eugene's gallery showcase.
Moral action: Patrick attends Eugene's art gallery and praises him on his work.
Norm: It's encouraging to have friends who support your new hobbies.
Situation: Patrick's friend Eugene has recently gotten into painting and plans to participate in an amateur gallery showing.
Intention: Patrick wants to attend Eugene's gallery showcase.
Immoral action: Patrick attends Eugene's art gallery but never says anything to him about his work.
Norm: Forgetting to buckle your child's seat belt is irresponsible.
Situation: Owen was putting his son in the car before they went to their house.
Intention: Owen wants to drive home.
Moral action: Owen makes sure that his son is buckled in safely to his carseat.
Norm: Forgetting to buckle your child's seat belt is irresponsible.
Situation: Owen was putting his son in the car before they went to their house.
Intention: Owen wants to drive home.
Immoral action: Owen tells his son that he doesn't have to wear his seatbelt.
Norm: it's rude to ignore your friends
Situation: Tony is very sleepy and gets a phone call from Rick.
Intention: Tony wants to get some sleep.
Moral action: Tony answers the phone for a quick conversation before going to sleep.
Norm: it's rude to ignore your friends
Situation: Tony is very sleepy and gets a phone call from Rick.
Intention: Tony wants to get some sleep.
Immoral action: Tony covers his ears and pretends that he doesn't hear the phone, so he can sleep.
Norm: It is wrong to be unfaithful
Situation: Glenn is away from his wife on a business trip in another city, and he runs into his ex-girlfriend Cindy, who gives him her number.
Intention: Glenn wants to decide what to do this evening.
Moral action: Glenn goes back to his hotel room and calls his wife to chat all evening.
Norm: It is wrong to be unfaithful
Situation: Glenn is away from his wife on a business trip in another city, and he runs into his ex-girlfriend Cindy, who gives him her number.
Intention: Glenn wants to decide what to do this evening.
Immoral action: Glenn calls Cindy up to meet for drinks, and he ends up spending the night with her.
Norm: It's wrong for partners to spy on each other.
Situation: Donald is concerned that his girlfriend, Wilma, has been acting secretively lately.
Intention: Donald wants to find out why Wilma has been acting secretively.
Moral action: Donald tells Wilma that he has noticed some secretive behavior in her actions lately and asks to talk about what's going on with her.
Norm: It's wrong for partners to spy on each other.
Situation: Donald is concerned that his girlfriend, Wilma, has been acting secretively lately.
Intention: Donald wants to find out why Wilma has been acting secretively.
Immoral action: Donald goes through Wilma's phone and the browser history on her laptop, while she is showering.
Norm: It's important to do things that make you happy.
Situation: Steve is spending time at home on a Saturday afternoon and feels a bit bored and down in the dumps.
Intention: Steve wants to find something to do.
Moral action: Steve spends the rest of the afternoon watching his favorite movie of all time.
Norm: It's important to do things that make you happy.
Situation: Steve is spending time at home on a Saturday afternoon and feels a bit bored and down in the dumps.
Intention: Steve wants to find something to do.
Immoral action: Steve spends the rest of the afternoon cleaning the bathrooms in his house.
Norm: You shouldn't rain on an optimist's parade.
Situation: Antonio listens as his mother talks about how a politician, who is consistently corrupt and cold toward the people, will make the world a better place eventually.
Intention: Antonio wants to respond to his mother about this politician.
Moral action: Antonio listens to his mother and responds that she always sees the good in people, but that she should also look at the politician with a critical eye.
Norm: You shouldn't rain on an optimist's parade.
Situation: Antonio listens as his mother talks about how a politician, who is consistently corrupt and cold toward the people, will make the world a better place eventually.
Intention: Antonio wants to respond to his mother about this politician.
Immoral action: Antonio lists all of the reasons why this politician is a terrible person and will never do anything to benefit anyone but himself.
Norm: It is wrong to discount someone's grief.
Situation: Jenny's friend is crying because their cat that they had for many years dies.
Intention: Jenny wants to react to friend crying.
Moral action: Jenny says she knows how hard it can be to lose something you really care about and tells her friend that she's there for them.
Norm: It is wrong to discount someone's grief.
Situation: Jenny's friend is crying because their cat that they had for many years dies.
Intention: Jenny wants to react to friend crying.
Immoral action: Jenny says that her friend should just get over it because it was just a cat so it's not a big deal.
Norm: People should respect each other.
Situation: John has just arrived home from football practice.
Intention: John wants to eat dinner.
Moral action: John eats dinner in his room so that his stench doesn't bother the rest of the family.
Norm: People should respect each other.
Situation: John has just arrived home from football practice.
Intention: John wants to eat dinner.
Immoral action: John sits down at the kitchen table to eat a sandwich, smelling up the whole room with his body odor.
Norm: You shouldn't pretend you're straight when you're not.
Situation: Colin is a gay person, but is afraid of what people will think if he comes out.
Intention: Colin wants to date men.
Moral action: Colin comes out as gay and starts dating other men.
Norm: You shouldn't pretend you're straight when you're not.
Situation: Colin is a gay person, but is afraid of what people will think if he comes out.
Intention: Colin wants to date men.
Immoral action: Colin marries a woman, but starts dating men on the side.
Norm: It's rude to take someone's food without permission.
Situation: Jared is on lunch break at work and realizes he forgot to bring a lunch that day.
Intention: Jared wants to eat something for lunch.
Moral action: Jared picks a nearby fast food restaurant and lets his coworkers know he is going out to get some food there, so he can take orders.
Norm: It's rude to take someone's food without permission.
Situation: Jared is on lunch break at work and realizes he forgot to bring a lunch that day.
Intention: Jared wants to eat something for lunch.
Immoral action: Jared looks in the refrigerator in the break room and helps himself to some of the food being stored in there.
Norm: It's rude to bring your animals to the grocery store.
Situation: Daniel needs to make a trip to the store, but he doesn't want to leave his dog home by itself.
Intention: Daniel wants to make sure his dog isn't alone.
Moral action: Daniel asks his neighbor to come over and watch his dog while he makes a trip to the store.
Norm: It's rude to bring your animals to the grocery store.
Situation: Daniel needs to make a trip to the store, but he doesn't want to leave his dog home by itself.
Intention: Daniel wants to make sure his dog isn't alone.
Immoral action: Daniel decides to bring his dog with him to the store and plans to tell people that it's a service dog.
Norm: It's not okay to spoil your kids.
Situation: John's daughter Kara asked for a new pair of expensive sneakers, but she has been falling behind in her schoolwork.
Intention: John wants to act on Kara's request.
Moral action: John tells Kara that if she can bring her grades up, he will buy them for her.
Norm: It's not okay to spoil your kids.
Situation: John's daughter Kara asked for a new pair of expensive sneakers, but she has been falling behind in her schoolwork.
Intention: John wants to act on Kara's request.
Immoral action: John thinks that if he buys Kara what she wants that her grades might improve, so he makes the purchase despite her poor performance in school.
Norm: It's wrong not to help someone who is hurt.
Situation: Jerry is driving to work one day when he sees a terrible car accident happen in front of him, with the car from the accident erupting in flames.
Intention: Jerry needs to get to work.
Moral action: Jerry pulls over and quickly dials 911 before helping the victim away from the burning car.
Norm: It's wrong not to help someone who is hurt.
Situation: Jerry is driving to work one day when he sees a terrible car accident happen in front of him, with the car from the accident erupting in flames.
Intention: Jerry needs to get to work.
Immoral action: Jerry swerves around the wreck and continues driving, figuring someone else will take care of it.
Norm: It's good to discuss things over with your family.
Situation: Mike lives with his parents but wants to live in another part of the country.
Intention: Mike wants to tell his parents about his desire.
Moral action: Mike tells his parents he wants to move away from home and gets their opinion.
Norm: It's good to discuss things over with your family.
Situation: Mike lives with his parents but wants to live in another part of the country.
Intention: Mike wants to tell his parents about his desire.
Immoral action: Mike tells his parents he's leaving to move away from home.
Norm: It is unhealthy to eat too much
Situation: Garfield loved to eat pasta, in fact he couldn't stop eating pasta until it was all gone.
Intention: Garfield wants to eat more pasta.
Moral action: Garfield decides not to make too much pasta since he knows he won't stop eating it.
Norm: It is unhealthy to eat too much
Situation: Garfield loved to eat pasta, in fact he couldn't stop eating pasta until it was all gone.
Intention: Garfield wants to eat more pasta.
Immoral action: Garfield made a lot of pasta, and he kept eating and eating until he was sick.
Norm: It's rude to ignore your neighbors.
Situation: John, who is late to work, is pulling out of his driveway to go to work and see's his neighbor quickly approaching his car.
Intention: John wants to avoid talking to his neighbor.
Moral action: John smiles and waves to his neighbor while quickly driving away.
Norm: It's rude to ignore your neighbors.
Situation: John, who is late to work, is pulling out of his driveway to go to work and see's his neighbor quickly approaching his car.
Intention: John wants to avoid talking to his neighbor.
Immoral action: John pretends that he doesn't see his neighbor and drives off.
Norm: You should not judge the lifestyle of others.
Situation: Freya, a mother with two boyfriends, asks her conservative Christian coworker Abigail for advice on how to handle her unruly children.
Intention: Abigail wants to give Freya advice.
Moral action: Abigail offers to loan Freya one of her mother's parenting books alongside passing along some information she learned from her other friends who are mothers.
Norm: You should not judge the lifestyle of others.
Situation: Freya, a mother with two boyfriends, asks her conservative Christian coworker Abigail for advice on how to handle her unruly children.
Intention: Abigail wants to give Freya advice.
Immoral action: Abigail tells Freya that her children are misbehaving because they have two father figures which confuses them,  and breaking up with one of her boyfriends should fix the problem.
Norm: It is bad to use alcohol to cope.
Situation: Chelsea is going through a difficult divorce from her husband Max.
Intention: Chelsea wants to calm her nerves.
Moral action: Chelsea starts to practice meditation and learns to use deep breathing exercises to cope.
Norm: It is bad to use alcohol to cope.
Situation: Chelsea is going through a difficult divorce from her husband Max.
Intention: Chelsea wants to calm her nerves.
Immoral action: Chelsea begins drinking large quantities of whiskey on a daily basis.
Norm: You should watch out for pedestrians when you're driving
Situation: Danielle is passing through a school zone on her way home from work and decides she wants to hear some music.
Intention: Danielle wants to turn on the radio.
Moral action: Danielle waits until she passes the school zone, and then she finds a station that she wants to hear.
Norm: You should watch out for pedestrians when you're driving
Situation: Danielle is passing through a school zone on her way home from work and decides she wants to hear some music.
Intention: Danielle wants to turn on the radio.
Immoral action: Danielle looks down a second to fiddle with the knob and find a station she likes.
Norm: You should share concerns with your significant other.
Situation: Rob's company is laying off dozens of positions causing him great concern and his partner, who notices this, asks him what is wrong.
Intention: Rob wants to keep his partner from worrying about their financial situation.
Moral action: Rob tells his partner what's happening but focuses on possible solutions in the event that they need them.
Norm: You should share concerns with your significant other.
Situation: Rob's company is laying off dozens of positions causing him great concern and his partner, who notices this, asks him what is wrong.
Intention: Rob wants to keep his partner from worrying about their financial situation.
Immoral action: Rob tells his partner that there is nothing wrong and acts like he doesn't know anything.
Norm: It's bad to report things that you're not sure happened.
Situation: Pat works in an office and notices his co-worker's laptop is not on his desk.
Intention: Pat wants to inform someone about the lap top.
Moral action: Pat asks his co-workers about the laptop.
Norm: It's bad to report things that you're not sure happened.
Situation: Pat works in an office and notices his co-worker's laptop is not on his desk.
Intention: Pat wants to inform someone about the lap top.
Immoral action: Pat goes to security and tells them that the laptop is stolen.
Norm: You should be nice to children.
Situation: Trevor saw Neville stumble as he tried to get up the stairs.
Intention: Trevor wants to decide what to do about Neville.
Moral action: Trevor helps Neville stand up and them helps him get up the stairs.
Norm: You should be nice to children.
Situation: Trevor saw Neville stumble as he tried to get up the stairs.
Intention: Trevor wants to decide what to do about Neville.
Immoral action: Trevor walks away from the stairs and from Neville as he remains there stuck.
Norm: It's rewarding to make a good decision.
Situation: Harry has to decide if he should go to the dance or if he should watch the football game.
Intention: Harry wants to made a decision.
Moral action: Harry makes up his mind by himself and decides what he'd have more fun doing.
Norm: It's rewarding to make a good decision.
Situation: Harry has to decide if he should go to the dance or if he should watch the football game.
Intention: Harry wants to made a decision.
Immoral action: Harry doesn't decide at all, but instead asks his wife to choose for him.
Norm: It's bad to partake in illegal activities.
Situation: Jess really wants to watch a film, but she has to buy a streaming service to watch it.
Intention: Jess wants to watch the movie.
Moral action: Jess buys the new streaming service in order to watch the movie.
Norm: It's bad to partake in illegal activities.
Situation: Jess really wants to watch a film, but she has to buy a streaming service to watch it.
Intention: Jess wants to watch the movie.
Immoral action: Jess downloads the film off of a website from Mexico without paying.
Norm: You shouldn't flirt with coworkers.
Situation: Sypha goes to work and notices that Jack the new IT guy is cute.
Intention: Sypha wants to decide if she should flirt with Jack.
Moral action: Sypha decides that would be too dangerous, so she just continues working.
Norm: You shouldn't flirt with coworkers.
Situation: Sypha goes to work and notices that Jack the new IT guy is cute.
Intention: Sypha wants to decide if she should flirt with Jack.
Immoral action: Sypha starts flirting with Jack while they are both at work.
Norm: It's bad to do shady things behind your partners back.
Situation: Mat decided to sell meth for extra money, and his wife is wondering where he's coming up with all this money.
Intention: Mat has to make a decision on whether to tell his wife.
Moral action: Mat tells his wife that he's been selling meth in order to make more money for the family.
Norm: It's bad to do shady things behind your partners back.
Situation: Mat decided to sell meth for extra money, and his wife is wondering where he's coming up with all this money.
Intention: Mat has to make a decision on whether to tell his wife.
Immoral action: Mat tells his wife that he's been making money playing poker at the casino.
Norm: It's rude to ignore family.
Situation: John is at home with his friends and his wife Mindy, who wants to go out to eat with him.
Intention: John wants to play a game with his friends.
Moral action: John tells his friends he's going out to dinner but will be back to play with them soon.
Norm: It's rude to ignore family.
Situation: John is at home with his friends and his wife Mindy, who wants to go out to eat with him.
Intention: John wants to play a game with his friends.
Immoral action: John pretends he didn't hear Mindy and continues laughing and playing with his friends.
Norm: It's rude to call your best friend an idiot.
Situation: Sally has been going to college to become a school counselor.
Intention: Sally wants to be on a short list of potential counseling interns at her school and tells her friends about it on social media.
Moral action: When Amelie asks questions about it, Sally makes sure her friend understands everything before continuing.
Norm: It's rude to call your best friend an idiot.
Situation: Sally has been going to college to become a school counselor.
Intention: Sally wants to be on a short list of potential counseling interns at her school and tells her friends about it on social media.
Immoral action: When Sally’s her best friend, Amelie, doesn’t understand some of the conversation; Sally publicly mocks her for being slow and stupid.
Norm: You shouldn't burglarize people.
Situation: Adam is talking with his friends about music and sees a couple down the street carry a huge stereo system into their house.
Intention: Adam wants a nice stereo.
Moral action: Adam asks the couple what kind of stereo they have, then goes to the store and buys it.
Norm: You shouldn't burglarize people.
Situation: Adam is talking with his friends about music and sees a couple down the street carry a huge stereo system into their house.
Intention: Adam wants a nice stereo.
Immoral action: Adam dons a mask at night and breaks into the couple's house and takes their stereo.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt defenseless animals
Situation: Byron has a new dog, and he is getting annoyed by the dog barking at night.
Intention: Byron wants to get his dog to stop barking, so he can sleep.
Moral action: Byron gets lessons and tips from a professional dog trainer about getting the dog to bark less.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt defenseless animals
Situation: Byron has a new dog, and he is getting annoyed by the dog barking at night.
Intention: Byron wants to get his dog to stop barking, so he can sleep.
Immoral action: Byron starts to hit his dog every time the dog barks and wakes him up.