CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to help people out when they're physically weak.
Situation: Frank works as a cashier at a busy grocery store and is coming off break, and sees an old lady struggling to lift a case of water into her cart.
Intention: Frank needs to get to the register he works at.
Moral action: Frank stops and quickly lifts the case into the woman's cart, before continuing on to the register.
Norm: It's good to help people out when they're physically weak.
Situation: Frank works as a cashier at a busy grocery store and is coming off break, and sees an old lady struggling to lift a case of water into her cart.
Intention: Frank needs to get to the register he works at.
Immoral action: Frank ignores the woman and continues up to the register, starting to ring up customers.
Norm: It's wrong to take advantage of your grandparents.
Situation: Larry's grandmother, who can be forgetful, gave him some money, but forgot and offered to give him some more money.
Intention: Larry wants to decide whether to take the money or not.
Moral action: Larry reminds his grandmother that she already gave him money and thanks her again.
Norm: It's wrong to take advantage of your grandparents.
Situation: Larry's grandmother, who can be forgetful, gave him some money, but forgot and offered to give him some more money.
Intention: Larry wants to decide whether to take the money or not.
Immoral action: Larry takes the second bit of money from his grandmother and thanks her for it without mentioning the first payment.
Norm: It's wrong to want to live in violent neighborhood.
Situation: Bo currently lives in the hood and wants to buy a new house, but the house he wants is in a white neighborhood.
Intention: Bo wants to decide where his family should live.
Moral action: Bo decides to move his family to the white neighborhood.
Norm: It's wrong to want to live in violent neighborhood.
Situation: Bo currently lives in the hood and wants to buy a new house, but the house he wants is in a white neighborhood.
Intention: Bo wants to decide where his family should live.
Immoral action: Bo decides to keep his family in the hood so that his kids can see people who look like them.
Norm: It's dishonest to cheat on a test
Situation: Scott has his final test in a week and feels he might flunk it.
Intention: Scott wants to make his parents proud.
Moral action: Scott asks a friend to help him study for the test, he studies day and night for a week.
Norm: It's dishonest to cheat on a test
Situation: Scott has his final test in a week and feels he might flunk it.
Intention: Scott wants to make his parents proud.
Immoral action: Scott writes helpful notes on a tiny piece of paper that he hides in his sock and checks during the test.
Norm: It's hurtful to cost someone their job.
Situation: Jeff is out for lunch with some coworkers when a waiter accidentally drops a salad on his jacket.
Intention: Jeff wants to respond to the incident.
Moral action: Jeff accepts the waiters apology and asks for help cleaning off his jacket.
Norm: It's hurtful to cost someone their job.
Situation: Jeff is out for lunch with some coworkers when a waiter accidentally drops a salad on his jacket.
Intention: Jeff wants to respond to the incident.
Immoral action: Jeff is livid and demands that the waiter be fired on the spot.
Norm: You shouldn't take someone's tip money because that's stealing.
Situation: Marty is a busboy, and he and the waitress Ann are the last ones in the cafe when it's time to close.
Intention: Marty needs to clear the last table before they leave.
Moral action: Marty sees Ann's tip money is still on the table when he's clearing it, and he brings it to her.
Norm: You shouldn't take someone's tip money because that's stealing.
Situation: Marty is a busboy, and he and the waitress Ann are the last ones in the cafe when it's time to close.
Intention: Marty needs to clear the last table before they leave.
Immoral action: When Marty goes to clear the table he sees a customer left Ann a tip, and he pockets the money for himself.
Norm: It is wrong to take away someone's income without notice.
Situation: Harold owns a store that has been losing money for a long time.
Intention: Harold wants to shut down the store.
Moral action: Harold gives his employees a month's notice that he is shutting down.
Norm: It is wrong to take away someone's income without notice.
Situation: Harold owns a store that has been losing money for a long time.
Intention: Harold wants to shut down the store.
Immoral action: Harold shuts down the store without telling his employees, leaving a note on the door.
Norm: You should wave at someone who is waving at you.
Situation: Tom is walking down the street when he sees a guy he knows waving at him from across the street.
Intention: Tom wants to react to the guy waving at him.
Moral action: Tom waves back at the guy waving at him in a friendly way before going on his way.
Norm: You should wave at someone who is waving at you.
Situation: Tom is walking down the street when he sees a guy he knows waving at him from across the street.
Intention: Tom wants to react to the guy waving at him.
Immoral action: Tom just looks at the guy for a few seconds then looks away and keeps walking down the street.
Norm: It's wrong to bully your classmates.
Situation: Riley is the most popular girl in her school and there has been another student who she has been finding annoying lately.
Intention: Riley wants to address her issues with the annoying student.
Moral action: Riley has a private conversation with the student, and they talk out their issues.
Norm: It's wrong to bully your classmates.
Situation: Riley is the most popular girl in her school and there has been another student who she has been finding annoying lately.
Intention: Riley wants to address her issues with the annoying student.
Immoral action: Riley uses her popularity to start rumors about the other student and make them feel small in front of others.
Norm: You shouldn't try to get out of going to school.
Situation: Barbara told her mom about a mild stomach ache and Barbara's mom asks her if she wants to go to school.
Intention: Barbara wants to tell her mom what she will do.
Moral action: Barbara tells her mom she can go to school because the stomach ache isn't bad.
Norm: You shouldn't try to get out of going to school.
Situation: Barbara told her mom about a mild stomach ache and Barbara's mom asks her if she wants to go to school.
Intention: Barbara wants to tell her mom what she will do.
Immoral action: Barbara tells her mom she won't be going to school because of the stomach ache.
Norm: It's wrong to drive recklessly.
Situation: Antonio is driving on his commute home from a day at work.
Intention: Antonio wants to get home.
Moral action: Antonio sets his car on cruise control at the posted speed limit and only uses the left lane when passing.
Norm: It's wrong to drive recklessly.
Situation: Antonio is driving on his commute home from a day at work.
Intention: Antonio wants to get home.
Immoral action: Antonio drives above the speed limit and swerves past cars on the left or right in a hope to get home faster.
Norm: It's wise to watch others' reactions when you are uncertain.
Situation: Callix's coffee machine broke down, and he wants to buy a certain new model on Amazon.
Intention: Callix wants to buy a coffee machine.
Moral action: Callix asks her experienced friends about their opinion on the best coffee machine.
Norm: It's wise to watch others' reactions when you are uncertain.
Situation: Callix's coffee machine broke down, and he wants to buy a certain new model on Amazon.
Intention: Callix wants to buy a coffee machine.
Immoral action: Callix buys the coffee machine without looking at reviews.
Norm: It's morally unacceptable to manipulate another person.
Situation: Alan's girlfriend Jessica has a best friend, Kary, who Alan finds very annoying.
Intention: Alan wants to deal with Kary's annoying tendencies.
Moral action: Alan tries to limit his time with Kary and encourages Jessica and Kary to hang out together without him.
Norm: It's morally unacceptable to manipulate another person.
Situation: Alan's girlfriend Jessica has a best friend, Kary, who Alan finds very annoying.
Intention: Alan wants to deal with Kary's annoying tendencies.
Immoral action: Alan convinces Jessica that Kary doesn’t value her as a friend and is only using her to get free food and drinks, for which Alan has no evidence.
Norm: It's rude to not thank someone for serving you.
Situation: Bill was at a restaurant and Jane served him his food, Bill thought Jane did a poor job.
Intention: Bill wants to react to Jane's service.
Moral action: Despite the poor service Bill still said thank you to Jane.
Norm: It's rude to not thank someone for serving you.
Situation: Bill was at a restaurant and Jane served him his food, Bill thought Jane did a poor job.
Intention: Bill wants to react to Jane's service.
Immoral action: Bill gave no response beliving in "if you can't say something nice...".
Norm: You shouldn't treat your family terribly.
Situation: Mike is at home when his wife Lisa comes in from shopping and shows him a new dress she bought.
Intention: Mike wants to react to Lisa buying a dress.
Moral action: Mike tells Lisa that he bets she looks gorgeous in it and asks her to go put it on.
Norm: You shouldn't treat your family terribly.
Situation: Mike is at home when his wife Lisa comes in from shopping and shows him a new dress she bought.
Intention: Mike wants to react to Lisa buying a dress.
Immoral action: Mike tells Lisa that she's a moron for spending their money on her stupid dress, and she should get out and return it.
Norm: It's bad to steal from your parents.
Situation: James has a signature on his mom's bank account and needs some extra money for a night ot.
Intention: James wants to get some money.
Moral action: James asks one of his friends to float him a loan for the night, to be repaid when he gets his paycheck.
Norm: It's bad to steal from your parents.
Situation: James has a signature on his mom's bank account and needs some extra money for a night ot.
Intention: James wants to get some money.
Immoral action: James withdraws some money from his mom's bank account and goes out for the night.
Norm: You are expected to be polite to service workers.
Situation: Larry is having dinner at a restaurant when he notices that the meal he received is not what he ordered.
Intention: Larry wants to get the correct meal.
Moral action: Larry calls over the waitress and asks her to please switch out his meal for what he originally ordered.
Norm: You are expected to be polite to service workers.
Situation: Larry is having dinner at a restaurant when he notices that the meal he received is not what he ordered.
Intention: Larry wants to get the correct meal.
Immoral action: Larry calls over the waitress and yells at her loudly while demanding she bring him what he ordered.
Norm: It's wrong to punch someone else in the face.
Situation: Brad is at home when he notices the neighbor, Bill roaming through his garage.
Intention: Brad wants to confront Bill.
Moral action: Brad runs into the garage and demands to know why Bill is in there and what he wants.
Norm: It's wrong to punch someone else in the face.
Situation: Brad is at home when he notices the neighbor, Bill roaming through his garage.
Intention: Brad wants to confront Bill.
Immoral action: Brad runs into the garage and grabs Bill and wrestles with him before swinging one of his fists into Bill's face.
Norm: It's nice to give people rides.
Situation: Lexi is leaving class and planning to drive home when she sees a friend waiting at the bus stop.
Intention: Lexi wants to get home.
Moral action: Lexi pulls over near the bus stop and calls out to her friend offering them a ride home.
Norm: It's nice to give people rides.
Situation: Lexi is leaving class and planning to drive home when she sees a friend waiting at the bus stop.
Intention: Lexi wants to get home.
Immoral action: Lexi drives past the bus stop without looking towards her friend and drives straight home.
Norm: It is wrong to shirk your work duties.
Situation: Tim has been given the responsibility of doing some paperwork at his job before he leaves.
Intention: Tim wants to go to the bar.
Moral action: Tim finishes all his assigned paperwork although he has to stay at work late then he heads to the bar for a bit.
Norm: It is wrong to shirk your work duties.
Situation: Tim has been given the responsibility of doing some paperwork at his job before he leaves.
Intention: Tim wants to go to the bar.
Immoral action: Tim leaves work early without finishing his paperwork and goes straight to the bar.
Norm: You shouldn't skip work.
Situation: It's Saturday morning, Ken is listening to his voicemail and hears a message from his boss asking him to report to work on Saturday.
Intention: Ken wants to react to the voicemail.
Moral action: Ken deletes the voicemail and starts getting ready to go into work right away.
Norm: You shouldn't skip work.
Situation: It's Saturday morning, Ken is listening to his voicemail and hears a message from his boss asking him to report to work on Saturday.
Intention: Ken wants to react to the voicemail.
Immoral action: Ken hangs up the phone and doesn't delete the voicemail or mark it heard, so he can pretend he never got the message yet.
Norm: You shouldn't be a lowlife to your family.
Situation: Tom's is 37 and still living with his parents, who continually threaten to kick him out.
Intention: Tom wants to tell his parents his future plans.
Moral action: Tom decides to tell his parents he will do lots of chores and work if he can stay with his parents.
Norm: You shouldn't be a lowlife to your family.
Situation: Tom's is 37 and still living with his parents, who continually threaten to kick him out.
Intention: Tom wants to tell his parents his future plans.
Immoral action: Tom decides to tell his parents he is never moving out and will sue if they try.
Norm: You should apologize to someone you hurt physically.
Situation: Harold is playing flag football with his coworkers and accidentally steps on an opponent's ankle while playing defense, injuring them.
Intention: Harold wants to get back to playing the game soon.
Moral action: Harold apologizes to the hurt opponent and helps carry them off the field before continuing play.
Norm: You should apologize to someone you hurt physically.
Situation: Harold is playing flag football with his coworkers and accidentally steps on an opponent's ankle while playing defense, injuring them.
Intention: Harold wants to get back to playing the game soon.
Immoral action: Harold doesn't say anything to the injured opponent and lines up for the next play.
Norm: It's bad to ignore people because you're on your phone.
Situation: Debbie is on a call with her boyfriend Jim and her daughter Sally really wants dinner.
Intention: Debbie wants to have a discussion with her lover.
Moral action: Debbie tells Jim to hang on a minute and while she listens to Sally ask for dinner, then continues her call on speaker phone while cooking.
Norm: It's bad to ignore people because you're on your phone.
Situation: Debbie is on a call with her boyfriend Jim and her daughter Sally really wants dinner.
Intention: Debbie wants to have a discussion with her lover.
Immoral action: Debbie is talking to Jim about their plans later that evening and when Sally asks when dinner is, Debbie pretends she doesn't hear.
Norm: It is bad to try to sabotage people's jobs
Situation: Rania and Julian are both competing for a manager position at work but only one can get it.
Intention: Rania wants to get the job.
Moral action: Rania begins working harder at her job and is nicer to everyone around her to make a good impression.
Norm: It is bad to try to sabotage people's jobs
Situation: Rania and Julian are both competing for a manager position at work but only one can get it.
Intention: Rania wants to get the job.
Immoral action: Rania logs into Julian's computer and messes with his files, so he will look bad.
Norm: It is good to help others learn.
Situation: Kara is doing her homework at the park after school, and she see's a girl, Molly, she knows from school looking confused at her notebook.
Intention: Kara wants to see what Molly is so flustered about.
Moral action: Kara asks Molly what the problem is, so Molly shows her a difficult math problem, and Kara shows her how to do it properly.
Norm: It is good to help others learn.
Situation: Kara is doing her homework at the park after school, and she see's a girl, Molly, she knows from school looking confused at her notebook.
Intention: Kara wants to see what Molly is so flustered about.
Immoral action: Kara asks Molly what the problem is, so Molly shows her a difficult math problem, but Kara says she doesn't really have time to help.
Norm: It's helpful when people advertise their services on social media.
Situation: Rachel has started a new business geared towards young people and it figuring out how to get the word out to the community.
Intention: Rachel wants people to know about her business.
Moral action: Knowing she is trying to target a younger crowd, Rachel buys ads on social media and targets them to local users.
Norm: It's helpful when people advertise their services on social media.
Situation: Rachel has started a new business geared towards young people and it figuring out how to get the word out to the community.
Intention: Rachel wants people to know about her business.
Immoral action: Rachel decides to spend her advertising budget on ads in local print newspapers.
Norm: You should have fun while cooking
Situation: Ryan is in the middle of a diet plan and is preparing meals for the week.
Intention: Ryan wants to stick to his diet.
Moral action: Ryan makes sure to keep things interesting while preparing the meals and is always willing to try or learn something new in the kitchen.
Norm: You should have fun while cooking
Situation: Ryan is in the middle of a diet plan and is preparing meals for the week.
Intention: Ryan wants to stick to his diet.
Immoral action: Ryan slops together his meals as quickly as possible using any cooking short cut he can think of as to be done with the task.
Norm: You should accept responsibility for breaking something.
Situation: Carol and her friend Sharon like to do things together on the weekend.
Intention: Carol wants Sharon to go shopping with her.
Moral action: While they are shopping Carol breaks a glass ornament, so she takes it to the sales clerk and offers to pay for it.
Norm: You should accept responsibility for breaking something.
Situation: Carol and her friend Sharon like to do things together on the weekend.
Intention: Carol wants Sharon to go shopping with her.
Immoral action: Carol breaks a glass ornament while they are shopping, but sets it back on the shelf without telling a sales clerk.
Norm: You should buy auto-insurance before you drive on the highway.
Situation: Jared is living paycheck to paycheck, and he cannot afford his current insurance premium.
Intention: Jared wants to cut back his insurance costs.
Moral action: Jared finds an insurance company that charges much lower premiums.
Norm: You should buy auto-insurance before you drive on the highway.
Situation: Jared is living paycheck to paycheck, and he cannot afford his current insurance premium.
Intention: Jared wants to cut back his insurance costs.
Immoral action: Jared decides to go without insurance in order to skirt the costs.
Norm: It's good to lend a hand to people.
Situation: Bill's coworker was assigned more projects than he could handle and desperately asks Bill for help.
Intention: Bill wants to respond to his coworker's request.
Moral action: Bill agrees and takes time out of his schedule to reduce his coworker's workload.
Norm: It's good to lend a hand to people.
Situation: Bill's coworker was assigned more projects than he could handle and desperately asks Bill for help.
Intention: Bill wants to respond to his coworker's request.
Immoral action: Bill flatly denies his coworker and goes away to do his own work.
Norm: It is bad to fight at the dinner table.
Situation: Samantha is irritated at her husband for insulting her cooking, while sitting at the table with their kids.
Intention: Samantha wants to argue with her husband.
Moral action: Samantha waits for the meal to be over, then pulls her husband aside.
Norm: It is bad to fight at the dinner table.
Situation: Samantha is irritated at her husband for insulting her cooking, while sitting at the table with their kids.
Intention: Samantha wants to argue with her husband.
Immoral action: Samantha starts yelling at her husband during the meal, right in front of the kids.
Norm: It's good to support someone's business.
Situation: Becky looks in the mirror and thinks her hair looks bad.
Intention: Becky wants a haircut.
Moral action: Becky goes to her usual stylist at the salon.
Norm: It's good to support someone's business.
Situation: Becky looks in the mirror and thinks her hair looks bad.
Intention: Becky wants a haircut.
Immoral action: Becky decides to skip going to her usual salon and save some money by cutting her own hair.
Norm: It's good to find your child's lost things.
Situation: Kent's kid ran in and told Kent that they had lost their toy.
Intention: Kent wants to end the conversation.
Moral action: Kent agrees to help their kid find the missing toy.
Norm: It's good to find your child's lost things.
Situation: Kent's kid ran in and told Kent that they had lost their toy.
Intention: Kent wants to end the conversation.
Immoral action: Kent ignores his kid, so he can finish more work on his laptop.
Norm: It's good to go on vacation with your friends.
Situation: Peter has some time off of work, and feels he wants to get out of his house a bit.
Intention: Peter wants to go away on vacation.
Moral action: Peter asks his buddies to come along with him to the beach, and they do.
Norm: It's good to go on vacation with your friends.
Situation: Peter has some time off of work, and feels he wants to get out of his house a bit.
Intention: Peter wants to go away on vacation.
Immoral action: Peter decides to go away on vacation alone, going to the beach.
Norm: It's bad to drink too much alcohol during a meal.
Situation: Mike and his wife Debbie are having dinner at his in-laws, who he doesn't like all that much.
Intention: Mike wants to have some wine.
Moral action: Mike enjoys sipping on a glass of Chardonnay and has a good conversation with his in-laws and Debbie.
Norm: It's bad to drink too much alcohol during a meal.
Situation: Mike and his wife Debbie are having dinner at his in-laws, who he doesn't like all that much.
Intention: Mike wants to have some wine.
Immoral action: Mike drinks one too many glasses of Chardonnay  and starts slurring his speech and making crude jokes.
Norm: It's inconsiderate to act out in your teacher's classroom.
Situation: Tim has moved to a new school and is sitting in math class with the other students and their teacher.
Intention: Tim wants to show his classmates that he is funny.
Moral action: Tim waits till lunch time then entertains his classmates with jokes and silly dances.
Norm: It's inconsiderate to act out in your teacher's classroom.
Situation: Tim has moved to a new school and is sitting in math class with the other students and their teacher.
Intention: Tim wants to show his classmates that he is funny.
Immoral action: Tim starts goofing around in class even getting up and doing a silly dance.
Norm: It's bad to judge a whole store based on gossip.
Situation: Jon heard about a new pizza place in his area and wanted to check it out.
Intention: Jon wanted to learn more about the pizza place.
Moral action: Jon visits the pizza place after work to see what the hubbub was all about.
Norm: It's bad to judge a whole store based on gossip.
Situation: Jon heard about a new pizza place in his area and wanted to check it out.
Intention: Jon wanted to learn more about the pizza place.
Immoral action: Jon read online that the pizza place was run by pedophiles, so he decided not to go.