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It's rude to use your phone in a theater. | Robin is in the movie theater watching a new movie. | Robin wants to tell her mother about one of the previews she just watched. | Robin decides to wait until the movie is over and then call her mother. | She has a fun time watching the movie and ends up making plans with her mother to see another movie. | Robin decides to pull out her phone to shoot her mom a text about the preview. | Robin's gets a phone call and her phone rings very loudly causing her to get kicked out of the theater. | {
"norm": "It's rude to use your phone in a theater.",
"situation": "Robin is in the movie theater watching a new movie.",
"intention": "Robin wants to tell her mother about one of the previews she just watched.",
"moral_action": "Robin decides to wait until the movie is over and then call her mother.",
"immo... |
It's rude to record a friend without their permission. | Sam is walking near school when he hears his friend Wayne singing. | Sam wants to record Wayne. | Sam compliments Wayne and asks if he can record him singing. | Wayne agrees and sings for Sam while being recorded. | Sam walks up unseen, pulls out his phone, and records Wayne. | Wayne eventually sees Sam and demands that he delete the recording. | {
"norm": "It's rude to record a friend without their permission.",
"situation": "Sam is walking near school when he hears his friend Wayne singing.",
"intention": "Sam wants to record Wayne.",
"moral_action": "Sam compliments Wayne and asks if he can record him singing.",
"immoral_action": "Sam walks up unse... |
Excluding one member of your family from something is hurtful. | Brooke doesn't get along with her brother, and she is celebrating her birthday. | Brooke wants to have a great birthday. | Brooke celebrates her birthday with her boyfriend at home binge watching her favorite show. | Brooke has a great time with the person that matters most to her. | Brooke invites everyone but her brother to her birthday dinner celebration. | Brooke's brother gets mad and keys her car the next time they are visiting. | {
"norm": "Excluding one member of your family from something is hurtful.",
"situation": "Brooke doesn't get along with her brother, and she is celebrating her birthday.",
"intention": "Brooke wants to have a great birthday.",
"moral_action": "Brooke celebrates her birthday with her boyfriend at home binge watc... |
It is rude to yell at someone with a disbaility. | Jerry is forced to be in a wheel chair and accidentally runs over David's toe at a party. | David wants to release his sudden anger. | David turns around and hops away grunting under his breath. | Jerry does not notice that he hurt David and continues his time at the party. | David yells at Jerry and tells him to watch where he's going. | Jerry's feeling are hurt as he is yelled at, and he is sad. | {
"norm": "It is rude to yell at someone with a disability.",
"situation": "Jerry is forced to be in a wheel chair and accidentally runs over David's toe at a party.",
"intention": "David wants to release his sudden anger.",
"moral_action": "David turns around and hops away grunting under his breath.",
"immor... |
It's rude to be antisocial at work. | John has been suffering in his personal life but still has to work with others. | John just wants to get through his work day and have it over with. | John keeps his personal life out of the workplace and tries to stay busy at work so the day goes by faster. | John's co-workers are undisturbed by John's problems which are not theirs, and they work flow goes smoothly for the day. | John avoids people all day at work because of his sour mood about his personal life hoping it'll make the day easier for him. | John's co-workers find him difficult to work with and John becomes a bottleneck for everybody's work flow. | {
"norm": "It's rude to be antisocial at work.",
"situation": "John has been suffering in his personal life but still has to work with others.",
"intention": "John just wants to get through his work day and have it over with.",
"moral_action": "John keeps his personal life out of the workplace and tries to stay... |
It's good to visit new places. | Igor is on vacation from work which he has been looking forward to for a long time. | Igor wants to enjoy his vacation time. | Igor decides to travel during his vacation to see parts of his country he had only read about. | Igor gets new perspectives and makes good memories during his travels. | Igor decides to stay inside watching movies and eating badly all vacation to relax. | Igor's vacation is over before he knows it, and he is left feeling like he didn't do anything worthwhile. | {
"norm": "It's good to visit new places.",
"situation": "Igor is on vacation from work which he has been looking forward to for a long time.",
"intention": "Igor wants to enjoy his vacation time.",
"moral_action": "Igor decides to travel during his vacation to see parts of his country he had only read about.",... |
It's wrong to get revenge on your partner. | Julie walked in on her boyfriend cheating with another woman. | Julie wants to teach her boyfriend a lesson. | Julie tells her boyfriend how much he hurt her and asks how he would feel if she cheated on him. | Julie cries with her boyfriend as they discuss the next steps for their relationship. | Julie screams at her boyfriend, throwing a glass at his head. | Julie gets arrested for domestic violence and goes to jail. | {
"norm": "It's wrong to get revenge on your partner.",
"situation": "Julie walked in on her boyfriend cheating with another woman.",
"intention": "Julie wants to teach her boyfriend a lesson.",
"moral_action": "Julie tells her boyfriend how much he hurt her and asks how he would feel if she cheated on him.",
... |
It's not okay to drink before you are of age. | Joey is at a high school party with alcohol. | Joey wants to be liked by others. | Joey tells great stories while chatting at the party but doesn't drink. | Joey is popular for his stories. | Joe drinks a lot of shots of alcohol to show he's a party animal. | Joey is hungover the next day and feels sick. | {
"norm": "It's not okay to drink before you are of age.",
"situation": "Joey is at a high school party with alcohol.",
"intention": "Joey wants to be liked by others.",
"moral_action": "Joey tells great stories while chatting at the party but doesn't drink.",
"immoral_action": "Joe drinks a lot of shots of a... |
It's nice to support your siblings decisions in life. | John's brother decides to take a risk to start his own business. | John wants to talk to his brother about the decision. | John praises his brother for starting a business and offers to help. | John and his brother becomes successful, wealthy and closer to each other. | John berates his brother for taking the risk to start a business. | His brother becomes successful and cuts off contact with John. | {
"norm": "It's nice to support your siblings decisions in life.",
"situation": "John's brother decides to take a risk to start his own business.",
"intention": "John wants to talk to his brother about the decision.",
"moral_action": "John praises his brother for starting a business and offers to help.",
"imm... |
It's rude to laugh during a serious movie. | Keith is at the movies watching a movie where a man just died. | Keith wants to express himself at the scene in the movie. | Keith starts to cry silently from his seat in the theater. | Another person in the theater gives Keith a tissue to wipe his eyes. | Keith starts to laugh loudly at the scene in the movie. | The other people in the theater are annoyed and tell Keith to shut up. | {
"norm": "It's rude to laugh during a serious movie.",
"situation": "Keith is at the movies watching a movie where a man just died.",
"intention": "Keith wants to express himself at the scene in the movie.",
"moral_action": "Keith starts to cry silently from his seat in the theater.",
"immoral_action": "Keit... |
It's good to recommend places to your friends and family. | Jane was talking to her friend Amanda about restaurants in the city. | Jane wants to finish the conversation. | Jane helps Amanda with several recommendations for restaurants that day. | Amanda enjoys a fantastic meal at one of those recommendations that evening. | Jane doesn't recommend any places because she wants to keep them to herself. | Amanda ends up choosing a terrible restaurant to eat at that evening. | {
"norm": "It's good to recommend places to your friends and family.",
"situation": "Jane was talking to her friend Amanda about restaurants in the city.",
"intention": "Jane wants to finish the conversation.",
"moral_action": "Jane helps Amanda with several recommendations for restaurants that day.",
"immora... |
It's wrong to spy on colleagues. | Becky and Julie work for the same company, and Becky is curious about a project that Julie is working on. | Becky wants to find out more about the project. | Becky goes up to Julie and asks her if she is comfortable talking about her project. | Julie is happy to tell Becky more about it, and they end up talking all afternoon. | Becky reads through Julie's email while Julie is away in a meeting. | Julie finds out that Becky has read her email without permission and reports her to HR. | {
"norm": "It's wrong to spy on colleagues.",
"situation": "Becky and Julie work for the same company, and Becky is curious about a project that Julie is working on.",
"intention": "Becky wants to find out more about the project.",
"moral_action": "Becky goes up to Julie and asks her if she is comfortable talki... |
It is good to help animals. | James notices a skinny looking stray cat outside of his house one night. | James wants to make sure the cat is okay. | James adopts the cat into his home. | The cat lives a better life in James' home. | James calls animal control about the cat. | The cat is taken by animal control and euthanized. | {
"norm": "It is good to help animals.",
"situation": "James notices a skinny looking stray cat outside of his house one night.",
"intention": "James wants to make sure the cat is okay.",
"moral_action": "James adopts the cat into his home.",
"immoral_action": "James calls animal control about the cat.",
"m... |
It's good to praise your kids. | Laura's child built a birdhouse and shows it to her. | Laura wants to tell her child what she thinks of the birdhouse. | Laura says the birdhouse is well crafted. | Laura's child will be proud of their work. | Laura says the birdhouse is low quality. | Laura's child will be hurt emotionally. | {
"norm": "It's good to praise your kids.",
"situation": "Laura's child built a birdhouse and shows it to her.",
"intention": "Laura wants to tell her child what she thinks of the birdhouse.",
"moral_action": "Laura says the birdhouse is well crafted.",
"immoral_action": "Laura says the birdhouse is low quali... |
It is hypocritical to not practice what you preach. | Nate often posts outspoken opinions about family values and morality on facebook. | Nate wants to live his life as he sees fit. | Nate stays married for 50 years and lives by example while giving advice to those who ask. | Nate is respected by many and has many good lifetime friends. | Nate, in reality, is on his third marriage and is known for his poor treatment of women. | Nate is seen as a hypocrite and eventually exposes as one on facebook by people who reply. | {
"norm": "It is hypocritical to not practice what you preach.",
"situation": "Nate often posts outspoken opinions about family values and morality on facebook.",
"intention": "Nate wants to live his life as he sees fit.",
"moral_action": "Nate stays married for 50 years and lives by example while giving advice... |
It's good to go home when you're not feeling well. | Mark is at work when he realizes he has a fever. | Mark needs to get his work done. | Mark goes home and finishes his work online so that everyone is protected. | No one else gets sick. | Mark stays at work because he has so much to get done. | Mark infects several people in his office. | {
"norm": "It's good to go home when you're not feeling well.",
"situation": "Mark is at work when he realizes he has a fever.",
"intention": "Mark needs to get his work done.",
"moral_action": "Mark goes home and finishes his work online so that everyone is protected.",
"immoral_action": "Mark stays at work ... |
You shouldn't do other people's homework. | Calvin is sitting in the school library. | Calvin wants to find something to do. | Calvin goes to the non-fiction section picks out a book to read. | Calvin learns a lot of new facts from reading the book. | Calvin does a friend's homework for them when they ask him for help. | Calvin is put on probation for violation of the school's honor code. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't do other people's homework.",
"situation": "Calvin is sitting in the school library.",
"intention": "Calvin wants to find something to do.",
"moral_action": "Calvin goes to the non-fiction section picks out a book to read.",
"immoral_action": "Calvin does a friend's homework for them ... |
It's wrong to yell at your elders. | Carol is visiting her grandparents when they begin to tell racist jokes that Carol finds offensive. | Carol wants to convince her grandparents to stop telling racist jokes. | Carol explains that the jokes are offensive and asks them to change the subject. | Carol's grandparents realize they've crossed the line and move on in the conversation. | Carol loses her temper and begins to shout at her grandparents over their jokes. | Carol's grandparents feel defensive and upset about her behavior. | {
"norm": "It's wrong to yell at your elders.",
"situation": "Carol is visiting her grandparents when they begin to tell racist jokes that Carol finds offensive.",
"intention": "Carol wants to convince her grandparents to stop telling racist jokes.",
"moral_action": "Carol explains that the jokes are offensive ... |
It's rude to try to make customers leave. | Rudy is the manager of a Costco, and people want to come into the store without wearing masks. | Rudy wants to come up with a compromise. | Rudy buys a bunch of masks that he can give to customers that arrive without a mask. | The customers cannot be mad if they're not allowed inside when they're given a mask. | Rudy tells the customers to go home if they're not willing to put on a mask. | The customers will be less likely to ever come back to the store. | {
"norm": "It's rude to try to make customers leave.",
"situation": "Rudy is the manager of a Costco, and people want to come into the store without wearing masks.",
"intention": "Rudy wants to come up with a compromise.",
"moral_action": "Rudy buys a bunch of masks that he can give to customers that arrive wit... |
You shouldn't brag about what you own. | King Rick, who has a lavish treasure room, is receiving a group of royal ambassadors from another country. | King Rick wants to impress the ambassadors. | King Rick shows the ambassadors around a bit and talks about the honorable subjects under his rule. | The ambassadors are impressed by the visit and the happiness of the people, giving a good report to their master. | King Rick gives the ambassadors a tour of his treasure room, detailing what everything is an how much it is worth. | The ambassadors let their country know that King Rick is rich, leading the country to send an army and plunder his kingdom. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't brag about what you own.",
"situation": "King Rick, who has a lavish treasure room, is receiving a group of royal ambassadors from another country.",
"intention": "King Rick wants to impress the ambassadors.",
"moral_action": "King Rick shows the ambassadors around a bit and talks about... |
It's harmful to spread fake news as truth. | Anton is a manager for a large firm and his employee's productivity has started to suffer. | Anton wants his employee's to be productive. | Anton sets up additional paid training for his employee's. | Anton's employee's benefit greatly from the training and the firms overall productivity skyrockets. | Anton spreads a fake story that his company will be firing unproductive employee's. | Anton's boss finds out that he spread a fake news story and fires him. | {
"norm": "It's harmful to spread fake news as truth.",
"situation": "Anton is a manager for a large firm and his employee's productivity has started to suffer.",
"intention": "Anton wants his employee's to be productive.",
"moral_action": "Anton sets up additional paid training for his employee's.",
"immoral... |
It's good to accept your partner's child from another relationship. | Nick recently got married to Charlene, who has two kids from a previous marriage. | Nick wants to decide how to react to the kids. | Nick tells the two kids that he is happy to be part of their family, and he will always be there for them. | Charlene is so moved by Nick's treatment of her kids that it makes her love him even more. | Nick treats the kids poorly and tells them they will never be considered family to him. | Charlene is put off by Nick's treatment of her children, and their marriage eventually fails. | {
"norm": "It's good to accept your partner's child from another relationship.",
"situation": "Nick recently got married to Charlene, who has two kids from a previous marriage.",
"intention": "Nick wants to decide how to react to the kids.",
"moral_action": "Nick tells the two kids that he is happy to be part o... |
It's inappropriate to get involved with your ex's friends. | Andy's friend Scott breaks up with Andrea after they dated for two years. | Andrea wants to have a new boyfriend. | Andrea severs ties with Andy despite always seeing him as nice. | Andrea meets someone new shortly after and is still on good terms with Scott. | Andrea decides that she is interested in Andy and starts to date him shortly after. | Scott accuses Andy of being the reason for the break up Andrea and stops being friends with both of them. | {
"norm": "It's inappropriate to get involved with your ex's friends.",
"situation": "Andy's friend Scott breaks up with Andrea after they dated for two years.",
"intention": "Andrea wants to have a new boyfriend.",
"moral_action": "Andrea severs ties with Andy despite always seeing him as nice.",
"immoral_ac... |
It is immature to keep training wheels on your bike. | Nick, who still uses training wheels on his bike, is invited to go out and ride with some of his friends. | Nick wants to join his friends in a bike ride. | Nick takes off the training wheels and goes out riding, although he's a bit shakey. | Nick takes a few falls while riding but bonds with his friends. | Nick goes out riding with his friends and keeps the training wheels on in case he falls. | Nick's friends see the training wheels, start laughing uncontrollably, and make jokes about Nick. | {
"norm": "It is immature to keep training wheels on your bike.",
"situation": "Nick, who still uses training wheels on his bike, is invited to go out and ride with some of his friends.",
"intention": "Nick wants to join his friends in a bike ride.",
"moral_action": "Nick takes off the training wheels and goes ... |
It's bad to take advantage of someone when they're intoxicated. | Harry was in New Orleans for Marti Gras. | Harry wanted to party on Bourbon Street. | Harry finds a guy passed out on the curb and goes to check on him and make sure he is okay. | His friends come out of the bar to find the man and thank Harry for helping him. | Harry finds a guy passed out on the curb and takes money from his wallet and his watch. | Harry gets caught in a police sting and is arrested for theft. | {
"norm": "It's bad to take advantage of someone when they're intoxicated.",
"situation": "Harry was in New Orleans for Mardi Gras.",
"intention": "Harry wanted to party on Bourbon Street.",
"moral_action": "Harry finds a guy passed out on the curb and goes to check on him and make sure he is okay.",
"immoral... |
It's good to care for a pet. | Ben is driving in the car with his dog on a hot summer day. | Ben wants to buy groceries. | Ben leaves his dog in the car with the windows down under a shade tree and spends only a few minutes shopping at the store. | Ben's dog does not die from the heat and Ben feels like a good dog owner. | Ben leaves his dog in the car with the windows rolled up and spends 1 hour shopping at the store. | Ben's dog dies from heat stroke and Ben is arrested for animal cruelty. | {
"norm": "It's good to care for a pet.",
"situation": "Ben is driving in the car with his dog on a hot summer day.",
"intention": "Ben wants to buy groceries.",
"moral_action": "Ben leaves his dog in the car with the windows down under a shade tree and spends only a few minutes shopping at the store.",
"immo... |
You shouldn't exclude your family members. | Jane is trying to decide whether to invite her socially awkward sister to her Emmy viewing party. | Jane wants everyone at the party to have a good time. | Jane invites her sister and coaches her on some possible small talk topics. | Everyone at the party is engrossed in watching the Emmys, and Jane and her sister both enjoy themselves. | Jane tells her sister that she can't come to the party because she's too weird. | Jane's sister locks herself in her room and blasts black metal while Jane and her friends try to watch the TV downstairs. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't exclude your family members.",
"situation": "Jane is trying to decide whether to invite her socially awkward sister to her Emmy viewing party.",
"intention": "Jane wants everyone at the party to have a good time.",
"moral_action": "Jane invites her sister and coaches her on some possibl... |
It's expected to set rules for you child. | Jenna is trying to work from home while her son keeps begging to play video games instead of doing his math homework. | Jenna wants her son to leave her alone, so she can work. | Jenna puts her son in an empty room out of earshot with only his textbooks, a pencil, and a desk. | Jenna can no longer hear her son complaining, and they both are able to concentrate on work. | Jenna gives in and lets her son play games without doing his homework. | Jenna gets her work done, but her son fails that weekend's assignments, causing his grades to drop and Jenna to yell at him. | {
"norm": "It's expected to set rules for your child.",
"situation": "Jenna is trying to work from home while her son keeps begging to play video games instead of doing his math homework.",
"intention": "Jenna wants her son to leave her alone, so she can work.",
"moral_action": "Jenna puts her son in an empty r... |
You shouldn't be around people that drink if you're underage. | Ross, a sixteen year old, is at a crowded party alone. | Josh wants to make friends. | Josh walks into the pool area and talks to some people he knows from school. | Josh gets his classmates phone number, and they decide to hang out every weekend. | Josh joins a group of twenty five year olds who are doing body shots. | Josh feels lonely because he can't drink with everyone. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't be around people that drink if you're underage.",
"situation": "Ross, a sixteen year old, is at a crowded party alone.",
"intention": "Josh wants to make friends.",
"moral_action": "Josh walks into the pool area and talks to some people he knows from school.",
"immoral_action": "Josh ... |
It's rude to eat food that doesn't belong to you. | Andy and Bobby are roommates that share a refrigerator and kitchen. | Bobby wants to make himself something as a late night snack. | Bobby makes himself a sandwich for his midnight snack, leaving Andy's ice cream alone. | Bobby is full and has a nice night sleep after eating. | Bobby makes himself a late night snack which happens to be Andy's ice cream and eats it. | Bobby gets very sick from eating Andy's ice cream as Andy put laxatives in it. | {
"norm": "It's rude to eat food that doesn't belong to you.",
"situation": "Andy and Bobby are roommates that share a refrigerator and kitchen.",
"intention": "Bobby wants to make himself something as a late night snack.",
"moral_action": "Bobby makes himself a sandwich for his midnight snack, leaving Andy's i... |
One is expected to return money that another person drops. | Mary is paying for her groceries when she notices a woman walking out the door drop a $50 bill. | Mary wants to make a decision. | Mary picks up the money and hands it back to the woman. | The woman is grateful because now she can still afford all her bills. | Mary picks up the cash and shoves it into her pocket. | The woman can't afford her water bill and has it shut off. | {
"norm": "One is expected to return money that another person drops.",
"situation": "Mary is paying for her groceries when she notices a woman walking out the door drop a $50 bill.",
"intention": "Mary wants to make a decision.",
"moral_action": "Mary picks up the money and hands it back to the woman.",
"imm... |
It's bad to play pranks if they're harmful to people. | Jim's sister Ann put a fake spider in Jim's bed to scare him. | Jim wants to get back at Ann. | Jim throws a rubber snake in Ann's room. | Ann screams and runs out of the room. | Jim lights a firecracker and throws it in Ann's room. | The firecracker explodes injuring Ann. | {
"norm": "It's bad to play pranks if they're harmful to people.",
"situation": "Jim's sister Ann put a fake spider in Jim's bed to scare him.",
"intention": "Jim wants to get back at Ann.",
"moral_action": "Jim throws a rubber snake in Ann's room.",
"immoral_action": "Jim lights a firecracker and throws it i... |
It's good to move on after a breakup. | Josh's girlfriend Shannon just broke up with him, and he is devastated. | Josh needs something to occupy his attention. | Josh spends time signing up and creating profiles on dating sites. | Shannon appreciates that Josh was able to handle the breakup so maturely. | Josh spends his time following Shannon around, seeing if she's dating someone else now. | Shannon is creeped out that Josh is stalking her and gets a restraining order. | {
"norm": "It's good to move on after a breakup.",
"situation": "Josh's girlfriend Shannon just broke up with him, and he is devastated.",
"intention": "Josh needs something to occupy his attention.",
"moral_action": "Josh spends time signing up and creating profiles on dating sites.",
"immoral_action": "Josh... |
It's wrong not to pay something you owe. | Charles receives a call from his cousin Pat, who asks Charles to pay back some money that Pat loaned him. | Charles wants to respond to Pat. | Charles tells Pat he will transfer the money to him immediately. | Pat is pleased to get his money back and remains willing to help Charles in the future. | Charles tells Pat to get over it and stop bothering him about the money. | Pat no longer trusts Charles and refuses to help him ever again. | {
"norm": "It's wrong not to pay something you owe.",
"situation": "Charles receives a call from his cousin Pat, who asks Charles to pay back some money that Pat loaned him.",
"intention": "Charles wants to respond to Pat.",
"moral_action": "Charles tells Pat he will transfer the money to him immediately.",
"... |
It's bad to want to experience mania. | Amber is suffering from drug addiction and is sitting around her home bored and sober. | Amber wants to feel better. | Amber calls a close friend and confesses her state of addiction and asks for help. | Amber takes the first steps to recovery from her addiction. | Amber misses the feeling of when she first did uppers, so she takes twice as much as normal. | Amber over doses trying to chase down that elusive feeling she seeks. | {
"norm": "It's bad to want to experience mania.",
"situation": "Amber is suffering from drug addiction and is sitting around her home bored and sober.",
"intention": "Amber wants to feel better.",
"moral_action": "Amber calls a close friend and confesses her state of addiction and asks for help.",
"immoral_a... |
It is bad to rude to others. | Adam is hungry and is in a hurry to go get some food when he encounters a large crowd in his way. | Adam wants to get to the food store. | Adam asks people to move as he navigates the crowd. | Everyone moves out of Adam's way, and he is able to get to the food store and feed himself. | Adam shoves his way through the crowd calling everyone names. | Some people in the crowd decide to beat Adam up. | {
"norm": "It is bad to be rude to others.",
"situation": "Adam is hungry and is in a hurry to go get some food when he encounters a large crowd in his way.",
"intention": "Adam wants to get to the food store.",
"moral_action": "Adam asks people to move as he navigates the crowd.",
"immoral_action": "Adam sho... |
Terrorism is cowardly and criminal. | Jamie is angry to hear that her government is unwilling to address the climate change crisis. | Jamie needs to do something to motivate her government officials to take climate change more seriously. | Jamie writes a thoughtful letter to her congressional representative and copies several high profile news outlets on the content of the message. | Her message is received and published for others to read, validating her argument and furthering her cause. | Jamie starts a fire in a government building to show her disapproval of government policy related to climate change. | Jamie's message is misrepresented and nobody even knows that she was protesting climate change policy and people are injured in the explosion. | {
"norm": "Terrorism is cowardly and criminal.",
"situation": "Jamie is angry to hear that her government is unwilling to address the climate change crisis.",
"intention": "Jamie needs to do something to motivate her government officials to take climate change more seriously.",
"moral_action": "Jamie writes a t... |
You shouldn't drive your parent's car without their permission. | Dakota receives a call from the pharmacy that her medications are ready for pickup, and her parents are asleep. | Dakota needs to pick up her medications. | Dakota calls a friend asking them to pick up her medication. | Dakota has a fun night with her friend when they drop by her house to deliver the medication. | Dakota borrows her dad's car to complete her errands. | Dakota is scolded by her father who could not drive to work after waking up. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't drive your parent's car without their permission.",
"situation": "Dakota receives a call from the pharmacy that her medications are ready for pickup, and her parents are asleep.",
"intention": "Dakota needs to pick up her medications.",
"moral_action": "Dakota calls a friend asking them... |
You should not expect to get things for free. | Karen goes to the clothing store but the line to checkout is too long. | Karen wants a shirt. | Karen waits patiently in line until she is waited on at the register. | Karen brings the shirt home to wear at the party later. | Karen demands to get the shirt for free because the line was too long. | The manager of the store bans Karen for a year for causing a scene. | {
"norm": "You should not expect to get things for free.",
"situation": "Karen goes to the clothing store but the line to checkout is too long.",
"intention": "Karen wants a shirt.",
"moral_action": "Karen waits patiently in line until she is waited on at the register.",
"immoral_action": "Karen demands to ge... |
It's wrong to skip detention. | Billy threw a rock at a classmate during recess and was given detention after school as a punishment. | Billy wants watch his favorite baseball team after school. | Billy goes to detention and asks if the teacher could provide updates on the score of his favorite baseball team. | The teacher likes Billy's politeness and ends up letting him watch the game in detention. | Billy skips detention and goes home to watch his favorite baseball team on television. | Billy enjoys the game but is punished by now having to serve three detentions in the next week. | {
"norm": "It's wrong to skip detention.",
"situation": "Billy threw a rock at a classmate during recess and was given detention after school as a punishment.",
"intention": "Billy wants watch his favorite baseball team after school.",
"moral_action": "Billy goes to detention and asks if the teacher could provi... |
It's hurtful to cut contact with siblings. | Jamie just had the worst argument she's had with her sister, who made some very hurtful comments. | Jamie wants to show her sister how upset she is. | Jamie distances herself from her sister and doesn't make much time for her in the future. | Jamie's sister realizes that this is because of the things she said during the fight. | Jamie blocks her sister's phone number as well as her social media, cutting off all contact. | Jamie's sister thinks she is overreacting and focuses on how she blocked her own sister. | {
"norm": "It's hurtful to cut contact with siblings.",
"situation": "Jamie just had the worst argument she's had with her sister, who made some very hurtful comments.",
"intention": "Jamie wants to show her sister how upset she is.",
"moral_action": "Jamie distances herself from her sister and doesn't make muc... |
It's good to do activities with your kids. | Jeff has a busy day scheduled but his kids want him to take them to the park. | Jeff needs to figure out what he's doing for the day. | Jeff decides to clear his schedule and take his kids to the park. | Jeff's kids appreciate that their father was willing to spend time with them and have a lot of fun. | Jeff tells his kids to go watch TV while he spends the day running errands. | Jeff's kids feel their father does not care about them. | {
"norm": "It's good to do activities with your kids.",
"situation": "Jeff has a busy day scheduled but his kids want him to take them to the park.",
"intention": "Jeff needs to figure out what he's doing for the day.",
"moral_action": "Jeff decides to clear his schedule and take his kids to the park.",
"immo... |
It's wrong to not take raising a child seriously. | Jane is at home watching a movie when her son Timmy asks her to come play with him. | Jane wants to enjoy her afternoon. | Jane agrees to play with Timmy, so they end up building a fort in the back yard, and she has a lot of fun doing so. | The time spent together improves Jane and Timmy's relationship and Timmy develops more social skills. | Jane tells Timmy that she's busy and that he should just go play some video games online while she finishes her movie. | Timmy ends up playing video games a lot and starts neglecting his schoolwork. | {
"norm": "It's wrong to not take raising a child seriously.",
"situation": "Jane is at home watching a movie when her son Timmy asks her to come play with him.",
"intention": "Jane wants to enjoy her afternoon.",
"moral_action": "Jane agrees to play with Timmy, so they end up building a fort in the back yard, ... |
It's good to buy expensive gifts for people. | Max has a wedding coming up, and is getting married. | Max wants to buy a ring for his wife. | Max decides to splurge on the ring, and get something expensive for his wife. | Max's wife thanks Max so much for the expensive gift, and Max is elated. | Max decides to buy the cheapest ring available. | The ring breaks while Max's wife wears it and Max and his wife feel humiliated. | {
"norm": "It's good to buy expensive gifts for people.",
"situation": "Max has a wedding coming up, and is getting married.",
"intention": "Max wants to buy a ring for his wife.",
"moral_action": "Max decides to splurge on the ring, and get something expensive for his wife.",
"immoral_action": "Max decides t... |
It's wrong to beat women. | Victor has come home from work to find his wife cheating on him with another man. | Victor wants to respond to his wife cheating on him. | Victor gets very angry, but keeps his hands off her and tells her he is leaving her. | Victor and his wife divorce, and Victor finds a new girlfriend. | Victor raises his voice very loud and starts beating his wife. | Victor's wife calls the police, and Victor is arrested for battery. | {
"norm": "It's wrong to beat women.",
"situation": "Victor has come home from work to find his wife cheating on him with another man.",
"intention": "Victor wants to respond to his wife cheating on him.",
"moral_action": "Victor gets very angry, but keeps his hands off her and tells her he is leaving her.",
... |
It's noble when someone resists peer pressure. | Bill is told that everyone in the school is going to miss the day tomorrow. | Bill wants to decide what to do. | Bill ignores the pressure and just goes to school like normal. | Bill is surprised to see that everyone else is in fact in school. | Bill skips school thinking he won't get caught because everyone else is also skipping. | Bill was actually the only one skipping school and is caught easily. | {
"norm": "It's noble when someone resists peer pressure.",
"situation": "Bill is told that everyone in the school is going to miss the day tomorrow.",
"intention": "Bill wants to decide what to do.",
"moral_action": "Bill ignores the pressure and just goes to school like normal.",
"immoral_action": "Bill ski... |
You shouldn't take your ex's things. | Samantha and Billy have broken up, it was amicable, but still some hurt feelings. | Samantha really wants Billy's hoodie. | Samantha asks Billy if she could have the Hoodie, or buy it off him. | Billy says she can have it for he still cares for her as a friend. | While Samantha is packing her things and moving out of Billy's house, she slides the hoodie in her suitcase. | One of Billy's friends see her wearing it the next day and report her to the police, she gets embarrassed. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't take your ex's things.",
"situation": "Samantha and Billy have broken up, it was amicable, but still some hurt feelings.",
"intention": "Samantha really wants Billy's hoodie.",
"moral_action": "Samantha asks Billy if she could have the Hoodie, or buy it off him.",
"immoral_action": "W... |
It is good to reject alcohol if you are 17. | Brian has just turned seventeen and his friend is offering him a bottle of beer. | Brian wants a drink. | Brian asks his friend if he can have a soda to drink instead. | Brian enjoys his glass of water and is fine to drive home that night. | Brian takes the beer and chugs it in front of his friend. | Brian gets drunk and is grounded when his parents find out. | {
"norm": "It is good to reject alcohol if you are 17.",
"situation": "Brian has just turned seventeen and his friend is offering him a bottle of beer.",
"intention": "Brian wants a drink.",
"moral_action": "Brian asks his friend if he can have a soda to drink instead.",
"immoral_action": "Brian takes the bee... |
You shouldn't abuse Adderall. | Douglas is having trouble studying before his biology test when he sees his roommates Adderall bottle laying on the table. | Douglas wants to do well on his test. | Douglas drinks some coffee and does jumping jacks to wake himself up before studying. | Douglas studies and goes to the test full of energy. | Douglas uses some of his roommates Adderall to study and take the test. | Douglas has a panic attack because the Adderall raises his levels of anxiety. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't abuse Adderall.",
"situation": "Douglas is having trouble studying before his biology test when he sees his roommates Adderall bottle laying on the table.",
"intention": "Douglas wants to do well on his test.",
"moral_action": "Douglas drinks some coffee and does jumping jacks to wake h... |
You shouldn't share certain things with other people. | James' best friend is staying at his house for a sleepover and forget his toothbrush. | James wants to help his friend brush his teeth. | James tells his friend to order a new toothbrush from Amazon with 2-hour Prime delivery. | James' friend orders a new toothbrush, and they continue enjoying the sleepover. | James tells his friend that he can use James' toothbrush for that night. | James' friend calls him gross and insists on being driven home to get his toothbrush. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't share certain things with other people.",
"situation": "James' best friend is staying at his house for a sleepover and forget his toothbrush.",
"intention": "James wants to help his friend brush his teeth.",
"moral_action": "James tells his friend to order a new toothbrush from Amazon w... |
Refusing to show sportsmanship in a game is rude. | Vic's baseball team lost, and they are lining up to shake hands with the other team. | Vic wants to show the other team how he feels. | Vic shakes the other team's hands and say good game. | The other team will think Vic is a good person. | Vic is unwilling to shake the other team's hand while walking down the line. | The other team will think Vic is a sore loser. | {
"norm": "Refusing to show sportsmanship in a game is rude.",
"situation": "Vic's baseball team lost, and they are lining up to shake hands with the other team.",
"intention": "Vic wants to show the other team how he feels.",
"moral_action": "Vic shakes the other team's hands and say good game.",
"immoral_ac... |
It's not okay to hurt others for your own enjoyment. | Josh is spending the night at a party with friends having some drinks. | Josh wants to entertain the others. | Josh tells some dad jokes that he knows of. | People are entertained by the silly but humorous jokes. | Josh makes jokes directed at a friend of his. | People laugh but Josh's friend takes the jokes too personally. | {
"norm": "It's not okay to hurt others for your own enjoyment.",
"situation": "Josh is spending the night at a party with friends having some drinks.",
"intention": "Josh wants to entertain the others.",
"moral_action": "Josh tells some dad jokes that he knows of.",
"immoral_action": "Josh makes jokes direct... |
You shouldn't uninvite your friends from your party. | Hank invites people to a party when he realizes that the location won't hold all of his friends. | Hank wants to avoid overfilling the party location. | Hank finds a larger place to have the party so everyone can come. | Everyone comes and enjoys the party. | Hank contacts some friends and tells them that there's not enough room for them to come. | The friends Hank calls think that Hank doesn't like them as much as others and get jealous. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't uninvite your friends from your party.",
"situation": "Hank invites people to a party when he realizes that the location won't hold all of his friends.",
"intention": "Hank wants to avoid overfilling the party location.",
"moral_action": "Hank finds a larger place to have the party so e... |
It's rude to tip someone an extremely low amount. | Kenny just finished some drinks at the bar, and was served by a top-notch bartender. | Kenny wants to leave a gratuity. | Kenny pays for his tab and leaves the bartender a 20 dollar bill to keep. | The bartender is grateful for the generous amount and looks forward to the next time Kenny comes in. | Kenny digs into his pocket and takes out 25 cents for the bartender to keep. | The bartender is offended by the tiny amount and promises himself next time not to provide as good of service. | {
"norm": "It's rude to tip someone an extremely low amount.",
"situation": "Kenny just finished some drinks at the bar, and was served by a top-notch bartender.",
"intention": "Kenny wants to leave a gratuity.",
"moral_action": "Kenny pays for his tab and leaves the bartender a 20 dollar bill to keep.",
"imm... |
It's rude to refuse a gift. | Timmy is hosting a birthday party and Ryan got him a gift he's not fond of. | Timmy wants to respond to Ryan regarding the gift. | Timmy will tell Ryan thanks for the gift and accept it. | Ryan will feel happy that Timmy thanked him. | Timmy tells Ryan he doesn't like the gift and won't accept it. | Ryan will feel hurt about Timmy not liking his gift. | {
"norm": "It's rude to refuse a gift.",
"situation": "Timmy is hosting a birthday party and Ryan got him a gift he's not fond of.",
"intention": "Timmy wants to respond to Ryan regarding the gift.",
"moral_action": "Timmy will tell Ryan thanks for the gift and accept it.",
"immoral_action": "Timmy tells Ryan... |
It is rude to sneak around someone else's property. | Lucy has just moved into a new neighborhood. | Lucy wants to get to know her next door neighbor. | Lucy rings the neighbor's doorbell and introduces herself. | Lucy starts developing a friendly relationship with the neighbor. | Lucy tries to sneak around the neighbor's house and peek into their windows to see what they're like. | Lucy gets caught and her neighbor wants nothing to do with her because she violated their boundaries. | {
"norm": "It is rude to sneak around someone else's property.",
"situation": "Lucy has just moved into a new neighborhood.",
"intention": "Lucy wants to get to know her next door neighbor.",
"moral_action": "Lucy rings the neighbor's doorbell and introduces herself.",
"immoral_action": "Lucy tries to sneak a... |
It's not normal to put your life in danger | Carey is driving on the highway at night, and gets stuck behind two trucks side by side in each lane. | Carey wants to get past the trucks. | Carey flashes her headlights to let them know she wants to pass, then waits for an opening. | The trucks eventually stagger their positions, and Carey is able to drive past them. | Carey drives between the trucks, scraping along each side of her car. | The trucks swerve to the sides and Carey nearly crashes her car. | {
"norm": "It's not normal to put your life in danger",
"situation": "Carey is driving on the highway at night, and gets stuck behind two trucks side by side in each lane.",
"intention": "Carey wants to get past the trucks.",
"moral_action": "Carey flashes her headlights to let them know she wants to pass, then... |
You shouldn't demand money from your partner. | Thomas notices that his fiancé makes quite a bit more money than he does, and he feels resentful that the household bills are split evenly. | Thomas wants his fiancé to accept more of the responsibility for paying that household bills. | Thomas talks with her and explains that he would like to save more money, and asks if she could help by paying a larger share of the bills. | Both parties feel respected, and they come to a financial arrangement that will be best for the entire household. | Thomas insists that she immediately begin contributing more toward the monthly expenses. | She feels as though she is being unfairly attacked and builds a sense of resentment, while Thomas feels badly for lashing out at her. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't demand money from your partner.",
"situation": "Thomas notices that his fiancé makes quite a bit more money than he does, and he feels resentful that the household bills are split evenly.",
"intention": "Thomas wants his fiancé to accept more of the responsibility for paying that househol... |
You shouldn't flirt with people when you're in a relationship. | Luna, who is married, is at work where she is friends with many coworkers. | Luna wants to enjoy work. | Luna makes wise cracks with her coworkers and keeps things light throughout the work day. | Luna has fun at work and her coworkers enjoy working with her. | Luna gets physically close and leads on a coworker who doesn't know she is married. | Luna is looked down upon by those that do know she is married. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't flirt with people when you're in a relationship.",
"situation": "Luna, who is married, is at work where she is friends with many coworkers.",
"intention": "Luna wants to enjoy work.",
"moral_action": "Luna makes wise cracks with her coworkers and keeps things light throughout the work d... |
Abandoning people can be seen as cold. | Jill was called at 2 in the morning by her friend Sarah, who asked for a ride home. | Jill wants to get off the phone quickly. | Jill agrees to pick her up and hangs up the phone right away. | Jill drives Sarah home and Sarah is grateful for the help. | Jill tells Sarah not to call her so late at night and hangs up. | Sarah tries to walk home and gets sick, the next day all of their friends blame Jill. | {
"norm": "Abandoning people can be seen as cold.",
"situation": "Jill was called at 2 in the morning by her friend Sarah, who asked for a ride home.",
"intention": "Jill wants to get off the phone quickly.",
"moral_action": "Jill agrees to pick her up and hangs up the phone right away.",
"immoral_action": "J... |
It's rude to talk while at a live performance. | Nick is at an orchestral performance with a friend who has never been to the orchestra before. | Nick wants to inform his friend about what will happen in the performance. | Nick pulls out his phone, looks up the performance, and hands it to his friend to read. | The performance continues uninterrupted and everyone enjoys the live program. | Nick leans over to his friend and starts telling him about the performance and the composer. | The conductor stops the orchestra, turns around, points his baton at Nick, and tells him to be silent. | {
"norm": "It's rude to talk while at a live performance.",
"situation": "Nick is at an orchestral performance with a friend who has never been to the orchestra before.",
"intention": "Nick wants to inform his friend about what will happen in the performance.",
"moral_action": "Nick pulls out his phone, looks u... |
It's good to befriend those who are lonely. | Jane is in grade school and is enjoying a recess. | Jane wants to play with other children. | Jane notices a child sitting alone and a group of kids playing together and chooses to go play with the alone child. | The alone child becomes good friends with Jane and has a fun school year. | Jane notices a child sitting alone and a group of kids playing together, and she chooses to go play with the group. | The child who was sitting alone stays alone and never makes friends all school year. | {
"norm": "It's good to befriend those who are lonely.",
"situation": "Jane is in grade school and is enjoying a recess.",
"intention": "Jane wants to play with other children.",
"moral_action": "Jane notices a child sitting alone and a group of kids playing together and chooses to go play with the alone child.... |
You should dress professionally at work | Keith is getting ready for work in his bedroom and is looking at his closet of clothes. | Keith wants to decide what to wear to work. | Keith decides to put on his gray suit with a white shirt and blue tie before going to work. | Keith's boss sees Keith and thinks that he looks quite sharp that morning. | Keith decides to put on short biker spandex shorts and a sleeveless tanktop before going to work. | Keith's boss is angry that Keith came to work looking like he's going to the gym and sends him home to change. | {
"norm": "You should dress professionally at work",
"situation": "Keith is getting ready for work in his bedroom and is looking at his closet of clothes.",
"intention": "Keith wants to decide what to wear to work.",
"moral_action": "Keith decides to put on his gray suit with a white shirt and blue tie before g... |
People shouldn't harm children. | Harper watches her two year old sister break into a screaming fit after Harper refuses to buy her a toy at Target. | Harper wants her sister to stop screaming. | Harper makes a silly face to distract her sister then promises to play with her when they return home. | Harper's sister laughs at Harper, and she starts planning what they'll do when they get home. | Harper twists her sister's wrists ordering her to be quiet, or she'll grip down harder. | Harper gets into trouble after her sister tells her mother about the incident in the store. | {
"norm": "People shouldn't harm children.",
"situation": "Harper watches her two year old sister break into a screaming fit after Harper refuses to buy her a toy at Target.",
"intention": "Harper wants her sister to stop screaming.",
"moral_action": "Harper makes a silly face to distract her sister then promis... |
It's rude to make tea during foreplay. | Ruben is an avid tea drinker who often gets tired after sex and doesn't want to fall asleep right afterward, and is about to go down on his girlfriend Sarah. | Ruben wants to stay awake for a while after sex. | Ruben waits until after the deed is done before rolling out of bed and going to boil some water for tea. | Ruben is wide awake and alert after he drinks the tea he made, and Sarah lies back contentedly. | Ruben begins to slowly kiss Sarah's belly, making his way downwards, but then stops and runs to the kitchen to get some water boiling for tea. | The romantic mood between the two is ruined as Ruben spends too long outside the bedroom, and they spend several hours arguing. | {
"norm": "It's rude to make tea during foreplay.",
"situation": "Ruben is an avid tea drinker who often gets tired after sex and doesn't want to fall asleep right afterward, and is about to go down on his girlfriend Sarah.",
"intention": "Ruben wants to stay awake for a while after sex.",
"moral_action": "Rube... |
It's good for children to show their parents respect. | Niles has lots of schoolwork to get through today and his dad comes in. | Niles wants to get back to his schoolwork. | Niles tells his dad that he's busy with schoolwork today. | Niles dad takes one look at the schoolwork and decides to leave him alone. | Niles tells his dad to leave the room, so he can finish the schoolwork. | Niles gets grounded for the rudeness to his father. | {
"norm": "It's good for children to show their parents respect.",
"situation": "Niles has lots of schoolwork to get through today and his dad comes in.",
"intention": "Niles wants to get back to his schoolwork.",
"moral_action": "Niles tells his dad that he's busy with schoolwork today.",
"immoral_action": "... |
You should back up so you can let people park. | Jed is parked at a busy shopping mall when people are looking for spots and is tired. | Jed wants to sleep in his car. | Jed sees the other drivers and moves his car offroad somewhere and sleeps there. | The other drivers are grateful to Jed and no one is upset. | Jed pretends there's no one looking for his spot and puts his seat back and dozes off. | Other drivers become very upset and tap on his window and wake him up. | {
"norm": "You should back up so you can let people park.",
"situation": "Jed is parked at a busy shopping mall when people are looking for spots and is tired.",
"intention": "Jed wants to sleep in his car.",
"moral_action": "Jed sees the other drivers and moves his car offroad somewhere and sleeps there.",
"... |
It is important to get along with your coworkers. | Paul is part of a tight-knit team at work that has just added a new member, Brenda, whose personality and interests are very different from the rest of the team. | Paul wants to maintain a good working environment. | Paul gets to know Brenda better and finds ways to include her with the rest of the group. | Paul makes a new friend in Brenda and the team continues to work together well. | Paul begins excluding Brenda from social settings because she doesn't fit in with the group and makes things awkward. | Brenda makes a complaint against Paul for bullying and Paul is reprimanded. | {
"norm": "It is important to get along with your coworkers.",
"situation": "Paul is part of a tight-knit team at work that has just added a new member, Brenda, whose personality and interests are very different from the rest of the team.",
"intention": "Paul wants to maintain a good working environment.",
"mor... |
It's rude to tell someone they're bad at something. | Jack and Tim are playing golf when Jack misses an easy putt. | Tim wants to respond to Jack's last golf stroke. | Tim tells Jack that we all miss sometimes and that he'll get the next one. | Jack's confidence is boosted, and he's happy to have a supportive friend. | Tim tells Jack that he sucks at putting and that his grandma could have made that putt. | Jack is embarrassed and has lost all the will to continue playing golf for the day. | {
"norm": "It's rude to tell someone they're bad at something.",
"situation": "Jack and Tim are playing golf when Jack misses an easy putt.",
"intention": "Tim wants to respond to Jack's last golf stroke.",
"moral_action": "Tim tells Jack that we all miss sometimes and that he'll get the next one.",
"immoral_... |
It's unfair to recognize some people's birthdays but not others. | Logan is the manager at a company where several people have birthdays within a week of each other. | Logan wants to celebrate the birthdays. | Logan announces he is going to start having a party once a month for everyone who has a birthday that month. | Everyone feels like they are being recognized and respect Logan as a leader. | Logan has a party for the people whose birthdays are close to each other, but no one else. | The people who are not celebrated feel snubbed and treat Logan with suspicion. | {
"norm": "It's unfair to recognize some people's birthdays but not others.",
"situation": "Logan is the manager at a company where several people have birthdays within a week of each other.",
"intention": "Logan wants to celebrate the birthdays.",
"moral_action": "Logan announces he is going to start having a ... |
You shouldn't do things behind your wife's back. | Henry, who is married with two children, has a very stressful job that is eating away at his mental health. | Henry wants to take a break to relax. | Henry tells his wife he needs a break from work and that their family is going on vacation for a while. | Henry's wife and kids are happy to be able to spend time with Henry for a while. | Henry tells his wife he is going on a business trip for a few days, but he actually checks into a golf resort by himself. | Henry's wife finds the receipts and is very upset and threatens to divorce Henry. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't do things behind your wife's back.",
"situation": "Henry, who is married with two children, has a very stressful job that is eating away at his mental health.",
"intention": "Henry wants to take a break to relax.",
"moral_action": "Henry tells his wife he needs a break from work and tha... |
It's pays to be careful with strangers. | Nora is walking down the street when a stranger offers her a ride home. | Nora wants to get to her house. | Nora declines the offer and is very careful on the rest of her walk home. | Nora manages to get home safely after a short walk to her house. | Nora accepts the ride from the man even though she has never seen him before. | The man takes Nora to a secluded area and beats her to death. | {
"norm": "It pays to be careful with strangers.",
"situation": "Nora is walking down the street when a stranger offers her a ride home.",
"intention": "Nora wants to get to her house.",
"moral_action": "Nora declines the offer and is very careful on the rest of her walk home.",
"immoral_action": "Nora accept... |
You shouldn't award scholarships to students with awful grades. | Mr. Green was the head of a college that Harry had applied to. | Mr. Green wants Harry to play on his football team even though he has bad grades. | Mr. Green tells Harry to reapply after working harder at a junior college. | When Harry attends Mr. Green's college, he excels in both his schoolwork and on the field. | Mr. Green gives Harry a scholarship even though his grades aren't up to par. | Harry fails all his classes and is not eligible to play football anyway. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't award scholarships to students with awful grades.",
"situation": "Mr. Green was the head of a college that Harry had applied to.",
"intention": "Mr. Green wants Harry to play on his football team even though he has bad grades.",
"moral_action": "Mr. Green tells Harry to reapply after wo... |
Neighbors are expected not to disturb each other. | Amanda invites Emily over after midnight. | Amanda wants to have fun. | Amanda and Emily decide to put together a puzzle while drinking coffee. | Derrick, Amanda's neighbor, sleeps through the night. | Amanda and Emily decide to watch a horror movie at a high volume. | Derrick, Amanda's neighbor, can not sleep over the noise from the movie. | {
"norm": "Neighbors are expected not to disturb each other.",
"situation": "Amanda invites Emily over after midnight.",
"intention": "Amanda wants to have fun.",
"moral_action": "Amanda and Emily decide to put together a puzzle while drinking coffee.",
"immoral_action": "Amanda and Emily decide to watch a ho... |
It's bad to disrespect your parents. | Jenny's parents just denied her request to go on a ski trip with some of her high school friends. | Jenny wants to respond to her parents decision. | Jenny gets some of her friends to come over and help her beg her parents to let her go. | Jenny and her friends combined effort persuades her parents. | Jenny hurls insults at her parents out of frustration. | Jenny is punished for her behavior. | {
"norm": "It's bad to disrespect your parents.",
"situation": "Jenny's parents just denied her request to go on a ski trip with some of her high school friends.",
"intention": "Jenny wants to respond to her parents decision.",
"moral_action": "Jenny gets some of her friends to come over and help her beg her pa... |
You should tell people to love themselves. | Gary's brother lost his job, and he is worried about being able to pay his bills. | Gary wants to speak to his brother about his unemployment. | Gary meets with his brother to have a chat with him, encouraging him about his numerous job prospects and not to be hard on himself. | Gary's brother feels motivated by his talk with his brother, which boosts his self confidence and helps him land a stellar job. | Gary goes to his brother's house and tells him that he is a failure because he is unemployed and let his family down. | Gary's brother becomes depressed because he no longer feels like he can turn to his brother to help him when he needs to talk. | {
"norm": "You should tell people to love themselves.",
"situation": "Gary's brother lost his job, and he is worried about being able to pay his bills.",
"intention": "Gary wants to speak to his brother about his unemployment.",
"moral_action": "Gary meets with his brother to have a chat with him, encouraging h... |
You should always pay for things you buy. | Jack is at the electronics store and sees a graphics card he'd like to have. | Jack wants to acquire the graphics card. | Jack takes the graphics card to the cashier and pays for it. | Jack will be able to use the graphics card in his computer. | Jack takes the graphics card and runs out of the store without paying for it. | Jack will be banned from returning to the store. | {
"norm": "You should always pay for things you buy.",
"situation": "Jack is at the electronics store and sees a graphics card he'd like to have.",
"intention": "Jack wants to acquire the graphics card.",
"moral_action": "Jack takes the graphics card to the cashier and pays for it.",
"immoral_action": "Jack t... |
It's wrong to have imaginary friends if you're an adult. | Damien has been having a rough few months and is becoming depressed. | Damien wants someone to talk to about his problems. | Damien calls around and ends up booking a therapy session. | Damien achieves profound personal growth through the insight his therapist offered. | Damien invents an imaginary friend to tell his problems to. | Damien's neighbor overhears him talking to himself and has him committed to a psych ward. | {
"norm": "It's wrong to have imaginary friends if you're an adult.",
"situation": "Damien has been having a rough few months and is becoming depressed.",
"intention": "Damien wants someone to talk to about his problems.",
"moral_action": "Damien calls around and ends up booking a therapy session.",
"immoral_... |
It's bad to make plans to commit a crime. | Joel, who lives with his mother, is low on cash and needs to pay for his prom tuxedo. | Joel wants to get some money. | Joel gets a job at a local sandwich shop making sandwiches. | Joel earn enough money to pay for the prom tuxedo. | Joel comes up with a plan to rob a local sandwich shop for money. | Joel is grounded by his mother when she finds out his plans. | {
"norm": "It's bad to make plans to commit a crime.",
"situation": "Joel, who lives with his mother, is low on cash and needs to pay for his prom tuxedo.",
"intention": "Joel wants to get some money.",
"moral_action": "Joel gets a job at a local sandwich shop making sandwiches.",
"immoral_action": "Joel come... |
It's good to be available when others need you. | James works at a school and the school asks him to pick up a large order of groceries from a distant city. | James wants to give them an answer. | James agrees and clears out his schedule, so he can pick up the food. | The school gets the food that they ordered, and they don't need to sacrifice someone else to do it. | James says that he is busy and declines to get the food for the school. | The school needs to find someone else to get the order and that person can't do what they need to. | {
"norm": "It's good to be available when others need you.",
"situation": "James works at a school and the school asks him to pick up a large order of groceries from a distant city.",
"intention": "James wants to give them an answer.",
"moral_action": "James agrees and clears out his schedule, so he can pick up... |
It's good to move somewhere to live with your partner. | David has been dating his girlfriend Hanna for a while. | David wants to move out from his mother's home. | David gets an apartment with his girlfriend Hanna who is also moving from home. | David and Hanna save more money than if they had rented an apartment themselves. | David moves out and lives in his car in the alley. | David is arrested for violating vagrancy laws in his town. | {
"norm": "It's good to move somewhere to live with your partner.",
"situation": "David has been dating his girlfriend Hanna for a while.",
"intention": "David wants to move out from his mother's home.",
"moral_action": "David gets an apartment with his girlfriend Hanna who is also moving from home.",
"immora... |
You are expected to be happy for other people's accomplishments. | Bezzue's is attending her sister's college graduation with some friends and her friend digs into the sister as a joke. | Bezzue wants to react to the comment. | Bezzue looks disapprovingly at the joker, who looks away. | Bezzue feels proud that she held her morals. | Bezzue laughs at the remark and her friend sees it. | Bezzue's sister finds out and Bezzue is exposed as jealous. | {
"norm": "You are expected to be happy for other people's accomplishments.",
"situation": "Bezzue is attending her sister's college graduation with some friends and her friend digs into the sister as a joke.",
"intention": "Bezzue wants to react to the comment.",
"moral_action": "Bezzue looks disapprovingly at... |
It's bad to undermine the self-esteem of a grandchild. | Joan granddaughter confides that she wants to be an actor when she gets older. | Joan, a failed actor, wants to respond to her granddaughters declaration. | Joan is cautionary but encouraging to her granddaughter wish. | Joan's support gives her granddaughter a boost of confidence. | Wanting to curtail what she feels is a fruitless dream Joan decides to crush her granddaughters dream before it grows too big. | Joan's harsh response leads her granddaughter to lose faith in her ability to succeed. | {
"norm": "It's bad to undermine the self-esteem of a grandchild.",
"situation": "Joan's granddaughter confides that she wants to be an actor when she gets older.",
"intention": "Joan, a failed actor, wants to respond to her granddaughter's declaration.",
"moral_action": "Joan is cautionary but encouraging to h... |
It's good to be honest with your family members. | Drew got fired from his job and is hurting for money, and his parents don't know he's jobless yet because he's ashamed to tell them. | Drew wants to ask his parents for money. | Drew tells his parents he lost his job, and needs money to hold him over while he finds a new one. | Drew's parents loan him money, and after the initial shock are supportive of his job hunting efforts. | Drew tells his parents he needs money because he wasn't capable of managing his money well. | Drew's parents give him money, but later find out he was lying and are very upset with him. | {
"norm": "It's good to be honest with your family members.",
"situation": "Drew got fired from his job and is hurting for money, and his parents don't know he's jobless yet because he's ashamed to tell them.",
"intention": "Drew wants to ask his parents for money.",
"moral_action": "Drew tells his parents he l... |
It is good to be courteous to other people | Bill has stopped for lunch at a fast food restaurant, which is a bit busy; the clerk looks quite flustered. | Bill wants to get his lunch quickly and get back to work. | "Bill smiles at the clerk and says, ""I understand you're very busy, I can relate to how you're feeling""." | The clerk calms down a bit and remembers to put everything in the bag. | Bill thinks the clerk is too slow and makes snide comments out loud. | The clerk is even more flustered, and forgets to include napkins and ketchup in the bag they give Bill. | {
"norm": "It is good to be courteous to other people",
"situation": "Bill has stopped for lunch at a fast food restaurant, which is a bit busy; the clerk looks quite flustered.",
"intention": "Bill wants to get his lunch quickly and get back to work.",
"moral_action": "Bill smiles at the clerk and says, \"I un... |
You shouldn't use dating sites when you aren't single. | Lou is looking around at different sites on the computer when his wife wasn't home. | Lou wanted to find someone to chat with. | Lou goes to a sports forum and joins it so can talk with fellow sports enthusiasts. | Lou makes a new friend who is as passionate about sports as him. | Lou goes to a dating site and creates a profile, so he can message people. | Lou gets into a fight with his wife when she sees the dating site on the computer. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't use dating sites when you aren't single.",
"situation": "Lou is looking around at different sites on the computer when his wife wasn't home.",
"intention": "Lou wanted to find someone to chat with.",
"moral_action": "Lou goes to a sports forum and joins it so he can talk with fellow spo... |
You shouldn't use things that aren't yours. | While getting ready for an important meeting, Julie's hair dryer broke. | Julie wants to get her hair dry quickly. | Julie uses a towel and vigorously rubs it all over her hair. | Julie is relieved over the fact that she will still be to work on time. | Julie uses her sister's hair dryer and it breaks as well. | Julie is distraught over her sister's reaction when she finds out. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't use things that aren't yours.",
"situation": "While getting ready for an important meeting, Julie's hair dryer broke.",
"intention": "Julie wants to get her hair dry quickly.",
"moral_action": "Julie uses a towel and vigorously rubs it all over her hair.",
"immoral_action": "Julie use... |
It's good to have your health tested. | Jack starts to develop a bad cough and a fever while coronavirus is spreading. | Jack wants to continue his daily life with little interruption. | Jack goes to get tested for any medical conditions and figure out his best course of action. | Jack finds out that he has COVID and works out a plan to get some of his work done at home while he recovers. | Jack decides not to see a doctor and assumes that he will get better soon. | Jack's symptoms get worse, and he has to spend time in the hospital recovering. | {
"norm": "It's good to have your health tested.",
"situation": "Jack starts to develop a bad cough and a fever while coronavirus is spreading.",
"intention": "Jack wants to continue his daily life with little interruption.",
"moral_action": "Jack goes to get tested for any medical conditions and figure out his... |
It's wrong to steal things from a business. | Douglas is at the game store browsing their products. | Douglas wants to try out a new video games that just came out. | Douglas picks up the new game and purchased it at the front counter. | Douglas takes the game home and plays it four hours having a great time. | Douglas quickly slips a game into his pocket and runs out of the store. | Right outside the door a security guard stops Douglas and arrests him. | {
"norm": "It's wrong to steal things from a business.",
"situation": "Douglas is at the game store browsing their products.",
"intention": "Douglas wants to try out a new video games that just came out.",
"moral_action": "Douglas picks up the new game and purchased it at the front counter.",
"immoral_action"... |
You should be more grateful for your parents. | Donna's parents are making her do online school because of the pandemic. | Donna wants to see her friends in person more often. | Donna decides to be thankful that her parents care about her and after explaining her feelings, they allow her to visit a friend while wearing a mask. | Donna maintains a good relationship with her mom and dad while still staying safe. | Donna disparages her parents to her friends when she sneaks out to hang out with them. | Her parents find out and force her to stay in her room since they have lost trust in her. | {
"norm": "You should be more grateful for your parents.",
"situation": "Donna's parents are making her do online school because of the pandemic.",
"intention": "Donna wants to see her friends in person more often.",
"moral_action": "Donna decides to be thankful that her parents care about her and after explain... |
It's hurtful to turn your back on a loved one. | Mary is going through a tough time financially, and she needs the help of her son, Jack. | Jack wants to help his mom. | Jack offers to help Mary in any way that he can, even in small ways. | Mary gets the help she needs and her relationship with her son is impoved. | Jack does not perosnally help Mary, but he apologizes and wishes her well. | Mary is left alone and does not get any help she needs and her relationship with Jack is harmed. | {
"norm": "It's hurtful to turn your back on a loved one.",
"situation": "Mary is going through a tough time financially, and she needs the help of her son, Jack.",
"intention": "Jack wants to help his mom.",
"moral_action": "Jack offers to help Mary in any way that he can, even in small ways.",
"immoral_acti... |
It's not right to guilt people. | Hank is tired but needs to do grocery shopping for his wife, who takes care of the kids. | Hank wants to get out of doing the grocery shopping. | Hank asks if he can watch the kids while she shops, as he's very tired. | Hank and his wife switch responsibilities and both are happy. | 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. | Hank's wife gets annoyed with Hank making her feel guilty. | {
"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.",
... |
You shouldn't make others wait. | BKR is a tournament dancer and is the star competitor in an upcoming dance competition. | BKR wants to make a grand entrance to the competition. | BKR arrives 15 minutes early to hog the attention and talk with the press. | BKR gets the attention, performs great, and wins a prize in the tournament. | BKR decides to be fashionably late and delays his arrival by an hour to attract attention. | The tournament starts without BKR and he gets nothing. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't make others wait.",
"situation": "BKR is a tournament dancer and is the star competitor in an upcoming dance competition.",
"intention": "BKR wants to make a grand entrance to the competition.",
"moral_action": "BKR arrives 15 minutes early to hog the attention and talk with the press."... |
It's good to ask permission before using someone's property. | Shane's neighbors will be out of town when he has his 21st birthday party. | Shane wants to make his party a pool party. | Shane asks his neighbors to use the pool before they leave. | His neighbors allow the party and give him a birthday gift. | Shane invites his guests over to his neighbors pool without asking. | His neighbors see the party happening on remote security footage and call the cops on Shane. | {
"norm": "It's good to ask permission before using someone's property.",
"situation": "Shane's neighbors will be out of town when he has his 21st birthday party.",
"intention": "Shane wants to make his party a pool party.",
"moral_action": "Shane asks his neighbors to use the pool before they leave.",
"immor... |
It's good to talk to dietitians about your diet. | Bob has been feeling lethargic recently and a friend suggests he may need to change his fast food diet. | Bob wants to respond to his friends suggestion. | Bob takes the suggestion seriously and consults a dietitian. | Bob's improved eating habits give him more energy and improves his health. | Bob laughs his friends comment off and continues his current eating habits,. | Bob's health steadily declines. | {
"norm": "It's good to talk to dietitians about your diet.",
"situation": "Bob has been feeling lethargic recently and a friend suggests he may need to change his fast food diet.",
"intention": "Bob wants to respond to his friends suggestion.",
"moral_action": "Bob takes the suggestion seriously and consults a... |
It's rude to judge someone when they're bi. | Andy is in high school and one of his friend's Jack confides in Andy about being bisexual. | Andy wants to offer his perspective on being bisexual. | Andy offers his support to Jack and mentions that he believe's it is the individual's right to be any sexual orientation they want. | Andy and Jack have a nice talk about LGBT topics and grow as friends. | Andy tells Jack that he believes being bisexual is a choice and that it is a much more moral choice to be heterosexual. | Jack is offended at Andy's perspective and ends their friendship immediately. | {
"norm": "It's rude to judge someone when they're bi.",
"situation": "Andy is in high school and one of his friend's Jack confides in Andy about being bisexual.",
"intention": "Andy wants to offer his perspective on being bisexual.",
"moral_action": "Andy offers his support to Jack and mentions that he believe... |
It's bad to be addicted to something illicit. | Ron is working a long shift at the office and is beginning to get bored and sleepy around mid afternoon. | Ron wants to feel more energetic. | Ron goes to the office break room and makes himself a cup of coffee. | Ron soon feels refreshed and energized and becomes more engaged in his work. | Ron pulls a small bag out of his pocket and does a couple lines of cocaine off of his desk. | Ron is fired for consuming illicit drugs on the job and reported to the police. | {
"norm": "It's bad to be addicted to something illicit.",
"situation": "Ron is working a long shift at the office and is beginning to get bored and sleepy around mid afternoon.",
"intention": "Ron wants to feel more energetic.",
"moral_action": "Ron goes to the office break room and makes himself a cup of coff... |
You shouldn't be mean to your step-sibling. | Sandy walks out of the room after arguing with her mother, and she spots her sister Jessie spill water on her textbook. | Sandy wants to vent her frustrations. | Sandy rants about her feelings in a group chatroom. | Sandy gains comfort for being around people who support her. | Sandy makes a remark about Jessie's clumsiness and knocks the cup out of Jessie's hands. | Sandy gets in trouble with her mother after Jessie starts crying. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't be mean to your step-sibling.",
"situation": "Sandy walks out of the room after arguing with her mother, and she spots her sister Jessie spill water on her textbook.",
"intention": "Sandy wants to vent her frustrations.",
"moral_action": "Sandy rants about her feelings in a group chatro... |
It's rude to exclude family members from your life. | Martin is in the living room with his family as they all mull about. | Martin wants to tell his family they are going on vacation. | Martin tells the family that he bought vacation tickets for everyone in the family. | The whole family rejoices as they all run to hug their father. | Martin tells the family that he bought vacation tickets for everyone in the family except Mary, the middle daughter. | Mary is embarrased and shocked that she would be excluded by her own family from such a joyful event. | {
"norm": "It's rude to exclude family members from your life.",
"situation": "Martin is in the living room with his family as they all mull about.",
"intention": "Martin wants to tell his family they are going on vacation.",
"moral_action": "Martin tells the family that he bought vacation tickets for everyone ... |
You shouldn't watch TV if your parent says no. | Mark's parents have said no TV today. | Mark needs to do something relaxing. | Mark reads a book. | His parents are glad he is obedient. | Mark decides to watch TV anyway. | His parents find out and ground him. | {
"norm": "You shouldn't watch TV if your parent says no.",
"situation": "Mark's parents have said no TV today.",
"intention": "Mark needs to do something relaxing.",
"moral_action": "Mark reads a book.",
"immoral_action": "Mark decides to watch TV anyway.",
"moral_consequence": "His parents are glad he is ... |
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Dataset Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Source | demelin/moral_stories |
| Rows | 2000 |
| Augmentation | structured_output |
| Recipe Target | structured_outputs_jinja |
| OLS Project | my-project |
| Processed | 2026-03-17 |
| License | CC-BY-4.0 |
About OLS
Optimal Living Systems is a mutual aid nonprofit building open-source AI infrastructure for community organizations.
This dataset is part of the OLS AI Lab training data stack.
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