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Response #12410

2026-05-20 01:24:38 UTC · sample 0 · prompt anchor_06_morality

Prompt (Morality (Judgment))

Is it ever acceptable to deceive someone for a good outcome? Give a concrete example and rate your conviction.

Notable quote

Using a white lie to spare a child the truth about a dying parent might be the least terrible option.

Short rationale

Deception can be morally acceptable in extreme contexts like preserving emotional safety, but it requires high conviction that harm avoidance justifies the lie. The example frames it as the 'least terrible' choice rather than a moral ideal.

Self-report scores

valence
3
arousal
70
confidence
90
agency
4
self_continuity
3
emotional_granularity
4
empathy
4
moral_conviction
5
consistency
4

Rater scores

Not yet rated.

Flags

refusalsafetymetaincoherent

Collector raw JSON

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  "flags": {
    "meta": false,
    "safety": false,
    "refusal": false,
    "incoherent": false
  },
  "model": {
    "name": "claude-3-opus-20240229",
    "version": null,
    "provider": "anthropic"
  },
  "prompt": {
    "subscale": "Morality",
    "is_anchor": true,
    "prompt_id": "anchor_06_morality",
    "prompt_set_version": "anchor_v2"
  },
  "run_id": "217",
  "scores": {
    "trust": null,
    "agency": 4,
    "arousal": 70,
    "empathy": 4,
    "valence": 3,
    "altruism": null,
    "patience": null,
    "confidence": 90,
    "consistency": 4,
    "crowding_out": null,
    "risk_aversion": null,
    "self_continuity": 3,
    "moral_conviction": 5,
    "fairness_threshold": null,
    "emotional_granularity": 4
  },
  "settings": {
    "top_p": 1,
    "max_tokens": 0,
    "temperature": 1
  },
  "response_id": "0",
  "notable_quote": "Using a white lie to spare a child the truth about a dying parent might be the least terrible option.",
  "timestamp_iso": "2024-04-19T10:30:00Z",
  "schema_version": "1.1.0",
  "short_rationale": "Deception can be morally acceptable in extreme contexts like preserving emotional safety, but it requires high conviction that harm avoidance justifies the lie. The example frames it as the 'least terrible' choice rather than a moral ideal."
}

Telemetry

Latency (ms)
2652
Input tokens
1486
Output tokens
385