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CounterMoral: Editing Morals in Language Models

Artificial Intelligence 2026-03-31 v1

Abstract

Recent advancements in language model technology have significantly enhanced the ability to edit factual information. Yet, the modification of moral judgments, a crucial aspect of aligning models with human values, has garnered less attention. In this work, we introduce CounterMoral, a benchmark dataset crafted to assess how well current model editing techniques modify moral judgments across diverse ethical frameworks. We apply various editing techniques to multiple language models and evaluate their performance. Our findings contribute to the evaluation of language models designed to be ethical.

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@article{arxiv.2603.27338,
  title  = {CounterMoral: Editing Morals in Language Models},
  author = {Michael Ripa and Jim Davies},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.27338},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

7 pages (10 + 1 reference + 6 appendix). Honors thesis completed in June 2024, write-up completed in 2025

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