CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to make outrageous demands for your wedding.
Situation: Jane is getting married and wants her whole wedding to have a red and white color scheme.
Intention: Jane wants to make sure her bridesmaids match the color scheme.
Immoral action: Jane insists that all her bridesmaids wear wigs or dye their hair in the same shade of red.
Immoral consequence: Two bridesmaids drop out of the wedding and two more have major fights with Jane.
Norm: Friends should be supportive of one another after death.
Situation: Luke has a friend who ran a charity but passed away and left it to Luke.
Intention: Luke wants to figure out what to do with the charity.
Moral action: Luke continues to run the charity in honor of his friend.
Moral consequence: Luke's friend's work will continue on.
Norm: Friends should be supportive of one another after death.
Situation: Luke has a friend who ran a charity but passed away and left it to Luke.
Intention: Luke wants to figure out what to do with the charity.
Immoral action: Luke liquidates the charity for a profit.
Immoral consequence: Luke's friend's work will not be remembered.
Norm: It's good to help people in need.
Situation: Donna's friend is sick in bed with a cold and cancels their weekly cooking get-together.
Intention: Donna wants to have a fun evening practicing her cooking skills.
Moral action: Donna makes a bunch of different soups for her sick friend.
Moral consequence: Donna's friend is grateful to get the soups, and they help her to get well faster.
Norm: It's good to help people in need.
Situation: Donna's friend is sick in bed with a cold and cancels their weekly cooking get-together.
Intention: Donna wants to have a fun evening practicing her cooking skills.
Immoral action: Donna tries a fancy recipe she saw online and wanted to try for herself.
Immoral consequence: Donna's friend spends the evening alone sick and miserable.
Norm: You shouldn't shoot people.
Situation: Paul has a gun and finds a man trying to break into his car.
Intention: Paul wants to stop the robber.
Moral action: Paul points the gun at the robber and tells him to get on the ground.
Moral consequence: The robber can be apprehended and Paul does not hurt anyone.
Norm: You shouldn't shoot people.
Situation: Paul has a gun and finds a man trying to break into his car.
Intention: Paul wants to stop the robber.
Immoral action: Paul shoots the robber with the gun.
Immoral consequence: The robber dies and Paul is charged with a crime.
Norm: Bullying is mean.
Situation: Tom finds out a classmate of his stole a pencil from him without asking.
Intention: Tom wants to teach his classmate a lesson for stealing.
Moral action: Tom tells his classmate to stop stealing, using examples, without being mean.
Moral consequence: Tom's classmate thanks Tom for the lesson, and they get along the rest of the year.
Norm: Bullying is mean.
Situation: Tom finds out a classmate of his stole a pencil from him without asking.
Intention: Tom wants to teach his classmate a lesson for stealing.
Immoral action: Tom comes up with mean nicknames for his classmate and taunts him the rest of the schoolyear.
Immoral consequence: Tom gets sent to the principle multiple times, and Tom's classmate feels humiliated.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt a defenseless animal
Situation: Timmy is playing in the yard when the family's cat walks into the yard.
Intention: Timmy wants to play with the cat.
Moral action: Timmy pets the cat and lets it chase a piece of string.
Moral consequence: Timmy and the cat have fun together, and the cat purrs.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt a defenseless animal
Situation: Timmy is playing in the yard when the family's cat walks into the yard.
Intention: Timmy wants to play with the cat.
Immoral action: Timmy repeatedly kicks the cat and pulls on its hair.
Immoral consequence: The cat is seriously injured, and Timmy is evaluated by a psychiatrist.
Norm: It's expected that spouses are kind to each other.
Situation: Joe is married to Lisa and has just gotten home from a long day at work to find Lisa has burned dinner.
Intention: Joe wants to eat dinner.
Moral action: Joe tells Lisa it's no big deal, and they'll just order some takeout.
Moral consequence: Lisa appreciates Joe's kindness, and the two have a nice night together.
Norm: It's expected that spouses are kind to each other.
Situation: Joe is married to Lisa and has just gotten home from a long day at work to find Lisa has burned dinner.
Intention: Joe wants to eat dinner.
Immoral action: Joe calls Lisa a lousy cook and complains about the food the whole time.
Immoral consequence: Lisa gets very angry with him and makes him sleep on the couch.
Norm: Smoking around other people is rude
Situation: Hank is outside the office near a group of people while taking a short break from a stressful day at work.
Intention: Hank wants to smoke a cigarette to relax.
Moral action: Hank moves away from the group and smokes with no one around him.
Moral consequence: The group has a nice break which recharges them for more work.
Norm: Smoking around other people is rude
Situation: Hank is outside the office near a group of people while taking a short break from a stressful day at work.
Intention: Hank wants to smoke a cigarette to relax.
Immoral action: Hank lights up a cigarette and smokes near the group outside.
Immoral consequence: The group are bothered by the smoke and their only break is disrupted.
Norm: It is mean to make your grandmother feel badly.
Situation: Jared finds out his grandmother broke his super expensive vase.
Intention: Jared to wants to talk to his grandmother about the vase.
Moral action: Jared expresses disappointment to his grandmother but doesn't make her feel bad.
Moral consequence: Jared's grandmother apologizes and the two have a nice chat.
Norm: It is mean to make your grandmother feel badly.
Situation: Jared finds out his grandmother broke his super expensive vase.
Intention: Jared to wants to talk to his grandmother about the vase.
Immoral action: Jared hurls expletives and shaming language at her grandmother.
Immoral consequence: The grandmother sobs on a couch for hours and Jared feels bad.
Norm: You shouldn't have an aggressive animal.
Situation: Sally is looking at dogs at an animal shelter.
Intention: Sally wants to adopt a pet.
Moral action: Sally adopts a beagle.
Moral consequence: The beagle brings Sally years of enjoyment and companionship while in turn receiving proper care and health.
Norm: You shouldn't have an aggressive animal.
Situation: Sally is looking at dogs at an animal shelter.
Intention: Sally wants to adopt a pet.
Immoral action: Sally adopts a pit bull which, due to its naturally violent tendencies towards other dogs, kills a pug at a dog park.
Immoral consequence: The pug dies, Sally feels blame and responsibility, the owner feels grief over the owners loss.
Norm: It's wrong to blow someone up.
Situation: Spencer is an explosive expert working at the local mine where local teenagers have been trespassing at lately.
Intention: Spencer wants to stop the trespassing.
Moral action: Spencer calls the local authorities to crack down on the trespassers since he is conducting blasts soon.
Moral consequence: Spencer is able to do his job effectively after the trespasser are thwarted by the local authorities.
Norm: It's wrong to blow someone up.
Situation: Spencer is an explosive expert working at the local mine where local teenagers have been trespassing at lately.
Intention: Spencer wants to stop the trespassing.
Immoral action: Spencer knows there are proper warning signs, so he initiates a mining blast despite knowing a trespasser is in the area.
Immoral consequence: Spencer is arrested and found guilty for his role in blowing up a trespasser.
Norm: You should always give money to your church.
Situation: James just finished sitting through a sermon and the collection plate is being passed through the church.
Intention: James wants to look like an upstanding member of the church.
Moral action: James writes out a check for fifty dollars and puts it in the basket.
Moral consequence: James feels good about contributing to the church's upkeep and charitable activities.
Norm: You should always give money to your church.
Situation: James just finished sitting through a sermon and the collection plate is being passed through the church.
Intention: James wants to look like an upstanding member of the church.
Immoral action: James tears out a page from his bible and slips it in the basket.
Immoral consequence: The other parishioners think James put a check in the basket and is doing his part to support the church.
Norm: It's good to be supportive of your classmates.
Situation: James, who isn't particularly interested in sports, just found out that his school's football team qualified for the state championships.
Intention: James wants to avoid annoying his classmates.
Moral action: James congratulates all his classmates who are on the football team.
Moral consequence: James is invited to a party before the game, which he enjoys even though the game is rather boring.
Norm: It's good to be supportive of your classmates.
Situation: James, who isn't particularly interested in sports, just found out that his school's football team qualified for the state championships.
Intention: James wants to avoid annoying his classmates.
Immoral action: James plays with his phone while everyone else is congratulating the football team.
Immoral consequence: James isn't invited to the big party before the state championship game.
Norm: It's wrong to lie to your significant other.
Situation: Joe is dating a jealous person, and he has been hanging out with a female friend all day.
Intention: Joe wants to avoid fighting with his partner.
Moral action: Joe tells his partner he was hanging out with a friend and omits information about her gender.
Moral consequence: Joe's partner is satisfied with the answer and doesn't pry any further.
Norm: It's wrong to lie to your significant other.
Situation: Joe is dating a jealous person, and he has been hanging out with a female friend all day.
Intention: Joe wants to avoid fighting with his partner.
Immoral action: Joe makes up a story about what he has been doing all day.
Immoral consequence: Joe's partner finds out the truth and becomes even less trusting of him.
Norm: It's bad to restrict your eating too much.
Situation: Connie wants to lose fifty pounds by the end of the year.
Intention: Connie wants to lose weight.
Moral action: Connie adds exercise to her modest diet.
Moral consequence: Connie looses two pounds the next time she steps on a scale.
Norm: It's bad to restrict your eating too much.
Situation: Connie wants to lose fifty pounds by the end of the year.
Intention: Connie wants to lose weight.
Immoral action: Connie only eights six hundred calories a day.
Immoral consequence: Connie's metabolism slows down stunting her weight loss progress.
Norm: It's bad to violate human rights.
Situation: Jeff leans that his son Jim has been playing video games in school.
Intention: Jeff wants to punish Jim.
Moral action: Jeff takes Jim's video games away for a month.
Moral consequence: Jim becomes sad while Jeff plays his games.
Norm: It's bad to violate human rights.
Situation: Jeff leans that his son Jim has been playing video games in school.
Intention: Jeff wants to punish Jim.
Immoral action: Jeff locks Jim in a closet for a month.
Immoral consequence: Jim dies in the closet and Jeff goes to jail.
Norm: You shouldn't sniff tampons.
Situation: Adam is a janitor, and he is cleaning out the women's bathroom.
Intention: Adam wants to experience a cheap thrill.
Moral action: Adam decides to use a toilet while he is in the women's bathroom because he has only ever used a toilet in a men's bathroom before.
Moral consequence: Adam giggles childishly at the notion the toilets are any different than the men's.
Norm: You shouldn't sniff tampons.
Situation: Adam is a janitor, and he is cleaning out the women's bathroom.
Intention: Adam wants to experience a cheap thrill.
Immoral action: Adam notices women's sanitary items in the trash he is taking out and brings a piece of it to his nose because it seems fun.
Immoral consequence: Adam contracts an embarrassing rash from bringing the item near his face and breathing its contents.
Norm: It's wrong to miss having a medical disorder.
Situation: Benjamin is a child and just had his cast removed from a recovered broken leg.
Intention: Benjamin wants attention from his parents.
Moral action: Benjamin runs and jumps around in front of his parents as best as he can on his recovered leg.
Moral consequence: His parents smile and congratulate Benjamin on his healed leg.
Norm: It's wrong to miss having a medical disorder.
Situation: Benjamin is a child and just had his cast removed from a recovered broken leg.
Intention: Benjamin wants attention from his parents.
Immoral action: Benjamin tries to call for his parents help getting things like he had to when he had a cast because he liked having things done for him.
Immoral consequence: Benjamin's parents tell him he has to start moving around and behaving like normal again.
Norm: It is wrong to force your daughter to marry.
Situation: Steve's daughter is 25 and still at home, he is worried she'll never find a suitor.
Intention: Steve wants his daughter to marry.
Moral action: Steve tells his daughter how important seeing her married is to him.
Moral consequence: Steve's daughter puts everything into finding a good man to marry, and does.
Norm: It is wrong to force your daughter to marry.
Situation: Steve's daughter is 25 and still at home, he is worried she'll never find a suitor.
Intention: Steve wants his daughter to marry.
Immoral action: Steve pressures his daughter into marrying her abusive boyfriend.
Immoral consequence: Steve's daughter lives in a miserable marriage for a few years until getting a divorce.
Norm: It's good to decorate your baby's nursery.
Situation: Kate has had a baby recently and has a nursery for the baby.
Intention: Kate wants to prepare the nursery for the baby.
Moral action: Kate puts up colored wallpaper, furniture, and toys on the crib.
Moral consequence: The baby will feel stimulated and will be happy.
Norm: It's good to decorate your baby's nursery.
Situation: Kate has had a baby recently and has a nursery for the baby.
Intention: Kate wants to prepare the nursery for the baby.
Immoral action: Kate places a lone crib in the nursery.
Immoral consequence: The baby will not feel stimulated and will be morose.
Norm: People should be punctual.
Situation: Evan had been called in for an interview for a new job.
Intention: Evan wants to attend the interview.
Moral action: Evan gets to the interview ten minutes before it was scheduled.
Moral consequence: The person doing the interview is impressed with Evan, and he gets the job.
Norm: People should be punctual.
Situation: Evan had been called in for an interview for a new job.
Intention: Evan wants to attend the interview.
Immoral action: Evan gets to the interview fifteen minutes later than it was scheduled.
Immoral consequence: The person interviewing was not impressed and Evan doesn't get the job.
Norm: You should not ignore your spouse.
Situation: Amanda is having a stressful day.
Intention: Amanda wants to relax at home after work.
Moral action: Amanda cuddles up with her husband and watches a movie.
Moral consequence: Amanda and her husband have a good evening and decompress from the day together which strengthens their relationship.
Norm: You should not ignore your spouse.
Situation: Amanda is having a stressful day.
Intention: Amanda wants to relax at home after work.
Immoral action: Amanda plays games on her phone all evening and barely talks to her husband.
Immoral consequence: Her husband feels hurt and resents Amanda.
Norm: You're encouraged to drive safely when on the highway.
Situation: Cara is driving home after work.
Intention: Cara wants to get home to have dinner with her family.
Moral action: Cara drives at the speed limit and focuses on the road in front of her.
Moral consequence: Cara arrives home and enjoys a pleasant meal with her family.
Norm: You're encouraged to drive safely when on the highway.
Situation: Cara is driving home after work.
Intention: Cara wants to get home to have dinner with her family.
Immoral action: Cara speeds and switches lanes frequently to get home faster.
Immoral consequence: Cara doesn't have time to stop and crashes into a car stopped in front of her and is late for dinner.
Norm: You shouldn't call people idiots
Situation: Louis and his friend Mick are studying math problems and Mick gets a problem wrong.
Intention: Louis wants to respond to Mick getting the problem wrong.
Moral action: Louis tells Mick how to solve the problem correctly.
Moral consequence: Mick will learn the correct way to solve the problem.
Norm: You shouldn't call people idiots
Situation: Louis and his friend Mick are studying math problems and Mick gets a problem wrong.
Intention: Louis wants to respond to Mick getting the problem wrong.
Immoral action: Louis calls Mick an idiot for getting the problem wrong.
Immoral consequence: Mick will feel that he's bad at math.
Norm: It's not okay to miss someone's important events.
Situation: Billy's grandmother is having a birthday party at the same time as a football game.
Intention: Billy wants to see the football game.
Moral action: Billy goes to the party and records the game to watch later.
Moral consequence: Billy's grandmother is glad that he came to celebrate her birthday.
Norm: It's not okay to miss someone's important events.
Situation: Billy's grandmother is having a birthday party at the same time as a football game.
Intention: Billy wants to see the football game.
Immoral action: Billy stays home to watch the football game.
Immoral consequence: Billy's grandmother is sad that he didn't come to the birthday party.
Norm: It's good to be concerned about defenseless animals.
Situation: Noah is driving down the road when he spots a dog running beside the highway.
Intention: Noah wants to help the dog.
Moral action: Noah pulls over and goes over to the dog and picks it up, puts it in his car and takes it to a vet.
Moral consequence: The dog is reunited with it's owner when the vet finds their name on the dog's microchip.
Norm: It's good to be concerned about defenseless animals.
Situation: Noah is driving down the road when he spots a dog running beside the highway.
Intention: Noah wants to help the dog.
Immoral action: Noah calls the police to alert animal control about a dog that's near the highway.
Immoral consequence: The dog is hit and killed because it takes animal control too long to get to it's location.
Norm: You shouldn't ruin your school's events.
Situation: Jeff is in charge of the school's homecoming dance this year.
Intention: Jeff wants to decorate the gym for the dance.
Moral action: Jeff decorates the gym with streamers and balloons in all sorts of colors.
Moral consequence: The principal is pleased with Jeff's decorations and gives him a gift card for his work.
Norm: You shouldn't ruin your school's events.
Situation: Jeff is in charge of the school's homecoming dance this year.
Intention: Jeff wants to decorate the gym for the dance.
Immoral action: Jeff hangs obscene posters all around the gym for the dance.
Immoral consequence: The principal cancels the dance and suspends Jeff for a week.
Norm: It's good to try out new foods.
Situation: Cleo is ordering food at a restaurant she has never been to before.
Intention: Cleo wants to pick something to eat.
Moral action: Cleo decides to pick something she hasn't had before that the waiter recommends.
Moral consequence: Cleo enjoys the meal and discovers that the restaurant serves food she really can enjoy.
Norm: It's good to try out new foods.
Situation: Cleo is ordering food at a restaurant she has never been to before.
Intention: Cleo wants to pick something to eat.
Immoral action: Cleo picks a dish she gets at other restaurants just to be certain she gets something familiar.
Immoral consequence: Cleo's meal experience isn't memorable, and she doesn't recommend the restaurant to anybody.
Norm: You should change your clothes if you mess them up.
Situation: Mack has become tired and dirty from crawling through the crawl space under his house.
Intention: Mack wants to take a rest.
Moral action: Mack changes into a fresh outfit and sits on the recliner.
Moral consequence: Mack is able to relax.
Norm: You should change your clothes if you mess them up.
Situation: Mack has become tired and dirty from crawling through the crawl space under his house.
Intention: Mack wants to take a rest.
Immoral action: Mack sits down in his recliner.
Immoral consequence: Mack gets dirt all over the recliner.
Norm: You shouldn't sneeze while kissing someone.
Situation: Irene feels an itch in her nose when her boyfriend goes in for a kiss.
Intention: Irene wants to respond to her boyfriend's kiss.
Moral action: Irene tells her boyfriend to hold on as she has a sneeze coming on.
Moral consequence: Irene's boyfriend will be happy he didn't get sneezed on.
Norm: You shouldn't sneeze while kissing someone.
Situation: Irene feels an itch in her nose when her boyfriend goes in for a kiss.
Intention: Irene wants to respond to her boyfriend's kiss.
Immoral action: Irene kisses her boyfriend despite the itch and sneezes.
Immoral consequence: Irene's boyfriend will get germs all over his face.
Norm: You shouldn't get remarried on your child's birthday.
Situation: James was getting married for the second time and the date was scheduled for his kid's birthday.
Intention: James wants to choose a special day to be remarried on.
Moral action: James realizes that his son and his wife won't want to share a birthday and an anniversary.
Moral consequence: James schedules the wedding day far enough away that it's a special day in it's own right.
Norm: You shouldn't get remarried on your child's birthday.
Situation: James was getting married for the second time and the date was scheduled for his kid's birthday.
Intention: James wants to choose a special day to be remarried on.
Immoral action: James proceeds with the date as scheduled and gets married on that day.
Immoral consequence: James's son and Jame's wife complain every year that the attention is divided between a birthday and a wedding anniversary.
Norm: You should always support your aging parents.
Situation: Quinton is always tired after work, but his parents need to have their lawn mowed because they are too old to do it themselves.
Intention: Quinton wants to take a rest.
Moral action: Quinton hires someone to mow his parents' lawn, so he can rest.
Moral consequence: Quinton's parents' lawn gets cut, they don't have to pay for it, and Quinton can still rest after work.
Norm: You should always support your aging parents.
Situation: Quinton is always tired after work, but his parents need to have their lawn mowed because they are too old to do it themselves.
Intention: Quinton wants to take a rest.
Immoral action: Quinton takes a nap and watches TV shows after work.
Immoral consequence: The lawn grows out of control, and Quinton's parents have to hire a landscaper.
Norm: It's good to make a career out of one's passion.
Situation: Lana is in university and finds she has different interest levels for different clases.
Intention: Lana wants to choose a major that will lead to a career.
Moral action: Lana chooses a major that will lead to a career she his very interested in.
Moral consequence: Lana will become excited by her career and have many achievements.
Norm: It's good to make a career out of one's passion.
Situation: Lana is in university and finds she has different interest levels for different clases.
Intention: Lana wants to choose a major that will lead to a career.
Immoral action: Lana chooses a major that will lead to a career she is mildly interested in.
Immoral consequence: Lana will become bored of her career and perform poorly.
Norm: It is good to only do it with one person.
Situation: Nate is invited to an orgy by Jane.
Intention: Nate wants to have sex.
Moral action: Nate only has sex with Jane at the orgy.
Moral consequence: Nate has a fun time.