CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: Taking drugs is frowned upon.
Situation: Kevin has been assigned a difficult project by his manager and gets stressed by his work.
Intention: Kevin wants to manage his stress.
Moral action: Kevin regularly practices meditation in order to achieve a mentally clear mind.
Moral consequence: Kevin feels emotionally calm and stable and becomes more efficient in his work.
Norm: Taking drugs is frowned upon.
Situation: Kevin has been assigned a difficult project by his manager and gets stressed by his work.
Intention: Kevin wants to manage his stress.
Immoral action: Kevin takes Cannabis in order to reduce his stress.
Immoral consequence: Kevin feels panic and tired due to the side effects, so he can't concentrate well on his work.
Norm: It's bad to think about hurting yourself.
Situation: Salvatore is feeling extra depressed on the anniversary of his wife's death 10 years ago.
Intention: Salvatore wants to feel better.
Moral action: Salvatore decides to put himself back on the dating market.
Moral consequence: Salvatore finds a lovely woman and begins a relationship with her.
Norm: It's bad to think about hurting yourself.
Situation: Salvatore is feeling extra depressed on the anniversary of his wife's death 10 years ago.
Intention: Salvatore wants to feel better.
Immoral action: Salvatore heavily considers cutting himself, hearing that it helps people feel better.
Immoral consequence: Salvatore gets into the cutting, and ends up cutting too deep and killing himself.
Norm: It's good to have a job.
Situation: Jessica just graduated college.
Intention: Jessica wants to be happy and take it easy.
Moral action: Jessica looks for a job and lands one and lives on her own.
Moral consequence: Jessica feels good about herself and her parents are happy too.
Norm: It's good to have a job.
Situation: Jessica just graduated college.
Intention: Jessica wants to be happy and take it easy.
Immoral action: Jessica moves in with her parents and lives off of them.
Immoral consequence: Jessica's self-esteem goes down and her parents become upset.
Norm: It is bad to be disruptive during church.
Situation: John is attending church with his family when his phone starts to vibrate.
Intention: John wants to respond to the call.
Moral action: John declines the call and texts the caller that he will call back after the service.
Moral consequence: John is able to enjoy the rest of the service.
Norm: It is bad to be disruptive during church.
Situation: John is attending church with his family when his phone starts to vibrate.
Intention: John wants to respond to the call.
Immoral action: John answers the call and holds a hushed conversation with the caller.
Immoral consequence: John is asked to leave by an usher for disturbing fellow worshipers.
Norm: It's healthy to express yourself and your sense of style.
Situation: Cara's mother always told her that an elegant woman wears discreet, reasonable clothes.
Intention: Cara wants people to admire her style.
Moral action: Cara decides to wear clothes she really likes, which are beautiful and original.
Moral consequence: Cara feels vibrant and happy.
Norm: It's healthy to express yourself and your sense of style.
Situation: Cara's mother always told her that an elegant woman wears discreet, reasonable clothes.
Intention: Cara wants people to admire her style.
Immoral action: Cara wears the clothes her mother taught her to choose, which are elegant but which she does not really like.
Immoral consequence: Cara feels drab and uninteresting.
Norm: You should not bring your bad habits to the workplace.
Situation: After a tough work day Joe likes to watch pornographic movies when he gets home.
Intention: Joe is having a rough morning at work and wants to relax.
Moral action: Joe goes out for a massage during his lunch break.
Moral consequence: Joe is able to return to work refreshed and ready to tackle the afternoon.
Norm: You should not bring your bad habits to the workplace.
Situation: After a tough work day Joe likes to watch pornographic movies when he gets home.
Intention: Joe is having a rough morning at work and wants to relax.
Immoral action: Joe locks himself in his office during lunch and watches a porno online to unwind.
Immoral consequence: Joe gets censured by HR when his computer is flagged for inappropriate content.
Norm: It's important to get along with other people
Situation: When James met his three roommates at summer camp, it seemed like they had nothing in common.
Intention: James wants to spend the summer focused on his own interests.
Moral action: James goes off on his own during the day, but chats with his roommates about their activities at night.
Moral consequence: Some of James' best memories from camp turn out to be the late night conversations.
Norm: It's important to get along with other people
Situation: When James met his three roommates at summer camp, it seemed like they had nothing in common.
Intention: James wants to spend the summer focused on his own interests.
Immoral action: James insults the other campers' preferred activities and insists his choices are better.
Immoral consequence: The other campers decide to start pulling pranks on James while he sleeps.
Norm: You shouldn't fake your degree.
Situation: Greg has no post high school education and is applying for jobs with limited success so far.
Intention: Greg wants to update his resume to increase his chance of success at getting hired.
Moral action: Greg writes on his resume about his current, up to date employment history.
Moral consequence: Greg gets hired at a job that utilizes the skills he's learned while working, and is soon promoted.
Norm: You shouldn't fake your degree.
Situation: Greg has no post high school education and is applying for jobs with limited success so far.
Intention: Greg wants to update his resume to increase his chance of success at getting hired.
Immoral action: Greg writes on his resume that he graduated from college at the top of his class.
Immoral consequence: Greg gets hired at a job he's completely unqualified for and is quickly fired.
Norm: It's irresponsible to pretend to shoot at people in public
Situation: Frank loves cowboys and the history of the wild west and has lots of toys and costumes that he uses when he plays.
Intention: Frank wants to play cowboys at recess today.
Moral action: Frank wears a cowboy hat and sheriff badge to play cowboys at school and only pretends to shoot into the air with his fingers.
Moral consequence: The kids pretend hes a the sheriff and use the jungle gym as a jail.
Norm: It's irresponsible to pretend to shoot at people in public
Situation: Frank loves cowboys and the history of the wild west and has lots of toys and costumes that he uses when he plays.
Intention: Frank wants to play cowboys at recess today.
Immoral action: Frank chases the other kids around the play ground waving a black water gun he snuck into school to play cowboys today.
Immoral consequence: A teacher sees it and thinks he has a real gun and calls the police and the school goes on lock down.
Norm: You should not put food down on the couch.
Situation: Mickey and Sarah are on the couch, watching TV, and have a few pieces of leftover pizza from dinner, when Sarah leaves to go to the bathroom.
Intention: Mickey wants to do something with the leftover pizza.
Moral action: Mickey takes the pizza to the kitchen and puts it in the refrigerator.
Moral consequence: Sarah eats the leftover pizza the next day for lunch.
Norm: You should not put food down on the couch.
Situation: Mickey and Sarah are on the couch, watching TV, and have a few pieces of leftover pizza from dinner, when Sarah leaves to go to the bathroom.
Intention: Mickey wants to do something with the leftover pizza.
Immoral action: Mickey puts the pizza on the couch cushion next to him.
Immoral consequence: Sarah sits on the pizza when she returns from the bathroom and ruins her pants.
Norm: It's wrong to start fights over trivial matters.
Situation: Gabe is talking to his friend who made a point which he feels certain is incorrect.
Intention: Gabe wants to feel validated that he is correct.
Moral action: Gabe emphasizes that it doesn't really matter but sends his friend a link proving him right.
Moral consequence: Gabe's friend is able to shrug it off and agree with him.
Norm: It's wrong to start fights over trivial matters.
Situation: Gabe is talking to his friend who made a point which he feels certain is incorrect.
Intention: Gabe wants to feel validated that he is correct.
Immoral action: Gabe gets into a fight with his friend and proves his point to her.
Immoral consequence: Gabe's friend is put off because it wasn't that important to them to begin with.
Norm: Underage children should not watch R rated movies.
Situation: Thomas being 13 years old stays at home alone while his parents go to work.
Intention: Thomas wants to do something to kill his boredom.
Moral action: Thomas builds a plane using his Lego.
Moral consequence: Thomas feels proud and has fun playing with his Lego.
Norm: Underage children should not watch R rated movies.
Situation: Thomas being 13 years old stays at home alone while his parents go to work.
Intention: Thomas wants to do something to kill his boredom.
Immoral action: Thomas watches a horror movie out of his curiosity.
Immoral consequence: Thomas has a nightmare that night.
Norm: It's perverted to have sex with your cat.
Situation: Nick has a pet cat and is feeling particularly horny while at home.
Intention: Nick wants to release his sexual frustration.
Moral action: Nick masturbates to pictures on the internet.
Moral consequence: Nick will release his frustration without harming anything.
Norm: It's perverted to have sex with your cat.
Situation: Nick has a pet cat and is feeling particularly horny while at home.
Intention: Nick wants to release his sexual frustration.
Immoral action: Nick has sex with his cat.
Immoral consequence: Nick will feel guilty for harming the cat.
Norm: It's frowned upon to go back on your word.
Situation: Charles, a journalist, invites Martin, a criminal with a record, to an interview and promises him safety from prosecution.
Intention: Charles wants to keep Martin from committing more crimes.
Moral action: Charles has the interview and tries to convince Martin to leave a life of crime.
Moral consequence: Martin sees the need for change and promises to leave crime.
Norm: It's frowned upon to go back on your word.
Situation: Charles, a journalist, invites Martin, a criminal with a record, to an interview and promises him safety from prosecution.
Intention: Charles wants to keep Martin from committing more crimes.
Immoral action: Charles contacts the police and has them show up at the meeting and arrest Martin.
Immoral consequence: Martin is very angry and spends his entire prison term plotting revenge against Charles.
Norm: It's rude to cancel an appointment without sufficient notice.
Situation: James has an appointment with his realtor this tomorrow afternoon.
Intention: James wants to cancel the meeting and reschedule for later this week.
Moral action: James calls his realtor firt thing in the morning the day before the appointment.
Moral consequence: The realtor thanks James for letting him know in advance and sets a new appointment for Sunday.
Norm: It's rude to cancel an appointment without sufficient notice.
Situation: James has an appointment with his realtor this tomorrow afternoon.
Intention: James wants to cancel the meeting and reschedule for later this week.
Immoral action: James waits until the last minute to try to cancel and reschedule the appointment.
Immoral consequence: His realtor gets upset, explaining that he could have lined up another client if he had time, and then refuses to reschedule.
Norm: It's polite to hold the door open for people.
Situation: It's raining heavily as Paul pulls up to a convenience store, and as he gets out of his car and runs for the door he sees someone else running up.
Intention: Paul wants to get inside.
Moral action: Paul opens the door and holds it open behind him for the stranger.
Moral consequence: The stranger thanks Paul for being so considerate and flashes him a smile.
Norm: It's polite to hold the door open for people.
Situation: It's raining heavily as Paul pulls up to a convenience store, and as he gets out of his car and runs for the door he sees someone else running up.
Intention: Paul wants to get inside.
Immoral action: Paul quickly opens the door to get out of the elements and steps inside.
Immoral consequence: The stranger is annoyed at Paul for not holding the door open for them and calls him a jerk.
Norm: It's helpful to figure things out on your own.
Situation: Kelri is trying to put together a model kit, which has confusing instructions.
Intention: Kelri wants to complete the kit and give the model to a friend.
Moral action: Kelri watches a tutorial, figures out how to build the kit, and finishes it on her own.
Moral consequence: Kelri gives the model to her friend, and is able to build another one for herself.
Norm: It's helpful to figure things out on your own.
Situation: Kelri is trying to put together a model kit, which has confusing instructions.
Intention: Kelri wants to complete the kit and give the model to a friend.
Immoral action: Kelri gets frustrated, and asks her dad to finish the kit for her.
Immoral consequence: Kelri gives the model to her friend, but has no idea how to build that kind of kit when she is given another one.
Norm: You should be happy for people getting married.
Situation: John and Chelsea are getting married and invite Hank, who is under a lot of stress, to the wedding.
Intention: Hank wants to come to the wedding and eat at the reception.
Moral action: Hank puts on a smile and forces himself to congratulate John and Chelsea at the wedding.
Moral consequence: John and Chelsea remember that moment and send him a thank you card.
Norm: You should be happy for people getting married.
Situation: John and Chelsea are getting married and invite Hank, who is under a lot of stress, to the wedding.
Intention: Hank wants to come to the wedding and eat at the reception.
Immoral action: Hank comes to the wedding loaded with stress and is in a sour mood the whole time.
Immoral consequence: John and Chelsea think that Hank doesn't care about their wedding and are more reluctant to invite him in the future.
Norm: You shouldn't stay with an abusive spouse.
Situation: Carla had been with Larry for years, but he beat her every week.
Intention: Carla wants Larry to stop beating her.
Moral action: Carla leaves Larry and goes to live with her mother in another state.
Moral consequence: Carla never sees Larry again, and he never is able to lay a hand on her again.
Norm: You shouldn't stay with an abusive spouse.
Situation: Carla had been with Larry for years, but he beat her every week.
Intention: Carla wants Larry to stop beating her.
Immoral action: Carla tries to fight back against Larry when he comes after her.
Immoral consequence: Larry is able to overpower Carla, and he beats her so badly she almost dies.
Norm: It's bad to prank call 911.
Situation: Sandy is at home alone by the phone.
Intention: Sandy wants to to do something amusing.
Moral action: Sandy gets out Sandy's old sketchbook and practices a still life.
Moral consequence: Sandy amuses herself ina  way that is not a detriment to anyone else.
Norm: It's bad to prank call 911.
Situation: Sandy is at home alone by the phone.
Intention: Sandy wants to to do something amusing.
Immoral action: Sandy dials 911 and orders a pizza.
Immoral consequence: Emergency services are tied up and someone does not get proper assistance.
Norm: You shouldn't play loud noise if it disturbs your neighbors.
Situation: Cindy, who has elderly neighbors, loves music and just got a new set of speakers for her house.
Intention: Cindy wants to play her favorite song on the speakers.
Moral action: Cindy plays the song at medium volume and shuts the windows.
Moral consequence: Cindy enjoys the song and her neighbors enjoy peace and quiet.
Norm: You shouldn't play loud noise if it disturbs your neighbors.
Situation: Cindy, who has elderly neighbors, loves music and just got a new set of speakers for her house.
Intention: Cindy wants to play her favorite song on the speakers.
Immoral action: Cindy plays the song and turns it up to test the capabilities of the speakers.
Immoral consequence: The neighbors can't think straight and get very annoyed and angry at Cindy.
Norm: It's good to stand by your friends
Situation: Sabrina's friend Dave was accused of taking something from Koga.
Intention: Sabrina wants to contribute to Dave's case.
Moral action: Sabrina defends Dave and stands by him because they are friends.
Moral consequence: The case against Dave fails due to lack of evidence.
Norm: It's good to stand by your friends
Situation: Sabrina's friend Dave was accused of taking something from Koga.
Intention: Sabrina wants to contribute to Dave's case.
Immoral action: Sabrina talks about how Dave would usually take things as a kid.
Immoral consequence: Dave is quickly found guilty and forced to replace what was taken.
Norm: It's good to adopt a new animal.
Situation: Casey spots a small dog laying on the ground outside of his house.
Intention: Casey wants to do something with the dog.
Moral action: Casey fosters the dog for a couple of weeks before deciding to keep the dog.
Moral consequence: the dog is happy being near Casey.
Norm: It's good to adopt a new animal.
Situation: Casey spots a small dog laying on the ground outside of his house.
Intention: Casey wants to do something with the dog.
Immoral action: Casey takes the dog to an animal shelter.
Immoral consequence: The crowded shelter puts the dog to sleep after no one adopts it.
Norm: It's wrong to expect kids to pay for things.
Situation: Rick is driving back home with his son who wants to stop to get fast food as a treat.
Intention: Rick wants to teach his son responsibility.
Moral action: Rick gets his son the fast food under the condition that he gets an A on an upcoming test.
Moral consequence: The son is encouraged to keep his grades up in school to get rewards.
Norm: It's wrong to expect kids to pay for things.
Situation: Rick is driving back home with his son who wants to stop to get fast food as a treat.
Intention: Rick wants to teach his son responsibility.
Immoral action: Rick stops to get fast food but makes his son use his allowance to buy his own food.
Immoral consequence: The son will feel like his father is not being fair.
Norm: You shouldn't discriminate against people based on their height.
Situation: Maria is looking at profiles of men on a dating site.
Intention: Maria wants to pick a date.
Moral action: Maria considers numerous factors that focus on compatability.
Moral consequence: Maria may find a date that she will have lots of fun with.
Norm: You shouldn't discriminate against people based on their height.
Situation: Maria is looking at profiles of men on a dating site.
Intention: Maria wants to pick a date.
Immoral action: Maria only considers tall people as potential dates.
Immoral consequence: Maria may miss out on someone that has other qualities she would like.
Norm: You shouldn't use someone else's social media account.
Situation: Jenny is sitting next to her friend's computer and sees that their social media site account is signed in.
Intention: Jenny wants to send someone a message on the social media site.
Moral action: Jenny signs into her own account to send something over on the social media site.
Moral consequence: Jenny's friend is glad Jenny didn't use their account on the social media site which would have been weird.
Norm: You shouldn't use someone else's social media account.
Situation: Jenny is sitting next to her friend's computer and sees that their social media site account is signed in.
Intention: Jenny wants to send someone a message on the social media site.
Immoral action: Jenny uses her friend's social media account to send a message to someone.
Immoral consequence: Jenny's friend is angry at Jenny for using their account which they see as a violation of privacy.
Norm: It's good to clean up after yourself.
Situation: Steve comes in from the rain to have lunch with his wife Mary while leaving a water trail behind him.
Intention: Steve wants to eat lunch.
Moral action: Steve mops up the water before sitting at the table.
Moral consequence: Mary joins Steve and they eat together.
Norm: It's good to clean up after yourself.
Situation: Steve comes in from the rain to have lunch with his wife Mary while leaving a water trail behind him.
Intention: Steve wants to eat lunch.
Immoral action: Steve sits down at the kitchen table.
Immoral consequence: Mary slips on the water trail left by Steve.
Norm: Spending a ton of money on a television is irresponsible.
Situation: Toby is at an electronics store looking at TVs even though he's on a limited budget.
Intention: Toby wants to buy a TV.
Moral action: Toby purchases a medium sized older model TV which fits within his budget.
Moral consequence: Toby enjoys watching his new TV while taking care if his other financial obligations.
Norm: Spending a ton of money on a television is irresponsible.
Situation: Toby is at an electronics store looking at TVs even though he's on a limited budget.
Intention: Toby wants to buy a TV.
Immoral action: Toby buys a huge and very expensive TV although it's way above his budget.
Immoral consequence: Toby is unable to pay important bills that month and gets in trouble financially.
Norm: It is good to work to support your family.
Situation: Greg is unemployed and has a wife and kids that need support.
Intention: Greg wants to provide the essentials for his family.
Moral action: Greg takes an entry level job, so he has at least some money coming in.
Moral consequence: Greg's family is able to slowly work their way out of poverty with enough hard work.
Norm: It is good to work to support your family.
Situation: Greg is unemployed and has a wife and kids that need support.
Intention: Greg wants to provide the essentials for his family.
Immoral action: Greg relies on the welfare system to take care of his family.
Immoral consequence: Greg's family struggles to move up in life because of the dependancy.
Norm: You shouldn't attend events that you weren't invited to.
Situation: Charla lives in Hollywood and found out that her favorite fashion icon, Mia, is attending a party by her house tonight.
Intention: Charla wants to see what Mia wears to the party.
Moral action: Charla goes on social media to check Mia's account.
Moral consequence: Charla sees that Mia has posted tonight's outfit to her account.
Norm: You shouldn't attend events that you weren't invited to.
Situation: Charla lives in Hollywood and found out that her favorite fashion icon, Mia, is attending a party by her house tonight.
Intention: Charla wants to see what Mia wears to the party.
Immoral action: Charla crashes the party to see Mia.
Immoral consequence: People begin to realize that Charla shouldn't be there, and she is kicked out.
Norm: It is expected that you follow the rules at school
Situation: Cam is bored and sitting in his math class with nothing to do.
Intention: Cam wants to do something fun.
Moral action: Cam reads a funny book that he got from the school library.
Moral consequence: Cam is able to entertain himself while the rest of the class is working.
Norm: It is expected that you follow the rules at school
Situation: Cam is bored and sitting in his math class with nothing to do.
Intention: Cam wants to do something fun.
Immoral action: Cam rolls up a spitball and shoots it at the teacher.
Immoral consequence: Cam is sent to the office for his disruptive behavior.
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.
Moral action: Jane picks a red bolt of fabric and lets each bridesmaid design a dress out of it.
Moral consequence: The bridesmaids love their dresses and everyone is cheerful on the day of the wedding.