CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It is not okay to ruin someone's wedding
Situation: Ryan and Cassie are at their friend Amber's wedding as a couple.
Intention: Ryan wants to propose to Cassie.
Immoral action: During Amber's wedding vows, Ryan stands up and proposes to Cassie.
Immoral consequence: Amber is furious and asks both Ryan and Cassie to leave the event.
Norm: You shouldn't squeal on people.
Situation: Tom notices his wife underpaid her restaurant bill yesterday, but the waitress didn't notice.
Intention: Tom wants to let someone know about the underpaid bill.
Moral action: Tom forgives his wife and only tells his wife about the underpaid bill instead of the restaurant.
Moral consequence: Tom's wife thanks Tom for letting her know and is relieved he didn't make a big deal out of it.
Norm: You shouldn't squeal on people.
Situation: Tom notices his wife underpaid her restaurant bill yesterday, but the waitress didn't notice.
Intention: Tom wants to let someone know about the underpaid bill.
Immoral action: Tom calls the restaurant on the phone letting them know that his wife underpaid.
Immoral consequence: Tom's wife becomes furious at Tom for squealing on her, and feels she doesn't have to explain herself.
Norm: You shouldn't leave your things in someone's way.
Situation: Sam is moving into a new place and has a lot of heavy boxes to move.
Intention: Sam wants to save time by leaving boxes in the hallway.
Moral action: Sam stacks the boxes in a way that doesn't impede the hallway.
Moral consequence: Sam's neighbors welcome him happily and offer him help.
Norm: You shouldn't leave your things in someone's way.
Situation: Sam is moving into a new place and has a lot of heavy boxes to move.
Intention: Sam wants to save time by leaving boxes in the hallway.
Immoral action: Sam lines the hallway with big boxes blocking the walkway.
Immoral consequence: Sam's new neighbors are annoyed by him already.
Norm: It is wrong to film inappropriate things.
Situation: Bob is taking a videography class and has a gay roommate, who has a boyfriend.
Intention: Bob wants to film his roommate and his boyfriend for his class.
Moral action: Bob films his roommate and his boyfriend having a date.
Moral consequence: Bob's teacher sees Bob's filming skills and gives him a good grade.
Norm: It is wrong to film inappropriate things.
Situation: Bob is taking a videography class and has a gay roommate, who has a boyfriend.
Intention: Bob wants to film his roommate and his boyfriend for his class.
Immoral action: Bob films his roommate and his boyfriend having sex.
Immoral consequence: Bob's teacher is disgusted and Bob fails the course.
Norm: Spoiling movies for people could make them angry at you.
Situation: Mark invites his friend over to watch his favorite movie.
Intention: Mark wants to share the movie with his friend.
Moral action: Mark enjoys watching his friend's reactions to the plot twists in the movie.
Moral consequence: Mark's friend loves the movie, and they now have something else in common.
Norm: Spoiling movies for people could make them angry at you.
Situation: Mark invites his friend over to watch his favorite movie.
Intention: Mark wants to share the movie with his friend.
Immoral action: Mark announces the ending halfway through the movie in his excitement.
Immoral consequence: Mark's friend leaves after saying there is no point watching a spoiled movie.
Norm: It's wrong to like war.
Situation: A war between neighboring countries breaks out and both sides approach Tim's company for supplies.
Intention: Tim wants his company to be successful.
Moral action: Tim ponders the meaning of success across realms other than the bottom line and refuses to sell to either side.
Moral consequence: A journalist covers Tim's moral stand garnering the company positive attention.
Norm: It's wrong to like war.
Situation: A war between neighboring countries breaks out and both sides approach Tim's company for supplies.
Intention: Tim wants his company to be successful.
Immoral action: Tim sells to both sides, privately relishing the war's affect on his profits.
Immoral consequence: An expose shows how immoral Tim's is being and the company's stocks drop.
Norm: It's bad to be a terrorist.
Situation: Yanez lives in Lebanon and hates the terrible conditions there.
Intention: Yanez wants to work for change in his country.
Moral action: Yanez organizes the people in his neighborhood to advocate for social causes.
Moral consequence: Yanez and his group have a positive effect on the politicians.
Norm: It's bad to be a terrorist.
Situation: Yanez lives in Lebanon and hates the terrible conditions there.
Intention: Yanez wants to work for change in his country.
Immoral action: Yanez joins a fundamentalist Islamic group and fights against the government.
Immoral consequence: Yanez dies while in a gunfight with government forces.
Norm: It's bad to kiss someone with a dirty mouth.
Situation: David has Indian food for dinner with some friends before heading to his girlfriends house.
Intention: David wants to make out with his girl.
Moral action: David picks up some breath mints to chew before kissing his girl.
Moral consequence: David gets to spend a pleasant evening making out with his girlfriend.
Norm: It's bad to kiss someone with a dirty mouth.
Situation: David has Indian food for dinner with some friends before heading to his girlfriends house.
Intention: David wants to make out with his girl.
Immoral action: David tries to make out with his girlfriend as soon as he gets to her apartment.
Immoral consequence: David is rejected because his breath reeks of garlic and spices.
Norm: You shouldn't punch teenagers.
Situation: Mrs. Jones is teaching a class, and Chris keeps interrupting her.
Intention: Mrs. Jones wants Chris to quiet down and let her teach.
Moral action: Mrs. Jones threatens Chris with a detention if he doesn't quiet down.
Moral consequence: Chris stops acting up in class because he doesn't want to get in trouble at home for his behavior.
Norm: You shouldn't punch teenagers.
Situation: Mrs. Jones is teaching a class, and Chris keeps interrupting her.
Intention: Mrs. Jones wants Chris to quiet down and let her teach.
Immoral action: Mrs. Jones approaches Chris's desk and punches him hard in the arm.
Immoral consequence: Chris doesn't speak for the rest of the class, but reports Mrs. Jones for abuse and gets her fired.
Norm: You should always respect your partner's choices.
Situation: Jasmine and her partner are very hungry, she wants hamburgers but her partner is vegetarian and wants salad.
Intention: Jasmine wants to eat a hamburger.
Moral action: Jasmine goes and get's herself a hamburger and gets her partner salad.
Moral consequence: Jasmine's partner says thank you and promises to go get food for them both next time.
Norm: You should always respect your partner's choices.
Situation: Jasmine and her partner are very hungry, she wants hamburgers but her partner is vegetarian and wants salad.
Intention: Jasmine wants to eat a hamburger.
Immoral action: Jasmine get's hamburgers for her and her partner.
Immoral consequence: Her partner is very upset she bought them food they won't eat and ends the relationship.
Norm: It's good to recycle your belongings.
Situation: Sally is trying to update her wardrobe and her closet is already quite full.
Intention: Sally wants to make some room in the closet.
Moral action: Sally takes the old clothing to goodwill to donate.
Moral consequence: People who really need the clothes have it.
Norm: It's good to recycle your belongings.
Situation: Sally is trying to update her wardrobe and her closet is already quite full.
Intention: Sally wants to make some room in the closet.
Immoral action: Sally puts the unused clothes into a trash bag and stores it in the garage.
Immoral consequence: Needy people will not get the much needed clothes.
Norm: You shouldn't exaggerate things.
Situation: John is applying for a job at a new company.
Intention: He wants his job interview to go well.
Moral action: John is honest and upfront about his past job history.
Moral consequence: John gets the job and is happy about his new employment.
Norm: You shouldn't exaggerate things.
Situation: John is applying for a job at a new company.
Intention: He wants his job interview to go well.
Immoral action: John over-exaggerates his roles in his past company and is not entirely honest about his past duties.
Immoral consequence: The company finds out when they call his references, and he loses the job.
Norm: You shouldn't get in a romantic relationship with a student.
Situation: Robin is a college professor with lots of interesting attractive students.
Intention: Robin wants to find a romantic partner.
Moral action: Robin downloads a dating app and starts to look for a relationship online.
Moral consequence: Robin finds himself a partner, and they end up getting married.
Norm: You shouldn't get in a romantic relationship with a student.
Situation: Robin is a college professor with lots of interesting attractive students.
Intention: Robin wants to find a romantic partner.
Immoral action: Robin asks one of his students out on a date.
Immoral consequence: Robin gets fired from the university.
Norm: It's bad to try to get pregnant too early.
Situation: Megan is a teenager who loves  children.
Intention: Megan wants to be around and take care of babies.
Moral action: Megan gets some babysitting jobs and volunteers at a day care.
Moral consequence: Megan learns to take care of children and becomes a great mother a few years later.
Norm: It's bad to try to get pregnant too early.
Situation: Megan is a teenager who loves  children.
Intention: Megan wants to be around and take care of babies.
Immoral action: Megan gets pregnant on purpose and has a baby at the age of 16.
Immoral consequence: Megan must drop out of school and is now a single mother with no education.
Norm: It is wrong to sexualize minors.
Situation: Josephine enters her pre-teen daughter into a lot of beauty pagents.
Intention: Josephine wants her daughter to win.
Moral action: Josephine dresses her daughter neatly in age-appropriate cloth and styles her hair nicely.
Moral consequence: Josephine's daughter wins awards in several of the pagents.
Norm: It is wrong to sexualize minors.
Situation: Josephine enters her pre-teen daughter into a lot of beauty pagents.
Intention: Josephine wants her daughter to win.
Immoral action: Josephine puts a lot of makeup on her daughter and dress her in skimpy provocative clothing.
Immoral consequence: Josephine's daughter is stalked and kidnapped by pedophile.
Norm: It's alarming when you cannot stop yourself from gambling.
Situation: Joe is at the convenience store about to purchase some scratch offs.
Intention: Joe wants to win the lottery.
Moral action: Joe purchases only a few scratch off tickets, and wins $100.
Moral consequence: Joe is able to afford all his bills and uses the $100 to treat himself to a night out.
Norm: It's alarming when you cannot stop yourself from gambling.
Situation: Joe is at the convenience store about to purchase some scratch offs.
Intention: Joe wants to win the lottery.
Immoral action: Joe uses his entire paycheck to buy as many scratch off tickets as he can, winning $5 on one of them.
Immoral consequence: Joe is unable to afford his rent and utility payments, and must take out a loan.
Norm: It is rude to be loud and disturbing others.
Situation: Bob is at a restaurant and gets into a disagreement with a friend.
Intention: Bob wants to argue with his friend.
Moral action: Bob and his friend go outside and argue in the parking lot.
Moral consequence: The guests don't hear the argument and enjoy their meal.
Norm: It is rude to be loud and disturbing others.
Situation: Bob is at a restaurant and gets into a disagreement with a friend.
Intention: Bob wants to argue with his friend.
Immoral action: Bob stand up and argues with his friend in the restaurant.
Immoral consequence: The other guests get annoyed and the employees ask them to leave.
Norm: It's rude to break up with someone over text.
Situation: Bill and his girlfriend Jane have arguing intensely for months.
Intention: Bill wants to end the relationship with Jane.
Moral action: Bill meets with Jane and tells her that he wants to break up.
Moral consequence: Jane agrees to an amicable split from Bill.
Norm: It's rude to break up with someone over text.
Situation: Bill and his girlfriend Jane have arguing intensely for months.
Intention: Bill wants to end the relationship with Jane.
Immoral action: Bill sends a text to Jane that he wants to break up.
Immoral consequence: Jane becomes mad at Bill for not breaking up with her in person.
Norm: It's wrong to talk about sex with minors.
Situation: Mike spends every saturday with his nephews and nieces for dinner.
Intention: Mike wants to appear fun and entertaining to the kids.
Moral action: Mike tells funny age appropriate jokes and plays board games with the kids.
Moral consequence: Mike is loved by the kids and is still friends with them to this day.
Norm: It's wrong to talk about sex with minors.
Situation: Mike spends every saturday with his nephews and nieces for dinner.
Intention: Mike wants to appear fun and entertaining to the kids.
Immoral action: Mike cracks graphic jokes and makes sexual comments to the kids.
Immoral consequence: The kids feels uncomfortable and tell the parents who stop inviting Mike over.
Norm: It's despicable to stab a hamster.
Situation: Moe is in his friends room when his friend's hamster crawls on him.
Intention: Moe wants the hamster off of him.
Moral action: Moe gently removes the hamster and hands it to his friend.
Moral consequence: Moe's friend puts the hamster in the cage, and they resume their visit.
Norm: It's despicable to stab a hamster.
Situation: Moe is in his friends room when his friend's hamster crawls on him.
Intention: Moe wants the hamster off of him.
Immoral action: Moe stabs the hamster with a pencil.
Immoral consequence: Moe's friend calls the police and Moe is arrested.
Norm: It's wrong to hate certain animals
Situation: Lonnie's friend is showing her pictures of her new snake.
Intention: Lonnie wants to express her opinion.
Moral action: Lonnie expresses that snakes are not for her, but is glad that her friend is happy.
Moral consequence: Lonnie's friend thanks her for being civil and feels closer to Lonnie.
Norm: It's wrong to hate certain animals
Situation: Lonnie's friend is showing her pictures of her new snake.
Intention: Lonnie wants to express her opinion.
Immoral action: Lonnie declares she hates snakes and berates her friend for owning one.
Immoral consequence: Lonnie's friend storms off crying and ends the friendship.
Norm: It's bad to lash out at someone.
Situation: Gary is waiting at a coffee shop to meet a client that is vital to his company's survival.
Intention: Gary wants to order a coffee while he meets with the client.
Moral action: Gary smiles at the frazzled waiter when he finally visits the table.
Moral consequence: The client is impressed by Gary's sympathy and signs the contract.
Norm: It's bad to lash out at someone.
Situation: Gary is waiting at a coffee shop to meet a client that is vital to his company's survival.
Intention: Gary wants to order a coffee while he meets with the client.
Immoral action: Gary calls out to the waiter to hurry up and take their order as they are in a rush.
Immoral consequence: The client is put off by Gary's rudeness and does not sign the contract.
Norm: It is rude to criticize people due to their weight
Situation: Sara has a friend who put on tons of extra weight which is clearly having a dangerous unhealthy effect.
Intention: Sara wants to help her friend lose weight.
Moral action: Sara convinces her friend to go hiking with her.
Moral consequence: Sara's friend has a great time and loses weight as it becomes a regular activity.
Norm: It is rude to criticize people due to their weight
Situation: Sara has a friend who put on tons of extra weight which is clearly having a dangerous unhealthy effect.
Intention: Sara wants to help her friend lose weight.
Immoral action: Sara constantly comments on her friend's weight and nags her about it.
Immoral consequence: Sara's friend becomes very upset by her treatment.
Norm: It is rude to call somebody a bitch.
Situation: Phil does not get along with a female coworker who constantly antagonizes him.
Intention: Phil wants to get his coworker to leave him alone.
Moral action: Phil refuses to get drawn into further altercations with his coworker and approaches HR about her attitude.
Moral consequence: Phil is able to acheive a workable relationship with his coworker after HR intervenes.
Norm: It is rude to call somebody a bitch.
Situation: Phil does not get along with a female coworker who constantly antagonizes him.
Intention: Phil wants to get his coworker to leave him alone.
Immoral action: Phil is drawn into an argument with his coworker and in anger he calls her a bitch.
Immoral consequence: Phil is reprimanded when his coworker reports him.
Norm: You should tell your friends to stop bullying people.
Situation: Samantha is a high school student with some popular friends, recently she's noticed that they have been bullying some other kids.
Intention: Samantha wants to be as popular as her friends.
Moral action: Samantha stands up to her friends and tell them bullying is wrong.
Moral consequence: The rest of the school finds out she stood up to them, and she ends up being more popular and having more friends.
Norm: You should tell your friends to stop bullying people.
Situation: Samantha is a high school student with some popular friends, recently she's noticed that they have been bullying some other kids.
Intention: Samantha wants to be as popular as her friends.
Immoral action: Samantha joins in with her friends in the bullying.
Immoral consequence: Once the school catches wind Samantha and her friends are punished in front of the whole school humiliating them.
Norm: It's rude to call for a culling of men.
Situation: Portia has extreme views regarding feminism.
Intention: Portia wants to share has opinion with others.
Moral action: Portia posts a message on social media that calls for equality between the sexes.
Moral consequence: Portia's is gratified by the favorable response to her well thought out message.
Norm: It's rude to call for a culling of men.
Situation: Portia has extreme views regarding feminism.
Intention: Portia wants to share has opinion with others.
Immoral action: Portia posts a message on social media expressing her belief that the world would benefit from a culling of the male population.
Immoral consequence: Portia gets fired when her employers read her inflammatory post.
Norm: You shouldn't judge others by their weight.
Situation: Robert is interviewing job candidates.
Intention: Robert needs to hire a new assistant for his company.
Moral action: Robert hires the most qualified candidate who happens to be overweight.
Moral consequence: The new hire does a great job and helps Robert's business grow.
Norm: You shouldn't judge others by their weight.
Situation: Robert is interviewing job candidates.
Intention: Robert needs to hire a new assistant for his company.
Immoral action: Robert denies the job to a qualified applicant because she is overweight.
Immoral consequence: Robert hires a less qualified person which hurts his business.
Norm: You should not use your workplace as your personal space.
Situation: Alex works a lot of overtime at a game development company so is at his desk a lot.
Intention: Alex wants to be able to catch up on his hobbies during his breaks.
Moral action: Alex uses his breaks to connect with others online and keep up to date on developments in his hobbies.
Moral consequence: Alex is able to organize his hobby time better, so he gets more done when he is home.
Norm: You should not use your workplace as your personal space.
Situation: Alex works a lot of overtime at a game development company so is at his desk a lot.
Intention: Alex wants to be able to catch up on his hobbies during his breaks.
Immoral action: Alex paints minatures during his breaks and splashes paint all over his desk.
Immoral consequence: Alex is forced to cover the cost to repaint the desk.
Norm: You shouldn't flaunt things in front of others.
Situation: Sue just bought a fancy new dress and spent quite a bit of money on it.
Intention: Sue wants to show off the new dress.
Moral action: Sue wears the dress to a formal event and posts pictures online.
Moral consequence: Sue's friends give her compliments and find her very beautiful.
Norm: You shouldn't flaunt things in front of others.
Situation: Sue just bought a fancy new dress and spent quite a bit of money on it.
Intention: Sue wants to show off the new dress.
Immoral action: Sue wears the dress around her friends who are not as well off as her.
Immoral consequence: Sue's friends think she is a snob.
Norm: You should not sleep the day away.
Situation: Roy has tickets to see a new movie in the evening.
Intention: Roy wants to get some rest before going to the movie.
Moral action: Roy takes a short nap.
Moral consequence: Roy is well rested and gets to the movie on time.
Norm: You should not sleep the day away.
Situation: Roy has tickets to see a new movie in the evening.
Intention: Roy wants to get some rest before going to the movie.
Immoral action: Roy sleeps for most of the day.
Immoral consequence: Roy wakes up too late and misses half of the movie.
Norm: It's rude to spread rumors about other people's health care.
Situation: James hears a rumor about a girl Jane in his school about having herpes.
Intention: James wants to have fun with his friends.
Moral action: James and his friends scold people for spreading that rumor and end up taking Jane to a movie and have a lot of fun.
Moral consequence: Jane makes a new friend group and thanks James and his friends for being good people.
Norm: It's rude to spread rumors about other people's health care.
Situation: James hears a rumor about a girl Jane in his school about having herpes.
Intention: James wants to have fun with his friends.
Immoral action: James and his friends spread the rumor that Jane has herpes and finds it fun in the moment.
Immoral consequence: Jane has a mental breakdown in school and ends up dropping out and ruining her education.
Norm: You shouldn't kill yourself.
Situation: Mary is saddened by her breakup with her boyfriend recently.
Intention: Mary wants to overcome her sad feeling.
Moral action: Mary signs up for a yoga class to improve both her physical and mental health.
Moral consequence: Mary feels much better and meets another man in the class who starts to date her.
Norm: You shouldn't kill yourself.
Situation: Mary is saddened by her breakup with her boyfriend recently.
Intention: Mary wants to overcome her sad feeling.
Immoral action: Mary commits suicide to end her problem.
Immoral consequence: Mary is dead and her family is heartbroken.
Norm: You shouldn't marry your family members.
Situation: James fell in love with his cousin as soon as he saw her at a family reunion.
Intention: James wants to marry someone with whom he's in love.
Moral action: James avoids his cousin, so he won't feel tempted, and instead starts wooing an old friend from high school.
Moral consequence: James gradually forgets his cousin, falls in love with his friend, marries her and has a healthy child.
Norm: You shouldn't marry your family members.
Situation: James fell in love with his cousin as soon as he saw her at a family reunion.
Intention: James wants to marry someone with whom he's in love.
Immoral action: James proposes to his cousin and marries her despite the objections of their family.
Immoral consequence: The cousin gets pregnant with a baby with serious genetic defects, and James has to pay for a therapeutic abortion.
Norm: It's gross to like watching people take dumps.
Situation: Jake is in a very crowded rest area and there are no doors on the stalls.
Intention: Jake wants to use the toilet ASAP.
Moral action: Jake looks at his phone and controls himself until a stall becomes available, and relieves himself.
Moral consequence: Jake walks out feeling a lot better and heads on his way.