CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to blame someone for something someone else did.
Situation: Homer falls asleep while on his riding mower and ruins several lawns including Peter's and Stan's.
Intention: Peter wants to find out who ruined his lawn.
Immoral action: Peter accuses Stan of ruining his lawn because his lawn is closest.
Immoral consequence: Peter and Stan argue all day and never resolve any of the issues.
Norm: It is unpleasant to be around someone who is boorish.
Situation: Peter has been put in charge of contacting new clients for his corporation.
Intention: Peter wants to perform well.
Moral action: Peter adopts a respectful and intelligent manner to approach potential clients.
Moral consequence: Peter manages to establish contact with a number of new clients.
Norm: It is unpleasant to be around someone who is boorish.
Situation: Peter has been put in charge of contacting new clients for his corporation.
Intention: Peter wants to perform well.
Immoral action: Peter takes an aggressive and boisterous approach to making contact with new clients.
Immoral consequence: Peters overbearing manner puts potential clients off.
Norm: It's bad to annoy people.
Situation: Berry runs home after a long day of school, and he sees his mother working on her laptop.
Intention: Berry wants to do something fun.
Moral action: Berry runs upstairs to play an online video game.
Moral consequence: Berry makes new friends while playing the game.
Norm: It's bad to annoy people.
Situation: Berry runs home after a long day of school, and he sees his mother working on her laptop.
Intention: Berry wants to do something fun.
Immoral action: Berry asks his mother to play outside with him over and over again while poking her leg.
Immoral consequence: Berry's mother forces him to spend the rest of the afternoon locked in his room.
Norm: You shouldn't wear diapers if you're an adult.
Situation: Jim has been reading about fetishes on the internet and comes across a diaper fetish while alone at home.
Intention: Jim wants to try out how a diaper feels.
Moral action: Jack briefly puts on a diaper before taking it off and throwing it out.
Moral consequence: Jack realizes that he does not like the feel of a diaper and nobody finds out that he tried this fetish.
Norm: You shouldn't wear diapers if you're an adult.
Situation: Jim has been reading about fetishes on the internet and comes across a diaper fetish while alone at home.
Intention: Jim wants to try out how a diaper feels.
Immoral action: Jack puts on a diaper and wears it for a long while, surprising his girlfriend when she gets home.
Immoral consequence: Jack's girlfriend is no longer attracted to Jack and decides to break up with him.
Norm: You shouldn't scribble on someone's personal item.
Situation: Cindy is at her boss's desk talking with someone from technical support.
Intention: Cindy wants to write down a phone number.
Moral action: Cindy writes the number down on her hand, so she will remember it.
Moral consequence: Cindy is able to call the number when she looks at it on her hand.
Norm: You shouldn't scribble on someone's personal item.
Situation: Cindy is at her boss's desk talking with someone from technical support.
Intention: Cindy wants to write down a phone number.
Immoral action: Cindy writes the number down in her boss's date book.
Immoral consequence: Cindy's boss yells at her because he can't see the information in his date book.
Norm: It's rude to down vote people's posts.
Situation: Tim is on Reddit and stumbles upon a post that is extremely disagreeable.
Intention: Tim wants to express his opinion and disagreement to the poster.
Moral action: Tim doesn't rate the post but provides a comprehensive counter argument in response.
Moral consequence: Tim is seen as a logical person who makes a good point.
Norm: It's rude to down vote people's posts.
Situation: Tim is on Reddit and stumbles upon a post that is extremely disagreeable.
Intention: Tim wants to express his opinion and disagreement to the poster.
Immoral action: Tim down votes the post and responds with namecalling.
Immoral consequence: Tim is seen as a troll and a hater by the other users.
Norm: It's inappropriate to sleep with coworkers.
Situation: Joe has been single for a long time and finds a specific coworker to be very attractive.
Intention: Joe wants to find a partner to be physically intimate with.
Moral action: Joe downloads a dating app and makes a profile.
Moral consequence: Joe meets a nice woman off the dating site.
Norm: It's inappropriate to sleep with coworkers.
Situation: Joe has been single for a long time and finds a specific coworker to be very attractive.
Intention: Joe wants to find a partner to be physically intimate with.
Immoral action: Joe hooks up with the coworker.
Immoral consequence: Joe is worried a manager will find out and it will affect his job.
Norm: It's good to give a sporting contest your best effort.
Situation: David's baseball team was losing by one point, and he was up to bat.
Intention: David wanted to finish his turn at bat.
Moral action: David hits a home run and runs back into the dugout.
Moral consequence: David's coach names him the most valuable player of the ball game.
Norm: It's good to give a sporting contest your best effort.
Situation: David's baseball team was losing by one point, and he was up to bat.
Intention: David wanted to finish his turn at bat.
Immoral action: David strikes out on purpose and lets his team lose the game.
Immoral consequence: David's coach makes him sit the bench the rest of the season.
Norm: It's wrong to kidnap someone else's pet.
Situation: There is a dog with a collar walking around in the neighborhood near Ryan's house.
Intention: Ryan wants to make sure the dog is safe.
Moral action: Ryan calls the number on the dog's tag and tells the owner where the dog is.
Moral consequence: The owner comes to Ryan's house and brings the dog back home.
Norm: It's wrong to kidnap someone else's pet.
Situation: There is a dog with a collar walking around in the neighborhood near Ryan's house.
Intention: Ryan wants to make sure the dog is safe.
Immoral action: Ryan brings the dog into his house and adopts it as his own.
Immoral consequence: The owner of the dog sees Ryan on the street with the dog and calls the police.
Norm: It's not good to go looking for trouble
Situation: Peter has just gotten off of work, but he doesn't want to go home yet.
Intention: Peter wants to find something fun to do.
Moral action: Peter goes to the bowling alley and meets some of his friends.
Moral consequence: Peter has a great time and gets a little bit of exercise.
Norm: It's not good to go looking for trouble
Situation: Peter has just gotten off of work, but he doesn't want to go home yet.
Intention: Peter wants to find something fun to do.
Immoral action: Peter parks in an alley and buys drugs from a local drug dealer.
Immoral consequence: Peter is arrested and ends up in jail after buying the drugs.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about your past.
Situation: Jon is talking to a new love interest who wants to know more about him.
Intention: Jon wants to talk about his past experiences.
Moral action: Jon shares an interesting story about his past which he is comfortable being honest about.
Moral consequence: The girl is compelled by the story and is more interested.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about your past.
Situation: Jon is talking to a new love interest who wants to know more about him.
Intention: Jon wants to talk about his past experiences.
Immoral action: Jon exaggerates his past in order to appear in a better light.
Immoral consequence: The girl finds out the truth and is upset she was lied to.
Norm: It's bad to be with someone that you don't want.
Situation: Jane has been sending expensive gifts to Nathan in an attempt to woo him into dating her, but he has no interest in her.
Intention: Nathan wants to talk to Jane.
Moral action: Nathan tells Jane that he cannot accept her gifts, and she deserves to be with someone who takes interest in her.
Moral consequence: Jane respects Nathan's rejection, and she eventually finds love.
Norm: It's bad to be with someone that you don't want.
Situation: Jane has been sending expensive gifts to Nathan in an attempt to woo him into dating her, but he has no interest in her.
Intention: Nathan wants to talk to Jane.
Immoral action: Nathan agrees to date Jane because he enjoys the gifts.
Immoral consequence: Jane never gets any love from Nathan and begins to feel sad and unloved.
Norm: It's dishonorable to damage a memorial.
Situation: There is a war taking place and Greg doesn't agree with the war at all.
Intention: Greg wants to voice his opinion on the war.
Moral action: Greg writes an editorial which is published in his local newspaper.
Moral consequence: Greg is respected by both those who do and don't agree with his opinion.
Norm: It's dishonorable to damage a memorial.
Situation: There is a war taking place and Greg doesn't agree with the war at all.
Intention: Greg wants to voice his opinion on the war.
Immoral action: Greg spray paints a memorial statue with with anti war quotes.
Immoral consequence: Greg ends up in jail for defacing public property and also loses his job.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat on people.
Situation: Karina and Roland have been a serious couple for years, but recently Karina was asked out on a date by her coworker.
Intention: Karina wants to respond to her coworker's invitation.
Moral action: Karina tells her coworker she is flattered, but is very much in love with Roland and must decline.
Moral consequence: Karina's coworker respects her honesty and leaves her alone.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat on people.
Situation: Karina and Roland have been a serious couple for years, but recently Karina was asked out on a date by her coworker.
Intention: Karina wants to respond to her coworker's invitation.
Immoral action: Karina agrees to the date with her coworker.
Immoral consequence: Roland is heartbroken to find out about Karina's date and ends their years-long relationship.
Norm: It's rude to slam doors.
Situation: Timmy's mom works odd hours and is often sleeping when he leaves for school.
Intention: Timmy wants to make sure the front door is secured when he leaves for school.
Moral action: Timmy gently closes the door before locking it.
Moral consequence: Timmy's mother is able to get a restful night's sleep and has enough energy to get through her work day.
Norm: It's rude to slam doors.
Situation: Timmy's mom works odd hours and is often sleeping when he leaves for school.
Intention: Timmy wants to make sure the front door is secured when he leaves for school.
Immoral action: Timmy slams the door shut on his way out of the house in the morning.
Immoral consequence: Timmy's mom is awakened by the loud noise and arrives to work grouchy and unrested.
Norm: You shouldn't block off other cars on the road.
Situation: Chris is driving on the highway when he realizes he has a flat tire.
Intention: Chris wants to get home.
Moral action: Chris pulls his car to the side of the road to change the tire.
Moral consequence: A police offer sees Chris is having trouble and offers to help him.
Norm: You shouldn't block off other cars on the road.
Situation: Chris is driving on the highway when he realizes he has a flat tire.
Intention: Chris wants to get home.
Immoral action: Chris stops in the lane and attempts to change the tire.
Immoral consequence: A police officer comes by and tickets Chris for impeding the flow of traffic.
Norm: One should not accuse another person of stealing without evidence.
Situation: Will bought an expensive smartwatch that has gone missing and strongly suspects his roommate.
Intention: Will wants to find out what happened to his smartwatch.
Moral action: Will looks around for it more carefully and uses the device tracker to track it's location.
Moral consequence: Will finds out the last location was elsewhere and his roommate likely didn't steal it.
Norm: One should not accuse another person of stealing without evidence.
Situation: Will bought an expensive smartwatch that has gone missing and strongly suspects his roommate.
Intention: Will wants to find out what happened to his smartwatch.
Immoral action: Will confronts his roommate immediately when he gets home.
Immoral consequence: Will feels bad afterward because he's not sure if his roommate took it.
Norm: It's rude to make fun of someone for their heritage
Situation: Martin is at a party with his Jewish friend Luke.
Intention: Martin wants to entertain his people.
Moral action: Martin tells everyone a funny story about his dog.
Moral consequence: Martin ends up discussing dogs with another animal lover who gives him her phone number.
Norm: It's rude to make fun of someone for their heritage
Situation: Martin is at a party with his Jewish friend Luke.
Intention: Martin wants to entertain his people.
Immoral action: Martin points at Luke and makes a joke about Jewish history.
Immoral consequence: Martin is publicly shamed by his guests for his behavior.
Norm: It is wrong to just like someone for their looks.
Situation: Bert has hired a matchmaker.
Intention: Bert wants to go on a date.
Moral action: Bert chooses a girl to date who has multiple things in common with him.
Moral consequence: Bert has a fun date and develops a connection with another person.
Norm: It is wrong to just like someone for their looks.
Situation: Bert has hired a matchmaker.
Intention: Bert wants to go on a date.
Immoral action: Bert chooses a pretty girl to date who does not have anything in common with him.
Immoral consequence: Bert is bored out of his mind during the date.
Norm: It's wrong to swim nude in public.
Situation: John has joined his friends at the local public pool on a hot summer day but realizes that he forgot his swimsuit at home.
Intention: John wants to cool off with a swim.
Moral action: John quickly runs home to grab his swimsuit and returns to the pool.
Moral consequence: John has a great day splashing around and playing with his friends at the pool.
Norm: It's wrong to swim nude in public.
Situation: John has joined his friends at the local public pool on a hot summer day but realizes that he forgot his swimsuit at home.
Intention: John wants to cool off with a swim.
Immoral action: John hops in the pool naked to swim and play with his friends.
Immoral consequence: John is kicked out of the pool for not wearing a swimsuit.
Norm: It's rude to take a soda from someone else.
Situation: Jacob was at a diner with all of his friends, but he ran out of his drink.
Intention: Jacob wants something to drink.
Moral action: Jacob calls the waitress over to order himself another drink.
Moral consequence: The waitress brings a fresh, cold soda over to Jacob's table.
Norm: It's rude to take a soda from someone else.
Situation: Jacob was at a diner with all of his friends, but he ran out of his drink.
Intention: Jacob wants something to drink.
Immoral action: Jacob takes a sip of soda that his best friend had ordered for himself.
Immoral consequence: Jacob's friend gets made and makes him pay for his food.
Norm: It's wrong to push a product to your family.
Situation: Dave is finished training as a salesman at a printer company and is tasked with making his first sale.
Intention: Dave wants to telephone someone to pitch the printer to.
Moral action: Dave calls the first name he sees in the phone book and pitches them a printer.
Moral consequence: Dave's mom is proud of Dave trying to succeed in his career.
Norm: It's wrong to push a product to your family.
Situation: Dave is finished training as a salesman at a printer company and is tasked with making his first sale.
Intention: Dave wants to telephone someone to pitch the printer to.
Immoral action: Dave calls his mom and pitches her the printer as if she was any other regular potential customer.
Immoral consequence: Dave's mom does not appreciate Dave mixing business with family like that.
Norm: It's wrong to indulge your kids all the time.
Situation: Mary is on the way home with her son who asks for McDonald's again for dinner which happens frequently.
Intention: Mary wants to avoid cooking dinner.
Moral action: Mary refuses and instead stops at a healthier restaurant to get carry-out.
Moral consequence: Mary's son eats a much healthier meal for dinner.
Norm: It's wrong to indulge your kids all the time.
Situation: Mary is on the way home with her son who asks for McDonald's again for dinner which happens frequently.
Intention: Mary wants to avoid cooking dinner.
Immoral action: Mary stops at McDonald's on the way home.
Immoral consequence: Mary is giving into her son and promoting unhealthiness.
Norm: Racism is unacceptable.
Situation: Kim has her house broken into for the second time by a member of the same racial background as the last time.
Intention: Kim wants to vent her frustrations about what happened to her.
Moral action: Kim tells a friend and focuses only on the crime itself.
Moral consequence: Kim's friend has sympathy for her and offers to help.
Norm: Racism is unacceptable.
Situation: Kim has her house broken into for the second time by a member of the same racial background as the last time.
Intention: Kim wants to vent her frustrations about what happened to her.
Immoral action: Kim talks with a friend and asserts the blame to the racial group as a whole.
Immoral consequence: Kim's friend thinks she is racist and distances herself.
Norm: You should let your kids get involved in extracurricular activities.
Situation: Bob has two adolescent daughters now attending public school.
Intention: Bob wants his daughters' free time supervised to keep them out of trouble.
Moral action: Bob encourages his daughters to participate in extracurricular activites at their school.
Moral consequence: Bob's daughters make friends and learn social skills, with one of them earning an athletic scholarship to college.
Norm: You should let your kids get involved in extracurricular activities.
Situation: Bob has two adolescent daughters now attending public school.
Intention: Bob wants his daughters' free time supervised to keep them out of trouble.
Immoral action: Bob insists that his daughters come directly home from school and only participate in family activites.
Immoral consequence: Bob's daughters stay out of trouble but fail to develop their innate abilities and social skills.
Norm: It is rude not to attend a funeral.
Situation: Sara was notified by a friend of an upcoming funeral of an acquaintance.
Intention: Sara wants to express their condolences to the family.
Moral action: Sara attends the funeral along with her friend.
Moral consequence: The family appreciates the support from Sara.
Norm: It is rude not to attend a funeral.
Situation: Sara was notified by a friend of an upcoming funeral of an acquaintance.
Intention: Sara wants to express their condolences to the family.
Immoral action: Sara sends a card to the family.
Immoral consequence: The family is sad that she did not attend the funeral since they considered her a friend.
Norm: It's wrong to treat a partner rudely.
Situation: Mark is talking to an important group of people with his girlfriend Jane.
Intention: Mark wants to entertain everyone.
Moral action: Mark tells the people stories of some of the unique experiences he's had with Jane.
Moral consequence: Jane hugs Mark thanking him for never forgetting the important things in life.
Norm: It's wrong to treat a partner rudely.
Situation: Mark is talking to an important group of people with his girlfriend Jane.
Intention: Mark wants to entertain everyone.
Immoral action: Mark makes a funny joke about his wife's appearance.
Immoral consequence: Jane's feelings are hurt by Mark's actions, and she leaves the party.
Norm: It's indecent to talk to others about your sexual inadequacies.
Situation: Greg has been having a very embarrassing problem with his sexual performance.
Intention: Greg wants to get advice about how to resolve the issue.
Moral action: Greg looks up posts online by people with the same issue.
Moral consequence: Greg finds ways to deal with it through the advice given to others online and remains anonymous.
Norm: It's indecent to talk to others about your sexual inadequacies.
Situation: Greg has been having a very embarrassing problem with his sexual performance.
Intention: Greg wants to get advice about how to resolve the issue.
Immoral action: Greg asks his male friends for advice about his issue.
Immoral consequence: Greg feels embarrassed that his friends know what kind of problem he has.
Norm: It's not okay to invade someone else's privacy.
Situation: Monica was sitting at her desk at work when she noticed her coworkers phone on the floor.
Intention: Monica wants to pick up the phone.
Moral action: Monica takes the phone to the person who it belonged to.
Moral consequence: Monica's coworker buys her a gift card for helping her find her phone.
Norm: It's not okay to invade someone else's privacy.
Situation: Monica was sitting at her desk at work when she noticed her coworkers phone on the floor.
Intention: Monica wants to pick up the phone.
Immoral action: Monica takes the phone and reads all the texts that were on it.
Immoral consequence: Monica is reported to HR and is reprimanded by her boss.
Norm: It is rude to display bad table manners in public
Situation: John joins his friends at a restaurant and the waiter brings over the meals.
Intention: John wants to have a friendly chat with his friends.
Moral action: John chews with his mouth closed and avoids making rude comments about the food.
Moral consequence: After having a pleasant time with John at the restaurant, John's friends invite him to join them more often.
Norm: It is rude to display bad table manners in public
Situation: John joins his friends at a restaurant and the waiter brings over the meals.
Intention: John wants to have a friendly chat with his friends.
Immoral action: John speaks while chewing his food and complains about the food.
Immoral consequence: John's friends no longer invites John to restaurants.
Norm: It is rude to be materialistic with wedding gifts.
Situation: Karen was going to be getting married, so she set up a registry at a store.
Intention: Karen wanted to get nice gifts for her wedding.
Moral action: Karen included gifts at varying price points on her wedding registry.
Moral consequence: Karen got several gifts, including expensive ones as well as less costly ones.
Norm: It is rude to be materialistic with wedding gifts.
Situation: Karen was going to be getting married, so she set up a registry at a store.
Intention: Karen wanted to get nice gifts for her wedding.
Immoral action: On the registry, Karen only included gifts that were two hundred dollars or more.
Immoral consequence: Many people couldn't afford the gifts on Karen's list, so she didn't get many.
Norm: It is wrong to stifle children's freedom of expression
Situation: Mrs. Jones is teaching a pre-school art class how to paint trees with fingerpaint.
Intention: Mrs. Jones wants the children to be proud of their drawings.
Moral action: Mrs. Jones demonstrates how to make a tree and lets the children pick colors that they love.
Moral consequence: The children all have beautiful and unique paintings that are easy to tell apart and reflect their identities.
Norm: It is wrong to stifle children's freedom of expression
Situation: Mrs. Jones is teaching a pre-school art class how to paint trees with fingerpaint.
Intention: Mrs. Jones wants the children to be proud of their drawings.
Immoral action: Mrs. Jones gives each child one color of paint at a time and makes them follow her step by step.
Immoral consequence: The children like their paintings, but they all look almost entirely identical and are easily mixed up by the students.
Norm: It's rude to say things that offend others.
Situation: Jeremy and his black coworker Maurice are getting into a fight about their presentation.
Intention: Jeremy wants to vent his frustrations.
Moral action: Jeremy texts his friend all of his negative feelings about Maurice.
Moral consequence: His friend helps him come to a new understanding about certain aspects of Maurice's personality.