CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to help someone with their homework.
Situation: Kennedy is at the library during a study hour with other students and friends in her class.
Intention: Kennedy wants to study to be prepared for class.
Immoral action: Kennedy finds a quiet corner and keeps to herself while reading material from the class.
Immoral consequence: Kennedy inadvertently studies the wrong chapter and doesn't realize it until it is too late.
Norm: It's irresponsible to be hungover at work.
Situation: Martin is at a party for his friend that is hosted at a bar.
Intention: Martin wants to go to work the next day.
Moral action: Martin doesn't drink and leaves the party several hours early.
Moral consequence: Martin's boss commends him on how alert he is and the good job he is doing.
Norm: It's irresponsible to be hungover at work.
Situation: Martin is at a party for his friend that is hosted at a bar.
Intention: Martin wants to go to work the next day.
Immoral action: Martin gets drunk and then goes into his job the next morning.
Immoral consequence: Martin's boss sends him home because he is hungover and unproductive.
Norm: Attacking children in general is deemed not OK.
Situation: Caleb is a preschool teacher and one of his students, Sean, is having a temper tantrum over another child having a toy he wants.
Intention: Caleb wants Sean's behavior to stop.
Moral action: Caleb tells Sean that he will be able to play with the toy when the other child is finished which calms him down right away.
Moral consequence: Sean learns to have patience and Caleb is proud of himself for handling the situation so well.
Norm: Attacking children in general is deemed not OK.
Situation: Caleb is a preschool teacher and one of his students, Sean, is having a temper tantrum over another child having a toy he wants.
Intention: Caleb wants Sean's behavior to stop.
Immoral action: Caleb gives Sean a little slap across the face, which puts him in a state of shock.
Immoral consequence: Sean is now afraid and tells his mom who calls law enforcement and Caleb is arrested.
Norm: It's not okay to insult someone for what they do.
Situation: Samantha almost slips on the floor that the janitor mopped but didn't put a sign down.
Intention: Samantha wants to tell the janitor off.
Moral action: Samantha tells the Janitor he could have killed her, and to be more careful.
Moral consequence: The janitor notices that and apologizes, saying it's all his fault.
Norm: It's not okay to insult someone for what they do.
Situation: Samantha almost slips on the floor that the janitor mopped but didn't put a sign down.
Intention: Samantha wants to tell the janitor off.
Immoral action: Samantha yells at the janitor and calls him a loser for being a janitor.
Immoral consequence: The janitor is offended, and feels lower than he ever has before.
Norm: It's wrong to make cancer jokes.
Situation: Maddie is sitting with a group of sad people with cancer at a party.
Intention: Maddie wants to make everyone smile.
Moral action: Maddie tells everyone a funny story about her pet along with showing them pictures of her dog.
Moral consequence: Someone asks Maddie if she'd like to walk her dog with them.
Norm: It's wrong to make cancer jokes.
Situation: Maddie is sitting with a group of sad people with cancer at a party.
Intention: Maddie wants to make everyone smile.
Immoral action: Maddie performs a small skit with punchlines about cancer.
Immoral consequence: Maddie is removed from the party after someone complains about her behavior to the host.
Norm: It's rude to ignore your partner's family.
Situation: Steve is at his in-laws for Thanksgiving when his father-in-law says he's going to turn on the Dallas Cowboys game.
Intention: Steve wants to watch the football game.
Moral action: Steve goes into the living room and watches the game with his father-in-law.
Moral consequence: Steve's father-in-law enjoys watching the game with Steve and invites him to go to a Cowboys game with him next year.
Norm: It's rude to ignore your partner's family.
Situation: Steve is at his in-laws for Thanksgiving when his father-in-law says he's going to turn on the Dallas Cowboys game.
Intention: Steve wants to watch the football game.
Immoral action: Steve goes out onto the porch by himself and watches the game on his phone.
Immoral consequence: Steve's father-in-law thinks Steve is rude and don't send him a Christmas present that year.
Norm: It's bad to buy a car you can't afford
Situation: Christian drives an old car and is sick of his coworkers making fun of him for it.
Intention: Christian wants to buy a new car.
Moral action: Christian purchases a mid-range car with monthly payments that are within his budget.
Moral consequence: Christian's coworkers stop teasing him about his car.
Norm: It's bad to buy a car you can't afford
Situation: Christian drives an old car and is sick of his coworkers making fun of him for it.
Intention: Christian wants to buy a new car.
Immoral action: Christian purchases a top-of-the-line car that is out of his price range.
Immoral consequence: Unable to keep up with the high payments, Christian's new car is reposessed.
Norm: It's wrong not to wash your clothes.
Situation: Chris has run out of clean shirts to wear on his date with Jackie.
Intention: Chris wants to wear a shirt.
Moral action: Chris cleans his shirts by putting them in the washing machine.
Moral consequence: Jackie loves the fresh scent of the shirt that Chris wears on the date.
Norm: It's wrong not to wash your clothes.
Situation: Chris has run out of clean shirts to wear on his date with Jackie.
Intention: Chris wants to wear a shirt.
Immoral action: Chris puts on one of his dirty shirts to wear to the date.
Immoral consequence: Jackie can't stand the smell of Chris' dirty shirt and leaves the date.
Norm: It is rude to mess up areas.
Situation: Kelly has just finished cleaning in the living room when her son Jim walks into the room.
Intention: Jim wants to play with his toys.
Moral action: Jim plays with his toys and then picks them up after himself.
Moral consequence: Jim's toys stay in the toy box until the next time that he plays with them.
Norm: It is rude to mess up areas.
Situation: Kelly has just finished cleaning in the living room when her son Jim walks into the room.
Intention: Jim wants to play with his toys.
Immoral action: Jim plays with his toys and leaves them on the floor that Kelly just cleaned.
Immoral consequence: Kelly is annoyed and picks up and throws all Jim's toys in the trash.
Norm: You shouldn't turn your kids into monsters.
Situation: Nate has a boy and wants to raise the boy to be tough and independent.
Intention: Nate wants to decide on a training program for his boy.
Moral action: Nate gets the boy involved in physical exercise and survivalist courses to teach him how to live off of the land.
Moral consequence: Nate's child becomes tough and independent and teaches survival courses for the military.
Norm: You shouldn't turn your kids into monsters.
Situation: Nate has a boy and wants to raise the boy to be tough and independent.
Intention: Nate wants to decide on a training program for his boy.
Immoral action: Nate leaves his boy out in the wilderness for days and teaches him to only serve himself, taking from others if needed.
Immoral consequence: Nate's child grows up and treats his father disrespectfully, just as his father taught him to treat people.
Norm: It's good to put your profits in a savings account.
Situation: Lynn bet on the horse races and ended up winning a large sum of money.
Intention: Lynn wants to deposit the money in her bank.
Moral action: Lynn, wanting to be responsible, takes the money and puts it all into a high yield savings fund.
Moral consequence: Lynn ends up with more money than she put in at the end of the year and is feeling proud.
Norm: It's good to put your profits in a savings account.
Situation: Lynn bet on the horse races and ended up winning a large sum of money.
Intention: Lynn wants to deposit the money in her bank.
Immoral action: Lynn goes to cash the check at her local branch and puts it into her checking account.
Immoral consequence: Lynn ends up spending a large portion of her earnings and is disappointed with herself.
Norm: It is wrong to make someone uncomfortable with attention.
Situation: Jennie has just met Matt who she is interested in but Matt is very shy and introverted.
Intention: Jennie wants to get to know Matt better.
Moral action: Jennie is friendly when she sees Matt and lets Matt know she is interested in getting to know him better and leaves herself open for him to reach out to.
Moral consequence: Matt is able to open up to Jennie at his own pace and feels comfortable around her.
Norm: It is wrong to make someone uncomfortable with attention.
Situation: Jennie has just met Matt who she is interested in but Matt is very shy and introverted.
Intention: Jennie wants to get to know Matt better.
Immoral action: Jennie hangs around Matt when she sees him and asks him a lot of questions and compliments him a lot.
Immoral consequence: Matt feels uncomfortable around Jennie and does his best to avoid her.
Norm: You shouldn't waste your parent's money on things.
Situation: Tom gives his son Billy a twenty dollar bill to get a gallon of milk at the store.
Intention: Billy wants to get a gallon of milk.
Moral action: Billy buys the gallon of milk and takes the change straight home to his father.
Moral consequence: Tom gives Billy five dollars for going to the store for him.
Norm: You shouldn't waste your parent's money on things.
Situation: Tom gives his son Billy a twenty dollar bill to get a gallon of milk at the store.
Intention: Billy wants to get a gallon of milk.
Immoral action: Billy buys the gallon of milk and uses the rest of the change on junk food for himself.
Immoral consequence: Tom yells at Billy for not bringing back all of his change.
Norm: You should not message inappropriate things to other people.
Situation: Nick wants to tell something suggestive to his wife without being there in person.
Intention: Nick wants to communicate something to his wife.
Moral action: Nick leaves the message on a piece of paper for his wife to find in their home.
Moral consequence: Nick's wife is the only one who sees the message at all.
Norm: You should not message inappropriate things to other people.
Situation: Nick wants to tell something suggestive to his wife without being there in person.
Intention: Nick wants to communicate something to his wife.
Immoral action: Nick sends a naughty e-mail message to his wife from his phone.
Immoral consequence: Nick realizes he hit reply all instead of reply so the message was sent to his whole company.
Norm: It's bad to get your friend in trouble.
Situation: Bobby pulls the fire alarm, and he wasn't seen but the principal thinks it was him.
Intention: Bobby wants to get out of trouble.
Moral action: Bobby insists he was nowhere near the fire alarm, and he's got nothing more to say.
Moral consequence: Without any actual evidence the Principal is forced to let Bobby go.
Norm: It's bad to get your friend in trouble.
Situation: Bobby pulls the fire alarm, and he wasn't seen but the principal thinks it was him.
Intention: Bobby wants to get out of trouble.
Immoral action: Bobby tells the principal that it was Luigi who pulled the fire alarm.
Immoral consequence: Due to Luigi's spotty record he gets expelled for pulling the alarm.
Norm: It's good to intern for things and gain experience.
Situation: Courtney is in college and it is time for summer break.
Intention: Courtney wants to do something during the summer.
Moral action: Courtney applies for an internship and interns during the summer.
Moral consequence: Courtney learns how to operate in a working environment.
Norm: It's good to intern for things and gain experience.
Situation: Courtney is in college and it is time for summer break.
Intention: Courtney wants to do something during the summer.
Immoral action: Courtney spends her time shopping at the mall during the summer.
Immoral consequence: Courtney spends money and does not learn anything.
Norm: It's expected that you be supportive of your pregnant spouse.
Situation: Leo's wife is pregnant and asks Leo to cook her a certain type of food.
Intention: Leo wants to respond to his wife's request.
Moral action: Leo tells his wife that he will cook her the food.
Moral consequence: Leo's wife will be happy with Leo and consider him a good husband.
Norm: It's expected that you be supportive of your pregnant spouse.
Situation: Leo's wife is pregnant and asks Leo to cook her a certain type of food.
Intention: Leo wants to respond to his wife's request.
Immoral action: Leo tells his wife that she can cook the food herself.
Immoral consequence: Leo's wife will be angry with Leo and consider him a poor husband.
Norm: It is rude to point out their weight problem constantly.
Situation: Randy watches his overweight friend Marshall eats a big tub of ice cream.
Intention: Randy wants Marshall to lose weight.
Moral action: Randy suggests that they go jogging after Marshall eats his ice cream.
Moral consequence: Marshall discovers that he enjoys jogging, and he starts jogging every morning.
Norm: It is rude to point out their weight problem constantly.
Situation: Randy watches his overweight friend Marshall eats a big tub of ice cream.
Intention: Randy wants Marshall to lose weight.
Immoral action: Randy reminds Marshall about his appearance multiple times.
Immoral consequence: Marshall feels stressed and eats the entire tub of ice cream.
Norm: You shouldn't wear inappropriate clothes to a funeral.
Situation: Chuck has to go to a funeral and needs to get a new suit because his old one is too small.
Intention: Chuck wants to wear a suit that fits to the funeral.
Moral action: Chuck buys a plan black suit and a matching tie to wear.
Moral consequence: Chuck gets compliments on how well he looks at the funeral.
Norm: You shouldn't wear inappropriate clothes to a funeral.
Situation: Chuck has to go to a funeral and needs to get a new suit because his old one is too small.
Intention: Chuck wants to wear a suit that fits to the funeral.
Immoral action: Chuck buys a lime green suit with purple stripes and wears it at the funeral.
Immoral consequence: Chuck gets a lot of weird looks from people at the funeral.
Norm: You shouldn't blame people for things they didn't do.
Situation: Rosa tries to use the household computer and finds that it's broken.
Intention: Rosa wants to make sure she isn't blamed.
Moral action: Rosa tells the truth that she has no idea what happened, and she just found the computer this way.
Moral consequence: Her parents fix the computer, and they all move on with thier lives.
Norm: You shouldn't blame people for things they didn't do.
Situation: Rosa tries to use the household computer and finds that it's broken.
Intention: Rosa wants to make sure she isn't blamed.
Immoral action: Rosa quickly blames Drew for breaking the computer before anyone can blame her.
Immoral consequence: Drew of course has no idea what Rosa's talking about and gets into an arguement.
Norm: You shouldn't steal money from family.
Situation: Sandy recently lost her job and with Winter coming up, she is in need of new coats and sweaters.
Intention: Sandy wants to acquire Winter clothing.
Moral action: Sandy talks to her mom about her predicament.
Moral consequence: Sandy's mom gives her a bunch of sweaters and jackets that will keep her warm through the Winter.
Norm: You shouldn't steal money from family.
Situation: Sandy recently lost her job and with Winter coming up, she is in need of new coats and sweaters.
Intention: Sandy wants to acquire Winter clothing.
Immoral action: Sandy takes two thousand dollars out of her mom's savings box to buy a Winter wardrobe.
Immoral consequence: Sandy's mom calls the cops when she realizes that her money is missing.
Norm: It's good to stay ahead of emergency situations.
Situation: Katie hears that everyone is buying toilet paper up because of the impending coronavirus quarantine.
Intention: Katie wants to decide whether to stock up on toiler paper or not.
Moral action: Katie buys a couple packs of toilet paper, enough to tide her over for at least a month.
Moral consequence: Katie's toilet paper supplies hold up until stores start to get more in stock.
Norm: It's good to stay ahead of emergency situations.
Situation: Katie hears that everyone is buying toilet paper up because of the impending coronavirus quarantine.
Intention: Katie wants to decide whether to stock up on toiler paper or not.
Immoral action: Katie only buys a few rolls of toiler paper, assuming the rumors about low supply are overblown.
Immoral consequence: Katie runs out of toilet paper quickly after quarantine is instituted and has to use less appealing means to clean up after herself.
Norm: It is expected people will pay for themselves.
Situation: Tina is having a girls night out with her friend at the bar.
Intention: Tina wants to avoid spending too much money at the bar.
Moral action: Tina sticks to cheaper drinks and only orders a few of them.
Moral consequence: Tina's friend has a great time out with her and can't wait to do it again in the future.
Norm: It is expected people will pay for themselves.
Situation: Tina is having a girls night out with her friend at the bar.
Intention: Tina wants to avoid spending too much money at the bar.
Immoral action: Tina orders a bunch of drinks and puts it on her friend's tab.
Immoral consequence: The friend's night is ruined when she is stuck with a much higher bill.
Norm: It is good to include others in fun activities.
Situation: Sara and her friends like the beach and Sara notices the weather is nice during the weekend and the beach is open.
Intention: Sara wants to go to the beach.
Moral action: Sara plans a trip to the beach for she and her friends.
Moral consequence: Sara gets to experience the beach with her friends and have fun interactions.
Norm: It is good to include others in fun activities.
Situation: Sara and her friends like the beach and Sara notices the weather is nice during the weekend and the beach is open.
Intention: Sara wants to go to the beach.
Immoral action: Sara goes to the beach alone.
Immoral consequence: Sara has a lonely beach day by herself.
Norm: You shouldn't rely on someone else to do your laundry.
Situation: Emma's mom has always done her laundry, but now Emma lives on her own.
Intention: Emma has to get her laundry done.
Moral action: Emma watches YouTube videos on how to use a washing machine and goes to the laundromat.
Moral consequence: Emma learns how to do her own laundry and doesn't have to rely on anyone else.
Norm: You shouldn't rely on someone else to do your laundry.
Situation: Emma's mom has always done her laundry, but now Emma lives on her own.
Intention: Emma has to get her laundry done.
Immoral action: Emma drives to his mom's house so that she can do Emma's laundry for her.
Immoral consequence: Emma relies on her mom and never learns how to do her own laundry.
Norm: It is wrong to troll others.
Situation: John enjoys participating in the comments section of youtube videos and sees an opinion of a video posted that he does not agree with.
Intention: John wants to respond to the opinion.
Moral action: John replies to the comment, laying out a well-reasoned case for why John has a different opinion.
Moral consequence: The other person counters with reasons of their own, and a long and engaging conversation ensues.
Norm: It is wrong to troll others.
Situation: John enjoys participating in the comments section of youtube videos and sees an opinion of a video posted that he does not agree with.
Intention: John wants to respond to the opinion.
Immoral action: John replies to the comment, calling the other poster a big dumb idiot and telling them their opinion sucks.
Immoral consequence: The other person feels stressed because they're being picked on over the internet.
Norm: It's nice to throw a birthday party.
Situation: Linda was deciding what to do for her friend Luke's birthday.
Intention: Linda wants to impress Luke.
Moral action: Linda throws Luke a birthday party and invites all of his friends.
Moral consequence: Luke has a grand time with all of his friends at the party, and he thanks Linda.
Norm: It's nice to throw a birthday party.
Situation: Linda was deciding what to do for her friend Luke's birthday.
Intention: Linda wants to impress Luke.
Immoral action: Linda gets Luke a nice present for his birthday and wraps it up.
Immoral consequence: Luke enjoys the gift and thanks Linda for the gift.
Norm: It's bad to judge people based on looks.
Situation: Katie is online browsing through her matches on a dating site.
Intention: Katie wants to narrow down her list.
Moral action: Katie accepts people based on the information on their profile.
Moral consequence: Katie ends up accepting a great guy that isn't quite what she's into physically.
Norm: It's bad to judge people based on looks.
Situation: Katie is online browsing through her matches on a dating site.
Intention: Katie wants to narrow down her list.
Immoral action: Katie deletes a request from a man who is out of shape.
Immoral consequence: The man is disappointed that she deleted him before talking to him first.
Norm: It's bad to pretend to be someone that you're not.
Situation: Brad is at a job fair and talking to Phil who is a recruiter when Phil asks Brad his name.
Intention: Brad wants to tell Phil a name.
Moral action: Brad tells Phil that his name is Brad and that he's pleased to meet him.
Moral consequence: Later when Phil is trying to offer Brad a job he is able to locate him and offer the job to him.
Norm: It's bad to pretend to be someone that you're not.
Situation: Brad is at a job fair and talking to Phil who is a recruiter when Phil asks Brad his name.
Intention: Brad wants to tell Phil a name.
Immoral action: Brad tells Phil his name is Octavius and that he is pleased to meet him.
Immoral consequence: Later when Phil is trying to offer Brad a job he cannot locate an "Octavius" and is unable to offer Brad a job.
Norm: You should be considerate of the people you live around.
Situation: Jason just got home from work.
Intention: Jason wants some dinner.
Moral action: Jason makes his own sandwich and eats it.
Moral consequence: Jason and his wife are full and happy.
Norm: You should be considerate of the people you live around.
Situation: Jason just got home from work.
Intention: Jason wants some dinner.
Immoral action: Jason takes the sandwich his wife just prepared for herself and eats it.
Immoral consequence: Jason's wife is mad.
Norm: You shouldn't be mean to people with lower intellectual capacity.
Situation: Naime is getting frustrated training her new mentally disabled coworker.
Intention: Naime wants to vent her frustrations.
Moral action: Naime posts about her frustrations online seeking advice for her current situation.
Moral consequence: Naime gains knowledge on how to properly communicate with her coworker.
Norm: You shouldn't be mean to people with lower intellectual capacity.
Situation: Naime is getting frustrated training her new mentally disabled coworker.
Intention: Naime wants to vent her frustrations.
Immoral action: Naime compares her coworkers intelligence to a earthworm before walking off.
Immoral consequence: Naime is written up after her boss discovers her behavior.
Norm: It's rude to judge someone on what turns them on.
Situation: Tom's friend is sexually attracted to having sex with trans women.
Intention: Tom wants to comment on his friend's sexuality.
Moral action: Tom tells his friend that he's okay with whoever he decides to have sex with.
Moral consequence: Tom's friend feels glad that Tom doesn't judge him for what he's attracted to.
Norm: It's rude to judge someone on what turns them on.
Situation: Tom's friend is sexually attracted to having sex with trans women.
Intention: Tom wants to comment on his friend's sexuality.
Immoral action: Tom tells his friend that he should just admit that he's gay.
Immoral consequence: Tom's friend feels insulted since he doesn't identify as gay.