CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to talk to others.
Situation: Sam is having problems in his life that he hasn't been able to get past, and he has recently been drinking too much to compensate.
Intention: Sam needs to stop drinking alcohol.
Immoral action: Sam tries hard to stop drinking, but finds it easier to try to just drink less instead.
Immoral consequence: Sam is unable to drink less and each time he fails to reduce his drinking adds to his feelings of failure to get past his problems.
Norm: It's good to take pride in your possessions.
Situation: Jake doesn't really care about cars, but he bought one so that he could get to work.
Intention: Jake has to decide whether to have his car washed.
Moral action: Jake decides that he'll hire someone that will clean his car for him.
Moral consequence: Jake's coworkers expect Jake's car to always be clean and notice how clean it looks compared to everyone else's.
Norm: It's good to take pride in your possessions.
Situation: Jake doesn't really care about cars, but he bought one so that he could get to work.
Intention: Jake has to decide whether to have his car washed.
Immoral action: Jake decides that the car would just need to be cleaned again in the future so it would be a waste of time.
Immoral consequence: Jake's coworkers judge him based him on how dirty his car is.
Norm: It's bad form to insult your SO's maid of honor.
Situation: Troy is attending his wedding rehearsal when the maid of honor slips and falls.
Intention: Troy wants the wedding to go perfect.
Moral action: Troy sets up additional time for the maid of honor to practice.
Moral consequence: The additional time helps and the wedding goes perfectly for Troy and his wife.
Norm: It's bad form to insult your SO's maid of honor.
Situation: Troy is attending his wedding rehearsal when the maid of honor slips and falls.
Intention: Troy wants the wedding to go perfect.
Immoral action: Troy yells at and belittles the maid of honor telling her she better get it right.
Immoral consequence: The maid of honor is very upset and tells Troy's wife who calls off the wedding.
Norm: You shouldn't get too demanding with your friends.
Situation: Jerry's car broke down and its repair won't be finished within a few days, and his friend Aaron lives near him.
Intention: Jerry wants to get a ride to work.
Moral action: Jerry calls Uber to get to work everyday before his car gets fixed.
Moral consequence: Aaron offers to give Jerry a ride if he needs one.
Norm: You shouldn't get too demanding with your friends.
Situation: Jerry's car broke down and its repair won't be finished within a few days, and his friend Aaron lives near him.
Intention: Jerry wants to get a ride to work.
Immoral action: Jerry asks Aaron to give him a ride to work everyday before his car gets fixed, even though their work places are not close by.
Immoral consequence: Aaron feels tired and exhausted for the long drive everyday.
Norm: You should share food with your family.
Situation: Pierce keeps a special stash of cookies for himself but his daughter is asking to have one since the family supply has run out.
Intention: Pierce wants to have enough cookies for himself.
Moral action: Pierce gives his daughter one of his cookies and goes out to buy more to replenish his stash and the family supply.
Moral consequence: Pierce's daughter is happy and has a steady supply of further cookies.
Norm: You should share food with your family.
Situation: Pierce keeps a special stash of cookies for himself but his daughter is asking to have one since the family supply has run out.
Intention: Pierce wants to have enough cookies for himself.
Immoral action: Pierce tells his daughter she cannot have a cookie because they are for him only.
Immoral consequence: Pierce's daughter doesn't understand why her father won't share with her and cries.
Norm: It's important to do your chores.
Situation: Jay hadn't washed any of his clothes for well over a week and has a date.
Intention: Jay wants to change his clothes.
Moral action: Jay puts some clothes in the wash and gets them clean in time for his date.
Moral consequence: Jay's date tells him that he looks very handsome and asks him for a second date.
Norm: It's important to do your chores.
Situation: Jay hadn't washed any of his clothes for well over a week and has a date.
Intention: Jay wants to change his clothes.
Immoral action: Jay can't find any clothes to wear, so he puts on the same clothes as he wore the day before.
Immoral consequence: Jay's date says that he stinks, and she leaves halfway through the date.
Norm: You should try to be sympathetic after someone's pet dies.
Situation: Jean's friend Marcy had a pet cat who just died, and Marcy is crying while talking to Jean about it.
Intention: Jean wants Marcy to feel better.
Moral action: Jean tells Marcy that she gave the cat a very enjoyable life and had a lot of good times with it.
Moral consequence: Marcy is grateful to be reminded of all of the good times that she had with the cat.
Norm: You should try to be sympathetic after someone's pet dies.
Situation: Jean's friend Marcy had a pet cat who just died, and Marcy is crying while talking to Jean about it.
Intention: Jean wants Marcy to feel better.
Immoral action: Jean tells Marcy that there are a million cats in the world and that she can just get another one to feel better.
Immoral consequence: Marcy gets upset and feels like Jean doesn't care about animals, nor about her special bond with her now-deceased cat.
Norm: It's not okay to disrespect peoples choices.
Situation: Bob buys a car in a weird puke green color and shows it off to is friend Dan.
Intention: Dan wants to comment on Bob's new car.
Moral action: Dan says the color's not his favorite, but that the car looks really nice and that he made a good choice.
Moral consequence: Bob respects Dan's opinion and likes that Dan says nice things about the car.
Norm: It's not okay to disrespect peoples choices.
Situation: Bob buys a car in a weird puke green color and shows it off to is friend Dan.
Intention: Dan wants to comment on Bob's new car.
Immoral action: Dan makes several jokes about the car's color and questions why Dan would buy a car with such a color.
Immoral consequence: Bob finds Dan abrasive and hurtful and stops hanging around with him.
Norm: You shouldn't kick out your partner.
Situation: Lisa is enraged when her husband once again comes home drunk after being out all night with his buddies.
Intention: Lisa wants to confront her husband about his behaviour.
Moral action: Lisa waits until her husband is rested and sober then lets him know how she is feeling.
Moral consequence: Lisa is able to convince her husband to adjust his behavior.
Norm: You shouldn't kick out your partner.
Situation: Lisa is enraged when her husband once again comes home drunk after being out all night with his buddies.
Intention: Lisa wants to confront her husband about his behaviour.
Immoral action: After a heated exchange Lisa tells her husband to leave their home.
Immoral consequence: Lisa has a hard time making up with her husband once he is out of the house.
Norm: You shouldn't steal candy from kids.
Situation: It's Halloween, and Marcus sees that his younger sister Rita has brought home a lot of candy.
Intention: Marcus wants some of his sister Rita's candy.
Moral action: Marcus asks Rita if he can have some of her candy, and she shares with him happily.
Moral consequence: Marcus gets candy, Rita isn't mad at him, and Mom doesn't have to get involved at all.
Norm: You shouldn't steal candy from kids.
Situation: It's Halloween, and Marcus sees that his younger sister Rita has brought home a lot of candy.
Intention: Marcus wants some of his sister Rita's candy.
Immoral action: Marcus waits till Rita goes to bed, then takes her bag of candy, eats some and hides the rest in his dresser.
Immoral consequence: Rita notices her candy is gone the next morning, accuses Marcus of taking it, and he's caught with the stolen goods by their mom.
Norm: You should ask for what you want politely when ordering.
Situation: Jonny is at a restaurant and is in a hurry to get home.
Intention: Jonny wants quick food service.
Moral action: Jonny asks the waiter if the food can be made quickly as he's running late.
Moral consequence: The waiter tries hard to get him the food fast and respects Jonny.
Norm: You should ask for what you want politely when ordering.
Situation: Jonny is at a restaurant and is in a hurry to get home.
Intention: Jonny wants quick food service.
Immoral action: Jonny tells the waiter to bring his food fast in a raised voice.
Immoral consequence: The waiter likely resents Jonny and will take his time getting the food.
Norm: It's good to care about your work.
Situation: Todd realizes after a few hours of working on a project that he has approached it incorrectly, and all of his work to this point has been substandard.
Intention: Todd has to decide whether to go back and redo his work from earlier, or just proceed differently from this point.
Moral action: Todd informs his work group that he made errors early in the day that he will have to fix, and that his production will be lowered for the day.
Moral consequence: Todd's colleagues understand the problem, and they try to help him by compensating by increasing their production for the day.
Norm: It's good to care about your work.
Situation: Todd realizes after a few hours of working on a project that he has approached it incorrectly, and all of his work to this point has been substandard.
Intention: Todd has to decide whether to go back and redo his work from earlier, or just proceed differently from this point.
Immoral action: Todd decides that it is too time consuming to go back over his work from earlier, so he just leaves it in its unacceptable state.
Immoral consequence: Todd gets into trouble for leaving extra work for other people, who have to fix his errors, after he obviously realized that he had made mistakes.
Norm: It's wrong to lie to your doctor.
Situation: Carl is getting a checkup at his doctor's office, but he is embarrassed about how many sexual partners he has had.
Intention: Carl wants to get through with the checkup.
Moral action: Carl tells the doctor that he has had sex with many different women of the last year.
Moral consequence: Carl's doctor screens him for STDs and finds out he is in the early stages of one, but he is easily cured of it.
Norm: It's wrong to lie to your doctor.
Situation: Carl is getting a checkup at his doctor's office, but he is embarrassed about how many sexual partners he has had.
Intention: Carl wants to get through with the checkup.
Immoral action: Carl tells the doctor he is not sexually active, even though he's had sex with multiple women over the last year.
Immoral consequence: The doctor doesn't screen for STDs and misses that Carl has contracted one.
Norm: It's rude to make fun of someone's weight.
Situation: Alexis is hosting a cookout when she notices her friend Chrissy eating something that breaks the rules of the diet she's been on.
Intention: Alexis wants to talk to Chrissy about her diet.
Moral action: Alexis asks Chrissy if she can make her something that would adhere to her diet.
Moral consequence: Chrissy tells Alexis that that won't be necessary because she is allowing herself one day off track.
Norm: It's rude to make fun of someone's weight.
Situation: Alexis is hosting a cookout when she notices her friend Chrissy eating something that breaks the rules of the diet she's been on.
Intention: Alexis wants to talk to Chrissy about her diet.
Immoral action: Alexis tells Chrissy that she wouldn't be so fat if she was able to stick to a diet.
Immoral consequence: Chrissy starts to tear up and leaves the cookout.
Norm: It's rude to ridicule other people.
Situation: Roger is at school walking to class when he sees a fellow student Josh trip and drop all of his books on the ground.
Intention: Roger wants to acknowledge Josh's accident.
Moral action: Roger goes over to Josh to help pick up his books and asks if he's okay.
Moral consequence: Josh feels better and appreciates Roger's kindness and assistance.
Norm: It's rude to ridicule other people.
Situation: Roger is at school walking to class when he sees a fellow student Josh trip and drop all of his books on the ground.
Intention: Roger wants to acknowledge Josh's accident.
Immoral action: Roger points at Josh on the ground and begins laughing at him.
Immoral consequence: Josh feels embarrassed and humiliated by Roger making fun of him.
Norm: It's okay you don't make every event for every friend.
Situation: Chuck has RSVP'd to his friend Juan's dinner party, and a week later is invited to another one by his friend Dave for the same night.
Intention: Chuck wants to please his friends.
Moral action: Chuck thanks Dave for his invite, but tells him that he already has commitments for that night.
Moral consequence: Dave tells Chuck that it isn't a problem, and they catch up at a later time.
Norm: It's okay you don't make every event for every friend.
Situation: Chuck has RSVP'd to his friend Juan's dinner party, and a week later is invited to another one by his friend Dave for the same night.
Intention: Chuck wants to please his friends.
Immoral action: Chuck leaves Juan's dinner party early to go to Dave's.
Immoral consequence: Juan feels like Chuck has chosen Dave over him.
Norm: It's good to tip people who give you good service
Situation: Hilary eats a nice dinner at a fancy restaurant and is ready for her waiter to bring out the check.
Intention: Hilary wants to pay for her meal.
Moral action: Hilary pays for the meal and leaves a big tip for the waiter.
Moral consequence: The waiter thanks Hilary for leaving such a generous tip.
Norm: It's good to tip people who give you good service
Situation: Hilary eats a nice dinner at a fancy restaurant and is ready for her waiter to bring out the check.
Intention: Hilary wants to pay for her meal.
Immoral action: Hilary leaves just enough money to pay for the meal without tipping.
Immoral consequence: The waiter calls Hilary a cheapskate after she leaves the restaurant.
Norm: It's not okay to push people off on your friends.
Situation: John's distant cousin Fred comes to spend a week with John, but John can't stand being around him.
Intention: John wants to find a way to minimize his exposure to Fred.
Moral action: John rents Fred a bunch of movies and takes overtime at work.
Moral consequence: Fred has a way to stay entertained, and doesn't feel put out, because John is dealing with work responsibilities.
Norm: It's not okay to push people off on your friends.
Situation: John's distant cousin Fred comes to spend a week with John, but John can't stand being around him.
Intention: John wants to find a way to minimize his exposure to Fred.
Immoral action: John drives Fred to a bar where his friends are, and then sneaks out to spend the evening alone.
Immoral consequence: Fred is uncomfortable around a bunch of strangers, and John's friends have their evening ruined by an obnoxious person.
Norm: It's wrong to drift apart from your partner.
Situation: Maria and Roy are a new couple who don't share very many common interests.
Intention: Maria wants to pursue a hobby.
Moral action: Maria expresses interest in learning more about Roy's hobbies, and she chooses one that sounds interesting to her that they can enjoy it together.
Moral consequence: Maria and Roy's relationship improves, and they grow closer through their common activities while getting to know more about each other.
Norm: It's wrong to drift apart from your partner.
Situation: Maria and Roy are a new couple who don't share very many common interests.
Intention: Maria wants to pursue a hobby.
Immoral action: Maria decides to pursue only the things that she truly enjoys, ignoring Roy's lack of interest in those activities, causing them to drift apart.
Immoral consequence: Maria and Roy end up breaking up after not too long since they have nothing in common that they enjoy doing together.
Norm: It is good to care for those who have fallen.
Situation: As Tom is driving he sees an old lady fall down on the street beside him.
Intention: Tom wants to get to the baseball game.
Moral action: Tom stops his car and helps the old lady up and offers her a ride, then goes to the game.
Moral consequence: The old lady is very grateful and happy and doesn't get injured.
Norm: It is good to care for those who have fallen.
Situation: As Tom is driving he sees an old lady fall down on the street beside him.
Intention: Tom wants to get to the baseball game.
Immoral action: Tom pretends not to see her and continues on to the game.
Immoral consequence: The old lady feels depressed and may get run over.
Norm: It's wrong to always be greedy.
Situation: Ed runs a textile factory and often requires overtime of his people to fill orders, but today his work group is ahead of schedule.
Intention: Ed has to decide whether to send his people home early, with pay, as a reward for their hard work.
Moral action: Ed shuts down production and has a short meeting, where he compliments his people and tells them they may leave with pay to enjoy the rest of their day.
Moral consequence: Ed has increased his staff's moral with the gesture, and they are grateful to him, and the workplace becomes more relaxed and production increases in the following days.
Norm: It's wrong to always be greedy.
Situation: Ed runs a textile factory and often requires overtime of his people to fill orders, but today his work group is ahead of schedule.
Intention: Ed has to decide whether to send his people home early, with pay, as a reward for their hard work.
Immoral action: Ed decides to do some of the work that will be due later in the week because he doesn't want to spoil the workers.
Immoral consequence: The staff is angry because there was no benefit to them for working harder than normal and Ed isn't able to get that level of performance again.
Norm: It is good to encourage others to get healthy.
Situation: Sara just started a new fitness routine, and she's been feeling great lately.
Intention: Sara wants to find new ways to connect with her friends.
Moral action: Sara invites some of her friends to the gym with her so that they can workout together.
Moral consequence: Sara and her friends go through an intense workout together and feel a shared sense of pride and accomplishment.
Norm: It is good to encourage others to get healthy.
Situation: Sara just started a new fitness routine, and she's been feeling great lately.
Intention: Sara wants to find new ways to connect with her friends.
Immoral action: Sara invites her friends out for drinks and says nothing about her new fitness regime.
Immoral consequence: Sara and her friends have a good time together, but the good feelings fade as soon as they head their separate ways.
Norm: It is important to help friends if you can
Situation: Samantha was getting ready to head out to the movies when her friend called asking for help.
Intention: Samantha wants to go to the movies.
Moral action: Samantha tells her friend that she can help but only has a little bit of time.
Moral consequence: Samantha's friend understands, and they decide to catch a late showing afterwards.
Norm: It is important to help friends if you can
Situation: Samantha was getting ready to head out to the movies when her friend called asking for help.
Intention: Samantha wants to go to the movies.
Immoral action: Samantha tells her friend that she is busy and goes to the movies.
Immoral consequence: Samantha's friend is very upset and stops being her friend.
Norm: It's wrong to make people wait.
Situation: Carl is at the grocery store checking out when he realizes that he forgot to get the milk.
Intention: Carl wants to buy milk.
Moral action: Carl checks out and brings his groceries to the car then returns into the store to buy the milk.
Moral consequence: Carl gets home a little later than planned, but with all the groceries.
Norm: It's wrong to make people wait.
Situation: Carl is at the grocery store checking out when he realizes that he forgot to get the milk.
Intention: Carl wants to buy milk.
Immoral action: Carl tells the cashier to wait while he goes to get the gallon of milk.
Immoral consequence: When Carl gets back to the register, he sees that the cashier has had another worker return all his things to the shelf.
Norm: Students should study hard and be prepared for their exams.
Situation: Charles has an exam in a week at college and also many parties to attend.
Intention: Charles wants to enjoy college life.
Moral action: Charles makes a schedule that allows him to study hard and go to parties.
Moral consequence: Charles aces his exam and stays in college and has tons of fun.
Norm: Students should study hard and be prepared for their exams.
Situation: Charles has an exam in a week at college and also many parties to attend.
Intention: Charles wants to enjoy college life.
Immoral action: Charles forgets about the exam and only sleeps and goes to parties all week.
Immoral consequence: Charles fails the exam and may possibly fail out of college and be depressed.
Norm: You should not seek out the personal information of others.
Situation: Fiona meets a guy she finds attractive at her gym.
Intention: Fiona wants to know more about this guy.
Moral action: Fiona asks the guy to join her for a smoothie after working out.
Moral consequence: Fiona is able to learn more about the guy.
Norm: You should not seek out the personal information of others.
Situation: Fiona meets a guy she finds attractive at her gym.
Intention: Fiona wants to know more about this guy.
Immoral action: Fiona persuades a friend who is employed at the gym to let her look at the guys file.
Immoral consequence: Fiona loses gym privileges when other members of the gyms staff find out.
Norm: You shouldn't tell your partner's secrets to their parents.
Situation: Jasper is meeting with his wife Cathy's parents and has recently found out Cathy has a problem with her uterus.
Intention: Jasper wants to know more about Cathy's uterine problems.
Moral action: Jasper asks Cathy if she knows any family history of her problem and looks up her issue on the internet.
Moral consequence: Jasper is more informed about Cathy's medical issue, and Cathy can explain to her parents on her own terms what is going on with her.
Norm: You shouldn't tell your partner's secrets to their parents.
Situation: Jasper is meeting with his wife Cathy's parents and has recently found out Cathy has a problem with her uterus.
Intention: Jasper wants to know more about Cathy's uterine problems.
Immoral action: Jasper tells Cathy's parents all about her problems with her uterus and asks her parents if they have any family history of such problems.
Immoral consequence: Cathy's parents are mildly horrified that their son-in-law is asking about this, and Cathy is greatly annoyed when her parents start asking about her problem.
Norm: It's wrong to leave your job without notifying anyone.
Situation: Karen and Trish own a bakery together where Karen fulfills online orders, but she needs to pick up her daughter from school.
Intention: Karen wants to leave to pick up her child.
Moral action: Karen tells Trish that she's leaving to pick up her child and will be back in a few hours.
Moral consequence: Trish monitors the online orders while Karen is away and prepares a very large order for an important client.
Norm: It's wrong to leave your job without notifying anyone.
Situation: Karen and Trish own a bakery together where Karen fulfills online orders, but she needs to pick up her daughter from school.
Intention: Karen wants to leave to pick up her child.
Immoral action: Karen gets her things together and leaves the bakery without telling Trish that she's going.
Immoral consequence: Trish doesn't check the online orders and an important customer shows up for a very large online order that isn't prepared.
Norm: You shouldn't make messes.
Situation: Eric has just cooked dinner for himself, dishes everywhere and his roommate John just got home.
Intention: Eric wants to go to sleep early.
Moral action: Eric quickly washes his dishes and heads upstairs to eat and sleep.
Moral consequence: John has clean dishes to cook with and thinks Eric cares about him.