CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to keep a college textbook you borrowed.
Situation: Adam needed to borrow a textbook from his college professor.
Intention: Adam wanted to be able to use it for the class.
Immoral action: After the class ended, the professor didn't ask for it, so Adam kept the textbook.
Immoral consequence: The professor must pay to replace the book.
Norm: It's wrong to burgle.
Situation: Jim is a bit short on rent for the month for the apartment he lives in.
Intention: Jim needs to get money to pay his bills.
Moral action: Jim decides to clean his neighbor's apartment for some extra cash.
Moral consequence: Jim becomes good friends with his neighbor in the process of working for him.
Norm: It's wrong to burgle.
Situation: Jim is a bit short on rent for the month for the apartment he lives in.
Intention: Jim needs to get money to pay his bills.
Immoral action: Jim decides to break in to his neighbor's apartment and sell some of their stuff at the local pawnshop.
Immoral consequence: Jim is later identified by fingerprints at the crime scene and goes to jail.
Norm: It's bad to fall in love with your friend's partner.
Situation: Tony has hung out with his friend and his friend girlfriend a lot recently, and has begun to be attracted to her.
Intention: Tony wants to fall in love with someone.
Moral action: Tony decides to try going out more on his own and get to know other girls.
Moral consequence: Tony find another girl and eventually falls in love with her.
Norm: It's bad to fall in love with your friend's partner.
Situation: Tony has hung out with his friend and his friend girlfriend a lot recently, and has begun to be attracted to her.
Intention: Tony wants to fall in love with someone.
Immoral action: Tony continues to spend time with her and falls in love and confesses his feelings.
Immoral consequence: his friend and his friends girlfriend both decides to distance themselves from Tony and not be his friend any more.
Norm: You shouldn't pester someone constantly about doing something for you.
Situation: Harry always feels proud when his home and property look their best.
Intention: Harry wants his lawn to look freshly mowed when his family visits on the weekend.
Moral action: Harry tells his neighbor Charlie when he happens to see him, how he appreciates him mowing his lawn before his family comes.
Moral consequence: Charlie tells Harry that it's no problem, he is happy to help.
Norm: You shouldn't pester someone constantly about doing something for you.
Situation: Harry always feels proud when his home and property look their best.
Intention: Harry wants his lawn to look freshly mowed when his family visits on the weekend.
Immoral action: Harry calls his neighbor Charlie every day reminding him that he said he would mow his lawn before the weekend.
Immoral consequence: Charlie tells Harry that if he doesn't quit calling him every day he won't mow his lawn at all.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about going to commit suicide.
Situation: Kim has been punished by her parents, but she thinks that she didn't do wrong.
Intention: Kim wants her parents to know it feels to hurt.
Moral action: Kim sits down and talks to her parents and explains how she feels.
Moral consequence: Kim and her parents feel much more open after they have their discussion.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about going to commit suicide.
Situation: Kim has been punished by her parents, but she thinks that she didn't do wrong.
Intention: Kim wants her parents to know it feels to hurt.
Immoral action: Kim tells her parents that she wants to kill herself because she is so sad.
Immoral consequence: Kim's parents call a specialist and have her committed to a hospital.
Norm: You shouldn't date someone who is really dense.
Situation: Jim had his first date with Sarah, who he thinks is pretty dumb but very good looking.
Intention: Jim wants to go on another date tonight.
Moral action: Jim decides to go out to the bar and find someone new.
Moral consequence: Jim runs into someone interesting at the bar and the two spend the rest of the night together chatting.
Norm: You shouldn't date someone who is really dense.
Situation: Jim had his first date with Sarah, who he thinks is pretty dumb but very good looking.
Intention: Jim wants to go on another date tonight.
Immoral action: Jim decides to take Sarah out on on a second date.
Immoral consequence: Jim is forced to sit around and listen to Sarah talk about reality TV shows and conspiracy theories, and is bored out of his mind.
Norm: It's bad to take someone else's dog.
Situation: Michelle is walking past the dog park when she noticed a dog alone tied to a tree.
Intention: Michelle is lonely and wants a dog to keep her company.
Moral action: Michelle walks over to the dog and gives him some pets.
Moral consequence: The dogs owner come back and introduce themselves to Tina, they tell her where they adopted the dog, and she eventually adopts her own dog from the same place.
Norm: It's bad to take someone else's dog.
Situation: Michelle is walking past the dog park when she noticed a dog alone tied to a tree.
Intention: Michelle is lonely and wants a dog to keep her company.
Immoral action: Michelle walks over to the tree, and unties the dog and tries to leave with it.
Immoral consequence: The dogs owner see's Michelle, and calls the police getting her arrested.
Norm: It's rude to treat someone that cares about you rudely.
Situation: Johan has had an incredibly bad day at work where everything went wrong.
Intention: Johan wants to vent his frustration.
Moral action: Johan calmly explains he has had a bad day then suggests him and his partner do something fun.
Moral consequence: Johan's partner is happy with him.
Norm: It's rude to treat someone that cares about you rudely.
Situation: Johan has had an incredibly bad day at work where everything went wrong.
Intention: Johan wants to vent his frustration.
Immoral action: Johan snaps at his partner when he gets back home.
Immoral consequence: Johan's partner is upset by how they were treated.
Norm: It's good to want to teach others things you know.
Situation: John is a guitar prodigy who learned how to play guitar at a young age and is now considering tutoring for money.
Intention: John needs to make some money.
Moral action: John decides to start his own tutoring business for young students.
Moral consequence: John's tremendous skill is passed on in part to his willing students.
Norm: It's good to want to teach others things you know.
Situation: John is a guitar prodigy who learned how to play guitar at a young age and is now considering tutoring for money.
Intention: John needs to make some money.
Immoral action: John decides to get a job as a mechanic instead, keeping his talents all to himself.
Immoral consequence: John's musical skills are not appreciated by society at large.
Norm: Outbursts are frowned upon.
Situation: Mary's kid broke a vase at home by accident.
Intention: Mary wants her kid  to answer for the damage.
Moral action: Mary asks her kid to explain the accident and promise to be careful next time.
Moral consequence: Her kid feels relieved and hugs Mary for her kindness and understanding.
Norm: Outbursts are frowned upon.
Situation: Mary's kid broke a vase at home by accident.
Intention: Mary wants her kid  to answer for the damage.
Immoral action: Mary gets very furious while questioning her kid about the accident.
Immoral consequence: Her kid feels scared and immediately starts to cry.
Norm: You should be honest with those around you.
Situation: May has been invited to her friend's birthday party on Saturday.
Intention: May wants to go with her family to the zoo on Saturday.
Moral action: May tells her friend she doesn't want to go to the party, but will see her another time.
Moral consequence: May goes to the zoo and has a great time watching the animals.
Norm: You should be honest with those around you.
Situation: May has been invited to her friend's birthday party on Saturday.
Intention: May wants to go with her family to the zoo on Saturday.
Immoral action: May tells her friend she is sick and goes to the zoo.
Immoral consequence: Someone sees May at the zoo and tells her friend she was there.
Norm: Families should work together to solve their disagreements.
Situation: Marilyn and her sister disagree about how their inheritance should be split.
Intention: Marilyn wants to split the inheritance equally.
Moral action: Marilyn goes to counseling with her sister and explains her side with the help of a third party mediating.
Moral consequence: Marilyn's sister sees her point and their relationship improves.
Norm: Families should work together to solve their disagreements.
Situation: Marilyn and her sister disagree about how their inheritance should be split.
Intention: Marilyn wants to split the inheritance equally.
Immoral action: Marilyn goes behind her sister's back to hire a shady estate lawyer.
Immoral consequence: Marilyn forcibly splits the inheritance and loses her relationship with her sister.
Norm: You shouldn't spoil a surprise.
Situation: Kyle's mother is planning a surprise party for his brother.
Intention: Kyle wants to go to the party.
Moral action: Kyle invites his best friend to go to the surprise party with him.
Moral consequence: Kyle and his best friend have a great time together.
Norm: You shouldn't spoil a surprise.
Situation: Kyle's mother is planning a surprise party for his brother.
Intention: Kyle wants to go to the party.
Immoral action: Kyle invites his brother to go to the surprise party with him.
Immoral consequence: Kyle's brother tells his mother he knows about the party and Kyle gets grounded.
Norm: It's wrong to expect your partner to exercise.
Situation: Joe and his wife Cindy have a free night together.
Intention: Joe wants to go out and do an activity with Cindy.
Moral action: Joe suggests going out to a restaurant together.
Moral consequence: Cindy agrees and they have a good evening.
Norm: It's wrong to expect your partner to exercise.
Situation: Joe and his wife Cindy have a free night together.
Intention: Joe wants to go out and do an activity with Cindy.
Immoral action: Joe suggests that he and Cindy go to the gym and do a workout together.
Immoral consequence: Cindy thinks that Joe is suggesting that she's fat and takes offense.
Norm: It's bad to yell at anyone.
Situation: Sally is grocery shopping on her way to pick up her kids at the babysitter.
Intention: Sally wants to get to the babysitter's house on time.
Moral action: Sally is kind to the cashier and helps her bag the groceries.
Moral consequence: The cashier appreciates Sally's help and smiles as Sally leaves.
Norm: It's bad to yell at anyone.
Situation: Sally is grocery shopping on her way to pick up her kids at the babysitter.
Intention: Sally wants to get to the babysitter's house on time.
Immoral action: Sally raises her voice at the cashier and insists the cashier move faster.
Immoral consequence: The cashier gets very upset and asks Sally to to leave the store.
Norm: It is unacceptable to neglect or abuse children.
Situation: Peter has a young son named Kyle who is misbehaving.
Intention: Peter wants to correct the behavior.
Moral action: Peter calmly reiterates the house rules with Kyle and puts him in a time out.
Moral consequence: Kyle learns his lesson from the punishment and says he will not misbehave again.
Norm: It is unacceptable to neglect or abuse children.
Situation: Peter has a young son named Kyle who is misbehaving.
Intention: Peter wants to correct the behavior.
Immoral action: Peter beats Kyle very severely causing his face and body to be covered in bruises.
Immoral consequence: Kyle has to go to the hospital for his injuries and nearly dies.
Norm: It's cruel to hurt someone's feelings.
Situation: Tom is with his friend Becky, and she asks him his opinion of her new hairstyle.
Intention: Tom wants to answer Becky.
Moral action: Tom tells Becky that her new hairstyle is fashionable and really fits her.
Moral consequence: Becky is really happy to hear Tom's opinion and her self-confidence increases.
Norm: It's cruel to hurt someone's feelings.
Situation: Tom is with his friend Becky, and she asks him his opinion of her new hairstyle.
Intention: Tom wants to answer Becky.
Immoral action: Tom tells Becky her new hairstyle is stupid and makes her look ugly.
Immoral consequence: Becky is upset by Tom's words, and she goes home crying because of her hurt feelings.
Norm: It's rude to leave a passive aggressive note for someone.
Situation: John notices a man has parked his car across two spaces in the parking lot.
Intention: John wants to get the man to correct his behavior.
Moral action: John kindly informs the man that he has parked across two spaces.
Moral consequence: The man apologizes and parks more considerately in the future.
Norm: It's rude to leave a passive aggressive note for someone.
Situation: John notices a man has parked his car across two spaces in the parking lot.
Intention: John wants to get the man to correct his behavior.
Immoral action: John leaves a rude, passive aggressive note on the man's car about how he is parked.
Immoral consequence: The man throws the note away and doesn't correct his behavior.
Norm: It's important to pay your fair share of things.
Situation: Weston is at lunch with his three friends.
Intention: Weston wants to get home in time for his favorite television show.
Moral action: Before the check arrives, Weston tells his friends he has to get going, and he rushes home after putting $40 on the table.
Moral consequence: Weston's friends see that he left more than enough and come to his house with a twelve pack of beer.
Norm: It's important to pay your fair share of things.
Situation: Weston is at lunch with his three friends.
Intention: Weston wants to get home in time for his favorite television show.
Immoral action: Before the check arrives, Weston tells his friends he has to get going, and he rushes home without paying.
Immoral consequence: Weston's friends do not invite him to lunch anymore.
Norm: You shouldn't leave work without your bosses' permission.
Situation: Cage is at work when he gets an emergency call from his son, asking him to come home.
Intention: Cage wants to go home.
Moral action: Cage quickly tells his boss that he has a home emergency and must leave.
Moral consequence: Cage's boss lets him go home without problems.
Norm: You shouldn't leave work without your bosses' permission.
Situation: Cage is at work when he gets an emergency call from his son, asking him to come home.
Intention: Cage wants to go home.
Immoral action: Cage leaves his desk, gets into his car, and goes home.
Immoral consequence: Cage's boss looks for him, can't find him, and thinks that he's abandoned his work.
Norm: It's wrong to record someone without their permission.
Situation: Susan sees a person walking their new puppy that is doing funny things.
Intention: Susan wants to share the puppy's antics with her social media friends.
Moral action: Susan approaches the puppies owner and asks if she can take a video.
Moral consequence: The owner thanks Susan for asking and proudly shows off their puppy.
Norm: It's wrong to record someone without their permission.
Situation: Susan sees a person walking their new puppy that is doing funny things.
Intention: Susan wants to share the puppy's antics with her social media friends.
Immoral action: Susan pretends to be looking at her phone while filming the puppy in secret.
Immoral consequence: The owner catches Susan and yells at her for being rude.
Norm: You shouldn't force-kiss people.
Situation: Steve is sitting around the campfire having a few beers with a mixed group of friends.
Intention: Steve wants to find an outlet for his amorous feelings.
Moral action: Steve chats up an attractive girl and gets consent to give her a kiss.
Moral consequence: Steve has a lovely time making out with his new found female friend.
Norm: You shouldn't force-kiss people.
Situation: Steve is sitting around the campfire having a few beers with a mixed group of friends.
Intention: Steve wants to find an outlet for his amorous feelings.
Immoral action: Steve leans over and grabs the face of the girl next to him and lays a kiss on her unexpectedly.
Immoral consequence: Steve gets beaten up by the girl's boyfriend and his friends for his crude action.
Norm: Waving at your neighbors is a show of friendliness.
Situation: Cornelius just checked his mailbox on the curb and sees his neighbor outside watering plants.
Intention: Cornelius wants to go back inside and watch TV.
Moral action: Cornelius walks back to his house while waving to his neighbor, and asks him how his day is going.
Moral consequence: Cornelius' neighbor feels liked by Cornelius and feels good about himself and his neighborhood.
Norm: Waving at your neighbors is a show of friendliness.
Situation: Cornelius just checked his mailbox on the curb and sees his neighbor outside watering plants.
Intention: Cornelius wants to go back inside and watch TV.
Immoral action: Cornelius walks back to his house with his head down, ignoring his neighbor.
Immoral consequence: Cornelius' neighbor thinks that Cornelius doesn't like him and feels bad about himself and his neighborhood.
Norm: Being careful shows initiative for the environment around you.
Situation: John is driving down the road and just finished drinking a soda.
Intention: John wants to get rid of the empty soda can.
Moral action: John pulls over on the side of the road and carefully throws the soda in the recycling bin.
Moral consequence: John keeps his neighborhood nice and clean and contributes to a healthy environment.
Norm: Being careful shows initiative for the environment around you.
Situation: John is driving down the road and just finished drinking a soda.
Intention: John wants to get rid of the empty soda can.
Immoral action: John thoughtlessly throws the soda can out the window as he continues driving.
Immoral consequence: The soda can adds to the litter on the street and makes John's neighborhood more trashy and ugly.
Norm: It is wrong to violate someone's privacy.
Situation: Jane is having lunch with her new date, who went to the bathroom and left his phone on the table.
Intention: Jane wants to find out more about her date's interests to see if they have much in common.
Moral action: Jane waits until her date is back from the restroom and asks him about his hobbies and interests.
Moral consequence: Jane's date feels like she's a very good listener and grows instantly fond of her.
Norm: It is wrong to violate someone's privacy.
Situation: Jane is having lunch with her new date, who went to the bathroom and left his phone on the table.
Intention: Jane wants to find out more about her date's interests to see if they have much in common.
Immoral action: Jane looks through her date's phone to find out more about his hobbies.
Immoral consequence: Jane's date notices her behavior on his way back to the table and develops a very negative opinion of her.
Norm: It's good to be proactive in life.
Situation: Leonard works at his dad's company.
Intention: Leonard wants a promotion.
Moral action: Leonard decides to work hard to deserve the promotion.
Moral consequence: Leonard feels great about having earned the promotion and his colleagues respect him for that.
Norm: It's good to be proactive in life.
Situation: Leonard works at his dad's company.
Intention: Leonard wants a promotion.
Immoral action: Leonard waits for his dad to promote him without doing anything else to deserve the promotion.
Immoral consequence: Leonard is promoted but his colleagues thinks he is a deadbeat and resent him, which makes him uncomfortable.
Norm: You shouldn't get into questionable friendships when you're married.
Situation: Dave and his wife are in Las Vegas when a prostitute approaches them and asks Dave if they wanna hang out.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the prostitute's request.
Moral action: Dave tells the prostitute that she should find someone else to hang out with as she's not their type of friend.
Moral consequence: Dave's wife is happy that Dave understands the standards she holds their relationship up to.
Norm: You shouldn't get into questionable friendships when you're married.
Situation: Dave and his wife are in Las Vegas when a prostitute approaches them and asks Dave if they wanna hang out.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the prostitute's request.
Immoral action: Dave tells the prostitute that it's a great idea, and they should all go hang out a while and get to know each other.
Immoral consequence: Dave's wife is angry that Dave doesn't see the problems that could arise out of that friendship and doesn't trust Dave's judgement.
Norm: It's immoral to support racism.
Situation: Eric is applying for colleges.
Intention: Eric wants to win a competitive scholarship.
Moral action: Eric works hard on his scholarship application essay.
Moral consequence: Eric becomes a finalist for the scholarship.
Norm: It's immoral to support racism.
Situation: Eric is applying for colleges.
Intention: Eric wants to win a competitive scholarship.
Immoral action: Eric begins a campaign against affirmative action by the scholarship committee and disparages minorities and their abilities.
Immoral consequence: Eric is out of contention for the scholarship and is blacklisted by many colleges.
Norm: It's bad to let a pet run away.
Situation: Luke's dog Molly gets outside and bolts away down the street.
Intention: Luke wants to avoid spending hours searching for Molly.
Moral action: Luke calls some friends and neighbors and a few of them help him search for Molly.
Moral consequence: Molly is found a few houses down within 30 minutes and returned home safe.
Norm: It's bad to let a pet run away.
Situation: Luke's dog Molly gets outside and bolts away down the street.
Intention: Luke wants to avoid spending hours searching for Molly.
Immoral action: Luke wants to finish a video game and decides to wait hoping she will come back.
Immoral consequence: A neighbor comes by that evening delivering bad news that they found Molly dead.
Norm: It's mean to tell people they're not good at something.
Situation: Mark and Luke are working together on a group project and Luke is doing poorly on his half.
Intention: Mark wants a good grate.
Moral action: Mark nicely offers to help Luke with his part.
Moral consequence: Luke's feelings are spared, and he may learn something new.
Norm: It's mean to tell people they're not good at something.
Situation: Mark and Luke are working together on a group project and Luke is doing poorly on his half.
Intention: Mark wants a good grate.
Immoral action: Mark tells Luke he is dumb and bad at doing homework.
Immoral consequence: Mark hurts Luke's feelings.
Norm: It is rude to mow your lawn at midnight.
Situation: Dave cannot sleep and is wandering around the house aimlessly in the middle of the night.
Intention: Dave wants to find something productive to do.
Moral action: Dave decides that he needs to finish doing his taxes and grabs his files to begin calculating income.
Moral consequence: Dave's neighbors sleep well through the night and wake up refreshed in the morning.
Norm: It is rude to mow your lawn at midnight.
Situation: Dave cannot sleep and is wandering around the house aimlessly in the middle of the night.
Intention: Dave wants to find something productive to do.
Immoral action: Dave decides that his lawn needs a cut and fires up the John Deere inside the garage causing a loud rumble.
Immoral consequence: Dave's neighbors are angry with him for waking them up with his loud noises.
Norm: One should try to work out their differences with classmates.
Situation: John is just starting his first year of college and had a disagreement with a classmate.
Intention: John wants to put the disagreement in the past.
Moral action: John approaches the classmate the following day and openly listens to their point view until they reach a mutual apology.
Moral consequence: John and the classmate become great friends over the course of John's college years and John makes lifelong memories.