CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to be supportive of your depressed partner.
Situation: Tracy's husband James is going through a bout of depression which is tough on the couple.
Intention: Tracy wants to respond to James' depression.
Moral action: Tracy tells James that she will be there for him while he is going through depression.
Moral consequence: James will feel supported by Tracy and want to work to get better.
Norm: It's good to be supportive of your depressed partner.
Situation: Tracy's husband James is going through a bout of depression which is tough on the couple.
Intention: Tracy wants to respond to James' depression.
Immoral action: Tracy tells James that she's going to move out while he is going through depression.
Immoral consequence: James will feel that Tracy does not love him and go into deeper depression.
Norm: It's rude to skip an event you promised to attend.
Situation: Tom promised to attend his friend's barbecue, but he feels ill today.
Intention: Tom wants to decide if he should go to his friend's BBQ.
Moral action: Tom decides to attend the BBQ anyway, so he heads over to his friend's.
Moral consequence: Tom gets better a little ways into the party, and he enjoys himself the rest of the time.
Norm: It's rude to skip an event you promised to attend.
Situation: Tom promised to attend his friend's barbecue, but he feels ill today.
Intention: Tom wants to decide if he should go to his friend's BBQ.
Immoral action: Tom tells his friend he cannot go today because he is feeling ill.
Immoral consequence: Tom lies down and feels better in an hour, leaving Tom wishing he'd gone the rest of the day.
Norm: It's polite to offer to cook someone dinner
Situation: Bob's mom works late and just got home, completely exhausted, but Bob hasn't eaten yet.
Intention: Bob wants to eat food.
Moral action: Bob tells his mom that he'll make something simple for dinner, so she doesn't have to, then gets to work.
Moral consequence: Bob's mom gets extra time to rest and enjoys the dinner that Bob makes for her.
Norm: It's polite to offer to cook someone dinner
Situation: Bob's mom works late and just got home, completely exhausted, but Bob hasn't eaten yet.
Intention: Bob wants to eat food.
Immoral action: Bob comes up to his mom and asks her when they will have dinner, pointing to his stomach.
Immoral consequence: Bob's mom doesn't get rest and wears herself out further cooking dinner for Bob.
Norm: It's wrong to make fun of black people.
Situation: Mark is on a cruise with his wife, and they walked by a large black family dancing.
Intention: Mark wants to say something about the family.
Moral action: Mark tells his wife that he wishes that they were as lively as the black family.
Moral consequence: Mark's wife is glad that Mark said something nice and agrees with Mark.
Norm: It's wrong to make fun of black people.
Situation: Mark is on a cruise with his wife, and they walked by a large black family dancing.
Intention: Mark wants to say something about the family.
Immoral action: Mark tells his wife that he's happy that the black people are actually wearing shoes.
Immoral consequence: Mark's wife feels embarrassed that Mark would say something so racist.
Norm: It's wrong to hold onto other people's pets.
Situation: Katie is petsitting her friend Peter's cat while he is on vacation and has realized she loves cats.
Intention: Katie wants to have a pet cat.
Moral action: After returning Peter's cat, Katie goes to the animal shelter and adopts her own pet cat.
Moral consequence: Katie and Peter both have pets they love and a cat is rescued.
Norm: It's wrong to hold onto other people's pets.
Situation: Katie is petsitting her friend Peter's cat while he is on vacation and has realized she loves cats.
Intention: Katie wants to have a pet cat.
Immoral action: Katie tells Peter that she is keeping his cat because she is attached to it now and loves it.
Immoral consequence: Peter gets very angry with Katie and calls the police on her to get his cat back.
Norm: It's good to report crime.
Situation: Frank is buying a candy bar at a grocery store when he notices someone shoplifting.
Intention: Frank wants to get out of the store quickly.
Moral action: Frank tells a clerk at the store what he saw and then uses the self-checkout to avoid delays caused by the store personal dealing with the shoplifter.
Moral consequence: The store owner thanks Frank for his good work and rewards him with a small gift card to the store.
Norm: It's good to report crime.
Situation: Frank is buying a candy bar at a grocery store when he notices someone shoplifting.
Intention: Frank wants to get out of the store quickly.
Immoral action: Frank ignores the shoplifter, so he can check out and leave the store more quickly.
Immoral consequence: The store owner loses money and has to increase the store's prices to compensate, resulting in Frank paying more when he goes to buy candy.
Norm: It's wrong to do things that will cheat a business.
Situation: Karen has spent many years shopping at a store that offers a very generous return policy.
Intention: Karen wants to return a TV.
Moral action: Karen returns the TV she bought a week ago in exchange for one that better suits her living room.
Moral consequence: The store's return policy is able to remain as it is for years to come.
Norm: It's wrong to do things that will cheat a business.
Situation: Karen has spent many years shopping at a store that offers a very generous return policy.
Intention: Karen wants to return a TV.
Immoral action: Karen returns all of the TV's in her home after years of use, in exchange for new ones at no cost to her.
Immoral consequence: The store realizes what Karen is up to and cracks down on their return policy which changes things for everyone else who shops there.
Norm: It's good for couples to support each other
Situation: Brian's wife Connie received an offer for a full time job and tells Brian about it.
Intention: Brian wants to respond to Connie getting a job offer.
Moral action: Brian tells Connie that it's great that she can work and do things outside of the home.
Moral consequence: Connie will feel that Brian is an understanding husband.
Norm: It's good for couples to support each other
Situation: Brian's wife Connie received an offer for a full time job and tells Brian about it.
Intention: Brian wants to respond to Connie getting a job offer.
Immoral action: Brian tells Connie that she cannot work full time because she has duties in the home.
Immoral consequence: Connie will feel that Brian is restrictive towards her.
Norm: You shouldn't break into houses.
Situation: James' TV broke, and he knew it would take months to save enough money to buy a new one.
Intention: James wants a new TV immediately.
Moral action: James opens a new store card at Walmart and uses it to buy a new TV.
Moral consequence: James enjoys watching his new TV as he slowly pays off his credit card.
Norm: You shouldn't break into houses.
Situation: James' TV broke, and he knew it would take months to save enough money to buy a new one.
Intention: James wants a new TV immediately.
Immoral action: James knocks out a window in his neighbor's house and takes their TV.
Immoral consequence: James' neighbor calls the police, but they don't take much action on the case.
Norm: It's good to arrest someone who is connected to murders.
Situation: Bo is a detective on the police force and has identified a suspect in a string of murders, but he is really hungry.
Intention: Bo wants to have lunch.
Moral action: Bo immediately gets a warrant and arrests the suspect, the goes out for lunch.
Moral consequence: The suspect is convicted, sent to prison for life, and the murders stop.
Norm: It's good to arrest someone who is connected to murders.
Situation: Bo is a detective on the police force and has identified a suspect in a string of murders, but he is really hungry.
Intention: Bo wants to have lunch.
Immoral action: Bo decides to have lunch before going out to arrest the suspect.
Immoral consequence: Two more people are murdered in the time Bo eats his lunch.
Norm: You shouldn't miss your first day of school.
Situation: Tom is a new college student and is having some car trouble, making it hard to get to class.
Intention: Tom wants to get the car fixed.
Moral action: Tom goes to the shop and gets a ride from a friend to class, then returns to the shop afterwards.
Moral consequence: The teacher sees that Tom is diligent and Tom is able to get a good start on the class.
Norm: You shouldn't miss your first day of school.
Situation: Tom is a new college student and is having some car trouble, making it hard to get to class.
Intention: Tom wants to get the car fixed.
Immoral action: Tom puts off going to class and takes his car to the shop to get it fixed, waiting for it to get done.
Immoral consequence: The class teacher thinks that Tom is lazy and makes his life difficult throughout the semester.
Norm: It's wrong to be abusive.
Situation: Mark's wife is cooking breakfast when she burns the pancakes.
Intention: Mark wants to respond to the burned pancakes.
Moral action: Mark tells his wife that they can eat something else.
Moral consequence: Mark's wife will think he is very forgiving.
Norm: It's wrong to be abusive.
Situation: Mark's wife is cooking breakfast when she burns the pancakes.
Intention: Mark wants to respond to the burned pancakes.
Immoral action: Mark walks over to his wife and slaps her in the face.
Immoral consequence: Mark's wife will leave him for hitting her.
Norm: You shouldn't be creepy.
Situation: Aleksander at work and talking to female coworkers.
Intention: Aleksander wants to leave an impression.
Moral action: Aleksander talks to the coworkers about some tricks he has learned at the workplace to make their jobs easier.
Moral consequence: The coworkers thanks Aleksander for the tips, and he is recognized among his peers as a good coworker.
Norm: You shouldn't be creepy.
Situation: Aleksander at work and talking to female coworkers.
Intention: Aleksander wants to leave an impression.
Immoral action: Aleksander makes comments to the female coworkers about observations he has made about their appearances he finds attractive.
Immoral consequence: Aleksander's coworker's are appalled by his inappropriate remarks, and he is fired when they report him.
Norm: It's rude to criticize someone for wearing leather.
Situation: Bill is at work when Jim comes in wearing a bright yellow leather jumpsuit.
Intention: Bill wants to react in shock to Jim's outfit.
Moral action: Bill chuckles and tells Jim that his outfit is so bright he thought the sun just rose and tells him it's quite the outfit.
Moral consequence: Jim laughs at Bill's reaction and tells him that's the reaction he was looking for.
Norm: It's rude to criticize someone for wearing leather.
Situation: Bill is at work when Jim comes in wearing a bright yellow leather jumpsuit.
Intention: Bill wants to react in shock to Jim's outfit.
Immoral action: Bill tells Jim that wearing an all leather outfit to work is absurd, and he should get out of there and go change.
Immoral consequence: Jim is annoyed that Bill thinks he's the outfit police and is angry that he's calling him absurd.
Norm: You shouldn't ghost people because it's rude.
Situation: Hannah was upset at her friend Helen for something she did.
Intention: Hannah wants to decide what to do about her feelings.
Moral action: Hannah decides to talk to Helen about the problem.
Moral consequence: They work out the issue and put it behind them.
Norm: You shouldn't ghost people because it's rude.
Situation: Hannah was upset at her friend Helen for something she did.
Intention: Hannah wants to decide what to do about her feelings.
Immoral action: Hannah decides to just stop talking to Helen and vanish.
Immoral consequence: The incident never gets resolved because Helen doesn't even know she did anything.
Norm: It's gross to eat out of the garbage can.
Situation: Robin is at his apartment and notices his roommate threw away half of a salad in the trash.
Intention: Robin doesn't want the food to go to waste.
Moral action: Robin removes the salad from the trash and walks it outside to throw it in the compost pile.
Moral consequence: Robin's friend notices the move and compliments Robin for thinking about putting it in the compost instead of the trash.
Norm: It's gross to eat out of the garbage can.
Situation: Robin is at his apartment and notices his roommate threw away half of a salad in the trash.
Intention: Robin doesn't want the food to go to waste.
Immoral action: Robin carefully removes the salad from the bin and decides it is safe to eat because it was on top.
Immoral consequence: Robin's roommate sees him eating the salad and makes fun of Robin for being disgusting.
Norm: It's bad to stalk someone on their break.
Situation: Jon knows that his female coworker with big breasts is on her lunch break right now.
Intention: Jon has to decide whether to creep on his coworker.
Moral action: Jon doesn't want to creep out his coworker, so he decides to let her be.
Moral consequence: Jon's coworker is able to enjoy her lunch break without anyone bothering her.
Norm: It's bad to stalk someone on their break.
Situation: Jon knows that his female coworker with big breasts is on her lunch break right now.
Intention: Jon has to decide whether to creep on his coworker.
Immoral action: Jon goes into the break room and gets to a spot where he has a good view of her breasts.
Immoral consequence: The coworker knows that Jon is staring at her and is thinking about reporting him.
Norm: It's good to provide a loving home for your pet.
Situation: Janet has just adopted a puppy for her home who's barking loudly.
Intention: Janet wants to go shopping all day.
Moral action: Janet pets the puppy and takes him for a walk and feeds him before leaving for the mall.
Moral consequence: The puppy will love Janet more and be happy all day.
Norm: It's good to provide a loving home for your pet.
Situation: Janet has just adopted a puppy for her home who's barking loudly.
Intention: Janet wants to go shopping all day.
Immoral action: Janet pretends she doesn't hear the barks and heads over to the mall.
Immoral consequence: The puppy will become depressed and mess up the entire house.
Norm: You should be respectful of others at work.
Situation: It's lunch time in the open floor plan office where James works in close quarter with others.
Intention: James wants to eat lunch at his desk while he finishes a project.
Moral action: James goes out and gets a salad to eat while he finishes working.
Moral consequence: James and his co-workers are all able to get their work done without much disruption.
Norm: You should be respectful of others at work.
Situation: It's lunch time in the open floor plan office where James works in close quarter with others.
Intention: James wants to eat lunch at his desk while he finishes a project.
Immoral action: James goes out and gets curry from an Indian takeout for lunch.
Immoral consequence: Jame's co-workers are annoyed by his strong-smelling food and disrupted from their work.
Norm: It is good to control yourself.
Situation: Paul is out drinking with some friends at the bar.
Intention: Paul wants to enjoy the evening.
Moral action: Paul makes sure to pace his drinking so that he stays present enough to make wise decisions while having fun.
Moral consequence: Paul enjoys the night out with his friends and avoids any ill effects from the alcohol.
Norm: It is good to control yourself.
Situation: Paul is out drinking with some friends at the bar.
Intention: Paul wants to enjoy the evening.
Immoral action: Paul orders drink after drink as he feels it is fueling his good time.
Immoral consequence: Paul drinks far too much and makes a fool of himself and suffers for it the next morning.
Norm: It is wrong to judge someone else's financial situation.
Situation: Rosa loans $1,000 to Jill because she badl needed money, but then she sees Jill with a new hairdo.
Intention: Rosa wants to mention it to Jill.
Moral action: Rosa points out the hairdo and asks how where she got it.
Moral consequence: Jill mentions a gift card to that salon that she'd had since last xmas and never used.
Norm: It is wrong to judge someone else's financial situation.
Situation: Rosa loans $1,000 to Jill because she badl needed money, but then she sees Jill with a new hairdo.
Intention: Rosa wants to mention it to Jill.
Immoral action: Rosa shouts at Jill for getting a hairdo when she badly needs money.
Immoral consequence: Jill cries and runs out of the room after Rosa shouts at her.
Norm: It's kind to forgive someone for a wrongdoing.
Situation: Ted asked his mom to pick him up from practice, but she forgot.
Intention: Ted wants to say something to his mom.
Moral action: Ted tells his mom that it's okay and that everyone makes mistakes.
Moral consequence: Ted's mom is glad that Ted understands and tries to never disappoint him again.
Norm: It's kind to forgive someone for a wrongdoing.
Situation: Ted asked his mom to pick him up from practice, but she forgot.
Intention: Ted wants to say something to his mom.
Immoral action: Ted tells his mom that he'll never forgive her for making him wait there.
Immoral consequence: Ted's mom feels intense guilt and wishes Ted would be nicer.
Norm: It's wrong to call people making complaints cry babies.
Situation: Nathan looks out of the window annoyed as his classmate Charles makes negative comments about their field trip and conditions of the bus.
Intention: Nathan wants Charles to stop talking about negative things.
Moral action: Nathan tells Charles that they should play a game on the ride home.
Moral consequence: In the future Charles plays the game whenever he's in a car with someone.
Norm: It's wrong to call people making complaints cry babies.
Situation: Nathan looks out of the window annoyed as his classmate Charles makes negative comments about their field trip and conditions of the bus.
Intention: Nathan wants Charles to stop talking about negative things.
Immoral action: Nathan tells Charles that his criticism is akin to a two year old having a temper tantrum, and that he should stop before he continues to embarrasses himself.
Immoral consequence: Charles blushes and sinks down into his seat completely humiliated.
Norm: You shouldn't disrupt other people.
Situation: Larry is in the library when someone calls him on his cell phone.
Intention: Larry wants to answer the phone.
Moral action: Larry whispers as he answers the phone and continues the conversation outside.
Moral consequence: Larry is able to carry on his conversation while the people in the library read their books.
Norm: You shouldn't disrupt other people.
Situation: Larry is in the library when someone calls him on his cell phone.
Intention: Larry wants to answer the phone.
Immoral action: Larry answers the phone and continues to talk while the people in the library are reading.
Immoral consequence: The people in the library are annoyed and start to shush at Larry.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat at games.
Situation: Chad is playing a competitive game of golf with two of his friends.
Intention: Chad wants to win the match.
Moral action: Chad focuses as hard as he can on playing well during the round.
Moral consequence: Chad beats his friends by a single stroke and feels very proud of himself.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat at games.
Situation: Chad is playing a competitive game of golf with two of his friends.
Intention: Chad wants to win the match.
Immoral action: Chad alters his scorecard to make his final score appear better than he actually performed.
Immoral consequence: Chad's friends discover his deception by double checking his scorecard and call out his cheating.
Norm: It is rude to expect to monopolize a friend's time.
Situation: It's Friday afternoon and it's time to plan the weekend.
Intention: Joe wants to do something with his friend Bo.
Moral action: Joe asks Bo to hang out for an hour on Saturday.
Moral consequence: Joe and Bo have fun together.
Norm: It is rude to expect to monopolize a friend's time.
Situation: It's Friday afternoon and it's time to plan the weekend.
Intention: Joe wants to do something with his friend Bo.
Immoral action: Joe asks Bo to spend the entire weekend helping him clean his apartment.
Immoral consequence: Bo is annoyed that Joe isn't respectful of his time but helps anyway.
Norm: It's rude to turn down people's music mid-song.
Situation: Vance bought beer and has arrived to an energetic dance party.
Intention: Vance wants to tell the party goers that there's beer.
Moral action: Vance waits for the song to finish then tells the party goers there is beer.
Moral consequence: The party goers will be receptive to what Vance has to say.
Norm: It's rude to turn down people's music mid-song.
Situation: Vance bought beer and has arrived to an energetic dance party.
Intention: Vance wants to tell the party goers that there's beer.
Immoral action: Vance turns down the music to tell the party goers there is beer.
Immoral consequence: The party goers will be annoyed with Vance and not listen to him.
Norm: It's wrong to miss an important event.
Situation: Amelia is getting married to Evan tomorrow at 10:00 AM, and she just got home from a bachelorette party and feels tired, so she sets her alarm.
Intention: Amelia wants to have a restful night.
Moral action: After a good nights sleep, Amelia jumps up when she hears her alarm and heads to the ceremony.
Moral consequence: Evan and Amelia are very happy to share their special day with loved ones.
Norm: It's wrong to miss an important event.
Situation: Amelia is getting married to Evan tomorrow at 10:00 AM, and she just got home from a bachelorette party and feels tired, so she sets her alarm.
Intention: Amelia wants to have a restful night.
Immoral action: Amelia goes to bed, and in the morning wants to sleep 5 more minutes, so she shuts the alarm and oversleeps through the wedding.
Immoral consequence: Evan is humiliated in front of all their friends and family and Amelia feels awful.
Norm: It's good to teach small children new things.
Situation: James is in a zoom meeting and his son is asking for help to login to his computer.
Intention: James needs to address his son's problem.
Moral action: James takes a moment to teach his son how to login to the computer and then goes back to his meeting.
Moral consequence: His son has learned a new skill.
Norm: It's good to teach small children new things.
Situation: James is in a zoom meeting and his son is asking for help to login to his computer.
Intention: James needs to address his son's problem.
Immoral action: James tells his son to be quiet and figure it out himself and goes back to his meeting.
Immoral consequence: His son cries because he can't fix it.
Norm: It is good to be loyal to your team.
Situation: Max is playing in the last game of the season for a recreational softball team and if they win the team will make the playoffs.
Intention: Max doesn't want to play any more softball games.
Moral action: Max plays the game as well as he can and the team makes the playoffs, but Max tells his teammates that he can't play in the playoff game.
Moral consequence: Max's teammates are disappointed that he can't play in the playoff game, but they're excited to have made it there.
Norm: It is good to be loyal to your team.
Situation: Max is playing in the last game of the season for a recreational softball team and if they win the team will make the playoffs.
Intention: Max doesn't want to play any more softball games.
Immoral action: Max intentionally drops a fly ball causing his team to lose, so they don't make the playoffs.
Immoral consequence: Max's teammates are upset, but they quickly get over the loss.
Norm: It is wrong to call the police on a friend.
Situation: Bryan and Marco are friends at Bryan's house and Marco just downloaded an illegal file from Bryan's internet.
Intention: Bryan wants his friend Marco to know that downloading illegal files is wrong.
Moral action: Bryan asks Marco not to download from his computer because he doesn't want to get in trouble.
Moral consequence: Marco is grateful and stops downloading and they remain friends.