CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It is wrong to be self depreciating.
Situation: Kyle is upset that he has been gaining weight and looks in the mirror to make an assessment of how he looks.
Intention: Kyle wants to form an opinion of his personal appearance.
Moral action: Kyle gives himself a pep talk in the mirror, where he verbally expresses that he needs to do a little gym work but that he is worth the effort.
Moral consequence: Kyle starts a new gym membership and a whole new program of self-care, and he feels better than he ever has before, both physically and emotionally.
Norm: It is wrong to be self depreciating.
Situation: Kyle is upset that he has been gaining weight and looks in the mirror to make an assessment of how he looks.
Intention: Kyle wants to form an opinion of his personal appearance.
Immoral action: Kyle does not feel anything good about his appearance and forms the opinion that nobody could ever be attracted to him.
Immoral consequence: Kyle loses a lot of his self-confidence in social situations and starts to avoid other people due to his lowered self-esteem.
Norm: It's wrong to steal from a lost wallet or purse.
Situation: Jane was walking through a store when she found a wallet laying on the ground.
Intention: Jane wants to turn the wallet in.
Moral action: Jane gives the wallet to the lost and found after reporting how much cash it contains.
Moral consequence: The wallet is returned to the owner with all the money still in it.
Norm: It's wrong to steal from a lost wallet or purse.
Situation: Jane was walking through a store when she found a wallet laying on the ground.
Intention: Jane wants to turn the wallet in.
Immoral action: Jane takes the money out of the wallet before putting it in the lost and found.
Immoral consequence: The owner gets their wallet back but loses a lot of cash.
Norm: It's good to try to talk through disagreements.
Situation: Zelda is having an argument with her friend over how they should solve a puzzle.
Intention: Zelda wants to show her way is the right solution.
Moral action: Zelda demonstrates to her friend how the solution she has in mind would actually indeed work.
Moral consequence: Zelda's friend comes to understand things from Zelda's perspective, and they move on.
Norm: It's good to try to talk through disagreements.
Situation: Zelda is having an argument with her friend over how they should solve a puzzle.
Intention: Zelda wants to show her way is the right solution.
Immoral action: Zelda tells her friend to leave her alone and that she will just do the puzzle herself.
Immoral consequence: Zelda's friend feels left out and spurned so their tiff continues later on.
Norm: It's wrong to say something just to irritate other people
Situation: John and Mindy are at home together and Mindy has on a new hat she likes.
Intention: John wants to laugh and have a good time.
Moral action: John tells Mindy her hat looks great and makes her look like a supermodel and laughs.
Moral consequence: Mindy is happy and laughs too and feels very good about herself and adores her hat even more.
Norm: It's wrong to say something just to irritate other people
Situation: John and Mindy are at home together and Mindy has on a new hat she likes.
Intention: John wants to laugh and have a good time.
Immoral action: John tells Mindy her hat makes her look like a ugly man and laughs.
Immoral consequence: Mindy feels sad and upset hearing this and thinks about returning the hat.
Norm: It's rude to dash someone's dreams of success.
Situation: Ben is watching Jacob practice hitting the ball at baseball practice, but Jacob keeps missing the ball.
Intention: Ben wants to offer feedback.
Moral action: Ben shows Jacob a better way of holding the bat to help him.
Moral consequence: Jacob starts to hit the ball and is happier being on the baseball team.
Norm: It's rude to dash someone's dreams of success.
Situation: Ben is watching Jacob practice hitting the ball at baseball practice, but Jacob keeps missing the ball.
Intention: Ben wants to offer feedback.
Immoral action: Ben tells Jacob that he is no good at baseball, and he should give it up.
Immoral consequence: Jacob feels disappointed and tells his coach that he is quitting the team.
Norm: It's wrong to never give to charity.
Situation: Tom is walking with his groceries out of the store when he bumps into a charity worker at a table asking for donations.
Intention: Tom wants to save his money.
Moral action: Tom stops and gives what he can afford to the charity worker while saving the rest.
Moral consequence: The charity worker is very happy and grateful and thinks well of Tom.
Norm: It's wrong to never give to charity.
Situation: Tom is walking with his groceries out of the store when he bumps into a charity worker at a table asking for donations.
Intention: Tom wants to save his money.
Immoral action: Tom pretends not to see the charity worker and walks briskly to his car.
Immoral consequence: The charity worker is saddened and feels Tom doesn't care about others.
Norm: You shouldn't steal money from others.
Situation: Basil is in desperate need of a loan and is at the bank asking for one when he is turned down.
Intention: Basil wants to find a way to acquire the money he needs.
Moral action: Basil goes to a pay day lender who will give him the loan but at higher rates.
Moral consequence: Basil gets the loan he needs giving him temporary financial relief that will get him through the month.
Norm: You shouldn't steal money from others.
Situation: Basil is in desperate need of a loan and is at the bank asking for one when he is turned down.
Intention: Basil wants to find a way to acquire the money he needs.
Immoral action: Basil reaches over into the teller's till and pulls out a wad of cash before running away.
Immoral consequence: The bank calls the police who quickly apprehend Basil and arrest him for theft.
Norm: It's not okay to violate someone's personal privacy.
Situation: Cameron has a crush on his sister's friend and just noticed that his sister left her laptop open when she left the house.
Intention: Cameron wants to know what his sister's friend thinks about him.
Moral action: Cameron waits until his sister gets back and tells her he likes her friend and asks what she thinks about him.
Moral consequence: Cameron's sister tells him tells him that her friend likes him as a friend but not really romantically.
Norm: It's not okay to violate someone's personal privacy.
Situation: Cameron has a crush on his sister's friend and just noticed that his sister left her laptop open when she left the house.
Intention: Cameron wants to know what his sister's friend thinks about him.
Immoral action: Cameron goes on his sister's computer while she's away and reads her chat logs with her friend.
Immoral consequence: Cameron's sister finds the chat logs open when she gets back and angrily confronts her brother.
Norm: It is nice to offer a customer a good experience.
Situation: Janet works at a call center for a health insurance company, and is on the line with an angry caller, Kevin, who was double charged this month.
Intention: Janet wants to find out why Kevin was charged twice.
Moral action: Janet is understanding and sympathetic of Kevin's frustration, and let's him know it was a billing error that is now resolved.
Moral consequence: Kevin appreciates Janet's professionalism and calls her boss to say he was pleased with his experience.
Norm: It is nice to offer a customer a good experience.
Situation: Janet works at a call center for a health insurance company, and is on the line with an angry caller, Kevin, who was double charged this month.
Intention: Janet wants to find out why Kevin was charged twice.
Immoral action: Janet finds an error made with his billing and corrects it, but because she doesn't like Kevin's attitude, hangs up without telling him it was fixed.
Immoral consequence: Kevin gets more angry and reports Janet to her boss who then writes her up.
Norm: You should always pay back what you owe.
Situation: Serena borrowed some money from her brother Todd which she is able to pay back now but there's a new video game she wants.
Intention: Serena wants to buy the new game.
Moral action: Serena pays Todd back and then starts saving up to buy the game.
Moral consequence: Todd is glad that Serena paid him back and Serena feels good to be out of debt.
Norm: You should always pay back what you owe.
Situation: Serena borrowed some money from her brother Todd which she is able to pay back now but there's a new video game she wants.
Intention: Serena wants to buy the new game.
Immoral action: Serena uses the money that she was going to pay Todd back with to buy the game.
Immoral consequence: Todd is annoyed that Serena is being irresponsible and refuses to lend her money again.
Norm: It's wrong to tell your significant other what to do.
Situation: Jamie is planning to see a movie with her friend, but her husband Gary wishes she would stay home and watch a TV series with him.
Intention: Gary wants Jamie to know he's lonely.
Moral action: Gary tells Jamie that he doesn't want to watch this show by himself and asks Jamie if he can tag along.
Moral consequence: Jamie agrees to let Gary come see the movie with her and her friend, and they enjoy themselves.
Norm: It's wrong to tell your significant other what to do.
Situation: Jamie is planning to see a movie with her friend, but her husband Gary wishes she would stay home and watch a TV series with him.
Intention: Gary wants Jamie to know he's lonely.
Immoral action: Citing that he doesn't want to be alone, Gary forbids Jamie from going out to the movie with her friend.
Immoral consequence: Jamie laughs at Gary for trying to order her around,, which sparks an argument between them.
Norm: Researching information for others can give you new insight yourself.
Situation: Maxwell notices his classmate looking at some academic journals for her paper, and he is free for the afternoon/.
Intention: Maxwell wants to do something productive.
Moral action: Maxwell searches through some academic journals to cut down on his classmate's research time.
Moral consequence: Maxwell learns information that helps him complete papers in the future.
Norm: Researching information for others can give you new insight yourself.
Situation: Maxwell notices his classmate looking at some academic journals for her paper, and he is free for the afternoon/.
Intention: Maxwell wants to do something productive.
Immoral action: Maxwell leaves his friend going home to organize all the books in his room.
Immoral consequence: Maxwell feels guilty when he finds out that his classmate couldn't turn in her paper on time.
Norm: It's good to care about the opinions of others.
Situation: Alejandro has begun finding his old wardrobe boring and doesn't like any of his clothes anymore.
Intention: Alejandro wants to develop a new personal style.
Moral action: Alejandro asks his friends and parents for their opinions on what would suit him best, and takes their advice into consideration when choosing what to wear.
Moral consequence: Alejandro develops a style that's the envy of all the kids at his school, and he becomes very popular.
Norm: It's good to care about the opinions of others.
Situation: Alejandro has begun finding his old wardrobe boring and doesn't like any of his clothes anymore.
Intention: Alejandro wants to develop a new personal style.
Immoral action: Alejandro decides to just wear whatever he feels like, regardless of fashion trends or what others say about his choices.
Immoral consequence: Alejandro gets made fun of at school for his unusual wardrobe, and he begins feeling like an outcast.
Norm: It's not okay to abandon everyone that cares about you.
Situation: Josie has been offered an amazing career opportunity in another country, but her family can't go with her.
Intention: Josie wants to accept the job offer.
Moral action: Josie takes the job but travels back home a few times a month and plans trips for her family to come visit as well.
Moral consequence: Josie's family have fun travelling to go visit her and enjoy discovering the culture of the new country.
Norm: It's not okay to abandon everyone that cares about you.
Situation: Josie has been offered an amazing career opportunity in another country, but her family can't go with her.
Intention: Josie wants to accept the job offer.
Immoral action: Josie leaves her family and moves to the other country on her own, with no idea when she will ever return.
Immoral consequence: Josie's family is heartbroken, and they miss her constantly.
Norm: You shouldn't be a peeping Tom because that's wrong.
Situation: Tom is walking by a woman's house and notices he can see that she's changing through the window.
Intention: Tom wants to respect the woman's privacy.
Moral action: Tom keeps walking and doesn't watch the woman.
Moral consequence: The woman changes in private.
Norm: You shouldn't be a peeping Tom because that's wrong.
Situation: Tom is walking by a woman's house and notices he can see that she's changing through the window.
Intention: Tom wants to respect the woman's privacy.
Immoral action: Tom hides in a bush where he thinks he is hidden and continues to watch the woman.
Immoral consequence: The woman notices him staring and calls the police.
Norm: You shouldn't let your emotions hurt others.
Situation: Matt has had a very bad day and has just arrived at home when his children mob him and demand that he play with them.
Intention: Matt wants to relieve his stress.
Moral action: Matt asks for a few minutes of rest before playing with the children.
Moral consequence: Matt and the children end up playing together, which helps Matt feel better after his hard day.
Norm: You shouldn't let your emotions hurt others.
Situation: Matt has had a very bad day and has just arrived at home when his children mob him and demand that he play with them.
Intention: Matt wants to relieve his stress.
Immoral action: Matt yells at the children and tells them to leave him alone, so he can have peace and quiet.
Immoral consequence: Matt's children get upset and become afraid of Matt and his temper.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore your friends and slip away from them.
Situation: Randy just recently started dating Theresa, a young woman that he finds very attractive and interesting.
Intention: Randy wants to spend more time getting to know Theresa.
Moral action: Randy invites Theresa to join him when he's hanging out with his group of friends.
Moral consequence: Randy's friends get to know Theresa as well, and they grow really fond of her.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore your friends and slip away from them.
Situation: Randy just recently started dating Theresa, a young woman that he finds very attractive and interesting.
Intention: Randy wants to spend more time getting to know Theresa.
Immoral action: Randy slowly spends more and more time with Theresa instead of with his friends who rarely ever get to see him anymore.
Immoral consequence: Randy's friends stop inviting him to hang out, and they eventually grow distant.
Norm: It is bad to make people feel scared
Situation: Ursula is babysitting young children and it is time for them to go to bed.
Intention: Ursula wants the kids to stay in their rooms.
Moral action: Ursula reads the children book after book until she sees that they are all sound asleep and tucks them in.
Moral consequence: The children Ursula is babysitting sleep soundly in their beds and are of no trouble.
Norm: It is bad to make people feel scared
Situation: Ursula is babysitting young children and it is time for them to go to bed.
Intention: Ursula wants the kids to stay in their rooms.
Immoral action: Ursula tells the children a tall tale about mysterious things that happen to children who leave their rooms at night and how they might vanish.
Immoral consequence: The children Ursula is babysitting are horribly frightened by the story and not only cannot sleep but wet their beds for fear of going to the restroom.
Norm: You shouldn't worry your parents.
Situation: Karen had a date planned with her boyfriend, but she hadn't told her parents yet.
Intention: Karen has to decide whether to tell her parents where she's going.
Moral action: Karen tells her parents about her date and gives them his phone number.
Moral consequence: Karen's parents are glad that she was willing to tell them where she's going.
Norm: You shouldn't worry your parents.
Situation: Karen had a date planned with her boyfriend, but she hadn't told her parents yet.
Intention: Karen has to decide whether to tell her parents where she's going.
Immoral action: Karen sneaks out of her house and doesn't tell her parents what she's doing.
Immoral consequence: Karen's parents find out that she's gone and start to worry.
Norm: It's rude to disturb people in a public setting.
Situation: Carol is eating at a restaurant when she notices her district's political representative whose policies she disagrees with sitting nearby, so she walks over to his table.
Intention: Caroline wants to express her displeasure at the representative.
Moral action: Caroline asks for the representative's contact info and then later that evening sends him an email stating her problems with his policies.
Moral consequence: Caroline feels strong and accomplished, like perhaps she made a difference.
Norm: It's rude to disturb people in a public setting.
Situation: Carol is eating at a restaurant when she notices her district's political representative whose policies she disagrees with sitting nearby, so she walks over to his table.
Intention: Caroline wants to express her displeasure at the representative.
Immoral action: Caroline  raises her voice at him and begins asking him questions about his policies and motives.
Immoral consequence: Caroline is asked to leave the restaurant by the management who calls the police.
Norm: It's important to fulfill your promises to others.
Situation: Waldo's best friend confided in him that he cheated on his significant other and asks him to keep it a secret.
Intention: Waldo wants his best friend to be honest.
Moral action: Waldo explains to his best friend that values of honesty and encourages him to tell his significant other.
Moral consequence: Waldo's best friend explains to his significant other that he cheated on her, and they are able to work through it and save the relationship.
Norm: It's important to fulfill your promises to others.
Situation: Waldo's best friend confided in him that he cheated on his significant other and asks him to keep it a secret.
Intention: Waldo wants his best friend to be honest.
Immoral action: Waldo tells his best friend's significant other the truth hoping to teach his best friend by leading by example.
Immoral consequence: Waldo's best friend's significant other leaves him, and he decides to stop being Waldo's friend.
Norm: It's frowned upon to fantasize about violence.
Situation: Stan just had a bad argument with a customer, and he can't stop thinking about it.
Intention: Stan wants to think about what he'll do the next time it happens.
Moral action: Stan thinks about what he'll say to diffuse the situation the next time.
Moral consequence: Stan becomes better at dealing with heated arguments and will be better prepared.
Norm: It's frowned upon to fantasize about violence.
Situation: Stan just had a bad argument with a customer, and he can't stop thinking about it.
Intention: Stan wants to think about what he'll do the next time it happens.
Immoral action: Stan imagines grabbing the customer by the throat and throwing them against the wall.
Immoral consequence: Stan's thoughts start becoming more violent, and he's more willing to attack people.
Norm: It's good to spend time somewhere with your family.
Situation: Carl has a family but is at work which he takes very seriously.
Intention: Carl wants to be successful in life.
Moral action: Carl puts in for some well earned time off to spend with his family because he views them as his greatest accomplishment.
Moral consequence: Carl's family enjoys the time he gets off to spend with them and Carl feels content.
Norm: It's good to spend time somewhere with your family.
Situation: Carl has a family but is at work which he takes very seriously.
Intention: Carl wants to be successful in life.
Immoral action: Carl stays at work after hours to put in the extra effort that he hopes will advance his career.
Immoral consequence: Carl's family misses him at home, and he becomes more distant by prioritizing work over them.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat on tests.
Situation: Vanessa is good at math but her friend Sally is bad at math and if she fails the next math test she will have to repeat the grade.
Intention: Vanessa wants Sally to pass the test.
Moral action: Vanessa offers to help Sally study for the test and teach her what she doesn't know.
Moral consequence: Sally understands math better and ends up improving her math grades in general.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat on tests.
Situation: Vanessa is good at math but her friend Sally is bad at math and if she fails the next math test she will have to repeat the grade.
Intention: Vanessa wants Sally to pass the test.
Immoral action: Vanessa offers to let Sally copy off her during the math test.
Immoral consequence: Sally and Vanessa both get caught and are suspended from school for cheating.
Norm: It is important to get along with your coworkers.
Situation: Paul is part of a tight-knit team at work that has just added a new member, Brenda, whose personality and interests are very different from the rest of the team.
Intention: Paul wants to maintain a good working environment.
Moral action: Paul gets to know Brenda better and finds ways to include her with the rest of the group.
Moral consequence: Paul makes a new friend in Brenda and the team continues to work together well.
Norm: It is important to get along with your coworkers.
Situation: Paul is part of a tight-knit team at work that has just added a new member, Brenda, whose personality and interests are very different from the rest of the team.
Intention: Paul wants to maintain a good working environment.
Immoral action: Paul begins excluding Brenda from social settings because she doesn't fit in with the group and makes things awkward.
Immoral consequence: Brenda makes a complaint against Paul for bullying and Paul is reprimanded.
Norm: It is rude to make other people worry about you.
Situation: Gerry is going backpacking for two weeks, and leaves a copy of his itinerary with his parents.
Intention: Gerry wants to have an enjoyable trip.
Moral action: Gerry decides on the spur of the moment to extend his trip by five days, and stops by a ranger cabin to phone his parents to let them know.
Moral consequence: Gerry's parents get the information of the changed plans, and don't get worried when he doesn't come home as originally scheduled.
Norm: It is rude to make other people worry about you.
Situation: Gerry is going backpacking for two weeks, and leaves a copy of his itinerary with his parents.
Intention: Gerry wants to have an enjoyable trip.
Immoral action: Gerry decides on the spur of the moment to extend his trip by five days without telling anyone.
Immoral consequence: Gerry's parents get worried when he doesn't return on time, and they alert the ranger service to send out a searching party.
Norm: It is bad to fight constantly with others.
Situation: Tom is up for a promotion at work.
Intention: Tom wants to appear assertive.
Moral action: Tom takes extra care to make sure all his work related decisions are well researched and on-point.
Moral consequence: Tom makes a favorable impression on his superiors.
Norm: It is bad to fight constantly with others.
Situation: Tom is up for a promotion at work.
Intention: Tom wants to appear assertive.
Immoral action: Tom takes to arguing his point of view with various staff members.
Immoral consequence: Tom gains a reputation for being quarrelsome.
Norm: It's good to speak out against predatory behavior.
Situation: Maddock watches his manager sexually harassing his coworker from his office.
Intention: Maddock wants to avoid getting dragged into workplace drama.
Moral action: Maddock records a video of the incident and shows it to HR asking them to keep his identity a secret.
Moral consequence: The manager is fired, and his coworker is promoted to the position of manager.