CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to cheat on your significant other.
Situation: Josh, who is tired of fighting with his current girlfriend so frequently, has taken an interest in a new woman.
Intention: Josh wants to feel intimacy in a relationship.
Moral action: Josh ends his relationship with his current partner before seeing the other woman romantically.
Moral consequence: The new woman is excited to have a new romance in her life.
Norm: It's wrong to cheat on your significant other.
Situation: Josh, who is tired of fighting with his current girlfriend so frequently, has taken an interest in a new woman.
Intention: Josh wants to feel intimacy in a relationship.
Immoral action: Josh starts seeing another woman while he is in a relationship.
Immoral consequence: The new woman finds out the Josh is not single and stops seeing him.
Norm: It's rude not to speak to one's siblings.
Situation: Katie is going to Thanksgiving dinner at her parents house and her sister will be there who she is angry with.
Intention: Katie wants to avoid fighting during the holiday.
Moral action: Katie approaches her sister ahead of time and talks the issue out with her.
Moral consequence: The family is able to have a nice holiday dinner together.
Norm: It's rude not to speak to one's siblings.
Situation: Katie is going to Thanksgiving dinner at her parents house and her sister will be there who she is angry with.
Intention: Katie wants to avoid fighting during the holiday.
Immoral action: Katie does not speak to her sister the whole time she's at Thanksgiving dinner.
Immoral consequence: Katie's family can sense the tension between them and it makes dinner awkward.
Norm: You shouldn't get high with your friends.
Situation: Lee, whose parents are firmly against drugs, is hanging out with a group of friends who offer him a pipe filled with weed to smoke with them.
Intention: Lee wants to avoid looking uncool.
Moral action: Lee refuses and cites that he would, but he has an upcoming drug test.
Moral consequence: Lee's parents hear about his decision and are proud of him for making a responsible choice.
Norm: You shouldn't get high with your friends.
Situation: Lee, whose parents are firmly against drugs, is hanging out with a group of friends who offer him a pipe filled with weed to smoke with them.
Intention: Lee wants to avoid looking uncool.
Immoral action: Lee accepts the pipe and takes a hit, smoking for the first time.
Immoral consequence: Lee's parents become concerned when they notice him coming home high.
Norm: It is good to be charitable.
Situation: Lucas has a bunch of things in his attic that he isn't using.
Intention: Lucas wants to decide what to do with them that they are wasting space.
Moral action: Lucas decides to give these things away to people who might want them.
Moral consequence: Lucas is happy that other people will go on to enjoy his old things.
Norm: It is good to be charitable.
Situation: Lucas has a bunch of things in his attic that he isn't using.
Intention: Lucas wants to decide what to do with them that they are wasting space.
Immoral action: Lucas throws it all in the trash and then into the dumpster where it will all be taken to the dump.
Immoral consequence: Lucas is glad his attic is finally empty of clutter now.
Norm: It's wrong to not take responsibility for your own actions.
Situation: Danny crashed his car into Doug's when pulling into his driveway.
Intention: Danny wants to decide how to deal with the damage.
Moral action: Danny tells Doug right away that he hit Doug's car.
Moral consequence: Doug is fine with it and just asks Danny to fix the car.
Norm: It's wrong to not take responsibility for your own actions.
Situation: Danny crashed his car into Doug's when pulling into his driveway.
Intention: Danny wants to decide how to deal with the damage.
Immoral action: Danny pulls his car back and when Doug notices the damage Danny simply insists it wasn't him.
Immoral consequence: Doug doesn't know who it was, so he becomes aggravated at everyone.
Norm: It's wrong not to return a lost item.
Situation: Greg is walking down the street when he finds a wallet on the ground that belongs to Jim.
Intention: Greg wants to get the wallet off the street.
Moral action: Greg takes the wallet and looks to find Jim's name before looking his phone number up, so he can notify Jim he found it.
Moral consequence: Jim is delighted and relieved his wallet has been found, and he won't have to go through the hassle of canceling cards.
Norm: It's wrong not to return a lost item.
Situation: Greg is walking down the street when he finds a wallet on the ground that belongs to Jim.
Intention: Greg wants to get the wallet off the street.
Immoral action: Greg picks up the wallet and throws it in the garbage to get it off the road and prevent someone from taking it.
Immoral consequence: Jim is stressed out about his lost wallet and is forced to call and cancel all his cards in fear of identity theft.
Norm: It's good to be polite to one's neighbors.
Situation: Ping is in his front yard pulling some weeds when his neighbor Frank asks him what he's up to.
Intention: Ping wants to tell Frank what he's doing.
Moral action: Ping tells Frank that he's pulling weeds out, and he thought today was a good day to do it since it's not too hot.
Moral consequence: Frank tells Ping that it's a good idea to do it today and asks him if he can help.
Norm: It's good to be polite to one's neighbors.
Situation: Ping is in his front yard pulling some weeds when his neighbor Frank asks him what he's up to.
Intention: Ping wants to tell Frank what he's doing.
Immoral action: Ping tells Frank that clearly he's pulling weeds and asks Frank if he's in possession of a set of eyes or a brain?
Immoral consequence: Frank is insulted that Ping is responding so callously when Frank was just trying to make friendly conversation.
Norm: It's wrong to date someone else while you are married.
Situation: Logan's wife has been visiting her family in another state, and Logan is talking in a chat room lonely.
Intention: Logan wants to find companionship.
Moral action: Logan invites his friends over to his house for the weekend.
Moral consequence: Logan has fun with his friends.
Norm: It's wrong to date someone else while you are married.
Situation: Logan's wife has been visiting her family in another state, and Logan is talking in a chat room lonely.
Intention: Logan wants to find companionship.
Immoral action: Logan asks one of the girls in the chatroom to go on a date with him.
Immoral consequence: Logan gets in trouble with his wife when his date uploads pictures of them onto Facebook.
Norm: It's not okay to let your studies go.
Situation: Adam is tired of studying so hard for his college classes and needs a break.
Intention: Adam wants to take some time to relax.
Moral action: Adam takes a few hours out of each day to relax after studying.
Moral consequence: Adam finds a perfect balance between studying and being relaxed.
Norm: It's not okay to let your studies go.
Situation: Adam is tired of studying so hard for his college classes and needs a break.
Intention: Adam wants to take some time to relax.
Immoral action: Adam stops studying entirely and spends his all of his time relaxing.
Immoral consequence: Adam fails his classes and his GPA goes down considerably.
Norm: Grown people are not expected to need a nightlight.
Situation: Kayla, who lives with her partner, watches a lot of scary movies and it makes her scared of having all the lights off at night.
Intention: Kayla wants to fall asleep comfortably.
Moral action: Kayla convinces herself that there is nothing supernatural lurking in the dark and turns all the lights off.
Moral consequence: Kayla's partner is able to fall asleep readily with the lights off.
Norm: Grown people are not expected to need a nightlight.
Situation: Kayla, who lives with her partner, watches a lot of scary movies and it makes her scared of having all the lights off at night.
Intention: Kayla wants to fall asleep comfortably.
Immoral action: Kayla keeps a small light on at night to put her mind at ease.
Immoral consequence: Kayla's partner has trouble getting to sleep because of the nightlight.
Norm: You should not make accusations against friends
Situation: Will's leather jacket has gone missing at school, and he thinks that Mike might have it.
Intention: Will wants to see if Mike has the jacket.
Moral action: Will asks Mike if he has seen the jacket anywhere.
Moral consequence: Mike tells Will that he saw the jacket in the principal's office.
Norm: You should not make accusations against friends
Situation: Will's leather jacket has gone missing at school, and he thinks that Mike might have it.
Intention: Will wants to see if Mike has the jacket.
Immoral action: Will accuses Mike of taking the jacket and goes through his belongings to find it.
Immoral consequence: Mike gets mad at will for assuming that he would steal from him.
Norm: Is it wrong to date married people
Situation: Murphy has been going out and getting flirty with her coworker, Ed, who is married.
Intention: Murphy wants to talk to Ed about his marriage.
Moral action: Murphy tells Ed if he doesn't leave his wife, she can no longer continue to see him.
Moral consequence: Murphy and Ed end their fling, and she starts seeing someone who is unattached.
Norm: Is it wrong to date married people
Situation: Murphy has been going out and getting flirty with her coworker, Ed, who is married.
Intention: Murphy wants to talk to Ed about his marriage.
Immoral action: Murphy talks to Ed about his relationship status and when he says he will stay with his wife, she continues to see him.
Immoral consequence: Murphy feels like a second choice to Ed.
Norm: It's not okay to cheat on a spouse in life.
Situation: Fiona is part of a troubled marriage which has all but run it's course, and she's taken an interest in another man.
Intention: Fiona wants to pursue relations with the new man.
Moral action: Fiona files for divorce before pursuing the new man in her life.
Moral consequence: Fiona's husband is forced to confront why the marriage did not work out.
Norm: It's not okay to cheat on a spouse in life.
Situation: Fiona is part of a troubled marriage which has all but run it's course, and she's taken an interest in another man.
Intention: Fiona wants to pursue relations with the new man.
Immoral action: Fiona gets involved with the other man while she is still married.
Immoral consequence: Fiona's husband discovers the affair and blames her for the marriage failing.
Norm: It's not okay to start fights with your family.
Situation: Brody's brother owed him ten dollars, and he saw him at his mother's house one day.
Intention: Brody wants his ten dollars back.
Moral action: Brody walks up to his brother and asks him if he has the ten dollars.
Moral consequence: Brody's brother gets his wallet out and gives him the money that he owes him.
Norm: It's not okay to start fights with your family.
Situation: Brody's brother owed him ten dollars, and he saw him at his mother's house one day.
Intention: Brody wants his ten dollars back.
Immoral action: Brody puts his brother in a headlock and starts a fight over the ten dollars.
Immoral consequence: Brody's brother punches him in the face and their mother kicks them out the house.
Norm: It's wrong to force your religious beliefs on another person.
Situation: Sandra is a devout religious person and her son does not share her beliefs.
Intention: Sandra wants to convince her son to be part of her religious group.
Moral action: Sandra finds a compelling documentary that she recommends her son to watch.
Moral consequence: Sandra's son finds the documentary compelling and gives the religion a chance.
Norm: It's wrong to force your religious beliefs on another person.
Situation: Sandra is a devout religious person and her son does not share her beliefs.
Intention: Sandra wants to convince her son to be part of her religious group.
Immoral action: Sandra makes her son go to church and sunday school to learn about the religion.
Immoral consequence: Sandra's son becomes even more rebellious and resentful that he was forced into the religious practices.
Norm: It is expected people will properly care for their pets.
Situation: Mark gets a new dog that he can put in his yard.
Intention: Mark wants the dog to guard the yard.
Moral action: Mark takes care of the dog properly and take it for walks and to the vet.
Moral consequence: Mark's dog is happy to belong to Mark and guard Mark's house.
Norm: It is expected people will properly care for their pets.
Situation: Mark gets a new dog that he can put in his yard.
Intention: Mark wants the dog to guard the yard.
Immoral action: Mark leaves the dog chained up in the yard and occasionally throws food at it.
Immoral consequence: Mark's dog eventually pulls the chain off and runs away from Mark.
Norm: It's frowned upon to be rude.
Situation: Zach who isn't wearing  a watch is asked by a stranger, Nick if he knows what time it is.
Intention: Zach wants to tell Nick he doesn't know the time.
Moral action: Zach tells Nick that unfortunately he doesn't own a watch, so he has no idea.
Moral consequence: Nick tells Zach thanks anyways and continues to walk down the street.
Norm: It's frowned upon to be rude.
Situation: Zach who isn't wearing  a watch is asked by a stranger, Nick if he knows what time it is.
Intention: Zach wants to tell Nick he doesn't know the time.
Immoral action: Zach tells Nick that he's a moron for not seeing that he's not wearing a watch so Nick should realize that he doesn't know.
Immoral consequence: Nick is angry that Zach responded so aggressively to such a simple question and wonders if Zach isn't mentally ill.
Norm: You shouldn't give a fake credit card to people.
Situation: Larry's lawnmower has broke, and he went to a store to buy a new one.
Intention: Larry wants to pay using a credit card.
Moral action: Larry pays for his new lawnmower with his new credit card.
Moral consequence: Larry has a new, working lawnmower.
Norm: You shouldn't give a fake credit card to people.
Situation: Larry's lawnmower has broke, and he went to a store to buy a new one.
Intention: Larry wants to pay using a credit card.
Immoral action: Larry pays for his new lawnmower with a fake credit card linked to a stolent identity.
Immoral consequence: Larry's fake credit card is discovered, and he is arrested for fraud.
Norm: It's wrong to argue with your family.
Situation: Cory and his brother Pete are trying to decide what movie to see at a movie theater.
Intention: Cory wants to see a movie with Pete.
Moral action: Cory suggests they each pick a movie and watch both.
Moral consequence: Pete agrees to go along with Cory's plan for two movies.
Norm: It's wrong to argue with your family.
Situation: Cory and his brother Pete are trying to decide what movie to see at a movie theater.
Intention: Cory wants to see a movie with Pete.
Immoral action: Cory starts shouting at Pete to see a movie he wants to see.
Immoral consequence: Pete decides that he doesn't want to see a movie with Cory at all.
Norm: You shouldn't stay with someone who wants a divorce.
Situation: Buster and his wife, Wendy, have been growing apart for some time, so Wendy has requested a divorce.
Intention: Buster wants to keep Wendy in his life.
Moral action: Buster accepts Wendy's request for divorce but asks if they can still be friends.
Moral consequence: Wendy agrees to Buster's proposal, and they both move on to live better lives.
Norm: You shouldn't stay with someone who wants a divorce.
Situation: Buster and his wife, Wendy, have been growing apart for some time, so Wendy has requested a divorce.
Intention: Buster wants to keep Wendy in his life.
Immoral action: Buster refuses to sign the divorce papers.
Immoral consequence: Buster and Wendy are both deprived of moving on and finding happiness again.
Norm: It's not okay to try and induce someone into cheating.
Situation: Jason is talking with his friend Ralph who tells Jason he's in dire need of money.
Intention: Jason wants to give Ralph a money making idea.
Moral action: Jason tells Ralph he should sign up for Amazon Mechanical Turk and make some quick money.
Moral consequence: Ralph signs up on Amazon and finds a requester named Alexandria who pay a great wage for interesting work.
Norm: It's not okay to try and induce someone into cheating.
Situation: Jason is talking with his friend Ralph who tells Jason he's in dire need of money.
Intention: Jason wants to give Ralph a money making idea.
Immoral action: Jason tells Ralph he should set up a poker game with a stacked deck to win some quick money.
Immoral consequence: Ralph attempts to follow Jason's instructions but is caught by the other players and severly beaten.
Norm: It's wrong to trespass on other people's property.
Situation: Josh was playing baseball with his friends when the ball went into his neighbor's back yard.
Intention: Josh wants the ball back.
Moral action: Josh knocks on his neighbor's door and asks him if he can get his ball.
Moral consequence: Josh's neighbor goes to the backyard and gets the ball for Josh himself.
Norm: It's wrong to trespass on other people's property.
Situation: Josh was playing baseball with his friends when the ball went into his neighbor's back yard.
Intention: Josh wants the ball back.
Immoral action: Josh climbs over the fence and sneaks into his neighbor's yard to get the ball.
Immoral consequence: Josh's neighbor sees him in the yard and calls the cops to report him for trespassing.
Norm: It's wrong to benefit from someone else's unemployment.
Situation: Jeff's employee is trying to unionize Jeff's employees, and Jeff is upset.
Intention: Jeff has to decide whether to fire the employee.
Moral action: Jeff lets his employees unionize if they want to and steps out of the way.
Moral consequence: Jeff loses money, but he's glad that his employees are happy.
Norm: It's wrong to benefit from someone else's unemployment.
Situation: Jeff's employee is trying to unionize Jeff's employees, and Jeff is upset.
Intention: Jeff has to decide whether to fire the employee.
Immoral action: Jeff lets go of the employee so that his employees don't become unionized.
Immoral consequence: Jeff ends up making money by firing his employee and feels bad.
Norm: You shouldn't put up with disrespectful behavior from a classmate.
Situation: Benjamin is sitting next to the most popular boy in school who is making fun of his appearance in front of his friends.
Intention: Benjamin wants to make friends.
Moral action: Benjamin tells the popular boy that he will report him to the teachers if he continues this behavior, and moves to another table to be around other kids.
Moral consequence: Benjamin makes new friends.
Norm: You shouldn't put up with disrespectful behavior from a classmate.
Situation: Benjamin is sitting next to the most popular boy in school who is making fun of his appearance in front of his friends.
Intention: Benjamin wants to make friends.
Immoral action: Benjamin forces himself to laugh at the jokes, and he calls himself weird and ugly.
Immoral consequence: Benjamin continues to be bullied by the popular boy and his friends.
Norm: It's bad to speak disrespectfully.
Situation: Mike is in a meeting with his boss and coworkers one day.
Intention: Mike wants to let the boss know that he disagrees with him.
Moral action: Mike explains to his boss from his point of view.
Moral consequence: Mike's boss realizes he was wrong and gives him a promotion.
Norm: It's bad to speak disrespectfully.
Situation: Mike is in a meeting with his boss and coworkers one day.
Intention: Mike wants to let the boss know that he disagrees with him.
Immoral action: Mike tells his boss that he is a stupid idiot and tells him that he is completely wrong.
Immoral consequence: Mike's boss is humiliated and fires him from his job.
Norm: It's wrong to lie to your partner about your sexuality.
Situation: Rick has been dating Shelly for a few months, when she asks him about his sexual history and health status.
Intention: Rick needs to decide what to share about himself.
Moral action: Rick has a direct conversation with her about his sexual preferences and shares the health information that Shelly needs.
Moral consequence: Shelly is grateful for his honesty and feels closer to him than she did before the conversation.
Norm: It's wrong to lie to your partner about your sexuality.
Situation: Rick has been dating Shelly for a few months, when she asks him about his sexual history and health status.
Intention: Rick needs to decide what to share about himself.
Immoral action: Rick give her a general overview of his health but omits the part of his sexual history which would illustrate that he is bisexual.
Immoral consequence: When Rick does share his sexual preferences, Shelly is hurt by his initial dishonesty.
Norm: It's bad to be attracted to your siblings.
Situation: Ash is hanging out with his best friend Thomas, and Thomas is making comments about his sister's body.
Intention: Ash wants to gain Thomas' approval.
Moral action: Ash offers to set Thomas up on a blind date with his sister.
Moral consequence: Thomas and Ash's sister fall in love during their date.
Norm: It's bad to be attracted to your siblings.
Situation: Ash is hanging out with his best friend Thomas, and Thomas is making comments about his sister's body.
Intention: Ash wants to gain Thomas' approval.
Immoral action: Ash agrees with Thomas' observations while adding his own comments about his sister's chest.
Immoral consequence: Ash's words make Thomas feel uncomfortable.
Norm: You shouldn't date multiple people without them knowing.
Situation: Wally owns a company and enjoys spending his free time with women without becoming overly committed.
Intention: Wally wants to have someone to be with.
Moral action: Wally finds one girl and dates her, going out with her on special weekends or during important events.
Moral consequence: The girl that Wally chose sees him frequently and doesn't feel neglected without being too close to him.
Norm: You shouldn't date multiple people without them knowing.
Situation: Wally owns a company and enjoys spending his free time with women without becoming overly committed.
Intention: Wally wants to have someone to be with.
Immoral action: Wally meets and starts dating several girls in different locations, flying out to see each one on different weekends.
Immoral consequence: None of the girls are satisfied as Wally is rarely around for any one of them, and they all eventually leave him.
Norm: You shouldn't act oddly around others.
Situation: Seth was in the grocery store looking at some products on the shelf.
Intention: Seth wants to pick up a can of corn.
Moral action: Seth picks up a can of corn and puts it into the cart.
Moral consequence: The manager of the store offers to ring up Seth himself.
Norm: You shouldn't act oddly around others.
Situation: Seth was in the grocery store looking at some products on the shelf.
Intention: Seth wants to pick up a can of corn.
Immoral action: Seth picks up cans of corn from the shelves and starts to make a tower with them.
Immoral consequence: The manager of the store sees Seth and asks him to leave the store.
Norm: It's bad to try to punish your friends.
Situation: Sal is annoyed with his friend but his friend is inviting Sal over.
Intention: Sal needs to choose how to respond.
Moral action: Sal accepts and says that he needs to clear something up with his friend.
Moral consequence: Sal is relieved that the issue is being approached.
Norm: It's bad to try to punish your friends.
Situation: Sal is annoyed with his friend but his friend is inviting Sal over.
Intention: Sal needs to choose how to respond.
Immoral action: Sal tells his friend that he's not in the mood.
Immoral consequence: Sal doesn't feel relief and the tension builds.
Norm: It's especially wrong to hurt children.
Situation: Gary's son Larry tells him that he broke Gary's expensive guitar because he was kicking a ball indoors which he was told not to do.
Intention: Gary wants to punish Larry.
Moral action: Gary tells Larry that he was told not to kick a ball around inside and will be grounded for a month for this.
Moral consequence: The idea that he should follow the instructions of the adults around him sinks in to Larry, and he vows to better his behavior.