CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's not okay to let your home fall apart.
Situation: Polly is at home on vacation and notices a few problems like a major leak inside and mold on the dry wall.
Intention: Polly wants to use her vacation time in a fulfilling way.
Immoral action: Polly takes an expensive cruise she had always wanted to and leaves her home unattended to.
Immoral consequence: Polly's home gets worse while she is away and it becomes inhabitable, and she lacks the funds to fix it.
Norm: It's good to stand up for people that are abused.
Situation: Carl sees a man push a woman in an alley while walking to his car.
Intention: Carl wants to get to his car.
Moral action: Carl grabs the woman by the hand and puts her into his car and drives her to safety.
Moral consequence: The woman thanks Carl for getting her out of a dangerous situation.
Norm: It's good to stand up for people that are abused.
Situation: Carl sees a man push a woman in an alley while walking to his car.
Intention: Carl wants to get to his car.
Immoral action: Carl keeps walking past the alley to his car as if he doesn't see anything.
Immoral consequence: The woman is later admitted to the hospital with a series of wounds from her attacker.
Norm: You shouldn't talk at the register while working.
Situation: Scott is ringing up a customer at the grocery store and his coworker wants to tell him about something that happened earlier.
Intention: Scott wants to give the customer their change.
Moral action: Scott asks his coworker if they can talk on break, so he can focus on his job.
Moral consequence: Scott hands back the correct change and avoids getting in any trouble.
Norm: You shouldn't talk at the register while working.
Situation: Scott is ringing up a customer at the grocery store and his coworker wants to tell him about something that happened earlier.
Intention: Scott wants to give the customer their change.
Immoral action: Scott gets carried away chatting with his coworker while counting change, and hands the customer a one hundred dollar bill instead of a one.
Immoral consequence: Scott's drawer comes in short at the end of his shift, and he gets fired.
Norm: It's wrong to yell as a parent.
Situation: Carrie catches her young daughter Beth drawing on the walls with colored pencils.
Intention: Carrie wants her daughter to stop drawing on the walls.
Moral action: Carrie sits Beth at a table with a piece of paper and tells her to draw on it.
Moral consequence: Beth draws a beautiful picture on the paper for her mother.
Norm: It's wrong to yell as a parent.
Situation: Carrie catches her young daughter Beth drawing on the walls with colored pencils.
Intention: Carrie wants her daughter to stop drawing on the walls.
Immoral action: Carrie raises her voice at Beth and tells her to get away from the walls.
Immoral consequence: Beth starts crying loudly and runs off to her room.
Norm: It's hurtful to manipulate friends.
Situation: Robin is a single mother who needs someone to babysit while she is out on dates.
Intention: Robin wants her friend Penny to help her.
Moral action: Robin asks Penny to help her with babysitting and offers to buy her dinner in exchange.
Moral consequence: Penny is happy to help and spend time with her friend.
Norm: It's hurtful to manipulate friends.
Situation: Robin is a single mother who needs someone to babysit while she is out on dates.
Intention: Robin wants her friend Penny to help her.
Immoral action: Robin invites Penny over to watch movies but when Penny arrives she makes up an emergency and asks Penny to babysit.
Immoral consequence: Penny feels used when she figures out what happened.
Norm: You shouldn't end a friendship over petty reasons.
Situation: Bill and his friend had agreed to meet at the movie theater but Bill's friend arrives half an hour late, so they miss the movie.
Intention: Bill wants to show his friend that he's unhappy with them being late for the movie.
Moral action: Bill tells their friend that he's angry that they're late and that they are to blame for Bill missing the movie .
Moral consequence: Bill's friend apologizes to Bill for being late and promises to be on time for things from then on.
Norm: You shouldn't end a friendship over petty reasons.
Situation: Bill and his friend had agreed to meet at the movie theater but Bill's friend arrives half an hour late, so they miss the movie.
Intention: Bill wants to show his friend that he's unhappy with them being late for the movie.
Immoral action: Bill says that he doesn't want to be friends with the person who was late anymore because he can't even count on them to be on time.
Immoral consequence: The person who was late can't believe that Bill would end their friendship over such a little thing like being late.
Norm: It is wrong to be addicted to a substance.
Situation: Steve has been using drugs every day for several months and is having a hard time stopping.
Intention: Steve has to decide what he should do about his drug use.
Moral action: Steve finds a group, with an internet search, that provides help and support for people who want to stop using drugs.
Moral consequence: Steve is able to stop using drugs and develops new social relationships, as his health and outlook on life steadily improves over time.
Norm: It is wrong to be addicted to a substance.
Situation: Steve has been using drugs every day for several months and is having a hard time stopping.
Intention: Steve has to decide what he should do about his drug use.
Immoral action: Steve continues using drugs, because he finds it too difficult to stop.
Immoral consequence: Steve's health and all of his social relationships deteriorate, as he isolates himself and prioritizes his use of drugs.
Norm: You shouldn't prevent someone from taking a vacation.
Situation: Ron's employee has asked him whether he can take a paid vacation during a busy week.
Intention: Ron has to decide whether to reward his employee with a paid vacation.
Moral action: Rob gives his employee paid time off for the entire week.
Moral consequence: Rob's employee feels grateful and wants to work even harder when they come back.
Norm: You shouldn't prevent someone from taking a vacation.
Situation: Ron's employee has asked him whether he can take a paid vacation during a busy week.
Intention: Ron has to decide whether to reward his employee with a paid vacation.
Immoral action: Ron tells the employee that it would not be a good time for them to take a vacation.
Immoral consequence: Ron's employee continues to feel overwhelmed and thinks about finding a new job.
Norm: You shouldn't hide your medical conditions from others.
Situation: Jackie has joined a new club that does a variety of fun activities.
Intention: Jackie wants to sign up for club activities.
Moral action: Jackie tells the club that she has asthma and needs to find suitable activities, so they go see a movie.
Moral consequence: Jackie enjoys seeing the movie with the club and feels included despite her asthma.
Norm: You shouldn't hide your medical conditions from others.
Situation: Jackie has joined a new club that does a variety of fun activities.
Intention: Jackie wants to sign up for club activities.
Immoral action: Jackie doesn't tell the club that she has asthma, and they take her on a hike with them.
Immoral consequence: Jackie has an asthma attack while on the hike and needs medical intervention.
Norm: It is wrong to cheat on your romantic partner.
Situation: Sandra is in an unhappy relationship with Jeff who is emotionally abusive and uncaring.
Intention: Sandra wants to experience a loving relationship.
Moral action: Sandra ends her relationship with Jeff with the help of her best friend and begins looking for a better partner.
Moral consequence: Sandra begins leading a healthier and more fulfilling life without Jeff.
Norm: It is wrong to cheat on your romantic partner.
Situation: Sandra is in an unhappy relationship with Jeff who is emotionally abusive and uncaring.
Intention: Sandra wants to experience a loving relationship.
Immoral action: Sandra begins an affair with Marnie who she meets online and makes her feel special.
Immoral consequence: Jeff lashes out violently against Sandra when he finds out about the affair.
Norm: It's good to not want to pester your spouse.
Situation: Samuel has the day off work and wants to have cocktails with his wife Vivian, but he see's she's busy writing a paper for work.
Intention: Samuel wants to ask Vivian to join him.
Moral action: Samuel asks Vivian if when she is finished, if she would like to have some drinks with him.
Moral consequence: Vivian is able to finish her work in a timely fashion, and she is able to join Samuel for drinks.
Norm: It's good to not want to pester your spouse.
Situation: Samuel has the day off work and wants to have cocktails with his wife Vivian, but he see's she's busy writing a paper for work.
Intention: Samuel wants to ask Vivian to join him.
Immoral action: Samuel persistently asks Vivian to have drinks with him every hour on the hour.
Immoral consequence: Vivian's concentration is interrupted repeatedly, so she ends up having to work longer.
Norm: It is important to teach people about our history
Situation: Riley is homeschooling her kids, and her kids haven't learned about slavery yet.
Intention: Riley has to decide whether to teach her kids about slavery.
Moral action: Riley tells her kids everything she knows about the African slave trade.
Moral consequence: Riley's kids gain perspective and are more aware of how awful humans can be.
Norm: It is important to teach people about our history
Situation: Riley is homeschooling her kids, and her kids haven't learned about slavery yet.
Intention: Riley has to decide whether to teach her kids about slavery.
Immoral action: Riley pretends that slavery didn't happen and doesn't tell her kids.
Immoral consequence: Riley's kids will have awkward encounters in the future, and they will be less considerate.
Norm: You shouldn't hit your friend's pets.
Situation: Billy is going on a business trip and asks Sam to watch his new dog, that has a tendency to jump on people.
Intention: Sam wants the dog to stop jumping on him.
Moral action: Sam trains the dog to stop jumping on people by saying "No!" loudly every time it jumps and giving it treats for listening.
Moral consequence: The dog stops jumping on people and Billy is grateful to Sam for training the dog.
Norm: You shouldn't hit your friend's pets.
Situation: Billy is going on a business trip and asks Sam to watch his new dog, that has a tendency to jump on people.
Intention: Sam wants the dog to stop jumping on him.
Immoral action: Sam smacks the dog every time it tries to jump on him.
Immoral consequence: The dog becomes afraid of Sam and Billy stops asking Sam to watch the dog.
Norm: It's important to spend time with older family members
Situation: Peter's is taking some time off work to take a break and his grandfather has been calling to see if Peter will be available for a visit.
Intention: Peter wants to spend his time off at the beach.
Moral action: Peter invites his grandfather to come with him to the beach, so they can relax together.
Moral consequence: Peter's grandfather is very happy to spend some time with his grandson.
Norm: It's important to spend time with older family members
Situation: Peter's is taking some time off work to take a break and his grandfather has been calling to see if Peter will be available for a visit.
Intention: Peter wants to spend his time off at the beach.
Immoral action: Peter invites his friends to go to the beach with him and tells his grandfather he is not available.
Immoral consequence: Peter's grandfather feels lonely and sad that Peter does not want to spend time with him.
Norm: It's wrong to betray your best friend.
Situation: Kevin's best friend Steve confides in him that he's secretly gay and afraid to come out.
Intention: Kevin wants to respond to the news that Steve is gay.
Moral action: Kevin tells Steve he'll be there in any way possible, and asks what sort of support he wants.
Moral consequence: Steve feels listened to and respected, and is able to open up more with Kevin and not feel so alone.
Norm: It's wrong to betray your best friend.
Situation: Kevin's best friend Steve confides in him that he's secretly gay and afraid to come out.
Intention: Kevin wants to respond to the news that Steve is gay.
Immoral action: Kevin gets on Facebook and makes a post telling everyone that Steve is gay.
Immoral consequence: Steve's life is turned upside down, he's forced out before he's ready, and he breaks off his friendship with Kevin.
Norm: Is wrong to betray your friends
Situation: Hillary's friend just confided to her that they are addicted to cocaine.
Intention: Hillary wants to help her friend with their addiction.
Moral action: Hillary sits and talks with her friend and offers to do anything to help her quit.
Moral consequence: Hillary's friend uses them as support system and eventually is able to quit cocaine.
Norm: Is wrong to betray your friends
Situation: Hillary's friend just confided to her that they are addicted to cocaine.
Intention: Hillary wants to help her friend with their addiction.
Immoral action: Hillary tells his friends parents that they are addicted to cocaine.
Immoral consequence: Hillary's friend feels betrayed, stops being her friend and continues to use drugs.
Norm: It's rude to kick someone out of your home.
Situation: Eric has been letting his friend, Matt, stay with them while he looks for work, but he feels he's stayed too long.
Intention: Eric wants to talk to Matt about leaving.
Moral action: Eric has a discussion with Matt about when he thinks he might find a job and be able to leave.
Moral consequence: Matt tells Eric that he didn't intend to stay as long as he did, he will try to get everything situated by next month.
Norm: It's rude to kick someone out of your home.
Situation: Eric has been letting his friend, Matt, stay with them while he looks for work, but he feels he's stayed too long.
Intention: Eric wants to talk to Matt about leaving.
Immoral action: Eric tells Matt that he has to leave right now, he doesn't want him staying with him anymore.
Immoral consequence: Matt feels upset having to leave all of the sudden and doesn't know where to go.
Norm: You should contribute to group work.
Situation: Fernando is very tired and is assigned a strenuous group assignment during history class.
Intention: Fernando wants to go home.
Moral action: Fernando works hard with his group to quickly knock out the assignment so that he can go home and rest.
Moral consequence: Fernando and his group are given an A on the assignment and are given a voucher to skip one day of class for free.
Norm: You should contribute to group work.
Situation: Fernando is very tired and is assigned a strenuous group assignment during history class.
Intention: Fernando wants to go home.
Immoral action: Fernando wishes his group mates good luck and goes home without helping.
Immoral consequence: Fernando's group mates turn in the assignment but tell the teacher he didn't participate causing him to fail the assignment.
Norm: You should not judge the tastes of others.
Situation: Samantha is eating dinner at her friend's house with her friend, and her friend's very ethnic parents, and they just put out a very unorthodox dish.
Intention: Samantha wants to have a conversation.
Moral action: Samantha asks her friend's parents how they ended up meeting.
Moral consequence: Samantha's friend's parents go into detail about the way they met, enjoying the conversation.
Norm: You should not judge the tastes of others.
Situation: Samantha is eating dinner at her friend's house with her friend, and her friend's very ethnic parents, and they just put out a very unorthodox dish.
Intention: Samantha wants to have a conversation.
Immoral action: Samantha looks at the dish, and laughs and says it looks absolutely disgusting.
Immoral consequence: Samatha's friend's parents look a little hurt, and continue like she said nothing.
Norm: It's wrong to scam people with junk mail.
Situation: Rob has been fired from his job and is facing eviction if he doesn't pay his back rent soon.
Intention: Rob needs to scrape together some money fast.
Moral action: Rob sells as many of his possessions as he can and starts working gig jobs.
Moral consequence: Rob is able to keep himself afloat long enough to find another stable job.
Norm: It's wrong to scam people with junk mail.
Situation: Rob has been fired from his job and is facing eviction if he doesn't pay his back rent soon.
Intention: Rob needs to scrape together some money fast.
Immoral action: Rob decides to try running a phishing scheme he learned about from an old friend to get people to wire money to him.
Immoral consequence: Rob rips off several people and pays his rent but is eventually caught and arrested.
Norm: It's good to discipline children.
Situation: Carol and Tom have two children together but Tom always lets the children get away with they do wrong.
Intention: Carol wants the children to be better behaved.
Moral action: Carol talks to Tom about the importance of making sure the children act good, and they act as a team when addressing the children's behavior issues.
Moral consequence: The children learn they will have to face punishment when they intentionally do wrong and become productive adult members of society.
Norm: It's good to discipline children.
Situation: Carol and Tom have two children together but Tom always lets the children get away with they do wrong.
Intention: Carol wants the children to be better behaved.
Immoral action: Carol follows along with Tom's preferences in not disciplining the children, leaving it to teachers and family to make them act better.
Immoral consequence: The children grow up getting into a large amount of trouble and don't respect Carol and Tom.
Norm: You shouldn't slap your kids.
Situation: Patricia's son just peed all over the living room couch.
Intention: Patricia wants to discipline their child.
Moral action: Patricia makes her son help clean the mess and explains why going in the toilet is important.
Moral consequence: Patricia's son makes an effort to use the toilet and eventually goes there every time.
Norm: You shouldn't slap your kids.
Situation: Patricia's son just peed all over the living room couch.
Intention: Patricia wants to discipline their child.
Immoral action: Patricia slaps her son in the face three or four times.
Immoral consequence: Patricia's son tells his father whom divorces Patricia and sues for full custody.
Norm: It's wrong not to take your job seriously.
Situation: Will just got a new job and was invited by some less career-focused coworkers to go drinking during their lunch break.
Intention: Will wants to fit in with a group at work.
Moral action: Will says he'll pass on lunch but makes plans to meet up with them after work for a happy hour.
Moral consequence: Will works hard and sets a good impression during the day, and he has a good time at happy hour after work.
Norm: It's wrong not to take your job seriously.
Situation: Will just got a new job and was invited by some less career-focused coworkers to go drinking during their lunch break.
Intention: Will wants to fit in with a group at work.
Immoral action: Will goes to a long lunch with his coworkers that takes over a couple hours, and he drinks several beers.
Immoral consequence: Will gets called into his boss's office to talk about the long lunch break and is fired when his boss smells the beer on his breath.
Norm: You shouldn't break your classmate's hearts.
Situation: Jinyoung is eating lunch when a girl he doesn't love confesses her feelings to him.
Intention: Jinyoung wants to respond to the girl.
Moral action: Jinyoung compliments her and offers to set her up with one of his attractive friends.
Moral consequence: The girl falls in love with Jinyoung's friend, and they get into a good relationship.
Norm: You shouldn't break your classmate's hearts.
Situation: Jinyoung is eating lunch when a girl he doesn't love confesses her feelings to him.
Intention: Jinyoung wants to respond to the girl.
Immoral action: Jinyoung rejects the girl with blunt words in front of everyone.
Immoral consequence: The girl breaks down crying.
Norm: It is wrong to sexually assault people
Situation: Kirk is in the break room with a very attractive coworker.
Intention: Kirk wants to ask the coworker out on a date.
Moral action: Kirk asks the coworker if she would like to go out to dinner after work.
Moral consequence: Kirk is happy when the coworker agrees to go out with him that night.
Norm: It is wrong to sexually assault people
Situation: Kirk is in the break room with a very attractive coworker.
Intention: Kirk wants to ask the coworker out on a date.
Immoral action: Kirk rubs the coworker's back side and asks her if she wants to join him in the copy room after work.
Immoral consequence: Kirk is fired from his job since the coworker complains to human resources about Kirk.
Norm: It's wrong to steal from your parents.
Situation: Amy is looking for some money to go shopping with friends and notices her father's wallet on the table.
Intention: Amy wants to consider taking money from her father's wallet.
Moral action: Amy decides against taking money out of her father's wallet and simply waits to ask him for money.
Moral consequence: The father of Amy obliges and gives Amy some spending money.
Norm: It's wrong to steal from your parents.
Situation: Amy is looking for some money to go shopping with friends and notices her father's wallet on the table.
Intention: Amy wants to consider taking money from her father's wallet.
Immoral action: Amy quickly takes money from her father's wallet and goes shopping with her friends.
Immoral consequence: Amy's father finds out Amy stole money out of his wallet and severely punishes her.
Norm: It's rude to act out against your babysitter.
Situation: Ken hired a new babysitter to help him with his kids but the babysitter did not put the kids to bed at 8 pm.
Intention: Ken wants to respond to the babysitter's failure.
Moral action: Ken tells the babysitter that the kids were not in bed by 8 pm and that he would like this to be resolved next time.
Moral consequence: The babysitter continues to work for Ken and gets the kids in bed by 8 pm next time.
Norm: It's rude to act out against your babysitter.
Situation: Ken hired a new babysitter to help him with his kids but the babysitter did not put the kids to bed at 8 pm.
Intention: Ken wants to respond to the babysitter's failure.
Immoral action: Ken raises his voice against the babysitter over her failure to get the kids in bed by 8 pm.
Immoral consequence: The babysitter never works for Ken again and Ken struggles to find another babysitter.
Norm: It's good to be honest with your friend.
Situation: Jean is at the mall with her heavy set friend who asks her an opinion of a tight outfit she's picked out.
Intention: Jean wants to avoid pointing out her friend's weight.
Moral action: Jean suggests to her friend that she find something in a different color.
Moral consequence: Jean's friend ends up buying something that better suits her figure.
Norm: It's good to be honest with your friend.
Situation: Jean is at the mall with her heavy set friend who asks her an opinion of a tight outfit she's picked out.
Intention: Jean wants to avoid pointing out her friend's weight.
Immoral action: Jean tells her friend that the outfit would look great on her.
Immoral consequence: Jean's friend buys the outfit and is later ridiculed by others.
Norm: It's great to honor loved ones who have passed away.
Situation: Ray's dad, who did not treat Ray well, has died and Ray is visiting his grave with his dad's widow.
Intention: Ray wants to say something in Ray's memory.
Moral action: Ray recounts some of the good memories that he can think of about the time they spent together.
Moral consequence: Ray's widow is comforted and starts recounting her own heartwarming stories.