CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It is wrong to break into another person's property.
Situation: Jackson is strolling along the pathway when he notices an appealing porsche parked by the side.
Intention: Jackson wants to have a peek on the car.
Immoral action: As Jackson is looking at the car he breaks the window to check out the inside of the car.
Immoral consequence: Jackson gets arrested for breaking the window of the car.
Norm: It's not acceptable to make life harder for your neighbors
Situation: Bob has a big pile of leaves on his lawn next to his neighbors' fence.
Intention: Bob wants to get the leaves off of his lawn.
Moral action: Bob rakes the leaves and throws them away in a big trash bin.
Moral consequence: Bob's neighbors don't have to do much yard work that week as their yard is clean.
Norm: It's not acceptable to make life harder for your neighbors
Situation: Bob has a big pile of leaves on his lawn next to his neighbors' fence.
Intention: Bob wants to get the leaves off of his lawn.
Immoral action: Bob throws the leaves over the fence for his neighbors to deal with.
Immoral consequence: Bob's neighbors must work to rake up and dispose of the leaves.
Norm: It's disgusting to try to control your partner.
Situation: Florence and Bobby haven't had much time together since Bobby accepted more hours at work and Florence is frustrated.
Intention: Florence wants Bobby to be home more often.
Moral action: Florence asks Bobby if he could schedule more time for just the two of them.
Moral consequence: Bobby makes schedule alterations to spend more time with Florence without hurting his income.
Norm: It's disgusting to try to control your partner.
Situation: Florence and Bobby haven't had much time together since Bobby accepted more hours at work and Florence is frustrated.
Intention: Florence wants Bobby to be home more often.
Immoral action: Florence writes in to Bobby's job about his poor customer service resulting in Bobby losing his hours.
Immoral consequence: A few weeks after losing his hours, Bobby discovers a draft of Florence's writing and breaks up with her for sabotaging him.
Norm: You shouldn't make people who sacrificed for you mad.
Situation: Tad's mother was working extra hours so that he could take guitar lessons.
Intention: Tad wants to go to his friend's house.
Moral action: Tad takes his bicycle to get to his friend's house down the street.
Moral consequence: Tad's mother picks him up later to bring him to his lessons.
Norm: You shouldn't make people who sacrificed for you mad.
Situation: Tad's mother was working extra hours so that he could take guitar lessons.
Intention: Tad wants to go to his friend's house.
Immoral action: Tad takes his mother's car to his friend's house without asking.
Immoral consequence: Tad's mother stops paying for his lessons and grounds him for a month.
Norm: It's bad to be late to a prior commitment
Situation: John is  farming material in a video game,and he has a meeting with his boss in an hour.
Intention: John wants to get more material in the game.
Moral action: John asks one of his friends to continue hunting for the material in exchange for some coffee.
Moral consequence: John gets closer to his friend.
Norm: It's bad to be late to a prior commitment
Situation: John is  farming material in a video game,and he has a meeting with his boss in an hour.
Intention: John wants to get more material in the game.
Immoral action: John continues playing until he gets to a stopping point.
Immoral consequence: John is written up for being late to his meeting.
Norm: It's rude to throw someone else's food away.
Situation: Jack just brought home a lot of groceries and the fridge is already quite full.
Intention: Jack wants to make some room in the fridge.
Moral action: Jack reorganizes the fridge and throws away some of his own old food which frees up space.
Moral consequence: Jack's roommate is happy the fridge is clearer.
Norm: It's rude to throw someone else's food away.
Situation: Jack just brought home a lot of groceries and the fridge is already quite full.
Intention: Jack wants to make some room in the fridge.
Immoral action: Jack throws out some of his roommate's old leftovers to make room in the fridge.
Immoral consequence: Jack's roommate gets upset because he was still going to eat the food.
Norm: You shouldn't call the cops on your in-laws.
Situation: Sally took care of her mother-in-law in return for a small payment each week, but she has not been paid lately.
Intention: Sally wanted to obtain payment for the last few weeks of her work.
Moral action: Sally talks to her in-laws to tell them it is important to her that she receive the money they owe her.
Moral consequence: Sally's in-laws arrange to catch up on the payments to Sally by the end of the week.
Norm: You shouldn't call the cops on your in-laws.
Situation: Sally took care of her mother-in-law in return for a small payment each week, but she has not been paid lately.
Intention: Sally wanted to obtain payment for the last few weeks of her work.
Immoral action: Sally calls the police to report that her in-laws owe her money to scare them and make them pay her.
Immoral consequence: Sally's in-laws are very upset with the commotion she caused by calling the police.
Norm: You shouldn't ditch people while on vacation.
Situation: Jen is on vacation with friends and goes out for a walk while everyone is asleep.
Intention: Jen wants to hang out with a cool group of people she met during the walk.
Moral action: Jen exchanges contact details with the group to hang out later and returns to the hotel.
Moral consequence: Jen's friends have a great time hanging out with the other group.
Norm: You shouldn't ditch people while on vacation.
Situation: Jen is on vacation with friends and goes out for a walk while everyone is asleep.
Intention: Jen wants to hang out with a cool group of people she met during the walk.
Immoral action: Jen spends hours having drinks with the people she met.
Immoral consequence: Jen's friends get up and eventually think she is rude for leaving them for so long.
Norm: You shouldn't eat things that are bad for you.
Situation: Bobby hash extremely high blood pressure and the doctor has warned him to eliminate fats and cholesterol from his diet.
Intention: Bobby wants to have a breakfast that tastes good.
Moral action: Bobby decides to change his diet and has a breakfast of toast and some of his favorite fruit.
Moral consequence: Bobby is able to lower his blood pressure and his doctor is extremely happy for him and his improved health.
Norm: You shouldn't eat things that are bad for you.
Situation: Bobby hash extremely high blood pressure and the doctor has warned him to eliminate fats and cholesterol from his diet.
Intention: Bobby wants to have a breakfast that tastes good.
Immoral action: Bobby does not listen to his doctor and makes a breakfast consisting of four eggs, four pieces of bacon and two pieces of toast to eat.
Immoral consequence: Bobby keeps eating unhealthy foods and has to get a heart transplant ASAP.
Norm: It's good to celebrate your nephew's birthday.
Situation: Justin was invited to his nephew's birthday party by his sister.
Intention: Justin wants to play football.
Moral action: Justin plays football with his nephew and the other children at the party.
Moral consequence: Justin's nephew tells him that he is the best uncle in the world.
Norm: It's good to celebrate your nephew's birthday.
Situation: Justin was invited to his nephew's birthday party by his sister.
Intention: Justin wants to play football.
Immoral action: Justin goes to the park and plays football with his friends instead of going to the party.
Immoral consequence: Justin's sister calls and yells at him for making his nephew cry.
Norm: You shouldn't make a commitment that you aren't sure about.
Situation: Mary's birthday is coming and a birthday party will be held at her home.
Intention: Jill, Mary's sister, wants to make the party more fun.
Moral action: Jill has practiced a song for a while and sings it in front of the guests at the party.
Moral consequence: Everyone is surprised by Jill's outstanding performance and enjoy the party very much.
Norm: You shouldn't make a commitment that you aren't sure about.
Situation: Mary's birthday is coming and a birthday party will be held at her home.
Intention: Jill, Mary's sister, wants to make the party more fun.
Immoral action: Jill promises to make a birthday cake for Mary even though it is her first time making cake.
Immoral consequence: Everyone is disappointed at the taste of the cake.
Norm: It's wrong to breach a very close friends trust.
Situation: Samantha tells Christina that she has a huge crush on the quarterback.
Intention: Christina wants to fit in with the popular girls.
Moral action: Christina keeps Samantha's secret even though it would make her more popular.
Moral consequence: Samantha's reputation is spared.
Norm: It's wrong to breach a very close friends trust.
Situation: Samantha tells Christina that she has a huge crush on the quarterback.
Intention: Christina wants to fit in with the popular girls.
Immoral action: Christina tells all the popular girls that Samantha likes the quarterback.
Immoral consequence: The popular girls spread the secret and humiliate Samantha.
Norm: It's polite to be quiet while listening to a speech.
Situation: Pablo and his girlfriend Chris are sitting through the headmasters weekly assembly.
Intention: Pablo wants to settle an arguement he and Chris where having before the assembly.
Moral action: Pablo waits until the assembly ends before continuing his argument with Chris.
Moral consequence: Pablo doesn't get in trouble with the teaching staff.
Norm: It's polite to be quiet while listening to a speech.
Situation: Pablo and his girlfriend Chris are sitting through the headmasters weekly assembly.
Intention: Pablo wants to settle an arguement he and Chris where having before the assembly.
Immoral action: Pablo continues the argument during the headmasters speech.
Immoral consequence: Pablo gets pulled out of the assembly by a teacher for being disruptive.
Norm: Locking a living being in a closet is cruel.
Situation: Amber's son Billy has been misbehaving a lot in school lately and Amber is growing frustrated with him.
Intention: Amber wants to discipline Billy.
Moral action: Amber takes away Billy's game console and talks to him about his behavior.
Moral consequence: Billy is frustrated but learns that he must start to behave well at home and in school to get his game back.
Norm: Locking a living being in a closet is cruel.
Situation: Amber's son Billy has been misbehaving a lot in school lately and Amber is growing frustrated with him.
Intention: Amber wants to discipline Billy.
Immoral action: Amber tells Billy to get into his bedroom closet and padlocks the door from the outside.
Immoral consequence: Billy is traumatized and tells his teacher about the treatment he got from his mom resulting in a CPS visit for the family.
Norm: It's kind to buy a gift for another person.
Situation: Dave is at Wendy's while his wife Susan is at home and Dave is ordering food when the hostess asks him what he wants.
Intention: Dave wants to pick what food to order.
Moral action: Dave tells the hostess that he wants two hamburgers one which is for Susan.
Moral consequence: Susan is delighted to see that Dave brought her a gift of food home and that he was thinking about her.
Norm: It's kind to buy a gift for another person.
Situation: Dave is at Wendy's while his wife Susan is at home and Dave is ordering food when the hostess asks him what he wants.
Intention: Dave wants to pick what food to order.
Immoral action: Dave tells the hostess that he wants one hamburger which he'll take home to eat.
Immoral consequence: Susan is disappointed that Dave brought food home only for himself and nothing for her.
Norm: It is wrong to say bad things around children.
Situation: Tony is in the kitchen with his wife and young children one morning.
Intention: Tony wants to tell his wife something bad that children should not hear.
Moral action: Tony takes his wife to another room and tells her what he wanted to say in private.
Moral consequence: Tony's wife thanks him for not subjecting the children to such inappropriate information.
Norm: It is wrong to say bad things around children.
Situation: Tony is in the kitchen with his wife and young children one morning.
Intention: Tony wants to tell his wife something bad that children should not hear.
Immoral action: Tony blurts out what he wanted to say to his wife in front of his children.
Immoral consequence: Tony's wife admonishes him not to say inappropriate things in front of the children.
Norm: You shouldn't open things you aren't going to use.
Situation: Marry is recording a livestream of herself opening a mystery box when she retrieves lipstick in an ugly shade.
Intention: Mary wants to show the lipstick's formula to her audience.
Moral action: Mary looks up the ingredients on the lipstick online and describes how those elements mesh together to create a good product.
Moral consequence: Marry gains the reputation for being knowledgeable about makeup.
Norm: You shouldn't open things you aren't going to use.
Situation: Marry is recording a livestream of herself opening a mystery box when she retrieves lipstick in an ugly shade.
Intention: Mary wants to show the lipstick's formula to her audience.
Immoral action: Mary swatches the lipstick on her wrists describing how the formula feels on her hands.
Immoral consequence: Mary is stuck with a lipstick shade that she hates.
Norm: You shouldn't steal your roommate's things.
Situation: Jill notices that her roommate has a really cute shirt in her closet.
Intention: Jill wants to wear the shirt when she goes out.
Moral action: Jill compliments her roommate on the shirt and asks to borrow it for a night.
Moral consequence: Jill's roommate feels validated in her sense of style and agrees to let her borrow it.
Norm: You shouldn't steal your roommate's things.
Situation: Jill notices that her roommate has a really cute shirt in her closet.
Intention: Jill wants to wear the shirt when she goes out.
Immoral action: Jill takes the shirt and fails to return it.
Immoral consequence: Jill's roommate notices one day and gets extremely upset.
Norm: It is wrong to gossip about family members.
Situation: Georgina is at a boring baby shower.
Intention: Georgina wants to liven things up.
Moral action: Georgina suggests the group play a party game.
Moral consequence: Georgina and her family have a fun time at the baby shower.
Norm: It is wrong to gossip about family members.
Situation: Georgina is at a boring baby shower.
Intention: Georgina wants to liven things up.
Immoral action: Georgina starts talking about an affair she suspects her cousin is having.
Immoral consequence: Georgina's family think she is overstepping her bounds and are reluctant to share with her in the future.
Norm: It's mean to hurt people.
Situation: Alex and Richie are in the playroom, and Richie is playing with the dinosaur toy.
Intention: Alex wants to play with the dinosaur.
Moral action: Alex asks Richie if he could play with the toy, and when Richie says no Alex plays with something else.
Moral consequence: Alex and Richie end up playing with each other and having fun.
Norm: It's mean to hurt people.
Situation: Alex and Richie are in the playroom, and Richie is playing with the dinosaur toy.
Intention: Alex wants to play with the dinosaur.
Immoral action: Alex pulls the dinosaur toy from Richie and pushes Richie down.
Immoral consequence: Richie starts crying and Alex's dad scolds Alex for hurting Richie.
Norm: You shouldn't wish to die.
Situation: Bob wishes for no traffic while going to work, he runs into none - thinking himself lucky he wishes for a raise and gets one an hour later.
Intention: Bob wants to see what happens next.
Moral action: Bob decides to be careful and wishes for his sports team to win.
Moral consequence: Bob's team did win later that week, but Bob had forgotten about the wish by then.
Norm: You shouldn't wish to die.
Situation: Bob wishes for no traffic while going to work, he runs into none - thinking himself lucky he wishes for a raise and gets one an hour later.
Intention: Bob wants to see what happens next.
Immoral action: Bob when going home sees that someone crashed into his car - in anger he remarks I wish I were dead.
Immoral consequence: Bob (believing his wish will come true) is so terrified that he actually has a heart attack from the fear.
Norm: It’s rude to not return a call.
Situation: John is in a movie theater when Lucy leaves him a voicemail and tells him that the call is really urgent.
Intention: John wants to finish watching the movie.
Moral action: John returns Lucy's call, meets her to help her, and returns to see the movie another day.
Moral consequence: Lucy is really appreciative of John's assistance with her problem and pays for his movie tickets.
Norm: It’s rude to not return a call.
Situation: John is in a movie theater when Lucy leaves him a voicemail and tells him that the call is really urgent.
Intention: John wants to finish watching the movie.
Immoral action: John ignores the voicemail on his phone after listening to it, sits back down, and enjoys his film.
Immoral consequence: Lucy feels let down, angry, and has significant difficulty without John returning her call.
Norm: It is rude to upset someone on a special day.
Situation: Claire is attending the wedding of her friend Martha, and the guests are all sitting around eating.
Intention: Claire wants to make an impromptu speech.
Moral action: Claire stands up and tells a sweet story about a time Martha really came through for her.
Moral consequence: Martha feels really touched by the story, and she cries some tears of joy.
Norm: It is rude to upset someone on a special day.
Situation: Claire is attending the wedding of her friend Martha, and the guests are all sitting around eating.
Intention: Claire wants to make an impromptu speech.
Immoral action: Claire stands up and tells an inappropriate story involving Martha and a previous boyfriend.
Immoral consequence: Martha feels humiliated on her wedding day and leaves the dinner in tears.
Norm: It's expected to support the decisions of your adult children.
Situation: Jenna called her dad and said that she wanted to switch her major from pre-law to theater.
Intention: Jenna's dad wants her to have a stable career.
Moral action: Jenna's dad counters with the idea that she major in theater and minor in computer science.
Moral consequence: Jenna thanks her dad and takes part-time work as a programmer while auditioning for plays.
Norm: It's expected to support the decisions of your adult children.
Situation: Jenna called her dad and said that she wanted to switch her major from pre-law to theater.
Intention: Jenna's dad wants her to have a stable career.
Immoral action: Jenna's dad tells her that if she switches her major, he'll refuse to sign her FAFSA.
Immoral consequence: Jenna disowns her dad and takes out student loans to finish her degree.
Norm: You should take bullying seriously.I
Situation: Maggie watches her younger brother Chad push his friend Larry onto the ground.
Intention: Maggie wants to comment on the situation.
Moral action: Maggie pulls Josh aside and explains how his actions could seriously hurt someone.
Moral consequence: Josh changes his entire world view growing up to become a good member of society.
Norm: You should take bullying seriously.I
Situation: Maggie watches her younger brother Chad push his friend Larry onto the ground.
Intention: Maggie wants to comment on the situation.
Immoral action: Maggie assures herself that boy's get into fights like this all the time, and she tells the two boys to have fun.
Immoral consequence: Josh continues treating Larry badly.
Norm: You are expected to let others have their privacy.
Situation: Tom overhears his roommate talking on the phone about some juicy gossip.
Intention: Tom wants to know more about what they are talking about.
Moral action: Tom brings up a similar topic later with his roommate.
Moral consequence: Tom's roommate ends up sharing the gossip freely which Tom finds very entertaining.
Norm: You are expected to let others have their privacy.
Situation: Tom overhears his roommate talking on the phone about some juicy gossip.
Intention: Tom wants to know more about what they are talking about.
Immoral action: Tom sits close to the wall, so he can continue to eavesdrop on the conversation.
Immoral consequence: Tom feels bad for listening in on the conversation.
Norm: It's bad to ignore a customer.
Situation: Noah is at work and the phone is ringing while he is waiting on a customer.
Intention: Noah wants to wait on the customer.
Moral action: Noah answers the phone and asks them to hold a second while they wait on their customer.
Moral consequence: Noah gets a raise when his boss sees how well he works with customers.
Norm: It's bad to ignore a customer.
Situation: Noah is at work and the phone is ringing while he is waiting on a customer.
Intention: Noah wants to wait on the customer.
Immoral action: Noah picks up the phone and sets it back on the cradle, so he can focus on the person at the counter.
Immoral consequence: Noah gets talked to by his boss about customer service after finding out.
Norm: You should always be on time.
Situation: Jim is on his way to see his girlfriend when he sees a dine-in restaurant, knowing that he will be late if he stops by.
Intention: Jim wants to satisfy his hunger.
Moral action: Jim waits instead of stopping and eats dinner with his girlfriend at her house.
Moral consequence: Jim keeps his girlfriend and his girlfriend doesn't get angry.
Norm: You should always be on time.
Situation: Jim is on his way to see his girlfriend when he sees a dine-in restaurant, knowing that he will be late if he stops by.
Intention: Jim wants to satisfy his hunger.
Immoral action: Jim eats at a dine in restaurant which makes him late to see his girlfriend.
Immoral consequence: Jim's girlfriend gets angry and breaks up with him.
Norm: It is rude to be impatient with a disabled person.
Situation: Bob is riding the bus to work when the driver stops to pick up a person in a wheelchair.
Intention: Bob is in a hurry to get to work and wants to speed things up.
Moral action: Bob helps the driver secure the wheelchair in its proper position.
Moral consequence: The bus departs in a moment and the disables rider is appreciative of Bob's help.
Norm: It is rude to be impatient with a disabled person.
Situation: Bob is riding the bus to work when the driver stops to pick up a person in a wheelchair.
Intention: Bob is in a hurry to get to work and wants to speed things up.
Immoral action: Bob loudly complains about the delay.
Immoral consequence: The driver has to rush through securing the wheelchair, which leaves the disabled rider embarrassed as well as uncomfortable.
Norm: It is important to teach children independence.
Situation: Will is a parent of a child in an elementary school.
Intention: Will wants their child to hand in a science project.
Moral action: Will gives tips to their child about the science project but lets the child do the work.
Moral consequence: Will's child learns how to prepare and execute projects.
Norm: It is important to teach children independence.
Situation: Will is a parent of a child in an elementary school.
Intention: Will wants their child to hand in a science project.
Immoral action: Will does the entire science project for their child for the child to hand in.
Immoral consequence: Will's child does not learn how to do project for them self.
Norm: It's good to go into recovery for substance abuse problems.
Situation: Harry has been struggling with a cocaine addiction.
Intention: Harry wants to just live his life.
Moral action: Harry gets professional help with his cocaine addiction.
Moral consequence: Harry makes a full recovery and lives a normal life.
Norm: It's good to go into recovery for substance abuse problems.
Situation: Harry has been struggling with a cocaine addiction.
Intention: Harry wants to just live his life.
Immoral action: Harry ignores his cocaine addiction.
Immoral consequence: Harry becomes less functional and eventually dies.