CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to give your mother flowers for her birthday.
Situation: Mary's mother has a birthday which is coming up this month.
Intention: Mary wants to wish her mom a happy birthday.
Immoral action: Mary sends her mother an e-card for her birthday.
Immoral consequence: Mary's mother feels sad because the gift is not very thoughtful.
Norm: It's wrong to steal things from a business.
Situation: Douglas is at the game store browsing their products.
Intention: Douglas wants to try out a new video games that just came out.
Moral action: Douglas picks up the new game and purchased it at the front counter.
Moral consequence: Douglas takes the game home and plays it four hours having a great time.
Norm: It's wrong to steal things from a business.
Situation: Douglas is at the game store browsing their products.
Intention: Douglas wants to try out a new video games that just came out.
Immoral action: Douglas quickly slips a game into his pocket and runs out of the store.
Immoral consequence: Right outside the door a security guard stops Douglas and arrests him.
Norm: It is wrong to control who a partner can contact.
Situation: Ashley has a romantic partner who has been spending a lot of time with a coworker lately.
Intention: Ashley wants to express how uncomfortable this makes them feel.
Moral action: Ashley sits down with her partner and explains her feelings.
Moral consequence: Ashley's partner is understand, and they all hang out together instead.
Norm: It is wrong to control who a partner can contact.
Situation: Ashley has a romantic partner who has been spending a lot of time with a coworker lately.
Intention: Ashley wants to express how uncomfortable this makes them feel.
Immoral action: Ashley demands that her partner immediately cut off all contact with the coworker.
Immoral consequence: Ashley's partner is upset and thinks she is controlling.
Norm: It's bad to date within your own family.
Situation: Ted's friends are laughing at him for never having gone on a date before.
Intention: Ted wants to ask a girl out.
Moral action: Ted asks the girl that lives next door to go to the movies with him.
Moral consequence: Ted and the girl have a good time and start dating.
Norm: It's bad to date within your own family.
Situation: Ted's friends are laughing at him for never having gone on a date before.
Intention: Ted wants to ask a girl out.
Immoral action: Ted asks his sister to go with him to the movies.
Immoral consequence: All of his friends laugh and him and call him names.
Norm: Cheering someone on at a sporting event is good.
Situation: Tom has the evening off and doesn't know what to do with the time.
Intention: Tom wants to find someone fun to occupy himself with.
Moral action: Tom goes to the sporting event and cheers like crazy getting into the game.
Moral consequence: Tom's friend notices him going wild and is grateful for the support.
Norm: Cheering someone on at a sporting event is good.
Situation: Tom has the evening off and doesn't know what to do with the time.
Intention: Tom wants to find someone fun to occupy himself with.
Immoral action: Tom goes to a sporting event to support his friend who is playing but spends most of the time on his phone.
Immoral consequence: Tom's friend notices he isn't even watching and feels bad.
Norm: You shouldn't bother someone while they are trying to sleep.
Situation: Jenny needs to study for an important exam and her roommate Jill knows the material but just got home from work and went to bed.
Intention: Jenny wants help with her studies.
Moral action: Jenny decides to look for help online, asking around on various forums until she gets the answers she seeks.
Moral consequence: Jill gets a full night's sleep and wakes up happy and refreshed.
Norm: You shouldn't bother someone while they are trying to sleep.
Situation: Jenny needs to study for an important exam and her roommate Jill knows the material but just got home from work and went to bed.
Intention: Jenny wants help with her studies.
Immoral action: Jenny bugs Jill to help her until Jill finally gets out of bed and works on studying with her.
Immoral consequence: Jill doesn't sleep well and misses an important class in the morning.
Norm: You should always help out a disabled person.
Situation: James was waiting for the bus in the rain and the person in front of him used a walker.
Intention: James wanted to get on the bus out of the rain as soon as possible.
Moral action: James offered to hold the disabled woman's bags while she got on the bus.
Moral consequence: The disabled woman was able to get on the bus faster, and so was James.
Norm: You should always help out a disabled person.
Situation: James was waiting for the bus in the rain and the person in front of him used a walker.
Intention: James wanted to get on the bus out of the rain as soon as possible.
Immoral action: James shoved the disabled woman out of the way so he could get on the bus first.
Immoral consequence: The bus driver yelled at James to get off the bus before he called the cops.
Norm: It's not okay to wish death on someone.
Situation: Mary and her mother were having an argument and Mary was upset.
Intention: Mary wanted her mother to know her anger.
Moral action: Mary talks about her feelings with her mother.
Moral consequence: They reach and agreement and both understand each other's feelings.
Norm: It's not okay to wish death on someone.
Situation: Mary and her mother were having an argument and Mary was upset.
Intention: Mary wanted her mother to know her anger.
Immoral action: Mary tells her mother she wished she was dead.
Immoral consequence: Mary's mother is horribly upset and gets depressed.
Norm: It's fun to eat pizza with others.
Situation: Ash is very hungry after a long day of work and has not eaten all day.
Intention: Ash wants to have pizza for dinner.
Moral action: Ash invites friends over for some pizza together.
Moral consequence: Ash has a great time with her friends and the pizza is amazing.
Norm: It's fun to eat pizza with others.
Situation: Ash is very hungry after a long day of work and has not eaten all day.
Intention: Ash wants to have pizza for dinner.
Immoral action: Ash orders a pizza for herself and enjoys it at home.
Immoral consequence: Ash wishes she had shared the delicious pizza with friends.
Norm: It is good to care about your grades.
Situation: John is in High school and has final exams coming up, which he hates taking.
Intention: John wants to finish the exams quickly.
Moral action: John decides to study hard, so he can breeze through the final exams.
Moral consequence: John speeds through the finals and passes with flying colors.
Norm: It is good to care about your grades.
Situation: John is in High school and has final exams coming up, which he hates taking.
Intention: John wants to finish the exams quickly.
Immoral action: John just randomly fills in the multiple choice questions on the exams, so he can finish quickly.
Immoral consequence: John fails the exams and is held back a grade.
Norm: It's good to put kids into new and different environments.
Situation: The school that Tina's kids go to has started a new field trip club which allows children from different schools to explore museums and parks together.
Intention: Tina wants her children to make new friends.
Moral action: Tina enrolls her kids in the program, hoping her children will meet new friends.
Moral consequence: Tina's kids make new friends that end up staying friends with them for the rest of their life.
Norm: It's good to put kids into new and different environments.
Situation: The school that Tina's kids go to has started a new field trip club which allows children from different schools to explore museums and parks together.
Intention: Tina wants her children to make new friends.
Immoral action: Tina opts out of the new program and instead encourages her child to hang out with the neighbors kids.
Immoral consequence: The neighbors kids end up being a bad influence on Tina's kids causing them to learn to steal and lie.
Norm: It's bad to dictate what your significant other can do.
Situation: Linda has a partner who is getting awfully close to their friend who seems flirty.
Intention: Linda wants to stop the friend from getting too close.
Moral action: Linda calmly explains how she feels to her partner in a heartfelt way.
Moral consequence: Linda's partner understands and gives her the reassurance that she needs.
Norm: It's bad to dictate what your significant other can do.
Situation: Linda has a partner who is getting awfully close to their friend who seems flirty.
Intention: Linda wants to stop the friend from getting too close.
Immoral action: Linda scolds her partner and forbids him from interacting with the friend.
Immoral consequence: Linda's partner feels angry with her because he is mistrusted and controlled.
Norm: You should tell your employer when someone is unreliable.
Situation: Josh's coworker Tony takes breaks that are way longer than they're supposed to be.
Intention: Josh wants to tell someone about this.
Moral action: Josh decides to tell his boss that Tony is taking too long on break.
Moral consequence: Tony is disciplined and Josh no longer has to do more than his fair share.
Norm: You should tell your employer when someone is unreliable.
Situation: Josh's coworker Tony takes breaks that are way longer than they're supposed to be.
Intention: Josh wants to tell someone about this.
Immoral action: Josh decides to tell his wife about it when he gets home from work.
Immoral consequence: Tony continues to take long breaks, increasing the workload on Josh.
Norm: Stealing something from your mother is dishonest.
Situation: Anna has been invited to a fancy party on Saturday night.
Intention: Anna wants to wear something eye catching.
Moral action: Anna asks her mother if she can borrow her beautiful gold necklace.
Moral consequence: Her mother says of course and goes to her jewelry box and gets the necklace for Anna to wear.
Norm: Stealing something from your mother is dishonest.
Situation: Anna has been invited to a fancy party on Saturday night.
Intention: Anna wants to wear something eye catching.
Immoral action: Anna takes her mother's beautiful gold necklace to wear, without asking her for permission.
Immoral consequence: When her mother finds out she stole from her, she grounds Anna for a month.
Norm: It's creepy to stare at young girls in public.
Situation: Chris sees a child with patches all over her backpack walking by with her parents.
Intention: Chris wants to know what the patches are.
Moral action: Chris approaches the child's parents and asks what the patches are.
Moral consequence: The parents show Chris the patches, and he recognizes them from a video game.
Norm: It's creepy to stare at young girls in public.
Situation: Chris sees a child with patches all over her backpack walking by with her parents.
Intention: Chris wants to know what the patches are.
Immoral action: Chris stares at the little girl for a long time trying to see what the patches say.
Immoral consequence: The child's parents notice Chris watching and report him to the nearby authorities as a suspicious person.
Norm: It's bad to lie about your health.
Situation: Larry feels better after being sick from COVID for a week, and Aubrey invites him to a baseball game.
Intention: Larry wants to see the game.
Moral action: Larry asks Aubrey to live stream the game through her video recorder.
Moral consequence: Larry enjoys the football game at home, Ashley respects him more in the future.
Norm: It's bad to lie about your health.
Situation: Larry feels better after being sick from COVID for a week, and Aubrey invites him to a baseball game.
Intention: Larry wants to see the game.
Immoral action: Larry does not tell Aubrey about his COVID symptoms, and she takes him to the baseball game.
Immoral consequence: Larry infects Aubrey with COVID, and his condition gets slightly worse from being outside.
Norm: It is bad to be a creep
Situation: Malcom has a crush on his new neighbor Jessie, and he wants to become Jessie's friend.
Intention: Malcom wants to know more about Jessie.
Moral action: When Jessie is in her yard, Malcom talks to her asking about her interests.
Moral consequence: Jessie and Malcom become friends.
Norm: It is bad to be a creep
Situation: Malcom has a crush on his new neighbor Jessie, and he wants to become Jessie's friend.
Intention: Malcom wants to know more about Jessie.
Immoral action: Malcom watches Jessie browsing her favorite sites on the internet from outside her window.
Immoral consequence: Jessie's parents spot Malcom and ban him from seeing their daughter.
Norm: It's good to care about your dog's well-being.
Situation: Jim's dog Rover sleeps outside at night and has been barking for several hours.
Intention: Jim wants Rover to quiet down.
Moral action: Jim goes outside with a couple dog treats and soothes Rover.
Moral consequence: Rover curls up in his doghouse and sleeps contentedly now that he's full.
Norm: It's good to care about your dog's well-being.
Situation: Jim's dog Rover sleeps outside at night and has been barking for several hours.
Intention: Jim wants Rover to quiet down.
Immoral action: Jim goes outside and yells at Rover, smacking him with a rolled up newspaper.
Immoral consequence: Rover whines and hides in his doghouse, staring accusingly at Jim.
Norm: You should not have an affair with married person.
Situation: Jen, who's married, was staying in a hotel for a business conference when she met a very attractive man in a bar.
Intention: Jen wants to feel attractive.
Moral action: Jen goes back to her room and calls her husband for phone sex.
Moral consequence: Jen's husband calls her the sexiest woman in the world.
Norm: You should not have an affair with married person.
Situation: Jen, who's married, was staying in a hotel for a business conference when she met a very attractive man in a bar.
Intention: Jen wants to feel attractive.
Immoral action: Jen seduces the handsome man and invites him back to her hotel room.
Immoral consequence: Jen feels sexy and happy during their encounter, but the next morning is hit with immense guilt about cheating on her husband and keeping secrets.
Norm: It's bad to act on jealousy.
Situation: Laura just started dating Kevin and accidentally sees a text from a Jennifer on his phone asking what is going on tonight.
Intention: Laura wants to learn more about who the text is from.
Moral action: Laura realizes that it was not for her to see and does not comment on it.
Moral consequence: Laura feels relief that evening when Kevin takes her to meet his sister Jennifer.
Norm: It's bad to act on jealousy.
Situation: Laura just started dating Kevin and accidentally sees a text from a Jennifer on his phone asking what is going on tonight.
Intention: Laura wants to learn more about who the text is from.
Immoral action: Laura texts Jennifer from his phone stating that Kevin is with her and to stay away from her man.
Immoral consequence: Jennifer is actually Kevin's sister, this gets back to Kevin who breaks up with Laura.
Norm: It's rude to touch people's animals without permission.
Situation: As James was waiting in line, he saw that the woman ahead of him had a large dog on a leash.
Intention: James, a dog lover, wants to pet the dog.
Moral action: James asks the dog's owner if he can pet it.
Moral consequence: The dog's owner tells James the dog only likes to be petted on its butt, so James pets it correctly and the dog licks his hand.
Norm: It's rude to touch people's animals without permission.
Situation: As James was waiting in line, he saw that the woman ahead of him had a large dog on a leash.
Intention: James, a dog lover, wants to pet the dog.
Immoral action: James leans forward and tries to pet the dog's head without asking its owner.
Immoral consequence: James accidentally brushes a painful rash on the dog's head, causing it to bite him.
Norm: You shouldn't tell your partner who to see.
Situation: Brian and Danielle are dating but both busy people.
Intention: Brian wants to spend more time with Danielle.
Moral action: Brian and Danille talk about htier schedule, they decide that friday is date night and saturday is a night for friends.
Moral consequence: The relationship is more balanced and beings to progress.
Norm: You shouldn't tell your partner who to see.
Situation: Brian and Danielle are dating but both busy people.
Intention: Brian wants to spend more time with Danielle.
Immoral action: Brian forbids Danielle to see her friends and that she should be spending her free time with him only.
Immoral consequence: Danielle finds him to be too controlling and break up with him.
Norm: It's mean to call people fat.
Situation: Jon has noticed that his friend has quickly become morbidly obese.
Intention: Jon wants to discourage the unhealthy lifestyle.
Moral action: Jon tells his friend they should work out together, so they can both be motivated.
Moral consequence: Jon's friend accepts the offer, and they both get in better shape together.
Norm: It's mean to call people fat.
Situation: Jon has noticed that his friend has quickly become morbidly obese.
Intention: Jon wants to discourage the unhealthy lifestyle.
Immoral action: Jon ridicules and mocks his friend for their weight.
Immoral consequence: Jon's friend is upset and their friendship is damaged.
Norm: It is good to help hurt animals.
Situation: Roger hears an injured dog whimpering outside his window.
Intention: Roger doesn't want to hear the dog anymore.
Moral action: Roger takes the dog to the animal hospital.
Moral consequence: The dog receives medical treatment and makes a full recovery.
Norm: It is good to help hurt animals.
Situation: Roger hears an injured dog whimpering outside his window.
Intention: Roger doesn't want to hear the dog anymore.
Immoral action: Roger shuts the window, so he can't hear the dog.
Immoral consequence: The injured dog does not get help and dies.
Norm: You shouldn't steal hotel breakfasts.
Situation: Ian has quite some time before an interview at a hotel which offers a complimentary breakfast for guests in the lobby.
Intention: Ian wants to grab a bite to eat.
Moral action: Ian pays a fee to eat the breakfast as a non-guest.
Moral consequence: Ian enjoys his breakfast, guilt-free.
Norm: You shouldn't steal hotel breakfasts.
Situation: Ian has quite some time before an interview at a hotel which offers a complimentary breakfast for guests in the lobby.
Intention: Ian wants to grab a bite to eat.
Immoral action: Ian pretends he is a hotel guest and helps himself to the breakfast buffet.
Immoral consequence: Ian feels bad for stealing and being dishonest.
Norm: It's wrong to get involved sexually with friends.
Situation: Jenna's attractive male friend just went through an especially difficult breakup.
Intention: Jenna wants to have sex with someone she finds attractive.
Moral action: Jenna encourages her friend to move on to someone new by going on a double blind date.
Moral consequence: Jenna and her friend both end up hitting it off with the new people they meet.
Norm: It's wrong to get involved sexually with friends.
Situation: Jenna's attractive male friend just went through an especially difficult breakup.
Intention: Jenna wants to have sex with someone she finds attractive.
Immoral action: One night when Jenna's friend comes over to cry about his breakup, Jenna propositions him.
Immoral consequence: Jenna's friend feels like she took advantage of his emotional distress and becomes more distant.
Norm: You shouldn't do things without your partner's permission.
Situation: Paul and Jack have been dating for over a year and are talking about moving in together.
Intention: Paul wants them to combine their assets.
Moral action: Paul makes an appointment for him and Jack to meet a financial advisor about combining their assets.
Moral consequence: Jack is pleased to follow the advice they receive and their relationship matures.
Norm: You shouldn't do things without your partner's permission.
Situation: Paul and Jack have been dating for over a year and are talking about moving in together.
Intention: Paul wants them to combine their assets.
Immoral action: Paul accesses Jack's info and opens a joint checking account without telling Jack.
Immoral consequence: Jack loses trust in Paul and balks at moving in with him.
Norm: You shouldn't upset your friend's partner.
Situation: Frank's girlfriend Rosy asks Kyle if her jeans make her look fat.
Intention: Kyle wants to be honest with Rosy.
Moral action: Kyle tells Rosy the jeans really hug her curves.
Moral consequence: Rosy smiles happily and struts around the room.
Norm: You shouldn't upset your friend's partner.
Situation: Frank's girlfriend Rosy asks Kyle if her jeans make her look fat.
Intention: Kyle wants to be honest with Rosy.
Immoral action: Kyle tells Rosy that the the jeans do make her look fat.
Immoral consequence: Rosy starts to cry and runs out of the room.
Norm: It's wrong to fire your employees for no reason.
Situation: Bill was mad at his wife for always running their clothing store how she wanted and now they were losing money.
Intention: Bill wanted to show his wife that she can't always be in charge, he can make decisions too.
Moral action: Bill told his employee Sue that they had to make cutbacks because they were losing money, and he had to let her go.
Moral consequence: Sue said she understood, she thought the store wasn't doing to well lately.
Norm: It's wrong to fire your employees for no reason.
Situation: Bill was mad at his wife for always running their clothing store how she wanted and now they were losing money.
Intention: Bill wanted to show his wife that she can't always be in charge, he can make decisions too.
Immoral action: Bill told the last employee his wife hired, Sue, that she was fired, without telling her why.
Immoral consequence: Sue started to cry because she thought she had been doing a good job.
Norm: It's good to be passionate about improving yourself.
Situation: John has been putting on a lot of weight lately and it is becoming quite unhealthy.
Intention: John wants to lose some weight.
Moral action: John puts in a lot of hard work and cardio to drop some weight.
Moral consequence: John feels healthier and stronger as well as builds better habits.
Norm: It's good to be passionate about improving yourself.
Situation: John has been putting on a lot of weight lately and it is becoming quite unhealthy.
Intention: John wants to lose some weight.
Immoral action: John takes a popular diet pill which has some bad side effects.
Immoral consequence: John puts his health at risk.
Norm: You shouldn't snoop through someone else's belongings without permission.
Situation: Jane is at her new boyfriend Bob's apartment, waiting for him to finish using the restroom, so they can go on a date.
Intention: Jane wants to find out more about what Bob is like.
Moral action: When Bob returns, Jane asks him if he minds if she looks through his bookshelf to see what he enjoys reading.
Moral consequence: Bob is flattered by Jane's interest in his hobbies and happily tells her all about them.
Norm: You shouldn't snoop through someone else's belongings without permission.
Situation: Jane is at her new boyfriend Bob's apartment, waiting for him to finish using the restroom, so they can go on a date.
Intention: Jane wants to find out more about what Bob is like.
Immoral action: Jane searches through Bob's belongings looking for clues towards his interests.
Immoral consequence: Bob catches Jane in the act and is very turned off by her behavior.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore someone based on their job.
Situation: James is on a blind date and just found out his current partner works as a waiter.
Intention: James wants to avoid wasting time with partners he thinks are inadequate.
Moral action: James asks what his partner plans to be doing ten years from now.
Moral consequence: James finds out his partner is a passionate psychology grad student, and they have an interesting conversation about their experiences in therapy.