CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: Kids should not smoke cigarettes.
Situation: Bob has two pre-teenage children, a boy and a girl.
Intention: Bob wants his children to learn to assume responsibility for their actions and make their own decisions.
Immoral action: Bob says nothing when he catches his son smoking cigarettes.
Immoral consequence: Bob's son continues to smoke and admits it's his own fault when he suffers lung damage.
Norm: It's wrong to take pleasure in hurting others.
Situation: Jake is playing against his biggest rival in football and gets in position for a tackle.
Intention: Jake wants to stop the play and get possession to his team.
Moral action: Jake tackles his foe hard and checks on him when he notices the rival seeming hurt.
Moral consequence: Jake looks like he is above board to all who witness.
Norm: It's wrong to take pleasure in hurting others.
Situation: Jake is playing against his biggest rival in football and gets in position for a tackle.
Intention: Jake wants to stop the play and get possession to his team.
Immoral action: Jake spears his rival to the ground and celebrates when his opponent struggles to get up.
Immoral consequence: The other players think Jake is unsportsmanlike.
Norm: It's rude to steal your colleagues' lunches.
Situation: Bob is at work when he realizes that he forgot to bring his lunch with him.
Intention: Bob wants to have something to eat.
Moral action: Bob goes downstairs and orders food from the work cafeteria.
Moral consequence: Bob is full after eating his meal and remembers to bring his food to work the next day.
Norm: It's rude to steal your colleagues' lunches.
Situation: Bob is at work when he realizes that he forgot to bring his lunch with him.
Intention: Bob wants to have something to eat.
Immoral action: Bob takes some of the food from a coworkers lunch box in the office fridge.
Immoral consequence: Bob is called into his boss's office and loses a day's worth of pay.
Norm: You shouldn't overfill your car with things.
Situation: Brad needs to move all of his things to his new apartment by the end of the day.
Intention: Brad wants to transport his things quickly.
Moral action: Brad rents a large moving van for the day.
Moral consequence: Brad is able to move everything into his apartment in one trip.
Norm: You shouldn't overfill your car with things.
Situation: Brad needs to move all of his things to his new apartment by the end of the day.
Intention: Brad wants to transport his things quickly.
Immoral action: Brad stuffs covers the backseat of his car with this to the point where his back window is blocked.
Immoral consequence: Brad runs into another car backing up because he can't see what he's doing.
Norm: It's nice to respect the wishes of others.
Situation: Niro has a crush on Mylah, his best friend Noah's ex-girlfriend,  but Noah has asked him not to date her.
Intention: Niro wants to hang out with Mylah.
Moral action: Niro invites Mylah to his house party as friends.
Moral consequence: Niro and Mylah become platonic friends, and Noah is okay with the situation.
Norm: It's nice to respect the wishes of others.
Situation: Niro has a crush on Mylah, his best friend Noah's ex-girlfriend,  but Noah has asked him not to date her.
Intention: Niro wants to hang out with Mylah.
Immoral action: Niro asks Mylah out on a date.
Immoral consequence: Noah sees Niro and Mylah on their date together, and the guys lose their friendship over it.
Norm: It's against the law to murder someone.
Situation: James is having a disagreement with another driver over them stealing his parking spot.
Intention: James wants to express his anger at the other driver.
Moral action: James calls the other driver a few rude words and drives off to find another spot.
Moral consequence: James vents his frustrations at being cut off by the other driver.
Norm: It's against the law to murder someone.
Situation: James is having a disagreement with another driver over them stealing his parking spot.
Intention: James wants to express his anger at the other driver.
Immoral action: James pulls out his gun and shoots the other driver.
Immoral consequence: James is arrested and taken to prison for murder.
Norm: It's bad to be too clingy to your girlfriend.
Situation: Joe has been dating his girlfriend for a month and is completely in love with her.
Intention: Joe wants to buy a gift for his girlfriend.
Moral action: Joe buys his girlfriend a box of chocolates with a handwritten note.
Moral consequence: Joe's girlfriend tells him that she thinks he is the sweetest man alive.
Norm: It's bad to be too clingy to your girlfriend.
Situation: Joe has been dating his girlfriend for a month and is completely in love with her.
Intention: Joe wants to buy a gift for his girlfriend.
Immoral action: Joe buys an expensive ring for his girlfriend and asks her to marry him and have his children.
Immoral consequence: Joe's girlfriend is taken aback and says she isn't ready for that kind of commitment.
Norm: It's good to give cats a good home.
Situation: Terry has noticed a stray cat wandering outside his house in the street.
Intention: Terry wants to help the stray cat.
Moral action: Terry lures the cat into his house with food and water.
Moral consequence: The cat is adopted into a good home.
Norm: It's good to give cats a good home.
Situation: Terry has noticed a stray cat wandering outside his house in the street.
Intention: Terry wants to help the stray cat.
Immoral action: Terry leaves out some food and water for the cat.
Immoral consequence: The cat eats and drinks but remains homeless.
Norm: It's wrong to assume things about others.
Situation: Bill notices that a friend who once struggled with substance abuse is looking extremely run down and behaving strangely.
Intention: Bill wants to be there to help his friend.
Moral action: Bill approaches his friend sincerely and asks what has been going on.
Moral consequence: Bill's friend confides in him about his depression and appreciates his support.
Norm: It's wrong to assume things about others.
Situation: Bill notices that a friend who once struggled with substance abuse is looking extremely run down and behaving strangely.
Intention: Bill wants to be there to help his friend.
Immoral action: Bill assumes his friend is getting back into drugs and offers up some advice.
Immoral consequence: Bill's friend is offended that he jumped to that conclusion.
Norm: You should be considerate of others.
Situation: Daria is hosting a dinner party for friends, some of whom are vegan.
Intention: Daria wants to cook all of the meals for her dinner party.
Moral action: Daria cooks a variety of dishes that will satisfy all of her friends, no matter their diet.
Moral consequence: Everyone feels included and thanks Daria for hosting such a lovely party with delicious dishes.
Norm: You should be considerate of others.
Situation: Daria is hosting a dinner party for friends, some of whom are vegan.
Intention: Daria wants to cook all of the meals for her dinner party.
Immoral action: After telling her guests not to bring anything, Daria prepares nothing but dishes that include meat or animal products.
Immoral consequence: Daria's vegan friends are forced to sit and watch on hungrily as their friends eat the meat-rich dinner.
Norm: It's greedy to eat too much
Situation: Matt is starving after a long day at school and is sitting down for dinner with his family.
Intention: Matt wants to eat food to satisfy his hunger.
Moral action: Matt eats a reasonable portion of the various foods his mother has prepared for dinner.
Moral consequence: Matt's family have a pleasant and enjoyable dinner together.
Norm: It's greedy to eat too much
Situation: Matt is starving after a long day at school and is sitting down for dinner with his family.
Intention: Matt wants to eat food to satisfy his hunger.
Immoral action: Matt eats all the dinner rolls before any of his family members can have a single one.
Immoral consequence: Matt's family is disappointed and upset that he was selfish and ate all the rolls.
Norm: You shouldn't pull pranks that could harm someone.
Situation: Dwight's coworker is always messing with people at work and recently finds that a line has been crossed.
Intention: Dwight wants to teach his coworker a lesson.
Moral action: Dwight tapes his coworker's desk making it impossible to open without investing time removing all the tape.
Moral consequence: His coworker learns that people will get him back.
Norm: You shouldn't pull pranks that could harm someone.
Situation: Dwight's coworker is always messing with people at work and recently finds that a line has been crossed.
Intention: Dwight wants to teach his coworker a lesson.
Immoral action: Dwight spikes his coworker's lunch with an incredibly spicy hot sauce.
Immoral consequence: His coworker has a really bad reaction to the hot sauce.
Norm: Parents should encourage their children to get exercise.
Situation: Sara has a son who has recently been doing very well in school with high grades.
Intention: Sara wants to reward her son.
Moral action: Sara buys her son a dancing game and an Xbox Kinect.
Moral consequence: Sara's son gets to play while also getting healthy exercise.
Norm: Parents should encourage their children to get exercise.
Situation: Sara has a son who has recently been doing very well in school with high grades.
Intention: Sara wants to reward her son.
Immoral action: Sara buys her son a traditional popular video game.
Immoral consequence: Sara's son gets less exercise because of the nature of the video game.
Norm: It's illegal to use the USPS to commit a crime
Situation: James is a passionate Donald Trump supporter in a state that votes by mail.
Intention: James wants to have a disproportionate impact on the election.
Moral action: James works in a phone bank calling people to remind them to vote for Donald Trump.
Moral consequence: James convinces at least a few of the people he talks to to vote for Trump.
Norm: It's illegal to use the USPS to commit a crime
Situation: James is a passionate Donald Trump supporter in a state that votes by mail.
Intention: James wants to have a disproportionate impact on the election.
Immoral action: James takes his neighbors' ballots out of their mailboxes, votes for Donald Trump, and mails them in.
Immoral consequence: The poll workers notice that the signatures on ten different ballots are identical and report James to the police.
Norm: It's wrong to insult another person's religious beliefs.
Situation: Jack and Abhed are discussing their religious beliefs during a work lunch while having some beers.
Intention: Jack wants to offer his perspective on religion.
Moral action: Jack explains that his perspective on religion stems around personal morality and that no religion is more right than another except to the individual.
Moral consequence: Jack and Abhed have a constructive conversation on religion and become closer friends.
Norm: It's wrong to insult another person's religious beliefs.
Situation: Jack and Abhed are discussing their religious beliefs during a work lunch while having some beers.
Intention: Jack wants to offer his perspective on religion.
Immoral action: Jack mentions that while people have the choice to practice whatever religion they want, only Christianity is the correct religion for humans one Earth.
Immoral consequence: Abhed takes extreme offence and tells Jack that they can no longer be friends and that he will tell HR about this comment.
Norm: You don't have to tip for bad service.
Situation: Roy has had a very bad experience at a restaurant because the server is careless as well as rude.
Intention: Roy wants to express his discontent about the service.
Moral action: Roy complains about the service to the manager and doesn't leave any tip.
Moral consequence: The workers are sent a message that the service was exceptionally poor.
Norm: You don't have to tip for bad service.
Situation: Roy has had a very bad experience at a restaurant because the server is careless as well as rude.
Intention: Roy wants to express his discontent about the service.
Immoral action: Roy mentioned his dish made prepared incorrectly but leaves a small tip anyway.
Immoral consequence: The server does not realize or care about the extent of the service failure.
Norm: It is wrong to abandon family members.
Situation: Joe took his 5 year old son to the ball game.
Intention: John wants to grab a hot dog.
Moral action: John holds his son's hand to lead him to the hot dog stand.
Moral consequence: John and his son have a great time at the game with hot dogs.
Norm: It is wrong to abandon family members.
Situation: Joe took his 5 year old son to the ball game.
Intention: John wants to grab a hot dog.
Immoral action: John turns away from his son for a second to get a hot dog.
Immoral consequence: John's son wanders away and gets lost for a few hours.
Norm: It's rude to destroy other people's property.
Situation: Jason is taking a shortcut home though an alley when his way is blocked by a locked gated fence.
Intention: Jason wants to get home.
Moral action: Jason decides to just change his path and take the long way home.
Moral consequence: Jason gets home a little later than he wanted to but without incident.
Norm: It's rude to destroy other people's property.
Situation: Jason is taking a shortcut home though an alley when his way is blocked by a locked gated fence.
Intention: Jason wants to get home.
Immoral action: Jason kicks open the gate breaking the lock in the process and continues to his house.
Immoral consequence: Jason is seen breaking the lock and is later fined for the damages.
Norm: You should not use urinals for things other than peeing.
Situation: Rick is waiting in line for a restroom stall to open up at a busy sports venue.
Intention: Rick needs to poop.
Moral action: Rick sees a restroom door open and uses the stall to defecate.
Moral consequence: Rick is relieved and goes back to his seat to enjoy the game.
Norm: You should not use urinals for things other than peeing.
Situation: Rick is waiting in line for a restroom stall to open up at a busy sports venue.
Intention: Rick needs to poop.
Immoral action: Rick sees a urinal nearby the stall doors and decides to use it to defecate.
Immoral consequence: The men in the restroom get angry at Rick and push him out of the venue while swearing.
Norm: You shouldn't aggressively sell to people.
Situation: Tim works as a sales person for a home delivery company.
Intention: Tim wants to be a top seller.
Moral action: Tim maintains a client list that he uses to track what his customers like to buy.
Moral consequence: Tim is able to keep track of his best clients and contact them only when what they like is available.
Norm: You shouldn't aggressively sell to people.
Situation: Tim works as a sales person for a home delivery company.
Intention: Tim wants to be a top seller.
Immoral action: Tim targets elderly clients and calls them repeatedly to pressure them to buy.
Immoral consequence: Tim gets numerous complaints about his tactics.
Norm: You shouldn't intentionally spill things on people.
Situation: James is a waiter in a fancy restaurant and one of his customers is being very rude.
Intention: James wants to avoid dealing with the rude customer.
Moral action: James asks the manager to speak to the rude patron and ask him to change his behavior.
Moral consequence: The rude patron swears at the manager and is subsequently kicked out of the restaurant.
Norm: You shouldn't intentionally spill things on people.
Situation: James is a waiter in a fancy restaurant and one of his customers is being very rude.
Intention: James wants to avoid dealing with the rude customer.
Immoral action: James intentionally drops a plate of beef ragout on the man's expensive suit.
Immoral consequence: The man screams and James and the manager until the manager agrees to fire James.
Norm: It's rude to insult people out of anger.
Situation: James was talking to his friend on the playground when Bill accidentally hit him with a basketball.
Intention: James wants Bill to be more careful with the ball.
Moral action: James tosses the ball back to Bill and says, "Hey, be more careful".
Moral consequence: Bill says, "I'm sorry I hit you - I'll be more careful".
Norm: It's rude to insult people out of anger.
Situation: James was talking to his friend on the playground when Bill accidentally hit him with a basketball.
Intention: James wants Bill to be more careful with the ball.
Immoral action: James calls Bill a clumsy four-eyes and tells him he's a loser.
Immoral consequence: Bill chases the ball down and throws it at James deliberately.
Norm: You don't have to react emotionally to everything.
Situation: Matt Goes to school with Robin who is intellectually disabled and in the special ed class.
Intention: Matt wants to impress other people and be popular.
Moral action: Matt sticks up for Robin when others make fun of her and treats her respectfully.
Moral consequence: Robin is a sister to one of the popular kids who gain respect for Matt and befriend him.
Norm: You don't have to react emotionally to everything.
Situation: Matt Goes to school with Robin who is intellectually disabled and in the special ed class.
Intention: Matt wants to impress other people and be popular.
Immoral action: Matt mocks Robin and plays mean pranks on her in order to make others laugh.
Immoral consequence: Robin is the sister of a popular girl who had a crush on him but now dislikes him and tells her friends what Matt has done to Robin.
Norm: It's not okay to hold a grudge against people.
Situation: Sally and her boyfriend broke up but Sally was really good friends with her boyfriend's frail mother.
Intention: Sally wanted to visit her ex-boyfriend's mother to stay in touch.
Moral action: Sally visits her ex-boyfriend's mother, and she does not try to talk about her ex at all.
Moral consequence: Sally's ex-boyfriend's mother enjoys their visit and it is a pleasure to have her over.
Norm: It's not okay to hold a grudge against people.
Situation: Sally and her boyfriend broke up but Sally was really good friends with her boyfriend's frail mother.
Intention: Sally wanted to visit her ex-boyfriend's mother to stay in touch.
Immoral action: Sally visits her ex-boyfriend's mother, and she talks about how mad she is at her ex-boyfriend.
Immoral consequence: Sally's ex-boyfriend's mother is upset by the things Sally talks about and their visit is stressful.
Norm: You shouldn't police what other people say.
Situation: Dave is at the office when the manager berates an employee, Janet, who calls the manager a jerk after he leaves.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Janet's statement of frustration.
Moral action: Dave tells Janet that he feels for her since the manager can be a jerk sometimes.
Moral consequence: Janet is happy someone agrees with her and feel supported by Dave.
Norm: You shouldn't police what other people say.
Situation: Dave is at the office when the manager berates an employee, Janet, who calls the manager a jerk after he leaves.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Janet's statement of frustration.
Immoral action: Dave tells Janet that it's inappropriate to use the word jerk in a work setting.
Immoral consequence: Janet rolls her eyes and is annoyed by Dave and even more frustrated that he's not allowing her to express her anger.
Norm: It's bad to aggravate an animal.
Situation: Jeff's cat is growling and hissing at Jeff's friend Murray who has come to visit.
Intention: Murray wants the cat to stop hissing.
Moral action: Murray gets down on the ground and puts a hand out for the cat to sniff.
Moral consequence: The cat slowly approaches to smell Murray and stops hissing as he does so.
Norm: It's bad to aggravate an animal.
Situation: Jeff's cat is growling and hissing at Jeff's friend Murray who has come to visit.
Intention: Murray wants the cat to stop hissing.
Immoral action: Murray hisses back at the cat and pretends to try and swipe at him.
Immoral consequence: The cat's hissing stops but only because he is now lunging at Murray's face.
Norm: It is good to find bargains.
Situation: Jill is at the store looking for more clothes to buy for herself.
Intention: Jill wants to find more clothes.
Moral action: Jill goes through the store slowly and carefuly to look for good prices.
Moral consequence: Jill finds lots of clothes that she can buy within her budget.
Norm: It is good to find bargains.
Situation: Jill is at the store looking for more clothes to buy for herself.
Intention: Jill wants to find more clothes.
Immoral action: Jill buys the first good clothes she sees and quickly ends her shopping trip.
Immoral consequence: She spend the whole clothing budget on only a few clothes.
Norm: You should not try to suffocate yourself.
Situation: Trish just got broken up with by her boyfriend and is feeling overwhelmed by her emotions.
Intention: Trish wants her emotions to stop happening.
Moral action: Trish has a few drinks of alcohol and goes up to her bed to fall asleep.
Moral consequence: Trish wakes up feeling calmer and more ready to process what happened.
Norm: You should not try to suffocate yourself.
Situation: Trish just got broken up with by her boyfriend and is feeling overwhelmed by her emotions.
Intention: Trish wants her emotions to stop happening.
Immoral action: Trish grabs a plastic trash bag and puts it over her head, duct taping it around her neck and securing her hands in a pair of handcuffs.
Immoral consequence: Trish isn't found in time and passes away from her suicide attempt.
Norm: You are expected to tip your server in most situations.
Situation: Sam has just received the bill at a restaurant and is surprised by how much it has added up to.
Intention: Sam wants to spend less money.
Moral action: Sam leaves a very modest tip.
Moral consequence: The server is happy to get something.
Norm: You are expected to tip your server in most situations.
Situation: Sam has just received the bill at a restaurant and is surprised by how much it has added up to.
Intention: Sam wants to spend less money.
Immoral action: Sam completely stiffs the server on the tip in order to save money.
Immoral consequence: The server is upset at the lack of tip.
Norm: It's wrong to trick one's friends.
Situation: Brad and Andy are hanging out with a bunch of strangers at a party.
Intention: Brad wants to entertain the new people.
Moral action: Brad tells everyone silly jokes.
Moral consequence: Brad gains new friends.
Norm: It's wrong to trick one's friends.
Situation: Brad and Andy are hanging out with a bunch of strangers at a party.
Intention: Brad wants to entertain the new people.
Immoral action: Brad plays a silly prank on Andy to make people laugh.
Immoral consequence: Brad is lectured by Andy's girlfriend when she finds out about the event.
Norm: It's not okay to be unprofessional.
Situation: Ben is meeting a new client in the office this morning.
Intention: Ben wants to talk to the man about the work that he wants done.
Moral action: Ben meets the customer wearing a business suit and a tie.
Moral consequence: The man is impressed with how Ben presents himself and is sure that his company is the one for him.
Norm: It's not okay to be unprofessional.
Situation: Ben is meeting a new client in the office this morning.
Intention: Ben wants to talk to the man about the work that he wants done.
Immoral action: Ben greets the man wearing a tank top and boxing shorts.
Immoral consequence: The man decides that Ben's company wouldn't do well to service his business.
Norm: It's good to want to dress nicely.
Situation: Dave and his wife Wendy are getting ready in their bedroom to go out to a very fancy restaurant tonight.
Intention: Dave wants to choose what to wear.
Moral action: Dave decides that he's going to go full out and puts on a tuxedo with a black bowtie.
Moral consequence: Wendy is impressed by how dapper Dave looks and is proud to stand next to him in public.
Norm: It's good to want to dress nicely.
Situation: Dave and his wife Wendy are getting ready in their bedroom to go out to a very fancy restaurant tonight.
Intention: Dave wants to choose what to wear.
Immoral action: Dave decides to put on some basketball shorts, a thick plaid shirt, black socks and running shoes.
Immoral consequence: Wendy is horrified that Dave looks ridiculous and is breaking every rule of fashion embarrassing her to be seen with him.