CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's irresponsible to suddenly quit work.
Situation: Bianca does not like her manager at work and feels bored with her job.
Intention: She wants to quit her job.
Moral action: Bianca puts in a two week notice and thanks the company for giving her an opportunity to work there.
Moral consequence: Bianca is able to get a job a few weeks later after receiving a good letter of recommendation from her previous company.
Norm: It's irresponsible to suddenly quit work.
Situation: Bianca does not like her manager at work and feels bored with her job.
Intention: She wants to quit her job.
Immoral action: Bianca stands up one day and suddenly announces she is done with this job, and she walks out the door.
Immoral consequence: Bianca has trouble getting another job because her previous company gives her a bad recommendation.
Norm: It's good to give your friends gifts.
Situation: Ted's friends move into a new house and invite him to a housewarming party.
Intention: Ted wants to attend his friends' housewarming party.
Moral action: Ted brings a nice wine and cheese basket for his friends when he goes to their housewarming.
Moral consequence: Ted's friends enjoy the wine and cheese and think it is an appropriate gift for their housewarming party.
Norm: It's good to give your friends gifts.
Situation: Ted's friends move into a new house and invite him to a housewarming party.
Intention: Ted wants to attend his friends' housewarming party.
Immoral action: Ted goes to his friends housewarming party but doesn't bring a gift for the occasion.
Immoral consequence: Ted's friends think he is socially inept for not getting them anything for their housewarming.
Norm: You shouldn't take time off work to get a tattoo.
Situation: Lee is at lunch from work when he passes by a tattoo shop on the street.
Intention: Lee wants to get a tattoo.
Moral action: Lee waits until he gets off of work and goes down to the tattoo parlor.
Moral consequence: Lee uses his pay from work to get a tattoo done on his shoulder.
Norm: You shouldn't take time off work to get a tattoo.
Situation: Lee is at lunch from work when he passes by a tattoo shop on the street.
Intention: Lee wants to get a tattoo.
Immoral action: Lee tells his boss that he is sick and goes to the tattoo parlor to get a tattoo.
Immoral consequence: Lee's boss finds out that he was skipping work and Lee gets reprimanded and demoted.
Norm: It's wrong to want to torture people.
Situation: Benjamin is preparing a workout routine for overweight and inactive individuals.
Intention: Benjamin wants his students to get in shape.
Moral action: Benjamin spends time with each of his students working out exercising plans to help them achieve their goals.
Moral consequence: Benjamin's students start losing weight.
Norm: It's wrong to want to torture people.
Situation: Benjamin is preparing a workout routine for overweight and inactive individuals.
Intention: Benjamin wants his students to get in shape.
Immoral action: Benjamin creates a high intensity workout, and pushes his students way past their limits.
Immoral consequence: Benjamin is sued after one of his students passes out hitting their head on the floor.
Norm: Parents should look out for what's best for their children.
Situation: Jake's son asks Jake if he can buy a motorcycle and learn to ride it.
Intention: Jake wants his son to have a vehicle.
Moral action: Jake says that motorcycles aren't very safe and offers to help buy his son a car.
Moral consequence: Jake's son gets a used car and enjoys it for several years with no trouble.
Norm: Parents should look out for what's best for their children.
Situation: Jake's son asks Jake if he can buy a motorcycle and learn to ride it.
Intention: Jake wants his son to have a vehicle.
Immoral action: Jake says, "Sure, do what you want," allowing his son to get the motorcycle.
Immoral consequence: Jake's son crashes the motorcycle multiple times, injuring himself each time.
Norm: You shouldn't be cheap.
Situation: Mark has decided that he would like to invite the new girl in town, Ashley, out for a date.
Intention: Mark wants to take Ashley to his favorite restaurant for dinner.
Moral action: After dinner Mark pays the bill and asks Ashley how she likes his favorite restaurant.
Moral consequence: Ashley thanks Mark for the nice dinner and says she loves the restaurant.
Norm: You shouldn't be cheap.
Situation: Mark has decided that he would like to invite the new girl in town, Ashley, out for a date.
Intention: Mark wants to take Ashley to his favorite restaurant for dinner.
Immoral action: After dinner when the bill comes Mark adds each meal up with a calculator and tells Ashley how much her share is.
Immoral consequence: Ashley is surprised and tells Mark that she thought he would pay since he invited her.
Norm: It's mean to make someone homeless.
Situation: Gary is a landlord and has a tenant who hasn't paid rent for several months due to financial troubles.
Intention: Gary wants to evict the tenant.
Moral action: Gary gives the tenant two weeks to leave and helps the tenant find temporary shelter.
Moral consequence: The tenant transitions to another apartment and is never suffering outside.
Norm: It's mean to make someone homeless.
Situation: Gary is a landlord and has a tenant who hasn't paid rent for several months due to financial troubles.
Intention: Gary wants to evict the tenant.
Immoral action: Gary gives the tenant one week to leave the apartment and follows through on it.
Immoral consequence: The tenant doesn't have enough time to find a home and suffers out on the streets.
Norm: You should help out your classmates.
Situation: Jill's classmate asks Jill to help them with their math homework since Jill is so good at math.
Intention: Jill wants to respond to her classmate.
Moral action: Jill says she will spend some time explaining the questions in the math homework to her classmate.
Moral consequence: Jill's classmate does better on her math homework that they have in the past and starts to improve their math skills.
Norm: You should help out your classmates.
Situation: Jill's classmate asks Jill to help them with their math homework since Jill is so good at math.
Intention: Jill wants to respond to her classmate.
Immoral action: Jill says she doesn't have the time or energy to help her classmate as she has her own homework to do.
Immoral consequence: Jill's class mate gets a poor mark on her homework and continues to struggle with math.
Norm: You shouldn't throw out someone else's things.
Situation: Ali is doing some spring cleaning to prepare for a yard sale while her husband is away at work.
Intention: Ali wants to get rid of her husband's old clothes that he never wears.
Moral action: Ali waits for her husband to get home and tells him that he needs to get rid of all but a few of his old clothing items.
Moral consequence: Ali's husband is slightly upset but agrees and throws away all but a few items that have strong sentimental value to him.
Norm: You shouldn't throw out someone else's things.
Situation: Ali is doing some spring cleaning to prepare for a yard sale while her husband is away at work.
Intention: Ali wants to get rid of her husband's old clothes that he never wears.
Immoral action: Ali fills a large bag with her husband's clothes that he doesn't wear and throws the bag in the trash.
Immoral consequence: Ali's husband gets home and is angry that Ali threw away the outfit he wore to their first date.
Norm: Getting rid of important family items is disrespectful.
Situation: Paula is helping her parents move to a different town and their house has many items such as albums.
Intention: Paula wants to clean out her parent's house.
Moral action: Paula asks her parents about the picture albums she finds and what to do with them.
Moral consequence: Paula's parents will explain the pictures to Paula and teach her about the past.
Norm: Getting rid of important family items is disrespectful.
Situation: Paula is helping her parents move to a different town and their house has many items such as albums.
Intention: Paula wants to clean out her parent's house.
Immoral action: Paula throws away picture albums she finds.
Immoral consequence: Paula's parents become upset at Paula and saddened the memories are lost.
Norm: You should be respectful of people at memorial services.
Situation: Eric is at a former friend's wake with some other friends and is standing in a very long line to see the coffin.
Intention: Eric wants to talk with his friends.
Moral action: Eric talks with his friends about the person who died and all the fun experiences they had together.
Moral consequence: The family hears about the experiences and gives Eric an opportunity to share them up-front.
Norm: You should be respectful of people at memorial services.
Situation: Eric is at a former friend's wake with some other friends and is standing in a very long line to see the coffin.
Intention: Eric wants to talk with his friends.
Immoral action: Eric starts joking about how the people around them look as dead as the person in the coffin.
Immoral consequence: The family gets very offended and kicks Eric out of the funeral home.
Norm: It's kind to help your parent.
Situation: Peter is at home when he gets a phone call from her mother asking him to come over and help her move a couch.
Intention: Peter wants to respond to his mother's request.
Moral action: Peter tells his mother that he can and says that he'll be over at her place shortly.
Moral consequence: Peter's mother is delighted and relieved that she will get the assistance she needed.
Norm: It's kind to help your parent.
Situation: Peter is at home when he gets a phone call from her mother asking him to come over and help her move a couch.
Intention: Peter wants to respond to his mother's request.
Immoral action: Peter tells his mother that he just can't today because he's not feeling so great, and he can't lift heavy objects.
Immoral consequence: Peter's mother is stressed out because now she has to seek help elsewhere.
Norm: It's wrong to date a friend's sister behind their back.
Situation: Hannah has a crush on her friend Renee's twin sister Carla and wants to date her.
Intention: Hannah doesn't want to hurt Renee.
Moral action: Hannah and Carla go to Renee and tell her about their feelings for each other and ask for her blessing.
Moral consequence: Renee is surprised but understands and gives them her blessing.
Norm: It's wrong to date a friend's sister behind their back.
Situation: Hannah has a crush on her friend Renee's twin sister Carla and wants to date her.
Intention: Hannah doesn't want to hurt Renee.
Immoral action: Hannah and Carla start to date secretly and do not tell Renee what is going on.
Immoral consequence: Renee feels hurt and betrayed when she finds out and her relationships with Hannah and Carla both suffer.
Norm: It's good to care about your child's oral hygiene.
Situation: Lydia notices that her son Maxwell forgot to brush his teeth just as it's time to leave for school.
Intention: Lydia wants to drop Maxwell off at school.
Moral action: Lydia tells Maxwell to go brush his teeth before they leave.
Moral consequence: Maxwell has fresh breath and enjoys sitting with his friends before school.
Norm: It's good to care about your child's oral hygiene.
Situation: Lydia notices that her son Maxwell forgot to brush his teeth just as it's time to leave for school.
Intention: Lydia wants to drop Maxwell off at school.
Immoral action: Lydia tells him to just get in the car figuring one day with unbrushed teeth won't hurt.
Immoral consequence: The kids at school make fun of Maxwell for his smelly breath.
Norm: It is rude to disregard other people's feelings.
Situation: Patty is having a bad day and is very upset, but Jennifer has had a great day.
Intention: Jennifer wants to talk about her great day.
Moral action: Jennifer asks about Patty's day, consoles her, and only after Patty asks about Jennifer's day does she talk about it.
Moral consequence: Patty sees Jennifer as a good friend, and they hang out more often.
Norm: It is rude to disregard other people's feelings.
Situation: Patty is having a bad day and is very upset, but Jennifer has had a great day.
Intention: Jennifer wants to talk about her great day.
Immoral action: Jennifer goes on and on about how great her day is and doesn't ask Patty about her day.
Immoral consequence: Patty feels even worse, and decides she doesn't want to see Jennifer anymore.
Norm: It's wrong to break your good habits.
Situation: Phil is a recovering alcoholic who goes to support group meetings, but still has urges to drink from time to time.
Intention: Phil wants to respond to his urges.
Moral action: Phil calls his friend from the support group, and they talk him through his urges.
Moral consequence: Phil continues to stay sober, and his urges become less and less frequent.
Norm: It's wrong to break your good habits.
Situation: Phil is a recovering alcoholic who goes to support group meetings, but still has urges to drink from time to time.
Intention: Phil wants to respond to his urges.
Immoral action: Phil begins to drink again, and soon is drinking as much as before he quit.
Immoral consequence: Phil loses his job because he is always late and hungover.
Norm: It is good to buy people presents.
Situation: Paul is at the store shopping for chocolate bars while his wife Lana is at home watching the baby.
Intention: Paul wants to pick how many chocolate bars to buy.
Moral action: Paul decides to buy two chocolate bars and to take them home with hm.
Moral consequence: Lana is delighted when Paul shows her that he brought her a surprise chocolate bar.
Norm: It is good to buy people presents.
Situation: Paul is at the store shopping for chocolate bars while his wife Lana is at home watching the baby.
Intention: Paul wants to pick how many chocolate bars to buy.
Immoral action: Paul decides he wants just one chocolate bar and goes ahead and eats right there.
Immoral consequence: Paul comes home empty handed and Lana is disappointed that he didn't surprise her with anything.
Norm: It's nice not to disturb someone.
Situation: Joey sees that his Mother Mary is on a phone call, but wants to ask if he can go out to play.
Intention: Joey wants to ask his question.
Moral action: Joey decides to wait until Mary finishes her call to ask if he can go out to play.
Moral consequence: Mary is proud of Joey for being patient and tells him he can go.
Norm: It's nice not to disturb someone.
Situation: Joey sees that his Mother Mary is on a phone call, but wants to ask if he can go out to play.
Intention: Joey wants to ask his question.
Immoral action: Joey decides to talk over Mary's conversation and ask if he can go outside.
Immoral consequence: Mary gets angry and tells Joey no because he interrupted her phone call.
Norm: It's good to do your best on a test.
Situation: Kane is taking the ACT but is unsure if he wants to go to college.
Intention: Kane wants to finish the exam.
Moral action: Kane spends all of the given time checking and rechecking his answers.
Moral consequence: Kane scores highly enough on the ACT to earn some lucrative scholarships.
Norm: It's good to do your best on a test.
Situation: Kane is taking the ACT but is unsure if he wants to go to college.
Intention: Kane wants to finish the exam.
Immoral action: Kane doesn't consider college prep very important and finishes the exam without much effort.
Immoral consequence: Kane changes his mind about college but finds that his poor performance on the ACT removes him from some scholarships.
Norm: You shouldn't betray your friends confidence in you to others.
Situation: Lisa's friend Robin is pregnant and has asked Lisa to keep it a secret because she is planning to get an abortion.
Intention: Lisa wants to help Robin.
Moral action: Lisa looks up organizations that can help Robin through the process of getting a safe abortion.
Moral consequence: Robin is able to get the help she needs and her friendship with Lisa is stronger.
Norm: You shouldn't betray your friends confidence in you to others.
Situation: Lisa's friend Robin is pregnant and has asked Lisa to keep it a secret because she is planning to get an abortion.
Intention: Lisa wants to help Robin.
Immoral action: Lisa tells Robin's parents that Robin is pregnant and doesn't plan to keep the baby.
Immoral consequence: Robin stops trusting Lisa and her parents are upset with her.
Norm: It's wrong to terminate a relationship over someone's hobbies.
Situation: Jim and his girlfriend are going to New York for vacation, Jim like museums, his girlfriend likes plays.
Intention: Jim wants to talk about what to do in New York.
Moral action: Jim and his girlfriend make a plan where they will go to some museums and some plays.
Moral consequence: Jim's girlfriend is happy and values compromise and Jim.
Norm: It's wrong to terminate a relationship over someone's hobbies.
Situation: Jim and his girlfriend are going to New York for vacation, Jim like museums, his girlfriend likes plays.
Intention: Jim wants to talk about what to do in New York.
Immoral action: Jim tells his girlfriend that they can't be together if she goes to a play.
Immoral consequence: Jim's girlfriend dumps him as he is too controlling.
Norm: It's wrong to leave your pet in a locked car.
Situation: Missy needs to go to the mall on a hot Summer day but doesn’t want to leave her dog home alone, since he starts barking when lonely.
Intention: Missy doesn't want her dog to bother the neighbors with his barking.
Moral action: Missy brings her dog and leaves it in the car but leaves a door unlocked in case something happens.
Moral consequence: Missy's dog gets very hot in the car but some passersby see him having a hard time and get him out of the car and in the shade.
Norm: It's wrong to leave your pet in a locked car.
Situation: Missy needs to go to the mall on a hot Summer day but doesn’t want to leave her dog home alone, since he starts barking when lonely.
Intention: Missy doesn't want her dog to bother the neighbors with his barking.
Immoral action: Missy brings her dog and leaves it in the locked car while she runs her errand.
Immoral consequence: Missy's dog dies in the locked car which has become too hot, because passersby cannot open the car to save the dog.
Norm: It's good to give presents to your children.
Situation: Joseph tells his mother Maple that he made a B on his math test.
Intention: Maple wants to reply to Joseph.
Moral action: Maple buys Joseph a new video game to encourage his good grades.
Moral consequence: Joseph is inspired to see a tutor to help him make an A.
Norm: It's good to give presents to your children.
Situation: Joseph tells his mother Maple that he made a B on his math test.
Intention: Maple wants to reply to Joseph.
Immoral action: Maple tells Joseph that he will do better next time.
Immoral consequence: Joseph feel bad about himself.
Norm: It is unacceptable to yell at people.
Situation: While walking through the supermarket, someone almost runs into Kathy's daughter.
Intention: Kathy wants to scold the person who almost hit her daughter.
Moral action: Kathy pulls the person aside and points out what the person almost did.
Moral consequence: The person is a bit ashamed and apologizes, and promises to be more attentive.
Norm: It is unacceptable to yell at people.
Situation: While walking through the supermarket, someone almost runs into Kathy's daughter.
Intention: Kathy wants to scold the person who almost hit her daughter.
Immoral action: Kathy instantly raises her voice and screams at the person to watch where she's going.
Immoral consequence: The other person looks at her like she's a lunatic and simply walks off.
Norm: It's wrong to keep old food because it's probably expired.
Situation: Sally is making dinner for herself, but the only thing in her refrigerator is some funny-smelling Chinese takeout from a few weeks ago.
Intention: Sally wants to eat something.
Moral action: Sally goes to the grocery store and buys some food to eat.
Moral consequence: Sally has a nice meal and is no longer hungry.
Norm: It's wrong to keep old food because it's probably expired.
Situation: Sally is making dinner for herself, but the only thing in her refrigerator is some funny-smelling Chinese takeout from a few weeks ago.
Intention: Sally wants to eat something.
Immoral action: Sally eats the weeks-old Chinese food even though it smells funny.
Immoral consequence: Sally gets horrible food poisoning and misses two days of work.
Norm: It's wrong to bother people relentlessly.
Situation: Derrick loaned his friend some money, and his friend promised to pay him back.
Intention: Derrick wants to be repaid.
Moral action: Derrick waits a few weeks before bringing up the loan again.
Moral consequence: Derrick's friend pays him back.
Norm: It's wrong to bother people relentlessly.
Situation: Derrick loaned his friend some money, and his friend promised to pay him back.
Intention: Derrick wants to be repaid.
Immoral action: Derrick asks his friend every day if he has the money.
Immoral consequence: Derrick's friend gets mad at Derrick for asking so much.
Norm: It's not good to leave your friends behind.
Situation: Hannah is hiking to a waterfalls with her friend Stephanie, who is out of shape.
Intention: Hannah wants to reach the waterfalls.
Moral action: Hannah and Stephanie walk the trail together, taking many breaks and many pictures together.
Moral consequence: Stephanie and Hannah have a fun time together on their hike and plan other trips together.
Norm: It's not good to leave your friends behind.
Situation: Hannah is hiking to a waterfalls with her friend Stephanie, who is out of shape.
Intention: Hannah wants to reach the waterfalls.
Immoral action: Hannah tells Stephanie she will be going ahead because Stephanie walks too slow.
Immoral consequence: Stephanie is hurt by what Hannah said, and Stephanie refuses to go with Hannah on other hikes.
Norm: Roommates should respect each other.
Situation: Cynthia's roommate is sleeping when Cynthia gets a call from her boyfriend.
Intention: Cynthia wants to talk to her boyfriend.
Moral action: Cynthia texts her boyfriend to wait a minute and goes out of the dorm to talk to her boyfriend.
Moral consequence: Cynthia's roommate is able to sleep peacefully and the two have a good relationship.
Norm: Roommates should respect each other.
Situation: Cynthia's roommate is sleeping when Cynthia gets a call from her boyfriend.
Intention: Cynthia wants to talk to her boyfriend.
Immoral action: Cynthia stays in bed, picks up her phone, and starts talking out loud with her boyfriend.
Immoral consequence: Cynthia's roommate wakes up and tells Cynthia to shut up.
Norm: It's mean to balk at a bride.
Situation: Alicia is a bridesmaid for her sister's wedding and has been chosen as a bridesmaid.
Intention: Alicia wants to give feedback about the bridesmaid dresses.
Moral action: Alicia says the bridesmaid dresses could have some improvements and gives suggestions.
Moral consequence: Alicia's sister will listen to Alicia and work to make the dresses more attractive.
Norm: It's mean to balk at a bride.
Situation: Alicia is a bridesmaid for her sister's wedding and has been chosen as a bridesmaid.
Intention: Alicia wants to give feedback about the bridesmaid dresses.
Immoral action: Alicia says the bridesmaid dresses would only look good on animals and refuses to wear them.
Immoral consequence: Alicia's sister will become upset and not want Alicia around at the wedding.
Norm: Never ignore another humans cry for help.
Situation: Bryce is on his phone on the bus when a woman in red sitting across from him holds up a small sign that says 'Help, I'm being trafficked'.
Intention: Bryce wants to finish his phone call.
Moral action: Bryce tells his conversational partner he will call them back and hangs up the phone before attempting to help the woman in red.
Moral consequence: Bryce is able to separate the woman from the people trafficking her and helps her get to a police station.