CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to smell bad.
Situation: Penny is at the gym working out she is going on a blind date later tonight.
Intention: Penny wants to be on time for her date.
Immoral action: After the gym Penny goes home to get ready for her date she decides to skip the shower, and she makes it to her date on time.
Immoral consequence: Penny smells bad on her date and her date never calls her back.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to your romantic partner
Situation: Barbara has been laid off by her company, and she lives with her boyfriend Daniel who works a night shift.
Intention: Barbara wants to explain her recent situation to Daniel.
Moral action: Barbara tells Daniel that she has been laid off due to reconstruction of her company.
Moral consequence: Daniel takes a week off and goes on a vacation with Barbara to make her happy.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to your romantic partner
Situation: Barbara has been laid off by her company, and she lives with her boyfriend Daniel who works a night shift.
Intention: Barbara wants to explain her recent situation to Daniel.
Immoral action: Barbara still goes out every morning and stays at a coffee shop surfing on the internet without telling Daniel about her layoff.
Immoral consequence: Daniel feels disrespected after knowing that Barbara has actually been laid off.
Norm: You should always help people out at work.
Situation: Gary is in his office at work when Glen, a coworker, comes over and asks for help on an Excel macro.
Intention: Gary wants to respond to Glen's request.
Moral action: Gary tells Glen that he'll come over to his desk and show him how to do it.
Moral consequence: Glen is delighted that Gary will help him and relieved he'll figure out how to create a macro.
Norm: You should always help people out at work.
Situation: Gary is in his office at work when Glen, a coworker, comes over and asks for help on an Excel macro.
Intention: Gary wants to respond to Glen's request.
Immoral action: Gary tells Glen that they probably have a manual somewhere around here, and he should look there.
Immoral consequence: Glen is annoyed because he's aware that there are manuals, and he was requesting human help.
Norm: It's good to do schoolwork.
Situation: George is a student in the 6th grade who struggles with math.
Intention: George wants to make doing math less time consuming.
Moral action: George stays once a week for extra help when the teacher offers.
Moral consequence: George learns the math quicker and his homework is less time consuming as a result.
Norm: It's good to do schoolwork.
Situation: George is a student in the 6th grade who struggles with math.
Intention: George wants to make doing math less time consuming.
Immoral action: George does not do the homework and plays with friends instead.
Immoral consequence: George fails math and must take summer school to avoid repeating a grade.
Norm: It's bad to sneak into your neighbor's house.
Situation: Carlos just knocked on his good friend and neighbor Victor's door, but no one seems to be home.
Intention: Carlos wants to borrow a screwdriver.
Moral action: Carlos decides to call Victor and ask him for his permission to go into his house and grab a screwdriver.
Moral consequence: Carlos gets permission and Victor tells him exactly where the screwdriver is stored.
Norm: It's bad to sneak into your neighbor's house.
Situation: Carlos just knocked on his good friend and neighbor Victor's door, but no one seems to be home.
Intention: Carlos wants to borrow a screwdriver.
Immoral action: Carlos decides to sneak into the house through the garage to grab the screwdriver.
Immoral consequence: Carlos finds the screwdriver and then has to come clean to Victor when it's time to return it.
Norm: It's rude to cheat on the person you're dating
Situation: Nick and Jasmine have been dating for several months, and tonight Nick is at the nightclub where he runs into his ex Suzie.
Intention: Nick wants to talk to Suzie.
Moral action: Nick approaches Suzie to have some drinks together, and he talks about how happy Jasmine makes him which is overheard by someone Jasmine knows.
Moral consequence: Word gets back to Jasmine that Nick was gushing about her to Suzie and it makes Jasmine feel special and loved.
Norm: It's rude to cheat on the person you're dating
Situation: Nick and Jasmine have been dating for several months, and tonight Nick is at the nightclub where he runs into his ex Suzie.
Intention: Nick wants to talk to Suzie.
Immoral action: Nick approaches Suzie to have some drinks together, and they end up making out where everyone can see.
Immoral consequence: Word gets back to Jasmine that Nick hooked up with Suzie, and she breaks up with him.
Norm: It's good to take people places.
Situation: Jones is planning on going to an amusement part.
Intention: Jones wants to go to the park.
Moral action: Jones brings a few of his friends alone with him to the park.
Moral consequence: Jones has a blast at the park with his friends and it's fantastic.
Norm: It's good to take people places.
Situation: Jones is planning on going to an amusement part.
Intention: Jones wants to go to the park.
Immoral action: Jones goes by himself even though he has extra tickets.
Immoral consequence: Jones has some fun, but he's a bit lonely by himself.
Norm: You should thank your family for coming to see you.
Situation: Joe had been in the hospital for a week and was being visited by his family.
Intention: Joe wants to talk to his family.
Moral action: Joe tells his family how happy he is for them to visit him.
Moral consequence: Joe's spirits are raised after his family stays for a few hours.
Norm: You should thank your family for coming to see you.
Situation: Joe had been in the hospital for a week and was being visited by his family.
Intention: Joe wants to talk to his family.
Immoral action: Joe tells his family to leave him alone and get out of his room.
Immoral consequence: Joe's family leaves, and he doesn't have anyone visit him for the rest of his stay.
Norm: It's important to accommodate the needs of everyone.
Situation: Bob is an architect and is designing a building when his manager Rick asks him where he intends to put the wheelchair ramps.
Intention: Bob wants to respond to Rick's question.
Moral action: Bob tells Rick that the wheelchair ramps will fan out in both directions from each entrance symmetrically.
Moral consequence: Rick is pleased that Bob has put so much thought into every detail of the design.
Norm: It's important to accommodate the needs of everyone.
Situation: Bob is an architect and is designing a building when his manager Rick asks him where he intends to put the wheelchair ramps.
Intention: Bob wants to respond to Rick's question.
Immoral action: Bob tells Rick that he won't put in any wheelchair ramps since they're ugly and will ruin his beautiful design.
Immoral consequence: Rick is concerned that Bob doesn't understand reality and is rather disgusted how little thought Bob has for disabled people.
Norm: It's disgusting to bust a nut on someone else's clothing.
Situation: James is mad at his roommate for eating the last of his Froot Loops.
Intention: James wants to punish his roommate for eating his food.
Moral action: James keeps whining to his roommate until he buys James a new box of Froot Loops.
Moral consequence: James enjoys his cereal and his roommate decides that taking his food is too much trouble.
Norm: It's disgusting to bust a nut on someone else's clothing.
Situation: James is mad at his roommate for eating the last of his Froot Loops.
Intention: James wants to punish his roommate for eating his food.
Immoral action: James goes into his roommate's room while he's at work and masturbates on the roommate's favorite shirt.
Immoral consequence: James' roommate is revolted and breaks his lease to move out, sticking James with the full rent.
Norm: It's horrible to tell your parents that you hate them.
Situation: Patty is getting married to her girlfriend in a week.
Intention: Patty wants to have her parents at her wedding.
Moral action: Patty knows her parents don't approve of her marriage but thanks them for coming to the wedding.
Moral consequence: Patty's parents see that Patty is happy and enjoy the rest of the day together.
Norm: It's horrible to tell your parents that you hate them.
Situation: Patty is getting married to her girlfriend in a week.
Intention: Patty wants to have her parents at her wedding.
Immoral action: Patty know her parents don't approve of her marriage so at her wedding she tells her parents that she hates them in anger.
Immoral consequence: Patty's parents leave the wedding and go home they don't speak to Patty for a year.
Norm: You shouldn't act salty toward others.
Situation: While playing an online game Jake gets thoroughly beaten by another player in a PVP battle.
Intention: Jake wants to communicate with the other player.
Moral action: Jake congratulates the other player and asks for any tips they might have.
Moral consequence: Jake gains experience and guidance from a better player.
Norm: You shouldn't act salty toward others.
Situation: While playing an online game Jake gets thoroughly beaten by another player in a PVP battle.
Intention: Jake wants to communicate with the other player.
Immoral action: Jake sends messages to the other player saying that they can’t have possibly won by playing fair.
Immoral consequence: Jake gets a reputation as a poor loser in the game.
Norm: It's rude to disturb the peace in an open area
Situation: Paula is taking her kids for a walk through a park near a retirement home where a bunch of old people are resting in hammocks setup in the parks trees.
Intention: Paula wants to keep her children away from the out folks.
Moral action: Paula runs and grabs her children and whispers to them that they need to stay on the walking path.
Moral consequence: The old folks who are napping get to continue sleeping undisturbed by Paula and her children, and they end up enjoying the afternoon.
Norm: It's rude to disturb the peace in an open area
Situation: Paula is taking her kids for a walk through a park near a retirement home where a bunch of old people are resting in hammocks setup in the parks trees.
Intention: Paula wants to keep her children away from the out folks.
Immoral action: Paula yells loudly at her children to stay on the walking path.
Immoral consequence: Paula's voice startles several of the napping old people who fall out of their hammocks and are injured.
Norm: It's not okay to risk a friendship.
Situation: Tammy has been single for a while, and she realizes she can't stop thinking about the crush she has on a friend's ex-boyfried.
Intention: Tammy wants to pursue a relationship with her friend's ex-boyfriend.
Moral action: Tammy contacts her friend to see if her friend would have any feelings about her dating the ex-boyfriend.
Moral consequence: Tammy's friend is supportive of Tammy calling the ex-boyfriend and wishes Tammy the best.
Norm: It's not okay to risk a friendship.
Situation: Tammy has been single for a while, and she realizes she can't stop thinking about the crush she has on a friend's ex-boyfried.
Intention: Tammy wants to pursue a relationship with her friend's ex-boyfriend.
Immoral action: Tammy contacts her friend's ex-boyfriend, and they start dating and run into Tammy's friend while out one night.
Immoral consequence: Tammy's friend is upset and does not understand when she sees Tammy with her ex-boyfriend.
Norm: It's wrong to be emotionally unavailable in the bedroom.
Situation: Chris and Danielle just finished making love in their bed, and Danielle wants to talk to Chris about their relationship.
Intention: Chris wants to decide whether or not to have a conversation.
Moral action: Chris talks with Danielle, and they discuss how they want their lives to be in the future together.
Moral consequence: Danielle feels loved and is pleased to have an attentive partner in Chris.
Norm: It's wrong to be emotionally unavailable in the bedroom.
Situation: Chris and Danielle just finished making love in their bed, and Danielle wants to talk to Chris about their relationship.
Intention: Chris wants to decide whether or not to have a conversation.
Immoral action: Chris tells Danielle he's tired and rolls over to go to sleep.
Immoral consequence: Danielle is sad because she feels that Chris doesn't really love her and is using her for sex.
Norm: You shouldn't expect your parents to always babysit your kids.
Situation: Steve, a single parent whose mom lives nearby, has a child and needs to go on a business trip for a few weeks.
Intention: Steve wants someone to babysit the children.
Moral action: Steve talks with his mom and offers to give her money for a babysitter if she needs to do something.
Moral consequence: Steve's mom watches his child and hires someone for when she can't be around.
Norm: You shouldn't expect your parents to always babysit your kids.
Situation: Steve, a single parent whose mom lives nearby, has a child and needs to go on a business trip for a few weeks.
Intention: Steve wants someone to babysit the children.
Immoral action: Steve drops off his child at his mom's house and sends her a text detailing the situation.
Immoral consequence: Steve's mom had important plans and is upset that she needs to take care of a child instead.
Norm: People should tell the truth.
Situation: Dave is a car salesman and is showing cars to a customer.
Intention: Dave wants to sell a car to the customer.
Moral action: Dave tells the customer the good and the bad about the car and details how much the bad would cost to fix.
Moral consequence: The customer finds a car that only needs a few repairs, buys it, and is very happy for Dave's honesty.
Norm: People should tell the truth.
Situation: Dave is a car salesman and is showing cars to a customer.
Intention: Dave wants to sell a car to the customer.
Immoral action: Dave tells the customer the good things about a particular car and downplays or avoids the bad things about it.
Immoral consequence: The customer buys the car, is dissatisfied, and hates car salesmen from that day on.
Norm: You should help your friends.
Situation: Mary's friend John is moving to a new house and has asked for help.
Intention: Mary wants to go to a party on John's moving date.
Moral action: Mary offers to come over and help John pack prior to the move so that she can attend the party later.
Moral consequence: John is appreciative of Mary's help, and they become closer as friends.
Norm: You should help your friends.
Situation: Mary's friend John is moving to a new house and has asked for help.
Intention: Mary wants to go to a party on John's moving date.
Immoral action: Mary goes to the party and ignores John's calls during the week of the move.
Immoral consequence: John gradually stops calling Mary and the friendship ends.
Norm: It's good to volunteer for things.
Situation: Pat is in a meeting with his manager Beth, and she asks him if he is interested in running a new company project.
Intention: Pat wants to answer Beth.
Moral action: Pat tells Beth that he would like to volunteer to run the project.
Moral consequence: Beth gives Pat the project which ultimately leads to a promotion and a pay raise for Pat.
Norm: It's good to volunteer for things.
Situation: Pat is in a meeting with his manager Beth, and she asks him if he is interested in running a new company project.
Intention: Pat wants to answer Beth.
Immoral action: Pat tells Beth that he doesn't think he would have time for the project.
Immoral consequence: Beth finds another employee to run the project, and that employee eventually gets noticed by the CEO.
Norm: You shouldn't call your partner a bitch.
Situation: Owen is sitting at the table eating the dinner that his wife cooked.
Intention: Owen wants to let his wife know that the food wasn't seasoned well.
Moral action: Owen tells his wife the food was good, but asks her to pass the salt.
Moral consequence: Owen's wife makes sure to season the food better the next time she cooks.
Norm: You shouldn't call your partner a bitch.
Situation: Owen is sitting at the table eating the dinner that his wife cooked.
Intention: Owen wants to let his wife know that the food wasn't seasoned well.
Immoral action: Owen spits out the food and calls his wife a useless bitch who can't cook.
Immoral consequence: Owen's wife packs her bags and leaves to stay at her mother's house.
Norm: It is polite to clean up after yourself in public
Situation: Adam is using the bathroom in a big box store because he has a bad case of the runs.
Intention: Adam doesn't want to draw attention to himself.
Moral action: Adam takes the time to clean up after himself to avoid people knowing he messed up the bathroom.
Moral consequence: The custodian has hardly any mess to clean up that afternoon.
Norm: It is polite to clean up after yourself in public
Situation: Adam is using the bathroom in a big box store because he has a bad case of the runs.
Intention: Adam doesn't want to draw attention to himself.
Immoral action: Adam leaves the bathroom as quickly as possible to avoid notice, leaving behind a huge mess of crappy toilet paper.
Immoral consequence: The custodian has to put the bathroom out of order while cleaning up the mess.
Norm: You shouldn't use your roommate's things without their permission.
Situation: When Jenna got out of the shower, she realized she couldn't find her hairbrush.
Intention: Jenna wants to brush her hair before it dries.
Moral action: Jenna uses an old comb to brush her hair instead and orders a new brush from Amazon.
Moral consequence: It takes longer for Jenna to brush her hair, but she avoids conflict with her roommate.
Norm: You shouldn't use your roommate's things without their permission.
Situation: When Jenna got out of the shower, she realized she couldn't find her hairbrush.
Intention: Jenna wants to brush her hair before it dries.
Immoral action: Jenna goes into her roommate's room and borrows her hairbrush without asking.
Immoral consequence: Jenna's roommate sees Jenna's hair in her brush and installs a lock on her door.
Norm: It's good to help out your kids with their problems.
Situation: Nick is sitting in his living room when his son Alex tells him he can't figure out a math problem in his homework.
Intention: Nick wants to respond to Alex's statement.
Moral action: Nick tells Alex to bring his workbook over, so he can take a look and help him figure it out.
Moral consequence: Alex is delighted that his dad will help him and runs off to get his workbook.
Norm: It's good to help out your kids with their problems.
Situation: Nick is sitting in his living room when his son Alex tells him he can't figure out a math problem in his homework.
Intention: Nick wants to respond to Alex's statement.
Immoral action: Nick tells Alex that he should go online and see if he can find out the answer to the problem.
Immoral consequence: Alex feels abandoned to go off on his own and figure it out and is sad that his father is of no use.
Norm: It's nice to give gifts for the holidays.
Situation: Raymond knows his lonely friend doesn't get many gifts for Christmas and is thinking about buying him a gift.
Intention: Raymond wants to consider buying his lonely friend a gift.
Moral action: Raymond thinks about what gift his lonely friend would want and buys it for him.
Moral consequence: Raymond's lonely friend is ecstatic on Christmas and feels very grateful towards Raymond.
Norm: It's nice to give gifts for the holidays.
Situation: Raymond knows his lonely friend doesn't get many gifts for Christmas and is thinking about buying him a gift.
Intention: Raymond wants to consider buying his lonely friend a gift.
Immoral action: Raymond decides to skip on a gift for his lonely friend.
Immoral consequence: Raymond's lonely friend feels depressed on Christmas since he didn't get any gifts again.
Norm: It's rude to continuously lie to someone
Situation: Newly divorced Olivia is having lunch with her mom, when her mom asks her how her husband is doing.
Intention: Olivia wants to respond to her mom's question.
Moral action: Olivia tells her mom that she's been hiding the fact that she got divorced a few weeks ago, but she has to come clean about it at this point.
Moral consequence: Olivia's mom offers to help her with anything that she needs and offers her emotional support.
Norm: It's rude to continuously lie to someone
Situation: Newly divorced Olivia is having lunch with her mom, when her mom asks her how her husband is doing.
Intention: Olivia wants to respond to her mom's question.
Immoral action: Olivia continues to hide the fact that she's been divorced for a few weeks now and pretends that her marriage and husband are fine.
Immoral consequence: Olivia's mom is thrilled to hear this and thinks that everything is fine in Olivia's life.
Norm: It is mean to ignore and exclude people
Situation: Henry is at a sales conference for technology companies.
Intention: Henry wants to sell some of his products.
Moral action: Henry works as a team with his sales partner Kelsey, so they can make more sales together.
Moral consequence: Henry and Kelsey together make more sales than either one would have individually.
Norm: It is mean to ignore and exclude people
Situation: Henry is at a sales conference for technology companies.
Intention: Henry wants to sell some of his products.
Immoral action: Henry leaves his sales partner Kelsey behind because he doesn't want competition from her.
Immoral consequence: Kelsey is left on her own and has to make her own sales, and never works with Henry again.
Norm: It's wrong to break a date with a friend.
Situation: John is supposed to hang out with his friend, but he has to babysit his little sister.
Intention: John wants to keep his sister safe.
Moral action: John invites his friend over to his house for the evening.
Moral consequence: His friend learns how to take care of a child.
Norm: It's wrong to break a date with a friend.
Situation: John is supposed to hang out with his friend, but he has to babysit his little sister.
Intention: John wants to keep his sister safe.
Immoral action: John tells his friend that he can't hang out.
Immoral consequence: John's friend feels lonely.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore your significant other at social events.
Situation: Adam and his wife are going to a party after being cooped in together for months because of the pandemic.
Intention: Adam wants to hang out with someone else than his wife at the party.
Moral action: Before the party, Adam suggest to his wife that they try to connect with other people instead of hanging out together.
Moral consequence: Adam's wife thinks it's a good idea and enjoys an evening spent with other people than Adam.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore your significant other at social events.
Situation: Adam and his wife are going to a party after being cooped in together for months because of the pandemic.
Intention: Adam wants to hang out with someone else than his wife at the party.
Immoral action: Once at the party, Adam purposefully ignores his wife every time she comes close.
Immoral consequence: Adam's wife sadly tells herself that Adam does not like her anymore.
Norm: It is inexcusable to defend a racist joke.
Situation: John is with a group of friends when one makes a racially insensitive joke and another friend says they find it offensive.
Intention: John wants to react to the joke.
Moral action: John agrees that the joke was wrong and tells the person who told it not to make those kind of jokes any more.
Moral consequence: The offended friend is glad that not everybody in the group thinks racist humor is funny.
Norm: It is inexcusable to defend a racist joke.
Situation: John is with a group of friends when one makes a racially insensitive joke and another friend says they find it offensive.
Intention: John wants to react to the joke.
Immoral action: John tells the offended friend to relax since it was just a joke which shouldn't be taken seriously.
Immoral consequence: The friend that was offended feels that the whole group must be racist.