CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's not good to drink to excess.
Situation: Tim goes to a big party with lots of booze.
Intention: Tim wants to drink.
Immoral action: Tim drinks and drinks and drinks some more until he passes out.
Immoral consequence: Tim wakes up at one of his friend's houses, and he has to help clean all the puke he made.
Norm: It's good to feed the unfortunate.
Situation: Benji is walking down the street when he's asked by Fred, a homeless man to spare some change.
Intention: Benji wants to help the homeless man.
Moral action: Benji tells Fred he has no cash but that he'll buy him a coffee and a sandwich from the local deli using debit.
Moral consequence: Fred is delighted that he'll get to eat and grateful for Benji for helping him out.
Norm: It's good to feed the unfortunate.
Situation: Benji is walking down the street when he's asked by Fred, a homeless man to spare some change.
Intention: Benji wants to help the homeless man.
Immoral action: Benji tells Fred  that there's a homeless shelter nearby, and he can show him where it is.
Immoral consequence: Fred is annoyed because he knows about the shelter, which provides nothing for him except a place for his things to get stolen.
Norm: You shouldn't refuse to help a friend in need.
Situation: Mario is listening to a hockey game on the radio when he gets a call from Luigi to pick him up from the airport.
Intention: Mario wants to listen to the game.
Moral action: Mario listens to the game in the car while driving to the airport.
Moral consequence: Luigi thanks Mario, and they listen to the hockey game together.
Norm: You shouldn't refuse to help a friend in need.
Situation: Mario is listening to a hockey game on the radio when he gets a call from Luigi to pick him up from the airport.
Intention: Mario wants to listen to the game.
Immoral action: Mario tells Luigi to take a taxi and continues listening to the game.
Immoral consequence: Luigi calls Mario selfish for choosing a hockey game over him.
Norm: It's not okay to insult people when having a confrontation.
Situation: Bob and Lee were having a disagreement about a project they were working on at work.
Intention: Bob wants to get his way.
Moral action: Bob takes his time explaining to Lee why he wants to do it a certain way.
Moral consequence: Lee agrees with Bob, and they work on the project under Bob's direction.
Norm: It's not okay to insult people when having a confrontation.
Situation: Bob and Lee were having a disagreement about a project they were working on at work.
Intention: Bob wants to get his way.
Immoral action: Bob punches Lee out and knocks him unconscious, leaving Bob to work on the project alone.
Immoral consequence: Bob's boss finds out and terminates Bob from his position immediately.
Norm: People should take care of the environment.
Situation: Stephanie has finished drinking a large bottle of water on a crowded beach, and she notices a young girl collecting sea shells in front of her.
Intention: Stephanie wants to get rid of the empty bottle.
Moral action: Stephanie offers the bottle to a little girl picking up sea shells explaining that the girl can use the bottle to hold her shells.
Moral consequence: Stephanie is thanked by the girl who begins sliding the shells into an empty bottle.
Norm: People should take care of the environment.
Situation: Stephanie has finished drinking a large bottle of water on a crowded beach, and she notices a young girl collecting sea shells in front of her.
Intention: Stephanie wants to get rid of the empty bottle.
Immoral action: Stephanie walks towards the ocean and tosses the bottle into the waves.
Immoral consequence: Stephanie is fined by a cop walking along the beach for littering.
Norm: You shouldn't keep things from your significant other
Situation: Joey is spending time with a female coworker after hours for work purposes and knows that this would concern his insecure partner.
Intention: Joey wants to keep his partner from worrying.
Moral action: Joey tells his partner upfront that they have to do a work project together.
Moral consequence: Joey's partner feel more comfortable with the situation because she was given a heads up.
Norm: You shouldn't keep things from your significant other
Situation: Joey is spending time with a female coworker after hours for work purposes and knows that this would concern his insecure partner.
Intention: Joey wants to keep his partner from worrying.
Immoral action: Joey avoids telling his partner who is he with after work.
Immoral consequence: Joey's partner finds out the truth from social media and loses trust in him.
Norm: You shouldn't kidnap your kids.
Situation: Mary doesn't get to see her kids enough since getting divorced from Ron.
Intention: Mary wants to see her kids more.
Moral action: Mary makes a plea to the courts for more time with her kids.
Moral consequence: Mary is granted a longer time for the joint custody she has with Ron.
Norm: You shouldn't kidnap your kids.
Situation: Mary doesn't get to see her kids enough since getting divorced from Ron.
Intention: Mary wants to see her kids more.
Immoral action: Mary grabs the kids from school one day and drives to the next state.
Immoral consequence: Mary is chased by the police and eventually taken to jail.
Norm: You should report people if they do something wrong.
Situation: Katie has become a witness to a crime committed by someone who lives in her apartment complex and the police are asking the tenants for information.
Intention: Katie wants to keep her name out of the report.
Moral action: Katie avoids talking to the police but later submits an anonymous tip.
Moral consequence: The criminal is put behind bars thanks to the tip she sent in.
Norm: You should report people if they do something wrong.
Situation: Katie has become a witness to a crime committed by someone who lives in her apartment complex and the police are asking the tenants for information.
Intention: Katie wants to keep her name out of the report.
Immoral action: Katie tells the police that she didn't see anything when they ask her.
Immoral consequence: The criminal is unpunished and continues to commit similar crimes.
Norm: You shouldn't take advantage of people for their mistakes.
Situation: Mike is on summer vacation and is out and about exploring a new city.
Intention: Mike is thirsty and wants to get a bottle of water.
Moral action: After Mike buys his bottle of water he realizes that cashier gave him too much change back by mistake and returns it.
Moral consequence: The cashier is grateful to Mike for returning the money.
Norm: You shouldn't take advantage of people for their mistakes.
Situation: Mike is on summer vacation and is out and about exploring a new city.
Intention: Mike is thirsty and wants to get a bottle of water.
Immoral action: After Mike buys his bottle of water he realizes that cashier gave him too much change back by mistake but opts to keep it.
Immoral consequence: The cashier comes up short at the end of their shift and loses their job.
Norm: It's wrong to litter a neighbor's property.
Situation: Heysel is walking down the sidewalk in a residential area and has just finished a bottle of water on a hot day.
Intention: Heysel wants to discard his water bottle.
Moral action: Heysel smashes the water bottle and puts it in his pocket until he passes by a trash can.
Moral consequence: The water bottle goes into the trash and is easy to pick up.
Norm: It's wrong to litter a neighbor's property.
Situation: Heysel is walking down the sidewalk in a residential area and has just finished a bottle of water on a hot day.
Intention: Heysel wants to discard his water bottle.
Immoral action: Heysel casually throws his bottle to the side and onto someone's lawn, then continues walking.
Immoral consequence: The person whose lawn the water bottle is on has a bad back and has a hard time picking it up.
Norm: It's understandable to want to leave your bedroom.
Situation: Andrew lost his wife of ten years recently and has been very depressed.
Intention: Andrew wants to process his grief.
Moral action: Andrew grieves, but makes sure he leaves his bedroom to work and do normal activities.
Moral consequence: Though he always misses his wife, he eventually returns to a normal life and basic happiness.
Norm: It's understandable to want to leave your bedroom.
Situation: Andrew lost his wife of ten years recently and has been very depressed.
Intention: Andrew wants to process his grief.
Immoral action: Andrew spends all his time in his bedroom obsessing over his wife's death.
Immoral consequence: Andrew never gets back to a normal life, loses his job, and starts having money problems.
Norm: It's good to take in stray animals and help them.
Situation: Sam is hanging out on his front porch and a skinny dog walks up to him.
Intention: Sam wants to do something about the dog.
Moral action: Sam gets the dog some water and food and moves it to his backyard where it will be protected from the elements.
Moral consequence: The dog is able to get healthy under the care of Sam.
Norm: It's good to take in stray animals and help them.
Situation: Sam is hanging out on his front porch and a skinny dog walks up to him.
Intention: Sam wants to do something about the dog.
Immoral action: Sam goes inside because he is doesn't know where the dog has been and just waits inside for it to leave on its own.
Immoral consequence: The dog that Sam saw continues to live a rough and short life on the streets.
Norm: It's good to recommend things to others.
Situation: Connie pulls up a drama on Netflix that Carol despises after they decide to marathon something for the night.
Intention: Carol wants to make Connie happy.
Moral action: Carol suggests that they watch a sitcom with similar characters to Connie's favorite shows.
Moral consequence: Carol enjoys watching Connie's reactions to the show.
Norm: It's good to recommend things to others.
Situation: Connie pulls up a drama on Netflix that Carol despises after they decide to marathon something for the night.
Intention: Carol wants to make Connie happy.
Immoral action: Carol makes the decision to watch the drama with Connie.
Immoral consequence: Carol's mood becomes sour as she watches something she dislikes.
Norm: You shouldn't watch porn if you're in a relationship.
Situation: Christopher lays onto his bed in the mood, and his girlfriend Caroline is on vacation with her family.
Intention: Christopher wants to get off.
Moral action: Christopher asks Caroline to give him a show through video chat.
Moral consequence: Christopher learns new things about himself and Carolina while they fool around.
Norm: You shouldn't watch porn if you're in a relationship.
Situation: Christopher lays onto his bed in the mood, and his girlfriend Caroline is on vacation with her family.
Intention: Christopher wants to get off.
Immoral action: Christopher watches an erotic movie of a threesome on the internet while he gets off.
Immoral consequence: Christopher is humiliated when he accidentally shares his screen with another person.
Norm: It's good to pay for your financial obligations.
Situation: Randall received his stimulus check from the government, and he owes his cousin twenty dollars.
Intention: Randall wants to spend his money.
Moral action: Randall gives his friend his money, and takes his friend out to dinner.
Moral consequence: Randall and his friend grow closer.
Norm: It's good to pay for your financial obligations.
Situation: Randall received his stimulus check from the government, and he owes his cousin twenty dollars.
Intention: Randall wants to spend his money.
Immoral action: Randall spends his stimulus money upgrading his kitchen and bathroom.
Immoral consequence: Randall's friend adds twenty dollars in interest to Randall's loan.
Norm: It is not okay to lie about things.
Situation: Chad had broken the vase in his mother's house playing catch with his brother.
Intention: Chad wants to tell his mother that the vase is broken.
Moral action: Chad tells his mother that the vase is broken and that it's partially his fault.
Moral consequence: Chad's mother is somewhat upset, but she tells Chad she is proud of him for telling the truth.
Norm: It is not okay to lie about things.
Situation: Chad had broken the vase in his mother's house playing catch with his brother.
Intention: Chad wants to tell his mother that the vase is broken.
Immoral action: Chad tells his mother that the vase was knocked down by the dog running through the room.
Immoral consequence: Chad's mother finds out what really happened, and she grounds him for a week.
Norm: It is immoral to rob someone
Situation: Sean sees that a kid has a new pair of shoes that he likes a lot.
Intention: Sean wants the shoes.
Moral action: Sean asks the kid where he bought the pair of shoes.
Moral consequence: Sean will be able to go to the store to buy the shoes.
Norm: It is immoral to rob someone
Situation: Sean sees that a kid has a new pair of shoes that he likes a lot.
Intention: Sean wants the shoes.
Immoral action: Sean tells the kid to give him the shoes, or he will be hurt.
Immoral consequence: Sean will be accused of robbery and wanted by the law.
Norm: It's not nice to always be a show-off.
Situation: James' history teacher was lecturing the class about the Renaissance, which James knew a lot about.
Intention: James wants to impress his teacher.
Moral action: James answers several questions and shares many interesting facts he's learned.
Moral consequence: James' teacher says that it's clear that he's an avid reader on this subject.
Norm: It's not nice to always be a show-off.
Situation: James' history teacher was lecturing the class about the Renaissance, which James knew a lot about.
Intention: James wants to impress his teacher.
Immoral action: James answers every question until the other students start to lose interest in the lecture.
Immoral consequence: James' teacher eventually has to ask him to stop answering so the other students will have a chance.
Norm: It is bad to pick on children
Situation: John just lost his job and is at home with his kids who are watching tv.
Intention: John wants to feel powerful.
Moral action: John takes a breath and goes to lift weights in his home gym.
Moral consequence: John's kids still like their dad and don't feel depressed at all.
Norm: It is bad to pick on children
Situation: John just lost his job and is at home with his kids who are watching tv.
Intention: John wants to feel powerful.
Immoral action: John tells his kids to turn off the tv in a raised voice, and they are grounded for a week.
Immoral consequence: John's kids resent him and feel depressed and very sad.
Norm: It's frowned upon to back out of an agreement.
Situation: Robert just agreed with his regular plumber about a big repair job at his house when he discovers that another plumber would charge him less.
Intention: Robert wants to save money.
Moral action: Robert discusses the situation with his regular plumber, and they agree on a lower price.
Moral consequence: Robert's regular plumber's schedule goes as planned and his employees work their regular hours.
Norm: It's frowned upon to back out of an agreement.
Situation: Robert just agreed with his regular plumber about a big repair job at his house when he discovers that another plumber would charge him less.
Intention: Robert wants to save money.
Immoral action: Robert cancels the job with his regular plumber without explanation and hires the less expensive one instead.
Immoral consequence: Robert's regular plumber has to reorganize his schedule and decrease some of his employees' hours.
Norm: It is not okey to make co workers uncomfortable.
Situation: Gail works at a bar and is chatting with a handful of coworkers.
Intention: Gail wants to impress her coworkers.
Moral action: Gail shows her coworkers how good and fast she can make the new drink on the menu.
Moral consequence: Gail's coworkers are impressed and all become eager to learn the new drink themselves.
Norm: It is not okey to make co workers uncomfortable.
Situation: Gail works at a bar and is chatting with a handful of coworkers.
Intention: Gail wants to impress her coworkers.
Immoral action: Gail brags about her sexual prowess and describes her encounters in great detail.
Immoral consequence: Gail's coworkers feel that she is sharing far too much information and avoid her as much as possible.
Norm: It's insensitive to not consider the feelings of others.
Situation: Bob wants to launch a huge amount of fireworks from his backyard on Independence Day.
Intention: Bob wants to launch the fireworks.
Moral action: Bob's neighbors complain about the dangers and Bob listens to them.
Moral consequence: Bob makes a deal with the city to set the fireworks off in the city park.
Norm: It's insensitive to not consider the feelings of others.
Situation: Bob wants to launch a huge amount of fireworks from his backyard on Independence Day.
Intention: Bob wants to launch the fireworks.
Immoral action: Bob's neighbors complain that it's going to make a lot of noise and be dangerous, Bob ignores them.
Immoral consequence: Sure enough he sets 3 houses on fire and is arrested by the fire department.
Norm: It's expected that family should openly communicate.
Situation: Mindy comes home from work crying and wants to talk to her husband John about what happened.
Intention: John wants to watch the ballgame.
Moral action: John puts the game on record and comforts Mindy and talks with her.
Moral consequence: Mindy feels loved and much closer to John than ever.
Norm: It's expected that family should openly communicate.
Situation: Mindy comes home from work crying and wants to talk to her husband John about what happened.
Intention: John wants to watch the ballgame.
Immoral action: John pretends he doesn't see Mindy and puts the volume up on the tv.
Immoral consequence: Mindy feels even more upset and resents John and thinks of leaving him.
Norm: It's not okay to be rude to family.
Situation: Vincent is forced to watch his little sister for the evening, and she asks to play with him.
Intention: Vincent wants to express his anger.
Moral action: Vincent plays with his sister channeling his anger into an evil character.
Moral consequence: Vincent's sister has fun playing with her brother.
Norm: It's not okay to be rude to family.
Situation: Vincent is forced to watch his little sister for the evening, and she asks to play with him.
Intention: Vincent wants to express his anger.
Immoral action: Vincent walks into his room and gives his sister the silent treatment for the entire night.
Immoral consequence: Vincent's sister hurts herself when she knocks over a sharp object.
Norm: It's rude to flaunt your money.
Situation: Danika is a very successful businesswoman but her brother has had a hard time holding a minimum wage job.
Intention: Danika wants to have dinner with her brother.
Moral action: Danika meets her brother at a diner in town and talks about fun stories from their childhood.
Moral consequence: Danika's brother is happy that he had a nice meal with his sister.
Norm: It's rude to flaunt your money.
Situation: Danika is a very successful businesswoman but her brother has had a hard time holding a minimum wage job.
Intention: Danika wants to have dinner with her brother.
Immoral action: Danika meets her brother at the most expensive restaurant in town and talks about how she has so much money she could eat there daily.
Immoral consequence: Danika's brother feels sad that he can't afford to go to the restaurant at all.
Norm: It's wrong to beg.
Situation: Stacy has a broken leg and doesn't have a lot of money to get treatment for it.
Intention: Stacy wants to get money to treat her broken leg.
Moral action: Stacy goes to the bank and applies for a low-rate loan to get the treatment she needs.
Moral consequence: Stacy gets treated and pays the money back once she is able to work again.
Norm: It's wrong to beg.
Situation: Stacy has a broken leg and doesn't have a lot of money to get treatment for it.
Intention: Stacy wants to get money to treat her broken leg.
Immoral action: Stacy goes out on the street corner in a cast and a wheelchair and holds up a sign asking for treatment money.
Immoral consequence: Stacy gets money and likes it so much that she pretends to be sick for money for years.
Norm: It's good to have a purpose in life.
Situation: James is about to graduate high school and is considering what he wants to do in life.
Intention: James wants to choose a direction in life.
Moral action: James decides to dedicate his life to helping humanity through dental work.
Moral consequence: James goes to medical school, becomes a dentist, and helps people with their tooth problems.
Norm: It's good to have a purpose in life.
Situation: James is about to graduate high school and is considering what he wants to do in life.
Intention: James wants to choose a direction in life.
Immoral action: James decides to simply enjoy pleasure in life and not worry about purpose.
Immoral consequence: James becomes addicted to several forms of pleasure such as alcohol and video games and makes a mess of his life.
Norm: It is wrong to feel entitled to someone else's time.
Situation: Claire is a manager and has an important project for her and the team at work to finish before a soon-coming deadline.
Intention: Claire wants to finish the project.
Moral action: Claire talks with other departments if they can spare some extra team members to meet the coming deadline.
Moral consequence: Claire's employees are grateful for the extra help and put their best efforts in to finishing the project.
Norm: It is wrong to feel entitled to someone else's time.
Situation: Claire is a manager and has an important project for her and the team at work to finish before a soon-coming deadline.
Intention: Claire wants to finish the project.
Immoral action: Claire declares "mandatory overtime" for all of her employees and says that they must report for work.
Immoral consequence: Claire's employees have no personal time and get burnt out, further hurting their productivity.
Norm: It is rude to not attend a meeting.
Situation: Harold has a meeting scheduled with his boss at eight o clock.
Intention: Harold wants to go to work in the morning.
Moral action: Harold makes sure to get to work early enough to go to the meeting.
Moral consequence: Harold learns a lot of important information at the meeting that helps him move up in his job.
Norm: It is rude to not attend a meeting.
Situation: Harold has a meeting scheduled with his boss at eight o clock.
Intention: Harold wants to go to work in the morning.
Immoral action: Harold gets to work at nine o clock in the morning and disregards the meeting even took place.
Immoral consequence: Harold's boss calls him into his office because he is mad that he missed the meeting.
Norm: You shouldn't upset someone's pet.
Situation: Suzie is visiting her aunt, who owns a cat.
Intention: Suzie wants to pet the cat.
Moral action: Suzie waits for the cat to come over to her before petting it.
Moral consequence: The cat is calm and purrs at her.
Norm: You shouldn't upset someone's pet.
Situation: Suzie is visiting her aunt, who owns a cat.
Intention: Suzie wants to pet the cat.
Immoral action: Suzie immediately runs over to the cat to grab and pet it.
Immoral consequence: The cat is startled and scratches her after being let go.
Norm: It's rude not to share with a sibling.
Situation: Jane, who lives with her family, has just brought home a large order of chili fries which her sister wants to eat with her.
Intention: Jane wants to eat enough to feel satiated.
Moral action: Jane gives her sister a small portion making sure to leave most of it for herself.
Moral consequence: Jane's sister enjoys eating the fries and is happy with the amount she's given.
Norm: It's rude not to share with a sibling.
Situation: Jane, who lives with her family, has just brought home a large order of chili fries which her sister wants to eat with her.
Intention: Jane wants to eat enough to feel satiated.
Immoral action: Jane refuses to give her sister any of the fries because she is hungry.
Immoral consequence: Jane's sister thinks she is being greedy over her surplus of food.