CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to love someone.
Situation: Christine had her heart broken by her ex husband and has decided she is done with love.
Intention: Christine wants to live a happy life.
Moral action: Christine opens her heart to loving others and starts dating a great guy.
Moral consequence: Christine's friends finds her warm and loving.
Norm: It's good to love someone.
Situation: Christine had her heart broken by her ex husband and has decided she is done with love.
Intention: Christine wants to live a happy life.
Immoral action: Christine chooses to be single and rejects all potential suitors, focusing on herself instead.
Immoral consequence: Christine's friends find her aloof and self-absorbed.
Norm: It's good to ask neighbors for help.
Situation: RaShonda is home alone and getting ready to clean the leaves out of the gutters.
Intention: RaShonda wants to climb the ladder.
Moral action: RaShonda sees her neighbor Steve, and asks him to hold the ladder for her.
Moral consequence: RaShonda gets the gutters cleaned out and thanks Steve for supporting the ladder.
Norm: It's good to ask neighbors for help.
Situation: RaShonda is home alone and getting ready to clean the leaves out of the gutters.
Intention: RaShonda wants to climb the ladder.
Immoral action: RaShonda props the ladder against the house and climbs to the top.
Immoral consequence: The ladder tips, and RaShonda breaks her wrist when she hits the ground.
Norm: It is gross to smoke old cigarette butts.
Situation: Marc just ran out of tobacco and is going through nicotine withdrawal.
Intention: Marc wants to enjoy a smoke.
Moral action: Marc wants some tobacco now, so he hurries up to his car where he drives to the convenience store several blocks away.
Moral consequence: Marc is able to satisfy his nicotine craving fast.
Norm: It is gross to smoke old cigarette butts.
Situation: Marc just ran out of tobacco and is going through nicotine withdrawal.
Intention: Marc wants to enjoy a smoke.
Immoral action: Marc wants some tobacco now, so he goes in the ashtray and rolls up the butts he finds in a hemp paper.
Immoral consequence: The taste is horrible and now Marc smells like an ashtray.
Norm: It is bad to violate laws by destroying property.
Situation: Mark just bought a new 4 wheel drive jeep.
Intention: Mark wants to have fun in his jeep.
Moral action: Mark drives his jeep on designated off road trails in the mountains.
Moral consequence: Mark enjoys his new jeep while obeying the law.
Norm: It is bad to violate laws by destroying property.
Situation: Mark just bought a new 4 wheel drive jeep.
Intention: Mark wants to have fun in his jeep.
Immoral action: Mark drives to the local park and does cookies in the soccer field.
Immoral consequence: The soccer field is destroyed, costing the city money and preventing children from playing.
Norm: It's rude to ask others for money.
Situation: Jake finds out that a new video game he's interested in is about to be released, and he comes from a disadvantaged family.
Intention: Jake wants to buy the game.
Moral action: Jake saves up his own money in order to purchase the game.
Moral consequence: Jake's parents are able to be more flexible with their budget.
Norm: It's rude to ask others for money.
Situation: Jake finds out that a new video game he's interested in is about to be released, and he comes from a disadvantaged family.
Intention: Jake wants to buy the game.
Immoral action: Jake asks his parents for money to buy the game.
Immoral consequence: Jake's parents buy the game have less money for essential items.
Norm: It's expected that you care more for family than pets
Situation: Harry's puppy finally finished training and is graduating today, which also happens to be his sister's highschool graduation that his whole family will be attending.
Intention: Harry wants to attend one of the graduation ceremonies.
Moral action: Harry attends his sister's graduation and just gets his dog's certificate mailed to him instead.
Moral consequence: Harry's parents are thrilled to see him at the ceremony, and they spend the afternoon together as a family.
Norm: It's expected that you care more for family than pets
Situation: Harry's puppy finally finished training and is graduating today, which also happens to be his sister's highschool graduation that his whole family will be attending.
Intention: Harry wants to attend one of the graduation ceremonies.
Immoral action: Harry skips his sister's highschool graduation ceremony to attend his dog's graduation.
Immoral consequence: Harry's parents scold him for missing his sister's graduation.
Norm: You should try to keep up with advancing technology.
Situation: Janice's is spending Christmas with her grandchildren, who just bought her a new tablet.
Intention: Janice wants to use the tablet.
Moral action: Janice thinks about how she has been using her smartphone, and she's able to figure out how to use the tablet in a similar manner.
Moral consequence: Janice's grandchildren are thrilled that she's enjoying her new device already.
Norm: You should try to keep up with advancing technology.
Situation: Janice's is spending Christmas with her grandchildren, who just bought her a new tablet.
Intention: Janice wants to use the tablet.
Immoral action: Janice asks her grandchildren for help because she has not been using any modern electronics and doesn't know what to do.
Immoral consequence: Janice's grandchildren have to spend their entire day teaching her how to work the device.
Norm: It's wrong to ignore your instructor.
Situation: Mike is in history class.
Intention: Mike wants to get a good grade.
Moral action: Mike takes notes during the teacher's lecture.
Moral consequence: Mike gets an A because he was ready for the questions on the exam.
Norm: It's wrong to ignore your instructor.
Situation: Mike is in history class.
Intention: Mike wants to get a good grade.
Immoral action: Mike finds the teacher boring and decides to read up on the subject himself.
Immoral consequence: Mike fails the test because he didn't study information related to the exam.
Norm: It's morally unacceptable to support a terrorist organization.
Situation: Ben has money to spare to donate to an organization pushing for world change.
Intention: Ben wants to pick an organization to donate to that will change the world.
Moral action: Ben chooses to donate his money to Doctors Without Borders.
Moral consequence: The money is used to help people in disadvantaged countries and helps save lives.
Norm: It's morally unacceptable to support a terrorist organization.
Situation: Ben has money to spare to donate to an organization pushing for world change.
Intention: Ben wants to pick an organization to donate to that will change the world.
Immoral action: Ben chooses to donate to ISIS and sends his money to them.
Immoral consequence: ISIS uses the money to recruit more fighters, who then kill and oppress people in the Middle East.
Norm: It is not good to share personal nude photos
Situation: Leslie is dating a guy who is texting her to share something very personal about herself.
Intention: Leslie wants to share something with her boyfriend.
Moral action: Leslie tells her boyfriend about a difficult experience she had while growing up.
Moral consequence: The boyfriend learns more about Leslie and appreciates her struggles more.
Norm: It is not good to share personal nude photos
Situation: Leslie is dating a guy who is texting her to share something very personal about herself.
Intention: Leslie wants to share something with her boyfriend.
Immoral action: Leslie shares a nude photo of herself for the man that she loves.
Immoral consequence: The boyfriend shows his guy friends the naked photo of Leslie.
Norm: It's good to go camping with others.
Situation: Dai has the weekend off from work, and his father invites him to an overnight backpacking trip at a national park.
Intention: Dai wants to have fun.
Moral action: Dai decides to go backpacking with his father.
Moral consequence: Dai learns how to make a fire which helps when his electricity goes out in winter.
Norm: It's good to go camping with others.
Situation: Dai has the weekend off from work, and his father invites him to an overnight backpacking trip at a national park.
Intention: Dai wants to have fun.
Immoral action: Dai spends the weekend playing video games.
Immoral consequence: Dai misses spending time with his family.
Norm: It's good to massage your fiancee.
Situation: John's fiancee Vanessa works in heels all day and often comes home with sore feet, while he works construction and comes home with a sore back.
Intention: John wants to relax after work.
Moral action: John tells Vanessa he'll massage her feet if she massages his back afterwards.
Moral consequence: John and Vanessa benefit from a win-win situation and are able to relax after their massages.
Norm: It's good to massage your fiancee.
Situation: John's fiancee Vanessa works in heels all day and often comes home with sore feet, while he works construction and comes home with a sore back.
Intention: John wants to relax after work.
Immoral action: Vanessa asks John for a foot massage, and he denies her so that he can take a nap.
Immoral consequence: Vanessa is left with no relief and resents John for denying her.
Norm: It's rude to leave spoiled food in a shared fridge.
Situation: Maureen notices someone has forgotten to take their lunch out of the break room fridge and it has spoiled.
Intention: Maureen wants to put her own lunch in the break room fridge.
Moral action: Maureen throws out the spoiled lunch, and places her own lunch into the fridge.
Moral consequence: At noon, Maureen and the rest of the employees have an enjoyable lunch.
Norm: It's rude to leave spoiled food in a shared fridge.
Situation: Maureen notices someone has forgotten to take their lunch out of the break room fridge and it has spoiled.
Intention: Maureen wants to put her own lunch in the break room fridge.
Immoral action: Maureen ignores the spoiled lunch, and places her own lunch into the fridge.
Immoral consequence: By noon, the smell from the spoiled lunch has made everything else in the fridge smell very bad.
Norm: It's rude to wear someone else's hat.
Situation: Sarah is hanging out in the park with some friends when she spots a fancy hat on the bench.
Intention: Sarah wants to decide on what to do with the hat.
Moral action: Sarah decides to leave the hat alone and simply continue hanging out with her friends.
Moral consequence: Sarah enjoys a good time with friends in the park without any issues.
Norm: It's rude to wear someone else's hat.
Situation: Sarah is hanging out in the park with some friends when she spots a fancy hat on the bench.
Intention: Sarah wants to decide on what to do with the hat.
Immoral action: Sarah puts on the fancy hat and asks her friends how it looks on her.
Immoral consequence: The owner of the hat sees what Sarah is doing and expresses her annoyance to Sarah.
Norm: It is kind to give your friend a present.
Situation: James is writing some notes in class and also has a backpack full of pens, when his friend Todd asks to borrow a pen.
Intention: James wants to answer Todd.
Moral action: James tells Todd that he can have a pen, and he can keep it since James has so many.
Moral consequence: Todd is delighted that he will have something to write with and that James is so generous as to let him keep it after.
Norm: It is kind to give your friend a present.
Situation: James is writing some notes in class and also has a backpack full of pens, when his friend Todd asks to borrow a pen.
Intention: James wants to answer Todd.
Immoral action: James tells Todd that he cannot lend him a pen because he only has one and it's his, Todd should buy his own.
Immoral consequence: Todd is stressed out because he needs a pen and thinks James is a selfish person.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to your friends about being ill.
Situation: Sawyer receives a text message from his friends inviting him to hang out with them today.
Intention: Sawyer wants to spend his Saturday lounging at home.
Moral action: Sawyer tells his friends that he doesn't feel like going out today.
Moral consequence: Sawyer's friends accept his explanation after sharing their concerns, and Sawyer spends the day relaxing by himself.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to your friends about being ill.
Situation: Sawyer receives a text message from his friends inviting him to hang out with them today.
Intention: Sawyer wants to spend his Saturday lounging at home.
Immoral action: Sawyer tells his friends that he is sick with the flu.
Immoral consequence: Sawyer's friends come over to give him soup, but discover he's well and end up trusting him less.
Norm: You should be very polite when visiting other people's home.
Situation: Mary is visiting her in-laws' house for dinner one night when she notices a tasty looking pie cooling in the window.
Intention: Mary wants to try the pie.
Moral action: Mary inquires about the pie and says that it looks very tasty.
Moral consequence: Mary and her in-laws each have a slice of pie after dinner and enjoy its delicious flavor.
Norm: You should be very polite when visiting other people's home.
Situation: Mary is visiting her in-laws' house for dinner one night when she notices a tasty looking pie cooling in the window.
Intention: Mary wants to try the pie.
Immoral action: Without asking Mary removes the pie from the window and scarfs down most of it using her hands.
Immoral consequence: Mary's in-laws' are offended by her rudeness and lack of manners and form a negative impression of her.
Norm: Parents are allowed to decide what's best for their children.
Situation: Angel and his friend Roy are arguing about what movies each of thier kids watch.
Intention: Angel wants to explain that Roy's kids are allowed to watch "worse" movies than his own.
Moral action: Angel decides that Roy can decide what's best for his own kids but not Angel's.
Moral consequence: Roy agrees, and they decide to work out what to do when their kids hang out together.
Norm: Parents are allowed to decide what's best for their children.
Situation: Angel and his friend Roy are arguing about what movies each of thier kids watch.
Intention: Angel wants to explain that Roy's kids are allowed to watch "worse" movies than his own.
Immoral action: Angel and Roy both insist that the other's kids should have to follow their set of rules on what to watch.
Immoral consequence: Angel and Roy keep arguing and their kids have to deal with their dads arguing.
Norm: You shouldn't refuse to leave someplace if they are closing.
Situation: Bob is eating at a restaurant that is about to close for the night.
Intention: Bob wants to finish his meal.
Moral action: Bob has his meal boxed up to finish at home so the staff can close on time.
Moral consequence: The wait staff is friendly to him when he returns in the future.
Norm: You shouldn't refuse to leave someplace if they are closing.
Situation: Bob is eating at a restaurant that is about to close for the night.
Intention: Bob wants to finish his meal.
Immoral action: Bob takes his time and forces the wait staff to stay half an hour after closing.
Immoral consequence: The wait staff get angry with Bob and the service he receives suffers.
Norm: It's wise to be aware of the costs of things.
Situation: Dario is shopping for clothes during a huge black friday sale.
Intention: Dario wants to bring home several outfits.
Moral action: After settling on a budget, Dario selects items that fit within her budget.
Moral consequence: Dario is able to eat lunch at the cafe as a result of staying in her budget.
Norm: It's wise to be aware of the costs of things.
Situation: Dario is shopping for clothes during a huge black friday sale.
Intention: Dario wants to bring home several outfits.
Immoral action: Dario grabs everything on several clothes racks and heads to the self checkout lane.
Immoral consequence: Dario ends up maxing out his credit card.
Norm: It's wrong to not include disabled people in events.
Situation: Joan needs to book a restaurant for the office Christmas party.
Intention: Joan wants a restaurant with top reviews.
Moral action: Joan ensures the top rated restaurant she selects can accommodate handicapped patrons.
Moral consequence: Joan is able to pull off a party that everyone can attend.
Norm: It's wrong to not include disabled people in events.
Situation: Joan needs to book a restaurant for the office Christmas party.
Intention: Joan wants a restaurant with top reviews.
Immoral action: Joan selects a top rated restaurant that doesn't accommodate handicapped patrons.
Immoral consequence: Joan faces censure as the handicapped members of staff are unable to attend the party.
Norm: It's not neighborly to call the police on your neighbors.
Situation: Tom hears loud banging and yelling from his neighbor's house.
Intention: Tom wants to quiet his neighbors down and have a peaceful day.
Moral action: Tom walks to his neighbors house, knocks on the door, and asks if everything is alright inside.
Moral consequence: The neighbors appreciate the visit and the concern, and Tom improves his standing as a member of the community.
Norm: It's not neighborly to call the police on your neighbors.
Situation: Tom hears loud banging and yelling from his neighbor's house.
Intention: Tom wants to quiet his neighbors down and have a peaceful day.
Immoral action: Tom calls the police to report that his neighbors are making too much noise.
Immoral consequence: The neighbors feel a sense of betrayal after the police come and Tom develops a strained relationship with them.
Norm: It's good to have a job that contributes to society.
Situation: Alex has been working in a hedge fund for years and is now considering whether she should do something else with her life.
Intention: Alex wants to earn good money.
Moral action: Alex applies for a position in the upper management of a large charitable organization and gets the job.
Moral consequence: Alex's work helps society become more equitable.
Norm: It's good to have a job that contributes to society.
Situation: Alex has been working in a hedge fund for years and is now considering whether she should do something else with her life.
Intention: Alex wants to earn good money.
Immoral action: Alex chooses to keep on working at the hedge fund.
Immoral consequence: Alex's work's contributes to increasing social inequality.
Norm: It's wrong to take away someone's livelihood.
Situation: Karen is being kicked out of a store after arguing with an employee because she was trying to redeem an expired coupon deal.
Intention: Karen wants to resolve her issue with the coupon.
Moral action: Karen comes to her senses when she gets home and decides to put the issue behind her while being too embarrassed to ever go into that particular store again.
Moral consequence: The employee that kicked Karen out eventually forgets about Karen as they continue their employment.
Norm: It's wrong to take away someone's livelihood.
Situation: Karen is being kicked out of a store after arguing with an employee because she was trying to redeem an expired coupon deal.
Intention: Karen wants to resolve her issue with the coupon.
Immoral action: Karen exaggerates the behavior of the employee to the manager the next day saying that the employee was unfair and rude.
Immoral consequence: The employee is fired by their manager based on Karen's story.
Norm: It's rude to expect someone to buy something for you.
Situation: Mike and Gary are going on a road trip for the day.
Intention: Mike wants to spend as little money as possible.
Moral action: Mike packs his own lunch and looks up a couple of nature activites that are free of charge.
Moral consequence: Mike and Gary have a great day trip and Mike spends a minimal amount of money.
Norm: It's rude to expect someone to buy something for you.
Situation: Mike and Gary are going on a road trip for the day.
Intention: Mike wants to spend as little money as possible.
Immoral action: Mike leaves his wallet home assuming that Gary will cover him.
Immoral consequence: Gary is fed up with Mike and refuses to give him money leaving Mike to go hungry for the day.
Norm: It's kind to make sure your pet is comfortable.
Situation: David had just bought a new dog and was setting up the place for the dog to stay in the house.
Intention: David wants the dog to take a nap.
Moral action: David sets up a dog bed in his room for the dog to sleep in.
Moral consequence: The dog and David both wake up refreshed in the morning.
Norm: It's kind to make sure your pet is comfortable.
Situation: David had just bought a new dog and was setting up the place for the dog to stay in the house.
Intention: David wants the dog to take a nap.
Immoral action: David locks the dog in a cage that is too small for it to move around.
Immoral consequence: The dog cries all night and David in unable to get a good night's sleep.
Norm: You shouldn't do drugs on the job.
Situation: Lisa has been taking her opiate painkillers at an increasing rate and today she has work.
Intention: Lisa wants to do her job.
Moral action: Lisa is in pain, but decides to wait until she gets home to take her pain medicine because it makes her foggy.
Moral consequence: Lisa is able to perform her work tasks and keep up a professional appearance.
Norm: You shouldn't do drugs on the job.
Situation: Lisa has been taking her opiate painkillers at an increasing rate and today she has work.
Intention: Lisa wants to do her job.
Immoral action: Lisa is in pain so takes some more opiate painkillers.
Immoral consequence: Lisa is obviously inebriated and her boss notices and fires her for being high on the job.
Norm: It's good too fulfill your civic duties.
Situation: Jessica got a letter in the mail saying that she had to report for jury duty.
Intention: Jessica wants to have lunch at her favorite restaurant that day.
Moral action: Jessica goes to the restaurant during the lunch hour she has for jury duty.
Moral consequence: Jessica gets paid for her time spent at jury duty that day.
Norm: It's good too fulfill your civic duties.
Situation: Jessica got a letter in the mail saying that she had to report for jury duty.
Intention: Jessica wants to have lunch at her favorite restaurant that day.
Immoral action: Jessica skips jury duty to meet her friends at the restaurant.
Immoral consequence: Jessica gets a subpoena and a bench warrant for her arrest.
Norm: You should donate unused clothing.
Situation: Lana is preparing to move to a new apartment, and she's going through her closet.
Intention: Lana wants to reduce the amount of clothes she has to pack.
Moral action: Lana contacts a local organization who sends someone to her house to pick up the bags of unwanted clothes.
Moral consequence: Lana is thanked by the organization for her generosity.
Norm: You should donate unused clothing.
Situation: Lana is preparing to move to a new apartment, and she's going through her closet.
Intention: Lana wants to reduce the amount of clothes she has to pack.
Immoral action: Lana throws all of her unwanted clothes in the trash.
Immoral consequence: Lana has to carry multiple extra bags of trash out to the dumpster.
Norm: You shouldn't look at someone's bank account without their permission.
Situation: Joey was at his brother's house visiting him in his home office.
Intention: Joey wants to use his brother's computer.
Moral action: Joey gets on his brother's computer and checks the latest news headlines.
Moral consequence: Joey's brother tells him to spend as much time on the computer as he needs.
Norm: You shouldn't look at someone's bank account without their permission.
Situation: Joey was at his brother's house visiting him in his home office.
Intention: Joey wants to use his brother's computer.
Immoral action: Joey gets on his brother's computer and looks up all his brother's banking information.
Immoral consequence: Joey's brother never lets him use his computer or come into his home office again.
Norm: It's unhealthy to sneeze on others.
Situation: Alex has a cold, but had to work today and while on lunch break with his co-worker Mary, he feels a tickle in his nose.
Intention: Alex wants to feel relief.
Moral action: Alex knows he's about to sneeze so excuses himself and does so in the bathroom with a tissue.
Moral consequence: Mary is able to remain safe from getting sick.