CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It is rude to intentionally dirty up someone's food.
Situation: Steve is a cook at a restaurant, and a customer just complained at him.
Intention: Steve wants to get the customer back.
Moral action: Steve asks the customer to leave the restaurant because he's being hostile.
Moral consequence: The customer leaves the restaurant, upset but doesn't want to be embarrassed so keeps it to himself.
Norm: It is rude to intentionally dirty up someone's food.
Situation: Steve is a cook at a restaurant, and a customer just complained at him.
Intention: Steve wants to get the customer back.
Immoral action: Steve purposely drops the customer's food on the floor in the kitchen.
Immoral consequence: The customer ends up finding the dirt in the food and leaves a bad review on Yelp.
Norm: It's good to award your students for their efforts.
Situation: Mr. Brown is a high-school teacher who is tough on his students.
Intention: Mr. Brown wants his students to work hard.
Moral action: Mr.Brown throws pizza parties for his students when they reach major milestones.
Moral consequence: The students have a reason to push forward and feel proud of the work they do.
Norm: It's good to award your students for their efforts.
Situation: Mr. Brown is a high-school teacher who is tough on his students.
Intention: Mr. Brown wants his students to work hard.
Immoral action: Mr.Brown assigns heavy work on a daily basis without ever commending his students for doing their part.
Immoral consequence: Feeling burnt out, some of his students withdraw from the course.
Norm: It's good to turn found money in to the police.
Situation: Kyle found a bag with many dollar bills in it just laying on the sidewalk.
Intention: Kyle doesn't want to get in trouble for taking the money.
Moral action: Kyle takes the bag to the police station so that it can be returned to the owner.
Moral consequence: The police are able to give the money back to whoever left the money on the sidewalk.
Norm: It's good to turn found money in to the police.
Situation: Kyle found a bag with many dollar bills in it just laying on the sidewalk.
Intention: Kyle doesn't want to get in trouble for taking the money.
Immoral action: Kyle takes the bag and hides it in his house so that no one will ever find it.
Immoral consequence: The police who are trying to find the money are never able to recover it.
Norm: It's not okay to spit on another person.
Situation: James was bumped into at a party by a person that is not watching where they are going.
Intention: James wants to get the attention of the person that bumped into him.
Moral action: James taps the shoulder of the person that bump into him and asks a question.
Moral consequence: James is able to speak to the person that bumped into him.
Norm: It's not okay to spit on another person.
Situation: James was bumped into at a party by a person that is not watching where they are going.
Intention: James wants to get the attention of the person that bumped into him.
Immoral action: James spits on the person that bumped into him.
Immoral consequence: James escalates the situation and gets into a physical fight.
Norm: You shouldn't fight with your teammates.
Situation: Joe and Kevin are playing a game of basketball when Kevin makes an improper rotation leading to a score for the other team.
Intention: Joe wants to talk to Kevin about his mistake.
Moral action: Joe tells Mike about his mistake and tells him what rotation should have been made.
Moral consequence: Mike acknowledges the mistake and Joe's team is able to win with communication.
Norm: You shouldn't fight with your teammates.
Situation: Joe and Kevin are playing a game of basketball when Kevin makes an improper rotation leading to a score for the other team.
Intention: Joe wants to talk to Kevin about his mistake.
Immoral action: Joe loudly hollers at Mike while calling him various names.
Immoral consequence: The game slowly slips away from Joe's team as the two continue to bicker.
Norm: You shouldn't cry if you can't find something.
Situation: Jerry notices he's missing his key, and he can't take his friend to the movie.
Intention: Jerry wants to express emotion over his missing key.
Moral action: Jerry calmly tells his friend that he lost his keys, without crying.
Moral consequence: Jerry is able to have a rational conversation with his friend about why the key was missing.
Norm: You shouldn't cry if you can't find something.
Situation: Jerry notices he's missing his key, and he can't take his friend to the movie.
Intention: Jerry wants to express emotion over his missing key.
Immoral action: Jerry cries to his friend, with tears streaming down his eyes.
Immoral consequence: Jerry's friend tells Jerry he is melodramatic, and they get into a fight about it.
Norm: It's rude not to want your grandparent around you.
Situation: Jonah's grandfather calls him to tell him that he's been evicted from his house and needs his help.
Intention: Jonah wants to secure a place to live for his grandfather.
Moral action: Jonah tells his grandfather that he can live with him and that he has nothing to worry about.
Moral consequence: Jonah's grandfather is delighted and relieved to hear he can live with his grandson for free.
Norm: It's rude not to want your grandparent around you.
Situation: Jonah's grandfather calls him to tell him that he's been evicted from his house and needs his help.
Intention: Jonah wants to secure a place to live for his grandfather.
Immoral action: Jonah tells his grandfather that he will find an apartment and that he'll help his grandfather pay for it.
Immoral consequence: Jonah's grandfather is sad to hear that Jonah would rather pay for him to live elsewhere than invite him into his home.
Norm: You shouldn't eat your child's food.
Situation: Henry hadn't eaten all day and has just finished eating a light dinner with his son.
Intention: Henry wants to eat until he is full.
Moral action: Henry whips up a quick sandwich.
Moral consequence: Henry's son feels enthusiastic when he remembers his leftover food.
Norm: You shouldn't eat your child's food.
Situation: Henry hadn't eaten all day and has just finished eating a light dinner with his son.
Intention: Henry wants to eat until he is full.
Immoral action: Henry eats his son's leftover food.
Immoral consequence: Henry's son is disappointed when he looks to eat the food later.
Norm: It's bad to shower only once every 2 weeks.
Situation: Ace is camping for a month and it's only 40 degrees Fahrenheit outside.
Intention: Ace doesn't want to get cold.
Moral action: Ace warms up some water every day to take a hot sponge bath.
Moral consequence: Ace comes back smelling like a normal person, as well as his equipment.
Norm: It's bad to shower only once every 2 weeks.
Situation: Ace is camping for a month and it's only 40 degrees Fahrenheit outside.
Intention: Ace doesn't want to get cold.
Immoral action: Ace stays bundled up at all times and doesn't shower in the cold water.
Immoral consequence: Ace's clothing and camping equipment stink terribly when he returns.
Norm: It's good to respect the privacy of others.
Situation: Marth sees his sister Daisy writing in her journal.
Intention: Marth wants to know more about Daisy.
Moral action: Marth asks Daisy about her day and other facts about her life.
Moral consequence: Daisy decides to trust Marth with a secret which deepens their relationship.
Norm: It's good to respect the privacy of others.
Situation: Marth sees his sister Daisy writing in her journal.
Intention: Marth wants to know more about Daisy.
Immoral action: Marth reads over Daisy's shoulder.
Immoral consequence: Daisy yells at Marth when she catches him looking at her journal.
Norm: It's rude to joke about hitting children with your car.
Situation: Malcom is driving Jasmine to work when the school bus in front of them stops.
Intention: Malcom wants to express his frustrations.
Moral action: Malcom turns on a classic rock song about anger and starts singing it.
Moral consequence: Jasmine, a big fan of the band, asks Malcom to hang out with her later in the week.
Norm: It's rude to joke about hitting children with your car.
Situation: Malcom is driving Jasmine to work when the school bus in front of them stops.
Intention: Malcom wants to express his frustrations.
Immoral action: Malcom tells Jasmine a joke about the kids jumping through trafficike the characters in Frogger.
Immoral consequence: Jasmine avoids Malcom for the rest of the day.
Norm: You should not plan to date your friend's current partner.
Situation: Eric and Donna have been in a relationship for a few years.
Intention: Steven wants to ask Donna out for dinner.
Moral action: Steven invites Donna to dinner and makes it clear it is just a friendly outing.
Moral consequence: Donna agrees to go to dinner with Steven and has an enjoyable night.
Norm: You should not plan to date your friend's current partner.
Situation: Eric and Donna have been in a relationship for a few years.
Intention: Steven wants to ask Donna out for dinner.
Immoral action: Steven sends a flirty text to Donna inviting her out to dinner.
Immoral consequence: Donna is surprised by the text message and rejects Steven's advances.
Norm: It's not healthy to be a shut-in
Situation: Gordon is an avid video-gamer and homebody whose friends have invited him to a party.
Intention: Gordon wants to have fun.
Moral action: Gordon decides to take a chance on the party.
Moral consequence: Gordon ends up having a great time and bonds with his friends at the party.
Norm: It's not healthy to be a shut-in
Situation: Gordon is an avid video-gamer and homebody whose friends have invited him to a party.
Intention: Gordon wants to have fun.
Immoral action: Gordon chooses to stay in and play video games in lieu of going out with friends.
Immoral consequence: Gordon's friends give up on inviting him to future events.
Norm: It's unprofessional to take office supplies.
Situation: Marvin recently moved into a new home and has a nice space to set up a home office.
Intention: Marvin wants to get some pens and notebooks.
Moral action: Marvin goes down to an office supply store and buys several items with his own money.
Moral consequence: Marvin furnishes his new home office, and it makes him even more productive in his job.
Norm: It's unprofessional to take office supplies.
Situation: Marvin recently moved into a new home and has a nice space to set up a home office.
Intention: Marvin wants to get some pens and notebooks.
Immoral action: Marvin takes pens, notebooks and other supplies from the supply closet at his work.
Immoral consequence: Marvin is later fired when HR discovers that he took a lot of company supplies home with him.
Norm: You shouldn't let your kids hear you having sex.
Situation: Samantha and her husband enjoy a healthy sex life, but they live with their 12 year old son Joe in a small apartment.
Intention: Samantha wants their son to be educated about sex.
Moral action: Samantha has a discussion about sex with Joe that emphasizes treating people with respect and personal responsibility.
Moral consequence: Joe grows up to have a healthy sex life.
Norm: You shouldn't let your kids hear you having sex.
Situation: Samantha and her husband enjoy a healthy sex life, but they live with their 12 year old son Joe in a small apartment.
Intention: Samantha wants their son to be educated about sex.
Immoral action: Samantha thinks that the best way to teach her son about sex is to let him listen to her and her husband have sex through their door.
Immoral consequence: Joe tells his teacher about his parents having sex and the school sends him to a psychologist.
Norm: It's impolite to overshare details about your bodily functions.
Situation: Cory ate something for dinner last night which has now upset his stomach while he's chatting with his girlfriend on the phone.
Intention: Cory wants to get off the phone with his girlfriend.
Moral action: Cory mentions that he must leave due to his stomach hurting.
Moral consequence: Cory's girlfriend feels sympathy for him and calls back later.
Norm: It's impolite to overshare details about your bodily functions.
Situation: Cory ate something for dinner last night which has now upset his stomach while he's chatting with his girlfriend on the phone.
Intention: Cory wants to get off the phone with his girlfriend.
Immoral action: Cory explains that he has diarrhea and needs to go.
Immoral consequence: Cory's girlfriend is grossed out by the details.
Norm: It's bad to shirk responsibilities when it comes to chores.
Situation: Tom was told by his parents to wash the dishes the moment he gets home from school.
Intention: Tom wants to have some fun after school.
Moral action: Tom washes the dishes first and then plays video games.
Moral consequence: Tom gets complimented by his parents.
Norm: It's bad to shirk responsibilities when it comes to chores.
Situation: Tom was told by his parents to wash the dishes the moment he gets home from school.
Intention: Tom wants to have some fun after school.
Immoral action: Tom starts playing video games after he gets home.
Immoral consequence: Tom gets in trouble with his parents.
Norm: Smoking cigarettes is considered an unhealthy habit.
Situation: Mindy is a busy college student that also works full time.
Intention: Mindy wants to find a way to relive stress.
Moral action: Mindy begins taking Yoga classes.
Moral consequence: Mindy improves her strength, balance, and health.
Norm: Smoking cigarettes is considered an unhealthy habit.
Situation: Mindy is a busy college student that also works full time.
Intention: Mindy wants to find a way to relive stress.
Immoral action: Mindy begins smoking cigarettes.
Immoral consequence: Mindy developes lung cancer and dies.
Norm: It's wrong to talk to people who have committed murder.
Situation: Pam is lonely and is looking for a new boyfriend when she hears about lonely prisoners and decides to meet one.
Intention: Pam wants to choose a prisoner to possibly date.
Moral action: Pam connects with a man convicted of a petty crime.
Moral consequence: The man gets out and he and Pam marry.
Norm: It's wrong to talk to people who have committed murder.
Situation: Pam is lonely and is looking for a new boyfriend when she hears about lonely prisoners and decides to meet one.
Intention: Pam wants to choose a prisoner to possibly date.
Immoral action: Pam connects with a convicted murderer, who's in prison for life, and starts seeing him.
Immoral consequence: Pam and the murderer can never have a normal life as he is always in prison.
Norm: It's good to be a team player.
Situation: Larry is playing basketball with his friends and is guarded on the 3 point line.
Intention: Larry wants to decide on his next move.
Moral action: Larry passes the ball to an unguarded teammate.
Moral consequence: Larry's teammate successfully scores.
Norm: It's good to be a team player.
Situation: Larry is playing basketball with his friends and is guarded on the 3 point line.
Intention: Larry wants to decide on his next move.
Immoral action: Larry decides to get some glory and take a shot despite being guarded.
Immoral consequence: Larry misses and the opposing team takes the ball.
Norm: It is good to stop being a bully.
Situation: Ollie had a habit of picking on his classmates every day at school.
Intention: Ollie wants to walk home from school.
Moral action: Ollie helped one of his classmates carry her bags home because she was on crutches.
Moral consequence: Ollie's classmate invited him inside her house to have cookies and milk to thank him.
Norm: It is good to stop being a bully.
Situation: Ollie had a habit of picking on his classmates every day at school.
Intention: Ollie wants to walk home from school.
Immoral action: Ollie shoved one of his classmates off of his bicycle when he passed him on the way home.
Immoral consequence: Ollie eventually had to go to juvenile hall because of the way that he treated others.
Norm: You should be extra careful when driving someone else's car.
Situation: Gabe sees his friend's Mazda Speed gets permission to drive it for half an hour.
Intention: Gabe wants to drive the car.
Moral action: Gabe drives the car around town, testing it here and there.
Moral consequence: Gabe returns with the car in one piece and without causing trouble.
Norm: You should be extra careful when driving someone else's car.
Situation: Gabe sees his friend's Mazda Speed gets permission to drive it for half an hour.
Intention: Gabe wants to drive the car.
Immoral action: Gabe takes the car on the highway and accelerates as fast as he can from 0 to 100 MPH.
Immoral consequence: A camera catches Gabe speeding and sends his friend a speeding ticket.
Norm: It's wrong to be happy that someone died.
Situation: Tanya just heard from her husband that her husband died, while sitting in her room.
Intention: Tanya wanted to talk to her husband about her brother dying.
Moral action: Tanya expresses concern for the fact that her sibling died while talking.
Moral consequence: Tanya and her husband hug and try to forget about the event.
Norm: It's wrong to be happy that someone died.
Situation: Tanya just heard from her husband that her husband died, while sitting in her room.
Intention: Tanya wanted to talk to her husband about her brother dying.
Immoral action: Tanya verbalizes her glee about her sibling dying, and jumps up and down in celebration.
Immoral consequence: Tanya's husband calls Tanya a monster and Tanya sulks by herself.
Norm: It's bad to go to parties too late.
Situation: John gets a call from his friends inviting him to a gathering at an arcade.
Intention: John wants to go to the gathering.
Moral action: John leaves and arrives at the arcade by 9:00 p.m.
Moral consequence: John and his friends play for another hour and a half and have a good time.
Norm: It's bad to go to parties too late.
Situation: John gets a call from his friends inviting him to a gathering at an arcade.
Intention: John wants to go to the gathering.
Immoral action: John leaves two hours after the call and gets to the arcade by 11:00 p.m.
Immoral consequence: John's friends are disappointed that he's so late and stop calling him to go out.
Norm: It is frowned on to curse in front of children.
Situation: Bob is watching a sports game with his wife and children close by when his team loses the game.
Intention: Bob wants to express his unhappiness with his team.
Moral action: Bob shouts at the TV but uses make up words instead of the bad words he wants to use.
Moral consequence: Bob's wife is happy with him for not cursing while in earshot of the children.
Norm: It is frowned on to curse in front of children.
Situation: Bob is watching a sports game with his wife and children close by when his team loses the game.
Intention: Bob wants to express his unhappiness with his team.
Immoral action: Bob yells at the TV using bad words not appropriate for children.
Immoral consequence: Bob's wife is angry with him for using curse words where his children could hear them.
Norm: It's not expected that a baby be invited to parties.
Situation: Joseph is throwing a big party for all his friends and is sitting at the dinner table making invitations.
Intention: Joseph wants to invite the Davis family to the party.
Moral action: Joseph writes a card to Baron and Bette Davis and invites the two of them over.
Moral consequence: Baron and Bette Davis are both delighted to be invited to the party and look to book a babysitter for the night.
Norm: It's not expected that a baby be invited to parties.
Situation: Joseph is throwing a big party for all his friends and is sitting at the dinner table making invitations.
Intention: Joseph wants to invite the Davis family to the party.
Immoral action: Joseph writes a card to Baron and Bette Davis and their infant son, Glenn.
Immoral consequence: Baron and Bette are both mildly insulted that Joseph thinks they'd bring a baby to a party.
Norm: It is bad not to help out around the house
Situation: Danny is playing video games on his computer while his mother cleans their home and does his chores.
Intention: Danny wants to feel accomplished.
Moral action: Danny does all of his chores by the end of the day.
Moral consequence: Danny feels proud of the hard work he's done.
Norm: It is bad not to help out around the house
Situation: Danny is playing video games on his computer while his mother cleans their home and does his chores.
Intention: Danny wants to feel accomplished.
Immoral action: Danny goes on a winning streak against his online opponents.
Immoral consequence: His mother gets frustrated at Danny and grounds him for ignoring his chores.
Norm: Using refillable containers for drinking is good.
Situation: Sam just arrived with his water bottle at a drinking stand with plastic cups from a long hike and is very thirsty.
Intention: Sam wants to drink water.
Moral action: Sam fills his water bottle and drinks from it.
Moral consequence: Other people can use the cups that Sam left.
Norm: Using refillable containers for drinking is good.
Situation: Sam just arrived with his water bottle at a drinking stand with plastic cups from a long hike and is very thirsty.
Intention: Sam wants to drink water.
Immoral action: Sam fills and drinks several plastic cups worth of water.
Immoral consequence: The garbage is more full and the cups are wasted.
Norm: It's encouraged to be specific with requests.
Situation: Cindy's friends ask her what she wants to order for lunch.
Intention: Cindy wants to eat food she likes.
Moral action: Cindy asks for a number 6 xor [exclusive or] a number 9 from the fast food place.
Moral consequence: Her friends flip a coin and it lands tails, thus they get a number 9 for her.
Norm: It's encouraged to be specific with requests.
Situation: Cindy's friends ask her what she wants to order for lunch.
Intention: Cindy wants to eat food she likes.
Immoral action: Cindy asks for a number 6 or a number 9 from the fast food place.
Immoral consequence: Cindy gets a number 6 AND a number 9, since they thought she meant inclusive or.
Norm: You shouldn't ask someone to give a present back.
Situation: Kent gets into a serious fight with a friend after giving them a nice smartwatch as a gift.
Intention: Kent wants to own the same smartwatch.
Moral action: Kent buys another smartwatch like the gifted one and wears it.
Moral consequence: Kent's friend sees him wearing it and is reminded of the gift he was given.
Norm: You shouldn't ask someone to give a present back.
Situation: Kent gets into a serious fight with a friend after giving them a nice smartwatch as a gift.
Intention: Kent wants to own the same smartwatch.
Immoral action: Kent asks for the smartwatch back from his friend.
Immoral consequence: Kent's friend starts to think even less of him.
Norm: It's not okay to want someone else's death.
Situation: Sarah’s boyfriend just broke up with her after dating for three years.
Intention: Sarah wants to get revenge on her ex boyfriend.
Moral action: Sarah decides to call her ex boyfriend and cuss him out.
Moral consequence: Sarah feels much better after getting all of the built up anger out.
Norm: It's not okay to want someone else's death.
Situation: Sarah’s boyfriend just broke up with her after dating for three years.
Intention: Sarah wants to get revenge on her ex boyfriend.
Immoral action: Sarah buys a book of magic spells and recites a spell that is supposed to kill whoever she is thinking about.
Immoral consequence: Sarah’s ex boyfriend coincidentally gets in a bad car wreck that night and Sarah feels absolutely terrible for doing what she did.
Norm: It's good to spend time alone and enjoy yourself.
Situation: Greg just finished a big project at work and feels very stressed when his friends invite him out to celebrate.
Intention: Greg wants to feel better.
Moral action: Greg declines and spends the evening at home alone.
Moral consequence: Greg gets some more sleep and works out some of the stress.
Norm: It's good to spend time alone and enjoy yourself.
Situation: Greg just finished a big project at work and feels very stressed when his friends invite him out to celebrate.
Intention: Greg wants to feel better.
Immoral action: Greg goes out with friends but is too fried to interact with them much.
Immoral consequence: Greg's friends think Greg is stuck-up and ignore him.