CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong not to clean your fingernails because it's gross.
Situation: Kristin realizes that she has much dirt stuck under her fingernails after working in her yard all day.
Intention: Kristin wants to make a spaghetti dinner for her family.
Immoral action: Kristin quickly puts some spaghetti in a pot without washing her hands first.
Immoral consequence: Kristin's family notices dirt floating in their spaghetti and refuse to eat the meal.
Norm: It's good to want what is best for your country.
Situation: Donald and Hillary are discussing the state of politics when Hillary asks Donald what his opinion is of the government.
Intention: Donald wants to answer Hillary's question.
Moral action: Donald tells Hillary that the government is a wonderful institution that should be preserved at any cost.
Moral consequence: Hillary smiles as she agrees with Donald thankful that he loves his country.
Norm: It's good to want what is best for your country.
Situation: Donald and Hillary are discussing the state of politics when Hillary asks Donald what his opinion is of the government.
Intention: Donald wants to answer Hillary's question.
Immoral action: Donald tells Hillary that the country needs to be destroyed from within to drain the swamp.
Immoral consequence: Hillary thinks Donald is evil because he wants to destroy the very thing that allows them both to be so prosperous.
Norm: It's good to be focused on women's health
Situation: While selecting health plans for his company Phil is advised to pick a plan that also supports women's health.
Intention: Phil wants to contemplate this suggestion.
Moral action: Phil selects a plan that covers women's health concerns as well as mens.
Moral consequence: Phil is praised for ensuring all employees are adequately covered.
Norm: It's good to be focused on women's health
Situation: While selecting health plans for his company Phil is advised to pick a plan that also supports women's health.
Intention: Phil wants to contemplate this suggestion.
Immoral action: Phil disregards women's health needs and picks a plan that he would get for himself.
Immoral consequence: Phil faces censure when the health plan he selected doesn't suit the company's female employees.
Norm: You shouldn't creep your coworkers out while they are working.
Situation: Josh has planned a prank for his coworkers on Halloween.
Intention: Josh wants to give his coworkers a fright.
Moral action: Josh plays a prank on his coworkers as they are leaving work for the night.
Moral consequence: Josh gets his coworkers to laugh at his successful prank.
Norm: You shouldn't creep your coworkers out while they are working.
Situation: Josh has planned a prank for his coworkers on Halloween.
Intention: Josh wants to give his coworkers a fright.
Immoral action: Josh plays a Halloween prank on his coworkers while they are making a presentation to a client.
Immoral consequence: Josh gets censured for potentially derailing an important meeting.
Norm: It's wrong to look down on obese people.
Situation: Howard is at a restaurant and sees that his server is quite fat.
Intention: Howard wants to order food.
Moral action: Howard ignores the server's weight and orders his food and smiles.
Moral consequence: Howard has a good meal and returns to the restaurant often.
Norm: It's wrong to look down on obese people.
Situation: Howard is at a restaurant and sees that his server is quite fat.
Intention: Howard wants to order food.
Immoral action: Howard starts ordering his food and then makes a crack about the server's weight.
Immoral consequence: The server talks to the manager, and the manager kicks Howard out of the restaurant.
Norm: Posting too much information to social media is not wise.
Situation: Jeff is on Twitter for the first time ever and thinks about introducing himself with pictures included.
Intention: Jeff wants to consider what personal information he reveals about himself.
Moral action: Jeff chooses to only reveal some basic introductory information about himself.
Moral consequence: Jeff gets through his introduction without issues and builds up his new Twitter account from there on.
Norm: Posting too much information to social media is not wise.
Situation: Jeff is on Twitter for the first time ever and thinks about introducing himself with pictures included.
Intention: Jeff wants to consider what personal information he reveals about himself.
Immoral action: Jeff decides to post where he lives with pictures of his home.
Immoral consequence: Jeff gets maliciously targetted based on the address and pictures he revealed.
Norm: It's unsafe to ride a bicycle while intoxicated.
Situation: Brad was having a few drinks with his friends at the local bar.
Intention: Brad wants to go home.
Moral action: Brad calls the taxi company and gets a taxi ride home.
Moral consequence: Brad takes the cab and gets home safely without any incident.
Norm: It's unsafe to ride a bicycle while intoxicated.
Situation: Brad was having a few drinks with his friends at the local bar.
Intention: Brad wants to go home.
Immoral action: Brad gets on his bike and starts to ride to his house down the street.
Immoral consequence: Brad is drunk, and he falls off his bike and breaks his nose.
Norm: You shouldn't call your friends bad words.
Situation: Tim is playing his game together with his friend when his friend damages the game by mistake.
Intention: Tim wants to show his friend that he's unhappy that they broke the game.
Moral action: Tim tells his friend that he's really upset they damaged the game and that they can't play it any more.
Moral consequence: Tim's friend thinks Tim's reaction is fair, and they apologize for damaging the game.
Norm: You shouldn't call your friends bad words.
Situation: Tim is playing his game together with his friend when his friend damages the game by mistake.
Intention: Tim wants to show his friend that he's unhappy that they broke the game.
Immoral action: Tim yells at his friend calling him some by some very bad words.
Immoral consequence: Tim's friend is insulted and thinks Tim could have reacted in a nicer way to their mistake.
Norm: It's rude not to include everyone in shared family activities.
Situation: Jim is visiting his brother and sister over the holidays.
Intention: Jim wants to watch a holiday movie.
Moral action: Jim puts on a movie that he knows both of his siblings will enjoy.
Moral consequence: Jim's brother enjoys spending the holidays with his siblings.
Norm: It's rude not to include everyone in shared family activities.
Situation: Jim is visiting his brother and sister over the holidays.
Intention: Jim wants to watch a holiday movie.
Immoral action: Jim puts on a movie that he knows only he and his sister will like.
Immoral consequence: Jim's brother feels excluded and annoyed.
Norm: It is mean to take advantage of other people.
Situation: Jason's sister Georgia is a meek but very talented freelance designer who has trouble asserting herself.
Intention: Jason wants Georgia to design a logo for him.
Moral action: Jason hires Georgia to design the logo for him.
Moral consequence: Georgia designs a logo Jason is happy with and is compensated for her time and work.
Norm: It is mean to take advantage of other people.
Situation: Jason's sister Georgia is a meek but very talented freelance designer who has trouble asserting herself.
Intention: Jason wants Georgia to design a logo for him.
Immoral action: Jason asks Georgia to design the logo for him for free since he's family.
Immoral consequence: Georgia feels obligated to help Jason and loses out on paying work because she is busy with Jason's logo.
Norm: It's wrong to make a guest uncomfortable.
Situation: Mira reads the high charges her husband put on the credit  card, and her husband is talking with friend David.
Intention: Mira wants to vent her frustrations.
Moral action: Mira expresses her feelings with one of her friends.
Moral consequence: Mira's friends help her make a new family budget.
Norm: It's wrong to make a guest uncomfortable.
Situation: Mira reads the high charges her husband put on the credit  card, and her husband is talking with friend David.
Intention: Mira wants to vent her frustrations.
Immoral action: Mira confronts her husband about his spending habits in front of David.
Immoral consequence: Mira makes David and her husband feel awkward.
Norm: It's noble to prioritize making money over leisure.
Situation: Don's school is on summer break.
Intention: Don wants to get a tan.
Moral action: Don gets a job as a  lifeguard for the summer.
Moral consequence: Don's parents are happy that Don has money to help them with the bills.
Norm: It's noble to prioritize making money over leisure.
Situation: Don's school is on summer break.
Intention: Don wants to get a tan.
Immoral action: Don goes to the pool all day and lays around.
Immoral consequence: Don's parents are annoyed that he isn't doing anything useful.
Norm: You shouldn't charge your friends for using your bed.
Situation: Matt's friend is in town and looking for a place to stay and Matt has a spare bed in his house.
Intention: Matt wants to tell his friend about the bed in his house.
Moral action: Matt tells his friend he can stay in his bed for free.
Moral consequence: Matt's friend will think Matt is generous.
Norm: You shouldn't charge your friends for using your bed.
Situation: Matt's friend is in town and looking for a place to stay and Matt has a spare bed in his house.
Intention: Matt wants to tell his friend about the bed in his house.
Immoral action: Matt tells his friend he can use the bed if they pay a fee.
Immoral consequence: Matt's friend will think Matt is greedy.
Norm: You shouldn't refuse your bosses' orders.
Situation: Jason is on site working an entry level construction job where the foreman has laid out specific rolls for each worker.
Intention: Jason wants to get through the work day.
Moral action: Jason sticks to the script so to speak and does each task he was assigned in order.
Moral consequence: Due to staying on task and busy, Jason is finished with the work day before he has the opportunity to think about it.
Norm: You shouldn't refuse your bosses' orders.
Situation: Jason is on site working an entry level construction job where the foreman has laid out specific rolls for each worker.
Intention: Jason wants to get through the work day.
Immoral action: Jason skirts around his assigned duties and performs tasks outside of his qualifications because he thinks it'll get the work done quicker.
Immoral consequence: Jason compromises the construction quality with shoddy work and is fired for his negligence.
Norm: It's bad to be too busy for your family.
Situation: Fred has a heavy work load and his kids ask him to watch a movie with them.
Intention: Fred wants to respond to his kids.
Moral action: Fred tells his kids he can watch a movie with them.
Moral consequence: Fred's kids will enjoy a movie with their father.
Norm: It's bad to be too busy for your family.
Situation: Fred has a heavy work load and his kids ask him to watch a movie with them.
Intention: Fred wants to respond to his kids.
Immoral action: Fred tells his kids that he has too much work, and they can watch a movie another time.
Immoral consequence: Fred's kills will be disappointed.
Norm: It is bad to mix alcohol and prescription medications
Situation: Jen is taking a new mediciation for her depression and anxiety.
Intention: Jen wants to go out the bar with some friends.
Moral action: Jen plays it safe and stick to coffee and water when at the bar with her friends.
Moral consequence: Jen has no medical issues that night and enjoys the entire evening.
Norm: It is bad to mix alcohol and prescription medications
Situation: Jen is taking a new mediciation for her depression and anxiety.
Intention: Jen wants to go out the bar with some friends.
Immoral action: Jen drinks three glasses of wine and a long island iced tea at the bar.
Immoral consequence: The drinks react badly with the medication causing her to pass out and be hospitalized.
Norm: It's good to be honest with your ex.
Situation: Tim still has feeling for his ex-girlfriend Mia, but keeps it a secret.
Intention: Tim wants to talk to Mia.
Moral action: Tim tells Mia that he still loves her.
Moral consequence: Mia gets back together with Tim and Tim is overjoyed.
Norm: It's good to be honest with your ex.
Situation: Tim still has feeling for his ex-girlfriend Mia, but keeps it a secret.
Intention: Tim wants to talk to Mia.
Immoral action: Tim tells Mia that he has no feeling for her anymore.
Immoral consequence: Mia finds a new boyfriend and Tim becomes sad.
Norm: It's polite not to disturb people who are asleep.
Situation: Farrell comes home from work stressed after midnight.
Intention: Farrell wants to have fun.
Moral action: Farrell plays his favorite MMO with his friends.
Moral consequence: Farrell gains rare items from beating a boss.
Norm: It's polite not to disturb people who are asleep.
Situation: Farrell comes home from work stressed after midnight.
Intention: Farrell wants to have fun.
Immoral action: Farrell watches a movie at a high volume.
Immoral consequence: Farrell gets a visit from the police after a neighbor reports him for making too much noise.
Norm: It's encouraged to look out for your family members.
Situation: James was at the public pool with his little brother and his friends.
Intention: James wanted to swim.
Moral action: James played in the pool with his friends on the shallow side of the pool where his brother was.
Moral consequence: James, his little brother, and James' friends all had a great time playing at the pool.
Norm: It's encouraged to look out for your family members.
Situation: James was at the public pool with his little brother and his friends.
Intention: James wanted to swim.
Immoral action: James swam in the pool with his friends, ignoring his brother altogether.
Immoral consequence: James' little brother went under the water and almost drowned in the pool.
Norm: You shouldn't skateboard somewhere dangerous.
Situation: Tony has the day off and decides to ride his skateboard around the neighborhood instead of sitting at home.
Intention: Tony wants to go out.
Moral action: Tony decides to play it safe and rides his board on the sidewalk.
Moral consequence: Tony enjoys the fresh air and enjoys seeing the sights around town.
Norm: You shouldn't skateboard somewhere dangerous.
Situation: Tony has the day off and decides to ride his skateboard around the neighborhood instead of sitting at home.
Intention: Tony wants to go out.
Immoral action: Tony sees some concrete stairs and decides to try to ride down the railing on his board.
Immoral consequence: Tony wipes out and breaks his leg, so now he has to wear a cast.
Norm: It's bad not to carry your weight in a group.
Situation: Al, Bert, and Jill are in an office, working on coding a computer program for a client.
Intention: Al wants leave early to start the weekend.
Moral action: Al works competently and focused and takes no breaks for lunch or anything else to get finished.
Moral consequence: Al turns in efficient work and because Al worked a little harder, gets to spend a little longer relaxing, while the team presses on and the client receives quality work.
Norm: It's bad not to carry your weight in a group.
Situation: Al, Bert, and Jill are in an office, working on coding a computer program for a client.
Intention: Al wants leave early to start the weekend.
Immoral action: Al types a lot of bad code because it is quicker to do.
Immoral consequence: Al turns in efficient work and gets to spend a little longer relaxing, while the team presses on and the client receives quality work.
Norm: It's bad to take advantage of your parents' generosity.
Situation: Laurel's parents agreed to let her use their credit card to shop for some new school supplies.
Intention: Laurel wants to buy a new cell phone in addition to her basic school supplies.
Moral action: Laurel buys the school supplies with the credit card and puts the cell phone on her own debit card instead.
Moral consequence: Laurel's parents trust her more in the future.
Norm: It's bad to take advantage of your parents' generosity.
Situation: Laurel's parents agreed to let her use their credit card to shop for some new school supplies.
Intention: Laurel wants to buy a new cell phone in addition to her basic school supplies.
Immoral action: Laurel uses her parents' credit card to purchase the new cell phone she wanted in addition to the school supplies.
Immoral consequence: Laurel gets scolded by her parents for buying the cell phone without asking first.
Norm: It is bad to make excuses.
Situation: Grant made an error while writing code and his boss has come to ask him about it.
Intention: Grant wants to explain the error to his boss.
Moral action: Grant tells his boss that he made the error, and he will fix it.
Moral consequence: Grant will learn to be more careful when doing his work.
Norm: It is bad to make excuses.
Situation: Grant made an error while writing code and his boss has come to ask him about it.
Intention: Grant wants to explain the error to his boss.
Immoral action: Grant says the error comes from the application that is used to write the code.
Immoral consequence: Grant will not learn to be responsible about the errors he makes.
Norm: It's frowned upon to produce and share naked photos.
Situation: Carol is in high school and is a good student but does not have a very active social life.
Intention: Carol wants to be popular with boys.
Moral action: Carol applies to become a cheerleader and is accepted on the cheerleading team.
Moral consequence: Carol's parents are very proud of her.
Norm: It's frowned upon to produce and share naked photos.
Situation: Carol is in high school and is a good student but does not have a very active social life.
Intention: Carol wants to be popular with boys.
Immoral action: Carol decides to take naked pictures of herself and share them with a few boys.
Immoral consequence: Carol's parents find out what she has been doing and are ashamed of their daughter.
Norm: It's mean to make fun of someone with poor vision.
Situation: Art is in the office break room with Karen, and Jill, who is blind.
Intention: Art wants to say something amusing to Karen.
Moral action: Art Tells Karen the plot to the first Star Wars movie.
Moral consequence: Karen hears and interesting story and Art gets to participate in an innocuous social exchange.
Norm: It's mean to make fun of someone with poor vision.
Situation: Art is in the office break room with Karen, and Jill, who is blind.
Intention: Art wants to say something amusing to Karen.
Immoral action: Art Says to Karen that Jill has retard eyes.
Immoral consequence: karen feels that Art is a cruel person, and Jill feels embaressed and ashamed at being ridiculed.
Norm: You shouldn't retaliate against people.
Situation: Lydia has been bullied for a long time at school by a group of mean girls.
Intention: Lydia wants the mean girls to be punished for what they did to her.
Moral action: Lydia forcefully denounces the mean girls' bullying behaviors to the authorities.
Moral consequence: The mean girls are punished and Lydia is commended for her bravery in denouncing them.
Norm: You shouldn't retaliate against people.
Situation: Lydia has been bullied for a long time at school by a group of mean girls.
Intention: Lydia wants the mean girls to be punished for what they did to her.
Immoral action: Lydia decides to retaliate and plays an elaborate prank on the mean girls, who suffer greatly from it.
Immoral consequence: Lydia is exposed as the author of the prank and ends up being punished for it.
Norm: It's frowned upon to not have a job.
Situation: Keith was living with his parents in the basement of their house.
Intention: Keith wanted to play video games every day.
Moral action: Keith got a job doing video game reviews on the internet.
Moral consequence: Keith was able to save up enough money to get a place of his own.
Norm: It's frowned upon to not have a job.
Situation: Keith was living with his parents in the basement of their house.
Intention: Keith wanted to play video games every day.
Immoral action: Instead of working, Keith played video games in the basement everyday.
Immoral consequence: Keith's parents eventually kicked him out of their house because of his laziness.
Norm: It's expected that you will support your friends' businesses.
Situation: Frank's friend Louis has worked very hard and recently opened a pizzeria that he is very proud of.
Intention: Frank wants to order pizza for a party.
Moral action: Frank orders pizzas from Louis's new restaurant for his party.
Moral consequence: Louis's pizza gets good worth of mouth reviews from partygoers and more people start coming to his restaurants.
Norm: It's expected that you will support your friends' businesses.
Situation: Frank's friend Louis has worked very hard and recently opened a pizzeria that he is very proud of.
Intention: Frank wants to order pizza for a party.
Immoral action: Frank orders pizzas from a large national chain for his party.
Immoral consequence: Louis is hurt that Frank did not give his restaurant a chance and becomes distant from Frank.
Norm: It's bad to want to off yourself.
Situation: Nicky is alone in his house and has been feeling depressed for a really long time.
Intention: Nicky wants to stop feeling depressed.
Moral action: Nicky decides to seek out professional help for his mental state because he does want things to all end.
Moral consequence: Nicky slowly begins to heal and get get better through therapy.
Norm: It's bad to want to off yourself.
Situation: Nicky is alone in his house and has been feeling depressed for a really long time.
Intention: Nicky wants to stop feeling depressed.
Immoral action: Nicky makes up his mind that the only way to stop feeling blue is to stop feeling anything.
Immoral consequence: Nicky's life ends when he commits suicide.
Norm: You shouldn't make jokes about priests.molesting kids.
Situation: Tim is at a Sunday church service with his friend who invited him to come.
Intention: Tim wants to enjoy the experience.
Moral action: Tim takes in the scenery and architecture of the church and compliments it to his friend.
Moral consequence: Tim's friend appreciates that Tim is taking in the whole experience.
Norm: You shouldn't make jokes about priests.molesting kids.
Situation: Tim is at a Sunday church service with his friend who invited him to come.
Intention: Tim wants to enjoy the experience.
Immoral action: When the priest comes out Tim leans over to his friend and cracks a joke about the priest being a pervert.
Immoral consequence: Tim's friend and others in the congregation that hear the joke are justifiably offended.
Norm: It's smart to not get into meaningless arguments.
Situation: Diego and his mother don't always see eye-to-eye on many topics, but her loves her dearly anyway.
Intention: Diego wants to spend time with his mother.
Moral action: Diego carefully dodges attempts at political discussions by his mother and instead asks her about her life as a kid.
Moral consequence: Diego's mother feels like Diego really cares about her.
Norm: It's smart to not get into meaningless arguments.
Situation: Diego and his mother don't always see eye-to-eye on many topics, but her loves her dearly anyway.
Intention: Diego wants to spend time with his mother.
Immoral action: Diego gets embroiled into an endless and contentious political discussion with his mother.
Immoral consequence: Diego's mother feels disrespected by the way Diego talks about her political opinions.
Norm: It's wrong to be late for your classes.
Situation: Shay is currently in nursing school, but she also has another job that she has to spend time at.
Intention: Shay wants to focus on becoming a nurse.
Moral action: Shay moves her schedule around so that she can get to class early each day.
Moral consequence: Shay's instructor respects that Shay is dedicated and is more willing to help her.