CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It is polite to smile at people.
Situation: Naomi is walking down the street when an older man smiles at her.
Intention: Naomi wants to say something to the man.
Immoral action: Naomi tells the man to stop staring at her and walks faster.
Immoral consequence: The man's feelings are hurt, and he starts to feel like a creep.
Norm: It's good to help people out with their problems.
Situation: Jennifer just started her new office job and noticed that one of her co-workers is having trouble figuring something out.
Intention: Jennifer wants to make a positive impression on her supervisor.
Moral action: Jennifer walks up to her coworker and asks him if he would like some help with the problem.
Moral consequence: Jennifer's coworker is grateful that she helped him figure out the problem and invites her out to lunch.
Norm: It's good to help people out with their problems.
Situation: Jennifer just started her new office job and noticed that one of her co-workers is having trouble figuring something out.
Intention: Jennifer wants to make a positive impression on her supervisor.
Immoral action: Jennifer decides to work out the problem on her own and submits the solution to her supervisor before her coworker does.
Immoral consequence: Jennifer's coworker forms a negative impression of her and tells the rest of the office about how ruthless and competitive she is.
Norm: You shouldn't be too clingy in a relationship.
Situation: Ben is in a relationship with Sandy, and they have been dating for a few months.
Intention: Ben wants to spend time with Sandy.
Moral action: Ben sets up dates a few nights a week for him and Sandy to spend time together.
Moral consequence: Sandy feels the relationship is moving at an even pace and enjoys Ben's company.
Norm: You shouldn't be too clingy in a relationship.
Situation: Ben is in a relationship with Sandy, and they have been dating for a few months.
Intention: Ben wants to spend time with Sandy.
Immoral action: Ben visits Sandy at work and wants to have lunch and dinner with her every day.
Immoral consequence: Sandy becomes annoyed with how often Ben is visiting her and re-considers the relationship.
Norm: You should not tolerate being abused by your family.
Situation: Amy's sisters, Jane and Carol, are jealous of Amy's boyfriend and good looks, so they constantly verbally assault her.
Intention: Amy wants to decide how to handle her sisters.
Moral action: Amy starts insulting Jane and Carol right back and asks them how they like it.
Moral consequence: Jane and Carol get Amy's point and begin to change their behavior.
Norm: You should not tolerate being abused by your family.
Situation: Amy's sisters, Jane and Carol, are jealous of Amy's boyfriend and good looks, so they constantly verbally assault her.
Intention: Amy wants to decide how to handle her sisters.
Immoral action: Amy just ignores the things Jane and Carol say in hopes that one day they will just stop.
Immoral consequence: Jane and Carol see Amy as weak because she doesn't respond, so their attacks get worse.
Norm: It's good to help others find internships and work.
Situation: James' parents keeping nagging him to help his younger brother find his first job out of college.
Intention: James wants his parents to stop nagging him.
Moral action: James talks to the HR department at his company and recommends his brother as an internship candidate.
Moral consequence: James' brother does well in the interview and often hangs out with James on their lunch breaks.
Norm: It's good to help others find internships and work.
Situation: James' parents keeping nagging him to help his younger brother find his first job out of college.
Intention: James wants his parents to stop nagging him.
Immoral action: James tells his parents that his brother might as well enlist in the military since he doesn't know of any job leads.
Immoral consequence: James' parents stop asking about jobs, but complain that he doesn't help the family enough.
Norm: It is cheap to refuse to donate money.
Situation: A young woman who is sitting at a table, at the grocery store, asks Daniel if he would be willing to donate a few dollars to feed hungry children.
Intention: Daniel has to decide if he will donate to feed hungry children.
Moral action: Daniel donates what money he can to the cause and even takes some information about possibly donating some time to feed hungry children.
Moral consequence: More children receive food right away and Daniel feels good about his selfless act, setting him on a path of community service that enriches his life and helps others.
Norm: It is cheap to refuse to donate money.
Situation: A young woman who is sitting at a table, at the grocery store, asks Daniel if he would be willing to donate a few dollars to feed hungry children.
Intention: Daniel has to decide if he will donate to feed hungry children.
Immoral action: Daniel tells the young woman that his own family has to come first, and he cannot afford to donate money to feed strangers.
Immoral consequence: The young woman does not collect enough money to feed some children in need and Daniel feels guilty about that later on.
Norm: You shouldn't enjoy when people cry.
Situation: John has been yelling at his wife Mindy, and she is starting to cry.
Intention: John wants to feel better about himself.
Moral action: John breathes deeply, holds his wife and apologizes to her as he strokes her hair.
Moral consequence: Mindy feels closer to John and loves him even more and stops crying.
Norm: You shouldn't enjoy when people cry.
Situation: John has been yelling at his wife Mindy, and she is starting to cry.
Intention: John wants to feel better about himself.
Immoral action: John says to Mindy she deserves to cry and laughs loudly as he puts on the tv.
Immoral consequence: Mindy resents John even more and considers divorcing him.
Norm: You shouldn't exclude people with mental disabilities.
Situation: Bertha is getting married soon and her little brother suffers from depression.
Intention: Wants to have the best wedding possible.
Moral action: Bertha asks her little brother to be the ring bearer for her wedding.
Moral consequence: Bertha's little brother says yes and has one of the happiest days of his life at the wedding.
Norm: You shouldn't exclude people with mental disabilities.
Situation: Bertha is getting married soon and her little brother suffers from depression.
Intention: Wants to have the best wedding possible.
Immoral action: Bertha decides to not invite her little brother because she doesn't want him to keep everyone down in the dumps.
Immoral consequence: Bertha's family are very upset at her actions and none of them show up to the wedding.
Norm: It's wrong to not take the considerations of others seriously.
Situation: James was told by Mike that the volcano was probably going to go off soon.
Intention: James wants to decide whether to listen to Mike.
Moral action: James decides to take precautions just incase Mike is right.
Moral consequence: The volcano erupts and James's house is set on fire by flaming debris, which he quickly puts out with his new fire extinguisher.
Norm: It's wrong to not take the considerations of others seriously.
Situation: James was told by Mike that the volcano was probably going to go off soon.
Intention: James wants to decide whether to listen to Mike.
Immoral action: James decides that since Mike is not a volcanologist that he won't listen to him.
Immoral consequence: The volcano erupts and James's house is set on fire by flaming debris.
Norm: It is bad to take advantage of people for money.
Situation: Chantelle is out of work.
Intention: She needs to pay her rent.
Moral action: Chantelle calls up a friend, explains the situation and asks to borrow money for rent.
Moral consequence: Chantelle's friend helps her and when Chantelle pays her back she includes a gift for helping.
Norm: It is bad to take advantage of people for money.
Situation: Chantelle is out of work.
Intention: She needs to pay her rent.
Immoral action: Chantelle tells her friends she is collecting money for charity and uses it for her rent.
Immoral consequence: Her friends find out about her behavior and no longer trust her.
Norm: You should be nice to your sibling's friends.
Situation: Curtis is trying to finish up his book report when his younger brother and friend burst into his room.
Intention: Curtis wants to give his full attention to his report.
Moral action: Curtis picks them up teasingly and deposits them outside of his room, closing the door on his way back into the room.
Moral consequence: Curtis's brother and friend think Curtis is so fun and cool.
Norm: You should be nice to your sibling's friends.
Situation: Curtis is trying to finish up his book report when his younger brother and friend burst into his room.
Intention: Curtis wants to give his full attention to his report.
Immoral action: Curtis raises his voice telling them to get out of his room or else.
Immoral consequence: Curtis's brother and friend run out of the room crying.
Norm: You should be willing to help your friends.
Situation: Sam is hanging out with his friend at his house after school and his friend has explained he doesn't understand a lesson from school.
Intention: Sam wants to do something with his friend.
Moral action: Sam offers to explain the lesson to his friend in a way that he will possibly understand.
Moral consequence: Sam's friend learns the information from Sam since Sam knows how to explain it to him, and he does well in class as a result.
Norm: You should be willing to help your friends.
Situation: Sam is hanging out with his friend at his house after school and his friend has explained he doesn't understand a lesson from school.
Intention: Sam wants to do something with his friend.
Immoral action: Sam doesn't want to do schoolwork with his friend, so he suggest they play video games and forget schoolwork.
Immoral consequence: Sam's friend never learns the lesson clearly and goes on to fail a test on the subject.
Norm: You shouldn't disrespect others in front of children.
Situation: Joni and her kids are at a drive through buying food the employee taking their order is rude.
Intention: Joni wants to respond to the worker.
Moral action: Joni asks to speak to the manager to explain the way she was treated.
Moral consequence: Joni's kids learned how to properly deal with rude employee's.
Norm: You shouldn't disrespect others in front of children.
Situation: Joni and her kids are at a drive through buying food the employee taking their order is rude.
Intention: Joni wants to respond to the worker.
Immoral action: Joni begins to berate the employee for the way they look because she is upset.
Immoral consequence: Joni's kids begin to treat other kids at school poorly because now that they've seen their mom do it, they think it's fine.
Norm: It's wrong to call your siblings bad names.
Situation: John is with his friends and younger brother Chris at a house party.
Intention: John wants his friends to like him more than his brother.
Moral action: John is more social than his brother is with his friends, and he even compliments his brother.
Moral consequence: John's friends like John more and gravitate to him more as well.
Norm: It's wrong to call your siblings bad names.
Situation: John is with his friends and younger brother Chris at a house party.
Intention: John wants his friends to like him more than his brother.
Immoral action: John raises his voice and tells his friends that Chris is a bunch of bad names.
Immoral consequence: John's friends respect John less and feel sorry for Chris more.
Norm: You shouldn't fake a broken bone.
Situation: Debbie hurt her arm a few days past and it feels better, but she's tired and wants some time off from work.
Intention: Debbie wants to go home and sleep.
Moral action: Debbie goes to her boss and tells her that she would like to take a sick day because she did not get enough rest.
Moral consequence: Debbie's boss is understanding and lets Debbie take the rest of the day off.
Norm: You shouldn't fake a broken bone.
Situation: Debbie hurt her arm a few days past and it feels better, but she's tired and wants some time off from work.
Intention: Debbie wants to go home and sleep.
Immoral action: Debbie tells her boss she fell in the bathroom and thinks she broke her arm, so Debbie's boss tells her to go.
Immoral consequence: Debbie's boss finds out that Debbie didn't go to the doctor and told another coworker that she wasn't honest about her injury, so she fires Debbie.
Norm: Taking things that don't belong to you is wrong.
Situation: Gabe is walking through his neighborhood and notices a house with many items laying in the yard.
Intention: Gabe wants to possess one of the items.
Moral action: Gabe rings the doorbell of the home the item is in front of and makes an offer to buy it from the homeowner.
Moral consequence: The homeowner agrees to sell it to Gabe and Gabe goes home happy with the item.
Norm: Taking things that don't belong to you is wrong.
Situation: Gabe is walking through his neighborhood and notices a house with many items laying in the yard.
Intention: Gabe wants to possess one of the items.
Immoral action: Gabe casually picks up the item he likes and walks home with it hoping that nobody saw him.
Immoral consequence: Gabe is eventually caught by the police for his theft and arrested.
Norm: You should always help out your coworkers.
Situation: Megan coworker's is struggling on a project which she has expertise with and has asked for her help during work hours.
Intention: Megan wants to finish her own work on time.
Moral action: Megan makes some time to help her coworker in exchange for some help in return with part of her work.
Moral consequence: Megan's coworker learns how to complete her task and the project goes on without issue.
Norm: You should always help out your coworkers.
Situation: Megan coworker's is struggling on a project which she has expertise with and has asked for her help during work hours.
Intention: Megan wants to finish her own work on time.
Immoral action: Megan refuses to help citing that she has her own deadline to meet.
Immoral consequence: Megan's coworker is written up because she struggles with the project.
Norm: It is rude to blow off a friend's birthday.
Situation: Samantha was looking to buy tickets to a concert on Friday, but Samantha had already accepted Christine's invitation to her birthday party that same day.
Intention: Samantha wants to go to the concert.
Moral action: Samantha looks for other concert dates and invites Christine to go the concert the following week as a birthday gift.
Moral consequence: Samantha has a great time at Christine's birthday party and the two get to bond in the concert too.
Norm: It is rude to blow off a friend's birthday.
Situation: Samantha was looking to buy tickets to a concert on Friday, but Samantha had already accepted Christine's invitation to her birthday party that same day.
Intention: Samantha wants to go to the concert.
Immoral action: Samantha skips Christine's birthday party, and tells Christine she'd rather go to a concert than her party.
Immoral consequence: Christine gets mad at Samantha and the two friends stop talking to each other.
Norm: You should not interfere with your partner's career.
Situation: John is a married man who is excited because he just found out that he won a trip for two to Spain.
Intention: John wants to share the news with his wife.
Moral action: John waits until his wife gets home from work and excitedly breaks the news to her.
Moral consequence: John's wife is thrilled and excited to hear about the trip.
Norm: You should not interfere with your partner's career.
Situation: John is a married man who is excited because he just found out that he won a trip for two to Spain.
Intention: John wants to share the news with his wife.
Immoral action: John barges in on his wife at work and loudly tells her the good news.
Immoral consequence: John's wife gets in trouble with her boss for the disruption caused by John.
Norm: It's considerate to look after those having mental issues
Situation: Jane just found out that her husband has been diagnosed as schizophrenic.
Intention: Jane wants to answer his doctor when he asks her what she wants to do.
Moral action: Jane works with the doctors to learn how to best help her husband at home.
Moral consequence: Jane is able to rise to the challenge of living with a schizophrenic spouse.
Norm: It's considerate to look after those having mental issues
Situation: Jane just found out that her husband has been diagnosed as schizophrenic.
Intention: Jane wants to answer his doctor when he asks her what she wants to do.
Immoral action: Jane decides to have her husband institutionalized.
Immoral consequence: Jane's remorse grows as her husband resents her abandonment.
Norm: It's good to help the environment.
Situation: Gary is on a long car trip and has stopped to get some food at a drive through.
Intention: Gary wants to get rid of the packaging from the food.
Moral action: Gary finds some trash and recycling bins and disposes of the packaging in the proper receptacles.
Moral consequence: Gary is seen as someone who is conscious about not polluting the environment.
Norm: It's good to help the environment.
Situation: Gary is on a long car trip and has stopped to get some food at a drive through.
Intention: Gary wants to get rid of the packaging from the food.
Immoral action: Gary throws the packaging out of the car window as he is driving along.
Immoral consequence: Gary is stopped by police and given a citation for littering.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to people about your identity online.
Situation: Billy is having fun online chatting with what he thinks is a stranger, but is really his wife making sure he's not cheating on her.
Intention: Billy wants to impress the stranger.
Moral action: Billy tells the stranger about how much he loves his wife, and that it's the best choice he's ever made.
Moral consequence: Billy's wife feels more in love with Billy and ridiculous for checking on him.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to people about your identity online.
Situation: Billy is having fun online chatting with what he thinks is a stranger, but is really his wife making sure he's not cheating on her.
Intention: Billy wants to impress the stranger.
Immoral action: Billy tells the stranger that he's very rich, and that he is a big investor, though he isn't.
Immoral consequence: Billy's wife thinks less of him for lying about his identity.
Norm: It's wrong to beat women.
Situation: Victor has come home from work to find his wife cheating on him with another man.
Intention: Victor wants to respond to his wife cheating on him.
Moral action: Victor gets very angry, but keeps his hands off her and tells her he is leaving her.
Moral consequence: Victor and his wife divorce, and Victor finds a new girlfriend.
Norm: It's wrong to beat women.
Situation: Victor has come home from work to find his wife cheating on him with another man.
Intention: Victor wants to respond to his wife cheating on him.
Immoral action: Victor raises his voice very loud and starts beating his wife.
Immoral consequence: Victor's wife calls the police, and Victor is arrested for battery.
Norm: It is wrong to insult people.
Situation: Michelle is a math tutor dealing with an exceptionally dull and distracted student.
Intention: Michelle wants to get through to the student.
Moral action: Michelle explains the math problems in a new way that the student finds more interesting.
Moral consequence: The student Michelle is tutoring begins to understand the math problems given the new light Michelle shown upon them.
Norm: It is wrong to insult people.
Situation: Michelle is a math tutor dealing with an exceptionally dull and distracted student.
Intention: Michelle wants to get through to the student.
Immoral action: Michelle tries a direct approach and points out the student's many flaws to make them face their inadequacies.
Immoral consequence: The student Michelle is tutoring becomes saddened and angered by the insulting direct approach and storms out learning nothing.
Norm: It''s good to do things you enjoy with others.
Situation: Kelly is going to a concert alone like she usually does but her friends are also interested in going to the show.
Intention: Kelly wants to enjoy the concert to its fullest.
Moral action: Kelly invites her friends to go with her to share the experience.
Moral consequence: Kelly's friends declare it was the best show they've ever gone to.
Norm: It''s good to do things you enjoy with others.
Situation: Kelly is going to a concert alone like she usually does but her friends are also interested in going to the show.
Intention: Kelly wants to enjoy the concert to its fullest.
Immoral action: Kelly tells her friends that she isn't going to the show and avoids them, so she can watch the concert alone.
Immoral consequence: Kelly's friends see her and are hurt that she lied.
Norm: It's wrong to judge someone based on their financial well-being.
Situation: Joe, who is poor and wearing old clothes, is shopping for a new shirt at a clothing store and the manager is suspicious of him.
Intention: The manager wants to decide what to do about Joe.
Moral action: The manager offers to help Joe find something he likes.
Moral consequence: Joe is able to find a new shirt within his price range and appreciates the help.
Norm: It's wrong to judge someone based on their financial well-being.
Situation: Joe, who is poor and wearing old clothes, is shopping for a new shirt at a clothing store and the manager is suspicious of him.
Intention: The manager wants to decide what to do about Joe.
Immoral action: The manager calls the police on Joe saying that he is trying to take clothing.
Immoral consequence: Joe doesn't get to buy a new shirt, and leaves embarrassed.
Norm: It's wrong to cause someone undo inconvenience.
Situation: Elliot was looking for someone to take him to the airport.
Intention: Elliot wants a ride to the airport.
Moral action: Elliot asks Bob to take him and Bob lives right by the airport.
Moral consequence: Bob takes Elliot the short distance to the airport before going home.
Norm: It's wrong to cause someone undo inconvenience.
Situation: Elliot was looking for someone to take him to the airport.
Intention: Elliot wants a ride to the airport.
Immoral action: Elliot asks Jack to take him, even though Jack lives the farthest away from the airport.
Immoral consequence: Jack takes Elliot there but is grumpy about how long it all takes because of the distance.
Norm: It's immoral to hate other people.
Situation: James' wallet was stolen while he was volunteering at his church's youth group carnival.
Intention: James wants understand why someone would steal his wallet.
Moral action: James concludes that everyone makes mistakes and tells the pastor that if someone comes forward, he'll forgive them.
Moral consequence: After the pastor asks, the teen who took the wallet returns it and reconciles with James.
Norm: It's immoral to hate other people.
Situation: James' wallet was stolen while he was volunteering at his church's youth group carnival.
Intention: James wants understand why someone would steal his wallet.
Immoral action: James concludes that you can't trust any teenagers and begins treating them with disdain.
Immoral consequence: Eventually the teenagers come to return James' enmity and egg his house.
Norm: It's not okay to let your home fall apart.
Situation: Polly is at home on vacation and notices a few problems like a major leak inside and mold on the dry wall.
Intention: Polly wants to use her vacation time in a fulfilling way.
Moral action: Polly rolls her sleeves up and gets to work on her ailing home because she knows the problems need attention.
Moral consequence: Polly successfully rehabilitates her home and appreciates the way she spent her vacation knowing that there is a safe roof over her head.