CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to expect your child to fail.
Situation: Chris has a child that is struggling in school.
Intention: Chris wants to review his child's report card.
Moral action: Chris says the low grades can be improved and wants to help his child study.
Moral consequence: The child will improve in school and gain confidence.
Norm: It's rude to expect your child to fail.
Situation: Chris has a child that is struggling in school.
Intention: Chris wants to review his child's report card.
Immoral action: Chris says that the low grades on the card are what the child can achieve at best.
Immoral consequence: The child will have low expectations and not exceed them.
Norm: It's bad to hound your kids too much.
Situation: Rae has been studying hard for Chemistry, but her mother Susan is still disappointed in her grade performance.
Intention: Susan wants Rae to get better grades.
Moral action: Susan asks Rae if she thinks a tutor could be helpful.
Moral consequence: Rae agrees to go to a tutor, and they work together to get her grades up.
Norm: It's bad to hound your kids too much.
Situation: Rae has been studying hard for Chemistry, but her mother Susan is still disappointed in her grade performance.
Intention: Susan wants Rae to get better grades.
Immoral action: Susan takes Rae's cell phone away and tells her she can have it back when she gets better grades.
Immoral consequence: Rae works tirelessly until she can get her cell phone back, but then decides to run away from home with it.
Norm: You shouldn't play video games all day long.
Situation: James is an avid video game player and just bought a new game.
Intention: James wants to get all the achievement awards in a video game.
Moral action: James plans an hour a day to play the game to get the achievements over time.
Moral consequence: James leads a well balanced life where he experiences many things.
Norm: You shouldn't play video games all day long.
Situation: James is an avid video game player and just bought a new game.
Intention: James wants to get all the achievement awards in a video game.
Immoral action: James does nothing but play the game without going out to get the achievements.
Immoral consequence: James's physical health deteriorates from sitting all day.
Norm: You shouldn't go to college parties if you're underage.
Situation: Max is an 18-year-old college freshman and was invited by his roommates to hang out on Friday night.
Intention: Max wants to have a fun time.
Moral action: Max and his roommates hang out in their dorm room and play video games.
Moral consequence: Max becomes close with his roommates and they become friends.
Norm: You shouldn't go to college parties if you're underage.
Situation: Max is an 18-year-old college freshman and was invited by his roommates to hang out on Friday night.
Intention: Max wants to have a fun time.
Immoral action: Max and his roommates go to a nearby frat party and start partying and drinking.
Immoral consequence: Max is not used to alcohol and gets alcohol poisoning.
Norm: It's good to protect the vulnerable and defenseless.
Situation: Jess sees an hooded man hit an elderly woman while trying to pull her purse from her.
Intention: Jess wants to remain safe.
Moral action: Jess uses her taser on the robber.
Moral consequence: The robber falls to the ground and Jess gets the elderly woman home.
Norm: It's good to protect the vulnerable and defenseless.
Situation: Jess sees an hooded man hit an elderly woman while trying to pull her purse from her.
Intention: Jess wants to remain safe.
Immoral action: Jess runs away while the elderly woman gets beaten and robbed.
Immoral consequence: Jess escapes to safety, but feels guilty for leaving the old woman.
Norm: It is heartless to wish death on someone's loved one.
Situation: Bill and Ted are best friends, but Bill is having a heated argument with Stacy, Ted's wife.
Intention: Bill wants to end the argument.
Moral action: Bill offers to let bygones be bygones and stop arguing with Stacy.
Moral consequence: Bill and Stacy make up, and she and Ted continue to be friends with Bill.
Norm: It is heartless to wish death on someone's loved one.
Situation: Bill and Ted are best friends, but Bill is having a heated argument with Stacy, Ted's wife.
Intention: Bill wants to end the argument.
Immoral action: Bill loudly tells Stacy that he wishes she were dead.
Immoral consequence: Stacy and Ted are appalled and never speak to Bill again.
Norm: It's rude to exclude someone with social anxiety.
Situation: Sally is planning a party and deciding if she should invite Megan or not because Megan gets nervous in crowds.
Intention: Sally wants to throw a fun party.
Moral action: Sally decides to invite Megan and stay by her side until Megan feels comfortable.
Moral consequence: Megan feels comfortable enough to come out of her shell and tell jokes and makes everyone laugh.
Norm: It's rude to exclude someone with social anxiety.
Situation: Sally is planning a party and deciding if she should invite Megan or not because Megan gets nervous in crowds.
Intention: Sally wants to throw a fun party.
Immoral action: Sally decides that Megan would ruin her party and doesn't invite her.
Immoral consequence: Megan finds out she isn't invited to Sally's party and tells their friends who decide not to attend the party either.
Norm: It is okay to be protective over your friends.
Situation: Jill heard Bill was going to go through the rough part of town by himself.
Intention: Jill wants to decide what to do.
Moral action: Jill makes sure that Bill has someone with him before he goes.
Moral consequence: Bill gets through safely without any issues because his guide knew where to go.
Norm: It is okay to be protective over your friends.
Situation: Jill heard Bill was going to go through the rough part of town by himself.
Intention: Jill wants to decide what to do.
Immoral action: Jill ignores what she hears about Bill, thinking it not true.
Immoral consequence: Bill gets lost and it takes until 3:30am for him to get home.
Norm: You shouldn't hurt your friend's feelings.
Situation: David invites his friend Sheila to dinner and shows her his artwork.
Intention: Sheila wants to critique David's artwork.
Moral action: Sheila points out some parts of David's artwork that she thinks could use improvement and also points out the good points in his art.
Moral consequence: David is happy to hear Sheila's critique about his artwork and feels comfortable sharing more of his art with her.
Norm: You shouldn't hurt your friend's feelings.
Situation: David invites his friend Sheila to dinner and shows her his artwork.
Intention: Sheila wants to critique David's artwork.
Immoral action: Sheila tells David that his artwork is blase and mediocre and that he shouldn't quit his day job.
Immoral consequence: David is hurt by Sheila's words and stops talking to her.
Norm: It's good to value relationships over possessions.
Situation: Gerry spends a lot of time working on his classic car, but his friends, whom he hasn't seen in a while, invite him to a party.
Intention: Gerry wants to work on his car.
Moral action: Gerry accepts their invitation and works on his car the next day.
Moral consequence: Gerry has a great time catching up with his friends.
Norm: It's good to value relationships over possessions.
Situation: Gerry spends a lot of time working on his classic car, but his friends, whom he hasn't seen in a while, invite him to a party.
Intention: Gerry wants to work on his car.
Immoral action: Gerry turns them down to continue working on his car.
Immoral consequence: Gerry becomes more distant from his friends, and he becomes lonely.
Norm: You should try to make your parents proud.
Situation: Chris just got done with college and moved back in with his parents.
Intention: Chris wanted to find a job, so he could move out of his parents' house.
Moral action: Chris starts a tech company that helps people learn how to code.
Moral consequence: Chris's parents are happy that they get to brag about Chris's new business to their friends.
Norm: You should try to make your parents proud.
Situation: Chris just got done with college and moved back in with his parents.
Intention: Chris wanted to find a job, so he could move out of his parents' house.
Immoral action: Chris became a freelance pornstar in order to make money.
Immoral consequence: Chris's parents become ashamed of him and don't want him living in their house anymroe.
Norm: Is wrong to fight over silly things
Situation: Todd is really irritated at his friend Paul after he heard Paul talked behind his back.
Intention: Todd wants to get to the bottom of why Paul talked bad about him.
Moral action: Todd asks Paul why he did that, and says he wants to fix things.
Moral consequence: Paul apologizes and says it was because he was jealous, and they make up.
Norm: Is wrong to fight over silly things
Situation: Todd is really irritated at his friend Paul after he heard Paul talked behind his back.
Intention: Todd wants to get to the bottom of why Paul talked bad about him.
Immoral action: Todd walks up to Paul and shoves him while screaming at him.
Immoral consequence: Paul punches Todd right in the face and knocks him out.
Norm: It's frowned upon to purchase counterfeit goods.
Situation: Steve's old family watch drops down a sewer pipe.
Intention: Steve needs a new watch.
Moral action: Steve buys a moderately priced watch from Walmart, at a nice price limit.
Moral consequence: Steve gets a functional, nice watch and even gets some compliments on it.
Norm: It's frowned upon to purchase counterfeit goods.
Situation: Steve's old family watch drops down a sewer pipe.
Intention: Steve needs a new watch.
Immoral action: Steve goes to a street in NYC where he knows bootleggers sell counterfeits, and he buys a fake Rolex.
Immoral consequence: The news is running a story there on counterfeit goods and Steve gets on the air and gets humiliated.
Norm: It's bad for one to hate their partner's child.
Situation: Barbara is talking to her husband Jim and his daughter Cara.
Intention: Barbara wants Jim to pay more attention to her.
Moral action: Barbara tells Jim that the three of them should do more activities as family.
Moral consequence: Jim is happy that Barbara cares about his daughter and Cara trusts her more.
Norm: It's bad for one to hate their partner's child.
Situation: Barbara is talking to her husband Jim and his daughter Cara.
Intention: Barbara wants Jim to pay more attention to her.
Immoral action: Barbara tells Jim that she doesn't want Cara living with them.
Immoral consequence: Jim tells Barbara he won't choose her over his child and divorces her.
Norm: It's good to enter a profession that you will enjoy.
Situation: Arnie was deciding what career he wanted to go into for a living.
Intention: Arnie wants to make his choice.
Moral action: Arnie tries to find a career that pays decently but also is interesting to Arnie.
Moral consequence: Arnie makes a career choice he can be proud of for years.
Norm: It's good to enter a profession that you will enjoy.
Situation: Arnie was deciding what career he wanted to go into for a living.
Intention: Arnie wants to make his choice.
Immoral action: Arnie chooses the decision that makes him the most money.
Immoral consequence: Arnie makes a lot of money, but he hates the field he's in.
Norm: It's good to report criminal activity to the police.
Situation: Reagan is sitting on her porch late one night and sees a woman opening her neighbors garage door with a crowbar.
Intention: Reagan wants to tell her neighbors what she saw.
Moral action: Reagan calls the police immediately and talks to her neighbors that night after police arrive.
Moral consequence: The police catch the woman in the act and the neighbors' avoid having anything stolen.
Norm: It's good to report criminal activity to the police.
Situation: Reagan is sitting on her porch late one night and sees a woman opening her neighbors garage door with a crowbar.
Intention: Reagan wants to tell her neighbors what she saw.
Immoral action: Since it's late, Reagan goes on to bed and talks to the neighbors about it in the morning.
Immoral consequence: The neighbors had property stolen from the garage and the woman is long gone.
Norm: It's wrong to divorce people without a good reason.
Situation: Paul has been married for a decade.
Intention: Paul wants to talk about the marriage with his wife.
Moral action: Paul tells his wife that he loves her, and they should be able to work out problems.
Moral consequence: Paul's wife will feel loved and committed to the marriage.
Norm: It's wrong to divorce people without a good reason.
Situation: Paul has been married for a decade.
Intention: Paul wants to talk about the marriage with his wife.
Immoral action: Paul tells his wife that he wants a divorce and says that's just the way he feels.
Immoral consequence: Paul's wife will feel confused and betrayed.
Norm: It's okay to be protective of your child.
Situation: Patty's daughter wants to go to the park with her friends, but Patty just heard something in the news about a possible kidnapper.
Intention: Patty wants her daughter to be happy.
Moral action: Patty doesn't let her daughter go to the park, but she invites her friends over, so they can watch a movie together.
Moral consequence: Patty's daughter stays safe and still ends up having fun with her friends.
Norm: It's okay to be protective of your child.
Situation: Patty's daughter wants to go to the park with her friends, but Patty just heard something in the news about a possible kidnapper.
Intention: Patty wants her daughter to be happy.
Immoral action: Patty lets her daughter go to the park with her friends by themselves with no supervision.
Immoral consequence: Pat's daughter is at risk of being preyed on by predators at the park.
Norm: Getting in a person's space can make you seem pushy.
Situation: Ryan is new in town and goes to a bar.
Intention: Ryan wants to order a drink.
Moral action: Ryan stands at the bar and orders his drink.
Moral consequence: The bartender makes Ryan his drink and Ryan enjoys his drink.
Norm: Getting in a person's space can make you seem pushy.
Situation: Ryan is new in town and goes to a bar.
Intention: Ryan wants to order a drink.
Immoral action: Ryan goes behind the bar and gets close to the bartender to tell them he wants a drink.
Immoral consequence: The bartender feels uncomfortable and ask a bouncer to escort Ryan out of the bar.
Norm: It's good to followup on your successes.
Situation: Jay has gotten his PhD in physics, for which he is very proud.
Intention: Jay wants to celebrate his accomplishment.
Moral action: Jay celebrates with his friends, then gets to work the next day on a new project.
Moral consequence: Jay has a successful research career and lives a full life.
Norm: It's good to followup on your successes.
Situation: Jay has gotten his PhD in physics, for which he is very proud.
Intention: Jay wants to celebrate his accomplishment.
Immoral action: Jay spends the next several months basking in his accomplishment.
Immoral consequence: Jay has a hard time finding a job because he hasn't done much since getting his PhD.
Norm: People in position of power should never abuse that power.
Situation: Alex runs a company that is busy.
Intention: Alex wants to get more work done from his company.
Moral action: Alex hires more workers to fulfill the work needed to be done.
Moral consequence: Alex's workers are able to complete the work with good quality.
Norm: People in position of power should never abuse that power.
Situation: Alex runs a company that is busy.
Intention: Alex wants to get more work done from his company.
Immoral action: Alex tells his workers they will be laid off if they do not work overtime.
Immoral consequence: Alex's workers will become stressed and quality will suffer.
Norm: It's bad to be rude to your boyfriend or girlfriend.
Situation: Deacon was angry because of a stressful day at work that day.
Intention: Deacon wants to calm down at home.
Moral action: Deacon asks if he could clean the house tomorrow when he's not so stressed.
Moral consequence: Deacon calms down with the baseball game on TV.
Norm: It's bad to be rude to your boyfriend or girlfriend.
Situation: Deacon was angry because of a stressful day at work that day.
Intention: Deacon wants to calm down at home.
Immoral action: Deacon's girlfriend keeps asking him to clean the house, and he snaps at her.
Immoral consequence: Deacon cleans the house AND sleeps on the couch more stressed than ever.
Norm: It's wrong to use your roommate's things without their permission.
Situation: Jeff has been stuck inside all day, and he thinks he should get some fresh air.
Intention: Jeff wants to go for a bike ride.
Moral action: Jeff's bike has a flat, so he decides to wait until his roommate Ben comes home to ask if he can borrow his bike to go ride.
Moral consequence: When Jeff asks Ben if he can borrow his bike he says yes and tells him to have fun.
Norm: It's wrong to use your roommate's things without their permission.
Situation: Jeff has been stuck inside all day, and he thinks he should get some fresh air.
Intention: Jeff wants to go for a bike ride.
Immoral action: When Jeff sees that his bike has a flat he decides to take the other bike that belongs to his roommate Ben.
Immoral consequence: When Ben gets home and sees that his bike is missing he thinks that someone stole it.
Norm: You should discuss disagreements calmly.
Situation: Wilson is having an argument with his parents.
Intention: Wilson wants to win the argument.
Moral action: Wilson takes a deep breath and then calmly lays out the reasons he thinks he is right.
Moral consequence: His parents contemplate what he said and then agree that he is correct.
Norm: You should discuss disagreements calmly.
Situation: Wilson is having an argument with his parents.
Intention: Wilson wants to win the argument.
Immoral action: Wilson gets angry and starts talking over his parents, interrupting them, and yelling.
Immoral consequence: Wilson's parents send him to his room without dinner.
Norm: It's considerate to ask around about a stray dog's owner.
Situation: Jennifer is walking around her neighborhood when she sees a stray dog.
Intention: Jennifer wants the dog to have a nice home to stay in.
Moral action: Jennifer asks all the neighbors on the street if they know who the owner is.
Moral consequence: Jennifer is able to find the owner and the dog runs back into the house.
Norm: It's considerate to ask around about a stray dog's owner.
Situation: Jennifer is walking around her neighborhood when she sees a stray dog.
Intention: Jennifer wants the dog to have a nice home to stay in.
Immoral action: Jennifer takes the dog home immediately without checking to see if he belongs to anyone.
Immoral consequence: The police show up at Jennifer's dog because someone was accusing her of dognapping.
Norm: It's good to spend your money only on necessities.
Situation: Jonathan just got a new job in the next town over.
Intention: Jonathan wants to buy a car so that he has reliable transportation to and from work.
Moral action: Jonathan buys a very inexpensive vehicle.
Moral consequence: Jonathan runs into some financial road bumps but is able to afford them, making him feel good for being responsible.
Norm: It's good to spend your money only on necessities.
Situation: Jonathan just got a new job in the next town over.
Intention: Jonathan wants to buy a car so that he has reliable transportation to and from work.
Immoral action: Jonathan buys a brand new luxury class vehicle spending every penny of his savings.
Immoral consequence: Jonathan gets a flat tire and is unable to afford replacing the tire, misses work, and loses his job.
Norm: You shouldn't sleep with different people every week.
Situation: Bryan goes to the bar by himself and starts to feel like he needs some company.
Intention: Bryan wants to find someone to spend the evening with.
Moral action: Bryan meets someone at the bar and starts a conversation, finding that they have lots of things in common, and they begin a dating relationship.
Moral consequence: Bryan feels less lonely and more like part of a real relationship, the girl he is dating is happy to have someone in her life who cares for her.
Norm: You shouldn't sleep with different people every week.
Situation: Bryan goes to the bar by himself and starts to feel like he needs some company.
Intention: Bryan wants to find someone to spend the evening with.
Immoral action: Bryan finds a lonely-looking girl and asks her back to his house for the night, only to blow her off in the morning to find someone else next weekend.
Immoral consequence: Bryan feels empty and alone for the rest of the week and the girl he brought home feels as though she has been treated very poorly.
Norm: It's unusual to drink beer for lunch and nothing else.
Situation: Tom does not have much money but agrees to go out with his coworkers to a local pub during lunch.
Intention: Tom wants to have fun with his friends.
Moral action: Tom uses his money to buy one beer and some cheap food.
Moral consequence: Tom is able to join his coworkers for a drink while not impairing or depriving himself.
Norm: It's unusual to drink beer for lunch and nothing else.
Situation: Tom does not have much money but agrees to go out with his coworkers to a local pub during lunch.
Intention: Tom wants to have fun with his friends.
Immoral action: Tom uses all his money to buy two beers in order to keep up with his coworkers.
Immoral consequence: Tom doesn't perform well at work later because he didn't eat anything and the alcohol had no buffer.
Norm: Parents and children should discuss their issues calmly without anger.
Situation: Pablo is tired of his children not feeding and walking the dog like they promised when they got him.
Intention: Pablo wants to remind his children what their responsibilities are with the dog.
Moral action: Pablo gathers his children and explains to them what their responsibilities are with the dog.
Moral consequence: Pablo's children agree to make a schedule showing when each child is responsible for walking and feeding the dog.
Norm: Parents and children should discuss their issues calmly without anger.
Situation: Pablo is tired of his children not feeding and walking the dog like they promised when they got him.
Intention: Pablo wants to remind his children what their responsibilities are with the dog.
Immoral action: Pablo gathers his children together and yells at them at the top of his lungs about their duty to feed and walk the dog.
Immoral consequence: Pablo's children are scared of their dad and in the future don't share problems they experience for fear he'll get mad at them.
Norm: It's rude to judge someone for liking a celebrity.
Situation: Pete is on a date with Stephanie who is known for being artsy and deep.
Intention: Pete wants to impress Stephanie.
Moral action: Pete talks about the things he is passionate about and shares his enthusiasm with Stephanie.
Moral consequence: Stephanie thinks Pete is an interesting and self-assured guy and the date goes well.
Norm: It's rude to judge someone for liking a celebrity.
Situation: Pete is on a date with Stephanie who is known for being artsy and deep.
Intention: Pete wants to impress Stephanie.
Immoral action: Pete talks about stan culture and how shallow and silly he finds it because he thinks it will make him look like he's above popular culture.
Immoral consequence: Stephanie finds Pete negative and pretentious and the date goes badly.
Norm: You should not favor some friends over others.
Situation: Linda, Greeta, and Gertude are out at the mall having lunch together.
Intention: Linda wants to share her cheesecake.
Moral action: Linda gives both Greeta and Gertude a taste of a cheesecake.
Moral consequence: Greeta and Gertude love the cheesecake so much they order slices for themselves.
Norm: You should not favor some friends over others.
Situation: Linda, Greeta, and Gertude are out at the mall having lunch together.
Intention: Linda wants to share her cheesecake.
Immoral action: Linda lets Greeta taste her cheesecake, but when Gertude asks to taste, Linda tells her that she wants to eat the rest.
Immoral consequence: Gertude feels left out and wonders if Linda is actually her friend.