CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's unhealthy to sneeze on others.
Situation: Alex has a cold, but had to work today and while on lunch break with his co-worker Mary, he feels a tickle in his nose.
Intention: Alex wants to feel relief.
Immoral action: Alex knows he's about to sneeze but remains seated and gets mucus on Mary.
Immoral consequence: Mary catches Alex's cold and is grossed out.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of your friends.
Situation: Dave and Alfonso are in high school and have been friends for a few years.
Intention: Dave wants to fit in with more of the neighborhood kids.
Moral action: Dave and Alfonso remain close with each other and stick together as they befriend other neighborhood kids.
Moral consequence: Some of the kids become close with both Dave and Alfonso, and they become a good group of friends.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of your friends.
Situation: Dave and Alfonso are in high school and have been friends for a few years.
Intention: Dave wants to fit in with more of the neighborhood kids.
Immoral action: Dave is nice to Alfonso when they are alone but picks on him when other kids are around.
Immoral consequence: The neighborhood kids befriend Alfonsi, but do not see Dave as loyal or trustworthy enough to be friends.
Norm: It's good to look for your lost pet.
Situation: Theodore's dog ran out of the house when the door was left open and is now missing.
Intention: Theodore wants his dog to return home.
Moral action: Theodore walks around the neighborhood with a squeaky toy and a bag of food, calling out to his dog.
Moral consequence: The dog hears Theodore calling his name and runs up to him.
Norm: It's good to look for your lost pet.
Situation: Theodore's dog ran out of the house when the door was left open and is now missing.
Intention: Theodore wants his dog to return home.
Immoral action: Theodore decides that the dog will return on his own in due time and just waits for him to come back.
Immoral consequence: Eventually the dog comes home, but he's sick and injured after spending so many days alone outside.
Norm: It's not expected that you'll dump things on your head.
Situation: Terry has been drinking with his buddies for hours at a pool party.
Intention: Terry wants to make his friends laugh.
Moral action: Terry tells his friends a very amusing story.
Moral consequence: Terry's friends think he is the funniest person ever - they love him.
Norm: It's not expected that you'll dump things on your head.
Situation: Terry has been drinking with his buddies for hours at a pool party.
Intention: Terry wants to make his friends laugh.
Immoral action: Terry grabs a nearby garbage can and empties the content out on his own head.
Immoral consequence: Terry's friends laugh but think Terry is kind of disgusting.
Norm: It's bad to try and evade the police.
Situation: Mark was driving well above the speed limit and caught the attention of the police.
Intention: Mark wants to decide how to proceed in response to the police.
Moral action: Mark pulls over and accepts the ticket written to him by the police officer.
Moral consequence: Mark pays the ticket and experiences no further issues from this incident.
Norm: It's bad to try and evade the police.
Situation: Mark was driving well above the speed limit and caught the attention of the police.
Intention: Mark wants to decide how to proceed in response to the police.
Immoral action: Mark decides to floor it and make an attempt to escape the police.
Immoral consequence: Mark does not get far before getting caught, arrested and charged according to his offenses.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of people's eating habits.
Situation: Kevin is a student attending high school and all the students are on their lunch break where a particular classmate is eating heavily.
Intention: Kevin wants to enjoy himself.
Moral action: Kevin doesn't notice his classmate who is eating heavily and spends the lunch break making jokes about a popular movie with a friend.
Moral consequence: Kevin's classmate who was eating heavily gets their fill and goes about their day.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of people's eating habits.
Situation: Kevin is a student attending high school and all the students are on their lunch break where a particular classmate is eating heavily.
Intention: Kevin wants to enjoy himself.
Immoral action: Kevin pokes fun at the classmate who is eating heavily calling them names and drawing attention to their eating.
Immoral consequence: Kevin's classmate who is eating heavily is embarrassed and becomes self conscious about eating to the point of developing a condition.
Norm: You should always tell someone that you love them.
Situation: Biff's father, whom he loves dearly, is dying of cancer, and Biff realizes that this is the last time he'll ever see him.
Intention: Biff wants to say his last words to his father.
Moral action: Biff tells his father that he loves him and was glad to have him for a father.
Moral consequence: Biff is confident that his father knew that Biff loved him, and he feels glad knowing his father rests in peace.
Norm: You should always tell someone that you love them.
Situation: Biff's father, whom he loves dearly, is dying of cancer, and Biff realizes that this is the last time he'll ever see him.
Intention: Biff wants to say his last words to his father.
Immoral action: Biff tells his father about the weather and what the stock market did that day.
Immoral consequence: Biff wonders whether his father knew that Biff loved him, and Biff feels regret every time he thinks of his dad.
Norm: It's wrong to read someone's private diary.
Situation: Martha has noticed that her daughter Crystal has been acting different lately.
Intention: Martha wants to find out what her daughter is up to.
Moral action: Martha thinks about looking in Crystal's diary to see what she's up to but decides to ask her face to face.
Moral consequence: Crystal and her mother have a good talk about what is going on in Crystal's life.
Norm: It's wrong to read someone's private diary.
Situation: Martha has noticed that her daughter Crystal has been acting different lately.
Intention: Martha wants to find out what her daughter is up to.
Immoral action: Martha sees Crystal's diary on her desk and reads it to see if she can find out what she's up to.
Immoral consequence: Crystal sees her mother reading her diary and gets upset that she is invading her privacy.
Norm: You shouldn't break the law while driving.
Situation: Josh is going to be late for his driver's exam and needs to drive to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Intention: Josh wants to arrives at the DMV.
Moral action: Josh takes the highway and does everything possible to go quickly, yet safely.
Moral consequence: Other drivers are not disturbed by Josh's driving.
Norm: You shouldn't break the law while driving.
Situation: Josh is going to be late for his driver's exam and needs to drive to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Intention: Josh wants to arrives at the DMV.
Immoral action: Josh takes some back roads and drives over the speed limit, crossing over the double line to take corners easier.
Immoral consequence: Other drivers whom Josh passes are frightened at the crazy driver.
Norm: Blocking someone on social media is hurtful.
Situation: Ace gets into a fight with a friend on social media.
Intention: Ace wants to put some distance between him and his friend.
Moral action: Ace temporarily mutes the friend, so he can take a breather but still connect later.
Moral consequence: The friend doesn't realize that Ace muted him and the friendship is preserved.
Norm: Blocking someone on social media is hurtful.
Situation: Ace gets into a fight with a friend on social media.
Intention: Ace wants to put some distance between him and his friend.
Immoral action: Ace blocks the friend, so he doesn't have to see his posts any more.
Immoral consequence: The friend finds out and feels even more upset towards Ace for blocking him.
Norm: You shouldn't let others change a contract.
Situation: Fred has a contract with his brother George about who does what chores that is being discussed.
Intention: Fred wants to finish the discussion.
Moral action: Fred doesn't allow George to change the contract, insisting they need to stick by it.
Moral consequence: Fred and George abide by the original contract and get used to silently following it.
Norm: You shouldn't let others change a contract.
Situation: Fred has a contract with his brother George about who does what chores that is being discussed.
Intention: Fred wants to finish the discussion.
Immoral action: Fred lets George change the contract as long as they both agree to the changes.
Immoral consequence: Effectively this leads to a new contract discussion every time one of them doesn't feel like doing a chore.
Norm: Killing an endangered animal is wrong.
Situation: Cam owns a farm with a lot of livestock, and an endangered lion keeps killing his animals.
Intention: Cam wants the lion to leave his animals alone.
Moral action: Cam calls a conservation group to find and capture the lion.
Moral consequence: The lion population will be helped as the conservation group uses the lion to mate.
Norm: Killing an endangered animal is wrong.
Situation: Cam owns a farm with a lot of livestock, and an endangered lion keeps killing his animals.
Intention: Cam wants the lion to leave his animals alone.
Immoral action: Cam kills the lion due to it invading his property once more.
Immoral consequence: The lion population is even closer to becoming extinct.
Norm: You shouldn't put up with a disrespectful neighbor.
Situation: Albert's neighbor is loud and obnoxious, and is always using power tools really late at night.
Intention: Albert wants to deal with the noise.
Moral action: Albert confronts his neighbor and tells him he needs to knock off the noise at such late hours.
Moral consequence: Albert's neighbor stops using his power tools so late at night, and Albert gets enough sleep.
Norm: You shouldn't put up with a disrespectful neighbor.
Situation: Albert's neighbor is loud and obnoxious, and is always using power tools really late at night.
Intention: Albert wants to deal with the noise.
Immoral action: Albert avoids confrontation with his neighbor and tries to drown out the noise with a fan.
Immoral consequence: Albert begins to resent his neighbor and is always stressed when he sees him.
Norm: It's bad to cheat to get ahead.
Situation: Jenna's boss promised her a bonus if she could complete ten house inspections in one week.
Intention: Jenna wants to earn the bonus.
Moral action: Jenna works lots of overtime to thoroughly inspect all ten of the houses.
Moral consequence: Jenna's boss gives her the bonus and tells her he'll remember her hard work at bonus time.
Norm: It's bad to cheat to get ahead.
Situation: Jenna's boss promised her a bonus if she could complete ten house inspections in one week.
Intention: Jenna wants to earn the bonus.
Immoral action: Jenna only glances at the last two houses but fills out the paperwork like she did a thorough inspection.
Immoral consequence: Jenna gets her bonus, and by the time overlooked damage is discovered in one of the houses, she's moved to a new job in a new state.
Norm: It's bad to destroy people's things.
Situation: Dallas watches her bully Sanders leave the room after making fun of her clothes.
Intention: Dallas wants to vent her anger.
Moral action: Dallas talks to her teacher about her negative feelings and Sanders.
Moral consequence: Sanders is confronted by the teacher who convinces him to stop being a bully.
Norm: It's bad to destroy people's things.
Situation: Dallas watches her bully Sanders leave the room after making fun of her clothes.
Intention: Dallas wants to vent her anger.
Immoral action: Dallas crumples up Sanders homework and tosses it inside the trash.
Immoral consequence: Sanders gets a zero for his homework assignment.
Norm: It's invasive to take photos of someone without their knowledge.
Situation: James has a crush on Sarah and likes to look at pictures of her.
Intention: James wants to get new photos of Sarah.
Moral action: James friends Sarah on Facebook and downloads every picture she uploads.
Moral consequence: James can tell his friends about this behavior because it's so common.
Norm: It's invasive to take photos of someone without their knowledge.
Situation: James has a crush on Sarah and likes to look at pictures of her.
Intention: James wants to get new photos of Sarah.
Immoral action: James follows Sarah around and takes candid photos of her when she's not looking.
Immoral consequence: Sarah notices James and tells him she'll pepper spray him if he doesn't leave her alone.
Norm: It's wrong to walk out on your job.
Situation: James came to work at WalMart with a terrible headache and was shouted at by three customers before lunch.
Intention: James wants a break from the screaming customers.
Moral action: James tells his manager that he's going to lose his mind unless he gets some peace and quiet.
Moral consequence: The manager transfers James to stocking inventory in the deserted back room for a few hours.
Norm: It's wrong to walk out on your job.
Situation: James came to work at WalMart with a terrible headache and was shouted at by three customers before lunch.
Intention: James wants a break from the screaming customers.
Immoral action: James rips off his name tag, throws it at the bellowing customer, and storms out the door.
Immoral consequence: James is blacklisted at that store and by several other employers who know the owner.
Norm: It's good to be excited about finally being parents.
Situation: Taylor and Marie just got news back from their doctor's office that they are pregnant with twins!
Intention: Taylor wants to express her feelings.
Moral action: Taylor cries and hugs Marie, saying over and over again how fantastic the news is.
Moral consequence: Taylor and Marie share in their excitement and begin to ready themselves to welcome a life into the world.
Norm: It's good to be excited about finally being parents.
Situation: Taylor and Marie just got news back from their doctor's office that they are pregnant with twins!
Intention: Taylor wants to express her feelings.
Immoral action: Taylor jokingly yells for someone to toss her down the stairs immediately.
Immoral consequence: Taylor's friends judge her harshly for talking about her child that way and worry about her fitness to be a mother.
Norm: It is bad to have teacher student relationships.
Situation: Jenny is a teacher who is quite attractive and one day a student, Billy asks her to sleep with him.
Intention: Jenny wants to respond to Billy's request.
Moral action: Jenny tells Billy that it's not happening because of the age difference and the fact that she's his teacher.
Moral consequence: Billy later realizes that Jenny had made the right decision and his childhood wasn't adversely affected.
Norm: It is bad to have teacher student relationships.
Situation: Jenny is a teacher who is quite attractive and one day a student, Billy asks her to sleep with him.
Intention: Jenny wants to respond to Billy's request.
Immoral action: Jenny tells Billy that she would love that and that they should meet at her place tonight.
Immoral consequence: Billy is later traumatized because of the power imbalance in the relationship and begining sexual activity too early.
Norm: It is good to ignore people who are ignorant.
Situation: Ted is walking down the street when a group of boys start to call him names.
Intention: Ted wants to stop hearing the taunting.
Moral action: Ted puts on his headphones and turns the music on loud.
Moral consequence: Ted walks the rest of the way to his house without hearing the boys.
Norm: It is good to ignore people who are ignorant.
Situation: Ted is walking down the street when a group of boys start to call him names.
Intention: Ted wants to stop hearing the taunting.
Immoral action: Ted rushes up to the boys and starts to beat them all up.
Immoral consequence: The police are called to the brawl and Ted is taken to the police station.
Norm: It is considerate to clean up after yourself.
Situation: Noam's shower is broken, so he goes to his neighbor Mark's to ask if he can use his.
Intention: Noam wants to get clean.
Moral action: Noam uses Mark's shower and meticulously tidies up when he's finished.
Moral consequence: Mark is impressed that the bathroom looks better than it did before Noam used it and is willing to let him use it again if he needs to.
Norm: It is considerate to clean up after yourself.
Situation: Noam's shower is broken, so he goes to his neighbor Mark's to ask if he can use his.
Intention: Noam wants to get clean.
Immoral action: Noam uses Mark's shower, but leaves his towel on the floor and loose hair in the drain.
Immoral consequence: Mark is appalled and doesn't let Noam use his shower again.
Norm: You shouldn't shake the cage of your classroom pet.
Situation: Tim stands at the cage where the classroom gerbil lives.
Intention: Tim wants to make the gerbil move.
Moral action: Tim talks to the gerbil and watches for a while, until it begins to move around on its own.
Moral consequence: The gerbil grows to trust Tim and the other children and it is friendly and sociable with the class.
Norm: You shouldn't shake the cage of your classroom pet.
Situation: Tim stands at the cage where the classroom gerbil lives.
Intention: Tim wants to make the gerbil move.
Immoral action: Tim shakes the gerbil's cage vigorously to get it to move around.
Immoral consequence: The gerbil becomes frightened and starts trying to get away from the children whenever it sees them coming.
Norm: It is wrong to expect sexual relations from someone.
Situation: Ed sees an attractive girl in the grocery store and starts talking with her.
Intention: Ed wants to start a friendship with the girl.
Moral action: Ed tells the girl that he'd like to take her out to dinner sometime.
Moral consequence: The girl agrees and goes on a date with Ed.
Norm: It is wrong to expect sexual relations from someone.
Situation: Ed sees an attractive girl in the grocery store and starts talking with her.
Intention: Ed wants to start a friendship with the girl.
Immoral action: Ed tells the girl that she's really attractive and suggests that they can be friends with benefits.
Immoral consequence: The girl gets creeped out and runs away from Ed.
Norm: It's wrong to lie.
Situation: Red is standing before Al, his dad, and KEvin, the family pet, and a broken lamp lying on the floor.
Intention: Red wants to explain why the lamp is broken.
Moral action: Red takes responsibility for breaking the lamp.
Moral consequence: Red, the true culprit is punished and justice prevails with none harmed undeservedly.
Norm: It's wrong to lie.
Situation: Red is standing before Al, his dad, and KEvin, the family pet, and a broken lamp lying on the floor.
Intention: Red wants to explain why the lamp is broken.
Immoral action: Red tells an untruth indicating Kevin broke the lamp.
Immoral consequence: Al inflicts corporal punishment upon Kevin who feels intense pain without knowing why and suffers.
Norm: It is rude to throw things at someone.
Situation: George is sitting across the room from Jared and asks him for a beer.
Intention: Jared wants to give George a drink.
Moral action: Jared takes a cold drink from the cooler and walks over to hand it to George.
Moral consequence: George is able to have his beverage while Jared feels good knowing he did his friend a favor.
Norm: It is rude to throw things at someone.
Situation: George is sitting across the room from Jared and asks him for a beer.
Intention: Jared wants to give George a drink.
Immoral action: Jared takes a cold drink from the cooler and tosses it at George who misses it.
Immoral consequence: The can sprays all over the room making a big mess that George and Jared have to clean.
Norm: It's kind to invite your friends to a party.
Situation: Lance wants to throw a party for his friends.
Intention: Lance wants to decide who to invite.
Moral action: Lance invites all of his friends for the party regardless.
Moral consequence: Not all of his friends can make it, but they appreciated the invite.
Norm: It's kind to invite your friends to a party.
Situation: Lance wants to throw a party for his friends.
Intention: Lance wants to decide who to invite.
Immoral action: Lance invites only the people he knows want to come.
Immoral consequence: Some of the friends he didn't invite were upset at Lance.
Norm: You shouldn't sabotage your roommate's life.
Situation: Wendy is roommates with Sandra, and the two do not get along at all.
Intention: Wendy wants to get away from Sandra.
Moral action: Wendy looks for a new apartment that she doesn't have to share.
Moral consequence: Wendy no longer has to put up with Sandra and is less stressed.
Norm: You shouldn't sabotage your roommate's life.
Situation: Wendy is roommates with Sandra, and the two do not get along at all.
Intention: Wendy wants to get away from Sandra.
Immoral action: Wendy calls Sandra's work and tries to get her fired, so she has to move out.
Immoral consequence: Sandra finds out about Wendy's plot and kicks her out of the apartment.
Norm: It is important to go to work clean.
Situation: Paul works at an office, and today he is running late and hasn't had a shower.
Intention: Paul wants to get to work quickly.
Moral action: Paul quickly washes off the important parts of his body and puts on deodorant.
Moral consequence: Paul smells fine at work, and he is able to work closely with others without degusting them.
Norm: It is important to go to work clean.
Situation: Paul works at an office, and today he is running late and hasn't had a shower.
Intention: Paul wants to get to work quickly.
Immoral action: Paul forgoes washing off or deodorizing and just goes straight to work.
Immoral consequence: Paul's coworkers complain to his boss about Paul's body odor.
Norm: It's wrong to harm a relative's pet.
Situation: Harold is walking to the front door of his sister's house when her dog runs toward him barking.
Intention: Harold wants to avoid getting bitten.
Moral action: Harold stops walking when he sees the dog and yells for his sister.
Moral consequence: Harold's sister comes out to get the dog, and they all go into the house to visit.
Norm: It's wrong to harm a relative's pet.
Situation: Harold is walking to the front door of his sister's house when her dog runs toward him barking.
Intention: Harold wants to avoid getting bitten.
Immoral action: Harold kicks the dog and makes a run for the door.
Immoral consequence: Harold's sister is upset and doesn't speak to him for months.
Norm: You should discipline students for their horrible behavior.
Situation: Dale is a teacher writing a lesson on the board when a spitball hits his head from one of the children.
Intention: Dale wants to address what happened.
Moral action: Dale says the entire class is being sent to the principal's office.
Moral consequence: The children will learn not to blow spitballs.
Norm: You should discipline students for their horrible behavior.
Situation: Dale is a teacher writing a lesson on the board when a spitball hits his head from one of the children.
Intention: Dale wants to address what happened.
Immoral action: Dale says the spitball was a funny prank.
Immoral consequence: The children will continue to blow spitballs.
Norm: It's wrong to smoke in someone else's car.
Situation: Lester, who smokes, borrows his friend's car, which has never been smoked in, and drives an hour away on a trip.
Intention: Lester wants to have a cigarette.
Moral action: Lester pulls over and has a cigarette on the side of the road.
Moral consequence: Lester's friend's car is clean and nice-smelling, making Lester's friend very happy.
Norm: It's wrong to smoke in someone else's car.
Situation: Lester, who smokes, borrows his friend's car, which has never been smoked in, and drives an hour away on a trip.
Intention: Lester wants to have a cigarette.
Immoral action: Lester lights a cigarette while he's driving and is careful to put the ashes and cigarette out of the window.
Immoral consequence: Lester's friend gets in the car later and smells the cigarette smoke, making him sick and upset.