CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to ditch a date for someone else.
Situation: Joan is on a first date with Mitch when she gets a text from her ex-boyfriend who she still loves asking to meet up.
Intention: Joan wants to have a fun night.
Moral action: Joan ignores the text and focuses on enjoying her night with Mitch.
Moral consequence: Mitch has a great time on his date with Joan and appreciates her attention.
Norm: It's rude to ditch a date for someone else.
Situation: Joan is on a first date with Mitch when she gets a text from her ex-boyfriend who she still loves asking to meet up.
Intention: Joan wants to have a fun night.
Immoral action: Joan makes up an excuse to end the date early to go see her ex-boyfriend.
Immoral consequence: Mitch sees her out with her ex later that night and feels hurt and betrayed.
Norm: It's wrong to abuse a privilege someone gave you.
Situation: Justin's mother allows him to stay up as late as he wants as long as he maintains good grades.
Intention: Justin wants to have freedom over his schedule.
Moral action: Justin finds himself naturally wanting to sleep by 10 before busy school days.
Moral consequence: Juston maintains good grades and cant occasionally stay up late if a special situation happens.
Norm: It's wrong to abuse a privilege someone gave you.
Situation: Justin's mother allows him to stay up as late as he wants as long as he maintains good grades.
Intention: Justin wants to have freedom over his schedule.
Immoral action: Justin plays video games until 3 am on most days and fails some courses.
Immoral consequence: Justin loses the privilege and most now go to bed at 9 on weekdays.
Norm: You should always spend time with your parents.
Situation: Margaret's mother is living in a nursing home an hour from her town, and they haven't seen each other in a year.
Intention: Margaret wants to talk to her mom.
Moral action: Margaret makes the hour drive to surprise her mom with a visit.
Moral consequence: Margaret's mother is in good spirits to see her daughter and feels more energetic.
Norm: You should always spend time with your parents.
Situation: Margaret's mother is living in a nursing home an hour from her town, and they haven't seen each other in a year.
Intention: Margaret wants to talk to her mom.
Immoral action: Margaret calls her mom on the phone and promises to visit soon, but never does.
Immoral consequence: The next time Margaret calls the nursing home to speak to her mother, they inform her that her mother has passed in the night.
Norm: You should not copy others.
Situation: David is taking an exam in his calculus class that he didn't study for.
Intention: David wants to pass the exam.
Moral action: David takes the exam to the best of his ability and leaves comments to his teacher on the items he doesn't understand.
Moral consequence: David's teacher is sympathetic and allows David to retake the exam.
Norm: You should not copy others.
Situation: David is taking an exam in his calculus class that he didn't study for.
Intention: David wants to pass the exam.
Immoral action: David copies exam answers from the student sitting next to him.
Immoral consequence: David's teacher catches him cheating and ends up failing David on the exam.
Norm: It's unfair to bully people
Situation: Chad is eating lunch in the school cafeteria and sees that his classmate Billy has several delicious looking cookies on his plate.
Intention: Chad wants to taste the cookies.
Moral action: Chad asks Billy if he can try one of the cookies.
Moral consequence: Billy is happy to share and gives Chad a cookie which he enjoys very much.
Norm: It's unfair to bully people
Situation: Chad is eating lunch in the school cafeteria and sees that his classmate Billy has several delicious looking cookies on his plate.
Intention: Chad wants to taste the cookies.
Immoral action: Chad pins Billy against the table until he gives him all the cookies.
Immoral consequence: Chad is sent to the principal's office and later suspended for bullying.
Norm: You shouldn't be a creep toward women.
Situation: Gary is walking to attend his class and sees a group of young women on the way.
Intention: Gary wants to walk past the group of the women.
Moral action: Gary says hi and simply walks past the women.
Moral consequence: The women also say hi and Gary feels a sense of glee.
Norm: You shouldn't be a creep toward women.
Situation: Gary is walking to attend his class and sees a group of young women on the way.
Intention: Gary wants to walk past the group of the women.
Immoral action: As Gary is passing the group he teases the women.
Immoral consequence: Gary gets suspended from college for his mistreatment of the women.
Norm: You should be careful with other people's belongings.
Situation: Mary wants to cut her son's hair and knows that her friend Lisa has a nice pair of barber-quality clippers.
Intention: Mary wants to borrow Lisa's clippers.
Moral action: Mary carries Lisa's loaned clippers with caution before and after use.
Moral consequence: Mary's son gets a nice haircut and Lisa's clippers are returned to her in the same condition.
Norm: You should be careful with other people's belongings.
Situation: Mary wants to cut her son's hair and knows that her friend Lisa has a nice pair of barber-quality clippers.
Intention: Mary wants to borrow Lisa's clippers.
Immoral action: Lisa loans Mary her clippers and Mary throws them onto the kitchen table when she returns home.
Immoral consequence: The clippers miss the table and break apart.
Norm: It is disrespectful to swear at your parents.
Situation: Jim comes home past his curfew and his waiting parents tell him he's grounded for a month.
Intention: Jim wants to show his displeasure about being grounded.
Moral action: Jim explain to his parents that he was late because their was a wreck on the highway.
Moral consequence: Jim has his grounding lifted when his parents check the news and see the accident report.
Norm: It is disrespectful to swear at your parents.
Situation: Jim comes home past his curfew and his waiting parents tell him he's grounded for a month.
Intention: Jim wants to show his displeasure about being grounded.
Immoral action: Jim curses out both his parents for being so strict and for grounding him.
Immoral consequence: Jim gets grounded for 6 months instead of 1 month.
Norm: It's kind to accommodate your guests' wishes.
Situation: James planned to serve his in-laws beef ragout for dinner, but when his mother-in-law arrived she said she was vegan.
Intention: James wants his in-laws to try his famous tomato sauce.
Moral action: James makes a double batch of marinara sauce and only adds the beef to half.
Moral consequence: All of James' in-laws are delighted with his amazing Italian food.
Norm: It's kind to accommodate your guests' wishes.
Situation: James planned to serve his in-laws beef ragout for dinner, but when his mother-in-law arrived she said she was vegan.
Intention: James wants his in-laws to try his famous tomato sauce.
Immoral action: James tells his mother-in-law that the beef ragout is actually vegan with Beyond Beef.
Immoral consequence: James' mother-in-law realizes the lie after two bites and leaves the dinner table in tears.
Norm: It's wrong to abuse medication.
Situation: Jane has been burdened with a huge workload, and she has been struggling to keep up with the work.
Intention: Jane needs to find a way to get more energy throughout the day.
Moral action: Jane consults a doctor about how to get more energy.
Moral consequence: Jane follows her doctors advice to improve her stamina.
Norm: It's wrong to abuse medication.
Situation: Jane has been burdened with a huge workload, and she has been struggling to keep up with the work.
Intention: Jane needs to find a way to get more energy throughout the day.
Immoral action: Jane starts taking her sons Adderall to give her an energy boost.
Immoral consequence: Jane becomes addicted to the drug.
Norm: It's gross to masturbate in a public location.
Situation: Bob is aroused by actress that he sees when he in the movie theater.
Intention: Bob wants to blow off some steam to clam the urge.
Moral action: Bob resists the urge, but rubs one out at home after the movie is over.
Moral consequence: Bob feels better and know one else knows what Bob has done.
Norm: It's gross to masturbate in a public location.
Situation: Bob is aroused by actress that he sees when he in the movie theater.
Intention: Bob wants to blow off some steam to clam the urge.
Immoral action: Bob pulls his penis out while sitting in the theater and starts masturbating.
Immoral consequence: The cops are called and Bob is arrested for indecent exposure.
Norm: It’s is rude to interrupt anyone private time
Situation: Charlene's niece starts crying while she is babysitting.
Intention: Charlene wants to find a way to calm her niece down.
Moral action: Charlene soothes her niece as she looks up ways to calm her down.
Moral consequence: Charlene's niece calms down eventually and her parents have a restful night.
Norm: It’s is rude to interrupt anyone private time
Situation: Charlene's niece starts crying while she is babysitting.
Intention: Charlene wants to find a way to calm her niece down.
Immoral action: Charlene calls her brother to ask what to do and interrupts his date night with his wife.
Immoral consequence: Charlene's brother is irritated because his night is cut short.
Norm: It's bad to do illegal things to make money.
Situation: Jordan is playing poker at a casino, losing money, and is playing a new round with friends.
Intention: Jordan wants to win his this new round.
Moral action: Jordan decides to use his brain instead of illegally cheating to win the new round.
Moral consequence: Jordan makes a good play and his friends compliment him.
Norm: It's bad to do illegal things to make money.
Situation: Jordan is playing poker at a casino, losing money, and is playing a new round with friends.
Intention: Jordan wants to win his this new round.
Immoral action: Jordan illegally peeks at his friends cards so that he can win the round.
Immoral consequence: The judge catches Jordan cheating and Jordan feels horrible as he is forced to leave.
Norm: It's good to display the flag on national holidays.
Situation: John is hosting a party for the Fourth of July and has invited all of his friends over to his house.
Intention: John wants his friends to think he is patriotic.
Moral action: John buys a large American flag and flies it in his front yard.
Moral consequence: John's friends comment on how prominent the flag is and call him a real patriot.
Norm: It's good to display the flag on national holidays.
Situation: John is hosting a party for the Fourth of July and has invited all of his friends over to his house.
Intention: John wants his friends to think he is patriotic.
Immoral action: John decorates his yard with red, white, and blue Christmas lights.
Immoral consequence: John's friends think John is being lazy and is just using the same decorations from Christmas.
Norm: It's good to not bother others.
Situation: Maggie walks into her apartment after a long day of class, and sees her roommate doing his taxes.
Intention: Maggie wants to do something fun.
Moral action: Maggie dresses up and spends the evening at a bar.
Moral consequence: She ends up making new friends that evening.
Norm: It's good to not bother others.
Situation: Maggie walks into her apartment after a long day of class, and sees her roommate doing his taxes.
Intention: Maggie wants to do something fun.
Immoral action: Maggie asks Josh multiple times to spend time with her.
Immoral consequence: Maggie is roasted by Josh's friends after Josh tells them about Maggie's actions.
Norm: Leaving a family heirloom with your child is meaningful
Situation: Audrey's daughter Candace is getting married and moving to Germany with her and her soon to be husbands new child.
Intention: Audrey wants to give a gift to Candace.
Moral action: Audrey gives Candace her great grandmothers pearl necklace that's been passed down from generation to generation.
Moral consequence: Candace treasures the necklace and plans to give it to her child one day to keep the tradition.
Norm: Leaving a family heirloom with your child is meaningful
Situation: Audrey's daughter Candace is getting married and moving to Germany with her and her soon to be husbands new child.
Intention: Audrey wants to give a gift to Candace.
Immoral action: Audrey buys a bouquet of flowers and gives it to Candace.
Immoral consequence: Candace takes the flowers with her to Germany, but they die within a week.
Norm: It's mean to make fun of someone's disability.
Situation: A severely pigeon-toed student transferred into Mickey's high school, and some of his friends start mocking his gait.
Intention: Mickey wants to be cool.
Moral action: Mickey expresses disappointment to his friends about their targeting someone with a disability.
Moral consequence: Mickey is able to change his friends attitudes towards the new student.
Norm: It's mean to make fun of someone's disability.
Situation: A severely pigeon-toed student transferred into Mickey's high school, and some of his friends start mocking his gait.
Intention: Mickey wants to be cool.
Immoral action: Mickey starts making fun of the transfer student as well.
Immoral consequence: Mickey faces disciplinary action when a teacher catches him mocking the new student.
Norm: It's not okay to be rude to someone.
Situation: Ben is sitting in a crowded library with his friend.
Intention: Ben wants to casually chat with his friend.
Moral action: Ben whispers to his friend.
Moral consequence: Ben has an enjoyable conversation with his friend.
Norm: It's not okay to be rude to someone.
Situation: Ben is sitting in a crowded library with his friend.
Intention: Ben wants to casually chat with his friend.
Immoral action: Ben loudly chats with his friend.
Immoral consequence: Ben gets kicked out of the library.
Norm: It's gross to eat food that has gone rotten.
Situation: Dan doesn't feel like cooking after work on Thursday and only has old leftovers in his fridge that smell weird.
Intention: Dan wants to find something to eat for dinner.
Moral action: Dan gets rid of his old leftovers and orders some Chinese food for delivery.
Moral consequence: Dan has a delicious meal and has some leftover that he puts in the fridge for later.
Norm: It's gross to eat food that has gone rotten.
Situation: Dan doesn't feel like cooking after work on Thursday and only has old leftovers in his fridge that smell weird.
Intention: Dan wants to find something to eat for dinner.
Immoral action: Dan decides to heat up some old leftover pasta from a couple weeks ago and assumes the microwave will kill any germs.
Immoral consequence: Dan gets sick after eating the pasta because there was too much bacteria for the microwave to kill.
Norm: It is bad to lie as a cop.
Situation: One night James, a cop, arrested a drunk driver but was too tired to fill the paperwork out properly.
Intention: James wants the drunk driver convicted.
Moral action: James admits that he forgot to fill out the paperwork and advises the DA to make a deal.
Moral consequence: The drunk driver takes the deal, which involves pleading guilty and a short jail sentence.
Norm: It is bad to lie as a cop.
Situation: One night James, a cop, arrested a drunk driver but was too tired to fill the paperwork out properly.
Intention: James wants the drunk driver convicted.
Immoral action: James fills out the paperwork two weeks later and testifies that he did it the night of the arrest.
Immoral consequence: The drunk driver's attorney picks James' story apart during questioning, resulting in perjury charges.
Norm: It's wrong to be overly jealous of a spouse's contacts.
Situation: Jack and his wife Sarah are cuddling when Sarah shows him her followers on Twitter.
Intention: Jack wants to comment on Sarah's follower count.
Moral action: Jack asks Sarah for networking tips.
Moral consequence: Sarah feels flattered that Jack trusts her networking skills.
Norm: It's wrong to be overly jealous of a spouse's contacts.
Situation: Jack and his wife Sarah are cuddling when Sarah shows him her followers on Twitter.
Intention: Jack wants to comment on Sarah's follower count.
Immoral action: Jack comments that her followers were less qualified compared to his small following.
Immoral consequence: Sarah is hurt by Jack's words.
Norm: It is disgusting to not use normal bathrooms.
Situation: Zach is drinking a large coffee as he drives across the middle of the country on a road trip.
Intention: Zach needs to stop and pee.
Moral action: Zach stops at the next rest area and pees in the public restroom.
Moral consequence: Zach is relieved and feels much better.
Norm: It is disgusting to not use normal bathrooms.
Situation: Zach is drinking a large coffee as he drives across the middle of the country on a road trip.
Intention: Zach needs to stop and pee.
Immoral action: Zach pulls over and begins urinating on the side of the road.
Immoral consequence: A cop drives by as Zach is relieving himself and cites him for urinating in public.
Norm: It's bad to be obsessed with attention.
Situation: Casey is a youtuber, and her new video is getting less views than others.
Intention: Casey wants to gain more exposure.
Moral action: Casey goes on a walk and posts pictures of herself having fun in nature with a promise of new content soon.
Moral consequence: Her nature posts go viral which gets her more followers.
Norm: It's bad to be obsessed with attention.
Situation: Casey is a youtuber, and her new video is getting less views than others.
Intention: Casey wants to gain more exposure.
Immoral action: Casey gets onto twitter posting an emotional message begging people to watch her video with a bunch of popular hashtags.
Immoral consequence: The commentary and drama community roasts Casey.
Norm: Cheating on others is wrong.
Situation: Daphne is out at a party without her boyfriend, Dan, and her friend Jake gets really flirty with her.
Intention: Daphne wants to party with Jake.
Moral action: Daphne tells Jake he can hang out with her as long as he stops being flirty.
Moral consequence: Jake respects Daphne's wishes, and they play beer pong like platonic friends.
Norm: Cheating on others is wrong.
Situation: Daphne is out at a party without her boyfriend, Dan, and her friend Jake gets really flirty with her.
Intention: Daphne wants to party with Jake.
Immoral action: Daphne has a few drinks with Jake and ends up making out with him.
Immoral consequence: Dan learns about what happened at the party and breaks up with Daphne.
Norm: It is rude to disrupt your neighbors by being loud.
Situation: Mark enters his apartment at midnight after work stressed out.
Intention: Mark wants to relax.
Moral action: Mark plays a couple of rounds of his favorite multiplayer  with his headset on.
Moral consequence: Mark makes new friends online.
Norm: It is rude to disrupt your neighbors by being loud.
Situation: Mark enters his apartment at midnight after work stressed out.
Intention: Mark wants to relax.
Immoral action: Mark watches his favorite movie at a high volume.
Immoral consequence: Mark's neighbors call the police which result in Mark getting a citation.
Norm: You shouldn't bury animals alive.
Situation: Steve wants to find a way to earn some quick money, and he looks over at his cat.
Intention: Steve wants to make a plan to earn money.
Moral action: Steve teaches his cat some cool tricks and posts the videos online.
Moral consequence: Steve makes the money from the cat videos, and he's pleased.
Norm: You shouldn't bury animals alive.
Situation: Steve wants to find a way to earn some quick money, and he looks over at his cat.
Intention: Steve wants to make a plan to earn money.
Immoral action: Steve buries his cat in the backyard to collect the insurance money.
Immoral consequence: Steve gets the money but his family misses the cat and will hate Steve if they find out.
Norm: It's good to make donations to charity.
Situation: Tim just started dating a new woman who works as a marine biologist.
Intention: Tim wants to show his new girlfriend that he loves manatees.
Moral action: Tim makes a donation to the Save the Manatee Foundation.
Moral consequence: Tim's new girlfriend loves that Tim is so passionate about manatees.
Norm: It's good to make donations to charity.
Situation: Tim just started dating a new woman who works as a marine biologist.
Intention: Tim wants to show his new girlfriend that he loves manatees.
Immoral action: Tim goes to the river and takes a picture of himself riding on a manatee.
Immoral consequence: Tim's new girlfriend breaks up with him and tells him that harassing manatees is illegal.
Norm: It's bad to disrespect your body.
Situation: Sally recently moved out on her own, and she is working hard to be sure she can support herself.
Intention: Sally wants to have enough money to pay her rent.
Moral action: Sally researches healthy food ideas that are affordable, so she take care of having nutritious meals.
Moral consequence: Sally eats healthy foods during the week, and she feels pretty good.
Norm: It's bad to disrespect your body.
Situation: Sally recently moved out on her own, and she is working hard to be sure she can support herself.
Intention: Sally wants to have enough money to pay her rent.
Immoral action: Sally does not buy any food for a week, and she just eats crackers and a few snacks here and there.
Immoral consequence: Sally starts feeling very tired and has a hard time concentrating on anything.
Norm: You just can't expect someone to like everything you like.
Situation: Zara is on a lake trip with her best friend Layla, and they plan on renting a boat.
Intention: Zara wants to play some music while they hang out on the boat.
Moral action: Zara plays her music over the speakers but switches to let Layla play her music every other song.
Moral consequence: Both Layla and Zara sing their hearts out while enjoying a fun day on the lake.
Norm: You just can't expect someone to like everything you like.
Situation: Zara is on a lake trip with her best friend Layla, and they plan on renting a boat.
Intention: Zara wants to play some music while they hang out on the boat.
Immoral action: Zara takes over the stereo system on the boat and never asks Layla what she wants to listen to.
Immoral consequence: Layla is so disinterested in the music that Zara plays, she falls asleep on the boat and has an overall boring time on the lake.
Norm: It's immoral to masturbate onto or into other people's things.
Situation: James is very unhappy in his low-paid, dead-end job at Subway with a vindictive manager.
Intention: James wants to get revenge on his manager.
Moral action: James waits until the store has a massive catering order and walks off the job.
Moral consequence: James' manager has to struggle to make 200 sandwiches by himself.
Norm: It's immoral to masturbate onto or into other people's things.
Situation: James is very unhappy in his low-paid, dead-end job at Subway with a vindictive manager.
Intention: James wants to get revenge on his manager.
Immoral action: James masturbates into the tub of mayonnaise he puts on the customers' sandwiches.
Immoral consequence: James is caught on the store's security cameras and immediately fired, as is his manager.
Norm: It's bad to not share with others when you can.
Situation: Jen is getting off after a long day at work soon and is far too tired to prepare dinner.
Intention: Jen wants to find an easy dinner solution.
Moral action: Jen picks up enough pizza for her and the family.
Moral consequence: Jen feels good for surprising her family with pizza.
Norm: It's bad to not share with others when you can.
Situation: Jen is getting off after a long day at work soon and is far too tired to prepare dinner.
Intention: Jen wants to find an easy dinner solution.
Immoral action: Jen picks up a smaller pizza and enjoys it entirely on her own.
Immoral consequence: Jen wishes she shared the delicious pizza with her family.
Norm: It's wrong to trust the wrong people.
Situation: Victor wants to buy a copy of a game that the publisher doesn't sell anymore.
Intention: Victor wants to buy the game.
Moral action: Victor sees the game on a trusted website for $300 and buys it there.
Moral consequence: Victor plays the game and has lots of fun with it.