CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It is good to engage with people.
Situation: Josh comes home tired from work, and he feels the need for companionship.
Intention: Josh wants to do something relaxing.
Moral action: Josh invites his friends over to his house for a movie night.
Moral consequence: Josh gains a new perspective on his work when his friend express their concerns during the movie.
Norm: It is good to engage with people.
Situation: Josh comes home tired from work, and he feels the need for companionship.
Intention: Josh wants to do something relaxing.
Immoral action: Josh spends the evening playing solitaire on the computer.
Immoral consequence: Josh goes to bed lonely.
Norm: You should respect your significant other's friendships.
Situation: Jenna was looking forward to watching Netflix with her boyfriend when his best friend called very upset about a breakup.
Intention: Jenna wants to spend time with her boyfriend.
Moral action: Jenna lets her boyfriend go comfort his friend while she takes a nap.
Moral consequence: When Jenna's boyfriend gets home later, they watch Netflix as originally planned.
Norm: You should respect your significant other's friendships.
Situation: Jenna was looking forward to watching Netflix with her boyfriend when his best friend called very upset about a breakup.
Intention: Jenna wants to spend time with her boyfriend.
Immoral action: Jenna tells her boyfriend that if he goes to talk to his friend then he's abandoning her.
Immoral consequence: Jenna's boyfriend stays with her and later finds out his lonely best friend got drunk and crashed his car into a tree.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore your girlfriend.
Situation: Bob and Sue have been dating on and off for a couple of months.
Intention: Bob wants to reach max level on his World of Warcraft golblin shaman.
Moral action: Bob contacts Sue frequently and shares his excitement about reaching a milestone for his online character.
Moral consequence: Bob maxes out his WoW character and Sue thinks Bob is a silly boy but a good boyfriend.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore your girlfriend.
Situation: Bob and Sue have been dating on and off for a couple of months.
Intention: Bob wants to reach max level on his World of Warcraft golblin shaman.
Immoral action: Bob pretty much ignores Sue and spends most of his free time gaming.
Immoral consequence: Bob maxes out his WoW character but Sue dumps him for someone more attentive.
Norm: You shouldn't expect your parents to pay for your things.
Situation: Sara is in her very first apartment since moving out of her parent's home, and she gets an electric bill in the mail.
Intention: Sara wants to get the bill paid.
Moral action: Sara goes to the electric company's website and pays the bill using her own debit card.
Moral consequence: Sara is proud of herself for paying her first utility bill as an adult.
Norm: You shouldn't expect your parents to pay for your things.
Situation: Sara is in her very first apartment since moving out of her parent's home, and she gets an electric bill in the mail.
Intention: Sara wants to get the bill paid.
Immoral action: Sara messages her mother to take care of the bill since her mother always did that in the past.
Immoral consequence: Sara is surprised and confused later that month when her electricity gets turned off for nonpayment.
Norm: It's frowned upon to not go to class.
Situation: Tim, a student in high school, and his friends are talking about skipping class to go skateboarding.
Intention: Tim wants to hang out with his friends.
Moral action: Tim convinces his friends to go skateboarding after school instead.
Moral consequence: Tim and his friends have a good time skateboarding and hang out regularly after class.
Norm: It's frowned upon to not go to class.
Situation: Tim, a student in high school, and his friends are talking about skipping class to go skateboarding.
Intention: Tim wants to hang out with his friends.
Immoral action: Tim skips class and goes out skateboarding with his friends.
Immoral consequence: Tim's parents find out, and he is grounded for weeks.
Norm: It's wrong to live beyond the means you have.
Situation: Tom is a barista looking for a new car.
Intention: Tom wants to impress women as he drives in the park.
Moral action: Tom buys a small car with low payments.
Moral consequence: Tom meets a nice girl jogging and takes her out weekly.
Norm: It's wrong to live beyond the means you have.
Situation: Tom is a barista looking for a new car.
Intention: Tom wants to impress women as he drives in the park.
Immoral action: Tom goes heavily in debt to buy a new Corvette.
Immoral consequence: Tom has no money to spend dating.
Norm: It's bad to do something that is your co-worker's responsibility.
Situation: Jeff has a new colleague who doesn't have a lot of experience and works slowly.
Intention: Jeff wants to help his coworker finish his work before the end of the day.
Moral action: Jeff has a meeting with his coworker during which he gives him helpful pointers about how to complete tasks quickly.
Moral consequence: Jeff's coworker completes all his tasks efficiently and is proud of himself.
Norm: It's bad to do something that is your co-worker's responsibility.
Situation: Jeff has a new colleague who doesn't have a lot of experience and works slowly.
Intention: Jeff wants to help his coworker finish his work before the end of the day.
Immoral action: Jeff decides to finalize one of his coworker's projects.
Immoral consequence: Jeff's coworker feels disenfranchised and underestimated.
Norm: It's wrong to abandon your close friends.
Situation: Joe's best friend, Brian, is moving and asked Joe for help, but Joe feels tired.
Intention: Joe wants to take a nap.
Moral action: Joe helps Brian, and they get the move done quickly.
Moral consequence: Joe can take his nap after they are done moving.
Norm: It's wrong to abandon your close friends.
Situation: Joe's best friend, Brian, is moving and asked Joe for help, but Joe feels tired.
Intention: Joe wants to take a nap.
Immoral action: Joe blows off Brian and takes a long nap, ignoring Brian's calls and texts.
Immoral consequence: Brian gets very angry at Joe and tells him never to contact him again.
Norm: It is rude to expect money from family.
Situation: James has been living in a rented apartment for a long time and is tired of it but doesn't have a lot of money, even though his parents have some.
Intention: James wants to buy a house.
Moral action: James realizes he should be autonomous and saves enough money by spending less.
Moral consequence: James' parents are proud of their son.
Norm: It is rude to expect money from family.
Situation: James has been living in a rented apartment for a long time and is tired of it but doesn't have a lot of money, even though his parents have some.
Intention: James wants to buy a house.
Immoral action: James thinks his parents should help him financially and tells them so.
Immoral consequence: James' parents are shocked at how callous and entitled he is.
Norm: It's inappropriate to masturbate at work.
Situation: Lester is working at his computer, when he starts having amorous thoughts about a coworker and sports an erection.
Intention: Lester wants to lose the erection.
Moral action: Lester focuses on his very non-sexy work and puts the fantasy out of his mind.
Moral consequence: The erection goes away on its own, and Lester's day goes on as normal.
Norm: It's inappropriate to masturbate at work.
Situation: Lester is working at his computer, when he starts having amorous thoughts about a coworker and sports an erection.
Intention: Lester wants to lose the erection.
Immoral action: Lester gives into his thoughts and starts masturbating at his desk.
Immoral consequence: Lester's coworkers catch him, and he is immediately fired and has to leave embarrassed while everyone stares at him.
Norm: It's encouraged you compromise if you're disagreeing with someone
Situation: Mary and her husband are about to paint their living room but don't really agree on the color they should choose: pale yellow or orange?
Intention: Mary wants the living room to look warm and bright.
Moral action: Mary decides to make a bit of a change to her initial idea and agrees with her husband on a deep yellow.
Moral consequence: Mary's husband likes the new color they chose, which is closer to what he initially wanted.
Norm: It's encouraged you compromise if you're disagreeing with someone
Situation: Mary and her husband are about to paint their living room but don't really agree on the color they should choose: pale yellow or orange?
Intention: Mary wants the living room to look warm and bright.
Immoral action: Mary insists that they must paint the living room a pale yellow.
Immoral consequence: Mary's husband is frustrated by her lack of flexibility and doesn't like the pale yellow.
Norm: You shouldn't injure yourself at work on purpose.
Situation: Cody was working on a dangerous part of a construction site.
Intention: Cody wanted to go home.
Moral action: Cody asked his boss if he could have the rest of the day off.
Moral consequence: Cody is given the rest of the day off because he volunteers to come in early the next day.
Norm: You shouldn't injure yourself at work on purpose.
Situation: Cody was working on a dangerous part of a construction site.
Intention: Cody wanted to go home.
Immoral action: Cody ran into a steel beam on purpose in order to get out of work.
Immoral consequence: Cody was fired immediately for blatantly ignoring the safety regulations on the site.
Norm: It's frowned upon to be invasive into someone's life.
Situation: Sasha watches Hannah leave the room for some water leaving her computer open.
Intention: Sasha wants to learn more about Hannah.
Moral action: Sasha asks Hannah questions about her life.
Moral consequence: Hannah is impressed with Sasha's kindness, and she asks Sasha to hang out next week.
Norm: It's frowned upon to be invasive into someone's life.
Situation: Sasha watches Hannah leave the room for some water leaving her computer open.
Intention: Sasha wants to learn more about Hannah.
Immoral action: Sasha looks through Hannah's computer reading her files.
Immoral consequence: Hannah ends her friendship with Sasha when she returns.
Norm: You shouldn't get in a sexual relationship with your son.
Situation: Connie was having a few drinks while watching tv after putting her kids to bed for the night.
Intention: The alcohol made Connie horny, and she wanted to have sex.
Moral action: Connie called an old boyfriend to come over for sex.
Moral consequence: Connie had an enjoyable sexual encounter with an old flame.
Norm: You shouldn't get in a sexual relationship with your son.
Situation: Connie was having a few drinks while watching tv after putting her kids to bed for the night.
Intention: The alcohol made Connie horny, and she wanted to have sex.
Immoral action: Connie went up to her son's room and had sex with him.
Immoral consequence: Connie was arrested for incest and child molestation.
Norm: It's wrong to ruin people.
Situation: John is the head of a growing business and is trying to deal with a new competitor.
Intention: John wants his business to succeed.
Moral action: John decides to find ways to differentiate his business from the new competitor and find a solid niche in the marketplace.
Moral consequence: Both businesses grow as customers choose which one fits their particular needs more.
Norm: It's wrong to ruin people.
Situation: John is the head of a growing business and is trying to deal with a new competitor.
Intention: John wants his business to succeed.
Immoral action: John is privy to information that will shut down his new competitor and uses it to do so.
Immoral consequence: The competitor loses their life's work and spends the rest of their days trying to ruin John's business in revenge.
Norm: It's wrong to leave someone with out a home.
Situation: Kurt's family gets a request from Kurt for a place to stay after he is evicted from his apartment after not being able to pay rent.
Intention: Kurt wants to find a place to live.
Moral action: An uncle of kurt's has a garage house that he lets Kurt use until he is on his feet.
Moral consequence: Kurt is able to find a job and pays his uncle back rent as a gesture of thanks.
Norm: It's wrong to leave someone with out a home.
Situation: Kurt's family gets a request from Kurt for a place to stay after he is evicted from his apartment after not being able to pay rent.
Intention: Kurt wants to find a place to live.
Immoral action: Kurt's family ignores the request telling him that it is hsi responsibility to find his own place.
Immoral consequence: Kurt becomes homeless and finds himself still on the streets years later.
Norm: It's good to take your pet out for recreation.
Situation: Patty craves companionship so she gets a puppy.
Intention: Patty wants to maintain her busy work schedule.
Moral action: Patty makes sure to spend time playing in the park with her puppy everyday.
Moral consequence: Patty's pup is happy and healthy thanks to the activity.
Norm: It's good to take your pet out for recreation.
Situation: Patty craves companionship so she gets a puppy.
Intention: Patty wants to maintain her busy work schedule.
Immoral action: Patty rarely has time to do more than take her puppy out to poop when she gets home.
Immoral consequence: Patty's pup grows listless from the lack of activity.
Norm: It's wrong to bully someone just because they bullied you.
Situation: John plays baseball at school and the team captain has been really mean to him lately when the coach is not around.
Intention: John wants the team captain to learn that he cannot push John around.
Moral action: John speaks to the coach about his problems with the team captain to ask the coach to intervene.
Moral consequence: The team captain is addressed by the coach and starts working on improving his behavior and the team.
Norm: It's wrong to bully someone just because they bullied you.
Situation: John plays baseball at school and the team captain has been really mean to him lately when the coach is not around.
Intention: John wants the team captain to learn that he cannot push John around.
Immoral action: John starts making fun of the team captain and getting other teammates to do the same.
Immoral consequence: The team captain grows very upset and does a bad job managing the team.
Norm: It's wrong not to be happy for your friends.
Situation: John is meeting up with a friend who told john that they had some exciting news.
Intention: John wants to hear the news.
Moral action: John finds out that his friend is getting married and acts excited and congratulates his friend despite feeling a tad jealous inside.
Moral consequence: John's friend is happy to have shared the news and continues on his emotional high.
Norm: It's wrong not to be happy for your friends.
Situation: John is meeting up with a friend who told john that they had some exciting news.
Intention: John wants to hear the news.
Immoral action: John finds out that his friend is getting married but doesn't show any outward emotions because he is jealous of his friend.
Immoral consequence: John's friend is disappointed in John's reaction and his mood is soured.
Norm: It is good to prevent crime.
Situation: Josh is about to enter a convenience store when he sees an armed robber through the window.
Intention: Josh wants to avoid getting hurt.
Moral action: Josh gets to safety and calls the police.
Moral consequence: Josh is relieved that the thief is apprehended with no one getting hurt.
Norm: It is good to prevent crime.
Situation: Josh is about to enter a convenience store when he sees an armed robber through the window.
Intention: Josh wants to avoid getting hurt.
Immoral action: Josh is too scared to get involved, so he runs away.
Immoral consequence: Josh feels like a coward later.
Norm: It's good to play sports with your buddies.
Situation: Tyson is home on a Saturday and gets a text from his friends inviting him to play hockey with them.
Intention: Tyson wants to spend his Saturday doing something fun.
Moral action: Tyson accepts his friends' offer and goes to the hockey rink to play with his friends.
Moral consequence: Tyson's friends have a good time playing hockey with Tyson, and they invite him to a movie that night.
Norm: It's good to play sports with your buddies.
Situation: Tyson is home on a Saturday and gets a text from his friends inviting him to play hockey with them.
Intention: Tyson wants to spend his Saturday doing something fun.
Immoral action: Tyson declines his friends' offer to play hockey and instead stays home and plays video games.
Immoral consequence: Tyson's friends are disappointed that Tyson didn't come to play hockey, and they stop inviting him to activities.
Norm: It's good to offer things to your friends.
Situation: Ben invites Carol over to his house for dinner one night.
Intention: Ben wants to eat.
Moral action: Ben puts his and Carol's plates on the table, so they can eat.
Moral consequence: Ben and Carol had a nice and peaceful dinner together.
Norm: It's good to offer things to your friends.
Situation: Ben invites Carol over to his house for dinner one night.
Intention: Ben wants to eat.
Immoral action: Ben eats his dinner without offering anything for Carol to eat.
Immoral consequence: Carol leaves and doesn't go back to Ben's house for dinner again.
Norm: One should not post character defaming information online.
Situation: Josh just opened a new account on a popular social media site.
Intention: Josh wants to post some things about his family.
Moral action: Josh is careful about what he posts online to paint his family members in a good light.
Moral consequence: Josh's family members follow and boost his new social media profile, and they all make some new friends.
Norm: One should not post character defaming information online.
Situation: Josh just opened a new account on a popular social media site.
Intention: Josh wants to post some things about his family.
Immoral action: Josh posts a lot of really mean and untrue things about his family being assholes and Nazis.
Immoral consequence: Josh and his family members get harassed online with cruel comments and death threats.
Norm: It's good to give people tips for their service.
Situation: Sara is treating her friends to a nice meal and notices that the restaurant is somewhat pricey.
Intention: Sara wants to save as much money as possible.
Moral action: Sara orders a lower priced meal and a water to save money.
Moral consequence: The server is happy to get a reasonable tip and everyone is happy Sara bought them dinner.
Norm: It's good to give people tips for their service.
Situation: Sara is treating her friends to a nice meal and notices that the restaurant is somewhat pricey.
Intention: Sara wants to save as much money as possible.
Immoral action: Sara decides to stiff the server on the tip in order to save money there.
Immoral consequence: The server is upset and Sara's friends think she is a cheapskate.
Norm: It is wrong to cause interference in a game.
Situation: Roberts loves his favorite basketball team and attends every home game.
Intention: Robert wants to be a loyal fan.
Moral action: Robert has a front row seats and always says supporting things ot the team.
Moral consequence: Robert gets to know some of the players and gets soem autographs and memorabilia.
Norm: It is wrong to cause interference in a game.
Situation: Roberts loves his favorite basketball team and attends every home game.
Intention: Robert wants to be a loyal fan.
Immoral action: Roberts sneaks out to courtside and tries to trip an opposing player.
Immoral consequence: Robert is quickly tackled by other players and secuity, arrested and given a lifetime ban.
Norm: It's wrong to say mean things to homeless people.
Situation: Tom exits a convenient store upon which a homeless person approaches and asks for money.
Intention: Tom wants to make it clear he won't be giving out any money.
Moral action: Tom apologizes to the homeless person and tells him he cannot spare any money.
Moral consequence: The homeless person thanks him anyway for acknowledging him.
Norm: It's wrong to say mean things to homeless people.
Situation: Tom exits a convenient store upon which a homeless person approaches and asks for money.
Intention: Tom wants to make it clear he won't be giving out any money.
Immoral action: Tom tells the homeless person to get a job and brushes him off.
Immoral consequence: The homeless person is sad and discouraged by this treatment.
Norm: You should always respond to people's emails.
Situation: Dan is applying to jobs in the area.
Intention: Dan wants to get a better job.
Moral action: Dan reads the email and applies to the rival firm.
Moral consequence: Dan gets a better-paying job that he likes more.
Norm: You should always respond to people's emails.
Situation: Dan is applying to jobs in the area.
Intention: Dan wants to get a better job.
Immoral action: Dan ignores an email which says a job is available at a rival firm.
Immoral consequence: Dan takes the only job offered of the ones he applied to.
Norm: It's mean to prohibit someone from leaving your class.
Situation: Maria, a biology teacher, is overseeing a standardized test, and a student wants to leave for a bathroom break.
Intention: Maria wants to respond to the student.
Moral action: Maria looks at the clock and decides to give the entire class a ten minute break.
Moral consequence: Maria uses the break to buy herself some coffee which gives her energy for the rest of the day.
Norm: It's mean to prohibit someone from leaving your class.
Situation: Maria, a biology teacher, is overseeing a standardized test, and a student wants to leave for a bathroom break.
Intention: Maria wants to respond to the student.
Immoral action: Maria reminds the student that leaving the classroom will result in them failing the exam.
Immoral consequence: Maria's reputation suffers when the students in the classroom give her bad reviews on the internet.
Norm: Is wrong to abuse another person
Situation: Sandy enters the office a fight with her husband when she spots her subordinate placing files in the wrong place.
Intention: Sandy wants to vent her frustrations .
Moral action: Sandy vents to her employee about her problems with her husband.
Moral consequence: Sandy and her employee become closer friends.
Norm: Is wrong to abuse another person
Situation: Sandy enters the office a fight with her husband when she spots her subordinate placing files in the wrong place.
Intention: Sandy wants to vent her frustrations .
Immoral action: Sandy pushes the files out of her employee's hands demanding that she pink up the papers on the floor.
Immoral consequence: Sandy is called out on social media after her employee posts about the incident.
Norm: It's good to always be prepared in case of emergencies
Situation: John lives in an area prone to hurricanes.
Intention: John wants to consider preparing for a hurricane.
Moral action: John fortifies his home against a hurricane.
Moral consequence: A hurricane comes through but does not cause any serious problems for John.
Norm: It's good to always be prepared in case of emergencies
Situation: John lives in an area prone to hurricanes.
Intention: John wants to consider preparing for a hurricane.
Immoral action: John decides preparing for a hurricane is not worth his time and money.
Immoral consequence: John's home gets ruined by a hurricane.
Norm: You shouldn't get involved with married people.
Situation: Chris is hanging out at a party when his best friend's wife Janice starts flirting with him.
Intention: Chris doesn't want to hurt Janice's feelings.
Moral action: Chris offers to get Janice some water while saying something nice about her husband.
Moral consequence: Janice thanks Chris for reminding him of the good qualities about her husband.
Norm: You shouldn't get involved with married people.
Situation: Chris is hanging out at a party when his best friend's wife Janice starts flirting with him.
Intention: Chris doesn't want to hurt Janice's feelings.
Immoral action: Chris returns Janice's advances.
Immoral consequence: Chris loses his friendship with his friend after his friend discovers encounter with Janice.