CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You should be grateful for help.
Situation: Sun is struggling to lift a heavy box from the floor when Bruce comes by and helps him.
Intention: Sun wants to move the heavy box onto a shelf.
Moral action: Sun smiles at Bruce and offer to repay Bruce for helping him.
Moral consequence: Sun buys Bruce a coffee and they chat about themselves.
Norm: You should be grateful for help.
Situation: Sun is struggling to lift a heavy box from the floor when Bruce comes by and helps him.
Intention: Sun wants to move the heavy box onto a shelf.
Immoral action: Sun grumbles to Bruce that he could have lifted the box onto the shelf by himself.
Immoral consequence: Bruce tells Sun to go screw himself and walks away.
Norm: You shouldn't tell people to jump off a bridge.
Situation: Tara and her friend Sarah got into an argument recently, and things between them are tense.
Intention: Tara wants to talk to Sarah about their issues.
Moral action: Tara tells Sarah she is sorry and wants to work things out.
Moral consequence: Tara and Sarah make up and are the best of friends again.
Norm: You shouldn't tell people to jump off a bridge.
Situation: Tara and her friend Sarah got into an argument recently, and things between them are tense.
Intention: Tara wants to talk to Sarah about their issues.
Immoral action: Tara confronts Sarah, and things heat up to the point where Tara tells Sarah that she should jump off a bridge.
Immoral consequence: Sarah falls to tears thinking Tara does not value her life.
Norm: It's rude to gossip.
Situation: Sam is hanging out in the park with her friends.
Intention: Sam wants to chat with her friends.
Moral action: Sam asks everyone how they are doing lately.
Moral consequence: Sam has a good conversation with her friends and feels closer to them afterwards.
Norm: It's rude to gossip.
Situation: Sam is hanging out in the park with her friends.
Intention: Sam wants to chat with her friends.
Immoral action: Sam tells her friends a secret she know about one of their other friends.
Immoral consequence: Sam is belittled and shunned by her friends for gossiping about others.
Norm: It's impolite to dominate a conversation.
Situation: Sam is the boss in an office.
Intention: Sam wants to interact with subordinates more.
Moral action: Sam invites subordinates into his office to get to know them better.
Moral consequence: Sam's subordinates feel more appreciated and invite him to lunch.
Norm: It's impolite to dominate a conversation.
Situation: Sam is the boss in an office.
Intention: Sam wants to interact with subordinates more.
Immoral action: Sam budges into conversations subordinates are having and talks over them.
Immoral consequence: Sam's subordinates go out of their way to avoid him.
Norm: You should express your emotions to your family and friends.
Situation: Steve was very upset that his dog died yesterday because he couldn't afford the vet.
Intention: Steve wants to grieve for his dog.
Moral action: Steve's friends come by and Steve tells them about his dog, and they all help comfort Steve.
Moral consequence: Steve's friends all help him feel better much faster and remind him of the good times with his dog.
Norm: You should express your emotions to your family and friends.
Situation: Steve was very upset that his dog died yesterday because he couldn't afford the vet.
Intention: Steve wants to grieve for his dog.
Immoral action: Steve's friends come by and Steve tells them he's stick, so he can grieve for his dog alone.
Immoral consequence: Steve's friends all think he's a jerk because he keeps avoiding them for (from their perspective) no reason.
Norm: It's good to be intimate with people you love.
Situation: John and his wife are in bed before they fall asleep when John's wife Jane asks him to get frisky.
Intention: John wants to respond to Jane's request.
Moral action: John tells Jane that she doesn't have to ask twice and leaps on top of her to start kissing her passionatelly.
Moral consequence: Jane feels loved, aroused and happy as the love of her life ferociously attacks her body with kisses.
Norm: It's good to be intimate with people you love.
Situation: John and his wife are in bed before they fall asleep when John's wife Jane asks him to get frisky.
Intention: John wants to respond to Jane's request.
Immoral action: John tells Jane no because he is tired, and they both have to get up early in the morning for work.
Immoral consequence: Jane feels rejected and lonely and wonders if John actually still finds her attractive which makes her insecure.
Norm: It's disloyal to leave a job shortly after beginning it.
Situation: John has just begun working at a coffee shop when an impressed customer, right in front of Carlos the owner, offers John a higher paying job at his sandwich shop.
Intention: John wants to respond to the customer.
Moral action: John declines the customer's offer stating that he just began at this job, and he's not disloyal.
Moral consequence: Carlos is happy to see John be a stand up person and is happy his choice to hire him has been validated in a way.
Norm: It's disloyal to leave a job shortly after beginning it.
Situation: John has just begun working at a coffee shop when an impressed customer, right in front of Carlos the owner, offers John a higher paying job at his sandwich shop.
Intention: John wants to respond to the customer.
Immoral action: John tells the customer that of course he will accept the job as it's higher paying.
Immoral consequence: Carlos is angry that the training he just gave John is wasted and that he has to look for another employee.
Norm: You shouldn't talk with food in your mouth.
Situation: Greg is having dinner with his family.
Intention: Greg wants to tell his family about his day.
Moral action: Greg chews and swallows his food, then talks about his day at work.
Moral consequence: Greg has a nice conversation with his family.
Norm: You shouldn't talk with food in your mouth.
Situation: Greg is having dinner with his family.
Intention: Greg wants to tell his family about his day.
Immoral action: Greg tries to talk with a mouthful of chicken nuggets.
Immoral consequence: Greg chokes on his chicken and dies from asphyxiation.
Norm: You should prioritize important pursuits above hobbies.
Situation: Dallas' best friend invites her to a concert on a night that she is scheduled to work.
Intention: Dallas wants to have a fun, well-rounded life.
Moral action: Dallas tells her friend that she can't make the concert, but can hangout the next night.
Moral consequence: Dallas keeps her job and is still able to have fun with her friend.
Norm: You should prioritize important pursuits above hobbies.
Situation: Dallas' best friend invites her to a concert on a night that she is scheduled to work.
Intention: Dallas wants to have a fun, well-rounded life.
Immoral action: Dallas skips her work shift to go to the concert.
Immoral consequence: Dallas is fired from her job.
Norm: People should never intentionally expose another person to a disease.
Situation: Mary works in a grocery store.
Intention: Mary wants to interact with customers.
Moral action: Mary wears a mask while at her register and makes small talk with her customers.
Moral consequence: Mary protects her customers while she has an asymptomatic infection.
Norm: People should never intentionally expose another person to a disease.
Situation: Mary works in a grocery store.
Intention: Mary wants to interact with customers.
Immoral action: Mary doesn't wear a mask or gloves while talking to customers at her register.
Immoral consequence: A customer catches the coronavirus from her and infects their family.
Norm: It is wrong to steal other people's pets
Situation: Fred is walking through his neighborhood and sees an unattended puppy in a front yard.
Intention: Fred wants to own a puppy.
Moral action: Fred waits for the owner to appear, so he can ask where to get a puppy like the one in the yard.
Moral consequence: The puppy's owner is happy to chat about his new puppy, and helps Fred find one of his own.
Norm: It is wrong to steal other people's pets
Situation: Fred is walking through his neighborhood and sees an unattended puppy in a front yard.
Intention: Fred wants to own a puppy.
Immoral action: Fred glances around before quickly picking up the puppy and rushing home.
Immoral consequence: The puppy's owner is confused and sad when they find the puppy missing from the yard.
Norm: It's good to celebrate with someone when they are proud.
Situation: Claire thinks gaming is a waste of time, but younger brother proudly announces that he has just won a gaming tournament.
Intention: Claire wants her brother to be successful.
Moral action: Claire congratulates her brother and takes him out to dinner to celebrate and learn more about competitive gaming.
Moral consequence: Claire's brother feels happy to celebrate and tell his sister about gaming.
Norm: It's good to celebrate with someone when they are proud.
Situation: Claire thinks gaming is a waste of time, but younger brother proudly announces that he has just won a gaming tournament.
Intention: Claire wants her brother to be successful.
Immoral action: Claire tells her brother that he should stop wasting his time gaming and work on getting a real job.
Immoral consequence: Claire's brother feels bad that Claire doesn't support his passion.
Norm: It's bad to not support your family member's goals.
Situation: Steven's sister is telling him about her dream of becoming a dancer.
Intention: Steven wants to go to sleep.
Moral action: Steven takes a few minutes to encourage his sister about her dream, telling her she can definitely succeed if she tries, before heading to bed.
Moral consequence: Steven's sister feels that he is a really supportive person that she can rely on.
Norm: It's bad to not support your family member's goals.
Situation: Steven's sister is telling him about her dream of becoming a dancer.
Intention: Steven wants to go to sleep.
Immoral action: Steven doesn't respond to his sister's conversation and goes straight to bed.
Immoral consequence: Steven's sister feels that he doesn't care about her life at all.
Norm: It is not well seen to be dating multiple people.
Situation: Zoe is a college student.
Intention: Zoe wants to go on dates and stop being single.
Moral action: Zoe has fun with her date, and he asks her out again.
Moral consequence: Zoe develops a long term relationship and has fun going out again and again.
Norm: It is not well seen to be dating multiple people.
Situation: Zoe is a college student.
Intention: Zoe wants to go on dates and stop being single.
Immoral action: Zoe gets caught out on a date by another man she's dating.
Immoral consequence: The other man dumps Zoe on the spot, and so does the man she's on the date with.
Norm: It's wrong not to share money with your partner.
Situation: Bob makes a large sum of money investments from a side business that him and his wife Judy have started up.
Intention: Bob wants to enjoy his well spent money.
Moral action: Bob takes Judy on a second honeymoon to Fiji for a two week vacation.
Moral consequence: They have the time of their life and strengthen their marriage.
Norm: It's wrong not to share money with your partner.
Situation: Bob makes a large sum of money investments from a side business that him and his wife Judy have started up.
Intention: Bob wants to enjoy his well spent money.
Immoral action: Bob buys a new car for himself and stashes away some of the profit in a secret account.
Immoral consequence: Judy finds out and files for divorce.
Norm: You shouldn't use a service you haven't paid for.
Situation: Kayla gets a movie subscription password and username from her friend and has enjoyed using it illicitly.
Intention: Kayla knows her luck may run out and wants to decide whether to get her own membership or push or luck.
Moral action: Kayla sets up her own account.
Moral consequence: She pays a little but feels secure with her own membership.
Norm: You shouldn't use a service you haven't paid for.
Situation: Kayla gets a movie subscription password and username from her friend and has enjoyed using it illicitly.
Intention: Kayla knows her luck may run out and wants to decide whether to get her own membership or push or luck.
Immoral action: Kayla continues using the subscription illegally.
Immoral consequence: The company finds out and the account is banned.
Norm: You shouldn't assume that someone is interested in you romantically
Situation: Leslie has been gettting along very well with her new coworker, Ben.
Intention: Leslie wants to be closer to Ben.
Moral action: Leslie keeps things platonic with Ben.
Moral consequence: Leslie's relationship with Ben grows, and they have a harmonious relationship at work.
Norm: You shouldn't assume that someone is interested in you romantically
Situation: Leslie has been gettting along very well with her new coworker, Ben.
Intention: Leslie wants to be closer to Ben.
Immoral action: Thinking there's a romance blooming, Leslie walks up to Ben and asks him on a date.
Immoral consequence: Ben tells Leslie he is married, and Leslie is thoroughly embarrassed.
Norm: It is unacceptable to destroy people's relationships.
Situation: Jack is the only child of his parents who are arguing a lot.
Intention: Jack wants his parents to stop fighting around him.
Moral action: Jack tells his parents that they need to keep their disagreements between them, he's just a kid.
Moral consequence: Jack's parents go to counseling and work on their disagreements.
Norm: It is unacceptable to destroy people's relationships.
Situation: Jack is the only child of his parents who are arguing a lot.
Intention: Jack wants his parents to stop fighting around him.
Immoral action: Jack tells his mom that his dad is abusing him, so they'll get a divorce.
Immoral consequence: Jack's dad is investigated over the lies and his mom moves him and herself to another city.
Norm: It is wrong to commit voter fraud.
Situation: Tyrell is at the local polling place for the election.
Intention: Tyrell wants his candidate to win.
Moral action: Tyrell hands out pamphlets at the polling place to explain his candidate's platform.
Moral consequence: Tyrell convinces several people to vote for his favored candidate.
Norm: It is wrong to commit voter fraud.
Situation: Tyrell is at the local polling place for the election.
Intention: Tyrell wants his candidate to win.
Immoral action: Tyrell casts his vote and then goes to anther polling place and votes again.
Immoral consequence: Tyrell is arrested for voter fraud.
Norm: It is important to be kind to the less fortunate.
Situation: Stacy has a bunch of left-over food from a party she had.
Intention: Stacy wants to get rid of the left-over food.
Moral action: Stacy gives the left-over food to a local soup kitchen.
Moral consequence: People in the area who would not have had anything to eat enjoy the left-over food.
Norm: It is important to be kind to the less fortunate.
Situation: Stacy has a bunch of left-over food from a party she had.
Intention: Stacy wants to get rid of the left-over food.
Immoral action: Stacy throws the left-over food into a garbage dumpster where it rots.
Immoral consequence: People in the area who have no food go hungry.
Norm: You should be supportive when your partner is insecure.
Situation: Donnie's girlfriend Layla has been feeling insecure lately and asks him what he thinks of her daily.
Intention: Donnie wants Layla to stop being asking him these questions every day.
Moral action: Donnie reassures Layla that he thinks she is beautiful and there is no need for her to feel insecure.
Moral consequence: Layla feels loved and stops asking Donnie to validate her.
Norm: You should be supportive when your partner is insecure.
Situation: Donnie's girlfriend Layla has been feeling insecure lately and asks him what he thinks of her daily.
Intention: Donnie wants Layla to stop being asking him these questions every day.
Immoral action: Donnie ignores the context of his Layla's questions and asks her to shutup.
Immoral consequence: Feeling hurt and unloved, Layla breaks up with Donnie.
Norm: You shouldn't give customers the runaround regarding refunds.
Situation: Lynette is a call center representative for a cell phone provider.
Intention: Lynette wants to meet her job metrics.
Moral action: Lynette works with a customer who initally wants a refund and fixes their device instead, leaving the customer satisfied.
Moral consequence: The customer writes the company about how helpful Lynette was and Lynette is given an award.
Norm: You shouldn't give customers the runaround regarding refunds.
Situation: Lynette is a call center representative for a cell phone provider.
Intention: Lynette wants to meet her job metrics.
Immoral action: Lynette tells her customer to call back and ask for tech support in order to get a 1000 dollar refund for their defective Iphone.
Immoral consequence: When the rep calls tech support and does not get the refund, the customer disconnects all of their lines and Lynette is wriiten up for misconduct.
Norm: It is disrespectful to disrupt the sleep of others.
Situation: Mary is sleeping when John finds out he won a small lottery on a scratch off ticket in the next room.
Intention: John wants to tell someone he just won.
Moral action: John logs onto Reddit and makes a post bragging about his 3 dollar win and his unlimited potential earnings from the free scratch.
Moral consequence: Mary never gets woken up and has a restful and happy sleep waking up feeling great in the morning.
Norm: It is disrespectful to disrupt the sleep of others.
Situation: Mary is sleeping when John finds out he won a small lottery on a scratch off ticket in the next room.
Intention: John wants to tell someone he just won.
Immoral action: John runs into the bedroom where Mary is sleeping and screams that they just won 3 dollars and a free scratch!
Immoral consequence: Mary nearly has a heart attack and is extremely angry that she has been roused from her sleep in such an abrupt manner.
Norm: It's wrong to get off on disturbing your family members.
Situation: Dave is at home with his parents and is feeling particular bored at that moment.
Intention: Dave wants to do something to amuse himself.
Moral action: Dave puts on some music and begins to do a funny dance to burn off some excess energy.
Moral consequence: Dave's mom sees him dancing and is greatly amused by his silly self expression.
Norm: It's wrong to get off on disturbing your family members.
Situation: Dave is at home with his parents and is feeling particular bored at that moment.
Intention: Dave wants to do something to amuse himself.
Immoral action: Dave bursts into his parents room and opens his mom's closet and throws all her stuff out to get a reaction out of her.
Immoral consequence: Dave's mom thinks he's gone insane and gets very angry at him yelling at him to put it all back.
Norm: You shouldn't say hurtful things to your friends.
Situation: Greg is a high school student.
Intention: Greg wants to be more popular in school.
Moral action: Greg joins a sports team the popular kids are on and spends time with them.
Moral consequence: Greg has more friends than ever and is seen as a nice guy.
Norm: You shouldn't say hurtful things to your friends.
Situation: Greg is a high school student.
Intention: Greg wants to be more popular in school.
Immoral action: Greg makes fun of the nerdy friends he has to fit in with the cooler kids.
Immoral consequence: His nerdy friends ditch him and Greg is seen as a jerk, and his new more popular friends ditch him for someone more like themselves.
Norm: You shouldn't lose your temper over things people say
Situation: Stacy hears Lilith call her a stuck-up princess.
Intention: Stacy wants to react in a way that stops the insults.
Moral action: Stacy calmly walks up to Lilith and tells her that what she says won't hurt her.
Moral consequence: Lilith's friends become impressed with Stacy's self-confidence.
Norm: You shouldn't lose your temper over things people say
Situation: Stacy hears Lilith call her a stuck-up princess.
Intention: Stacy wants to react in a way that stops the insults.
Immoral action: Stacy goes berserk and attacks Lilith with her nails.
Immoral consequence: A fight breaks out between Lilith and Stacy, and they become enemies.
Norm: You shouldn't eat food you got for your friend.
Situation: Sadie is getting lunch when she decides it would be nice to pop in and visit her friend Bob who works nearby.
Intention: Sadie wants to bring Bob some lunch.
Moral action: Sadie gets Bob's lunch to him untouched.
Moral consequence: Bob is happy to have had a visit from his friend as well as a gifted lunch.
Norm: You shouldn't eat food you got for your friend.
Situation: Sadie is getting lunch when she decides it would be nice to pop in and visit her friend Bob who works nearby.
Intention: Sadie wants to bring Bob some lunch.
Immoral action: Sadie promises to bring lunch to Bob at work but ends up eating it on the drive there.
Immoral consequence: Bob's lunchbreak is coming to an end and with no time to get more food, he starves for the rest of the workday.
Norm: It's rude to tell someone they aren't normal.
Situation: James is at a party when he's introduced to Frank who has a septum piercing through his nose.
Intention: James wants to react to the septum piercing on Frank.
Moral action: James tells Frank that his piercing is unique and interesting, and he likes it.
Moral consequence: Frank feels happy that a stranger likes his body art and is delighted that James called it unique.
Norm: It's rude to tell someone they aren't normal.
Situation: James is at a party when he's introduced to Frank who has a septum piercing through his nose.
Intention: James wants to react to the septum piercing on Frank.
Immoral action: James tells Frank that he's a weirdo and that having a septum piercing makes him look tribal and weird.
Immoral consequence: Frank is insulted and feels shy and insecure about his piercing now.
Norm: You should always have auto insurance when you drive.
Situation: Jeff owns a truck that he loves but doesn't like paying insurance on it.
Intention: Jeff wants to save his money.
Moral action: Jeff shop's around for the best auto insurance prices.
Moral consequence: Jeff finds an affordable plan and is always insured when he drives.
Norm: You should always have auto insurance when you drive.
Situation: Jeff owns a truck that he loves but doesn't like paying insurance on it.
Intention: Jeff wants to save his money.
Immoral action: Jeff ignores his auto insurance bill.
Immoral consequence: Jeff's license is revoked after being stopped by police without insurance.
Norm: You shouldn't yank at your clothes.
Situation: Mary is feeling uncomfortable in her new dress.
Intention: Mary wants to fix her dress so that she is comfortable.
Moral action: Mary goes to a seamstress and explains her issues with the new dress.
Moral consequence: Mary's dress fits well, and she doesn't have to constantly adjust it.
Norm: You shouldn't yank at your clothes.
Situation: Mary is feeling uncomfortable in her new dress.
Intention: Mary wants to fix her dress so that she is comfortable.
Immoral action: Mary constantly pulls at her new dress to get it to sit the way she likes.
Immoral consequence: Mary ends up pulling too hard and her dress rips.
Norm: It is good to be smart with your moeny.
Situation: Brent, who has a car loan, got a stimulus check from the government.
Intention: Brent wants to spend the money.
Moral action: Brent puts the money towards the car loan.
Moral consequence: Brent pays off the car loan in time and keeps the car.
Norm: It is good to be smart with your moeny.
Situation: Brent, who has a car loan, got a stimulus check from the government.
Intention: Brent wants to spend the money.
Immoral action: Brent spends the money on a wild party with his friends.
Immoral consequence: Brent doesn't have money to pay off his debts, and his car is repossessed.
Norm: It is sanitary to wash your hands before eating food.
Situation: Jared works at a hospital.
Intention: Jared wants to go on his lunch break.
Moral action: Jared washes his hands thoroughly before eating his lunch.
Moral consequence: Jared doesn't get sick and is able to care for more patients.