CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to swear at your family.
Situation: Roger is at a family dinner when the discussion gets ugly and his parents start saying hurtful things to each other.
Intention: Roger wants his parents to listen to what he has to say.
Moral action: Roger starts speaking forcefully and eloquently about family values and respect.
Moral consequence: Roger's parents are inspired by what he's saying.
Norm: It's wrong to swear at your family.
Situation: Roger is at a family dinner when the discussion gets ugly and his parents start saying hurtful things to each other.
Intention: Roger wants his parents to listen to what he has to say.
Immoral action: Rogers acts angry and curses at his parents to carry his point across.
Immoral consequence: Roger's parents listen to him but are shocked by his disrespectful tone.
Norm: It is bad to hurt the planet for personal gain.
Situation: Dana is a CEO of a large industrial company at a board meeting and is told one of the plants is losing money.
Intention: Dana needs to find a way to cut costs at the plant.
Moral action: Dana tells the board that they will have to temporarily lay off a percentage of the staff.
Moral consequence: The board is in agreement that superfluous staff will have to be cut for the time being and can be rehired later.
Norm: It is bad to hurt the planet for personal gain.
Situation: Dana is a CEO of a large industrial company at a board meeting and is told one of the plants is losing money.
Intention: Dana needs to find a way to cut costs at the plant.
Immoral action: Dana tells the board that she's ordering the plant to cease the costly waste disposal method and to dump waste in the nearby river.
Immoral consequence: The board is disturbed that Dana is proposing purposefully damaging the environment in order to save money.
Norm: It's good to hang out with people.
Situation: Zach just finished up with his classes for the week and is relaxing at home playing video games, when his friends invite him to go out.
Intention: Zach wants to have a good time.
Moral action: Zach agrees to meet up with his friends.
Moral consequence: Zach's friends have a lot of fun hanging out with him, and they invite him out next time as well.
Norm: It's good to hang out with people.
Situation: Zach just finished up with his classes for the week and is relaxing at home playing video games, when his friends invite him to go out.
Intention: Zach wants to have a good time.
Immoral action: Zach declines his friends' invitation and stays home playing video games all weekend.
Immoral consequence: Zach's friends eventually stop inviting him out.
Norm: You shouldn't be friends with someone who is a dirtbag.
Situation: Conan is a freshman in college and is meeting other students, some of them nice, others much less so.
Intention: Conan wants to have friends.
Moral action: Conan decides to befriend a very creative and interesting guy.
Moral consequence: Conan learns a lot of new and fun things with his new friend and becomes a better person.
Norm: You shouldn't be friends with someone who is a dirtbag.
Situation: Conan is a freshman in college and is meeting other students, some of them nice, others much less so.
Intention: Conan wants to have friends.
Immoral action: Conan chooses to become friends with a party guy who has the reputation of being disrespectful with women.
Immoral consequence: Conan's new friend is a bad influence on him.
Norm: You shouldn't make offensive jokes.
Situation: Jeff is around a group of friends where he is telling stories and trying to become more popular.
Intention: Jeff wants to become more popular with some of his friends.
Moral action: Jeff tells his friends funny stories about his recent vacation and his friends really enjoy Jeff's personality and his travels.
Moral consequence: His friends think Jeff is a person they enjoy spending time with and continue to see him during their free time.
Norm: You shouldn't make offensive jokes.
Situation: Jeff is around a group of friends where he is telling stories and trying to become more popular.
Intention: Jeff wants to become more popular with some of his friends.
Immoral action: Jeff tells a joke about a different minority that some of his friends find it amusing.
Immoral consequence: Some of his friends repeat the joke to other people, giving Jeff credit, which leads to other people stating that Jeff is a racist.
Norm: A parent should not date their child's ex.
Situation: Kelly is a lonely single mom, and her daughter, Nina has just broken up with her boyfriend, Todd.
Intention: Kelly wants to date someone.
Moral action: Kelly starts dating a man about her age that she met on a dating site.
Moral consequence: Kelly is able to console Nina over her breakup, and the two remain close.
Norm: A parent should not date their child's ex.
Situation: Kelly is a lonely single mom, and her daughter, Nina has just broken up with her boyfriend, Todd.
Intention: Kelly wants to date someone.
Immoral action: Kelly starts dating Todd right after Nina breaks up with him.
Immoral consequence: Nina resents Kelly, and hides her dates from her mother in the future.
Norm: Punctuality is considered to be polite.
Situation: Bill is on his way to a regional sales meeting, which will be attended by his colleagues and some of his company's customers.
Intention: Bill wants a cup of coffee to take with him into the meeting.
Moral action: Bill rushes to the meeting, arriving with time to spare to brew himself a mug of coffee at the office kitchen.
Moral consequence: Everyone at the meeting is appreciative of Bill's prompt arrival to the meeting place.
Norm: Punctuality is considered to be polite.
Situation: Bill is on his way to a regional sales meeting, which will be attended by his colleagues and some of his company's customers.
Intention: Bill wants a cup of coffee to take with him into the meeting.
Immoral action: Bill stops off at a coffee shop to pick up a coffee to take with him to the meeting.
Immoral consequence: The stop at the coffee shop takes a few minutes and Bill arrives late to the meeting, which causes tension among his colleagues and their clients.
Norm: You're discouraged from taking revenge on your boss.
Situation: Peter is upset with his boss Daniel because Daniel harshly criticized Peter's work and insulted him.
Intention: Peter wants Daniel to be punished.
Moral action: Peter files an anonymous report with HR about Daniel's abusive behavior.
Moral consequence: Daniel is reprimanded by the company and begins treating his employees including Peter beter.
Norm: You're discouraged from taking revenge on your boss.
Situation: Peter is upset with his boss Daniel because Daniel harshly criticized Peter's work and insulted him.
Intention: Peter wants Daniel to be punished.
Immoral action: Peter brings Daniel a cup of coffee with a laxative dissolved in it.
Immoral consequence: Peter gets into legal trouble for tampering with Daniel's coffee.
Norm: It's nice to compliment others on their cooking.
Situation: Lester just finished a delicious dinner made by his wife Jill, and she asks him how the dinner was.
Intention: Lester wants to respond to his wife.
Moral action: Lester tells his wife that the meal was absolutely delicious and that he is huge fan of her cooking.
Moral consequence: His wife is pleased with the compliment and looks forward to making something even better the next night.
Norm: It's nice to compliment others on their cooking.
Situation: Lester just finished a delicious dinner made by his wife Jill, and she asks him how the dinner was.
Intention: Lester wants to respond to his wife.
Immoral action: Lester quietly mumbles that the food was nothing special and then leaves the table.
Immoral consequence: His wife is disappointed that Lester didn't enjoy the food, and she isn't very motivated to cook for him next time.
Norm: It is bad to put others' lives at risk
Situation: Jim loves taking illicit drugs and his dealer just sold him a new, experimental drug.
Intention: Jim wants to have a thrilling experience.
Moral action: Jim has friends over but decides to try the drug first before offering it to them.
Moral consequence: Jim's friends have a pleasant and safe evening.
Norm: It is bad to put others' lives at risk
Situation: Jim loves taking illicit drugs and his dealer just sold him a new, experimental drug.
Intention: Jim wants to have a thrilling experience.
Immoral action: Jim invites a few friends over and convinces them to try the new drug with him.
Immoral consequence: One of Jim's friends is seriously ill from the drug.
Norm: It's complicit to allow abuse to continue without reporting it.
Situation: Rhonda sees Glenda smacking her son, Paul,  around at their family reunion.
Intention: Rhonda wants to help Paul.
Moral action: Rhonda calls Children's Services the next day and tells them about the event.
Moral consequence: Paul is removed from Glenda's home and placed in a foster home where he thrives.
Norm: It's complicit to allow abuse to continue without reporting it.
Situation: Rhonda sees Glenda smacking her son, Paul,  around at their family reunion.
Intention: Rhonda wants to help Paul.
Immoral action: Rhonda tells Paul he'll be an adult soon and gives him some aspirin.
Immoral consequence: Glenda continues hitting on Paul for years until he moves away from home.
Norm: You shouldn't leave your children alone.
Situation: Jeff was excited to take his family to the Great Adventure theme park.
Intention: Jeff wants to ride the big roller coasters at the park.
Moral action: Jeff forgoes the big coasters to rides the rides his kids are tall enough for.
Moral consequence: Jeff gets to experience his kids first time on little coasters, bonding over them and passing on his love of park rides.
Norm: You shouldn't leave your children alone.
Situation: Jeff was excited to take his family to the Great Adventure theme park.
Intention: Jeff wants to ride the big roller coasters at the park.
Immoral action: Jeff leaves his kids sitting near the roller coaster and gets in line for the coaster.
Immoral consequence: Jeff is yanked off the line by security when his children are found unattended, and they are escorted out of the park.
Norm: You shouldn't drink if you're a teen because it's illegal.
Situation: Steve is 16 and is at his older brother's college campus when someone offers him a drink.
Intention: Steve wants to make a decision.
Moral action: Steve turns down the drink stating he isn't old enough yet.
Moral consequence: A police officer pulls up and ID's everyone with a beer in their hand, so Steve's brother and friends feel lucky that he turned down their offer.
Norm: You shouldn't drink if you're a teen because it's illegal.
Situation: Steve is 16 and is at his older brother's college campus when someone offers him a drink.
Intention: Steve wants to make a decision.
Immoral action: Steve takes a bottle of beer and drinks it down.
Immoral consequence: A  police officer pulls up and sees Steve drinking, then Steve's brother and his friends are brought up on charges of contributing to a minor.
Norm: It's bad to prioritize your electronic devices over people.
Situation: Carl was on vacation at the beach with his family over the summer.
Intention: Carl wants to do something fun.
Moral action: Carl goes out with his family to swim on the beach.
Moral consequence: Carl has a great time playing in the water and making sand castles.
Norm: It's bad to prioritize your electronic devices over people.
Situation: Carl was on vacation at the beach with his family over the summer.
Intention: Carl wants to do something fun.
Immoral action: Carl stays in the beach house the whole time and plays video games on his phone.
Immoral consequence: Carl doesn't get to experience the water and sunshine at the beach before he goes home.
Norm: You should be happy if your friend gets engaged.
Situation: Tim's best friend Dave announces that he is now engaged to his girlfriend.
Intention: Tim wants to congratulate Dave.
Moral action: Tim is honestly happy for Dave and is excited for his friend's wedding.
Moral consequence: Tim has lots of fun with Dave's announcement and asks him 100 questions.
Norm: You should be happy if your friend gets engaged.
Situation: Tim's best friend Dave announces that he is now engaged to his girlfriend.
Intention: Tim wants to congratulate Dave.
Immoral action: Tim congratulates Dave but on the inside he's worried that Dave will spend less time with him.
Immoral consequence: Tim is upset the entire time and doesn't have any fun.
Norm: Tipping a cashier is nice
Situation: Kevin just arrived at a restaurant to pick up his takeout order.
Intention: Kevin wants to pay for his meal.
Moral action: Kevin pays for the meal with cash and tells the cashier to keep the change.
Moral consequence: The cashier is very grateful and feels happier and more motivated.
Norm: Tipping a cashier is nice
Situation: Kevin just arrived at a restaurant to pick up his takeout order.
Intention: Kevin wants to pay for his meal.
Immoral action: Kevin hands the cashier exact change for his meal.
Immoral consequence: The cashier feels disappointed that they didn't receive a tip and like their work is unappreciated.
Norm: It's frowned upon to be addicted to drugs.
Situation: Jennifer is an accountant, and has heard cocaine can keep you awake.
Intention: Jennifer wants to stay awake.
Moral action: Jennifer decides to get to bed earlier to get more sleep at night.
Moral consequence: Jennifer is not as tired most days, and her work gets done more efficiently.
Norm: It's frowned upon to be addicted to drugs.
Situation: Jennifer is an accountant, and has heard cocaine can keep you awake.
Intention: Jennifer wants to stay awake.
Immoral action: Jennifer starts taking cocaine and becomes addicted.
Immoral consequence: Jennifer loses her job after failing a drug test.
Norm: It is good to participate in democracy by voting.
Situation: There is an election coming up in Dave's home country and Dave has a large online following.
Intention: Dave wants to let people know about the election.
Moral action: Dave says he will vote in the election to have his voice count.
Moral consequence: Dave's followers will be enthusiastic about voting.
Norm: It is good to participate in democracy by voting.
Situation: There is an election coming up in Dave's home country and Dave has a large online following.
Intention: Dave wants to let people know about the election.
Immoral action: Dave says that the election is a sham and the results are fixed.
Immoral consequence: Dave's followers will become distrustful of voting.
Norm: It is important to put children first.
Situation: James is an adult professional swimmer on a crowded ferry that is sinking into the water and the captain has told everybody to abandon ship.
Intention: James wants to escape the sinking ferry.
Moral action: James uses his prowess as a swimmer to save multiple children on board the sinking ferry and swim them to safety.
Moral consequence: The children are thankful to James for having been saved from the sinking ferry.
Norm: It is important to put children first.
Situation: James is an adult professional swimmer on a crowded ferry that is sinking into the water and the captain has told everybody to abandon ship.
Intention: James wants to escape the sinking ferry.
Immoral action: James disregards the children onboard and leaps into the water and swims away to safety.
Immoral consequence: Children on board the ferry were not able to swim with the same skill as James and did not escape the sinking ferry.
Norm: You should be professional at work.
Situation: Art is in the office, when Bill, the company's CEO walks by.
Intention: Art wants to exchange social chit chat with the CEO.
Moral action: Art mentions last night's sports game to Bill.
Moral consequence: Bill recognizes that Art is a steady and capable man with respectful hobbies and considers him for a promotion.
Norm: You should be professional at work.
Situation: Art is in the office, when Bill, the company's CEO walks by.
Intention: Art wants to exchange social chit chat with the CEO.
Immoral action: Art tells Bill about his favorite type of pornography in great detail.
Immoral consequence: Bill feels ill at ease with how personal the talk is and fires Art, thinking he may speak this way in front of clients.
Norm: It's good to get tested for things.
Situation: Casey is working next to someone in his office with covid, and he lives older people.
Intention: Casey wants to show concern about his own health.
Moral action: Casey gets tested at Walmart for Covid, and he warns his roommates about his sickness.
Moral consequence: Casey's elderly roommates take a vacation to the beach while Casey lives in isolation.
Norm: It's good to get tested for things.
Situation: Casey is working next to someone in his office with covid, and he lives older people.
Intention: Casey wants to show concern about his own health.
Immoral action: Casey takes herbal supplements that claim to keep the virus from entering the body.
Immoral consequence: Casey's elderly roommates are infected with Covid.
Norm: It's expected you return things to the lost and found
Situation: Dan is helping close the store for the night when he sees a customers bag laying on the floor.
Intention: Dan wants the bag.
Moral action: After dropping off the bag at the lost items station, Dan buys the same bag from the maker's website.
Moral consequence: Dan receives a mail in rebate for ordering online.
Norm: It's expected you return things to the lost and found
Situation: Dan is helping close the store for the night when he sees a customers bag laying on the floor.
Intention: Dan wants the bag.
Immoral action: Dan takes the bag home with him.
Immoral consequence: Dan gets fired when people discover his actions.
Norm: It's bad to boss people around.
Situation: Henrik is a young child at school playing a game with all of his classmates during recess.
Intention: Henrik wants to have fun.
Moral action: Henrik runs around playing with the kids reacting and adjusting with them as the game they're playing evolves.
Moral consequence: All the kids are having fun so Henrik is able to enjoy himself among the group.
Norm: It's bad to boss people around.
Situation: Henrik is a young child at school playing a game with all of his classmates during recess.
Intention: Henrik wants to have fun.
Immoral action: Henrik takes control of the game deciding what each of his classmates should be doing and correcting them if they stray from his instructions.
Immoral consequence: Henrik's classmates get fed up from not being able to play how they would like and Henrik is left with nobody to play with.
Norm: It's wrong to break all one's possessions.
Situation: Livia feels that she is too attached to material possessions which makes her life devoid of meaning.
Intention: Livia wants to feel free.
Moral action: Livia goes through her possessions and gets rid of a lot of things she has not used in a while.
Moral consequence: Livia feels free and in control of her life.
Norm: It's wrong to break all one's possessions.
Situation: Livia feels that she is too attached to material possessions which makes her life devoid of meaning.
Intention: Livia wants to feel free.
Immoral action: Livia decides to get rid of everything she owns by destroying all the possessions in her life.
Immoral consequence: Livia feels free but destabilized and a bit lost.
Norm: It's wrong to be too controlling of your significant other.
Situation: Ron and his wife were really looking forward to the big dance.
Intention: Ron wanted to show his wife a good time.
Moral action: Ron and his wife went to the dance, and they talked to many different people.
Moral consequence: Ron and his wife had a fantastic time at the dance.
Norm: It's wrong to be too controlling of your significant other.
Situation: Ron and his wife were really looking forward to the big dance.
Intention: Ron wanted to show his wife a good time.
Immoral action: Ron would not let his wife talk to any of the other male attendees, especially the good-looking ones.
Immoral consequence: Ron’s wife resenting his controlling ways, and they had a big fight after the dance.
Norm: It's bad to throw away items that could be recycled.
Situation: Ian just finished throwing a big party and his guests left the house full of empty beer bottles and cans.
Intention: Ian wants to tidy up his house.
Moral action: Ian separates the can and bottles from the garbage and puts the recyclable items in separate bags.
Moral consequence: It takes a long time for Ian to clean up around the house, but he's able to return the recyclables to the redemption center and make some extra money.
Norm: It's bad to throw away items that could be recycled.
Situation: Ian just finished throwing a big party and his guests left the house full of empty beer bottles and cans.
Intention: Ian wants to tidy up his house.
Immoral action: Ian dumps all of the bottles and cans into a bag with the rest of the trash and takes it to the garbage bin.
Immoral consequence: Ian finishes cleaning around his house really quickly and his trash can is full to the brim.
Norm: It's good to have high expectations for your child.
Situation: Julie is preparing for the upcoming school year for her kid James.
Intention: Julie wants James to be successful.
Moral action: Julie puts James in classes that are at a higher level, even if it means more work and lower grades.
Moral consequence: James feels challenged every day and becomes a very motivated student.
Norm: It's good to have high expectations for your child.
Situation: Julie is preparing for the upcoming school year for her kid James.
Intention: Julie wants James to be successful.
Immoral action: Julie enters James in the minimum number of the easiest classes, so he can easily get A's.
Immoral consequence: James loses interest in school quickly and develops behavioral problems.
Norm: You should be supportive of your friends.
Situation: Dali is invited to her best friend's basketball game, but she promised her boss she would do something after work.
Intention: Dali wants to please her boss.
Moral action: Dali enlists her other coworkers, and they complete the task with enough time for Dali to see the game.
Moral consequence: Dali's friend makes seven goals after hearing Dali cheering for her.
Norm: You should be supportive of your friends.
Situation: Dali is invited to her best friend's basketball game, but she promised her boss she would do something after work.
Intention: Dali wants to please her boss.
Immoral action: Dali completes the task for her boss.
Immoral consequence: Dali's best friend is sad that Dali chose work over her.
Norm: It's rude to make pot brownies and not tell people.
Situation: Taylor is going to a potluck work Christmas party and needs to bring a dish to pass.
Intention: Taylor wants to bring a dessert.
Moral action: Taylor bakes a batch of chocolate brownies from a recipe she found online.
Moral consequence: Taylor gets many compliments from her coworkers for the delicious chocolate brownies she brought.
Norm: It's rude to make pot brownies and not tell people.
Situation: Taylor is going to a potluck work Christmas party and needs to bring a dish to pass.
Intention: Taylor wants to bring a dessert.
Immoral action: Taylor makes pot brownies and takes them to the party with a sign reading, "Double Chocolate Brownies".
Immoral consequence: Taylor is fired when multiple coworkers realize they've consumed pot and identify the source as Taylor's brownies.
Norm: It's good to make cupcakes for people on their birthday.
Situation: Sam's friend Henry has a birthday coming up, and Sam wants to celebrate with him.
Intention: Sam wants to make Henry some birthday food.
Moral action: Sam makes a batch of carrot cake cupcakes with a rich frosting on top, with candles in each one.
Moral consequence: Henry loves the cupcakes and eats every single one during his birthday.