CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's normal for people to drive.
Situation: Cleo and her friend Lou are jumping on the trampoline together when Lou falls and hurts his arm.
Intention: Cleo wants to get Lou to the care center.
Moral action: Cleo tells Lou to get into her car and drives him to the nearest care center.
Moral consequence: Lou feels appreciative and thanks Cleo for her quick response.
Norm: It's normal for people to drive.
Situation: Cleo and her friend Lou are jumping on the trampoline together when Lou falls and hurts his arm.
Intention: Cleo wants to get Lou to the care center.
Immoral action: Cleo doesn't want to use gas in her car, so she walks Lou to the nearest care center.
Immoral consequence: Lou's injury becomes swollen and painful, he feels resentful towards Cleo for making him walk.
Norm: You should apologize when you have done something wrong.
Situation: Bob and his wife Jane are fighting about something that Bob did.
Intention: Bob wants to end the fight.
Moral action: Bob humbly apologizes for his offense to Jane.
Moral consequence: Jane forgives Bob and the fight ends.
Norm: You should apologize when you have done something wrong.
Situation: Bob and his wife Jane are fighting about something that Bob did.
Intention: Bob wants to end the fight.
Immoral action: Bob tells Jane that they should just relax and forget about it.
Immoral consequence: Jane only gets more upset at Bob's suggestion.
Norm: You shouldn't ditch people when you're out shopping with them.
Situation: Mary is out shopping with friends.
Intention: Mary feels tired and wants to go home.
Moral action: Mary asks her friends to wrap up their trip, explaining her fatigue.
Moral consequence: Mary's friend's offer to find another way home and allow Mary to leave guilt free.
Norm: You shouldn't ditch people when you're out shopping with them.
Situation: Mary is out shopping with friends.
Intention: Mary feels tired and wants to go home.
Immoral action: Mary waits until her friends are trying on clothes and leave.
Immoral consequence: Mary's friends are angry and vow to not speak to her for weeks.
Norm: You shouldn't karate chop people.
Situation: Kent is confronting an angry man who is threatening someone else.
Intention: Kent wants to end the bad situation.
Moral action: Kent apologizes and tries to verbally diffuse the situation.
Moral consequence: The angry man calms down and leaves.
Norm: You shouldn't karate chop people.
Situation: Kent is confronting an angry man who is threatening someone else.
Intention: Kent wants to end the bad situation.
Immoral action: Kent repeatedly karate chops the angry man in the face.
Immoral consequence: The angry man begins swinging and punches Kent.
Norm: It's bad to procrastinate on assignments until the last minute.
Situation: Julia has a paper due the same week as a major upcoming party she's planning.
Intention: Julia wants to enjoy the party without worrying about the paper.
Moral action: Julia works hard on her paper early on, so she can spend the rest of her week planning her fun party.
Moral consequence: Julia is able to turn her paper in early and enjoys her party without any worries.
Norm: It's bad to procrastinate on assignments until the last minute.
Situation: Julia has a paper due the same week as a major upcoming party she's planning.
Intention: Julia wants to enjoy the party without worrying about the paper.
Immoral action: Julia decides not to do her paper, so she can prepare for her party.
Immoral consequence: Julia fails her class and has to go to Summer school.
Norm: You shouldn't steal from customers.
Situation: Mary is working as a waitress in a restaurant and notices a guest left her wallet on the table before leaving the restaurant.
Intention: Mary wants to remove the wallet from the restaurant table.
Moral action: Mary quickly runs out of the restaurant and hands the guest her wallet.
Moral consequence: Mary's guest is happy she can now spend the money instead of having to go look for the wallet.
Norm: You shouldn't steal from customers.
Situation: Mary is working as a waitress in a restaurant and notices a guest left her wallet on the table before leaving the restaurant.
Intention: Mary wants to remove the wallet from the restaurant table.
Immoral action: Mary picks up the wallet and pockets the money that was inside, before throwing the wallet away.
Immoral consequence: Mary's friend goes without that money for the rest of her life, which makes her temporarily upset.
Norm: It's bad to pick a fight with someone.
Situation: Tom is with his friends in a bar when a drunk stranger starts yelling at him and pushing him around.
Intention: Tom wants the guy to leave him alone.
Moral action: Tom keeps his cool and calms the guy down by talking to him.
Moral consequence: The guy feels remorse at having been aggressive and realizes he should think before he acts.
Norm: It's bad to pick a fight with someone.
Situation: Tom is with his friends in a bar when a drunk stranger starts yelling at him and pushing him around.
Intention: Tom wants the guy to leave him alone.
Immoral action: Tom pushes the guy back and punches him in the face.
Immoral consequence: The guy's nose is broken, he retreats and leaves Tom alone.
Norm: You shouldn't get mad at people and throw a fit.
Situation: Bill is playing softball and disagrees with the umpire's call that he was out.
Intention: Bill wants to question why the call happened.
Moral action: Bill expresses his dispute to his coach, and they both talk to the umpire who explains the call to their satisfaction.
Moral consequence: Bill continues to play and helps lead the team to a comeback victory.
Norm: You shouldn't get mad at people and throw a fit.
Situation: Bill is playing softball and disagrees with the umpire's call that he was out.
Intention: Bill wants to question why the call happened.
Immoral action: Bill gets in the umpire's face and shouts at him asking if he is blind.
Immoral consequence: Bill is kicked out of the game and asked by his teammates not to come back.
Norm: It's wrong to destroy someone's items.
Situation: Tony is a movie star who is on a date with Jenny, when Frank the paparazzi appears out of nowhere and takes Ton'ys picture.
Intention: Tony wants to express to Frank his displeasure at Frank taking a picture.
Moral action: Tony tells Frank that he is just trying to have a quiet evening with his girlfriend and would appriciate some privacy.
Moral consequence: Jenny is impressed that Tony can handle pressure with such grace and is even more attracted to him.
Norm: It's wrong to destroy someone's items.
Situation: Tony is a movie star who is on a date with Jenny, when Frank the paparazzi appears out of nowhere and takes Ton'ys picture.
Intention: Tony wants to express to Frank his displeasure at Frank taking a picture.
Immoral action: Tony walks up to Frank aggressively and grabs the camera out of his hand before smashing it to pieces on the ground.
Immoral consequence: Jenny is horrified that Tony is so violent and immediately is full of regret about dating him.
Norm: It's rude to ask people questions about their mental health.
Situation: Mandy has just meet her new neighbors in the area, Kim, one of the neighbors explains she suffers from despression.
Intention: Mandy wants to provide advice to Kim about her issues.
Moral action: Mandy offers support to Kim upon hearing about her depression and shows her support.
Moral consequence: Kim sees Mandy as empathetic and appreciates that, their relationship strengthens.
Norm: It's rude to ask people questions about their mental health.
Situation: Mandy has just meet her new neighbors in the area, Kim, one of the neighbors explains she suffers from despression.
Intention: Mandy wants to provide advice to Kim about her issues.
Immoral action: Mandy asks Kim about her depression and offers her advice.
Immoral consequence: Kim feels that Mandy is forward and forms a negative opinion of her.
Norm: You shouldn't smoke in front of children.
Situation: Jim is craving cigarettes inside of a drug store where there are children on one side of the building.
Intention: Jim wants to smoke outside of the drug store.
Moral action: Jim walks outside and smokes away from the children.
Moral consequence: The children do not notice Jim or his smoking, and they are safe from the fumes.
Norm: You shouldn't smoke in front of children.
Situation: Jim is craving cigarettes inside of a drug store where there are children on one side of the building.
Intention: Jim wants to smoke outside of the drug store.
Immoral action: Jim walks outside and starts smoking in front of the children.
Immoral consequence: The children inhale second-hand smoke from Jim, which is hazardous to their health.
Norm: It's good to support your family.
Situation: Lisa's brother Joe lost his cat.
Intention: Lisa wants to cheer her brother up.
Moral action: Lisa helps her brother look for his cat and posts missing flyers throughout the neighborhood.
Moral consequence: Someone calls Joe after seeing one of Lisa's flyers and says they have found his cat.
Norm: It's good to support your family.
Situation: Lisa's brother Joe lost his cat.
Intention: Lisa wants to cheer her brother up.
Immoral action: Lisa tells her brother "it's just a cat" and gives him $1,000, hoping it will cheer him up.
Immoral consequence: Joe gets even more upset and begins to cry over his cat.
Norm: It's wrong to demand that your significant other do something.
Situation: Jane is feeling Ill.
Intention: Jane wants to feel taken care of.
Moral action: Jane asks her boyfriend to pick some soup up on the way home from work.
Moral consequence: Jane's boyfriend brings her soup and spends the night caring for her.
Norm: It's wrong to demand that your significant other do something.
Situation: Jane is feeling Ill.
Intention: Jane wants to feel taken care of.
Immoral action: Jane demands her boyfriend take off of work to care for her.
Immoral consequence: Jane's boyfriend breaks up with her for being too needy.
Norm: It's responsible to limit your child's sweets.
Situation: Marry and her daughter Susan are at the grocery store, and Susan asks for food because Susan is hungry.
Intention: Marry wants to give Susan a snack.
Moral action: Marry buys Susan a bag of organic chips.
Moral consequence: Susan is not hungry anymore.
Norm: It's responsible to limit your child's sweets.
Situation: Marry and her daughter Susan are at the grocery store, and Susan asks for food because Susan is hungry.
Intention: Marry wants to give Susan a snack.
Immoral action: Marry allows Susan to buy three candy bars to eat in the car.
Immoral consequence: Susan gets sick.
Norm: It's bad to steal office supplies.
Situation: Dustin needs ink in his printer at home and knows that his workplace has tons of ink.
Intention: Dustin wants to acquire ink for his home printer.
Moral action: Dustin tells a coworker that he will be buying ink for his printer after work.
Moral consequence: Dustin's coworker gives him a coupon, and he saves money on the ink he purchases for his printer.
Norm: It's bad to steal office supplies.
Situation: Dustin needs ink in his printer at home and knows that his workplace has tons of ink.
Intention: Dustin wants to acquire ink for his home printer.
Immoral action: Dustin secretly takes cartridges of ink from his workplace, going against office policy, and brings them home.
Immoral consequence: Dustin's coworker sees this and reports him to HR, which results in him being suspended.
Norm: It's not okay to be dependent on your parents.
Situation: Adam moved out of his parents house last year and has recently lost his job.
Intention: Adam wants to make sure he can pay his bills on time.
Moral action: Adam goes to a temp agency to see if he kind find short term work to pay his bills.
Moral consequence: Adam ends up getting hired the local electric company and makes more than enough money to pay his bills.
Norm: It's not okay to be dependent on your parents.
Situation: Adam moved out of his parents house last year and has recently lost his job.
Intention: Adam wants to make sure he can pay his bills on time.
Immoral action: Adam calls his mom and begs for a loan.
Immoral consequence: She reluctantly agrees but decides to charge him a large amount of interest.
Norm: You shouldn't forbid music.
Situation: Lisa is studying for her impending exam in a couple days while her brother, John, plays music loudly.
Intention: Lisa wants to focus on her studies without interruption.
Moral action: Lisa asks her brother, John, to listen to the music with headphones instead.
Moral consequence: John quickly switches and listens with headphones instead and Lisa is able to study peacefully.
Norm: You shouldn't forbid music.
Situation: Lisa is studying for her impending exam in a couple days while her brother, John, plays music loudly.
Intention: Lisa wants to focus on her studies without interruption.
Immoral action: Lisa shouts at her brother, John, for playing music loudly forcing him to shut it off.
Immoral consequence: John feels bad about playing music loudly and is hurt by how Lisa shouts at him.
Norm: You shouldn't disobey codes.
Situation: Andy is a nurse in a hospital.
Intention: Andy wants to do well at his next performance review.
Moral action: Andy asks what he can do to improve his work at the hospital.
Moral consequence: Andy is seen as proactive and gets a good review.
Norm: You shouldn't disobey codes.
Situation: Andy is a nurse in a hospital.
Intention: Andy wants to do well at his next performance review.
Immoral action: Andy hacks into the computer system to say he's working more hours than he is and violates the employee computer rules.
Immoral consequence: Andy looks like he's working the hardest but is caught breaking an employee code and is fired.
Norm: It's polite to acknowledge and greet people you know.
Situation: Julie is shopping, but starts feeling sick in the store.
Intention: Julie wants to hurry so she can go home.
Moral action: Julie waves at the friend, telling her in passing she feels bad, and is able to end her shopping trip early.
Moral consequence: The friend waves back, says she understands, and wishes Julie a speedy recovery.
Norm: It's polite to acknowledge and greet people you know.
Situation: Julie is shopping, but starts feeling sick in the store.
Intention: Julie wants to hurry so she can go home.
Immoral action: Julie sees a friend in the store, but doesn't greet her, so she can not spend the time chatting and quickly leave.
Immoral consequence: The friend's feelings are hurt because she saw Julie ignore her, so she tells their mutual friends that Julie is rude and avoids her in the future.
Norm: It's good to appreciate others.
Situation: Dave is told by Marsha that Dave's boss Tony, who Dave hasn't liked in the past, went out of his way to make Dave look good to upper management.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the news he just heard.
Moral action: Dave tells Marsha that he's amazed by Tony's generosity and hopes that he can find a way to thank Tony and repay him.
Moral consequence: Marsha gains respect for Dave and is happy to see someone willing to give praise to a person they didn't get along in the past.
Norm: It's good to appreciate others.
Situation: Dave is told by Marsha that Dave's boss Tony, who Dave hasn't liked in the past, went out of his way to make Dave look good to upper management.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the news he just heard.
Immoral action: Dave tells Marsha that it's about time that Tony did something useful as Tony is generally useless.
Immoral consequence: Marsha is taken aback at the fact that Dave is seeking to point out negatives and doesn't seem to care about Tony's compliments.
Norm: It's wrong to ignore your partner.
Situation: Toby his watching a big football game he recorded when his wife asks him a question.
Intention: Toby wants to finish watching the game.
Moral action: Toby pauses the game to answer his wife before returning to watching it.
Moral consequence: Toby's wife is happy that Toby took some time to address her question.
Norm: It's wrong to ignore your partner.
Situation: Toby his watching a big football game he recorded when his wife asks him a question.
Intention: Toby wants to finish watching the game.
Immoral action: Toby pretends that he didn't hear his wife and keeps watching the game.
Immoral consequence: Toby's wife feels insulted as she's sure that Toby heard her.
Norm: It's inappropriate to "troll" people on the internet.
Situation: John is reading Reddit forums when he notices a user ask what John thinks is a dumb question.
Intention: John wants to respond to the user's question.
Moral action: John answers the question matter of factly giving the user the information they need without adding anything extra.
Moral consequence: the user is glad he has received help and is relieved they got the answer they were seeking.
Norm: It's inappropriate to "troll" people on the internet.
Situation: John is reading Reddit forums when he notices a user ask what John thinks is a dumb question.
Intention: John wants to respond to the user's question.
Immoral action: John writes a sarcastic response with false information that only experienced users would understand and tries to belittle the user.
Immoral consequence: The user feels shamed for their lack of knowledge and is sad about the experience.
Norm: It's good to support your child's college decision.
Situation: Melissa, Jared's daughter, tells Jarred that she is not sure she should apply for her dream university.
Intention: Jared wants to encourage Melissa.
Moral action: Jared offers to help Melissa with her application to her chosen university.
Moral consequence: Melissa gets an acceptance letter for her ideal university.
Norm: It's good to support your child's college decision.
Situation: Melissa, Jared's daughter, tells Jarred that she is not sure she should apply for her dream university.
Intention: Jared wants to encourage Melissa.
Immoral action: Jared tells Melissa that there's other universities more suited for her skill level, and that she can probably get accepted into those.
Immoral consequence: Melissa passes over her ideal school for second best, and she doesn't fully enjoy her college life.
Norm: It's not okay to waste your life abusing drugs.
Situation: Paul had some bad experiences in the past that still haunt him today.
Intention: Paul wants to overcome the pain and mental anguish.
Moral action: Paul goes to a counselor to help him work through his past.
Moral consequence: Paul learns ways of coping with his experiences and improves with time.
Norm: It's not okay to waste your life abusing drugs.
Situation: Paul had some bad experiences in the past that still haunt him today.
Intention: Paul wants to overcome the pain and mental anguish.
Immoral action: Paul takes drugs to temporarily forget what happened to him, becoming an addict.
Immoral consequence: Paul's life falls apart because he gives everything to his addiction.
Norm: It's not okay for a parent to abuse a child.
Situation: Jamie is on her phone at the park, pushing her laughing son Liam on a swing set.
Intention: Jamie wants to be able to hear the phone options being read to her.
Moral action: Jamie stops pushing the swing and asks her son to quiet down for a moment.
Moral consequence: Jamie selects the option she was listening for and proceeds with her phone call.
Norm: It's not okay for a parent to abuse a child.
Situation: Jamie is on her phone at the park, pushing her laughing son Liam on a swing set.
Intention: Jamie wants to be able to hear the phone options being read to her.
Immoral action: Jamie smacks Liam across the face, telling him to quiet down while she listens to the phone options.
Immoral consequence: Jamie selects the option she was listening for on her phone, but is then apprehended after being reported for child abuse.
Norm: It is bad to take from family.
Situation: Sandra is visiting her cousin's house when she sees a doll she really likes.
Intention: Sandra wants to have a doll like her cousin has.
Moral action: Sandra asks her mother nicely if she can have a doll just like her cousin's and her mother buys her one.
Moral consequence: Sandra gets a brand new doll that she likes just for herself.
Norm: It is bad to take from family.
Situation: Sandra is visiting her cousin's house when she sees a doll she really likes.
Intention: Sandra wants to have a doll like her cousin has.
Immoral action: Sandra takes her cousins doll and hides it under her dress then takes it home.
Immoral consequence: Sandra's parents find out that she stole the doll and punish her.
Norm: You shouldn't humiliate teachers in front of the whole class.
Situation: Charlie is a high school student.
Intention: Charlie wants to have some fun.
Moral action: Charlie tells a good pun related to the lesson the teacher is going over.
Moral consequence: Everyone in the class laughs and the teacher appreciates Charlie's wit.
Norm: You shouldn't humiliate teachers in front of the whole class.
Situation: Charlie is a high school student.
Intention: Charlie wants to have some fun.
Immoral action: Charlie mocks their teacher's voice and posture and yells over them to get attention.
Immoral consequence: The students laugh, the teacher is humiliated, and the class is disrupted.
Norm: You shouldn't expect rides from people.
Situation: Chris is headed to a basketball game.
Intention: Chris wants to get there on time but doesn't have a car.
Moral action: Chris asks a friend if they'll give him a ride since they're headed to the game too.
Moral consequence: Chris and his friend enjoy the game.
Norm: You shouldn't expect rides from people.
Situation: Chris is headed to a basketball game.
Intention: Chris wants to get there on time but doesn't have a car.
Immoral action: Chris pressures his dad into driving him out of his way to the game, making his dad late to work.
Immoral consequence: Chris's dad gets disciplined for being late to work.
Norm: It's good to make use of public resources.
Situation: Bob is poor and is having trouble paying bills.
Intention: Bob wants to buy food.
Moral action: Bob uses his food stamps to buy good quality food.
Moral consequence: Bob eats well and stays healthy.
Norm: It's good to make use of public resources.
Situation: Bob is poor and is having trouble paying bills.
Intention: Bob wants to buy food.
Immoral action: Bob buys nothing but ramen noodles because they're cheap, ignoring his food stamps.
Immoral consequence: Bob's body reacts poorly to the bad food and gives him health issues.
Norm: It's good to rest and relax.
Situation: Karen has been working for two weeks straight and has been offered time off.
Intention: Karen wants to feel accomplished.
Moral action: Karen takes the time off and works on a fulfilling project at home to unwind.
Moral consequence: Karen is proud of her project and feels refreshed.
Norm: It's good to rest and relax.
Situation: Karen has been working for two weeks straight and has been offered time off.
Intention: Karen wants to feel accomplished.
Immoral action: Karen passes up the offer of time off and pushes through another week of work.
Immoral consequence: Karen finishes a huge project but starts feeling run down and ill from over working herself.
Norm: You shouldn't train your neighbor's dog to shut up.
Situation: Matt moves into a new house and his neighbor has a very loud dog.
Intention: Matt wants his neighbor's dog to be quiet, so he can sleep.
Moral action: Matt rings his neighbor's doorbell and asks for the dog to be quiet, so he can sleep.
Moral consequence: Matt's neighbor gives the dog food so the dog stops barking, and Matt gets to sleep peacefully.
Norm: You shouldn't train your neighbor's dog to shut up.
Situation: Matt moves into a new house and his neighbor has a very loud dog.
Intention: Matt wants his neighbor's dog to be quiet, so he can sleep.
Immoral action: Matt goes outside and yells at his neighbor's dog to be quiet.
Immoral consequence: Matt's neighbor gets mad at him for yelling at the dog and it is very awkward when they see each other.