CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong for children to bully each other.
Situation: Jamie is playing with his friends in a park when a smaller boy comes and sits next to him, his friends laugh about Jamie making friends with a smaller child.
Intention: Jamie wants to get his friends to stop laughing at him.
Immoral action: Jamie pushes the little boy off of the log they are sitting on and tells him that he doesn't want him around.
Immoral consequence: The little boy feels awful because the other kids don't seem to like him and Jamie feels badly because he doesn't really mind playing with smaller boys.
Norm: It's wrong not to do your chores.
Situation: Jackie has been busy all week and has laundry lying all over her room.
Intention: Jackie wants to consider doing her laundry.
Moral action: Jackie pushes herself to collect and finally do her laundry.
Moral consequence: Jackie ends up with fresh clothes to change into for the next week.
Norm: It's wrong not to do your chores.
Situation: Jackie has been busy all week and has laundry lying all over her room.
Intention: Jackie wants to consider doing her laundry.
Immoral action: Jackie decides to forget about her laundry and go do something more enjoyable.
Immoral consequence: Jackie doesn't have any clean clothes to wear the next day.
Norm: It's mean to embarrass people in public.
Situation: Andrea is out to lunch with her friends when she notices Jenna has a period stain on her skirt.
Intention: Andrea wants to let Jenna know about the stain.
Moral action: Andrea pulls Jenna aside and offers her a jacket to cover up the stain.
Moral consequence: Jenna is grateful to Andrea and thinks she is a good friend.
Norm: It's mean to embarrass people in public.
Situation: Andrea is out to lunch with her friends when she notices Jenna has a period stain on her skirt.
Intention: Andrea wants to let Jenna know about the stain.
Immoral action: Andrea tells Jenna that she has a period stain on her skirt in front of the rest of the table.
Immoral consequence: Jenna is embarassed and the rest of the group thinks Andrea is rude.
Norm: It is good to have proper manners.
Situation: Douglas, a five year old boy, is struggling to cut his steak with the knife at a formal event with his parents.
Intention: Douglas wants to eat his food.
Moral action: Douglas asks his mother to cut the steak for him with a small smile.
Moral consequence: Douglas parents take a moment to give their son tips on how to properly hold steak knives.
Norm: It is good to have proper manners.
Situation: Douglas, a five year old boy, is struggling to cut his steak with the knife at a formal event with his parents.
Intention: Douglas wants to eat his food.
Immoral action: Douglas tosses the knife onto the table, and he starts eating the steak with his hands.
Immoral consequence: Douglas' parents are embarrassed when they overhear people blaming Douglas' behavior on bad parenting.
Norm: You shouldn't tolerate a student having a crush on you.
Situation: Amanda is a teacher at a high school and one of her students has been showing her affection.
Intention: Amanda wants to be a good teacher.
Moral action: Amanda knows that this is unhealthy behavior for the student, so she has the student transferred to another class.
Moral consequence: The student eventually gets over their crush on Amanda and concentrates on school work in the other class they were transferred to.
Norm: You shouldn't tolerate a student having a crush on you.
Situation: Amanda is a teacher at a high school and one of her students has been showing her affection.
Intention: Amanda wants to be a good teacher.
Immoral action: Amanda allows the affection to continue thinking that the student will perform well in class if they like her like that.
Immoral consequence: The student that was showing Amanda affection gets more and more clingy and obsessed with Amanda.
Norm: You shouldn't get mad at your partner for petty things.
Situation: Will sees his wife Gloria spill milk on the kitchen floor.
Intention: Will wants to mention the spill to Gloria.
Moral action: Will tells Gloria about the spilled milk while making a joke.
Moral consequence: Gloria laughs and gets a paper towel to wipe up the milk.
Norm: You shouldn't get mad at your partner for petty things.
Situation: Will sees his wife Gloria spill milk on the kitchen floor.
Intention: Will wants to mention the spill to Gloria.
Immoral action: Will raises his voice at Gloria as he tells her about the spill.
Immoral consequence: Gloria is shocked by the outburst and starts to cry.
Norm: You shouldn't' argue with your kids.
Situation: Kay is a mother of two kids and is trying to get them to bed.
Intention: Kay wants to get her kids to listen to her.
Moral action: Kay uses a stern voice to state that the children are to go to bed immediately.
Moral consequence: The children know to obey when Kay gets serious like that and enjoy a nice slumber in bed.
Norm: You shouldn't' argue with your kids.
Situation: Kay is a mother of two kids and is trying to get them to bed.
Intention: Kay wants to get her kids to listen to her.
Immoral action: Kay begins to act childish towards her children, and they verbally spar loudly with each other about going to bed.
Immoral consequence: Kay's children get hostile and angry with their mother because the argument amps them up more.
Norm: It is rude to cancel on someone for a date.
Situation: Ezra is about to go on a date with Shelly he met online when he notices Shelly's new profile picture makes her look drastically different.
Intention: Ezra wants to go on a date.
Moral action: Ezra asks Shelly about her dramatic change in appearance before he agrees to go on their date.
Moral consequence: Shelly becomes more confident in herself as Ezra warms up to her.
Norm: It is rude to cancel on someone for a date.
Situation: Ezra is about to go on a date with Shelly he met online when he notices Shelly's new profile picture makes her look drastically different.
Intention: Ezra wants to go on a date.
Immoral action: Ezra ditches his original date for another young woman who works at the bar.
Immoral consequence: Shelly is heartbroken that Ezra canceled their date.
Norm: It's impolite to talk about confusing erections.
Situation: Stan woke up in the morning with a weird and worrying erection.
Intention: Stan wants to find out what is wrong with him.
Moral action: Stan goes online to find out the cause of his confusing erection.
Moral consequence: Stan feels better having known what is causing his unfortunate problem.
Norm: It's impolite to talk about confusing erections.
Situation: Stan woke up in the morning with a weird and worrying erection.
Intention: Stan wants to find out what is wrong with him.
Immoral action: Stan goes to his neighbor's house and tells him what is going on with his penis.
Immoral consequence: Stan's neighbor thinks he is weird and avoids him from then on out.
Norm: It's illegal to break the age of consent law.
Situation: Pat meets a bunch of teenaged girls at the mall that he is working at.
Intention: Pat wants to talk to the girls.
Moral action: Pat asks the girls if there is anything that he can do to help them.
Moral consequence: Pat is recognized as his boss as the employee of the month for his customer service.
Norm: It's illegal to break the age of consent law.
Situation: Pat meets a bunch of teenaged girls at the mall that he is working at.
Intention: Pat wants to talk to the girls.
Immoral action: Pat asks the girls if they want to go out on a date with him.
Immoral consequence: Pat is later arrested for dating the girl who is under the age of consent.
Norm: It's wrong to try to get even with people
Situation: During class Bobby knocks off Shane's books from his desk and laughs.
Intention: Shane wants to make Bobby aware that what he did was not okay.
Moral action: Shane walks up to Bobby and tells that his mom would not approve of what he did.
Moral consequence: Bobby apologies and asks Shane not to tell his mom on him.
Norm: It's wrong to try to get even with people
Situation: During class Bobby knocks off Shane's books from his desk and laughs.
Intention: Shane wants to make Bobby aware that what he did was not okay.
Immoral action: Shane throws Bobby's books out the classroom window while saying "reap what you sow" to him.
Immoral consequence: Bobby stands up and punches Shane in the nose.
Norm: It's rude to laugh at someone who is afraid.
Situation: Tony and his younger brother, Paul, are swimming at the local pool where there are several diving boards.
Intention: Tony wants to teach Paul how to dive.
Moral action: Tony is scared and won't jump off the diving board so Paul talks to him and tells him that it's alright to be afraid but to try to be brave.
Moral consequence: Tony gathers his courage and makes his first jump off a diving board, which he loves and wants to do over and over again.
Norm: It's rude to laugh at someone who is afraid.
Situation: Tony and his younger brother, Paul, are swimming at the local pool where there are several diving boards.
Intention: Tony wants to teach Paul how to dive.
Immoral action: Paul is afraid to dive and Tony laughs out loud, and calls his brother a chicken.
Immoral consequence: Tony is embarrassed and leaves the pool area without ever trying to dive.
Norm: It's nice to welcome unexpected guests into your home.
Situation: John and Bill decide to show up at their friend Kevin's house unannounced one evening.
Intention: Kevin wants to express his surprise at their visit.
Moral action: Kevin tells the pair that it's a great surprise that they're there and invites them inside.
Moral consequence: John and Bill are happy to be invited inside and look forward to spending some time with Kevin.
Norm: It's nice to welcome unexpected guests into your home.
Situation: John and Bill decide to show up at their friend Kevin's house unannounced one evening.
Intention: Kevin wants to express his surprise at their visit.
Immoral action: Kevin tells the pair that he's shocked they would come unnanounced like that and tells them to go home.
Immoral consequence: John and Bill are sad Kevin is reacting badly and are angry he's just sending them right back home.
Norm: It's rude to tell your spouse they are fat.
Situation: Helga is putting on a new pair of very tight pants and asks her husband Joe if she looks good in them.
Intention: Joe wants to tell Helga his feelings about the fit of the pants.
Moral action: Joe tells Helga that her pants are extremely tight which is a big turn on because it accentuates all her feminine curves.
Moral consequence: Helga is delighted that Joe is turned on by her and that he finds her attractive and is full of self confidence.
Norm: It's rude to tell your spouse they are fat.
Situation: Helga is putting on a new pair of very tight pants and asks her husband Joe if she looks good in them.
Intention: Joe wants to tell Helga his feelings about the fit of the pants.
Immoral action: Joe tells Helga that she is hugely fat and the pants look like they're going to explode from all the pressure.
Immoral consequence: Helga is embarrassed about being fat and depressed that Joe doesn't find her very attractive.
Norm: It's bad to steal packages.
Situation: Bill is walking down the street in his area when he notices an Amazon box on someone's porch unguarded.
Intention: Bill wants to take the box somewhere.
Moral action: Bill walks up to the porch and moves the box so it's not visible from the street.
Moral consequence: Bill is seen on surveillance by the homeowner and praised online for his good deed.
Norm: It's bad to steal packages.
Situation: Bill is walking down the street in his area when he notices an Amazon box on someone's porch unguarded.
Intention: Bill wants to take the box somewhere.
Immoral action: Bill runs up and takes the box before running away to go home and see whats inside.
Immoral consequence: Bill is later caught by surveillance cameras and hunted down by police and charged.
Norm: You shouldn't get in the way of people's dreams.
Situation: Tammy is talking with her ten year old Bryan, and he tells her his dream is to be an astronaut.
Intention: Tammy wants her son to be successful.
Moral action: Tammy tells Bryan if he works hard he can do whatever he wants.
Moral consequence: Bryan feels happy and closer to his mom and develops confidence in himself.
Norm: You shouldn't get in the way of people's dreams.
Situation: Tammy is talking with her ten year old Bryan, and he tells her his dream is to be an astronaut.
Intention: Tammy wants her son to be successful.
Immoral action: Tammy tells Bryan that's not realistic, and he should be a doctor.
Immoral consequence: Bryan feels sad and resents his mom and loses confidence in himself.
Norm: It's good to help someone stop using illegal drugs.
Situation: Millie's friend, Vicky, has been asking her for money lately and Millie finds out that Vicky's using it to buy cocaine.
Intention: Millie wants to stop enabling her friend's bad habits.
Moral action: Millie stops giving Vicky money and encourages her to seek treatment to help her break her addiction.
Moral consequence: Vicky feels empowered by Millie's support and starts to go to an addiction treatment center.
Norm: It's good to help someone stop using illegal drugs.
Situation: Millie's friend, Vicky, has been asking her for money lately and Millie finds out that Vicky's using it to buy cocaine.
Intention: Millie wants to stop enabling her friend's bad habits.
Immoral action: Millie cuts off all contact with Vicky, hoping that it will force her to seek help for her problem.
Immoral consequence: Millie finds out through a mutual friend that Vicky went elsewhere for money and ended up overdosing.
Norm: It's bad to lose someone's pet.
Situation: Leah is pet sitting her neighbor Chris's dog, Sparky, and is taking him for a walk when a cat runs past, and he takes off chasing it.
Intention: Leah wants to react to Sparky breaking away from her.
Moral action: Leah yells at Sparky to "heel" and he stops right on his tracks.
Moral consequence: Chris is happy that Leigh took great care of Sparky while he was gone.
Norm: It's bad to lose someone's pet.
Situation: Leah is pet sitting her neighbor Chris's dog, Sparky, and is taking him for a walk when a cat runs past, and he takes off chasing it.
Intention: Leah wants to react to Sparky breaking away from her.
Immoral action: Leah panics and lets Sparky get too far away before she begins to look for him, and now it's too late.
Immoral consequence: When Chris returns he is angry because Leah failed to keep Sparky safe.
Norm: It's wrong to scam people.
Situation: Neal has a job selling vacuums door to door and is currently working.
Intention: Neal wants to sell lots of vacuums.
Moral action: Neal is open and honest with everybody he tries to sell to and gives them the best deal he is allowed to.
Moral consequence: The customers of Neal's that day enjoy getting a bargain and are happy with their purchases.
Norm: It's wrong to scam people.
Situation: Neal has a job selling vacuums door to door and is currently working.
Intention: Neal wants to sell lots of vacuums.
Immoral action: Neal makes up tales to gain sympathy from prospective buyers and uses every other trick in the book including charging higher prices.
Immoral consequence: The customers that Neal scams lose money they desperately need and their lives don't improve.
Norm: Not returning courtesies to people is considered rude.
Situation: Rick and Ron are coworkers who are passing each other in the hall on the way to their offices, and Ron nods to Rick as they walk by.
Intention: Rick needs to decide how to respond.
Moral action: Rick gives a silent nod in return as he passes Ron in the hallway.
Moral consequence: Ron is satisfied that his greeting has been acknowledged.
Norm: Not returning courtesies to people is considered rude.
Situation: Rick and Ron are coworkers who are passing each other in the hall on the way to their offices, and Ron nods to Rick as they walk by.
Intention: Rick needs to decide how to respond.
Immoral action: Rick does not return the nod, pretending to be lost in his thoughts as he walks by.
Immoral consequence: Ron is annoyed at not having his nod returned in kind.
Norm: You shouldn't tell someone their breath smells.
Situation: Basil is talking with Jim who has awful breath and keeps backing away from him so Jim asks why he keeps going backwards.
Intention: Basil wants to answer Jim's question.
Moral action: Basil tells Jim it's just a force of habit, and he doesn't like to stay in one spot too long.
Moral consequence: Jim thinks that's a reasonable explanation and happily continues their conversation.
Norm: You shouldn't tell someone their breath smells.
Situation: Basil is talking with Jim who has awful breath and keeps backing away from him so Jim asks why he keeps going backwards.
Intention: Basil wants to answer Jim's question.
Immoral action: Basil tells Jim that his breath is destroying him, and he can't take it anymore, Jim needs to get some mints.
Immoral consequence: Jim is embarrassed beyond belief and goes away into the bathroom feeling awful about what he's just been told.
Norm: You should not let your appearance control your life.
Situation: Nick is obese, so he hates going outside, but he has to go see a doctor for an issue.
Intention: Nick has to decide whether to go to the doctor.
Moral action: Nick decides that he cares more about his issue than his weight, so he goes to see his doctor.
Moral consequence: Nick becomes more okay with going outside and gets help with his issue.
Norm: You should not let your appearance control your life.
Situation: Nick is obese, so he hates going outside, but he has to go see a doctor for an issue.
Intention: Nick has to decide whether to go to the doctor.
Immoral action: Nick doesn't want people looking at him, so he decides to stay at home.
Immoral consequence: Nick is not able to get help for his issue and suffers.
Norm: You shouldn't send people glitter bombs.
Situation: A local politician has been pushing a new ordinance that Kelsey is strongly against.
Intention: Kelsey wants to oppose the politician's actions.
Moral action: Kelsey makes an appointment to talk to the politician, so she can explain her views and ask him to reconsider.
Moral consequence: The politician listens to Kelsey's points and gets new evidence on which to base his decisions.
Norm: You shouldn't send people glitter bombs.
Situation: A local politician has been pushing a new ordinance that Kelsey is strongly against.
Intention: Kelsey wants to oppose the politician's actions.
Immoral action: Kelsey has a glitter bomb anonymously sent to the politician's office with a note expressing her opposition to the ordinance.
Immoral consequence: The glitter bomb makes the politician angry and actually strengthens his support for the ordinance.
Norm: It is bad to try to bait someone into cheating.
Situation: John puts a huge bet on Karl's boxing opponent, and gets the chance to meet Karl before the fight.
Intention: John wants say something to Karl.
Moral action: John tells Karl good luck, and wishes him the best.
Moral consequence: Karl smiles and says thank you and John sits back to watch the fight.
Norm: It is bad to try to bait someone into cheating.
Situation: John puts a huge bet on Karl's boxing opponent, and gets the chance to meet Karl before the fight.
Intention: John wants say something to Karl.
Immoral action: John tells Karl that his life depends on the bet, and he needs to throw the fight.
Immoral consequence: Karl gets mad and security kicks John out of the arena.
Norm: It is rude to comment on people's personal hygiene.
Situation: Sally is in the break room at work getting coffee and chatting with coworkers when Sam walks in.
Intention: Sally wants Sam to join in on the conversation she's having.
Moral action: Sally tells Sam that she should hang out and chat for a bit before heading back to work.
Moral consequence: Sam agrees and ends up having a friendly conversation with Sally for the next several minutes.
Norm: It is rude to comment on people's personal hygiene.
Situation: Sally is in the break room at work getting coffee and chatting with coworkers when Sam walks in.
Intention: Sally wants Sam to join in on the conversation she's having.
Immoral action: Sally remarks to Sam that she must have a had a rough week because it looks like she hasn't showered in days.
Immoral consequence: Sam is offended by Sally's comment and exits the break room as quickly as possible.
Norm: Don't make messes when you visit your friends' homes.
Situation: Lee is spending the weekend with their friend Alex, and they decide to make waffles for breakfast.
Intention: Lee wants to eat tasty waffles.
Moral action: Lee is careful to clean up any spills as they cook, and puts the dirty dishes into the dishwasher after eating.
Moral consequence: Alex is happy with the way Lee left the kitchen, and the two of them enjoy the rest of their weekend.
Norm: Don't make messes when you visit your friends' homes.
Situation: Lee is spending the weekend with their friend Alex, and they decide to make waffles for breakfast.
Intention: Lee wants to eat tasty waffles.
Immoral action: Lee leaves dirty dishes in the sink and spills all over the counter as they make and eat the waffles.
Immoral consequence: Alex has to clean the kitchen and is grumpy with Lee for the rest of the day.
Norm: You should not feel entitled to touch other people's belongings.
Situation: Cody is at his friends house, and he sees that he has an expensive collectible.
Intention: Cody wants to get a closer look at the collectible.
Moral action: Cody asks his friend to show him the collectible and asks a lot of questions.
Moral consequence: Cody's friend is happy to show Cody his collectible that he is proud of.
Norm: You should not feel entitled to touch other people's belongings.
Situation: Cody is at his friends house, and he sees that he has an expensive collectible.
Intention: Cody wants to get a closer look at the collectible.
Immoral action: Cody walks over and picks the collectible up getting his fingerprints all over it and risking dropping it.
Immoral consequence: Cody's friend freaks out and gets really angry that his friend thinks he can just grab expensive things like that.
Norm: It's rude to yell at people
Situation: Tim is riding his bike down the road when Tom almost hits him with his car.
Intention: Tim wants to reprimand Tom for the close call.
Moral action: Tim tells Tom that he could have killed him and that one day he probably will kill someone driving like that.
Moral consequence: Tom tells Tim that he is sorry and that he will be much more careful from now on.
Norm: It's rude to yell at people
Situation: Tim is riding his bike down the road when Tom almost hits him with his car.
Intention: Tim wants to reprimand Tom for the close call.
Immoral action: Tim starts yelling at Tom and calling him names saying he almost killed him.
Immoral consequence: Tom thinks Tim is crazy and attempts to run away before Tim can get violent with him.
Norm: It's good to help end corruption.
Situation: Tom recognizes a disturbing trend in his accounting at work, and it looks like someone is nefariously changing numbers in their financial reporting.
Intention: Tom needs to decide what to do about what he has found in the books.
Moral action: Tom takes his findings to management and records, for his own records, the steps that he took to assure that the issue was reported properly.
Moral consequence: Tom is clear of the incident, and he is relieved that he has done everything he can to assure the quality of his work.
Norm: It's good to help end corruption.
Situation: Tom recognizes a disturbing trend in his accounting at work, and it looks like someone is nefariously changing numbers in their financial reporting.
Intention: Tom needs to decide what to do about what he has found in the books.
Immoral action: Tom pretends that he hadn't noticed the irregularities in financial reports and doesn't mention what he found to anyone else.
Immoral consequence: When it eventually comes out that there was someone stealing at the company, Tom is implicated in the scandal because he does the books.