CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It is rude not to be sensitive of people's disablities
Situation: Kim works at Walmart as a greeter and is greeting customers when a blind person walks by.
Intention: Kim wants to make sure the blind man gets through the doors safely.
Moral action: Kim assists the blind man through the doors and lets him know that he is inspiring to Kim and her coworkers.
Moral consequence: The blind man gives Kim a good word with her boss, and she received a raise for outstanding merits.
Norm: It is rude not to be sensitive of people's disablities
Situation: Kim works at Walmart as a greeter and is greeting customers when a blind person walks by.
Intention: Kim wants to make sure the blind man gets through the doors safely.
Immoral action: Kim assists the blind man through the doors but makes fun of his lack of sight by cracking jokes about it the entire time.
Immoral consequence: The blind man reports Kim to her boss, and she loses her job.
Norm: Losing your temper is frowned upon.
Situation: Ray and his wife Ellen are out of town and are looking for a restaurant.
Intention: Ray wants Ellen to help him with the directions, so he can keep his eye on the road.
Moral action: When Ellen gives Ray the wrong directions, and he realizes they went the wrong way he tells her to look at the directions again.
Moral consequence: Ellen tells Ray she's sorry and looks at the directions again.
Norm: Losing your temper is frowned upon.
Situation: Ray and his wife Ellen are out of town and are looking for a restaurant.
Intention: Ray wants Ellen to help him with the directions, so he can keep his eye on the road.
Immoral action: When Ellen gives Ray the wrong directions by mistake he takes a wrong turn, so he gets mad and yells at her.
Immoral consequence: Ellen gets upset and tells him that she was just trying to help.
Norm: It's bad to keep secrets from your partner.
Situation: Christie has been dating Chris for a few years.
Intention: Christie wants to move to California.
Moral action: Christie tells Chris she's been considering a job in California.
Moral consequence: Chris decides he wants to move to California with her to chase her dream.
Norm: It's bad to keep secrets from your partner.
Situation: Christie has been dating Chris for a few years.
Intention: Christie wants to move to California.
Immoral action: Christie accepts a job from California without telling Chris.
Immoral consequence: Chris finds out when he looks through Christie's email for something and breaks up with her.
Norm: You shouldn't laugh at things that aren't funny.
Situation: John watches a classmate trip and injure herself.
Intention: John wants to respond to the incident.
Moral action: John responds with a serious expression and offers assistance to the girl.
Moral consequence: The girl thanks John for his kindness and becomes friendly with John.
Norm: You shouldn't laugh at things that aren't funny.
Situation: John watches a classmate trip and injure herself.
Intention: John wants to respond to the incident.
Immoral action: John laughs at the girl that fell over.
Immoral consequence: The girl and the rest of the class starts disliking John.
Norm: It's impolite to use a roommate's things.
Situation: Tom is getting ready for work and cannot find his deodorant.
Intention: Tom wants to stay fresh at work.
Moral action: Tom stops by the store before work to buy some deodorant.
Moral consequence: Tom feels more comfortable and better knowing he is wearing deodorant.
Norm: It's impolite to use a roommate's things.
Situation: Tom is getting ready for work and cannot find his deodorant.
Intention: Tom wants to stay fresh at work.
Immoral action: Tom uses his roommates deodorant while getting ready.
Immoral consequence: Tom feels gross about sharing such a product with someone else.
Norm: It is good to conserve and save your money
Situation: Jessica's company has been laying people off, and she's worried she may be next, especially considering she has no money saved.
Intention: Jessica wants to start saving money.
Moral action: Jessica sets aside a portion of her paycheck every week and leaves it alone.
Moral consequence: Jessica loses her job but has enough money saved to carry her while she searches for a new one.
Norm: It is good to conserve and save your money
Situation: Jessica's company has been laying people off, and she's worried she may be next, especially considering she has no money saved.
Intention: Jessica wants to start saving money.
Immoral action: After setting aside a portion of her paycheck for weeks, Jessica spends it all on a shopping spree.
Immoral consequence: Jessica loses her job and has no emergency fund to fall back on.
Norm: It is kind to help someone understand something.
Situation: Dave is working away at his desk at his job when his coworker Frank asks him to come to his desk to help him make sense of a file.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Frank's request.
Moral action: Dave tells Frank that he'll be over in a few minutes, and he can take a look at the file for him.
Moral consequence: Frank is delighted that Dave will help him out and relieved that he'll get the file figured out.
Norm: It is kind to help someone understand something.
Situation: Dave is working away at his desk at his job when his coworker Frank asks him to come to his desk to help him make sense of a file.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Frank's request.
Immoral action: Dave tells Frank that he's quite busy right now and that Frank should already know how to do the job anyway.
Immoral consequence: Frank is insulted that Dave is suggesting he doesn't know how to do his job and annoyed he can't get assistance.
Norm: It's wrong to be rude and ignore people.
Situation: Ian and John are co-workers, and they are working together on a project.
Intention: John wants to do a good job on the project.
Moral action: John works with Ian on the project, and they both contribute to it equally.
Moral consequence: Ian and John receive praise from their boss for working so well together.
Norm: It's wrong to be rude and ignore people.
Situation: Ian and John are co-workers, and they are working together on a project.
Intention: John wants to do a good job on the project.
Immoral action: John ignores all of Ian's suggestions and does the project on his own.
Immoral consequence: Ian is upset and tells their boss that John is not cooperative, so John gets fired.
Norm: It's bad to be late for work.
Situation: Joe is going to work, and he sees that there is a pileup on the highway he normally takes.
Intention: Joe doesn't want to be written up.
Moral action: Joe simply takes a different route to work to avoid the accident.
Moral consequence: Joe is the first to work and gets a complement for his punctuality.
Norm: It's bad to be late for work.
Situation: Joe is going to work, and he sees that there is a pileup on the highway he normally takes.
Intention: Joe doesn't want to be written up.
Immoral action: Joe calls to work and tells them about the accident on the highway.
Immoral consequence: Joe isn't written up, but he's much later than anyone else, and he gets some sideways glances.
Norm: It is nice to give a friend a lift.
Situation: Colin saw that Derek had broken down on the side of the road as he drove down the highway.
Intention: Colin wants to drive to his house.
Moral action: Colin picked Derek up and allowed him to use the phone at his house to call a tow truck.
Moral consequence: Derek was out of the hot sun and was able to get a two truck safely.
Norm: It is nice to give a friend a lift.
Situation: Colin saw that Derek had broken down on the side of the road as he drove down the highway.
Intention: Colin wants to drive to his house.
Immoral action: Colin laughed at Derek and waved as he continued on his way to his house.
Immoral consequence: Derek had to wait for several hours before he was able to find a ride home.
Norm: It's rude to be annoying to someone.
Situation: Charles is a boy in school.
Intention: Charles wants to share his solution to the math problem.
Moral action: Charles asks another student if they want to share math problem solutions with each other.
Moral consequence: The other student will want to have Charles as a math partner.
Norm: It's rude to be annoying to someone.
Situation: Charles is a boy in school.
Intention: Charles wants to share his solution to the math problem.
Immoral action: Charles tells another student how his math problem solution is always right, and they're probably wrong.
Immoral consequence: The other student won't want to interact with Charles in the future.
Norm: It's wrong to murder animals.
Situation: Owen has noticed that there has been a dog in his yard every morning.
Intention: Owen wants the dog to stay out of his yard.
Moral action: Owen finds out who the owners of the dog are and tells them what is happening.
Moral consequence: Owen never sees the dog in his yard for the rest of his life.
Norm: It's wrong to murder animals.
Situation: Owen has noticed that there has been a dog in his yard every morning.
Intention: Owen wants the dog to stay out of his yard.
Immoral action: Owen shoots the dog and throws the dead body into the river.
Immoral consequence: The police come and arrest Owen for the murder of the dog.
Norm: You should never kick a friend out of your home.
Situation: Chad's drunk best friend Mark is causing problems with his rowdy behavior.
Intention: Chad wants to remove Mark from the party.
Moral action: Chad leads Mark upstairs into his room telling him to rest in bed until he feels better.
Moral consequence: Mark comes back down when he's sober, and he becomes friends with the last remaining guests at the party.
Norm: You should never kick a friend out of your home.
Situation: Chad's drunk best friend Mark is causing problems with his rowdy behavior.
Intention: Chad wants to remove Mark from the party.
Immoral action: Chad tells Mark that he's no longer welcome at the party, and pushes him out of the door.
Immoral consequence: Mark gets into a traffic accident while attempting to drive home.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about sickness.
Situation: Brendan is scheduled to work during opening day of the baseball season.
Intention: Brendan wants to go to the baseball game.
Moral action: Brendan asks his boos if there are options to get the time off.
Moral consequence: Brendan is given permission to take a half day if he works four hours on saturday and gets to attend the game.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about sickness.
Situation: Brendan is scheduled to work during opening day of the baseball season.
Intention: Brendan wants to go to the baseball game.
Immoral action: Brendan calls out of work stating that he is sick with a stomach bug.
Immoral consequence: Brendan is on TV when he catches a foul ball and gets written up by his boss the next day.
Norm: It is bad to spy on others.
Situation: Jack thinks that his girlfriend Kate is having an affair with his best friend Mike.
Intention: Jack wants to check what Kate is doing.
Moral action: Jack goes to Kate's room and sees that Kate is studying for her exam.
Moral consequence: Jack feels good about Kate and goes back to his place to study.
Norm: It is bad to spy on others.
Situation: Jack thinks that his girlfriend Kate is having an affair with his best friend Mike.
Intention: Jack wants to check what Kate is doing.
Immoral action: Jack climbs up to the window of Kate's room and peeks inside.
Immoral consequence: Jack notices that Kate is studying, but he slips and falls down hard on the ground.
Norm: You shouldn't be nude in public.
Situation: Laura is in the shower when she sees her son leaving the house with her wallet.
Intention: Laura wants to stop her son.
Moral action: Laura calls her neighbor and asks them to stop her son.
Moral consequence: Laura and her neighbor become closer friends after they talk later on in the day.
Norm: You shouldn't be nude in public.
Situation: Laura is in the shower when she sees her son leaving the house with her wallet.
Intention: Laura wants to stop her son.
Immoral action: Laura chases after her son grabbing the wallet.
Immoral consequence: Laura is approached by a cop who fines her for exposing herself in public.
Norm: It's expected that you tip the server at a restaurant.
Situation: Phil takes Jenny to a fancy restaurant he can barely afford on their first date.
Intention: Phil wants to save money.
Moral action: Phil tips the waiter for his service.
Moral consequence: Jenny is impressed with her dates generosity.
Norm: It's expected that you tip the server at a restaurant.
Situation: Phil takes Jenny to a fancy restaurant he can barely afford on their first date.
Intention: Phil wants to save money.
Immoral action: Phil decides to skip the tip.
Immoral consequence: Jenny takes note of Phil's lack of generosity and declines a second date.
Norm: It's bad to be stingy with your money.
Situation: Greg is at the bar with a friend who usually pays for his drinks.
Intention: Greg wants to save money.
Moral action: Greg orders less drinks than usual and pays for both their tabs.
Moral consequence: Greg's friend is pleasantly surprised that he is paying.
Norm: It's bad to be stingy with your money.
Situation: Greg is at the bar with a friend who usually pays for his drinks.
Intention: Greg wants to save money.
Immoral action: Greg lets his friend pay for the drinks again.
Immoral consequence: Greg's friend thinks poorly of him because he never pays.
Norm: You should always follow the laws while driving.
Situation: Jill has a new, very fast sportscar and is very proud of it.
Intention: Jill wants to test the abilities of her new car.
Moral action: Jill goes to a dedicated racing circuit to test-drive her car.
Moral consequence: Jill has a great time.
Norm: You should always follow the laws while driving.
Situation: Jill has a new, very fast sportscar and is very proud of it.
Intention: Jill wants to test the abilities of her new car.
Immoral action: While on the highway, Jill pushes her car to its top speed, way past the speed limit of the area.
Immoral consequence: Jill is caught by the cops and loses her driver's license.
Norm: You shouldn't lie about yourself.
Situation: Greg is using a dating app to find a girlfriend.
Intention: Greg wants to make himself look good to girls.
Moral action: Greg emphasizes his good qualities on his profiles.
Moral consequence: Greg finds a girl who likes him for who he is.
Norm: You shouldn't lie about yourself.
Situation: Greg is using a dating app to find a girlfriend.
Intention: Greg wants to make himself look good to girls.
Immoral action: Greg pretends to be a doctor in an effort to impress girls.
Immoral consequence: Greg cannot find a girl who is willing to trust him after she finds out the truth.
Norm: You shouldn't criticize people with accents.
Situation: John is at a restaurant when his waiter asks to take his order, and the waiter has a foreign accent.
Intention: John wants to respond to the waiter's accent.
Moral action: Dave points out to the man that he notices his accent and asks him what part of the world he comes from.
Moral consequence: The waiter is happy to share a little bit about his culture and his home country with John.
Norm: You shouldn't criticize people with accents.
Situation: John is at a restaurant when his waiter asks to take his order, and the waiter has a foreign accent.
Intention: John wants to respond to the waiter's accent.
Immoral action: John tells the waiter that he's hard to understand tells him he should learn to speak better English.
Immoral consequence: The waiter is angry that John is so rude and xenophobic and is embarrassed that a customer is criticizing him.
Norm: It's wrong to make up excuses.
Situation: Jake is behind schedule on an important project at work because he's been procrastinating, and has a meeting with his supervisor that morning.
Intention: Jake has to report his progress to his supervisor.
Moral action: Jake owns up to his procrastination but promises to work overtime that week in order to finish on time.
Moral consequence: Jake's supervisor appreciates Jake's honesty and allows him to work all the overtime he needs to get the project done.
Norm: It's wrong to make up excuses.
Situation: Jake is behind schedule on an important project at work because he's been procrastinating, and has a meeting with his supervisor that morning.
Intention: Jake has to report his progress to his supervisor.
Immoral action: Jake claims his PC crashed and wiped out all the project data he had.
Immoral consequence: Jake's supervisor asks to see Jake's PC and realizes Jake was lying and terminates him.
Norm: It is unkind to hide someone else's things.
Situation: It is April Fools Day.
Intention: Hannah wants to play a prank on her husband.
Moral action: Hannah switches the contents of the cereal boxes.
Moral consequence: Hannah's husband is surprised but later laughs when he realizes.
Norm: It is unkind to hide someone else's things.
Situation: It is April Fools Day.
Intention: Hannah wants to play a prank on her husband.
Immoral action: Hannah hides her husbands car keys from him as a joke.
Immoral consequence: Hannah's husband is late to work and gets angry.
Norm: You shouldn't break someone's heart over and over again.
Situation: James isn't especially happy in his current relationship, but doubts his ability to find another partner.
Intention: James wants a more satisfying relationship.
Moral action: James breaks up with his girlfriend permanently and endures some loneliness while trying to find a new one.
Moral consequence: James eventually hits it off with someone at work and ends up much more satisfied.
Norm: You shouldn't break someone's heart over and over again.
Situation: James isn't especially happy in his current relationship, but doubts his ability to find another partner.
Intention: James wants a more satisfying relationship.
Immoral action: James constantly breaks up with his girlfriend then makes up a few weeks later.
Immoral consequence: Eventually James' girlfriend gets fed up and moves across the country to get away from him.
Norm: You can't expect people to like everything.
Situation: Suzy and Lilly were playing in Suzy's backyard, but while Suzy wanted to play baseball, Lilly didn't.
Intention: Suzy wants to play with Lilly.
Moral action: Suzy agrees to play something else that they both like.
Moral consequence: Suzy and Lilly play for hours and have a great time.
Norm: You can't expect people to like everything.
Situation: Suzy and Lilly were playing in Suzy's backyard, but while Suzy wanted to play baseball, Lilly didn't.
Intention: Suzy wants to play with Lilly.
Immoral action: Suzy persuades Lilly to play baseball without considering what Lilly might want to play.
Immoral consequence: Lilly doesn't go to Suzy's house to play anymore, and they drift apart.
Norm: It's wrong to hit your partner.
Situation: John has been stressed by his busy work life recently, and he lives with his girlfriend, Jill.
Intention: John wants to vent his stress.
Moral action: John talks to his manager about his stress and his manager reduces John's workload.
Moral consequence: Jill feels that John is less emotionally stressed and cares for him more.
Norm: It's wrong to hit your partner.
Situation: John has been stressed by his busy work life recently, and he lives with his girlfriend, Jill.
Intention: John wants to vent his stress.
Immoral action: John becomes abusive and pushes a chair towards Jill.
Immoral consequence: Jill gets hurt and leaves the house immediately.
Norm: It's rude to threaten people with a gun.
Situation: Hank, who is armed with a pistol, is walking down the street when he sees a stranger, Tom yelling at his girlfriend Janice.
Intention: Hank wants to stop Tom from yelling at Janice.
Moral action: Hank tells Tom that he's making a public scene and that it's rude to yell when you talk.
Moral consequence: Tom snaps back into reality and realizes he's been getting out of hand and apologizes to Janice.
Norm: It's rude to threaten people with a gun.
Situation: Hank, who is armed with a pistol, is walking down the street when he sees a stranger, Tom yelling at his girlfriend Janice.
Intention: Hank wants to stop Tom from yelling at Janice.
Immoral action: Hank pulls out his pistol and points it at Tom telling him to back off, or he'll shoot him.
Immoral consequence: Tom is terrified and fears for his life and is simultaneously angry at Hank for threatening him.
Norm: It is naive to trust someone you don't know well.
Situation: Ash is walking around a used car lot looking all the cars and truck they have for sale.
Intention: Ash wants to get a different vehicle.
Moral action: Ash gets the VIN number off a car he likes and runs it through a car history website.
Moral consequence: Ash finds a good one-owner used car that has been well maintained over it's lifetime.
Norm: It is naive to trust someone you don't know well.
Situation: Ash is walking around a used car lot looking all the cars and truck they have for sale.
Intention: Ash wants to get a different vehicle.
Immoral action: Ash gives in to the hard push of a salesperson and buys a car that is supposed to be a real jewel according to the sales pitch.
Immoral consequence: After taking the used car home, Ash has a lot of trouble with it because it turns out to be a flood car.
Norm: It's important to think about how your actions affect others
Situation: Stan and his brother, Joe, are moving a heavy couch into Joe's apartment.
Intention: Stan wants to finish moving the couch.
Moral action: Stan coordinates with Joe to lower the couch gently.
Moral consequence: The couch is in place, and Joe thanks Stan with a beer.
Norm: It's important to think about how your actions affect others
Situation: Stan and his brother, Joe, are moving a heavy couch into Joe's apartment.
Intention: Stan wants to finish moving the couch.
Immoral action: Stan lets go of the couch without warning Joe first.
Immoral consequence: The leg on the couch breaks, and Joe is very angry with Stan and makes him pay for the repair.
Norm: It's kind to wait for people.
Situation: Josh drives Penelope to work every day and is hanging outside her house to pick her up, but there's no sign of her.
Intention: Josh needs to get to work.
Moral action: Josh continues to sit outside Penelope's house until she walks out the door a few minutes later.
Moral consequence: Penelope appreciates Josh's patience and thanks him for waiting around.
Norm: It's kind to wait for people.
Situation: Josh drives Penelope to work every day and is hanging outside her house to pick her up, but there's no sign of her.
Intention: Josh needs to get to work.
Immoral action: Josh shrugs his shoulders and drives away to work after sitting around a moment.
Immoral consequence: Penelope comes running out of the house shouting to wait, but she's too late.
Norm: You shouldn't keep a wild baby animal from its parents.
Situation: As James was hiking in the forest, he discovered a tiny baby possum.
Intention: James wants to help the baby possum.
Moral action: James looks around to try to find the mother possum.
Moral consequence: James finds the mother possum playing dead further up the path and puts the baby next to her.
Norm: You shouldn't keep a wild baby animal from its parents.
Situation: As James was hiking in the forest, he discovered a tiny baby possum.
Intention: James wants to help the baby possum.
Immoral action: James takes the baby possum home with him and tries to raise it as a pet.
Immoral consequence: The possum becomes wild as it gets older and James is forced to release it.
Norm: You shouldn't talk behind your friends backs.
Situation: Amy was hanging out with her friend Carla at the park.
Intention: Amy wanted to talk to Carla.
Moral action: Amy started talking to Carla about the birds they saw in the park.
Moral consequence: Amy learned more about some of the birds that Carla knew about.
Norm: You shouldn't talk behind your friends backs.
Situation: Amy was hanging out with her friend Carla at the park.
Intention: Amy wanted to talk to Carla.
Immoral action: Amy started talking to Carla about one of their other friends.
Immoral consequence: Amy's friend found out that she was gossiping and stopped talking to her.