CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to turn your music up too loud.
Situation: Jan and her friends are cruising up and down Main St in her car on a Friday night.
Intention: Jan wants to enjoy some tunes.
Moral action: Jan turns on her car radio to the local FM station just loud enough to hear while talking with her friends.
Moral consequence: Jan has an enjoyable evening hanging out with her friends and listening to music.
Norm: It's rude to turn your music up too loud.
Situation: Jan and her friends are cruising up and down Main St in her car on a Friday night.
Intention: Jan wants to enjoy some tunes.
Immoral action: Jan puts in her favorite dubstep CD and turns the volume up as high as it will go.
Immoral consequence: Jan gets a ticket for disturbing the peace.
Norm: It's bad to not be supportive of other people.
Situation: Ian's friend Anthony lost a sibling a few weeks ago.
Intention: Ian wants to spend time with Anthony who says that he needs his space.
Moral action: Ian is understand of Anthony needing space but assure him that he is there when Anthiny needs him.
Moral consequence: Anthony calls Ian and few days later and their talk helps Anthony feel much better.
Norm: It's bad to not be supportive of other people.
Situation: Ian's friend Anthony lost a sibling a few weeks ago.
Intention: Ian wants to spend time with Anthony who says that he needs his space.
Immoral action: Ian repeatedly pressures Dan to hang out and when he says no states that Anthony is too sensitive and should just move on.
Immoral consequence: Anthony gets fed up and blocks Ian's number.
Norm: It is bad to talk to strangers.
Situation: Ash has gone the wrong way and become quite lost in a new area of town.
Intention: Ash wants to get directions to the original destination.
Moral action: Ash uses google maps to look up the correct directions before proceeding.
Moral consequence: Ash stays safe and sound in their car.
Norm: It is bad to talk to strangers.
Situation: Ash has gone the wrong way and become quite lost in a new area of town.
Intention: Ash wants to get directions to the original destination.
Immoral action: Ash walks up to a complete stranger to ask them where to go.
Immoral consequence: Ash risks getting themselves into a bad situation.
Norm: You shouldn't jail people just because they aren't feminists.
Situation: Christina is the chief of police helping manage tensions between pro-life and pro-choice protesters.
Intention: Christina wants to conduct an arrest.
Moral action: Christina apprehends protesters who are disturbing the peace and causing dangerous situations for others.
Moral consequence: Christina is viewed as a good public servant and has a strong reputation in her community.
Norm: You shouldn't jail people just because they aren't feminists.
Situation: Christina is the chief of police helping manage tensions between pro-life and pro-choice protesters.
Intention: Christina wants to conduct an arrest.
Immoral action: Christina can't stand the viewpoint of the pro-life protesters and falsely arrests a few of them to prove a point.
Immoral consequence: Christina is brought before an ethics review board after it is discovered that she based her arrests on viewpoint.
Norm: You shouldn't lie on a dating app.
Situation: Bob is signed up on a dating site.
Intention: Bob wants to attract more dates.
Moral action: Bob finds is best photo and writes his tru genuine personality.
Moral consequence: Bob meets someone who is attracted to who he is and the get in a long term relationship.
Norm: You shouldn't lie on a dating app.
Situation: Bob is signed up on a dating site.
Intention: Bob wants to attract more dates.
Immoral action: Bob exaggerates information about his height and takes 50 pounds off his weight on the profile.
Immoral consequence: The date immediately loses interest after they meet and leaves withina couple of minutes.
Norm: It's good to move on after a breakup.
Situation: Josh's girlfriend Shannon just broke up with him, and he is devastated.
Intention: Josh needs something to occupy his attention.
Moral action: Josh spends time signing up and creating profiles on dating sites.
Moral consequence: Shannon appreciates that Josh was able to handle the breakup so maturely.
Norm: It's good to move on after a breakup.
Situation: Josh's girlfriend Shannon just broke up with him, and he is devastated.
Intention: Josh needs something to occupy his attention.
Immoral action: Josh spends his time following Shannon around, seeing if she's dating someone else now.
Immoral consequence: Shannon is creeped out that Josh is stalking her and gets a restraining order.
Norm: Giving your friends the silent treatment is immature behavior.
Situation: Ash gets into a very bad argument with a good friend.
Intention: Ash wants to express how much anger this causes.
Moral action: Ash sits down with the friend and explains why it made her so angry.
Moral consequence: Ash and her friend talk it out and become closer from resolving the problem.
Norm: Giving your friends the silent treatment is immature behavior.
Situation: Ash gets into a very bad argument with a good friend.
Intention: Ash wants to express how much anger this causes.
Immoral action: Ash decides not to talk to her friend for several weeks.
Immoral consequence: Ash and her friend grow further apart, damaging their friendship.
Norm: It's not okay to put kids in an awkward situation.
Situation: Maria sees her daughter Dana, who fears clowns, watching the movie IT on television with her friends.
Intention: Maria wants to show concern for Dana.
Moral action: Maria gently squeezes Dana's shoulder to show support before switching the television to another channel.
Moral consequence: Dana feels like Maria understands her.
Norm: It's not okay to put kids in an awkward situation.
Situation: Maria sees her daughter Dana, who fears clowns, watching the movie IT on television with her friends.
Intention: Maria wants to show concern for Dana.
Immoral action: Maria asks Dana if she's scared because of her fear of clowns.
Immoral consequence: Dana is humiliated in front of her friends.
Norm: It's rude to have fun at someone else's expense.
Situation: Tim is at the playground with his friends when he sees someone trip and fall down.
Intention: Tim wants to react to the person tripping and falling.
Moral action: Tim goes over to the person who fell and helps them up.
Moral consequence: The person who fell feels like Tim cares about their well-being.
Norm: It's rude to have fun at someone else's expense.
Situation: Tim is at the playground with his friends when he sees someone trip and fall down.
Intention: Tim wants to react to the person tripping and falling.
Immoral action: Tim imitates the person falling in a comedic way getting a laugh from his friends.
Immoral consequence: The person who fell feels silly and embarrassed at being the butt of a joke.
Norm: It's rude to spray someone with a hose.
Situation: Lily is cleaning off her sidewalk in the summer time.
Intention: Lily wants to get all the dirt off her sidewalk to make it look nice.
Moral action: Lily stops spraying when she sees a stranger walk by.
Moral consequence: Lily and the stranger exchange pleasantries and both smile and get along with their day.
Norm: It's rude to spray someone with a hose.
Situation: Lily is cleaning off her sidewalk in the summer time.
Intention: Lily wants to get all the dirt off her sidewalk to make it look nice.
Immoral action: When a stranger walks by lily doesn’t stop using the hose and sprays the stranger with water.
Immoral consequence: The stranger gets upset and wants to get into a fight.
Norm: You shouldn't put your spouse down
Situation: Jane's husband played a football game and his team lost.
Intention: Jane wants to comment about the game to her husband.
Moral action: Jane tells her husband that even though the team lost he played well.
Moral consequence: Jane's husband feels better about the outcome of the game after Jane's comment.
Norm: You shouldn't put your spouse down
Situation: Jane's husband played a football game and his team lost.
Intention: Jane wants to comment about the game to her husband.
Immoral action: Jane tells her husband that the team lost because of his incompetence.
Immoral consequence: Jane's husband's self esteem is deflated by her comment on his performance.
Norm: It's wrong not to help out people in need.
Situation: Tom is running late but has a friend who urgently needs a ride.
Intention: Tom wants to get to work on time.
Moral action: Tom pays for an Uber ride for his friend.
Moral consequence: Tom feels good for helping his good friend.
Norm: It's wrong not to help out people in need.
Situation: Tom is running late but has a friend who urgently needs a ride.
Intention: Tom wants to get to work on time.
Immoral action: Tom ignores his friend and hurries off to work.
Immoral consequence: Tom feels bad for not helping his friend.
Norm: It's good to let dogs outside for exercise.
Situation: Kyle is busy cleaning his house and his dogs are distracting him.
Intention: Kyle wants the ogs to not bother him while he's cleaning.
Moral action: Kyle lets the dogs into the yard to play while he cleans the house.
Moral consequence: The dogs have a blast in the yard while Kyle cleans the house.
Norm: It's good to let dogs outside for exercise.
Situation: Kyle is busy cleaning his house and his dogs are distracting him.
Intention: Kyle wants the ogs to not bother him while he's cleaning.
Immoral action: Kyle locks the dogs in the game room while he cleans the rest of the house.
Immoral consequence: Kyle finds the game room trashed at the end of the day giving him more work than before.
Norm: It is good to try in school.
Situation: Lance is in his senior year of high school.
Intention: Lance wants to go to college.
Moral action: Lance works hard and graduates at the top of his class.
Moral consequence: Lance is offered multiple scholarships.
Norm: It is good to try in school.
Situation: Lance is in his senior year of high school.
Intention: Lance wants to go to college.
Immoral action: Lance does the bare minimum just barely graduating.
Immoral consequence: Lance does not get into his chosen school.
Norm: You shouldn't go to the bar too often.
Situation: Chad is in college and lives in an apartment near a bar.
Intention: Chad wants to meet more people from his college.
Moral action: Chad goes to the bar on Saturdays after the football games.
Moral consequence: Chad meets people his age that love football as much as he does.
Norm: You shouldn't go to the bar too often.
Situation: Chad is in college and lives in an apartment near a bar.
Intention: Chad wants to meet more people from his college.
Immoral action: Chad goes to the bar everyday and stays there all night.
Immoral consequence: Chad doesn't have time to study, and he fails out of college.
Norm: You shouldn't leave animals in your car.
Situation: Laura sees a sign for a sale while driving with her dog.
Intention: Laura wants to check out the sale.
Moral action: Laura makes a note of the store and drops her dog off at home.
Moral consequence: Laura gets some good deals and her dog stays safe.
Norm: You shouldn't leave animals in your car.
Situation: Laura sees a sign for a sale while driving with her dog.
Intention: Laura wants to check out the sale.
Immoral action: Laura leaves her dog in the car while she shops.
Immoral consequence: Laura is reported for animal abuse and the police break her car window.
Norm: You should be patient with people who have health concerns
Situation: Hector has an employee that has been calling off from work bacause of a chronic health condition.
Intention: Hector needs someone who can work reliably.
Moral action: Hector suggests the employee goes on disability until he is in a position to work safely.
Moral consequence: Hector is relieved when his employe takes time to get better and returns stronger than ever.
Norm: You should be patient with people who have health concerns
Situation: Hector has an employee that has been calling off from work bacause of a chronic health condition.
Intention: Hector needs someone who can work reliably.
Immoral action: Hector gets frustrated when his employee calls out again and threatens to fire him.
Immoral consequence: Hector gets in trouble with his company when the employee files a discrimination complaint against Hector.
Norm: It is unprofessional to mix person and professional life.
Situation: Dave is an office manager and in front of the whole office Donna, his subordinate asks him on a date.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Donna's date offer.
Moral action: Dave tells Donna that he doesn't want to see her outside the office and that she must have the wrong idea about him.
Moral consequence: The staff at the office are delighted that they work for an obviously professional boss.
Norm: It is unprofessional to mix person and professional life.
Situation: Dave is an office manager and in front of the whole office Donna, his subordinate asks him on a date.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Donna's date offer.
Immoral action: Dave tells Donna that he would love to take her out and maybe even be her boyfriend.
Immoral consequence: The staff at the office are disgusted at Dave and fear that if they don't do something drastic Donna will acquire power at the office.
Norm: It is expected that you work hard.
Situation: John is given several work requests from his boss.
Intention: John wants to respond to the request.
Moral action: John works hard and completes all the work requests fully.
Moral consequence: John's boss is pleased and gives him a raise.
Norm: It is expected that you work hard.
Situation: John is given several work requests from his boss.
Intention: John wants to respond to the request.
Immoral action: John agrees but does a poor job, so he can be done sooner.
Immoral consequence: John's boss is not pleased with his low-effort work and fires him.
Norm: It's not good to make people feel uncomfortable
Situation: Kim just bought a new house and is hosting a house warming party.
Intention: Kim wants to get to know her new neighbors.
Moral action: Kim gets to know everyone and makes them feel welcome in her home.
Moral consequence: The neighbors all are friendly and closer to their new neighbor Kim.
Norm: It's not good to make people feel uncomfortable
Situation: Kim just bought a new house and is hosting a house warming party.
Intention: Kim wants to get to know her new neighbors.
Immoral action: Kim is rude and avoids talking to a neighbor who she never met.
Immoral consequence: The neighbor doesn’t get to know Kim, and they have awkward encounters from then on.
Norm: You shouldn't argue with people during class time.
Situation: Heather is a student in Mr. Stephenson's Biology class.
Intention: Heather wants class to be less boring.
Moral action: Heather gives the class a chance despite initially being bored.
Moral consequence: She learns that she is interested in plants and animals and becomes a biology major in college.
Norm: You shouldn't argue with people during class time.
Situation: Heather is a student in Mr. Stephenson's Biology class.
Intention: Heather wants class to be less boring.
Immoral action: Heather argues with Mr. Stephenson every day about how pointless the class is.
Immoral consequence: The time taken in daily arguing results in the class not learning every unit results in low final exam grades including her failing the course.
Norm: It is unprofessional to cry at work.
Situation: Dave is a grocery store clerk who is restocking a shelf when he gets a text that his wife is dead, and he immediately has an urge to cry.
Intention: Dave wants to find a place to cry.
Moral action: Dave sneaks outside by the loading dock at the back of the store and finds a place between two parked semi trucks to cry in private.
Moral consequence: The customers go on shopping without any clue that there is a man outside whose life has been torn to pieces.
Norm: It is unprofessional to cry at work.
Situation: Dave is a grocery store clerk who is restocking a shelf when he gets a text that his wife is dead, and he immediately has an urge to cry.
Intention: Dave wants to find a place to cry.
Immoral action: Dave gets up from the floor where he was stocking and wanders into the cashier area where he begins to bawl his eyes out.
Immoral consequence: The customers all feel pity on Dave and are saddened by his public display of sorrow and start to cry too.
Norm: Not tipping a delivery person is rude.
Situation: Steve is home alone.
Intention: Steve wants to order some food.
Moral action: Steve thanks the driver and tips him generously.
Moral consequence: The driver remembers Steve the next time and prioritizes his order.
Norm: Not tipping a delivery person is rude.
Situation: Steve is home alone.
Intention: Steve wants to order some food.
Immoral action: Steve gets his food and slams the door on the delivery driver without tipping.
Immoral consequence: The driver makes a note in his computer and Steve is given horrible service from then on.
Norm: It's good to let children express themselves.
Situation: Bobby is standing on the train tracks at a carnival with his kids who keep talking while he's trying to hear a clown.
Intention: Bobby wants his kids to be quiet, so he can hear.
Moral action: Bobby lets his kids talk as long as they promise to be quiet after.
Moral consequence: They warn him to step off the train tracks - Bobby does so and the kids are quiet for the rest of the day.
Norm: It's good to let children express themselves.
Situation: Bobby is standing on the train tracks at a carnival with his kids who keep talking while he's trying to hear a clown.
Intention: Bobby wants his kids to be quiet, so he can hear.
Immoral action: Bobby yells at his kids to be quiet no matter what it is.
Immoral consequence: The kids are quiet until Bobby is run over by a passing train.
Norm: You shouldn't be noisy in public.
Situation: Dave is sunbathing in a beach.
Intention: Dave wants to listen to music.
Moral action: Dave uses headphones to listen to the music.
Moral consequence: The people around him is undisturbed and enjoy their activities happily.
Norm: You shouldn't be noisy in public.
Situation: Dave is sunbathing in a beach.
Intention: Dave wants to listen to music.
Immoral action: Dave turns on his cellphone very loud to play his music.
Immoral consequence: The people around him feel disturbed and irritated.
Norm: It's wrong to start fights at school.
Situation: Ken gets picked on every day by a bully at schoool.
Intention: Ken wants to make the bully stop bothering him.
Moral action: Ken goes to the school counselor and informs them about the situation with the bully.
Moral consequence: Ken isn't bothered by the bully any longer after the bully is disciplined.
Norm: It's wrong to start fights at school.
Situation: Ken gets picked on every day by a bully at schoool.
Intention: Ken wants to make the bully stop bothering him.
Immoral action: Ken goes up to his bully and kicks him in the crotch then punches him in the face.
Immoral consequence: Ken is suspended from school for two weeks.
Norm: It's mean to lock your kids in their rooms.
Situation: Dave's children Tom and Sandy have made a huge mess by leaving their things everywhere.
Intention: Dave wants to punish his children.
Moral action: Dave decides to tell his children they won't be allowed to watch television that night as a punishment.
Moral consequence: Tom and Sandy grow up to realize what their chores and duties are and why it's important to do them.
Norm: It's mean to lock your kids in their rooms.
Situation: Dave's children Tom and Sandy have made a huge mess by leaving their things everywhere.
Intention: Dave wants to punish his children.
Immoral action: Dave decides to put both Tom and Sandy in their respective rooms and to lock them in there for the rest of the day.
Immoral consequence: Tom and Sandy are both traumatized as they feel caged in and lonely since they can't call for help.
Norm: It's bad to deceive your coworkers.
Situation: Marie is invited to a work party.
Intention: Mary wants to bring cookies.
Moral action: Mary buys cookies and mentions the store she bought them from.
Moral consequence: Mary's co workers think she has great taste and the store gains more customers as they go there to shop also.
Norm: It's bad to deceive your coworkers.
Situation: Marie is invited to a work party.
Intention: Mary wants to bring cookies.
Immoral action: Mary buys cookies but says she made them when they are complimented.
Immoral consequence: Mary is found out and her co workers now know her as a liar.
Norm: You should not mess with people's coffee orders.
Situation: John works at Starbucks where an arrogant customer rudely orders a drink.
Intention: John wants to fulfill the customer's order.
Moral action: John calmly makes the customer their coffee just as they ordered.
Moral consequence: The customer is happy and enjoys the coffee.
Norm: You should not mess with people's coffee orders.
Situation: John works at Starbucks where an arrogant customer rudely orders a drink.
Intention: John wants to fulfill the customer's order.
Immoral action: John adds a squirt of hot sauce in the rude customer's drink.
Immoral consequence: The customer is displeased with the coffee and later files a complaint.
Norm: It's wrong to slap your best friend in the face.
Situation: Hugh is arguing with his best friend about who has the best baseball team.
Intention: Hugh wants to win the argument.
Moral action: Hugh pulls up the statistics about all the baseball teams to prove his point.
Moral consequence: Hugh wins the argument because his friend can't deny the overwhelming data about Hugh's team.
Norm: It's wrong to slap your best friend in the face.
Situation: Hugh is arguing with his best friend about who has the best baseball team.
Intention: Hugh wants to win the argument.
Immoral action: Hugh smacks his friend in the face for saying Hugh's team is lousy.
Immoral consequence: Hugh get charged with assault by his best friend who never speaks to him again.
Norm: It's rude to ask too much of your friends.
Situation: Sophie has a friend in Honduras, and some of her friends are going there.
Intention: Sophie wants to send her friend a gift.
Moral action: Sophie buys a small phone for her friend and asks her other friends to take it.
Moral consequence: Sophie's friends easily fit the phone and are happy with the arrangement.
Norm: It's rude to ask too much of your friends.
Situation: Sophie has a friend in Honduras, and some of her friends are going there.
Intention: Sophie wants to send her friend a gift.
Immoral action: Sophie buys a large blender and asks her friends to take it in their luggage to Honduras.
Immoral consequence: Her friends can't fit their own clothes in the luggage and become annoyed with Sophie.
Norm: It's rude to disregard or refuse compliments.
Situation: Dave is at the bar ordering a drink when the bartender tells him he's really good looking.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the compliment.
Moral action: Dave tells the bartender that she's really being nice and that he's flattered by her nice words.
Moral consequence: The bartender is happy that Dave received her compliment well and that he seems happy about it.
Norm: It's rude to disregard or refuse compliments.
Situation: Dave is at the bar ordering a drink when the bartender tells him he's really good looking.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the compliment.
Immoral action: Dave tells the bartender that she's just flattering him and that he knows for a fact he's not especially attractive.
Immoral consequence: The bartender is shocked and insulted at the insinuation that she's lying and feels Dave is pathetic.
Norm: It's good to pay for what you want to buy.
Situation: James was about to go on his first real date and knew that he needed condoms, but he felt embarrassed about buying them.
Intention: James wants to obtain condoms.
Moral action: James asks his friend to buy the condoms for him.
Moral consequence: James has safe sex and doesn't have to been seen buying condoms.