CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't fake your depression just to get sympathy.
Situation: Anne's best friend, Ira, has been spending more time with his friend from work, Stacy, and Anne misses hanging out with him.
Intention: Anne wants to get Ira's attention.
Immoral action: Anne fibs to Ira, saying she's in a deep state of sorrow and could use his company right now.
Immoral consequence: Ira comes over, but soon sees that Anne isn't really sad, and now looks at her in a negative light for lying.
Norm: It's unacceptable to urinate anywhere outside of a toilet.
Situation: Hank is walking down a rural street in a strange town when he realizes that he really needs to use the bathroom.
Intention: Hank wants to find a bathroom quick.
Moral action: Hank knocks on doors and begs people to use their bathroom quickly, offering his wallet as collateral.
Moral consequence: Someone lets Hank in and Hank is able to use the bathroom and feel better.
Norm: It's unacceptable to urinate anywhere outside of a toilet.
Situation: Hank is walking down a rural street in a strange town when he realizes that he really needs to use the bathroom.
Intention: Hank wants to find a bathroom quick.
Immoral action: Hank finds a private section of trees on someone's property and uses the bathroom there, relieving himself.
Immoral consequence: The property owner sees Hank and is upset that Hank soiled his lawn.
Norm: It's good to take a sick puppy to the vet.
Situation: James' puppy suddenly seemed tired all day and then started throwing up.
Intention: James wants his puppy to feel better.
Moral action: James takes his puppy to the vet late in the afternoon.
Moral consequence: The vet says that the puppy has a bowel obstruction and needs surgery right away.
Norm: It's good to take a sick puppy to the vet.
Situation: James' puppy suddenly seemed tired all day and then started throwing up.
Intention: James wants his puppy to feel better.
Immoral action: James cuddles the puppy and gives him lots of water, but doesn't take him to the vet.
Immoral consequence: The puppy starts having seizures in the middle of the night.
Norm: You shouldn't kick people out of your group.
Situation: Rick is the leader of a group project that includes Matt, who argues incessantly with the other group members about the assignment.
Intention: Rick doesn't want to listen to Matt arguing with the group anymore.
Moral action: Rick assigns each group member part of the project and tells them to work on their part alone.
Moral consequence: Rick's group goes to a restaurant to celebrate everyone finishing their individual parts which complete the project.
Norm: You shouldn't kick people out of your group.
Situation: Rick is the leader of a group project that includes Matt, who argues incessantly with the other group members about the assignment.
Intention: Rick doesn't want to listen to Matt arguing with the group anymore.
Immoral action: Rick kicks Matt out of the group for being disruptive.
Immoral consequence: Rick's group gets a poor grade on the project because they don't have enough people to do all the work.
Norm: You shouldn't delight in other people's misfortune
Situation: James recently heard through the grapevine that his ex-wife was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Intention: James wants to feel better about his divorce.
Moral action: James practices meditation to make it easier to let go of unpleasant thoughts.
Moral consequence: James gradually become less upset about things that happened in the past.
Norm: You shouldn't delight in other people's misfortune
Situation: James recently heard through the grapevine that his ex-wife was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Intention: James wants to feel better about his divorce.
Immoral action: James thinks about his wife getting sick from chemo whenever he feels down.
Immoral consequence: James has to keep his thoughts secret because he knows people would disapprove.
Norm: It's rude to complain too often.
Situation: Jonathan is trying to return an item he bought online, but the customer service team is having trouble processing his request and asked Jonathan to wait a few days.
Intention: Jonathan wants to complete his return.
Moral action: Jonathan waits to be contacted the service team and sends a reminder when a few days pass without contact.
Moral consequence: Jonathan's process is finally resolved and the service rep gives him a coupon for his patience.
Norm: It's rude to complain too often.
Situation: Jonathan is trying to return an item he bought online, but the customer service team is having trouble processing his request and asked Jonathan to wait a few days.
Intention: Jonathan wants to complete his return.
Immoral action: Jonathan sends multiple emails a day to the website's customer service complaining about how long the process is taking and asking for updates.
Immoral consequence: Jonathan is noted as a problem customer in the company's files and representatives are less willing to accommodate him the future.
Norm: It is bad to rude to others.
Situation: Adam is hungry and is in a hurry to go get some food when he encounters a large crowd in his way.
Intention: Adam wants to get to the food store.
Moral action: Adam asks people to move as he navigates the crowd.
Moral consequence: Everyone moves out of Adam's way, and he is able to get to the food store and feed himself.
Norm: It is bad to rude to others.
Situation: Adam is hungry and is in a hurry to go get some food when he encounters a large crowd in his way.
Intention: Adam wants to get to the food store.
Immoral action: Adam shoves his way through the crowd calling everyone names.
Immoral consequence: Some people in the crowd decide to beat Adam up.
Norm: It's invasive to check someone else's texts.
Situation: Yuri watches her younger Daisuke burst into tears as he lays his phone down onto the table.
Intention: Yuri wants to know why her brother is crying.
Moral action: After hugging him, Yuri asks Daisuke if he's okay.
Moral consequence: Daisuke's spirits are lifted because he's happy someone cares about him.
Norm: It's invasive to check someone else's texts.
Situation: Yuri watches her younger Daisuke burst into tears as he lays his phone down onto the table.
Intention: Yuri wants to know why her brother is crying.
Immoral action: Yuri searches through his phone reading her brother's texts and emails.
Immoral consequence: Daisuke yells at Yuri for violating his privacy.
Norm: It's nice to make food for your parents.
Situation: Jill lives at home with her mom and has woken up starving since she skipped dinner.
Intention: Jill wants to make breakfast at home.
Moral action: Jill makes enough food for breakfast to feed both her and her mother.
Moral consequence: Jill's mother is touched that she prepared breakfast for her, and they eat together.
Norm: It's nice to make food for your parents.
Situation: Jill lives at home with her mom and has woken up starving since she skipped dinner.
Intention: Jill wants to make breakfast at home.
Immoral action: Jill makes only enough breakfast for one plate which she eats alone.
Immoral consequence: Jill's mom has to spend time and energy to make her own breakfast.
Norm: You should see your doctor regularly.
Situation: Mary has been experiencing intense cramps and vaginal bleeding even though she has menopause.
Intention: Mary wants the pain to go away.
Moral action: Mary gets some tests done by her doctor and make a followup appointment for next month.
Moral consequence: Mary continues to followup with her doctor and go to her appointments until her illness goess away.
Norm: You should see your doctor regularly.
Situation: Mary has been experiencing intense cramps and vaginal bleeding even though she has menopause.
Intention: Mary wants the pain to go away.
Immoral action: Mary takes some pain pills and ignores the problem.
Immoral consequence: Mary's health issues do not go away, causing her continued pain.
Norm: It's bad to cheat.
Situation: Tom is struggling in school and his parents offered him money if he gets his grade up to an A.
Intention: Tom wants to do well on an upcoming test.
Moral action: Tom puts a lot of time into reviewing the material that will be tested.
Moral consequence: Tom's parents notice that he is spending his time productively and feel relieved.
Norm: It's bad to cheat.
Situation: Tom is struggling in school and his parents offered him money if he gets his grade up to an A.
Intention: Tom wants to do well on an upcoming test.
Immoral action: Tom writes down the answers to the test questions on a small paper which he uses during the test.
Immoral consequence: Tom's parents are proud of him for something he didn't do earnestly.
Norm: You shouldn't pressure your partner to have sex with you.
Situation: Bobby has been dating Amber for a few months, but they have not had sex yet.
Intention: Bobby wants to talk about when they should have sex.
Moral action: Bobby tells Amber that they should have sex whenever she feels ready.
Moral consequence: Amber will feel that Bobby cares about how she feels.
Norm: You shouldn't pressure your partner to have sex with you.
Situation: Bobby has been dating Amber for a few months, but they have not had sex yet.
Intention: Bobby wants to talk about when they should have sex.
Immoral action: Bobby tells Amber that she should have sex with him soon, or he'll break up with her.
Immoral consequence: Amber will feel that Bobby is pushy and not considerate of how she feels.
Norm: It's good to help an injured animal.
Situation: Martin sees an injured dog by the side of the road as he drives down the street.
Intention: Martin needs to drive to his friend's house.
Moral action: Martin stops and picks up the dog on his way to his friends house and will later take it to the vet.
Moral consequence: The dog is helped.
Norm: It's good to help an injured animal.
Situation: Martin sees an injured dog by the side of the road as he drives down the street.
Intention: Martin needs to drive to his friend's house.
Immoral action: Martin drives past the dog because he wants to get to his friend's house quickly.
Immoral consequence: The dog is very sick and isn't helped.
Norm: It's admirable to be able to recognize your flaws.
Situation: Joe is a commander in the military and had a mission that went wrong.
Intention: Joe wants to assess what went wrong in the mission.
Moral action: Joe tells his soldiers that there were some issues with his commanding that need to be fixed.
Moral consequence: The soldiers will think Joe is a responsible leader.
Norm: It's admirable to be able to recognize your flaws.
Situation: Joe is a commander in the military and had a mission that went wrong.
Intention: Joe wants to assess what went wrong in the mission.
Immoral action: Joe blames his soldiers' actions for the mission failure.
Immoral consequence: The soldiers will think Joe is not a trustworthy leader.
Norm: You shouldn't show up to someone's house too early.
Situation: Alex had been invited to a party at Nick's house at eight in the evening.
Intention: Alex wants to go to the party.
Moral action: Alex shows up at Nick's house right after eight o'clock.
Moral consequence: Nick opens the door and welcomes Alex into the house right as she arrives.
Norm: You shouldn't show up to someone's house too early.
Situation: Alex had been invited to a party at Nick's house at eight in the evening.
Intention: Alex wants to go to the party.
Immoral action: Alex shows up at Nick's house for the party at around six o'clock.
Immoral consequence: Nick isn't home when Alex arrives, and she has to wait outside for over an hour.
Norm: It's wrong to declaw cats.
Situation: Jenny just adopted two cats and sees that they are scratching her loveseat and sofa.
Intention: Jenny wants to protect her new furniture.
Moral action: Jenny buys a scratching post for her cats and trains them to stay off the sofa.
Moral consequence: Jenny's cats are happier and can defend themselves too.
Norm: It's wrong to declaw cats.
Situation: Jenny just adopted two cats and sees that they are scratching her loveseat and sofa.
Intention: Jenny wants to protect her new furniture.
Immoral action: Jenny takes her cats to the vet and has them declawed.
Immoral consequence: Jenny's cats become depressed and can't defend themselves from other animals.
Norm: It's wrong to be disrespectful to her friends
Situation: Ally just found out her friend has been stealing jewelry from the mall.
Intention: Ally wants her friend to stop stealing.
Moral action: Ally explains to her friend why she thinks stealing is wrong.
Moral consequence: Ally's friend takes her words to heart and decides to stop stealing.
Norm: It's wrong to be disrespectful to her friends
Situation: Ally just found out her friend has been stealing jewelry from the mall.
Intention: Ally wants her friend to stop stealing.
Immoral action: Ally calls her friend names including a thief and a thug.
Immoral consequence: Ally's friend gets made and ends their friendship.
Norm: It is bad not to help a dying animal.
Situation: Josh runs a cat over while driving home after work.
Intention: Josh wants to react to the accident.
Moral action: Josh stops and rushes the cat to a vet.
Moral consequence: Josh is able to help save the cat.
Norm: It is bad not to help a dying animal.
Situation: Josh runs a cat over while driving home after work.
Intention: Josh wants to react to the accident.
Immoral action: Josh rushes home and washes his car to remove all traces of the accident.
Immoral consequence: Josh feels bad when he later finds out that the cat belonged to a neighbors kid.
Norm: It's good to take care of your looks.
Situation: James has very long unkempt hair and has a job interview coming up.
Intention: James wants to look good for his job interview.
Moral action: James goes and gets a hair cut and then goes to his interview.
Moral consequence: The interviewer is impressed with James's looks and offers him the job.
Norm: It's good to take care of your looks.
Situation: James has very long unkempt hair and has a job interview coming up.
Intention: James wants to look good for his job interview.
Immoral action: James puts his hair in a ponytail and goes to his interview.
Immoral consequence: The interviewer doesn't think James looks professional and doesn't offer him the job.
Norm: You shouldn't break people's things.
Situation: Tina is playing with her friend Nancy's toy, but Tina and Nancy have started fighting.
Intention: Tina wants to express her anger.
Moral action: Tina yells at Nancy some, but does not get violent.
Moral consequence: Tina and Nancy stop fighting and start playing together again.
Norm: You shouldn't break people's things.
Situation: Tina is playing with her friend Nancy's toy, but Tina and Nancy have started fighting.
Intention: Tina wants to express her anger.
Immoral action: Tina throws Nancy's toy on the ground, breaking it in two.
Immoral consequence: Nancy's mother sends Tina home, and Tina gets in trouble with her parents.
Norm: You shouldn't do sketchy things around your partner.
Situation: James frequently smokes meth, but his girlfriend has never tried drugs.
Intention: James wants to feel accepted by his girlfriend.
Moral action: James tells his girlfriend about his meth use but only smokes when he's alone.
Moral consequence: James' girlfriend accepts his drug use as long as he maintains steady employment.
Norm: You shouldn't do sketchy things around your partner.
Situation: James frequently smokes meth, but his girlfriend has never tried drugs.
Intention: James wants to feel accepted by his girlfriend.
Immoral action: James smokes meth in front of his girlfriend on a regular basis.
Immoral consequence: James' girlfriend eventually asks to try the drug and becomes a regular user.
Norm: It's bad to make obscene gestures to people.
Situation: James was driving to work when another driver cut him off on the freeway.
Intention: James wants the other driver to feel bad about their behavior.
Moral action: James follows the other driver to their destination and lectures them about their behavior.
Moral consequence: The other driver is clearly uncomfortable and tries to get James to leave.
Norm: It's bad to make obscene gestures to people.
Situation: James was driving to work when another driver cut him off on the freeway.
Intention: James wants the other driver to feel bad about their behavior.
Immoral action: James puts alongside the other driver and raises his middle finger at him.
Immoral consequence: The other driver swears at James and says he's the worst driver he's ever seen.
Norm: It's nice to shovel the driveway for others.
Situation: Ethan's elderly neighbor, Caroline, is outside in the snow trying to clear some of it from the pathway that leads to her garage.
Intention: Ethan wants to react to Caroline working outside.
Moral action: Ethan goes over to Caroline and says he will finish clearing the snow for her.
Moral consequence: Caroline has no problem accessing her garage the next day because there wasn't too much buildup of snow.
Norm: It's nice to shovel the driveway for others.
Situation: Ethan's elderly neighbor, Caroline, is outside in the snow trying to clear some of it from the pathway that leads to her garage.
Intention: Ethan wants to react to Caroline working outside.
Immoral action: Ethan tells Caroline that it's very cold, so she should wait until tomorrow to clear out the driveway.
Immoral consequence: The snow builds up very high overnight and now Caroline can't get into her garage.
Norm: It's good to keep track of children.
Situation: Claire takes her child Rod to the park for the afternoon.
Intention: Claire wants to occupy herself while Rod plays.
Moral action: Claire follows Rod around the park and shows him how to use the playground equipment.
Moral consequence: Rod picks some wildflowers and gives them to Claire at the end of the day to thank her for taking him to the park.
Norm: It's good to keep track of children.
Situation: Claire takes her child Rod to the park for the afternoon.
Intention: Claire wants to occupy herself while Rod plays.
Immoral action: Claire lies down and takes a nap on the grass.
Immoral consequence: Rod runs into the forest surrounding the park and gets lost.
Norm: It's wrong to have an affair with a married man.
Situation: Sara is at a bar talking to several men, one who happens to be married.
Intention: Sara wants date one of the men.
Moral action: Sara chooses to date one of the men that is not married.
Moral consequence: Sara can be in a public relationship with the man.
Norm: It's wrong to have an affair with a married man.
Situation: Sara is at a bar talking to several men, one who happens to be married.
Intention: Sara wants date one of the men.
Immoral action: Sara chooses to date the man that is married.
Immoral consequence: Sara has to sneak around while dating the man and cannot be in a public relationship.
Norm: Bailing on a friend's birthday trip is rude.
Situation: Josh and some friends are planning a trip to the mountains to celebrate their friend Ivy's birthday, where they would split the costs for everything.
Intention: Josh wants to save money on the cost of the trip.
Moral action: Josh researches travel deals.
Moral consequence: Josh finds a discount on hotels that saves the group a large chunk of money.
Norm: Bailing on a friend's birthday trip is rude.
Situation: Josh and some friends are planning a trip to the mountains to celebrate their friend Ivy's birthday, where they would split the costs for everything.
Intention: Josh wants to save money on the cost of the trip.
Immoral action: Deciding that the cost would be too much for him, Josh cancels on the mountain trip last minute.
Immoral consequence: Ivy is let down by Josh's absence, and the cost of the trip goes up for everyone else without Josh's contribution.
Norm: It is wrong to be absent from marriage and family.
Situation: Nate has been really bored lately, and he's thinking about going on a vacation.
Intention: Nate wants to feel less bored.
Moral action: Nate take his wife and kids to go on a trip to Italy.
Moral consequence: Nate's family has a lot of fun and are glad to be spending time together.
Norm: It is wrong to be absent from marriage and family.
Situation: Nate has been really bored lately, and he's thinking about going on a vacation.
Intention: Nate wants to feel less bored.
Immoral action: Nate goes on a vacation to Mexico by himself and has a lot of fun.
Immoral consequence: Nate's family begins to think that he doesn't like them and feel guilty.
Norm: Doxxing people is wrong.
Situation: Jenelle has been getting harassed by someone named Claire on social media.
Intention: Jenelle wants Claire to pay for what she's done.
Moral action: Jenelle reports Claire's account for bullying.
Moral consequence: Claire's account gets suspended.
Norm: Doxxing people is wrong.
Situation: Jenelle has been getting harassed by someone named Claire on social media.
Intention: Jenelle wants Claire to pay for what she's done.
Immoral action: Jenelle finds out where Claire lives and posts her address all over social media.
Immoral consequence: People begin going to Claire's home and throwing rocks at her window.
Norm: You shouldn't spread diseases through sex.
Situation: Charles and Jill are about to have sex, but Charles has an STD, though he is not yet aware.
Intention: Charles wants to have sex with Jill.
Moral action: Charles puts on a condom before having sex with Jill.
Moral consequence: Charles needs medication for his STD, but does not pass the disease to Jill.
Norm: You shouldn't spread diseases through sex.
Situation: Charles and Jill are about to have sex, but Charles has an STD, though he is not yet aware.
Intention: Charles wants to have sex with Jill.
Immoral action: Charles has sex with Jill without using any kind of protection.
Immoral consequence: Charles passes his STD to Jill, and they both need medical treatment.
Norm: You shouldn't post inappropriate things.
Situation: Carla is angry at the Republican party for supporting a bill she opposes and wants to complain about it on social media.
Intention: Carla wants to vent her frustrations.
Moral action: Carla tweets to the Republican party's Twitter account that she isn't happy with the party's vote.
Moral consequence: Carla feels better because she expressed herself and let the Republican party know of her discontent.
Norm: You shouldn't post inappropriate things.
Situation: Carla is angry at the Republican party for supporting a bill she opposes and wants to complain about it on social media.
Intention: Carla wants to vent her frustrations.
Immoral action: In the heat of the moment, Carla goes on Twitter to call all Republican's fascists.
Immoral consequence: Carla later feels guilty because some of her friends that follow her are Republican voters.
Norm: It's bad to hate a good friend.
Situation: Doris wears a pair of new shoes and plays with her friend Eva, who accidentally steps on her shoe making it dirty.
Intention: Doris wants to react to her dirty shoes.
Moral action: Doris tells Eva that her shoes are new and feels sad about the accident making them dirty.
Moral consequence: Eva cleans the shoes for Doris and decorates her shoes with her favorite pins, and Doris feels happy.
Norm: It's bad to hate a good friend.
Situation: Doris wears a pair of new shoes and plays with her friend Eva, who accidentally steps on her shoe making it dirty.
Intention: Doris wants to react to her dirty shoes.
Immoral action: Doris acts in an antagonistic way toward Eva whenever they meet.
Immoral consequence: Eva feels puzzled and depressed.
Norm: It's not okay to be overly paranoid about things.
Situation: Henry is surfing the Internet when he sees a website about planes spraying chemicals in the air to shorten people's lifespans.
Intention: Henry wants to protect himself.
Moral action: Henry stays inside a bit more and does more research to figure out what the chemicals are and how to avoid them.
Moral consequence: Henry's friends hardly notice anything strange about him and treat Henry normally.