CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to be distracted when you're out in public.
Situation: Frank is using a paper map to guide his family around an amusement park.
Intention: Frank wants to not get lost.
Moral action: Frank divides his attention between the map and keeping track of his family.
Moral consequence: Frank successfully guides his family around the park.
Norm: It's wrong to be distracted when you're out in public.
Situation: Frank is using a paper map to guide his family around an amusement park.
Intention: Frank wants to not get lost.
Immoral action: Frank focuses his full attention on reading the map.
Immoral consequence: Frank gets separated from is family because of his inattention.
Norm: It's dishonest to lead someone on using the internet.
Situation: Jenna is trapped at home taking care of her disabled parents and socializing on Facebook.
Intention: Jenna wants to escape from her real life for a while.
Moral action: Jenna joins an online D&D group and occasionally mentions details from her real life.
Moral consequence: Jenna feels less alone and like her life is less boring and stressful.
Norm: It's dishonest to lead someone on using the internet.
Situation: Jenna is trapped at home taking care of her disabled parents and socializing on Facebook.
Intention: Jenna wants to escape from her real life for a while.
Immoral action: Jenna sets up a fake profile about how she's backpacking across the world.
Immoral consequence: Jenna's Facebook friends begin to suspect something when she can never meet up with any of them.
Norm: It's wrong to not try and improve yourself.
Situation: Tim and Jamie just had a child, and Jamie wants Ted to lose some weight.
Intention: Ted has to decide whether to start going to the gym.
Moral action: Ted wants to be able to see his child grow up, so he starts going to the gym.
Moral consequence: Ted loses a lot of weight and has no trouble with childbearing activities.
Norm: It's wrong to not try and improve yourself.
Situation: Tim and Jamie just had a child, and Jamie wants Ted to lose some weight.
Intention: Ted has to decide whether to start going to the gym.
Immoral action: Ted realizes that having to go to the gym would not make him happier.
Immoral consequence: Ted gains even more weight and has trouble taking care of his child.
Norm: It's bad to disrespect your parents.
Situation: Jenny's parents just denied her request to go on a ski trip with some of her high school friends.
Intention: Jenny wants to respond to her parents decision.
Moral action: Jenny gets some of her friends to come over and help her beg her parents to let her go.
Moral consequence: Jenny and her friends combined effort persuades her parents.
Norm: It's bad to disrespect your parents.
Situation: Jenny's parents just denied her request to go on a ski trip with some of her high school friends.
Intention: Jenny wants to respond to her parents decision.
Immoral action: Jenny hurls insults at her parents out of frustration.
Immoral consequence: Jenny is punished for her behavior.
Norm: You shouldn't abuse your work privileges.
Situation: Artie has access to a company car at his job and has the weekend off from work.
Intention: Artie wants to go out with friends for the weekend.
Moral action: Artie uses his own vehicle for the weekend because he likes to keep the company car in pristine condition.
Moral consequence: Artie's boss always appreciates the condition the company car is in and never has to worry about it.
Norm: You shouldn't abuse your work privileges.
Situation: Artie has access to a company car at his job and has the weekend off from work.
Intention: Artie wants to go out with friends for the weekend.
Immoral action: Artie uses the company car for his personal travels over the weekend, so he can take advantage of the free gas.
Immoral consequence: Artie's boss is annoyed that Artie used the company car outside of work and has to think of a punishment.
Norm: Lying is wrong.
Situation: Gal is applying for a job as an accountant even though they don't have any experience.
Intention: Gal wants to become an accountant.
Moral action: Gal tells the interviewer she is willing to start off as an intern.
Moral consequence: Gal gets a job and is able to learn how to be an accountant.
Norm: Lying is wrong.
Situation: Gal is applying for a job as an accountant even though they don't have any experience.
Intention: Gal wants to become an accountant.
Immoral action: Gal tells the interviewer that she's currently a full-time accountant.
Immoral consequence: Gal gets the job, but she is not able to successfully complete tasks.
Norm: You shouldn't irritate your parents.
Situation: Carson, a seven year old, wants to go to his friend's house, but his mother his working on her laptop.
Intention: Carson wants to spend time with his friends.
Moral action: Carson invites his friend over to his house to play games.
Moral consequence: Carson and his friend have fun playing in the yard.
Norm: You shouldn't irritate your parents.
Situation: Carson, a seven year old, wants to go to his friend's house, but his mother his working on her laptop.
Intention: Carson wants to spend time with his friends.
Immoral action: Carson tugs on her mother's shirt asking her to take him to his friends house over and over again.
Immoral consequence: Carson's mother makes him do more chores around the house.
Norm: You should not hide things from your spouse.
Situation: Colin spends time playing Dungeons and Dragons with his friends but does not tell his wife, who asks him where he was.
Intention: Colin wants to respond to his wife.
Moral action: Colin tells his wife he's playing a game with his friends.
Moral consequence: Colin's wife will be understanding and not be suspicious of him.
Norm: You should not hide things from your spouse.
Situation: Colin spends time playing Dungeons and Dragons with his friends but does not tell his wife, who asks him where he was.
Intention: Colin wants to respond to his wife.
Immoral action: Colin tells his wife that what he does is none of her business.
Immoral consequence: Colin's wife will think he is cheating on her or doing illegal things.
Norm: It's bad to want someone to help you get drugs.
Situation: Gary is hanging out with one of his friends after school in his parents' basement.
Intention: Gary wants to try marijuana.
Moral action: Gary talks with his friend about marijuana for the rest of the afternoon before deciding to seek out a source himself.
Moral consequence: Gary's friend isn't aware that Gary bought marijuana and is happy with their friendship.
Norm: It's bad to want someone to help you get drugs.
Situation: Gary is hanging out with one of his friends after school in his parents' basement.
Intention: Gary wants to try marijuana.
Immoral action: Gary asks his friend if he can help get him some marijuana.
Immoral consequence: Gary's friend feels nervous, but he helps find a drug dealer and buys marijuana for the two of them.
Norm: You should keep your house clean
Situation: Tina's boyfriend Frank is knocking on her door, so they can cook dinner together as planned.
Intention: Tina wants to invite Frank inside.
Moral action: Tina tells Frabk to come inside, and he sees what an immaculate place she keeps.
Moral consequence: Frank is impressed with Tina's home and looks forward to cooking.
Norm: You should keep your house clean
Situation: Tina's boyfriend Frank is knocking on her door, so they can cook dinner together as planned.
Intention: Tina wants to invite Frank inside.
Immoral action: Tina tells Frank to come in, and when he does, he sees what a mess it is.
Immoral consequence: Frank quickly loses his appetite and decides to leave.
Norm: You shouldn't take your frustrations out on others.
Situation: Bret's favorite baseball team just lost, and his wife wants him to take out the garbage.
Intention: Bret wants to be less angry.
Moral action: Bret takes out the garbage and smokes a cigarette while outside.
Moral consequence: Bret feels better, and Bret's wife is happy that he took the garbage out.
Norm: You shouldn't take your frustrations out on others.
Situation: Bret's favorite baseball team just lost, and his wife wants him to take out the garbage.
Intention: Bret wants to be less angry.
Immoral action: Bret tells his wife that he's tired of doing everything for her.
Immoral consequence: Bret feels guilty for taking his anger out on his wife, and his wife feels bad.
Norm: It's kind to cook for other people
Situation: It is a weekend morning in Shelly's family's home.
Intention: Shelly wants to eat breakfast.
Moral action: Shelly makes bacon and eggs for her entire family.
Moral consequence: Shelly's family is happy when they realize that Shelly made them breakfast.
Norm: It's kind to cook for other people
Situation: It is a weekend morning in Shelly's family's home.
Intention: Shelly wants to eat breakfast.
Immoral action: Shelly makes herself bacon and eggs.
Immoral consequence: Shelly's family is sad when they realize she didn't make breakfast for everyone.
Norm: It's wrong to cause someone's death.
Situation: Tim is upset that the other car on the road cut him off while driving.
Intention: Tim wants to vent his anger.
Moral action: Tim takes a breath and drives to his local gym to work out.
Moral consequence: Tim stays out of jail and lives a happy life.
Norm: It's wrong to cause someone's death.
Situation: Tim is upset that the other car on the road cut him off while driving.
Intention: Tim wants to vent his anger.
Immoral action: Tim pulls out his pistol and shoots the other driver dead.
Immoral consequence: Tim is arrested and spends the rest of his life in jail and is sad.
Norm: It's good to return things that don't belong to you.
Situation: Annie is a student who has borrowed her textbooks from the library all year, and they are due to be returned the same week she'll be on vacation.
Intention: Annie wants to avoid going to the library before her vacation.
Moral action: Annie mails her textbooks to the library.
Moral consequence: The library receives their textbooks and Annie is able to leave for vacation without having to go there.
Norm: It's good to return things that don't belong to you.
Situation: Annie is a student who has borrowed her textbooks from the library all year, and they are due to be returned the same week she'll be on vacation.
Intention: Annie wants to avoid going to the library before her vacation.
Immoral action: Annie never returns her textbooks.
Immoral consequence: Annie incurs a late fee, and students who need the textbooks are unable to use them.
Norm: It's bad to run up a high phone bill.
Situation: Carrie wants to have long conversations with her long distance boyfriend, but her boyfriend is on another network.
Intention: Carrie wants to talk to her boyfriend.
Moral action: Carrie asks her boyfriend if they could communicate on video chat on her computer.
Moral consequence: Carrie enjoys seeing her boyfriend's face when they talk.
Norm: It's bad to run up a high phone bill.
Situation: Carrie wants to have long conversations with her long distance boyfriend, but her boyfriend is on another network.
Intention: Carrie wants to talk to her boyfriend.
Immoral action: Carrie uses up all of her minutes, and talks to her boyfriend for long hours whenever she misses him.
Immoral consequence: Carries phone bill is over one hundred and twenty dollars.
Norm: You should always remember people's names at your wedding.
Situation: Emma is standing in the receiving line at her wedding when an older lady walks up who Emma doesn't immediately recognize.
Intention: Emma wants to greet the woman.
Moral action: Emma thinks back to who she invited, realizes that the lady is her mom's friend, Joan, and greets her by name.
Moral consequence: Joan is happy to speak with Emma and has a good time at the wedding.
Norm: You should always remember people's names at your wedding.
Situation: Emma is standing in the receiving line at her wedding when an older lady walks up who Emma doesn't immediately recognize.
Intention: Emma wants to greet the woman.
Immoral action: Emma asks the lady what her name is and then thanks her for coming to the wedding.
Immoral consequence: The lady is upset that she came to the wedding and Emma doesn't even remember who she is.
Norm: It's wrong to pretend things.
Situation: Josh visited an African country, and the people there were asking him if he's an angel.
Intention: Josh wants to respond to the people.
Moral action: Josh tells the people that he's a human being just like them.
Moral consequence: Josh feels closer to the people and likes that they trust him.
Norm: It's wrong to pretend things.
Situation: Josh visited an African country, and the people there were asking him if he's an angel.
Intention: Josh wants to respond to the people.
Immoral action: Josh tells the people that he was sent by God to serve them.
Immoral consequence: Josh feels guilty that the people believe him and wants to do something to help them.
Norm: It's wrong to kill another person with poison.
Situation: John has been with his wife for thirty years but isn't attracted to her anymore.
Intention: John doesn't want to be with his wife anymore.
Moral action: John divorces his wife and finds another woman to date.
Moral consequence: John's wife remains healthy and John finds love elsewhere.
Norm: It's wrong to kill another person with poison.
Situation: John has been with his wife for thirty years but isn't attracted to her anymore.
Intention: John doesn't want to be with his wife anymore.
Immoral action: John slips some poison into his wife's coffee one morning.
Immoral consequence: John's wife dies and after an autopsy John is arrested.
Norm: It's wrong to be hateful online.
Situation: Savanna notices a post on Twitter from someone making a negative comment about her favorite band, and she's stressed.
Intention: Savanna wants to channel her emotions.
Moral action: Savanna talks about her stressful life situation and the person's posts to her friends.
Moral consequence: Savanna is able to let go of all the stress in her life and feelings for the original poster.
Norm: It's wrong to be hateful online.
Situation: Savanna notices a post on Twitter from someone making a negative comment about her favorite band, and she's stressed.
Intention: Savanna wants to channel her emotions.
Immoral action: Savanna replies to the post with a comment questioning their hearing and musical taste before making a call out post.
Immoral consequence: Savanna messages are spammed with angry messages from the original posters fans.
Norm: It's good to be sorry about something you have done.
Situation: Molly had accidentally broken a vase at her mother's house.
Intention: Molly wants to talk to her mother about the vase.
Moral action: Molly tells her mother that she is very sorry that she broke the vase.
Moral consequence: Molly's mother accepts her apology and offers a hug to her.
Norm: It's good to be sorry about something you have done.
Situation: Molly had accidentally broken a vase at her mother's house.
Intention: Molly wants to talk to her mother about the vase.
Immoral action: Molly tells her mother that it was an ugly vase, and she needs to get over it.
Immoral consequence: Molly's mother is upset at Molly's insensitivity and gives her the cold shoulder for the rest of the day.
Norm: It's good to recycle what's being discarded as trash.
Situation: Cathy is having a party and has many empty beer bottles.
Intention: Cathy wants to throw them away.
Moral action: Cathy throws the glass bottles in the recycling.
Moral consequence: The party-goers respect Cathy for trying to do her part to help the environment.
Norm: It's good to recycle what's being discarded as trash.
Situation: Cathy is having a party and has many empty beer bottles.
Intention: Cathy wants to throw them away.
Immoral action: Cathy throws the glass bottles in the regular trash.
Immoral consequence: The party-goers think that Cathy is hurting the environment.
Norm: You shouldn't cut a child's ball up.
Situation: Willis is mowing his lawn and the local neighborhood kids kicked their ball into his yard accidentally.
Intention: Willis wants to move the ball.
Moral action: Willis stops his mower and kicks the ball back to the neighborhood kids, so he can get back to mowing.
Moral consequence: The neighborhood kids thank Willis and have a lot of fun continuing the game they were playing with the ball.
Norm: You shouldn't cut a child's ball up.
Situation: Willis is mowing his lawn and the local neighborhood kids kicked their ball into his yard accidentally.
Intention: Willis wants to move the ball.
Immoral action: Willis pushes his lawnmower right over the ball sending pieces of it all over the place.
Immoral consequence: The children in the neighborhood are sad that Willis cut their ball up and can no longer play their game.
Norm: It's rude to be snooping on other people's personal lives.
Situation: Callie is sitting in a diner when she overhears a couple having a heated discussion.
Intention: Callie wants to eat her lunch.
Moral action: Callie takes her food and moves to another table to give the couple privacy.
Moral consequence: The couple is able to continue their conversation without anyone hearing them.
Norm: It's rude to be snooping on other people's personal lives.
Situation: Callie is sitting in a diner when she overhears a couple having a heated discussion.
Intention: Callie wants to eat her lunch.
Immoral action: Callie stays at her table, so she can hear what the couple is talking about.
Immoral consequence: The couple notices that Callie is eavesdropping and starts to glare at her.
Norm: It's nice to spark joy in others.
Situation: Josephine is a mother of four, and she is at home with her family.
Intention: Josephine wants to keep her children busy.
Moral action: Josephine is able to conceal her plans for her children to do their top pastime together until the last moment and drops the news on them.
Moral consequence: Josephine's are surprised and elated by the news they get to do one of their favorite things and are filled with joy.
Norm: It's nice to spark joy in others.
Situation: Josephine is a mother of four, and she is at home with her family.
Intention: Josephine wants to keep her children busy.
Immoral action: Josephine gives her kids a repetitive unneeded task to do, so they have something to occupy themselves with.
Immoral consequence: Josephine's children find themselves bored and miserable by being stuck doing the task.
Norm: It is not normal to be aroused by torture
Situation: Jake is sitting around with friends talking about what kind of erotic videos they like.
Intention: Jake wants to contribute to the conversation.
Moral action: Jake says that he likes typical erotic videos.
Moral consequence: Jake's friend will think he is a normal person.
Norm: It is not normal to be aroused by torture
Situation: Jake is sitting around with friends talking about what kind of erotic videos they like.
Intention: Jake wants to contribute to the conversation.
Immoral action: Jake says that he likes erotic videos that feature torture.
Immoral consequence: Jake's friends will think he is a violent person.
Norm: It's wrong to discriminate based on gender or race.
Situation: James is looking over the applications for his computer programming position, and one of the applicants is a girl while the other is a boy.
Intention: James wants to hire the right person.
Moral action: James decides makes a test to evaluate both of the applicants programming abilities.
Moral consequence: James' ends up hiring the woman who ends up becoming a valuable asset to the company.
Norm: It's wrong to discriminate based on gender or race.
Situation: James is looking over the applications for his computer programming position, and one of the applicants is a girl while the other is a boy.
Intention: James wants to hire the right person.
Immoral action: James passes on the girl's application based on the the stereotypical belief that women are not passionate about computers.
Immoral consequence: James is blasted by the other employees who thought he went over the applications too quickly.
Norm: You shouldn't give people mean looks.
Situation: Tom is driving on the highway when a nearby car changes lanes and cuts him off.
Intention: Tom wants to show the driver cut him off that he's upset.
Moral action: Tom honks his horn at the driver who cut him off to let him know that he was there.
Moral consequence: Tom is able to vent his frustration before returning to his normal driving behavior.
Norm: You shouldn't give people mean looks.
Situation: Tom is driving on the highway when a nearby car changes lanes and cuts him off.
Intention: Tom wants to show the driver cut him off that he's upset.
Immoral action: Tom pulls up along side the driver who cut him off and stares him down.
Immoral consequence: Tom takes his eyes off the road and nearly rear-ends another vehicle.
Norm: It is wrong to lie about graduating from a university.
Situation: Will had to drop out of college due to bad grades, but he's trying to get a job.
Intention: Will wants a job.
Moral action: Will told an interviewer that he dropped out of college, but he's changed since then.
Moral consequence: Will is still able to get the job, but he won't steal it from anyone else.
Norm: It is wrong to lie about graduating from a university.
Situation: Will had to drop out of college due to bad grades, but he's trying to get a job.
Intention: Will wants a job.
Immoral action: Will tells an interviewer that he graduated from college with a 4 year degree.
Immoral consequence: Will gets the job, and someone else who deserved it had to apply to another job.
Norm: It's not okay to be hypocritical about things in life.
Situation: Frank, who is an anti-smoking advocate is talking with Paul when Paul tells him their anti-smoking charity missed their funding goal.
Intention: Frank wants to ease his stress from the bad news.
Moral action: Frank sighs loudly then reaches for a flask of vodka in his bag and takes a big swig.
Moral consequence: Paul sees Frank is drinking and asks him if he can have some too as it seems like a good idea to him right then.
Norm: It's not okay to be hypocritical about things in life.
Situation: Frank, who is an anti-smoking advocate is talking with Paul when Paul tells him their anti-smoking charity missed their funding goal.
Intention: Frank wants to ease his stress from the bad news.
Immoral action: Frank sighs loudly then asks one of the people around for a cigarette before lighting it and taking a long drag.
Immoral consequence: Paul is disgusted that Frank is smoking when he's an anti smoking advocate and thinks Frank has no moral strength.
Norm: You shouldn't peer pressure a friend into smoking.
Situation: Misty is smoking a cigarette during a picnic lunch with her friend, Rita.
Intention: Misty wants to share something with Rita.
Moral action: Misty offers Rita some of the potato salad she made.
Moral consequence: Rita thanks Misty and they start exchanging recipes.
Norm: You shouldn't peer pressure a friend into smoking.
Situation: Misty is smoking a cigarette during a picnic lunch with her friend, Rita.
Intention: Misty wants to share something with Rita.
Immoral action: Misty hands Rita a cigarette multiple times until she gives in and smokes it.
Immoral consequence: Rita develops a nicotine addiction.
Norm: It's very wrong to sexually assault your pets.
Situation: Nate hasn't been going outside due to the pandemic, and he hasn't had sex in forever.
Intention: Nate wants to relive himself sexually.
Moral action: Nate opens up porn on his computer and masturbates to it.
Moral consequence: Nate is able to relieve himself, and he doesn't have to think about sex anymore.
Norm: It's very wrong to sexually assault your pets.
Situation: Nate hasn't been going outside due to the pandemic, and he hasn't had sex in forever.
Intention: Nate wants to relive himself sexually.
Immoral action: Nate grabs his dog and puts his genitals in his dog's butt.
Immoral consequence: Nate feels ashamed and thinks about it every time he sees his dog.