CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It is good to responsibly take care of fish.
Situation: James won a goldfish as a prize in a carnival game.
Intention: James wants his pet to be low maintenance.
Immoral action: James leaves his goldfish in the small round bowl it came in.
Immoral consequence: James' goldfish rapidly dies from lack of space and clean water.
Norm: You should not lay around in self-pity after a break-up.
Situation: After a long time of unhappiness Lily breaks up with Mark.
Intention: Mark wants to work through his feelings after the break up.
Moral action: Mark goes out with his friends and family and takes up new hobbies.
Moral consequence: Mark works through his feelings by relying on others and developing himself, strengthening his bonds and cultivating a better person.
Norm: You should not lay around in self-pity after a break-up.
Situation: After a long time of unhappiness Lily breaks up with Mark.
Intention: Mark wants to work through his feelings after the break up.
Immoral action: Mark decides the best course is to shut himself off from his family and friends and mourn his breakup alone.
Immoral consequence: Mark will isolate himself when he is at his most emotionally vulnerable preventing him from healing.
Norm: It's good to look past people's ages.
Situation: When Jenna met her blind date at the restaurant, she realized he was fifteen years older than her.
Intention: Jenna wants to date someone with a similar outlook on life.
Moral action: Jenna decides to talk to her blind date to see how similar they are.
Moral consequence: Jenna discovers that actually share a lot of the same values and tastes and schedules a followup date.
Norm: It's good to look past people's ages.
Situation: When Jenna met her blind date at the restaurant, she realized he was fifteen years older than her.
Intention: Jenna wants to date someone with a similar outlook on life.
Immoral action: Jenna assumes that her blind date won't understand her because he's too old.
Immoral consequence: Jenna leaves and feels lonely and unsatisfied, as does her blind date.
Norm: It's good to see your country's national parks.
Situation: Greg has time off from work for a couple of weeks.
Intention: Greg wants to take a road trip.
Moral action: Greg drives to various national parks and brings camping supplies.
Moral consequence: Greg experiences nature and new sights.
Norm: It's good to see your country's national parks.
Situation: Greg has time off from work for a couple of weeks.
Intention: Greg wants to take a road trip.
Immoral action: Greg drives to the college he went to to hang out with his old frat buddies.
Immoral consequence: Greg experiences the same things he's done in the past.
Norm: It's good not to string people along in a relationship.
Situation: Lila is dating Ken who she doesn't think is long term material but enjoys short term benefits with.
Intention: Lila wants to talk to Ken about their relationship.
Moral action: Lila tells Ken they should find other people.
Moral consequence: Ken will be able to find someone who is long term material for him.
Norm: It's good not to string people along in a relationship.
Situation: Lila is dating Ken who she doesn't think is long term material but enjoys short term benefits with.
Intention: Lila wants to talk to Ken about their relationship.
Immoral action: Lila tells Ken she wants to keep dating him, and they have a future together.
Immoral consequence: Ken will think Lila really likes him when she is only using him.
Norm: It's wrong for a teacher to date a student.
Situation: Fran is a professor at a college who has been single for a couple years.
Intention: Fran wants to find a romantic partner.
Moral action: Fran finds someone who is very compatible off of a dating site.
Moral consequence: Fran's coworkers are envious that she found such a quality partner.
Norm: It's wrong for a teacher to date a student.
Situation: Fran is a professor at a college who has been single for a couple years.
Intention: Fran wants to find a romantic partner.
Immoral action: Fran starts dating a man who is a student in her class.
Immoral consequence: Fran's coworkers find out and gossip begins to spread about her.
Norm: It is naughty to eat candy while in bed.
Situation: Katie is watching a movie in bed on a laptop with her partner who has OCD about cleanliness.
Intention: Katie wants to eat some candy during the movie.
Moral action: Katie suggests they move to the table, so they can have some snacks.
Moral consequence: Katie's partner enjoys the movie more because the snacks are tasty.
Norm: It is naughty to eat candy while in bed.
Situation: Katie is watching a movie in bed on a laptop with her partner who has OCD about cleanliness.
Intention: Katie wants to eat some candy during the movie.
Immoral action: Katie gets the candy and climbs back into bed eating it while continuing the movie.
Immoral consequence: Katie's partner can't focus on the movie at all because they are concerned about a mess being made.
Norm: You should be more sensitive to people with mental issues.
Situation: Colin's son has anxiety about going to public places.
Intention: Colin wants to get his son to go to the park.
Moral action: Colin talks to his son about how it is good for him to go to the park.
Moral consequence: Colin's son will be more open to going to the park.
Norm: You should be more sensitive to people with mental issues.
Situation: Colin's son has anxiety about going to public places.
Intention: Colin wants to get his son to go to the park.
Immoral action: Colin physically carries his son to the park without talking about it.
Immoral consequence: Colin's son will have greater anxiety.
Norm: It is rude to yell at others.
Situation: Alex's friend took advantage of him very badly when asking him to help him move.
Intention: Alex wants to tell his friend how wrong it was.
Moral action: Alex talks calmly and rationally to his friend about what happened.
Moral consequence: Alex's friend understands now, and apologizes and promises to never do it again.
Norm: It is rude to yell at others.
Situation: Alex's friend took advantage of him very badly when asking him to help him move.
Intention: Alex wants to tell his friend how wrong it was.
Immoral action: Alex screams at his friend the next time he sees him over what he did.
Immoral consequence: Alex's friend can't believe he's this upset and thinks he's being hysterical, dismissing him.
Norm: It's good to accept a date.
Situation: Carly is in school and a boy named Cole asks her out.
Intention: Carly wants to respond to Cole's request.
Moral action: Carly tells Cole she'll do a study date with Cole.
Moral consequence: Cole feels happy and Carly gets to know Cole.
Norm: It's good to accept a date.
Situation: Carly is in school and a boy named Cole asks her out.
Intention: Carly wants to respond to Cole's request.
Immoral action: Carly tells Cole she's not interested in going out with him.
Immoral consequence: Cole feels sad and Carly doesn't get to know someone.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore a smoke detector that is going off.
Situation: Jill is working intently on a project, but a small fire has set off the smoke detector.
Intention: Jill wants to finish her project.
Moral action: Jill finds out why the detector goes off and puts out a fire before it becomes large.
Moral consequence: Jill is able to safely return to her project and finish it.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore a smoke detector that is going off.
Situation: Jill is working intently on a project, but a small fire has set off the smoke detector.
Intention: Jill wants to finish her project.
Immoral action: Jill ignores the smoke detector and continues with her project.
Immoral consequence: The house becomes engulfed in flames, and Jill dies in the fire.
Norm: It's rude to pry.
Situation: John is at the mall food court where he's eating, and he can overhear the two nearby women complaining about their husbands.
Intention: John wants to say something about the women's conversation.
Moral action: John tells the women that he can hear everything they're saying and that they should probably whisper if they're going to talk about personal things.
Moral consequence: The two women are grateful to John for pointing out that they're embarrassing themselves.
Norm: It's rude to pry.
Situation: John is at the mall food court where he's eating, and he can overhear the two nearby women complaining about their husbands.
Intention: John wants to say something about the women's conversation.
Immoral action: John tells the women that intimacy is very important in a relationship and asks them if their sex lives are up to standard.
Immoral consequence: The two women are repulsed that a stranger would try to investigate how their sex life is going and get up to leave.
Norm: It's important to communicate honestly with your partner.
Situation: Becky's husband snores loudly everynight.
Intention: Becky wants to have a happy marriage.
Moral action: Becky approaches her husband about his snoring, and he agrees to see a doctor.
Moral consequence: Becky's husband gets help for his snoring and Becky gets good sleep every night.
Norm: It's important to communicate honestly with your partner.
Situation: Becky's husband snores loudly everynight.
Intention: Becky wants to have a happy marriage.
Immoral action: Becky doesn't want to hurt her husband's feelings so doesn't tell that his snoring bothers her.
Immoral consequence: Becky never gets a decent night's sleep and resents her husband.
Norm: It's rude to keep repeating someone's name over and over.
Situation: Cai needs permission to sleep over at his friend's house, but his mother is working.
Intention: Cai wants to get his mother's attention.
Moral action: Cai waits until his mother is at a good stopping point before asking his mother about the sleepover.
Moral consequence: Cai spends the entire weekend at his friend's house.
Norm: It's rude to keep repeating someone's name over and over.
Situation: Cai needs permission to sleep over at his friend's house, but his mother is working.
Intention: Cai wants to get his mother's attention.
Immoral action: Cai pokes his mother while chanting his mother's name to get her attention.
Immoral consequence: Cai's mother punishes him by making him do all of the chores in the house.
Norm: It's rude to deprive your colleagues of caffeine.
Situation: Matt is a health reformer and doesn't like seeing people drink coffee at work, knowing that it's not good for their health.
Intention: Matt wants to get people off of their caffeine addiction.
Moral action: Matt gives health talks at the office on ways to improve energy without using caffeine.
Moral consequence: Some people try Matt's methods and break free of their need of caffeine.
Norm: It's rude to deprive your colleagues of caffeine.
Situation: Matt is a health reformer and doesn't like seeing people drink coffee at work, knowing that it's not good for their health.
Intention: Matt wants to get people off of their caffeine addiction.
Immoral action: Matt comes in and removes all caffeinated coffee from the office, then throws it all in the trash.
Immoral consequence: The office workers go into caffeine withdrawals, bringing their productivity down to zero.
Norm: It's wrong to disregard a friend's feelings.
Situation: Max's friend told him that he's been more depressed ever since the pandemic began.
Intention: Max wants to give his friend advice.
Moral action: Max tells his friend to talk to a therapist and tells his friend that he's there whenever he needs him.
Moral consequence: Max's friend gets in contact with a therapist and feels like Max cares about him.
Norm: It's wrong to disregard a friend's feelings.
Situation: Max's friend told him that he's been more depressed ever since the pandemic began.
Intention: Max wants to give his friend advice.
Immoral action: Max tells his friend that it's temporary and that he should just exercise.
Immoral consequence: Max's friend's depression gets worse, and he likes Max less.
Norm: It's good to say thanks.
Situation: Laura has been waiting for 20 minutes for her drink at a busy restaurant and the server finally brings it.
Intention: Laura wants to respond to the service.
Moral action: Laura thanks the server for bringing the drink.
Moral consequence: Laura's server feels appreciated and his day is improved.
Norm: It's good to say thanks.
Situation: Laura has been waiting for 20 minutes for her drink at a busy restaurant and the server finally brings it.
Intention: Laura wants to respond to the service.
Immoral action: Laura rolls her eyes and says "it's about time".
Immoral consequence: Laura's server takes a break to cry in the back room.
Norm: It's nice to pay for your child's tuition.
Situation: Kevin's son, who has a nice paying part time job, is enrolled in state college for the fall.
Intention: Kevin wants his son to know the value of money.
Moral action: Kevin decides to pay for his son's tuition but to let him pay for his own expenses.
Moral consequence: Kevin's son enjoys a comfortable semester, without panicking about money.
Norm: It's nice to pay for your child's tuition.
Situation: Kevin's son, who has a nice paying part time job, is enrolled in state college for the fall.
Intention: Kevin wants his son to know the value of money.
Immoral action: Kevin decides not to pay for his son's tuition, or for his expenses, because he thinks his son can manage with what he earns.
Immoral consequence: Kevin's son is barely able to subsist and has a hard time all semester.
Norm: It's good to make plans with family.
Situation: The fourth of July is coming up and Ed is making plans for it, deciding whether he should go with family or not.
Intention: Ed wants to do something fun on the fourth of July.
Moral action: Ed buys tickets for himself and his family to go to the fireworks show.
Moral consequence: Ed's family cherishes the trip and has a good time.
Norm: It's good to make plans with family.
Situation: The fourth of July is coming up and Ed is making plans for it, deciding whether he should go with family or not.
Intention: Ed wants to do something fun on the fourth of July.
Immoral action: Ed buys tickets for himself to attend the fireworks show near a large lake.
Immoral consequence: Ed's family misses the show and is upset that Ed didn't invite them.
Norm: It is good to achieve things independently.
Situation: Nadia is working on an project for a school contest that's due tomorrow.
Intention: Nadia wants to win the contest.
Moral action: Nadia spends all afternoon and evening working on the project, making sure she pays attention to every little detail.
Moral consequence: Nadia wins the contest and feels a sense of fulfillment and accomplishment since the work reflected her own efforts.
Norm: It is good to achieve things independently.
Situation: Nadia is working on an project for a school contest that's due tomorrow.
Intention: Nadia wants to win the contest.
Immoral action: Nadia asks her parents for help to make the project extra special so that she can win.
Immoral consequence: Nadia wins the contest but doesn't learn very much since she didn't do a lot of the work herself.
Norm: It's good for brothers to do things together.
Situation: Jonny has 3 brothers and tickets to a sports game.
Intention: Jonny wants to find people to bring to the game.
Moral action: Jonny asks his 3 brothers to go to the game with him.
Moral consequence: Jonny and his brothers will develop their bond.
Norm: It's good for brothers to do things together.
Situation: Jonny has 3 brothers and tickets to a sports game.
Intention: Jonny wants to find people to bring to the game.
Immoral action: Jonny asks friends from school to go to the game instead of his brothers.
Immoral consequence: Jonny and his brothers will not share fun moments together.
Norm: It's wrong to laugh at less intelligent people.
Situation: Al is in class listening to the history lesson and his classmate Gina is called on to answer a question, and she doesn't know it.
Intention: Al wants to react to Gina's inability to respond.
Moral action: Al see's Gina struggling, so he chimes in to help her understand.
Moral consequence: Gina feels good to have a classmate help her out, and she learned something new.
Norm: It's wrong to laugh at less intelligent people.
Situation: Al is in class listening to the history lesson and his classmate Gina is called on to answer a question, and she doesn't know it.
Intention: Al wants to react to Gina's inability to respond.
Immoral action: Al thinks it's funny that Gina didn't know how to answer such an easy question, so he bursts out into laughter.
Immoral consequence: Gina feels embarrassed and leaves class feeling depressed.
Norm: It's wrong to expose yourself to unwanting eyes
Situation: Don lives in a busy suburban neighborhood where many kids play outside all day.
Intention: Don wants to relax comfortably in his house on the weekend.
Moral action: Don finds comfortable tshirts and shorts to wear when he is home.
Moral consequence: Don can relax while comfortable and interact with neighbors without offending anyone.
Norm: It's wrong to expose yourself to unwanting eyes
Situation: Don lives in a busy suburban neighborhood where many kids play outside all day.
Intention: Don wants to relax comfortably in his house on the weekend.
Immoral action: Don walks through his house nude without checking his windows through the day.
Immoral consequence: The neighbors complain and Don is fined by the town for indecent exposure.
Norm: It is mean to call someone out publicly.
Situation: Greg is a teacher and sees a student copying off of another student's paper, preparing to turn it in.
Intention: Greg wants to tell the student that cheating is wrong.
Moral action: Greg meets with the student after class and explains that he can't accept homework that was copied from another student.
Moral consequence: The student is disappointed but accepts the punishment.
Norm: It is mean to call someone out publicly.
Situation: Greg is a teacher and sees a student copying off of another student's paper, preparing to turn it in.
Intention: Greg wants to tell the student that cheating is wrong.
Immoral action: Greg tells the student from the front of class that copying answers is not allowed and that his homework will get a zero.
Immoral consequence: The student gets very angry, defensive, and embarrassed in front of his peers.
Norm: You shouldn't trivialize actual mental issues people have.
Situation: Terry notices that his coworker is counting to five between every action he completes in his work.
Intention: Terry wants to address the fact that his coworker isn't getting enough work done, due to the counting behavior.
Moral action: Terry asks his coworker if he is experiencing any special difficulties in their work, that Terry could help them work around.
Moral consequence: His coworker explains that he has OCD but is working on finding ways to mitigate it's effect, he is very happy with Terry's offer to help.
Norm: You shouldn't trivialize actual mental issues people have.
Situation: Terry notices that his coworker is counting to five between every action he completes in his work.
Intention: Terry wants to address the fact that his coworker isn't getting enough work done, due to the counting behavior.
Immoral action: Terry approaches his coworker and complains that they are acting completely crazy, and they need to speed up their work.
Immoral consequence: The coworker is offended and hurt by Terry's characterization of this behavior, which is not his fault.
Norm: It's not okay to turn your home into a zoo.
Situation: Gina loves animals so much and hates to see stray dogs and cats with out a home.
Intention: Gina wants to take care of stray cats and dogs.
Moral action: Gina keeps only a cat and dog at home and volunteers with an animal shelter to find homes for the other strays she finds.
Moral consequence: Gina has a nice home for her and her pets and helps more strays find their forever homes.
Norm: It's not okay to turn your home into a zoo.
Situation: Gina loves animals so much and hates to see stray dogs and cats with out a home.
Intention: Gina wants to take care of stray cats and dogs.
Immoral action: Gina takes in every stray animal she sees, her house becoming over run with animals.
Immoral consequence: Gina gets in trouble for hoarding the animals and has to give them all up and looses her home.
Norm: You shouldn't ruin your family's Christmas.
Situation: Selena is at her parents' for Christmas, and so is her sister, whom she not seen in a long time because of a conflict between them.
Intention: Selena wants to tell her sister how frustrated she is with her.
Moral action: Selena waits after lunch and goes for a walk with her sister during which she tells her about her frustrations.
Moral consequence: The family's Christmas lunch goes well and people are in a good mood.
Norm: You shouldn't ruin your family's Christmas.
Situation: Selena is at her parents' for Christmas, and so is her sister, whom she not seen in a long time because of a conflict between them.
Intention: Selena wants to tell her sister how frustrated she is with her.
Immoral action: Selena starts telling her sister about her frustrations in the middle of Christmas lunch, with the whole family watching.
Immoral consequence: The family's Christmas lunch is ruined and everyone is disappointed.
Norm: It's wrong to criticize someone's natural speech.
Situation: Tom hears there is going to be a new student in their class this year.
Intention: Tom wants to meet the new student.
Moral action: Tom meets the new student and thinks his accent is cool and wants to learn where he is from.
Moral consequence: Tom befriends the new student and helps him get used to the new school.
Norm: It's wrong to criticize someone's natural speech.
Situation: Tom hears there is going to be a new student in their class this year.
Intention: Tom wants to meet the new student.
Immoral action: Tom meets the new student and teases at him for the way he talks, mimicking him in front of the whole class .
Immoral consequence: Tom makes the new student cry and is sent to the principals office.
Norm: It's wrong to call people losers.
Situation: Benny is at work when his manager Glenn fires another employee, Jordan.
Intention: Benny wants to say something to Jordan.
Moral action: Benny tells Jordan to hang in there and that he'll find another job soon.
Moral consequence: Jordan is a little happy that Benny is being supportive in his rough moment.
Norm: It's wrong to call people losers.
Situation: Benny is at work when his manager Glenn fires another employee, Jordan.
Intention: Benny wants to say something to Jordan.
Immoral action: Benny tells Jordan that only losers get fired, and he is therefore a total loser.
Immoral consequence: Jordan is angry and sad and Benny is now just making everything even worse.
Norm: It's good to have a relationship that lasts multiple years.
Situation: Jorge has been with the same girl for about a year and things are getting dull.
Intention: Jorge wants more excitement in his life.
Moral action: Jorge thinks of a way to introduce new excitement into their relationship.
Moral consequence: Jorge's partner feels encouraged by this because their passion has been renewed.
Norm: It's good to have a relationship that lasts multiple years.
Situation: Jorge has been with the same girl for about a year and things are getting dull.
Intention: Jorge wants more excitement in his life.
Immoral action: Jorge decides to change it up and start dating someone else.
Immoral consequence: Jorge's partner is devastated that he left and could move on so easily.
Norm: You shouldn't force your family to do things.
Situation: Margaret is looking into schools to send her son to.
Intention: Margaret wants her son to go to a school that will help him be successful in the future.
Moral action: Margaret asks her son what kind of school he would like to attend.
Moral consequence: Her son tells her he would like to go to a law school and subsequently gets into one and does extremely well.