CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's nice to say 'hi' to people.
Situation: Steve is the new CEO of a struggling call center.
Intention: Steve wants to establish his authority.
Immoral action: Steve snubs employees who say hello to him in the hall and ignores them as he walks by.
Immoral consequence: He is seen as a snob which lowers morale and increases turnover resulting in the board voting him out after two years.
Norm: Friends are expected to vacation with each other.
Situation: Jane is chatting on the phone with her best friend, talking about their upcoming summer.
Intention: Jane wants to plan her vacation.
Moral action: Jane asks her best friend to pet sit for her while she goes on vacation to her beach house.
Moral consequence: Jane's friend agrees but is offended that she was not invited and their relationship grows more distant.
Norm: Friends are expected to vacation with each other.
Situation: Jane is chatting on the phone with her best friend, talking about their upcoming summer.
Intention: Jane wants to plan her vacation.
Immoral action: Jane asks her best friend if she would like to go spend a week at Jane's beach house.
Immoral consequence: Jane's best friend is thrilled that she was invited and gladly agrees to spend the time with her.
Norm: It' rude to hide people's property from them.
Situation: Sam's sister Tammy asks him where her Gameboy is.
Intention: Sam wants to respond to Tammy's question.
Moral action: Sam retrieves the Gameboy from his room and hands it to her.
Moral consequence: Tammy is happy to have her Gameboy back.
Norm: It' rude to hide people's property from them.
Situation: Sam's sister Tammy asks him where her Gameboy is.
Intention: Sam wants to respond to Tammy's question.
Immoral action: Sam tells Tammy he doesn't know where the Gameboy is, while he hides it in his room, so he can play it.
Immoral consequence: Tammy is upset thinking that she has lost her Gameboy.
Norm: You shouldn't injure your partner.
Situation: Vince is having a discussion with his wife about buying a new car.
Intention: Vince wants to get his wife to agree with him.
Moral action: Vince shows his wife a list of all the advantages of purchasing a new vehicle.
Moral consequence: Vince convinces his wife that they should buy a new car.
Norm: You shouldn't injure your partner.
Situation: Vince is having a discussion with his wife about buying a new car.
Intention: Vince wants to get his wife to agree with him.
Immoral action: Vince slaps his wife in the face for not want to go along with his wishes.
Immoral consequence: Vince is arrested for domestic abuse.
Norm: You should eat dinner with your family.
Situation: Tom and his family ran into some of his coworkers at a restaurant when out for dinner.
Intention: Tom wanted to talk about problems he'd been having at work.
Moral action: Tom invited his coworkers to join him and his family for dinner.
Moral consequence: Tom's family learned about the stress he and his coworkers were under.
Norm: You should eat dinner with your family.
Situation: Tom and his family ran into some of his coworkers at a restaurant when out for dinner.
Intention: Tom wanted to talk about problems he'd been having at work.
Immoral action: Tom sat at a table with this coworkers leaving his family alone at another table.
Immoral consequence: Tom's family gave him the cold shoulder on the way home.
Norm: It's wrong for a girlfriend to cheat on her boyfriend.
Situation: Marcy is out with some friends while her boyfriend Dave is at home when she is approached by a handsome guy Clark who asks her to come home with him.
Intention: Marcy wants to respond to Clark's request.
Moral action: Marcy tells Clark that she cannot go home with him as she has Dave waiting at home for her.
Moral consequence: Marcy comes home to Dave, and they share stories about the night with each other happily.
Norm: It's wrong for a girlfriend to cheat on her boyfriend.
Situation: Marcy is out with some friends while her boyfriend Dave is at home when she is approached by a handsome guy Clark who asks her to come home with him.
Intention: Marcy wants to respond to Clark's request.
Immoral action: Marcy tells Clark that since he's so handsome she'll definitely go home with him tonight.
Immoral consequence: Dave finds out that Marcy has violated his trust and feels sad, depressed and used.
Norm: It's not acceptable to lie to someone you love.
Situation: Dan is leaving the house he shares with Julie and doesn't notice Julie's dog in the driveway and hits him with his car.
Intention: Dan wants Julie to not be angry at him.
Moral action: Dan takes the dog to the emergency vet clinic instantly and calls Julie immediately to let her know what happened.
Moral consequence: Dan made is to the vet quickly enough that he was able to save the dogs life and tell Julie that he was going to make it.
Norm: It's not acceptable to lie to someone you love.
Situation: Dan is leaving the house he shares with Julie and doesn't notice Julie's dog in the driveway and hits him with his car.
Intention: Dan wants Julie to not be angry at him.
Immoral action: Dan doesn't tell Julie that he hit her dog and disposes of the body before she finds out.
Immoral consequence: Julie finds out from a neighbor that Dan hit her dog, and she breaks up with him.
Norm: It's not okay to be obsessed with someone's race.
Situation: Megan is a big fan of Japanese media, and Haru a Japanese exchange student sits her.
Intention: Megan wants to become friends with Haru.
Moral action: Megan offers Haru some of her cookies and shows him around the school.
Moral consequence: Haru learns to trust Megan.
Norm: It's not okay to be obsessed with someone's race.
Situation: Megan is a big fan of Japanese media, and Haru a Japanese exchange student sits her.
Intention: Megan wants to become friends with Haru.
Immoral action: Megan begins asking Haru questions based on stereotypes in Japanese media and stresses amazing Japanese people look.
Immoral consequence: Haru feels uncomfortable around Megan.
Norm: It's wrong to embarrass a friend in public.
Situation: Rose is at brunch with her friends.
Intention: Rose wants to let Betsy know that she has a period stain on her skirt.
Moral action: Rose pulls Betsy aside in the bathroom and offers to give her a sweater to tie around her waist.
Moral consequence: Betsy is not embarassed and is thankful to Rose.
Norm: It's wrong to embarrass a friend in public.
Situation: Rose is at brunch with her friends.
Intention: Rose wants to let Betsy know that she has a period stain on her skirt.
Immoral action: Rose loudly tells Betsy that she has a blood stain on her skirt while they are sitting with their friends.
Immoral consequence: Betsy is embarassed and gets angry at Rose.
Norm: It's not okay to make others do things for you.
Situation: Jay has a recently purchased a boxed shed in his backyard.
Intention: Jay wants to have a shed assembled.
Moral action: Jay and John work together to get the shed built in no time.
Moral consequence: Jay is happy with his shed and promises to help John in the future.
Norm: It's not okay to make others do things for you.
Situation: Jay has a recently purchased a boxed shed in his backyard.
Intention: Jay wants to have a shed assembled.
Immoral action: Jay asks his friend, John, to help build the shed, but instead lets John do most of the work.
Immoral consequence: John gets pissed off and doesn't do any more favors for Jay.
Norm: You shouldn't be fascinated by someone's disability.
Situation: Frank sits next to his new coworker Bob who sits in a wheelchair.
Intention: Frank wants to know more about Bob.
Moral action: Frank offers to show him around the office during Bob has an open conversation about both of their families.
Moral consequence: Bob learns to trust Frank.
Norm: You shouldn't be fascinated by someone's disability.
Situation: Frank sits next to his new coworker Bob who sits in a wheelchair.
Intention: Frank wants to know more about Bob.
Immoral action: Frank asks questions personal questions about Bob's wheelchair and how he performs simple tasks over and over again.
Immoral consequence: Bob feels uncomfortable and avoids Frank at work.
Norm: One should support family members.
Situation: Dave gets a phone call from his sister Susan who asks him to borrow money.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Susan's request.
Moral action: Dave tells Susan that he can definitely give her a short term loan and asks her to come over.
Moral consequence: Susan is relieved that she will get the help she needs and happy about Dave being her brother.
Norm: One should support family members.
Situation: Dave gets a phone call from his sister Susan who asks him to borrow money.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Susan's request.
Immoral action: Dave tells Susan he cannot afford to give her and money at the moment and to ask someone else.
Immoral consequence: Susan is stressed out from not getting the loan and angry at Dave for not being there for her.
Norm: You must try to be faithful to your significant other.
Situation: Helen and her husband have been together for many years and the passion has faded a bit.
Intention: Helen wants to bring the spark back into her romantic life.
Moral action: Helen has a conversation with her husband about how they can make more time for each other and help each other feel special.
Moral consequence: Helen and her husband are happier and their marriage is stronger.
Norm: You must try to be faithful to your significant other.
Situation: Helen and her husband have been together for many years and the passion has faded a bit.
Intention: Helen wants to bring the spark back into her romantic life.
Immoral action: Helen starts an affair with an attractive coworker.
Immoral consequence: Helen's husband is devastated and files for divorce when he finds out.
Norm: It's good to be responsible and work.
Situation: Jay's job is offering extra shifts to employees because they're understaffed.
Intention: Jay wants to pick up some extra hours at work.
Moral action: Jay volunteers for an extra shift and spends it working as hard as he can.
Moral consequence: Jay is allowed to pick up as many extra shifts as he wants when his boss finds out what a good job he did.
Norm: It's good to be responsible and work.
Situation: Jay's job is offering extra shifts to employees because they're understaffed.
Intention: Jay wants to pick up some extra hours at work.
Immoral action: Jay volunteers for an extra shift but spends it playing on his cell phone.
Immoral consequence: Jay isn't allowed to work any more extra shifts when his boss finds out he was slacking off.
Norm: It's understandable to want to help friends in bad situations.
Situation: Clara and George are talking about George's upcoming eviction over lunch together.
Intention: Clara wants to make George smile.
Moral action: Clara offers her spare room to George without expectation of him paying for it.
Moral consequence: George smiles in relief, feeling safe and closer with Clara than ever.
Norm: It's understandable to want to help friends in bad situations.
Situation: Clara and George are talking about George's upcoming eviction over lunch together.
Intention: Clara wants to make George smile.
Immoral action: Clara tells a joke about how George can make homelessness look cool.
Immoral consequence: George fakes a smile to hide that Clara's comment hurt his feelings, and he feels more distant from her.
Norm: You shouldn't expect people to pay for your purchases.
Situation: Jane is out having drinks with friends after work.
Intention: Jane wants to enjoy the night.
Moral action: Jane follows her friends up to the bar as they order their drinks in turn and pay for them individually.
Moral consequence: The friends enjoy their drinks, the atmosphere and the evening together.
Norm: You shouldn't expect people to pay for your purchases.
Situation: Jane is out having drinks with friends after work.
Intention: Jane wants to enjoy the night.
Immoral action: Jane tells a friend what she wants to drink when the friend goes up to order a drink for themself.
Immoral consequence: Jane's friend complains that Jane never pays for her own drinks and the mood is ruined for the evening.
Norm: It's wrong to depend so much on others.
Situation: Jim lost his license because of a DWI, and he has to ask his sister to drive him to work every day.
Intention: Mike wants to keep his job.
Moral action: Mike buys a bicycle and is able to get to work on his own without relying on his sister.
Moral consequence: Mike's sister has more free time and is able to spend more time studying for her exams.
Norm: It's wrong to depend so much on others.
Situation: Jim lost his license because of a DWI, and he has to ask his sister to drive him to work every day.
Intention: Mike wants to keep his job.
Immoral action: Mike insists his sister skip her accounting class to drive him to work one day.
Immoral consequence: Mike's sister misses a pop quiz and gets a poor grade in the class.
Norm: It's annoying to be around people who seek attention.
Situation: May works in a cubicle that is located next to her coworker Joan.
Intention: May wants to get along with her coworkers.
Moral action: May curbs her boisterous personality during work hours.
Moral consequence: Joan is able to concentrate on work with few distractions.
Norm: It's annoying to be around people who seek attention.
Situation: May works in a cubicle that is located next to her coworker Joan.
Intention: May wants to get along with her coworkers.
Immoral action: May tells loud obnoxious stories to anyone who walks by her desk.
Immoral consequence: Joan is frustrated with the constant interruptions and complains to HR about May.
Norm: It is nice to compliment someone on their pies.
Situation: Rachel and Monica are competing against each other for the blue ribbon in the county fair pie contest.
Intention: Rachel wants the notoriety that winning the contest will give her so that she can open her own bakery.
Moral action: Rachel tells Monica that she likes the way her pie looks and asks if she has any tips to make better pies.
Moral consequence: Not only does Rachel win the contest due to Monica's tips, but they both team up and open a successful bakery together.
Norm: It is nice to compliment someone on their pies.
Situation: Rachel and Monica are competing against each other for the blue ribbon in the county fair pie contest.
Intention: Rachel wants the notoriety that winning the contest will give her so that she can open her own bakery.
Immoral action: Rachel tells Monica that her pie isn't good enough to win a prize and that she shouldn't enter it in the contest.
Immoral consequence: Monica pulls her pie out of the contest and goes home crying.
Norm: It's rude to skip a good friend's party.
Situation: Zack promised to go to his friend Slater's birthday celebration, but has a date with his girlfriend Kelly on the same night.
Intention: Zack wants to make a choice.
Moral action: Zack shows up to Slater's house with Kelly.
Moral consequence: Slater is happy to have more people at his event and enjoys hanging out with both Zack and Kelly.
Norm: It's rude to skip a good friend's party.
Situation: Zack promised to go to his friend Slater's birthday celebration, but has a date with his girlfriend Kelly on the same night.
Intention: Zack wants to make a choice.
Immoral action: Zack never show's up to Slater's celebration, instead going to the movies with Kelly.
Immoral consequence: Slater's feelings are hurt because Zack didn't keep his word.
Norm: Parents should not give up on their children
Situation: Lily's daughter is a great artist but is not good at math and English and might have to redo 6th grade again because of that.
Intention: Lily wants to stop worrying about her daughter's grades.
Moral action: Lily decides to focus on the things her daughter does well and starts praising her for her art.
Moral consequence: Lily's daughter feels supported and starts thriving at school.
Norm: Parents should not give up on their children
Situation: Lily's daughter is a great artist but is not good at math and English and might have to redo 6th grade again because of that.
Intention: Lily wants to stop worrying about her daughter's grades.
Immoral action: Lily decides it's useless to believe her daughter will ever amount to anything and starts ignoring her.
Immoral consequence: Lily's daughter feels abandoned by her mother and her grades get even worse.
Norm: You shouldn't use prescriptions that aren't meant for you.
Situation: Megan, who is having a headache, is hanging out with Gina when she notices Gina's pain medicine on a table.
Intention: Megan wants to get rid of her headache.
Moral action: Megan asks Gina if she knows anything that would help lessen her pain.
Moral consequence: Megan receives some relaxing tea that eliminates her headache.
Norm: You shouldn't use prescriptions that aren't meant for you.
Situation: Megan, who is having a headache, is hanging out with Gina when she notices Gina's pain medicine on a table.
Intention: Megan wants to get rid of her headache.
Immoral action: Megan takes some of Gina's pain medications.
Immoral consequence: Megan ends up consuming a high dose by accident and is sent to the hospital.
Norm: You should not copy someone else's work.
Situation: Claire and Colt are taking an exam in a classroom together and are within eyesight of each other's desks.
Intention: Colt wants to do well on his exam.
Moral action: Colt uses study strategies he has learned to recall the information he needs most on his test.
Moral consequence: Colt feels accomplished when he gets his test grade back, and Claire congratulates him on doing well.
Norm: You should not copy someone else's work.
Situation: Claire and Colt are taking an exam in a classroom together and are within eyesight of each other's desks.
Intention: Colt wants to do well on his exam.
Immoral action: Colt looks over at Claire's exam paper a few times during the test to get the correct answers.
Immoral consequence: Claire notices Colt cheating during the test and calls him out at lunch time for it, embarrassing him.
Norm: You should never be forced into a sexual act.
Situation: Jane goes out on a date with John and feels pressured by John's constant offer of sex.
Intention: Jane wants to get to know John better before they have sex.
Moral action: Jane tells John that she doesn't feel comfortable having sex with him and that she wants to go home.
Moral consequence: Jane is proud of her decision and decides to not see John again.
Norm: You should never be forced into a sexual act.
Situation: Jane goes out on a date with John and feels pressured by John's constant offer of sex.
Intention: Jane wants to get to know John better before they have sex.
Immoral action: Jane decides to not push saying no to John because she doesn't want to seem uptight.
Immoral consequence: Jane feels like John raped her because she didn't want to have sex with him.
Norm: It is unacceptable to spy on someone.
Situation: Paula has been dating Rebecca for several months.
Intention: Paula wants to know what Rebecca has been doing Wednesday nights.
Moral action: Paula asks Rebecca what Rebecca has been doing Wednesday night because Rebecca is always to busy to be together.
Moral consequence: Rebecca tells Paula the truth and they become closer.
Norm: It is unacceptable to spy on someone.
Situation: Paula has been dating Rebecca for several months.
Intention: Paula wants to know what Rebecca has been doing Wednesday nights.
Immoral action: Paula follows Rebecca around and watches her Wednesday night without Rebecca knowing.
Immoral consequence: Paula finds out Rebecca is going to Alcoholics Anonymous, and Rebecca finds out Paula followed her, and they break up.
Norm: It's nice to let people enjoy things.
Situation: Claire's sister is listening to an album that Claire really hates, but on headphones in her bedroom.
Intention: Claire wants to talk to her sister.
Moral action: Claire knocks on her sister's door and asks if she wants to watch a movie together.
Moral consequence: Claire and her sister enjoy some time together and bond.
Norm: It's nice to let people enjoy things.
Situation: Claire's sister is listening to an album that Claire really hates, but on headphones in her bedroom.
Intention: Claire wants to talk to her sister.
Immoral action: Claire knocks on her sister's door and tells her to stop litening to such stupid music and hang out instead.
Immoral consequence: Claire's sister feels upset and offended because she loves the music she's listening to.
Norm: It's rude to point out someone's smell.
Situation: Dave is on the bus beside a sweaty, smelly man who keeps looking at him and making eye contact.
Intention: Dave wants to tell the man to stop looking at him.
Moral action: Dave looks up at the smelly man and says "Can I help you with something?".
Moral consequence: The man replies No and realizes he'd been absentmindedly staring at Dave.
Norm: It's rude to point out someone's smell.
Situation: Dave is on the bus beside a sweaty, smelly man who keeps looking at him and making eye contact.
Intention: Dave wants to tell the man to stop looking at him.
Immoral action: Dave looks up at the smelly man and says "You disgusting, smelly rat, stop looking at me".
Immoral consequence: The man is angered by Dave's words and is also self conscious about his body odor.
Norm: You shouldn't eat things that aren't meant to be eaten.
Situation: Samuel is hiking along a mountain trail when he suddenly feels hungry.
Intention: He wants to eat something.
Moral action: Samuel reaches into his backpack and pulls out some trail mix to eat.
Moral consequence: Samuel satisfies his hunger with the trail mix and continues on his hike.
Norm: You shouldn't eat things that aren't meant to be eaten.
Situation: Samuel is hiking along a mountain trail when he suddenly feels hungry.
Intention: He wants to eat something.
Immoral action: Samuel picks some berries from a nearby tree to eat even though he doesn't know anything about them.
Immoral consequence: Samuel gets a terrible stomachache and is sick for three days when it turns out the berries are poisonous.
Norm: You shouldn't break promises.
Situation: Joey tells Timmy that she'll go to the prom with him but then the star quarterback at the school asks her to go with him instead.
Intention: Joey wants to have a great time at the prom.
Moral action: Joey tells the quarterback that she already accepted Timmy's invitation to go to the prom and that she always has fun with Timmy.
Moral consequence: Timmy has the night of his life at the prom with Joey.
Norm: You shouldn't break promises.
Situation: Joey tells Timmy that she'll go to the prom with him but then the star quarterback at the school asks her to go with him instead.
Intention: Joey wants to have a great time at the prom.
Immoral action: Joey tells Timmy that she can't go to the prom with him and that she'd rather go with the quarterback.
Immoral consequence: Timmy is crushed and instead of going to the prom, he stays home with his grandmother.
Norm: You shouldn't associate with mean people.
Situation: Maggie is alone at a large party, and she feels somewhat lonely.
Intention: Maggie wants to form new friendships.
Moral action: Maggie goes outside and asks to dance with people she recognizes from work.
Moral consequence: Maggie makes some new friends.
Norm: You shouldn't associate with mean people.
Situation: Maggie is alone at a large party, and she feels somewhat lonely.
Intention: Maggie wants to form new friendships.
Immoral action: Maggie starts up a conversation with an ambitious woman known for bullying others.
Immoral consequence: Maggie is seen by others at the party as another bully.
Norm: It's wrong to use someone else's things without their permission.
Situation: Matt is getting ready to go to work but his is running behind because his roommates had the shower tied up for a long time.
Intention: Matt wants to get to work quickly.
Moral action: Matt calls an Uber to get to work faster than taking the subway.
Moral consequence: Matt arrives on time to his job.