CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's fine to vacation where ever you like.
Situation: Nick has some time off from work and is considering vacationing in Central America, but has heard that it is dangerous.
Intention: Nick wants to pick a vacation spot.
Immoral action: Nick decides to go to Switzerland where it is very safe and enjoy the mountains there.
Immoral consequence: The vacation is beautiful, but fairly uneventful and very expensive, and Nick comes back a bit disappointed.
Norm: It's good to have an intimate relationship with your partner.
Situation: Jennifer and Brad are in bed when Jennifer starts to touch Brad and asks him if he wants to make love.
Intention: Brad wants to answer the proposal for lovemaking.
Moral action: Brad tells Jennifer that she doesn't have to ask him twice and jumps on her.
Moral consequence: Jennifer is delighted that Brad is still attracted to her and that he wants to make love to her.
Norm: It's good to have an intimate relationship with your partner.
Situation: Jennifer and Brad are in bed when Jennifer starts to touch Brad and asks him if he wants to make love.
Intention: Brad wants to answer the proposal for lovemaking.
Immoral action: Brad tells Jennifer that he's exhausted and that it's not a good time right now.
Immoral consequence: Jennifer feels lonely and unsatisfied and a little bit self conscious wondering why Brad isn't into it.
Norm: It is rude to take something away from someone.
Situation: Ash sees that Frank has a much nicer TV remote even though they have the same TV.
Intention: Ash wants the better TV remote.
Moral action: Ash goes to an electronics store and buys the same remote Frank has.
Moral consequence: Ash enjoys the new remote for his TV and has a fun time using it and talks to Frank about it.
Norm: It is rude to take something away from someone.
Situation: Ash sees that Frank has a much nicer TV remote even though they have the same TV.
Intention: Ash wants the better TV remote.
Immoral action: Ash takes Frank's TV remote without premission.
Immoral consequence: Frank assumes he lost the remote and just buys a new one.
Norm: Children should not strike their parents.
Situation: Brad is arguing with his abusive father when his father becomes violent and hits him in the face.
Intention: Brad wants his father to leave him alone.
Moral action: Brad tells his father he's done with him and leaves immediately.
Moral consequence: Brad's father spends the rest of the evening alone, but safe and healthy.
Norm: Children should not strike their parents.
Situation: Brad is arguing with his abusive father when his father becomes violent and hits him in the face.
Intention: Brad wants his father to leave him alone.
Immoral action: Brad decides it's time he defend himself against his father and hits him back.
Immoral consequence: Brad's father falls backward and hurts his head seriously as a result.
Norm: It's good to defend yourself as necessary.
Situation: Bonnie is at school and a classmate keeps physically bullying her.
Intention: Bonnie wants the abuse to stop.
Moral action: Bonnie decides to take a stand against the classmate and gets into an altercation making promises to do it again.
Moral consequence: Bonnie scares off the bullying for good and feels more confident in herself.
Norm: It's good to defend yourself as necessary.
Situation: Bonnie is at school and a classmate keeps physically bullying her.
Intention: Bonnie wants the abuse to stop.
Immoral action: Bonnie decides that if she ignores it that it could stop, so she just hangs her head down when she is bullied.
Immoral consequence: The classmate bullying Bonnie sees it as a sign of weakness and teases Bonnie even more.
Norm: It's wrong to hang out with a family member's ex.
Situation: Paul's sister divorces her cheating husband Jeff, but then Paul gets a reminder about his monthly golf game with Jeff.
Intention: Paul wants to respond to the reminder.
Moral action: Paul cancels their monthly game out of loyalty to his sister.
Moral consequence: Paul is able to show his sister the support she needs.
Norm: It's wrong to hang out with a family member's ex.
Situation: Paul's sister divorces her cheating husband Jeff, but then Paul gets a reminder about his monthly golf game with Jeff.
Intention: Paul wants to respond to the reminder.
Immoral action: Paul decides to continue meeting his ex brother in law for golf.
Immoral consequence: Paul's relationship with his sister becomes strained when she realizes he is still in touch with her ex.
Norm: It's good to protect others.
Situation: James saw a tornado warning on TV, then noticed there was a kid biking by his house.
Intention: James wants to stay safe from the tornado.
Moral action: James yells out his window, "Get inside, there's a tornado warning!".
Moral consequence: James and the kid shelter in his basement until the tornado warning is over.
Norm: It's good to protect others.
Situation: James saw a tornado warning on TV, then noticed there was a kid biking by his house.
Intention: James wants to stay safe from the tornado.
Immoral action: James immediately runs down to his cellar and tries to forget about the kid.
Immoral consequence: James frequently wonders what happened to the kid who stayed outside during the warning.
Norm: You should not poop in trash cans.
Situation: Woody is walking through an alley way on his way home and suddenly really has to pass his bowels.
Intention: Woody wants to find somewhere to poop.
Moral action: Woody goes into a local business and uses their public restroom to take care of his sudden need.
Moral consequence: Woody feels relieved and is able to finishing his walk and make it home afterwards.
Norm: You should not poop in trash cans.
Situation: Woody is walking through an alley way on his way home and suddenly really has to pass his bowels.
Intention: Woody wants to find somewhere to poop.
Immoral action: Woody notices a trash can in the alley way and decides to use it for his sudden need.
Immoral consequence: Woody is caught pooping into the trashcan and after a trial he has to register as a sex offender for being lewd in public.
Norm: It's impolite to call someone an idiot.
Situation: Vidal watches her coworker make an inventory mistake for the tenth time with an annoyed expression.
Intention: Vidal wants to get rid of her frustrations.
Moral action: Vidal talks to the HR manager about her feelings and concerns about her coworker.
Moral consequence: The HR person gives her good advice on how to interact with her coworker.
Norm: It's impolite to call someone an idiot.
Situation: Vidal watches her coworker make an inventory mistake for the tenth time with an annoyed expression.
Intention: Vidal wants to get rid of her frustrations.
Immoral action: Vidal tells her coworker that her intelligence is on par with a dodo.
Immoral consequence: Vidal is confronted by her other coworkers about her behavior.
Norm: You shouldn't rob a house.
Situation: Jack is a rich teenager who lives in a rich neighborhood and is bored during the daytime.
Intention: Jack wants to do something exciting.
Moral action: Jack decides to learn a new skill and starts taking pilot lessons for small planes.
Moral consequence: Jack learns to fly planes and eventually becomes a pilot for a major airline.
Norm: You shouldn't rob a house.
Situation: Jack is a rich teenager who lives in a rich neighborhood and is bored during the daytime.
Intention: Jack wants to do something exciting.
Immoral action: Jack uses his knowledge of the neighborhood to break into someone's house just for fun.
Immoral consequence: The victim becomes paranoid and spends thousands of dollars on a new security system.
Norm: You shouldn't judge others on their appearance.
Situation: Katie tended to judge everyone she saw by how expensive thier clothes were.
Intention: Katie wants to invite people to her party,.
Moral action: Katie decides to talk to the people and figure out who she wants to invite from that information.
Moral consequence: Katie is surprised that some of the most interesting people wore the same cheap clothes every day.
Norm: You shouldn't judge others on their appearance.
Situation: Katie tended to judge everyone she saw by how expensive thier clothes were.
Intention: Katie wants to invite people to her party,.
Immoral action: Katie invited only those who wore expensive clothes all the time.
Immoral consequence: Several of the people she invited weren't fun or exciting to be around.
Norm: You shouldn't hold your father's suicide against your mom.
Situation: Brett is at his dad's funeral, and his mom is talking to him about how much she misses him.
Intention: Brett wants to say something to his mom.
Moral action: Brett tells his mom that there was nothing they could do about it.
Moral consequence: Brett's mom feels a little bit better and a little bit less guilty.
Norm: You shouldn't hold your father's suicide against your mom.
Situation: Brett is at his dad's funeral, and his mom is talking to him about how much she misses him.
Intention: Brett wants to say something to his mom.
Immoral action: Brett tells his mom that he'd still be alive if it weren't for her.
Immoral consequence: Brett's mom feels intense guilt and wants to burst out crying.
Norm: Partners should discuss their problems with each other.
Situation: Jim has been having problems at work and his wife, Pam, asks him how he's doing.
Intention: Jim wants to respond to his wife.
Moral action: Jim talks about the problems he's having with his wife.
Moral consequence: Jim feels better about his work stress.
Norm: Partners should discuss their problems with each other.
Situation: Jim has been having problems at work and his wife, Pam, asks him how he's doing.
Intention: Jim wants to respond to his wife.
Immoral action: Jim tells his wife that everything is fine.
Immoral consequence: Jim's problems eat away at him, and he stays stressed.
Norm: It's rude to make someone lose their job.
Situation: Frank's eating at a restaurant and his waiter Joan has gone what Frank feels is a considerable amount of time without refilling Frank's drink.
Intention: Frank wants to communicate his displeasure with the waiter's service.
Moral action: Frank leaves a very small tip for the waiter when he receives his check, and suggests Joan try harder in the future, or she might lose her job.
Moral consequence: Joan learns from this experience and provides better service to other restaurant goers.
Norm: It's rude to make someone lose their job.
Situation: Frank's eating at a restaurant and his waiter Joan has gone what Frank feels is a considerable amount of time without refilling Frank's drink.
Intention: Frank wants to communicate his displeasure with the waiter's service.
Immoral action: Frank demands to speak to a manager and when he does, demands Joan should be fired for poor service.
Immoral consequence: Joan gets terminated and everyone else in the restaurant thinks Frank is mean.
Norm: It is good to take care of your property.
Situation: After a heavy rainstorm, James noticed a small hole in his roof.
Intention: James doesn't want to have to learn how to fix a roof.
Moral action: James finds a roofing company on Craigslist and contracts them to fix the roof.
Moral consequence: James is much more comfortable once his roof is repaired and all his stuff is dry.
Norm: It is good to take care of your property.
Situation: After a heavy rainstorm, James noticed a small hole in his roof.
Intention: James doesn't want to have to learn how to fix a roof.
Immoral action: James puts a pot under the hole in the roof and tries to ignore the leak.
Immoral consequence: The hole in the roof slowly gets bigger and many of James' possessions become water-logged.
Norm: It's good to donate your organs to help out others.
Situation: Zigmund is at the department of motor vehicles applying for a new driver's license.
Intention: Zigmund wants to fill out the paperwork.
Moral action: Zigmund decides to check off the organ donation box on the form because it doesn't slow him down and knows it is supposed to be a thing to do.
Moral consequence: When Zigmund passes, multiple people benefit from his organs being donated.
Norm: It's good to donate your organs to help out others.
Situation: Zigmund is at the department of motor vehicles applying for a new driver's license.
Intention: Zigmund wants to fill out the paperwork.
Immoral action: As he finishes the form, Zigmund selects to not donate his organs because he finds thinking about his own mortality hard.
Immoral consequence: Others who could've benefited from Zigmund's organs don't when he passes.
Norm: It is wrong to perform pranks on unsuspecting people.
Situation: Jon has thought of a creative prank inspired by a youtube video he watched.
Intention: Jon wants to use the prank on someone.
Moral action: Jon invites Jenny to pull the prank on their friend Tim who is always engaging in this kind of behavior.
Moral consequence: Tim is surprised by the prank but somewhat expected it because of their behavior and appreciates the effort.
Norm: It is wrong to perform pranks on unsuspecting people.
Situation: Jon has thought of a creative prank inspired by a youtube video he watched.
Intention: Jon wants to use the prank on someone.
Immoral action: Jon pranks his friend Jenny, who would never expect such a thing.
Immoral consequence: Jenny is terrified by the prank and is very upset with Jon.
Norm: You shouldn't put your pets above your partner.
Situation: John and his girlfriend are getting ready for bed but his dog is taking up half the bed.
Intention: John needs to decide who will sleep in the bed with him.
Moral action: John moves the dog onto the floor so his girlfriend can join him.
Moral consequence: His girlfriend is glad.
Norm: You shouldn't put your pets above your partner.
Situation: John and his girlfriend are getting ready for bed but his dog is taking up half the bed.
Intention: John needs to decide who will sleep in the bed with him.
Immoral action: John tells his girlfriend to sleep on the couch because he's not making the dog move.
Immoral consequence: John's girlfriend walks out on him because he put the dog above her.
Norm: It's wrong to disappoint your customers with gross negligence.
Situation: Tom is managing a restaurant and is short-staffed during the busy lunch hour.
Intention: Tom wants to keep up with the customers' orders.
Moral action: Tom puts on an apron and goes into the kitchen to help prepare food during the rush.
Moral consequence: The customers get their food in a timely fashion and all other bases are still covered.
Norm: It's wrong to disappoint your customers with gross negligence.
Situation: Tom is managing a restaurant and is short-staffed during the busy lunch hour.
Intention: Tom wants to keep up with the customers' orders.
Immoral action: Tom directs one of the bus boys to go into the kitchen and help cook and serve food.
Immoral consequence: The tables don't get cleaned and the customers become disgusted at all of the dirty dishes around.
Norm: It is wrong to hurt someone else intentionally.
Situation: Jessie just bought a new bike for his daughter Olive, who's scared to learn to ride.
Intention: Jessie wants to teach Olive how to ride her new bike.
Moral action: Jessie offers Olive a trip to the ice cream shop if she lets him teach her to ride her bike.
Moral consequence: Olive learns to ride her bicycle, and she and Jessie ride to the ice cream store together for a cone.
Norm: It is wrong to hurt someone else intentionally.
Situation: Jessie just bought a new bike for his daughter Olive, who's scared to learn to ride.
Intention: Jessie wants to teach Olive how to ride her new bike.
Immoral action: Jessie shows Olive how to ride her bike and then gets a thin tree branch and switches her every time she falls off.
Immoral consequence: Olive learns to ride her bike but never uses it because she associates it with her father hurting her.
Norm: It's not okay to do things that embarrass other people.
Situation: Billy and his coworkers go to a bar to drink heavily after finishing crunch time on an important project.
Intention: Billy wants to let loose after a stressful work week.
Moral action: Billy sublimates his stress into singing karaoke.
Moral consequence: Billy's coworkers laugh at his performance and continue enjoying the night.
Norm: It's not okay to do things that embarrass other people.
Situation: Billy and his coworkers go to a bar to drink heavily after finishing crunch time on an important project.
Intention: Billy wants to let loose after a stressful work week.
Immoral action: Billy decides to take his dress shirt off in the middle of the bar since it feels too stuffy.
Immoral consequence: Billy's coworkers look mortified and shun him the rest of the night.
Norm: You should not abandon your job.
Situation: Mark is in a job he is unhappy with, and he is thinking about leaving it to collect unemployment.
Intention: Mark has to decide whether to leave his job.
Moral action: Mark doesn't want to disappoint his coworkers, so he stays.
Moral consequence: Mark's coworkers know he is unhappy, so they are grateful for him staying.
Norm: You should not abandon your job.
Situation: Mark is in a job he is unhappy with, and he is thinking about leaving it to collect unemployment.
Intention: Mark has to decide whether to leave his job.
Immoral action: Mark doesn't want to get up early to go to work anymore, so he doesn't come the next day.
Immoral consequence: Mark angers his coworkers, and they have to do his work for him.
Norm: You shouldn't have an abortion behind your partner's back.
Situation: Vivian has just been impregnated by her partner who is firmly pro life, but they cannot support a child.
Intention: Vivian wants to terminate the pregnancy.
Moral action: Vivian sits down with her partner and explains how they cannot provide for the child.
Moral consequence: Vivian's partner reluctantly leaves the final decision up to her to choose.
Norm: You shouldn't have an abortion behind your partner's back.
Situation: Vivian has just been impregnated by her partner who is firmly pro life, but they cannot support a child.
Intention: Vivian wants to terminate the pregnancy.
Immoral action: Vivian withholds the pregnancy from her partner and gets an abortion without him knowing.
Immoral consequence: Vivian's partner eventually finds out and is unable to forgive her actions.
Norm: You should not watch tv  too much.
Situation: Robert is on vacation and is staying in a hotel that offers many amenities including cable TV channels, a pool, a gym, and beachfront access.
Intention: Robert wants to have fun on vacation.
Moral action: Robert spends most of his time outside on the beach or playing in the pool.
Moral consequence: Robert feels well-rested and is happy with how he spent his vacation.
Norm: You should not watch tv  too much.
Situation: Robert is on vacation and is staying in a hotel that offers many amenities including cable TV channels, a pool, a gym, and beachfront access.
Intention: Robert wants to have fun on vacation.
Immoral action: Robert spends the whole vacation watching TV.
Immoral consequence: Robert's eyes hurt, and he feels like he wasted his vacation.
Norm: It is rude to make faces at someone.
Situation: Steve was upset with Pascal because he was rude to him earlier.
Intention: Steve wants revenge on Pascal.
Moral action: Steve decides to annoy Pascal by telling jokes about him.
Moral consequence: Steve manages to annoy Pascal for a while but Pascal eventually finds the jokes funny.
Norm: It is rude to make faces at someone.
Situation: Steve was upset with Pascal because he was rude to him earlier.
Intention: Steve wants revenge on Pascal.
Immoral action: Steve decides to make faces at Pascal to annoy him.
Immoral consequence: Steve manages to annoy Pascal with his faces which in turn make Pascal want revenge on him...
Norm: It is bad to have unhealthy living situations.
Situation: Diane is looking at the mold and water damage to her home after the area had a major flood.
Intention: Diane wants a place to sleep tonight.
Moral action: Diane decides there is a lot of cleaning that needs to happen at her home before it is healthy to live in, so she stays in a hotel.
Moral consequence: Diane sleeps in a clean room and is well rested to work on her home the next day.
Norm: It is bad to have unhealthy living situations.
Situation: Diane is looking at the mold and water damage to her home after the area had a major flood.
Intention: Diane wants a place to sleep tonight.
Immoral action: Diane decides to stay in her home despite the recent flood.
Immoral consequence: Diane breathes in unhealthy mold all night that does not do good things for her health.
Norm: It's wrong to spy on other people.
Situation: Ash has a partner who she suspects is going behind her back with another girl.
Intention: Ash wants to try to find out if her partner is cheating.
Moral action: Ash approaches her partner directly and asks him if something is going on.
Moral consequence: Ash's partner is happy to reassure her that nothing is happening and proves it to her.
Norm: It's wrong to spy on other people.
Situation: Ash has a partner who she suspects is going behind her back with another girl.
Intention: Ash wants to try to find out if her partner is cheating.
Immoral action: Ash starts digging around for information and monitoring her partners internet activity.
Immoral consequence: Ash's partner finds out what she is doing and thinks she is out of her mind.
Norm: It's bad to overshare personal information at work.
Situation: Jenny, who is at work, just received some bad news from a friend which made her very worried, when her coworker approached her to make some small talk.
Intention: Jenny wants to talk to someone for reassurance and advice.
Moral action: Jenny engages in small talk with the coworker and waits until later to confide in a friend about the bad news.
Moral consequence: Jenny's coworker has a more entertaining break while talking to her.
Norm: It's bad to overshare personal information at work.
Situation: Jenny, who is at work, just received some bad news from a friend which made her very worried, when her coworker approached her to make some small talk.
Intention: Jenny wants to talk to someone for reassurance and advice.
Immoral action: Jenny shares the news with her coworker and discusses the issue with them.
Immoral consequence: Jenny's coworker is bothered by listening to her personal drama.
Norm: It's bad to pressure people into intimacy.
Situation: Alex is at a party talking to his crush, Mylah, when they begin making out.
Intention: Alex wants to take things to the next level.
Moral action: Alex asks Mylah if she'd like to go to the bedroom with him.
Moral consequence: Mylah tells Alex she'd prefer to take things slow, and they end the night together as they are.
Norm: It's bad to pressure people into intimacy.
Situation: Alex is at a party talking to his crush, Mylah, when they begin making out.
Intention: Alex wants to take things to the next level.
Immoral action: Alex starts unbuttoning Mylah's shirt.
Immoral consequence: Mylah is uncomfortable with Alex's action and leaves the party in tears.
Norm: It's wrong to say depression is not real.
Situation: Dave's friend Wayne hasn't seemed like himself and confesses to Dave that he's having sad and suicidal thoughts.
Intention: Dave wants to help Wayne deal with his feelings.
Moral action: Dave tells Wayne to treat his feelings seriously and go in for counseling to treat his sadness.
Moral consequence: Wayne goes in for help and starts a treatment program, which pulls him out of his depression.
Norm: It's wrong to say depression is not real.
Situation: Dave's friend Wayne hasn't seemed like himself and confesses to Dave that he's having sad and suicidal thoughts.
Intention: Dave wants to help Wayne deal with his feelings.
Immoral action: Dave tells Wayne that his sad feelings are all in his head and that he needs to look at the bright side of life.
Immoral consequence: Wayne's feelings do not improve, and he feels even more alone, isolated, and misunderstood.