CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: Bringing people gifts is a good gesture.
Situation: Ted is invited to dinner at the house of a married couple he knows.
Intention: Ted wants to go to the married couple's house for dinner.
Moral action: Ted shows up for dinner at the couple's house with a nice bottle of red wine for them.
Moral consequence: The couple are charmed by Ted's nice gift of wine and share it at dinner.
Norm: Bringing people gifts is a good gesture.
Situation: Ted is invited to dinner at the house of a married couple he knows.
Intention: Ted wants to go to the married couple's house for dinner.
Immoral action: Ted goes to the couple's house for dinner without bringing anything as a gift for them.
Immoral consequence: The couple thinks Ted isn't very polite since he didn't bring even a small gift to show his appreciation for being invited.
Norm: It's good to help a widow find a therapist.
Situation: Kyler is talking to her friend who just lost her husband and is seeking help.
Intention: Kyler wants to help her friend feel better.
Moral action: Kyler gets out her computer and helps her friend look up grief counselors in the region.
Moral consequence: Kyler's friend sees a therapist that really helps her in her time of need.
Norm: It's good to help a widow find a therapist.
Situation: Kyler is talking to her friend who just lost her husband and is seeking help.
Intention: Kyler wants to help her friend feel better.
Immoral action: Kyler tells her friend she doesn't need professional assistance and suggests they get some drinks together to help.
Immoral consequence: Kyler's friend doesn't cope well over drinks and really misses out on the help a therapist could have provided.
Norm: You should avoid seeing people who've hurt you.
Situation: Gary wants to go to the grocery store but his ex shops there too.
Intention: Gary wants to obtain food from the grocery store.
Moral action: Gary decides to order his food from the store online over the internet.
Moral consequence: The store delivers the food to Gary and there's no chance he'll see his ex.
Norm: You should avoid seeing people who've hurt you.
Situation: Gary wants to go to the grocery store but his ex shops there too.
Intention: Gary wants to obtain food from the grocery store.
Immoral action: Gary simply goes to the store and figures that they can't possibly run into each other.
Immoral consequence: Gary runs into his ex at the grocery store, and he's shocked.
Norm: It's important to keep debate civil
Situation: Dan and Bob are co-workers that support different ideologies, having a discussion on healthcare policy.
Intention: Dan wants to get his point across.
Moral action: Bob listens closely to Dan's view, and calmly explains where the flaws in his logic is.
Moral consequence: Dan understands Bob's solid points, and comes around to changing his mind.
Norm: It's important to keep debate civil
Situation: Dan and Bob are co-workers that support different ideologies, having a discussion on healthcare policy.
Intention: Dan wants to get his point across.
Immoral action: After Bob gives his views, Dan objects so strongly that he screams about why Bob is wrong.
Immoral consequence: Dan is unwilling to look at things from another perspective because Bob was scolding him.
Norm: It is unethical to make sexual advances on your employees.
Situation: Todd has a female employee who is wearing an attractive outfit.
Intention: Todd wants to tell his employee they have an attractive outfit.
Moral action: Todd tells his employee they have good fashion sense and pick out clothes well.
Moral consequence: Todd's employee will thank him for the compliment.
Norm: It is unethical to make sexual advances on your employees.
Situation: Todd has a female employee who is wearing an attractive outfit.
Intention: Todd wants to tell his employee they have an attractive outfit.
Immoral action: Todd tells his employee that their body looks very nice in the clothes and it's arousing him.
Immoral consequence: Todd's employee will file a sexual harassment claim against him.
Norm: It is bad to steal from a co-worker.
Situation: Jared is on his lunch break at work and realizes he forgot to bring his packed lunch today, and has no time to leave and buy food.
Intention: Jared wants to eat.
Moral action: Jared asks a colleague if he can borrow a dollar to buy something from the vending machine, and the coworker says yes.
Moral consequence: Jared grabs his favorite brand of potato chip from the vending machine.
Norm: It is bad to steal from a co-worker.
Situation: Jared is on his lunch break at work and realizes he forgot to bring his packed lunch today, and has no time to leave and buy food.
Intention: Jared wants to eat.
Immoral action: Jared grabs someone else's food out of the communal refrigerator and eats it.
Immoral consequence: A coworker walks in halfway through Jared eating the food and notices Jared's eating their lunch, and files a complaint.
Norm: It's wrong to use your friends.
Situation: Tammy is hanging out with her friends at a restaurant but is broke.
Intention: Tammy wants to get some food.
Moral action: Tammy asks a friend if he can buy her a simple sandwich and pays him back the next day after getting her paycheck.
Moral consequence: Her friends respect Tammy and trust her and help her in the future.
Norm: It's wrong to use your friends.
Situation: Tammy is hanging out with her friends at a restaurant but is broke.
Intention: Tammy wants to get some food.
Immoral action: Tammy asks her friends to buy her some food but never pays them back.
Immoral consequence: Her friends refuse to ever buy her anything in the future and resent her.
Norm: People should not ignore family members when around family.
Situation: Tim is sent to visit his grandmother for the day.
Intention: Tim wants to find something to do to entertain himself.
Moral action: Tim plays a board game with his grandmother, and they talk while they play.
Moral consequence: Tim's grandmother is glad she got the chance to spend time with Tim while he visited her.
Norm: People should not ignore family members when around family.
Situation: Tim is sent to visit his grandmother for the day.
Intention: Tim wants to find something to do to entertain himself.
Immoral action: Tim plays a game on his phone and doesn't even look at or talk to his grandmother.
Immoral consequence: Tim's grandmother is sad that Tim won't interact with her at all.
Norm: It's bad to buy expensive things you can't afford
Situation: Jessie's car has stopped running, and she needs a car to get to her minimum wage job.
Intention: Jessie wants to buy a car.
Moral action: Jessie goes to a used car dealership and looks at cars in her price range.
Moral consequence: Jessie finds a car that she can pay with cash and doesn't have a car note.
Norm: It's bad to buy expensive things you can't afford
Situation: Jessie's car has stopped running, and she needs a car to get to her minimum wage job.
Intention: Jessie wants to buy a car.
Immoral action: Jessie goes to the car dealership and buys a luxury car that she can't afford.
Immoral consequence: Jessie misses a few car payments and the car is taken away from her.
Norm: It's wrong to domineer your children.
Situation: John's kids have made a huge mess in the playroom.
Intention: John wants to get his kids to clean up their playroom.
Moral action: John explains to the kids why it's a good idea to clean up.
Moral consequence: They clean up and love their dad.
Norm: It's wrong to domineer your children.
Situation: John's kids have made a huge mess in the playroom.
Intention: John wants to get his kids to clean up their playroom.
Immoral action: John tells the kids to clean up, or he will beat them.
Immoral consequence: The kids clean up but are scared of their dad.
Norm: It is bad to get kicked out of class
Situation: Stewart was sitting in class when he realizes that he needs to go to the restroom.
Intention: Stewart wants to get out of the classroom.
Moral action: Stewart asks the teacher if he can be excused to go to the restroom.
Moral consequence: Stewart is able to get to the bathroom and back to class in ten minutes.
Norm: It is bad to get kicked out of class
Situation: Stewart was sitting in class when he realizes that he needs to go to the restroom.
Intention: Stewart wants to get out of the classroom.
Immoral action: Stewart loudly announces to the teacher and the rest of the class that he is leaving to go take a piss.
Immoral consequence: Stewart is sent to the principal's office immediately, and he pees in his pants.
Norm: You should offer support to struggling co-workers.
Situation: Merlin works in IT and sees John, a new IT hire, having trouble getting a computer to work properly.
Intention: Merlin wants to give John some words of encouragement.
Moral action: Merlin stops to help John and recounts how many mistakes he made when he was new on the job.
Moral consequence: John feels like Merlin cares and connects with Merlin's experiences, becoming a friend of Merlin.
Norm: You should offer support to struggling co-workers.
Situation: Merlin works in IT and sees John, a new IT hire, having trouble getting a computer to work properly.
Intention: Merlin wants to give John some words of encouragement.
Immoral action: Merlin tells John that the struggles will make him stronger, then walks off.
Immoral consequence: John feels somewhat resentful that Merlin just walked by without offering any help and acts coldly towards Merlin.
Norm: It is wrong to lose contact with a grandparent.
Situation: Grace, who is very close to her grandma, just graduated from university and doesn't have any jobs lined up.
Intention: Grace wants to spend a few years travelling the world.
Moral action: Grace makes sure to send her grandma postcards detailing her travels on a regular basis and calls to check up on her whenever she can.
Moral consequence: Grace's grandma is very happy for Grace and eagerly awaits her phone calls.
Norm: It is wrong to lose contact with a grandparent.
Situation: Grace, who is very close to her grandma, just graduated from university and doesn't have any jobs lined up.
Intention: Grace wants to spend a few years travelling the world.
Immoral action: Grace goes on her traveling adventures and doesn't attempt to contact anyone while she's away.
Immoral consequence: Grace's grandma gets very worried about Grace and misses her dearly.
Norm: It's not okay to impose on others and their homes.
Situation: Adam's parents are moving to another state, but he has no desire to move with them and resolves to stay where he is.
Intention: Adam wants to find a place to live.
Moral action: Adam gets a job and finds an apartment to rent with a few other guys to keep the costs down.
Moral consequence: Adam's friends maintain a good relationship with him and Adam preserves his sense of self-worth.
Norm: It's not okay to impose on others and their homes.
Situation: Adam's parents are moving to another state, but he has no desire to move with them and resolves to stay where he is.
Intention: Adam wants to find a place to live.
Immoral action: Adam goes to a friend's house and starts living on his couch without paying anything for it.
Immoral consequence: Adam's friend gets disgusted with Adam's lack of responsibility and eventually kicks him out of the house.
Norm: It is wrong to judge who others can date.
Situation: Emma is talking to her friend Deb about a new guy that Emma started dating.
Intention: Deb wants to tell Emma what she thinks about the guy she's been seeing.
Moral action: Deb listens to Emma and tells her that she's excited for her new relationship.
Moral consequence: Emma is happy that Deb is a supportive friend.
Norm: It is wrong to judge who others can date.
Situation: Emma is talking to her friend Deb about a new guy that Emma started dating.
Intention: Deb wants to tell Emma what she thinks about the guy she's been seeing.
Immoral action: Deb tells Emma that the guy she's dating isn't worth her time.
Immoral consequence: Emma is offended and gets mad at Deb.
Norm: It's not okay to make fun of what someone wears.
Situation: Jordan is waiting for the bus next to Charlie, who is wearing his least-favourite green sweater that he’s extremely self-conscious about.
Intention: Charlie wants to react to Jordan's outfit.
Moral action: Charlie compliments Jordan's outfit, saying that he rocks that color.
Moral consequence: Jordan no longer feels so bad about wearing the sweater to school.
Norm: It's not okay to make fun of what someone wears.
Situation: Jordan is waiting for the bus next to Charlie, who is wearing his least-favourite green sweater that he’s extremely self-conscious about.
Intention: Charlie wants to react to Jordan's outfit.
Immoral action: Charlie tells Jordan that his sweater looks like the color of vomit, and laughs.
Immoral consequence: Jordan feels really embarrassed and dreads the day at school.
Norm: It's unreasonable to tolerate an aggressive friend.
Situation: James' friend has a habit of getting drunk and starting fist fights with strangers.
Intention: James wants to avoid getting sucked into a fight.
Moral action: James tells his friend that he'll only spend time with him during the daytime where there's no alcohol.
Moral consequence: James and his friend gradually drift apart and James doesn't have to witness to participate in any fights.
Norm: It's unreasonable to tolerate an aggressive friend.
Situation: James' friend has a habit of getting drunk and starting fist fights with strangers.
Intention: James wants to avoid getting sucked into a fight.
Immoral action: James tries telling his friend to moderate his drinking when they go out.
Immoral consequence: James' friend orders shots when James is in the bathroom and ends up getting in another fight.
Norm: Is wrong to make somebody feel self-conscious
Situation: Reina and her friend Kate are going out to dance and Reina shows up wearing an expensive new dress.
Intention: Kate wants to greet Reina.
Moral action: Kate looks at Reina and exclaims that she looks amazing in the new dress.
Moral consequence: Reina feels happy and stays out to dance with Kate for hours.
Norm: Is wrong to make somebody feel self-conscious
Situation: Reina and her friend Kate are going out to dance and Reina shows up wearing an expensive new dress.
Intention: Kate wants to greet Reina.
Immoral action: Kate looks at Reina and remarks on the new dress, saying that she thinks it's a bit short.
Immoral consequence: Reina starts to feel self conscious and decides to go home without dancing.
Norm: People shouldn't be loudly proud of minor achievements.
Situation: James managed to bring his grade in history up from a D to a C.
Intention: James wants to feel better about himself.
Moral action: James continues to work hard and manages to bring his grade up to an A.
Moral consequence: James' parents and teachers give him lots of praise and recognition.
Norm: People shouldn't be loudly proud of minor achievements.
Situation: James managed to bring his grade in history up from a D to a C.
Intention: James wants to feel better about himself.
Immoral action: James tells everyone he knows about how he's now getting a C in history.
Immoral consequence: When James is out of earshot, his friends say he really needs to reassess his life.
Norm: It's polite to be considerate of others in a conversation.
Situation: Sam is talking to Taylor about what he did that day and what he's planning on doing later.
Intention: Sam wants to tell Taylor about where he's going for dinner.
Moral action: Sam tells Taylor about the restaurant he's going to and asks if she's ever been.
Moral consequence: Taylor says that she has and tells him about a special dish the restaurant serves that's not listed on the menu.
Norm: It's polite to be considerate of others in a conversation.
Situation: Sam is talking to Taylor about what he did that day and what he's planning on doing later.
Intention: Sam wants to tell Taylor about where he's going for dinner.
Immoral action: Sam tells Taylor about the restaurant he's going to for dinner, talking over her every time she tries to interject something.
Immoral consequence: Taylor doesn't feel like she's part of the conversation and begins scrolling through her social media accounts on her phone.
Norm: It's not normal to put your life in danger
Situation: Carey is driving on the highway at night, and gets stuck behind two trucks side by side in each lane.
Intention: Carey wants to get past the trucks.
Moral action: Carey flashes her headlights to let them know she wants to pass, then waits for an opening.
Moral consequence: The trucks eventually stagger their positions, and Carey is able to drive past them.
Norm: It's not normal to put your life in danger
Situation: Carey is driving on the highway at night, and gets stuck behind two trucks side by side in each lane.
Intention: Carey wants to get past the trucks.
Immoral action: Carey drives between the trucks, scraping along each side of her car.
Immoral consequence: The trucks swerve to the sides and Carey nearly crashes her car.
Norm: It's unacceptable to forbid your significant other to do something.
Situation: Anne has plans to go hang gliding alone, but her husband Frank is against the idea.
Intention: Frank wants to keep his wife from hang gliding alone.
Moral action: Frank tells Anne that he wants to go hang gliding with her.
Moral consequence: Anne thinks it's a good idea, and she goes hang gliding with Frank.
Norm: It's unacceptable to forbid your significant other to do something.
Situation: Anne has plans to go hang gliding alone, but her husband Frank is against the idea.
Intention: Frank wants to keep his wife from hang gliding alone.
Immoral action: Frank tells his wife that he won't allow her to go hang glidng alone.
Immoral consequence: Anne tells Frank that she can do whatever she wants and goes anyway.
Norm: You shouldn't forbid your in-laws from seeing your kids.
Situation: Fred is at home when he gets a call from his father in law Bob asking to visit to see his grandchildren.
Intention: Fred wants to respond to Bob's request for a visit.
Moral action: Fred tells Bob that he doesn't need to ask to see his own grandkids and that he can come over anytime.
Moral consequence: Bob is delighted and gets excited at the prospect of playing with his grandchildren.
Norm: You shouldn't forbid your in-laws from seeing your kids.
Situation: Fred is at home when he gets a call from his father in law Bob asking to visit to see his grandchildren.
Intention: Fred wants to respond to Bob's request for a visit.
Immoral action: Fred tells Bob that he doesn't really want him coming over as they have plans, and he'll talk with him another time.
Immoral consequence: Bob is hurt that he can't see his grandchildren and feels out of the family loop making him even sadder.
Norm: It's good to show concern for a depressed friend.
Situation: Bill's friend Jerry has had a lot of trouble sleeping and has been keeping to himself a lot, and Bill meets up with him.
Intention: Bill wants Jerry to get better.
Moral action: Bill talks with Jerry and asks him why he has been so down recently, then listens to his explanation.
Moral consequence: Jerry feels like Bill cares about him and opens up, helping him deal with his emotional issues.
Norm: It's good to show concern for a depressed friend.
Situation: Bill's friend Jerry has had a lot of trouble sleeping and has been keeping to himself a lot, and Bill meets up with him.
Intention: Bill wants Jerry to get better.
Immoral action: Bill makes some small talk with Jerry and avoids talking about his issues, thinking that he'll make things worse by exposing them.
Immoral consequence: Jerry doesn't get help from anyone and eventually goes into an incurable depression.
Norm: You shouldn't hate fat people.
Situation: Scott is a high school student and sits down with a group of friends who are talking about other classmates.
Intention: Scott wants to make a comment about a classmates.
Moral action: Scott brings up a female classmate he thinks is cute and funny.
Moral consequence: Scott's friends tease him in a friendly manner and Scott enjoys it.
Norm: You shouldn't hate fat people.
Situation: Scott is a high school student and sits down with a group of friends who are talking about other classmates.
Intention: Scott wants to make a comment about a classmates.
Immoral action: Scott starts to lay into an overweight classmate and tells his friends that is the sole reason he doesn't care for that classmate.
Immoral consequence: Scott's friends find it rude that Scott would dismiss somebody just because of their weight and Scott feels awful.
Norm: It's good to talk about the fun times you had.
Situation: Ash is talking to his friend Bill about the movies they saw together.
Intention: Ash wants to keep talking to Bill.
Moral action: Ash brings up the best times they had watching movies together.
Moral consequence: They have fun talking about their best times in the movie theater.
Norm: It's good to talk about the fun times you had.
Situation: Ash is talking to his friend Bill about the movies they saw together.
Intention: Ash wants to keep talking to Bill.
Immoral action: Ash mentions the worst movies they ever saw together.
Immoral consequence: They spend an hour talking about terrible, terrible films.
Norm: You shouldn't make a mess of someone's yard.
Situation: Jack is washing his car on his driveway when he notices that the water run off is draining through his neighbor's yard.
Intention: Jack wants to continue washing his car without worrying about the run off.
Moral action: Jack calls to his wife and asks her to put a board down to redirect the water run off to flow down Jack's driveway instead of into his neighbor's yard.
Moral consequence: Jack's wife successfully redirects the water flow and his neighbor's yard is preserved.
Norm: You shouldn't make a mess of someone's yard.
Situation: Jack is washing his car on his driveway when he notices that the water run off is draining through his neighbor's yard.
Intention: Jack wants to continue washing his car without worrying about the run off.
Immoral action: Jack ignores the water run off and continues letting it flow through his neighbor's yard.
Immoral consequence: The chemical filled water carves out and kills patches of his neighbor's grass, making the yard look terrible.
Norm: It's wrong to harm others with a car.
Situation: Jeff, who suspects that his girlfriend is cheating on him, follows her and sees her being affectionate with another man.
Intention: Jeff wants to get even.
Moral action: Jeff finds some condoms that his girlfriend keeps and soaks them in hot sauce for the other man.
Moral consequence: Both the girlfriend and the other man suffer without getting seriously injured.
Norm: It's wrong to harm others with a car.
Situation: Jeff, who suspects that his girlfriend is cheating on him, follows her and sees her being affectionate with another man.
Intention: Jeff wants to get even.
Immoral action: Jeff waits until they are in an open area at night, then takes his car and runs them both down, injuring them.
Immoral consequence: Both his girlfriend and the other man are seriously wounded and spend lots of money on recovery.
Norm: It's bad to be a controlling significant other.
Situation: Nancy's boyfriend Kevin has a history of being naive and getting taken advantage of by people he trusted.
Intention: Nancy wants to protect Kevin.
Moral action: Nancy allows Kevin to make his own choices but tries to make her concerns known any time they arise.
Moral consequence: Kevin learns from his experiences and what Nancy is telling him and is able to grow as a person.
Norm: It's bad to be a controlling significant other.
Situation: Nancy's boyfriend Kevin has a history of being naive and getting taken advantage of by people he trusted.
Intention: Nancy wants to protect Kevin.
Immoral action: Nancy tries to screen all of Kevin's friends and acquaintances, even putting a tracking device on his phone to check if he’s meeting with people she doesn't approve of.
Immoral consequence: Nancy's overprotectiveness pushes Kevin away, and he makes bad choices to spite her out of resentment.