CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't give ultimatums to people.
Situation: Mike notices that his son Tom still hasn't cleaned the dishes as he promised to do many hours earlier.
Intention: Mike wants the dishes to be cleaned.
Moral action: Mike reminds Tom that he had promised to do the dishes, and they are still dirty.
Moral consequence: Tom apologizes and quickly makes his way to the kitchen to wash the dishes.
Norm: You shouldn't give ultimatums to people.
Situation: Mike notices that his son Tom still hasn't cleaned the dishes as he promised to do many hours earlier.
Intention: Mike wants the dishes to be cleaned.
Immoral action: Mike tells Tom to wash the dishes immediately, or he will be grounded for a month.
Immoral consequence: Tom is defiant in response to the ultimatum and refuses to comply with the request.
Norm: It is bad to do harm to others.
Situation: Chad is approaching the entrance to a convenience store but its blocked by noisy teenagers who are laughing and joking around.
Intention: Chad wants to enter the store.
Moral action: Chad asks the teenagers to move out of the way so that he can enter the store.
Moral consequence: The teenagers move and Chad is able to enter the store and shop without incident.
Norm: It is bad to do harm to others.
Situation: Chad is approaching the entrance to a convenience store but its blocked by noisy teenagers who are laughing and joking around.
Intention: Chad wants to enter the store.
Immoral action: Chad plows through the teens, shoving them to the ground and enters the store.
Immoral consequence: Chad is kicked out of the store by the manager who witnessed his violent actions.
Norm: You shouldn't out people before they are ready.
Situation: Mark knew his friend, Joe, and Joe's partner, Neil, want to come out to their family.
Intention: Mark wants to send out invitations for a celebration party for Joe and Neil.
Moral action: Mark send out invitations for a mystery party to Joe's and Neil's families.
Moral consequence: All families RSVP positively and Joe and Neil have a chance to talk to their families first.
Norm: You shouldn't out people before they are ready.
Situation: Mark knew his friend, Joe, and Joe's partner, Neil, want to come out to their family.
Intention: Mark wants to send out invitations for a celebration party for Joe and Neil.
Immoral action: Mark sends out invitations to Joe's and Neil's coming out party to their families.
Immoral consequence: Both families find out about their relationship from the invitations and RSVP saying they won't be coming.
Norm: It's expected that people learn to clean up after themselves.
Situation: Alexa is at a Taco Bell with her friends, and they ordered a lot of food.
Intention: Alexa is done eating and wants to leave.
Moral action: Alexa and her friend throw all of their trash out before leaving.
Moral consequence: A minimum wage workers feel grateful for them and gets to relax for a bit.
Norm: It's expected that people learn to clean up after themselves.
Situation: Alexa is at a Taco Bell with her friends, and they ordered a lot of food.
Intention: Alexa is done eating and wants to leave.
Immoral action: Alexa and her friends leave all of their trash on the tables.
Immoral consequence: A minimum wage worker who already has plenty of work to do will have to clean up after them.
Norm: It's mean to judge someone for being easy.
Situation: Jerry had a one-night-stand, without much effort on Jerry's part, and Jerry sees his friends the next day.
Intention: Jerry wants to talk to his friends about his date.
Moral action: Jerry tells his friends that he had an enjoyable date and doesn't judge the woman involved.
Moral consequence: Jerry's friends find Jerry respectable and Jerry stays with them for a while.
Norm: It's mean to judge someone for being easy.
Situation: Jerry had a one-night-stand, without much effort on Jerry's part, and Jerry sees his friends the next day.
Intention: Jerry wants to talk to his friends about his date.
Immoral action: Jerry tells his friends that his date was a slut and probably had a bad childhood, because she was, "easy".
Immoral consequence: Jerry's friends think Jerry is rude and avoid Jerry while Jerry reconsiders what he said.
Norm: You shouldn't make out with your roommate's friends.
Situation: Amber is hanging out in the living room when her roommate's friend Arnold begins flirting with her.
Intention: Amber doesn't want to hurt Arnold.
Moral action: Amber compliments him before excusing herself into the bathroom until her friend gets home.
Moral consequence: Amber is able to relax for the night enjoying her personal space.
Norm: You shouldn't make out with your roommate's friends.
Situation: Amber is hanging out in the living room when her roommate's friend Arnold begins flirting with her.
Intention: Amber doesn't want to hurt Arnold.
Immoral action: Amber follows along with his advances, and eventually returns a kiss.
Immoral consequence: Amber gets in trouble with her friend for kissing Arnold.
Norm: It is rude to knock over a jigsaw puzzle.
Situation: Ben is sitting at the table working on a jigsaw puzzle when Jessica walks in.
Intention: Jessica wants to pick up a piece of the puzzle.
Moral action: Jessica takes a piece of the puzzle and puts it in the place where it belongs.
Moral consequence: Ben tells Jessica thank you for helping him with the puzzle.
Norm: It is rude to knock over a jigsaw puzzle.
Situation: Ben is sitting at the table working on a jigsaw puzzle when Jessica walks in.
Intention: Jessica wants to pick up a piece of the puzzle.
Immoral action: Jessica takes a few pieces of the puzzle and throws them on the floor.
Immoral consequence: Ben starts to yell at Jessica and tells her to leave him alone.
Norm: It's bad to smoke in a non-smoking room.
Situation: Abraham has been on a plane for the last eight hours and is just stepping into the airport after his flight.
Intention: Abraham wants to smoke a cigarette.
Moral action: Abraham waits for a few minutes until he is outside and then lights up a cigarette.
Moral consequence: The people in the non smoking area feel fine and are not bothered by Abraham's cigarette smoke.
Norm: It's bad to smoke in a non-smoking room.
Situation: Abraham has been on a plane for the last eight hours and is just stepping into the airport after his flight.
Intention: Abraham wants to smoke a cigarette.
Immoral action: Abraham lights up a cigarette immediately after stepping off the plane, right in the middle of a non-smoking area.
Immoral consequence: Some of the people sitting in the non-smoking area start to feel nauseous because of Abraham's cigarette smoke.
Norm: You shouldn't write people notes when you're in study hall.
Situation: Curtis is doing schoolwork in a quiet classroom when his friend Joey passes him a piece of paper.
Intention: Curtis wants to respond to Joey.
Moral action: Curtis reads Joeys paper and whispers to him that they will talk after class.
Moral consequence: Curtis and Joey are able to avoid getting in trouble at school.
Norm: You shouldn't write people notes when you're in study hall.
Situation: Curtis is doing schoolwork in a quiet classroom when his friend Joey passes him a piece of paper.
Intention: Curtis wants to respond to Joey.
Immoral action: Curtis reads Joeys paper, writes him back and gives it back to him.
Immoral consequence: The instructor notices and both Curtis and Joey get detention.
Norm: You shouldn't fail all your classes.
Situation: Rita had just started college and had bills to pay for her books.
Intention: Rita wants to get a job.
Moral action: Rita gets a part time job in the book store on campus.
Moral consequence: Rita studies for her classes on her days off of her job.
Norm: You shouldn't fail all your classes.
Situation: Rita had just started college and had bills to pay for her books.
Intention: Rita wants to get a job.
Immoral action: Rita gets a full time job at the local grocery store in town.
Immoral consequence: Rita doesn't have time to study, and she fails all her classes.
Norm: It's good to have a sense of humor about yourself.
Situation: Zach is socializing at a party when his friend Jed makes a playful joke at his expense.
Intention: Zach wants to respond to Jed's joke about him.
Moral action: Zach tells Jed his joke is a good one and laughs it off.
Moral consequence: Zach remains in a pleasant mood and enjoys the remainder of the party.
Norm: It's good to have a sense of humor about yourself.
Situation: Zach is socializing at a party when his friend Jed makes a playful joke at his expense.
Intention: Zach wants to respond to Jed's joke about him.
Immoral action: Zach gets angry and returns the joke with a cutting insult about Jed's appearance.
Immoral consequence: Zach remains upset and goes home early from the party.
Norm: It's wrong to ignore your coworkers.
Situation: Mike is working with his friend James in a factory.
Intention: Mike wants to listen to his music on his phone.
Moral action: Mike sees his friend wants to talk and chats with him before he puts on his headphones.
Moral consequence: Mikes friend feels happy and accepted.
Norm: It's wrong to ignore your coworkers.
Situation: Mike is working with his friend James in a factory.
Intention: Mike wants to listen to his music on his phone.
Immoral action: Mike sees his friend James wants to talk about something but puts on his headphones.
Immoral consequence: Mikes friend feels ignored and irritated.
Norm: It's wrong to try to harm others.
Situation: Alan is competing in a big race soon against some of his long-time rivals.
Intention: Alan wants to win the race.
Moral action: Alan intensifies his training routine and takes particular care of his body in the days leading up to the race.
Moral consequence: Alan improves his physical condition, so he is able to outrun his rivals.
Norm: It's wrong to try to harm others.
Situation: Alan is competing in a big race soon against some of his long-time rivals.
Intention: Alan wants to win the race.
Immoral action: Alan tries to sabotage his rivals by tampering with their drinks.
Immoral consequence: Alan is caught and disqualified from the race.
Norm: It's wrong to use someone's body.
Situation: Jake has been doing construction for hours with coworkers, and his arm is very tired.
Intention: Jake wants to rest his arm on something.
Moral action: Jake decides to rest his arm on a table away from his coworkers.
Moral consequence: Jake's coworkers have a friendly chat with Jake and Jake feels rested.
Norm: It's wrong to use someone's body.
Situation: Jake has been doing construction for hours with coworkers, and his arm is very tired.
Intention: Jake wants to rest his arm on something.
Immoral action: Jake rests his arm on a coworker without asking the coworker.
Immoral consequence: The coworker accuses Jake of being insensitive and objectifying, and Jake apologizes.
Norm: It's good to be concerned about someone's drug habits.
Situation: Gordon's brother has been on the streets buying and using drugs for the past few months.
Intention: Gordon wants his brother to stop using drugs.
Moral action: Gordon stages to have an intervention to end his brother's drug habit.
Moral consequence: Gordon's brother overcomes his addiction and Gordon finally has his brother back to normal.
Norm: It's good to be concerned about someone's drug habits.
Situation: Gordon's brother has been on the streets buying and using drugs for the past few months.
Intention: Gordon wants his brother to stop using drugs.
Immoral action: Gordon approaches the local drug dealer and tells them to stop selling to his brother.
Immoral consequence: The drug dealer beats up Gordon and puts him in the hospital.
Norm: It's good to bail your partner out of jail.
Situation: Eva's husband Jeff was put into jail over the weekend.
Intention: Eva needs to pay her bills.
Moral action: Eva bonds her husband out of jail as soon as she can.
Moral consequence: Jeff gets out of jail and works overtime to help pay the bills and the bond money.
Norm: It's good to bail your partner out of jail.
Situation: Eva's husband Jeff was put into jail over the weekend.
Intention: Eva needs to pay her bills.
Immoral action: Eva leaves her husband in jail and gets another job to try to pay the bills.
Immoral consequence: Jeff finally gets out of jail and leaves his wife for not bonding him out.
Norm: It's good to bring a snack to someone else's party.
Situation: Misty was invited to her friend Kit's birthday celebration, but Kit forgot to buy food.
Intention: Misty wants to bring an item to the celebration.
Moral action: Misty brings a bottle of champagne and some pretzels.
Moral consequence: The guests are pleased because they can eat the pretzels to take away some of the acidity of the champagne.
Norm: It's good to bring a snack to someone else's party.
Situation: Misty was invited to her friend Kit's birthday celebration, but Kit forgot to buy food.
Intention: Misty wants to bring an item to the celebration.
Immoral action: Misty brings a bottle of champagne to Kit's celebration.
Immoral consequence: The people in attendance drink the champagne, but get upset stomachs from not having anything to eat with it.
Norm: Hurting other people's feelings is wrong.
Situation: Caleb is helping his younger brother do his homework one afternoon.
Intention: Caleb wants to give his brother feedback on his progress.
Moral action: Caleb encourages his brother and tells him that he can get the answers himself.
Moral consequence: Caleb's brother starts to understand the material that they are working on.
Norm: Hurting other people's feelings is wrong.
Situation: Caleb is helping his younger brother do his homework one afternoon.
Intention: Caleb wants to give his brother feedback on his progress.
Immoral action: Caleb tells his brother that he is stupid, and he should know all the answers by now.
Immoral consequence: Caleb's brother begins to cry and stops trying to work on the material.
Norm: It's rude to express that another culture's gatherings look ridiculous.
Situation: Kyle is invited to a Diwali festival parade by his Indian friend Geet.
Intention: Kyle wants to say something to Geet about the festival parade.
Moral action: Kyle tells Geet that the festival participants look very exotic and unlike anything he's ever seen.
Moral consequence: Geet proceeds to explain to Kyle the meaning and significance behind the costumes and dances in the parade.
Norm: It's rude to express that another culture's gatherings look ridiculous.
Situation: Kyle is invited to a Diwali festival parade by his Indian friend Geet.
Intention: Kyle wants to say something to Geet about the festival parade.
Immoral action: Kyle tells Geet that the appearance, dress, and dance of the people in the parade seems primative and backwards.
Immoral consequence: Geet is insulted and gives Kyle the silent treatment for the rest of the day.
Norm: It's careless to not pay attention while driving.
Situation: Adam is driving on the highway when he receives a text from his boss.
Intention: Adam wants to respond to his boss.
Moral action: Adam presses a button on his Bluetooth headset calling his boss.
Moral consequence: Adam and his boss grow closer talking about their jobs before work.
Norm: It's careless to not pay attention while driving.
Situation: Adam is driving on the highway when he receives a text from his boss.
Intention: Adam wants to respond to his boss.
Immoral action: Adam glances at his phone sending a text while driving.
Immoral consequence: Adam gets into a car accident.
Norm: It's good to lock your doors to keep intruders out.
Situation: Sven is trying to sleep, but he's been cooking all day so his house is really warm.
Intention: Sven wants to cool his house down.
Moral action: Sven closes all his windows and turns on the air conditioning.
Moral consequence: A burglar passes by Sven's house when he sees that the front door and windows are shut tight.
Norm: It's good to lock your doors to keep intruders out.
Situation: Sven is trying to sleep, but he's been cooking all day so his house is really warm.
Intention: Sven wants to cool his house down.
Immoral action: Sven opens his front door and windows and lets the cool evening air come in.
Immoral consequence: A burglar enters Sven's house while he sleeps and takes his valuables.
Norm: You shouldn't have to feel pressured to talk to people.
Situation: Lucas' sister is very shy and sometimes has a hard time with small talk when she meets new people.
Intention: Lucas wants his sister to chat with one of his friends.
Moral action: Lucas suggests his sister play a board game with him and his friend.
Moral consequence: Lucas' sister has a great time playing the game with them and effortlessly strikes a fun conversation with Lucas' friend.
Norm: You shouldn't have to feel pressured to talk to people.
Situation: Lucas' sister is very shy and sometimes has a hard time with small talk when she meets new people.
Intention: Lucas wants his sister to chat with one of his friends.
Immoral action: Lucas insists that his sister chat with his friend.
Immoral consequence: Lucas' sister has a short conversation with Lucas' friend but feels very ill-at-ease.
Norm: You shouldn't discriminate against women.
Situation: Nick is interviewing some male and female applicants for an open computer programmer position.
Intention: Nick wants to decide on a good applicant for the job.
Moral action: Nick considers each applicant, both men and woman, and finally settles on a highly qualified woman.
Moral consequence: The company does well because the woman Nick chose is an excellent programmer.
Norm: You shouldn't discriminate against women.
Situation: Nick is interviewing some male and female applicants for an open computer programmer position.
Intention: Nick wants to decide on a good applicant for the job.
Immoral action: Nick shortens his list down to the men, as men are typically programmers, then picks one.
Immoral consequence: The company suffers because none of the men on the list were very good programmers.
Norm: It's rude to sell things that belong to someone else.
Situation: Linda agrees to store some of her sister's furniture and other belongings in her house.
Intention: Linda wants to earn some extra money.
Moral action: Linda and her sister agree on a moderate storage fee for the trouble.
Moral consequence: Linda's sister is assured that her belongings will be store safely as they agreed.
Norm: It's rude to sell things that belong to someone else.
Situation: Linda agrees to store some of her sister's furniture and other belongings in her house.
Intention: Linda wants to earn some extra money.
Immoral action: Linda later claims ownership over the items and proceeds to sell them as she pleases.
Immoral consequence: Linda and her sister have a major dispute over who actually owned the items.
Norm: It's rude to sabotage someone's life and smile about it.
Situation: Jack does not like Ben and has the opportunity to ruin a major project that Ben is working on.
Intention: Jack wants to make a decision on the opportunity.
Moral action: Jack resists the temptation to ruin Ben's major project and simply observes Ben.
Moral consequence: Jack watches Ben become successful and they eventually become friends.
Norm: It's rude to sabotage someone's life and smile about it.
Situation: Jack does not like Ben and has the opportunity to ruin a major project that Ben is working on.
Intention: Jack wants to make a decision on the opportunity.
Immoral action: Jack ruins Ben's major project and smiles about it in front of Ben.
Immoral consequence: Ben figures out Jack was responsible and retaliates against Jack for ruining his project.
Norm: It's good to move in with your fiance.
Situation: Steve was engaged to Callie who had her own apartment on the other side of town.
Intention: Steve wanted to move to the other side of town.
Moral action: Steve moved in with Callie in her apartment that she was already living in.
Moral consequence: Steve and Callie saved money because they were able to split the cost of rent.
Norm: It's good to move in with your fiance.
Situation: Steve was engaged to Callie who had her own apartment on the other side of town.
Intention: Steve wanted to move to the other side of town.
Immoral action: Steve gets his own apartment a couple blocks away from Callie's apartment.
Immoral consequence: Steve couldn't afford to pay the rent on the apartment and fell behind on his bills.
Norm: It's rude to walk your dog off its leash.
Situation: Dusty's enjoying his day off and his dog starts begging at the door to go outside.
Intention: Dusty wants to respond to his dog.
Moral action: Dusty puts a leash on his dog, and they go outside.
Moral consequence: Dusty's dog sees a neighbors cat and tries to chase it, but Dusty pulls back on the leash, so the cat has nothing to fear.
Norm: It's rude to walk your dog off its leash.
Situation: Dusty's enjoying his day off and his dog starts begging at the door to go outside.
Intention: Dusty wants to respond to his dog.
Immoral action: Dusty opens the door, and he and his dog take off walking down the street.
Immoral consequence: Dusty's dog sees a neighbors cat and chases it up a tree.
Norm: It's wrong not to take care of your teeth.
Situation: John woke up late this morning, just rolled out of bed and needs to rush to get to work on time.
Intention: John needs to cut something off his morning routine to make up for lost time.
Moral action: John skips the morning coffee in an attempt to get out the door quicker.
Moral consequence: John's teeth aren't stained brown by the coffee he normally drinks.
Norm: It's wrong not to take care of your teeth.
Situation: John woke up late this morning, just rolled out of bed and needs to rush to get to work on time.
Intention: John needs to cut something off his morning routine to make up for lost time.
Immoral action: John skips brushing his teeth in an attempt to get out the door quicker.
Immoral consequence: John later develops a cavity due to his lack of dental hygiene.
Norm: It's good to reward your customers for their trouble.
Situation: Bill runs an electronics store and has to address a customer complaint about a product he bought.
Intention: Bill wants to respond to the customer.
Moral action: Bill gives his customer a full refund along with a coupon for his next purchase.
Moral consequence: Bill gains a new loyal customer who eventually returns to purchase more items from Bill's store.
Norm: It's good to reward your customers for their trouble.
Situation: Bill runs an electronics store and has to address a customer complaint about a product he bought.
Intention: Bill wants to respond to the customer.
Immoral action: Bill apologizes to the customer but does nothing more than that.
Immoral consequence: The customer leaves angry and never returns to the store again.
Norm: It's rude to interuppt teachers while in class.
Situation: Missy is listening to her instructor give a history lesson on World War 2.
Intention: Missy wants to ask a lot of questions.
Moral action: Missy asks the instructor her questions after class.
Moral consequence: Missy gets her answers and the other students are able to hear the entire lesson and learn a lot.
Norm: It's rude to interuppt teachers while in class.
Situation: Missy is listening to her instructor give a history lesson on World War 2.
Intention: Missy wants to ask a lot of questions.
Immoral action: Missy asks the instructor her questions one after the other.
Immoral consequence: The instructor's class time is spent catering to just Missy and the other students don't get to hear the whole lesson.
Norm: It's wrong to get into fights at the bar.
Situation: Chad ran into a guy that he didn't like when he was at the bar drinking.
Intention: Chad wanted to drink the rest of his beer.
Moral action: Chad took his beer and drank it on the other side of the bar.
Moral consequence: Chad enjoyed his beer and didn't see the man for the rest of the night.
Norm: It's wrong to get into fights at the bar.
Situation: Chad ran into a guy that he didn't like when he was at the bar drinking.
Intention: Chad wanted to drink the rest of his beer.
Immoral action: Chad drank the rest of his beer and cracked the bottle over the other man's head.
Immoral consequence: The police were called and Chad was arrested for assault and battery on the man.