CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's bad to engage in credit card fraud.
Situation: Johanna is a university student that is taking classes.
Intention: Johanna wants to make money to pay for school books.
Immoral action: Johanna uses stolen credit cards to order school books online.
Immoral consequence: Johanna is caught by the FBI and sent to prison.
Norm: It's bad to miss half the class.
Situation: Yvette is a biology major who has been invited to breakfast by her sorority sisters, but the timing interferes with her class schedule.
Intention: Yvette wants to go out with her sorority sisters.
Moral action: Yvette grabs a coffee with her sisters but doesn't stay to eat.
Moral consequence: Yvette makes it to her biology class on time after a quick chat with her sisters.
Norm: It's bad to miss half the class.
Situation: Yvette is a biology major who has been invited to breakfast by her sorority sisters, but the timing interferes with her class schedule.
Intention: Yvette wants to go out with her sorority sisters.
Immoral action: Yvette goes out with her sorority sisters, but her biology class is halfway through by the time she arrives from breakfast.
Immoral consequence: Yvette misses important information and fails her next bio exam.
Norm: It's wrong to eat too many sweets and become fat.
Situation: Bart, who has a sweet tooth, has been warned by his doctor that his blood pressure is too high, and he needs to lose weight.
Intention: Bart wants to eat some candy.
Moral action: Bart portions out a small amount of candy to eat.
Moral consequence: Bart begins to lose weight, and his blood pressure becomes more normal.
Norm: It's wrong to eat too many sweets and become fat.
Situation: Bart, who has a sweet tooth, has been warned by his doctor that his blood pressure is too high, and he needs to lose weight.
Intention: Bart wants to eat some candy.
Immoral action: Bart eats the entire bag of candy in one sitting.
Immoral consequence: Bart gains even more weight, and his blood pressure continues to rise.
Norm: It's fun to go on a trip with your parent.
Situation: Nadine, who has a brand new boyfriend wins a trip for two from a local game show she was on.
Intention: Nadine wants to pick who to take with her.
Moral action: Nadine decides to take her mother with her as her guest for the trip.
Moral consequence: Nadine and her mother have a wonderful time and do a lot of great bonding.
Norm: It's fun to go on a trip with your parent.
Situation: Nadine, who has a brand new boyfriend wins a trip for two from a local game show she was on.
Intention: Nadine wants to pick who to take with her.
Immoral action: Nadine decides to take her boyfriend with her as her guest for the trip.
Immoral consequence: Nadine does not have fun with the boyfriend as they barely know each other and the isolated vacation backfires.
Norm: It's sad to see a student being bullied by another.
Situation: Case is walking down the school hallway when he sees a bully threatening another student.
Intention: Case wants to react to the confrontation.
Moral action: Case gets upset, walks up to the bully, and tells him to stop picking on the other student or else.
Moral consequence: The bully gets worried and lets the other student go, then leaves.
Norm: It's sad to see a student being bullied by another.
Situation: Case is walking down the school hallway when he sees a bully threatening another student.
Intention: Case wants to react to the confrontation.
Immoral action: Case laughs at the bullied kid and cheers the bully on.
Immoral consequence: The bully is encouraged and begins to beat up the student.
Norm: Teenagers should not have sexual relationships with grown men.
Situation: 16-year-old Jessica is at a party when an older guy named Corey starts flirting with her.
Intention: Jessica wants to get to know Corey.
Moral action: Jessica shuts down all flirting but allows platonic conversation with Corey.
Moral consequence: Corey walks away eventually and Jessica leaves the party unharmed.
Norm: Teenagers should not have sexual relationships with grown men.
Situation: 16-year-old Jessica is at a party when an older guy named Corey starts flirting with her.
Intention: Jessica wants to get to know Corey.
Immoral action: Jessica flirts back and they end up sleeping together.
Immoral consequence: The cops show up to bust the party and catch Corey with Jessica, resulting in Corey's arrest.
Norm: It's wrong to irritate your partner.
Situation: Jill was watching her favorite television show when Bobby got a phone call.
Intention: Bobby wants to answer the phone.
Moral action: Bobby answers the phone and goes outside to carry on his conversation.
Moral consequence: Jill is able to peacefully watch her television show without any interruptions.
Norm: It's wrong to irritate your partner.
Situation: Jill was watching her favorite television show when Bobby got a phone call.
Intention: Bobby wants to answer the phone.
Immoral action: Bobby answers the phone and lowers the volume on the television.
Immoral consequence: Jill is upset because she misses half the dialogue on the television show.
Norm: It's wrong to say STDs are for poor people.
Situation: Greg is scheduled to give a health talk at a school on sexually transmitted diseases.
Intention: Greg wants to tell the children about STD's.
Moral action: Greg presents that anyone, no matter their circumstance, can get an STD.
Moral consequence: The children avoid unprotected sex with strangers and avoid the STD's.
Norm: It's wrong to say STDs are for poor people.
Situation: Greg is scheduled to give a health talk at a school on sexually transmitted diseases.
Intention: Greg wants to tell the children about STD's.
Immoral action: In his presentation, Greg says that the poor tend to get STD's more often than the rich.
Immoral consequence: Some rich children at the school think they're immune and are careless, then end up getting an STD.
Norm: It's rude to litter other people's yards.
Situation: Before heading to work Jill takes her dog for a walk around the neighborhood.
Intention: Jill wants to make sure her dog poops before she leaves.
Moral action: Jill makes sure she picks up the poop her dog leaves on her neighbors yard.
Moral consequence: Jill avoids antagonizing her neighbors.
Norm: It's rude to litter other people's yards.
Situation: Before heading to work Jill takes her dog for a walk around the neighborhood.
Intention: Jill wants to make sure her dog poops before she leaves.
Immoral action: Jill lets her dog poop on a neighbors yard and fails to scoop it up.
Immoral consequence: Jill gets in trouble with the neighborhood's association.
Norm: You shouldn't be unsafe when driving your car.
Situation: Jake is running late to an appointment, and he's not sure if he can get into the exit lane safely because of how close the car behind him is.
Intention: Jake wants to get to his appointment.
Moral action: Jake decides to take the next exit and drive a little further to his appointment.
Moral consequence: Jake arrives to his appointment and apologizes for being late.
Norm: You shouldn't be unsafe when driving your car.
Situation: Jake is running late to an appointment, and he's not sure if he can get into the exit lane safely because of how close the car behind him is.
Intention: Jake wants to get to his appointment.
Immoral action: Jake decides to take a chance and switches into the exit lane quickly.
Immoral consequence: Jake gets into an accident and misses his appointment.
Norm: It's good to take your father to a ball game.
Situation: Dick calls in to a radio station and wins a contest for two tickets to the baseball game.
Intention: Dick wants to pick who to take with him.
Moral action: Dick decides to take his father, Bill to the ball game as his guest.
Moral consequence: Dick spends a great day bonding with his dad and enjoying life like it used to be when he was young.
Norm: It's good to take your father to a ball game.
Situation: Dick calls in to a radio station and wins a contest for two tickets to the baseball game.
Intention: Dick wants to pick who to take with him.
Immoral action: Dick decides to take his wife Sandy as his guest to the baseball game.
Immoral consequence: Dick spends most of the game arguing with his wife who's not really a sports fan.
Norm: It's wrong not to vaccinate yourself.
Situation: Greg is planning an upcoming trip to a remote area in a third world country.
Intention: Greg wants to protect himself on the trip.
Moral action: Greg receives a full compliment of vaccines before traveling to the foreign country.
Moral consequence: Greg has a good trip and remains healthy throughout.
Norm: It's wrong not to vaccinate yourself.
Situation: Greg is planning an upcoming trip to a remote area in a third world country.
Intention: Greg wants to protect himself on the trip.
Immoral action: Greg buys a knife and a bullet proof vest prior to his trip.
Immoral consequence: Greg gets a vaccine preventable illness on his trip and suffers from health issues caused by it.
Norm: It's not okay to be racist.
Situation: Karen is working at the bakery she owns when a line starts to form.
Intention: Karen wants to shorten the line.
Moral action: Karen puts out samples for all of her patrons, regardless of race, to enjoy in line, before hopping on the register so the line moves quicker.
Moral consequence: Karen's patrons appreciate the snack and write positive reviews about her bakery online.
Norm: It's not okay to be racist.
Situation: Karen is working at the bakery she owns when a line starts to form.
Intention: Karen wants to shorten the line.
Immoral action: Karen tells her patrons that all people of color must wait outside.
Immoral consequence: Karen's patrons are appalled by her request and a boycott of her bakery ensues.
Norm: Getting rid of your own child is selfish.
Situation: Walter's son Jimmy has been struggling at school and also fighting other kids and generally misbehaving.
Intention: Walter wants to do something drastic to alter the course of Jimmy's life.
Moral action: Walter takes Jimmy to a military academy for young boys to learn discipline and order.
Moral consequence: Jimmy is given direction and purpose in life as well as having discipline instilled in him.
Norm: Getting rid of your own child is selfish.
Situation: Walter's son Jimmy has been struggling at school and also fighting other kids and generally misbehaving.
Intention: Walter wants to do something drastic to alter the course of Jimmy's life.
Immoral action: Walter takes Jimmy to the adoption agency and puts him up for adoption.
Immoral consequence: Jimmy is traumatized from being abandoned by his father and scared of his future.
Norm: It's wrong to say bad things about your coworkers online.
Situation: Peter just had a horrible day at work after getting into an argument with a couple of his coworkers.
Intention: Peter wants to vent his frustrations.
Moral action: Peter writes an email to his boss explaining his frustration and detailing his coworkers' behavior.
Moral consequence: Peter's boss invites Peter and his coworkers to his office and has a talk with all of them focused on resolving their issue.
Norm: It's wrong to say bad things about your coworkers online.
Situation: Peter just had a horrible day at work after getting into an argument with a couple of his coworkers.
Intention: Peter wants to vent his frustrations.
Immoral action: Peter makes a Facebook post about the argument he has with his coworkers and talks about them disparagingly.
Immoral consequence: Peter's boss sees the Facebook post and fires Peter since he believes it makes the company look bad.
Norm: It's wrong to lock your pet up in closed quarters.
Situation: Don has a dog that has just torn his couch apart when left alone at home.
Intention: Don wants to teach the dog not to damage the furniture.
Moral action: Don uses a scented product which is offensive to dog noses on the furniture.
Moral consequence: The dog loses interest in getting anywhere near the furniture.
Norm: It's wrong to lock your pet up in closed quarters.
Situation: Don has a dog that has just torn his couch apart when left alone at home.
Intention: Don wants to teach the dog not to damage the furniture.
Immoral action: Don closes the dog in a room as a form of discipline.
Immoral consequence: The dog doesn't understand why he is being shut in the room because the damage was done hours ago.
Norm: You shouldn't talk to racist people.
Situation: Jeff has been noticing that his friend Ned is being more and more racist lately.
Intention: Jeff wants to meet a friend at a bar.
Moral action: Jeff calls his friend Tony and asks him if he wants to go to the bar with him.
Moral consequence: Jeff and Tony have a great time and meet new people at the bar.
Norm: You shouldn't talk to racist people.
Situation: Jeff has been noticing that his friend Ned is being more and more racist lately.
Intention: Jeff wants to meet a friend at a bar.
Immoral action: Jeff calls Ned to hang out with him at their favorite bar.
Immoral consequence: Jeff is confronted by a group of angry people that are upset with Ned's behavior.
Norm: It is expected that you repay your debts
Situation: Mark has racked up large debts and is trying to figure out how to handle them.
Intention: Mark wants the debts to go away.
Moral action: Mark gets a second job and works himself to the bone to earn money.
Moral consequence: Mark's creditors get the promised money and are happy with Mark's performance.
Norm: It is expected that you repay your debts
Situation: Mark has racked up large debts and is trying to figure out how to handle them.
Intention: Mark wants the debts to go away.
Immoral action: Mark files for bankruptcy and has all of his debts cleared.
Immoral consequence: Mark's creditors lose the promised money, which then hurts their businesses.
Norm: You shouldn't fall for someone you don't know.
Situation: Mark is lonely and only has strangers as Facebook friends, and they are the only people he talks to.
Intention: Mark wants to build a relationship with someone off Facebook.
Moral action: Mark decides to have a platonic, casual friendship with someone from his Facebook network.
Moral consequence: Mark and his friend have a lot of good chats together online.
Norm: You shouldn't fall for someone you don't know.
Situation: Mark is lonely and only has strangers as Facebook friends, and they are the only people he talks to.
Intention: Mark wants to build a relationship with someone off Facebook.
Immoral action: Mark starts a romantic relationship with a stranger from his Facebook network.
Immoral consequence: The romance falls apart due to lack of knowledge about each other and Mark feels bad.
Norm: It's good to study with others for a final exam.
Situation: Jake has a final exam coming up in a class that he is good at and some friends of his are having a hard time with.
Intention: Jake wants to study to be ready for the exam.
Moral action: Jake feels ready and goes to study with his friends to have some companionship.
Moral consequence: Jake's experience helps his friends, who then do better on the final than they would have.
Norm: It's good to study with others for a final exam.
Situation: Jake has a final exam coming up in a class that he is good at and some friends of his are having a hard time with.
Intention: Jake wants to study to be ready for the exam.
Immoral action: Jake feels confident that he'll succeed and studies by himself.
Immoral consequence: Jake's friends can't figure out the material by themselves and bomb the final exam.
Norm: It is wrong to hurt a friend.
Situation: Greg is playing a heated game of basketball against his friend Jim and the score is tied.
Intention: Greg wants to beat Jim at basketball.
Moral action: Greg deftly steals the ball from Tim and drives to the hoop to score the winning basket.
Moral consequence: Tim enjoys the game despite losing and congratulates his friend on the victory.
Norm: It is wrong to hurt a friend.
Situation: Greg is playing a heated game of basketball against his friend Jim and the score is tied.
Intention: Greg wants to beat Jim at basketball.
Immoral action: Greg pushes Tim down hard to the ground and takes the ball to score the winning basket.
Immoral consequence: Tim lays on the ground hurt and begins to cry.
Norm: It's wrong to falsely accuse someone of abuse.
Situation: Zach gets pulled over by a female police officer, who is rude to him, and is upset about how strict she is.
Intention: Zach wants to get the female police officer in trouble.
Moral action: Zach files a complaint that the officer's conduct was rude and unprofessional.
Moral consequence: The police officer gets a reprimand and improves her behavior in the future.
Norm: It's wrong to falsely accuse someone of abuse.
Situation: Zach gets pulled over by a female police officer, who is rude to him, and is upset about how strict she is.
Intention: Zach wants to get the female police officer in trouble.
Immoral action: Zach files a complaint that the officer dragged him out of the car and beat him.
Immoral consequence: The police officer is ultimately fired and can no longer work as a police officer.
Norm: You shouldn't forget someone's name.
Situation: Bill is starting his second day at work after meeting his co-workers for the first time yesterday.
Intention: Bill wants to greet the office receptionist.
Moral action: Bill greets the receptionist using her first name.
Moral consequence: The receptionist appreciations that Bill remembers her name and feels friendly toward Bill.
Norm: You shouldn't forget someone's name.
Situation: Bill is starting his second day at work after meeting his co-workers for the first time yesterday.
Intention: Bill wants to greet the office receptionist.
Immoral action: Bill says "Hi Jennifer" although the receptionists name is Jan.
Immoral consequence: The receptionist feels insulated that Bill didn't remember her name and is unfriendly to Bill.
Norm: It's unwise to jump off tall cliffs.
Situation: Andrew and his friends are daredevils who enjoy partaking in extreme activities.
Intention: Andrew wants to find his next adrenaline rush.
Moral action: Andrew and his friends go to a go-cart racing track.
Moral consequence: Andrew gets an adrenaline rush in a safe and controlled environment.
Norm: It's unwise to jump off tall cliffs.
Situation: Andrew and his friends are daredevils who enjoy partaking in extreme activities.
Intention: Andrew wants to find his next adrenaline rush.
Immoral action: Andrew and his friends go to the quarry and dare each other to jump from the highest cliff into the water.
Immoral consequence: Andrew takes the dare and breaks a leg on the way down.
Norm: You shouldn't go to a movie you're too young for.
Situation: Charlie is 15 years old and received a dare from his brother to watch a NC-17 horror movie.
Intention: Charlie wants to decide if he will comply with the dare or not.
Moral action: Charlie decides to be responsible and avoid seeing the NC-17 horror movie.
Moral consequence: Charlie gets picked on a bit for not watching the movie but is otherwise fine.
Norm: You shouldn't go to a movie you're too young for.
Situation: Charlie is 15 years old and received a dare from his brother to watch a NC-17 horror movie.
Intention: Charlie wants to decide if he will comply with the dare or not.
Immoral action: Charlie complies with the dare and goes to watch a NC-17 horror movie.
Immoral consequence: Charlie is traumatized by the movie and has trouble sleeping for the next few weeks.
Norm: It's wrong to take illegal drugs.
Situation: Marvin is exercising in the park when he falls and sprains his ankle.
Intention: Marvin wants the pain to go away.
Moral action: Marvin goes to the pharmacy and buys a bottle of asprin.
Moral consequence: Marvin's leg starts to feel better within a couple of days.
Norm: It's wrong to take illegal drugs.
Situation: Marvin is exercising in the park when he falls and sprains his ankle.
Intention: Marvin wants the pain to go away.
Immoral action: Marvin takes some illegal drugs from his friend to numb the pain.
Immoral consequence: Marvin goes into shock and has to be rushed to the hospital.
Norm: It's good to eat fruit.
Situation: Max has never eaten fruit before so his friend offered him some watermelon.
Intention: Max wants to try the watermeloon.
Moral action: Max eats the watermelon and finds out that he actually likes it quite a bit.
Moral consequence: Max starts eating more fruits and is happier with a healthier body.
Norm: It's good to eat fruit.
Situation: Max has never eaten fruit before so his friend offered him some watermelon.
Intention: Max wants to try the watermeloon.
Immoral action: Max takes a bite of the watermelon and then proceeds to spit it out.
Immoral consequence: Max continues to eat unhealthy and never tries a fruit again.
Norm: It's good to comfort people who have lost someone.
Situation: Chris and Bobby were playing in Chris's tree house when Bobby suddenly bursts into tears, saying how his grandmother died last night.
Intention: Chris wants to get Bobby to stop crying.
Moral action: Chris tells Bobby that it’s ok to be sad and cry, and that he can always come over to play in the tree house when he feels sad.
Moral consequence: Bobby feels better about missing his grandma, and he thanks Chris for being nice.
Norm: It's good to comfort people who have lost someone.
Situation: Chris and Bobby were playing in Chris's tree house when Bobby suddenly bursts into tears, saying how his grandmother died last night.
Intention: Chris wants to get Bobby to stop crying.
Immoral action: Chris tells Bobby only girls cry when they are sad and to not be sad because she was old and sick anyway.
Immoral consequence: Bobby develops issues with being sad and crying that he later in life through therapy traces back to his childhood friend Chris.
Norm: Listening while someone speaks is respectful
Situation: Jessica is in the living room while her mother is talking to her.
Intention: Jessica wants to watch her favorite television show which is playing.
Moral action: Jessica pauses the show on the television while her mother speaks.
Moral consequence: Jessica is able to finish watching her favorite show after her mother leaves the room.
Norm: Listening while someone speaks is respectful
Situation: Jessica is in the living room while her mother is talking to her.
Intention: Jessica wants to watch her favorite television show which is playing.
Immoral action: Jessica turns the volume on the television louder, so she can hear it.
Immoral consequence: Jessica's mother turns the television off and sends Jessica straight to her room.
Norm: It's disrespectful to not honor people's dietary restrictions.
Situation: Gene hosts a party and invites his friend Vince, who is allergic to peanuts and will not eat them.
Intention: Gene wants to give his party guests smoothies.
Moral action: Gene makes fruit and peanut butter smoothie for everyone else and gives Vince some frozen yogurt.
Moral consequence: All of Gene's guests enjoy the treat and the party.
Norm: It's disrespectful to not honor people's dietary restrictions.
Situation: Gene hosts a party and invites his friend Vince, who is allergic to peanuts and will not eat them.
Intention: Gene wants to give his party guests smoothies.
Immoral action: Gene makes a fruit and peanut butter smoothie and serves it to all of his guests.
Immoral consequence: Vince, not knowing that it has peanuts, drinks the smoothie and gets very sick.
Norm: It's not okay to lead someone on.
Situation: John finds out that Mary has a crush on him.
Intention: John wants to get Mary to stop flirting with him.
Moral action: John directly informs Mary that he isn't interested in a relationship.
Moral consequence: Mary is disappointed, but gets over it, and is able to refocus her attentions elsewhere.
Norm: It's not okay to lead someone on.
Situation: John finds out that Mary has a crush on him.
Intention: John wants to get Mary to stop flirting with him.
Immoral action: John acts ambiguous around Mary, hoping she'll get the message.
Immoral consequence: Mary thinks there's a chance, and wastes a lot of time and energy pursuing John, and is ultimately hurt.