CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It is rude to harass others.
Situation: Jim found out his pencil was stolen in class by a friend and is upset.
Intention: Jim wants to confront his friend about stealing his pencil.
Moral action: Jim tells his friend that he is upset and asks him not to steal again.
Moral consequence: Jim's friend apologizes, and they both have a nice conversation.
Norm: It is rude to harass others.
Situation: Jim found out his pencil was stolen in class by a friend and is upset.
Intention: Jim wants to confront his friend about stealing his pencil.
Immoral action: Jim punches his friend and calls him names for stealing his pencil.
Immoral consequence: Jim's friend calls the principle on James and James is mortified.
Norm: You can't expect people to exercise all the time.
Situation: On a heavily rainy day Benard is waiting in his dance studio for his students.
Intention: Benard wants to communicate with his students.
Moral action: Benard decides to cancel the class for the evening.
Moral consequence: Benard has a relaxing night reading in the studio.
Norm: You can't expect people to exercise all the time.
Situation: On a heavily rainy day Benard is waiting in his dance studio for his students.
Intention: Benard wants to communicate with his students.
Immoral action: Benard sends his students a text noting that they will never lose weight if they avoid exercising.
Immoral consequence: Benard is scolded by the owner of the studio for placing his students in unsafe conditions.
Norm: It is normal for relation ships to be monogamous
Situation: Mark feels he is being neglected by his wife.
Intention: Mark wants to have a hot sex life.
Moral action: Mark tells his wife he loves her dearly and would like their sex life to be more exciting.
Moral consequence: Mark's wife happily welcomes his ideas and feels their marriage is getting a second wind.
Norm: It is normal for relation ships to be monogamous
Situation: Mark feels he is being neglected by his wife.
Intention: Mark wants to have a hot sex life.
Immoral action: Mark talks to his wife about opening up their marriage to include affairs with other partners.
Immoral consequence: Mark's wife accepts, only because she is afraid he will leave her otherwise - but she is not happy about it.
Norm: It's bad to let your pet eat something dirty.
Situation: Jeff's cat is outside playing with him on the back patio.
Intention: Jeff wants his cat to eat.
Moral action: Jeff goes inside the house to eat a bowl of cat food for his cat.
Moral consequence: Jeff's cat eats happily and then takes a nap on his lap.
Norm: It's bad to let your pet eat something dirty.
Situation: Jeff's cat is outside playing with him on the back patio.
Intention: Jeff wants his cat to eat.
Immoral action: Jeff sees a dead bird outside and encourages the cat to eat the bird.
Immoral consequence: Jeff has to take the cat to the vet the next day because it starts to vomit.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about the identity of someone's parents.
Situation: Richard comes from a poor family of artists but is now making a lot of money and has wealthy friends.
Intention: Richard wants his friends to respect his family.
Moral action: Richard introduces his parents to his friends and tells his friends about his parent's long artistic careers.
Moral consequence: Everybody is impressed by Richard's parents' career and Richard feels proud of them.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about the identity of someone's parents.
Situation: Richard comes from a poor family of artists but is now making a lot of money and has wealthy friends.
Intention: Richard wants his friends to respect his family.
Immoral action: Richard tells his wealthy friends that his parents are very rich.
Immoral consequence: Richard feels weak and shameful not to be proud of his parents.
Norm: You should let your kids over more often.
Situation: Herman is bored at home and gets an invitation from his son to hang out.
Intention: Herman wants to do something to pass the time.
Moral action: Herman lets his son come over to hang out.
Moral consequence: Herman and his son have fun playing games for hours.
Norm: You should let your kids over more often.
Situation: Herman is bored at home and gets an invitation from his son to hang out.
Intention: Herman wants to do something to pass the time.
Immoral action: Herman goes to the club by himself.
Immoral consequence: Herman has fun, but his son is disappointed.
Norm: You should share your things with your little brother.
Situation: Jimmy and Wilson are brothers, and they are staying at home on a Saturday.
Intention: Jimmy wants to pass the time.
Moral action: Jimmy plays his new video game with Wilson.
Moral consequence: Jimmy feels excited and satisfied having a companion to play with.
Norm: You should share your things with your little brother.
Situation: Jimmy and Wilson are brothers, and they are staying at home on a Saturday.
Intention: Jimmy wants to pass the time.
Immoral action: Jimmy watches a movie on his own in his bedroom.
Immoral consequence: Jimmy feels bored with no one to share the happiness.
Norm: You should share things with your partner.
Situation: Mark is eating in the cafeteria and his friend forgot his lunch and is upset.
Intention: Mark wants to help his friend eat lunch.
Moral action: Mark decides to share his food with his friend, by splitting his meal.
Moral consequence: Mark is happy he gets food, and they both enjoy a good conversation.
Norm: You should share things with your partner.
Situation: Mark is eating in the cafeteria and his friend forgot his lunch and is upset.
Intention: Mark wants to help his friend eat lunch.
Immoral action: Mark asks other if they have food they can give his friend to eat.
Immoral consequence: Mark's friend feels weirded out that Mark doesn't share and Mark feels selfish.
Norm: It's nice to make a meal for someone else.
Situation: Dennis has an elderly neighbor who has trouble getting around.
Intention: Dennis wants to cook a salmon he has in the freezer.
Moral action: Dennis bakes the salmon and takes it to his neighbor as a gift.
Moral consequence: Dennis' neighbor invites him in and the two eat dinner together and tell each other stories.
Norm: It's nice to make a meal for someone else.
Situation: Dennis has an elderly neighbor who has trouble getting around.
Intention: Dennis wants to cook a salmon he has in the freezer.
Immoral action: Dennis bakes the salmon for dinner and eats it by himself.
Immoral consequence: Dennis' elderly neighbor tries to drive to the store to get some groceries but slips and falls.
Norm: It's respectable to pursue higher education.
Situation: Emily wanted a to get a job, but she didn't want to work that hard for one.
Intention: Emily wanted a high paying job.
Moral action: Emily decides to go to college to get a degree despite not wanting to.
Moral consequence: Emily is able to get a high paying job eventually with her degree.
Norm: It's respectable to pursue higher education.
Situation: Emily wanted a to get a job, but she didn't want to work that hard for one.
Intention: Emily wanted a high paying job.
Immoral action: Emily applies to high paying jobs without having a degree or being in college.
Immoral consequence: Emily never gets a high paying job and is forced to go on unemployment.
Norm: You shouldn't let your roommate abuse your pets.
Situation: Willow has a dog and lives with Parker who she knows dislikes dogs.
Intention: Willow wants to find someone to watch her dog while she's on a trip.
Moral action: Willow takes her dog to a boarding kennel for a few days.
Moral consequence: Willow's dog is taken care of and is able to play with other dogs.
Norm: You shouldn't let your roommate abuse your pets.
Situation: Willow has a dog and lives with Parker who she knows dislikes dogs.
Intention: Willow wants to find someone to watch her dog while she's on a trip.
Immoral action: Willow asks Parker to watch her dog for a few days and Parker ends up not feeding the dog for several days and keeping it in a crate.
Immoral consequence: Willow's dog is traumatized and needs to go to the vet when Willow returns.
Norm: It's wrong to blame your problems on other people.
Situation: Joe recently developed a problem with alcohol that he's having trouble getting over.
Intention: Joe wants to get over his alcholism.
Moral action: Joe decides to stop buying alcohol and has his wife keep his credit cards until the problem is fixed.
Moral consequence: Joe's wife is happy that Joe fixed the problem on his own using discipline.
Norm: It's wrong to blame your problems on other people.
Situation: Joe recently developed a problem with alcohol that he's having trouble getting over.
Intention: Joe wants to get over his alcholism.
Immoral action: Joe blames his wife for the problem and shames her into helping him.
Immoral consequence: Joe's wife begins to think that it was all her fault and feels intense guilt.
Norm: It's wrong to have a crush on family members.
Situation: It's valentines day for Jake, and his family are all giving each other gifts.
Intention: Jake wants to write a valentine's day letter to his sister.
Moral action: Jake writes a platonic letter to his sister simply wishing her a good day.
Moral consequence: Jake and his sister have a good Valentine's day and are relaxed around each other.
Norm: It's wrong to have a crush on family members.
Situation: It's valentines day for Jake, and his family are all giving each other gifts.
Intention: Jake wants to write a valentine's day letter to his sister.
Immoral action: Jake writes in the letter that he has a crush on his sister and loves her.
Immoral consequence: Jack's sister feels nauseous and the two have an argument.
Norm: Telling someone to mind their own business can be rude.
Situation: Steve is sitting down at the cafeteria lunch table and a fellow student Fred asks him what he brought for lunch.
Intention: Steve wants to respond to Fred's inquiry.
Moral action: Steve tells Fred that his mother packed him a sandwich, carrots, grapes and a cookie.
Moral consequence: Fred is happy to hear the answer and continues to chat with Steve while enjoying his lunch.
Norm: Telling someone to mind their own business can be rude.
Situation: Steve is sitting down at the cafeteria lunch table and a fellow student Fred asks him what he brought for lunch.
Intention: Steve wants to respond to Fred's inquiry.
Immoral action: Steve tells Fred to buzz off and mind his own business.
Immoral consequence: Fred's feelings are hurt, and he goes to sit at another lunch table.
Norm: It's good to look beautiful for your prom.
Situation: Brenda wants to attend the prom, but she can't afford a nice dress.
Intention: Brenda needs a dress.
Moral action: Brenda buys some materials at a craft store transforming one of her plain black dresses into something fancy.
Moral consequence: Brenda's outfit makes her win the best dressed award at the end of the school year.
Norm: It's good to look beautiful for your prom.
Situation: Brenda wants to attend the prom, but she can't afford a nice dress.
Intention: Brenda needs a dress.
Immoral action: Brenda borrows her mother's old prom dress.
Immoral consequence: Brenda is made fun of by the other teens for her dated fashion.
Norm: You shouldn't take belongings that don't belong to you.
Situation: At the end of gym class, while Mike is in the bathroom, Jim notices there is a PSP in Mike's locker.
Intention: Jim wants to play the PSP.
Moral action: When Mike returns, Jim asks Mike if he can play the PSP sometime.
Moral consequence: Mike says he can play the PSP tomorrow and this makes Jim happy.
Norm: You shouldn't take belongings that don't belong to you.
Situation: At the end of gym class, while Mike is in the bathroom, Jim notices there is a PSP in Mike's locker.
Intention: Jim wants to play the PSP.
Immoral action: Jim takes the PSP before Mike comes back.
Immoral consequence: Someone saw Jim, reported Jim to the teacher and Jim got in trouble.
Norm: It's rude to refuse to talk to others.
Situation: Zelda is very busy at work and has to complete a project very soon.
Intention: Zelda wants to focus on her urgent project.
Moral action: Zelda stops to chat for a few minutes with her colleagues, and then goes back to her project.
Moral consequence: Zelda's coworkers are happy to have chatted with her for a few minutes.
Norm: It's rude to refuse to talk to others.
Situation: Zelda is very busy at work and has to complete a project very soon.
Intention: Zelda wants to focus on her urgent project.
Immoral action: Zelda sees coworkers in the cafeteria but pretends not to see them in order to save time.
Immoral consequence: Zelda's colleagues feel they're being ignored.
Norm: Putting restrictions on what a roommate can cook is dramatic.
Situation: Blackwell hates the smell of cooked pepers, and he notices Amanda about to cook them.
Intention: Blackwell wants to escape the smell.
Moral action: Blackwell spends the afternoon outside in the park.
Moral consequence: Blackwell feels closer to nature after a long walk.
Norm: Putting restrictions on what a roommate can cook is dramatic.
Situation: Blackwell hates the smell of cooked pepers, and he notices Amanda about to cook them.
Intention: Blackwell wants to escape the smell.
Immoral action: Blackwell demands that Amanda cook something else as he tosses the peppers in the trash.
Immoral consequence: Blackwell has a headache when Amanda cooks more peppers to spite him.
Norm: You shouldn't mow the lawn while going commando.
Situation: Henry is standing nude before his mirror in his bedroom getting ready to do some yard work.
Intention: Henry wants to decide what to wear while mowing the lawn.
Moral action: Henry decides to put on a tracksuit, a hat, safety goggles and safety boots.
Moral consequence: Henry doesn't feel any effect from the bugs or the mower shrapnel as he finishes mowing the lawn unscathed.
Norm: You shouldn't mow the lawn while going commando.
Situation: Henry is standing nude before his mirror in his bedroom getting ready to do some yard work.
Intention: Henry wants to decide what to wear while mowing the lawn.
Immoral action: Henry decides to put on just a pair of shorts and socks and shoes and nothing else.
Immoral consequence: Henry's thighs and midsection are besieged by bugs while little twigs and other shrapnel from the mower carve his skin up.
Norm: It is nice to be helpful to elders
Situation: Jim arrives at a crosswalk and sees that an elderly person is having a difficult time crossing the street.
Intention: Jim wants to cross the street.
Moral action: Jim holds the elderly person's hand and helps them get across the the street with him.
Moral consequence: The elderly person is relieved to get some help crossing the street.
Norm: It is nice to be helpful to elders
Situation: Jim arrives at a crosswalk and sees that an elderly person is having a difficult time crossing the street.
Intention: Jim wants to cross the street.
Immoral action: Jim crosses the street passing the elderly person who is having difficulties doing so.
Immoral consequence: The elderly person has a hard time crossing and becomes anxious as cars wait for them to cross.
Norm: It's wrong to eat other humans.
Situation: A very hungry Pedro is camping deep in the wilderness with Derek.
Intention: Pedro wants to have a meal.
Moral action: Pedro and Derek make some soup with the vegetables they brought.
Moral consequence: Pedro and Derek have a nice meal before bed.
Norm: It's wrong to eat other humans.
Situation: A very hungry Pedro is camping deep in the wilderness with Derek.
Intention: Pedro wants to have a meal.
Immoral action: Pedro kills Derek and consumes Derek's roasted corpse for dinner.
Immoral consequence: Derek dies and Pedro finally answers his long timed desire to find out what people taste like.
Norm: It's frowned upon to take more than you need.
Situation: Bob is at a buffet restaurant and heads over to the buffet area.
Intention: Bob wants to get bring food back to his table.
Moral action: Bob takes only as much food as he will eat to his table.
Moral consequence: The employees are glad that they don't have to throw away a bunch of food since Bob didn't waste any.
Norm: It's frowned upon to take more than you need.
Situation: Bob is at a buffet restaurant and heads over to the buffet area.
Intention: Bob wants to get bring food back to his table.
Immoral action: Bob piles up a huge amount of food and takes it all back to his table but only eats a small portion of what he took.
Immoral consequence: The workers at the buffet have to clean up after Bob, throwing away all the food he wasted.
Norm: It's bad not to wear a swimsuit to the pool
Situation: It's ninety degrees outside, and an overheated Beth is picking up her sister at the pool.
Intention: Beth wants to cool off.
Moral action: Beth buys a cold bottle of water and some ice cream from the food court.
Moral consequence: Beth befriends attractive person making her ice cream.
Norm: It's bad not to wear a swimsuit to the pool
Situation: It's ninety degrees outside, and an overheated Beth is picking up her sister at the pool.
Intention: Beth wants to cool off.
Immoral action: Beth jumps into the pool in her normal attire.
Immoral consequence: Beth's clothes turn weird colors from the pool water.
Norm: It's good to do different things sometimes.
Situation: Kevin's wife is sick and Kevin decides to do the cooking until she recovers.
Intention: Kevin wants to cook meals.
Moral action: Kevin gets a cookbook and experiments with some of the recipes in there.
Moral consequence: Kevin's wife enjoys the different recipes and makes a good recovery.
Norm: It's good to do different things sometimes.
Situation: Kevin's wife is sick and Kevin decides to do the cooking until she recovers.
Intention: Kevin wants to cook meals.
Immoral action: Kevin cooks a large batch of lasagna, freezes it, and has it for every meal of the day.
Immoral consequence: Kevin's wife gets sick of lasagna, prolonging her recovery as she hardly eats anything.
Norm: You shouldn't take back gifts that you give to people.
Situation: Jack gave his friend a game but now wishes he could have it back.
Intention: Jack wants to visit his friend's house.
Moral action: Jack goes to his friend's house and plays the game with them there then goes back home.
Moral consequence: Jack's friend thinks Jack is very generous for giving them such a thoughtful gift.
Norm: You shouldn't take back gifts that you give to people.
Situation: Jack gave his friend a game but now wishes he could have it back.
Intention: Jack wants to visit his friend's house.
Immoral action: When Jack goes over to his friend's house he takes back the game he gave them before returning home.
Immoral consequence: Jack's friend thinks that he is very rude for taking back something he already gave them as a gift.
Norm: It's good to be a hard worker.
Situation: Josh just got a job at a local business and showed up for his first day of work.
Intention: Josh wants to make an impression on his boss.
Moral action: Josh does his best to complete his tasks quickly and efficiently.
Moral consequence: Josh's boss notes that Josh might be future management material.
Norm: It's good to be a hard worker.
Situation: Josh just got a job at a local business and showed up for his first day of work.
Intention: Josh wants to make an impression on his boss.
Immoral action: Josh works at a leisurely pace throughout the day, taking frequent breaks and checking his phone constantly.
Immoral consequence: Josh's boss notes that Josh is probably not going to make it very far in the company.
Norm: It's unhygienic not to wash your hands
Situation: Andrea has a cold and when coughing covers up her mouth with her palm to keep the germs away from her husband.
Intention: Andrea wants to wipe her palm off.
Moral action: Andrea goes to the sink and washes her palms with soap and water.
Moral consequence: Andrea is able to keep her husband from catching her cold.
Norm: It's unhygienic not to wash your hands
Situation: Andrea has a cold and when coughing covers up her mouth with her palm to keep the germs away from her husband.
Intention: Andrea wants to wipe her palm off.
Immoral action: Andrea grabs a paper towel and gets the mucus off her palm.
Immoral consequence: When touching other objects around the house, Andrea spreads germs and infects her husband.
Norm: It's immoral to betray your partner's trust.
Situation: Jack's friends invite him to go on a guys' night out and his girlfriend admonishes him not to do something that would damage their relationship.
Intention: Jack wants to go out with his friends.
Moral action: Jack goes out with his friends but doesn't pursue any women while they're out.
Moral consequence: Jack's girlfriend is happy that she can trust Jack to be true to her.
Norm: It's immoral to betray your partner's trust.
Situation: Jack's friends invite him to go on a guys' night out and his girlfriend admonishes him not to do something that would damage their relationship.
Intention: Jack wants to go out with his friends.
Immoral action: Jack goes to a bar with his friends and ends up making out with a girl he met there.
Immoral consequence: Jack's girlfriend is devastated when she learns that he kissed another girl.
Norm: It's good to be courageous.
Situation: Cody is a hockey defenseman who just had the puck shot past him by an opponent, the puck is in the corner now.
Intention: Cody wants to decide which method to use to retrieve the puck.
Moral action: Cody decides to skate full speed at the puck and slap it out of the zone just before he gets crunched by the opponent.
Moral consequence: The opponent slams Cody into the boards but only after the puck has already left the danger area.
Norm: It's good to be courageous.
Situation: Cody is a hockey defenseman who just had the puck shot past him by an opponent, the puck is in the corner now.
Intention: Cody wants to decide which method to use to retrieve the puck.
Immoral action: Cody decides to try to reach for the puck, avoiding body contact in the process, and to poke it toward his teammate.
Immoral consequence: The opponent easily skates towards the puck and intercepts Cody's poke setting up a scoring chance for his team.
Norm: It's good to defend your kids.
Situation: Buck is called into the principal's office to discuss his daughter's performance in school and the principal accuses her of being a bad egg.
Intention: Buck wants to respond to what the principal's statement.
Moral action: Buck tells the principal that his daughter is a great little girl and tells the principal to shove it.
Moral consequence: Buck's daughter is delighted that he stood up for her against the mean principal and her baseless accusations.
Norm: It's good to defend your kids.
Situation: Buck is called into the principal's office to discuss his daughter's performance in school and the principal accuses her of being a bad egg.
Intention: Buck wants to respond to what the principal's statement.
Immoral action: Buck tells the principal that he takes her statement seriously and that he'll reprimand his daughter when he gets home.
Immoral consequence: Buck's daughter is stressed out because she doesn't think she did anything wrong and afraid of Bucks punishment.
Norm: It's good to show respect for soldiers.
Situation: Jane hears there's a military parade around her house, but the parade requires absolute silence from the audience.
Intention: Jane wants to participate in the military parade up close.
Moral action: Jane goes to the parade and is silent during it.
Moral consequence: Jane is able to watch the full parade, walk at their speed, and enjoys every second of it.
Norm: It's good to show respect for soldiers.
Situation: Jane hears there's a military parade around her house, but the parade requires absolute silence from the audience.
Intention: Jane wants to participate in the military parade up close.
Immoral action: Jane goes to the military parade and shouts in glee during it.
Immoral consequence: Jane is escorted by security away from the parade for making noise, and Jane feels humiliated.