CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to approach people when they are busy.
Situation: Milton arrived at his professor's office on his way to his next class but his professor was talking to another student.
Intention: Milton needed to ask his professor a question.
Immoral action: Milton interrupted the professor and student stating he was in a rush before asking his question.
Immoral consequence: Milton's professor chastised him and told him to come back later.
Norm: It's good to foster pets that need a home.
Situation: Vera is walking out of the grocery store and notices a booth for an organization looking for foster parents for pets.
Intention: Vera wants to help the organization.
Moral action: Vera signs up for the fostering program and agrees to take in some animals.
Moral consequence: The pets get to live in a better home while they wait to be adopted.
Norm: It's good to foster pets that need a home.
Situation: Vera is walking out of the grocery store and notices a booth for an organization looking for foster parents for pets.
Intention: Vera wants to help the organization.
Immoral action: Vera gives a monetary donation to the organization to support the cause.
Immoral consequence: The pets do not have enough foster home and are put in the shelter.
Norm: It is overwhelming to be a teen parent.
Situation: June and her friends are high school students who greatly admire a character on a TV show they like.
Intention: June wants to emulate her favorite character.
Moral action: June imitates the TV characters sense of style and fashion.
Moral consequence: June gains admiration from her peers.
Norm: It is overwhelming to be a teen parent.
Situation: June and her friends are high school students who greatly admire a character on a TV show they like.
Intention: June wants to emulate her favorite character.
Immoral action: When the TV character she admires gets pregnant June decides she wants a baby too.
Immoral consequence: June soon discovers the burden an unwed teenage mother carries.
Norm: You shouldn't complain about things so much to people.
Situation: Ellie doesn't like her job or any of the supervisors that she is working under.
Intention: Ellie wants to talk to a coworker.
Moral action: Ellie tells her coworker that she doesn't understand what her boss's goals are.
Moral consequence: Ellie's coworker is able to help her get back on track with her goals and relationship with her supervisors.
Norm: You shouldn't complain about things so much to people.
Situation: Ellie doesn't like her job or any of the supervisors that she is working under.
Intention: Ellie wants to talk to a coworker.
Immoral action: Ellie tells her coworker about how much she hates all of her bosses.
Immoral consequence: Ellie's bosses call her in for a meeting and have her fired.
Norm: You shouldn't be rude to family friends.
Situation: Ken is at the wedding of two family friends, watching other people make toasts.
Intention: Ken wants to give a toast.
Moral action: Ken stands up and tells stories about the bride and groom as children.
Moral consequence: Ken gets a round of applause from the audience for sharing nostalgic stories about the newlyweds.
Norm: You shouldn't be rude to family friends.
Situation: Ken is at the wedding of two family friends, watching other people make toasts.
Intention: Ken wants to give a toast.
Immoral action: Ken stands up and tells the bride and groom that they're perfect for each other because they're both overweight.
Immoral consequence: Ken does not get invited to any weddings for a few years for fear he'll say something offensive.
Norm: You shouldn't keep people from their friends.
Situation: Mary is worried about her daughters friendship with a wild girl in their neighborhood.
Intention: Mary doesn't want her daughter to follow her friend into trouble.
Moral action: Mary reminds her daughter of the values she has been raised with and trusts her to make the right choices.
Moral consequence: Mary's daughter gains confidence from being given responsibility to make her own decisions.
Norm: You shouldn't keep people from their friends.
Situation: Mary is worried about her daughters friendship with a wild girl in their neighborhood.
Intention: Mary doesn't want her daughter to follow her friend into trouble.
Immoral action: Mary turns the girl away whenever she comes to she her daughter.
Immoral consequence: Mary's daughter grows resentful of her mothers highhanded approach.
Norm: It is good to appreciate history.
Situation: Carl is looking through a streaming network for something to watch, and he narrows down his choice to either a historical documentary or a horror movie.
Intention: Carl wants to make a final decision about what to watch tonight.
Moral action: Carl chooses the documentary because the subject sounds interesting, so he's willing to give it a chance.
Moral consequence: He is glad he picked the documentary because it was very interesting, and he feels as though he learned a lot of fascinating history.
Norm: It is good to appreciate history.
Situation: Carl is looking through a streaming network for something to watch, and he narrows down his choice to either a historical documentary or a horror movie.
Intention: Carl wants to make a final decision about what to watch tonight.
Immoral action: Carl wants to learn more about history but is afraid it will be too boring, so he chooses to watch the horror movie.
Immoral consequence: Carl finds the horror movie a little silly and regrets not watching the documentary, as he would have learned something new.
Norm: It's good to accept your children.
Situation: June has been questioning her sexual identity and after determining she is gay, she tells her mother, Mary.
Intention: Mary wants to let June know how she feels.
Moral action: Mary hugs June and tells her that she loves her no matter what.
Moral consequence: June feels accepted and tells Mary she loves her too.
Norm: It's good to accept your children.
Situation: June has been questioning her sexual identity and after determining she is gay, she tells her mother, Mary.
Intention: Mary wants to let June know how she feels.
Immoral action: Mary tells June that being homosexual is a sin and to stop being gay.
Immoral consequence: June argues with Mary until Mary throws her out of their home.
Norm: Making a scene shows a lack of self-control.
Situation: Terra is with her boyfriend at the store when he made a rude comment which really upsets her.
Intention: Terra wants to set her boyfriend straight.
Moral action: Terra waits until they get back home before discussing what he said earlier.
Moral consequence: Terra's partner apologizes for what he said and makes it up to her.
Norm: Making a scene shows a lack of self-control.
Situation: Terra is with her boyfriend at the store when he made a rude comment which really upsets her.
Intention: Terra wants to set her boyfriend straight.
Immoral action: Terra brings up the issue immediately while they are still at the store.
Immoral consequence: Terra and her partner end up arguing in front of customers at the store.
Norm: It is wrong to leave kids by themselves outside.
Situation: Benny is a parent of three children, and they are playing in the pool in the backyard.
Intention: Benny wants to get out of the pool.
Moral action: Benny gets out of the pool and sits nearby it to keep a close eye on his three children still inside the pool.
Moral consequence: Benny's three children have tons of fun in the pool until they finally want to get out as well.
Norm: It is wrong to leave kids by themselves outside.
Situation: Benny is a parent of three children, and they are playing in the pool in the backyard.
Intention: Benny wants to get out of the pool.
Immoral action: Benny gets out of the pool and goes inside to shower while letting his three children remain in the pool.
Immoral consequence: One of the children gets into a dangerous situation in the pool and the other two do not know how to help.
Norm: It's wrong to be attracted to your in laws.
Situation: Dean's sister-in-law Penny is an independent adult performer who sells videos and pictures of herself online.
Intention: Dean wants some pornography he can use.
Moral action: Dean decides to look up other adult performers and does not go on Penny's website.
Moral consequence: Dean is able to find videos that suit his tastes that he could watch with his wife during intimacy.
Norm: It's wrong to be attracted to your in laws.
Situation: Dean's sister-in-law Penny is an independent adult performer who sells videos and pictures of herself online.
Intention: Dean wants some pornography he can use.
Immoral action: Dean thinks Penny is attractive and buys some videos from Penny's website.
Immoral consequence: Dean's wife is very angry when she finds out that Dean has purchased videos of her sister and threatens to divorce him.
Norm: It's good to apologize for your bad behavior.
Situation: Simon has overreacted and raised his voice during a disagreement with his partner.
Intention: Simon wants to move on from the fight.
Moral action: Simon admits to his partner that what he did was over the top.
Moral consequence: Simon's partner is glad that he understands that it was wrong to yell.
Norm: It's good to apologize for your bad behavior.
Situation: Simon has overreacted and raised his voice during a disagreement with his partner.
Intention: Simon wants to move on from the fight.
Immoral action: Simon waits it out and figures they will just forget about the fight they had.
Immoral consequence: Simon's partner is still hurt by his actions and forms a negative opinion of him.
Norm: You shouldn't use your friend's phone without their permission.
Situation: Lisa's phone is out of battery, and she really needs to make a phone call, Bart's phone is right there.
Intention: Lisa wants to call someone right now.
Moral action: Lisa plugs her phone into the charger and calls while the phone is plugged in.
Moral consequence: Lisa finishes the call and she sighs in relief afterwards.
Norm: You shouldn't use your friend's phone without their permission.
Situation: Lisa's phone is out of battery, and she really needs to make a phone call, Bart's phone is right there.
Intention: Lisa wants to call someone right now.
Immoral action: Lisa takes Bart's phone without premission and calls with it.
Immoral consequence: Bart finds out when they call back - on HIS phone - later on.
Norm: It's good to donate old furniture to a thrift store.
Situation: Mark is moving, and he has a lot of old furniture that he doesn't want to bring with him to his new place.
Intention: Mark wants to get rid of his extra furniture.
Moral action: Mark brings his old furniture to a thrift store.
Moral consequence: Other people buy Mark's old furniture, saving resources and money.
Norm: It's good to donate old furniture to a thrift store.
Situation: Mark is moving, and he has a lot of old furniture that he doesn't want to bring with him to his new place.
Intention: Mark wants to get rid of his extra furniture.
Immoral action: Mark brings his old furniture to the dump.
Immoral consequence: Mark's furniture rots in the dump and no one uses it anymore.
Norm: It is important to have trust in a relationship.
Situation: Mark's girlfriend of 4 years, Hannah, has plans to have a girls-night-out tonight with some friends.
Intention: Mark wants to have confidence Hannah isn't cheating on him.
Moral action: Mark realizes Hannah hasn't cheated on him in 4 years and realizes she wouldn't begin to now.
Moral consequence: Hannah thinks Mark's trust of her is appealing, and she loves him more.
Norm: It is important to have trust in a relationship.
Situation: Mark's girlfriend of 4 years, Hannah, has plans to have a girls-night-out tonight with some friends.
Intention: Mark wants to have confidence Hannah isn't cheating on him.
Immoral action: Mark asks Hannah if she promises not to sleep around on him while she's out.
Immoral consequence: Hannah see's his jealousy as annoying and breaks up with him.
Norm: You shouldn't take lost animals and just leave them somewhere.
Situation: Mark finds a lost dog wandering around his neighborhood with no collar or ID and takes it in for the night.
Intention: Mark needs to find something to do with the dog he found.
Moral action: Mark takes the dog in his truck to the local animal shelter, in hopes that the original owner will come to claim it.
Moral consequence: The dog is thrilled when its owner arrives to pick it up.
Norm: You shouldn't take lost animals and just leave them somewhere.
Situation: Mark finds a lost dog wandering around his neighborhood with no collar or ID and takes it in for the night.
Intention: Mark needs to find something to do with the dog he found.
Immoral action: Mark puts the dog in his truck and drives to an empty field before letting it loose.
Immoral consequence: The dog wanders around the unfamiliar terrain, and is stressed out and scared.
Norm: It is good for parents to do things with children.
Situation: Harry sees that his son enjoys playing video games a lot.
Intention: Harry wants to address his son playing video games.
Moral action: Harry says that he'd like to play the game with his son.
Moral consequence: Harry's son will feel closer to his father through playing games.
Norm: It is good for parents to do things with children.
Situation: Harry sees that his son enjoys playing video games a lot.
Intention: Harry wants to address his son playing video games.
Immoral action: Harry says video games are not useful for a person.
Immoral consequence: Harry's son will feel distant from his father.
Norm: It's bad to ask children to lie for you.
Situation: James was behind on his rent when his landlord came to confront him about it.
Intention: James wants to avoid talking to his landlord.
Moral action: James tells his son to be quiet until his landlord walks away from their door.
Moral consequence: The landlord gets tired after five minutes of pounding on the door and goes home for the day.
Norm: It's bad to ask children to lie for you.
Situation: James was behind on his rent when his landlord came to confront him about it.
Intention: James wants to avoid talking to his landlord.
Immoral action: James tells his eight-year-old son to tell the landlord that James is at work.
Immoral consequence: James' landlord tells the son that his dad needs to pay the back rent, or they'll be evicted.
Norm: It's inconsiderate to take food from your kids.
Situation: Lisa has just served her kids chicken nuggets and fries for their lunch.
Intention: Lisa wants to eat.
Moral action: Lisa fixes herself a sandwich and a salad for her own lunch.
Moral consequence: Lisa and her children are all full after having lunch.
Norm: It's inconsiderate to take food from your kids.
Situation: Lisa has just served her kids chicken nuggets and fries for their lunch.
Intention: Lisa wants to eat.
Immoral action: Lisa eats half of the food on her kids' plates for lunch.
Immoral consequence: Lisa and her kids are all still hungry after having lunch.
Norm: It is unsanitary to put hair in food.
Situation: Marcel is cooking for a critic who gave the restaurant a bad review last time she was here, but he was not.
Intention: Marcel wants to show the critic who is in charge of the kitchen.
Moral action: Marcel takes his time and perfects the dish he is serving to the critic.
Moral consequence: The critic writes a positive review, admitting she was too hasty in the first review.
Norm: It is unsanitary to put hair in food.
Situation: Marcel is cooking for a critic who gave the restaurant a bad review last time she was here, but he was not.
Intention: Marcel wants to show the critic who is in charge of the kitchen.
Immoral action: Marcel adds a single strand of hair to the pasta.
Immoral consequence: The critic writes another scathing review about the quality and handling of the food.
Norm: It's wrong to dislike handicapped kids.
Situation: Layne is chaperoning her daughter's aquarium field trip where one of the kids in her group is handicapped.
Intention: Layne wants to treat the kids she's chaperoning to an item from the aquarium's gift shop.
Moral action: Layne allows each and every child in her chaperone group to choose something they'd like from the gift shop.
Moral consequence: Layne's daughter learns the value of inclusion and all the kids leave happy.
Norm: It's wrong to dislike handicapped kids.
Situation: Layne is chaperoning her daughter's aquarium field trip where one of the kids in her group is handicapped.
Intention: Layne wants to treat the kids she's chaperoning to an item from the aquarium's gift shop.
Immoral action: Layne buys every kid in her chaperone group an item of their choosing from the gift shop, but excludes the handicapped kid.
Immoral consequence: The handicapped kid feels left out and cries when he gets home.
Norm: It's good to return a pet to their owner.
Situation: Larry is walking by his house when he spots a cute dog with a collar right next to him.
Intention: Larry wants a dog for himself.
Moral action: Larry picks up the dog and returns it to her guardian, then goes to the local shelter and adopts one himself.
Moral consequence: The dog's guardian is very happy and thinks Larry is nice.
Norm: It's good to return a pet to their owner.
Situation: Larry is walking by his house when he spots a cute dog with a collar right next to him.
Intention: Larry wants a dog for himself.
Immoral action: Larry scoops up the dog and takes him inside his house and removes his collar and keeps him.
Immoral consequence: The true guardian of the dog becomes really sad and mourns her dog.
Norm: You should break up with someone you don't like anymore.
Situation: Kylie has been dating Aaron for some time, but has grown bored with the relationship.
Intention: Kylie wants to have a boyfriend.
Moral action: Kylie breaks up with Aaron and starts dating someone she is more compatible with.
Moral consequence: Kylie has a much better time with her new boyfriend and is happier than she's been in a while.
Norm: You should break up with someone you don't like anymore.
Situation: Kylie has been dating Aaron for some time, but has grown bored with the relationship.
Intention: Kylie wants to have a boyfriend.
Immoral action: Kylie stays with Aaron so that she can say she has a boyfriend.
Immoral consequence: Kylie is miserable and in a bad mood all the time.
Norm: It is inconsiderate to your teacher to distract the class.
Situation: Tara understands the class materials and is feeling bored in class.
Intention: Tara wants to do something to pass the time in class.
Moral action: Tara draws cartoon characters in her notebook.
Moral consequence: Tara will be able to pass the time without bothering anyone else.
Norm: It is inconsiderate to your teacher to distract the class.
Situation: Tara understands the class materials and is feeling bored in class.
Intention: Tara wants to do something to pass the time in class.
Immoral action: Tara makes paper airplanes and throw them at other students.
Immoral consequence: Tara will be given detention by the teacher for bothering the other students.
Norm: It's not okay to let jealousy ruin family.
Situation: Tate's brother is very successful now, and he came to their Christmas party in a very expensive car.
Intention: Tate wants to say something to his brother.
Moral action: Tate tells his brother that he must be bagging so many chicks now.
Moral consequence: Tate's brother laughs and is better able to relax at the party.
Norm: It's not okay to let jealousy ruin family.
Situation: Tate's brother is very successful now, and he came to their Christmas party in a very expensive car.
Intention: Tate wants to say something to his brother.
Immoral action: Tate asks his brother if he thinks he's better than them now.
Immoral consequence: Tate's brother feels uncomfortable and wants to leave the party.
Norm: It is good to want to make progress.
Situation: Jennita is finishing up her Masters degree and has a major paper due a few days from now, but still needs to write 1000 more words.
Intention: Jennita wants to turn in the paper.
Moral action: Jennita stays up late to write the 1000 words and then refines the paper before handing it in.
Moral consequence: The teacher is impressed by Jennita's work and gives her full credit for the paper.
Norm: It is good to want to make progress.
Situation: Jennita is finishing up her Masters degree and has a major paper due a few days from now, but still needs to write 1000 more words.
Intention: Jennita wants to turn in the paper.
Immoral action: Jennita figures that the last paper doesn't count for too much and prioritizes other things, then turns in a rough copy of the paper.
Immoral consequence: Jennita's teacher sees the paper and doesn't approve of the poor work, giving Jennita a bad grade.
Norm: It's wrong to do something that will hurt a sibling
Situation: Jane sees her brother Mark eat the last cookie.
Intention: Jane wants to teach Mark a lesson.
Moral action: Jane explains to Mark why this was rude.
Moral consequence: Mark feels sorry for not asking if anyone else wanted the cookie.
Norm: It's wrong to do something that will hurt a sibling
Situation: Jane sees her brother Mark eat the last cookie.
Intention: Jane wants to teach Mark a lesson.
Immoral action: Jane punches Mark.
Immoral consequence: Mark's arm is hurt, and he is mad at his sister.
Norm: You are allowed to voice your opinion to loved ones.
Situation: James' father liked to go on long rants about godless liberals at the dinner table.
Intention: James wants to express his feelings.
Moral action: James expresses his own liberal beliefs to his father at the dinner table.
Moral consequence: After a major fight, the family agree to ban talk about politics and religion at the dinner table.
Norm: You are allowed to voice your opinion to loved ones.
Situation: James' father liked to go on long rants about godless liberals at the dinner table.
Intention: James wants to express his feelings.
Immoral action: James complains about his father to all his friends but doesn't confront him directly.
Immoral consequence: James' father keeps ranting so James increases the frequency of his complaints.
Norm: It's good to report missing items to the proper people.
Situation: While cleaning the school cafeteria, Gavin the janitor finds a wallet on the floor that belongs to a student named Dan.
Intention: Gavin wants to move the wallet off the floor.
Moral action: Gavin takes the wallet to the school lost and found.
Moral consequence: Dan gets the wallet from the lost and found and thanks Gavin.
Norm: It's good to report missing items to the proper people.
Situation: While cleaning the school cafeteria, Gavin the janitor finds a wallet on the floor that belongs to a student named Dan.
Intention: Gavin wants to move the wallet off the floor.
Immoral action: Gavin puts the wallet in his pocket and takes it home.
Immoral consequence: Dan never finds his wallet and has to get a new one.
Norm: You shouldn't distract the guard when entering the office building.
Situation: Mario often chats with the guard at his office building, and they will sometimes exchange jokes in the morning.
Intention: Mario wants to tell the guard a new joke.
Moral action: Mario tells the guard a short joke before entering the building.
Moral consequence: Mario and the guard have a short laugh before going back to their respective jobs.
Norm: You shouldn't distract the guard when entering the office building.
Situation: Mario often chats with the guard at his office building, and they will sometimes exchange jokes in the morning.
Intention: Mario wants to tell the guard a new joke.
Immoral action: Mario tells the guard a really long joke which takes his attention off of his job,.
Immoral consequence: While the guard is listening to Mario's joke, an unauthorized man enters the office building.
Norm: You shouldn't fake your depression just to get sympathy.
Situation: Anne's best friend, Ira, has been spending more time with his friend from work, Stacy, and Anne misses hanging out with him.
Intention: Anne wants to get Ira's attention.
Moral action: Anne tells Ira she misses doing things with him, so he makes plans with her later that evening.
Moral consequence: Ira came to realize while spending time with Anne how much he missed her company as well.