CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't make messes.
Situation: Eric has just cooked dinner for himself, dishes everywhere and his roommate John just got home.
Intention: Eric wants to go to sleep early.
Immoral action: Eric goes upstairs to his room with his food without washing anything and eats and goes to bed.
Immoral consequence: John doesn't have any clean dishes to cook with and is very angry at Eric.
Norm: It's wrong to skip school.
Situation: A new phone that Erica wants is being released on Thursday and people have already started camping outside the store to buy it.
Intention: Erica wants to buy the phone as soon as possible.
Moral action: Erica pre-orders the phone online and pays extra so it will be delivered to her when it's available.
Moral consequence: Erica stays on track with her studies and is able to conveniently obtain the phone.
Norm: It's wrong to skip school.
Situation: A new phone that Erica wants is being released on Thursday and people have already started camping outside the store to buy it.
Intention: Erica wants to buy the phone as soon as possible.
Immoral action: Erica doesn't go to school on Wednesday or Thursday, so she can wait outside the store.
Immoral consequence: Erica falls behind in her classes and has to work extra hard to catch up with her classmates.
Norm: Arguing is impolite.
Situation: Amber and Chris are having dinner at her parents non-smoking house, and Chris just lit up a cigarette at the table.
Intention: Amber wants to confront Chris.
Moral action: Amber calmly tells Chris that her parents don't smoke, and asks him to please put out his cigarette.
Moral consequence: Amber's parent's appreciate her and Chris handling the issue like adults, and they all enjoy dinner.
Norm: Arguing is impolite.
Situation: Amber and Chris are having dinner at her parents non-smoking house, and Chris just lit up a cigarette at the table.
Intention: Amber wants to confront Chris.
Immoral action: Amber begins to yell at Chris, accusing him of knowingly breaking the non-smoking rule, so he yells back.
Immoral consequence: Amber's parent's ask them to both leave for their childish behavior.
Norm: It is unacceptable to demand sexual acts.
Situation: Cal was about to have sex with Ana, but he also wants oral sex.
Intention: Cal wants to get Ana to give him oral sex.
Moral action: Cal asks Ana if it'd be okay if she gave him oral sex.
Moral consequence: Ana is more willing to give Cal oral and appreciates that he asked for her consent.
Norm: It is unacceptable to demand sexual acts.
Situation: Cal was about to have sex with Ana, but he also wants oral sex.
Intention: Cal wants to get Ana to give him oral sex.
Immoral action: Cal tells Ana to get on her knees and start giving him oral.
Immoral consequence: Ana feels like she is being raped and is not aroused anymore.
Norm: It is bad to care about only money in life.
Situation: Harriet is a well-off businesswoman and single mother to a teen daughter, Molly.
Intention: Harriet wants to be able to provide for her daughter.
Moral action: Harriet sets a regular work schedule so that she has time to spend with her daughter every day.
Moral consequence: Harriet and Molly spend their days together without any worry about finances.
Norm: It is bad to care about only money in life.
Situation: Harriet is a well-off businesswoman and single mother to a teen daughter, Molly.
Intention: Harriet wants to be able to provide for her daughter.
Immoral action: Although she can afford not to, Harriet spends the majority of her time at the office, only coming home to sleep.
Immoral consequence: Molly grows up without any memories involving her mother.
Norm: You shouldn't approve of parents that beat their kids.
Situation: Stan is a teacher and sees a child at school who has bruises on his arm and confesses to being beaten by his parents.
Intention: Stan wants to help the child be strong.
Moral action: Stan tells the child that he needs to report his parents to the police, then goes with him to do so.
Moral consequence: The parents are prosecuted for their abuse of the child and the child is freed from his bad situation.
Norm: You shouldn't approve of parents that beat their kids.
Situation: Stan is a teacher and sees a child at school who has bruises on his arm and confesses to being beaten by his parents.
Intention: Stan wants to help the child be strong.
Immoral action: Stan tells the child that the beatings are good for his character and will make him into a man.
Immoral consequence: The child becomes more and more traumatized by the beatings and is mentally tortured by the thought that his feelings are wrong.
Norm: You should respect people that are fat.
Situation: Mark and his sister Jane are having a conversation about a party Mark is planning.
Intention: Mark needs to decide who to invite.
Moral action: Mark invites Jane even though he is concerned of what his friends will think about Jane being overweight.
Moral consequence: Jane is happy she gets to go to the party.
Norm: You should respect people that are fat.
Situation: Mark and his sister Jane are having a conversation about a party Mark is planning.
Intention: Mark needs to decide who to invite.
Immoral action: Mark tells Jane she can't come because she is too heavy.
Immoral consequence: Jane feels disrespected.
Norm: It's good to appreciate someone's poetry.
Situation: Penny's friend Hope writes poetry that she finds dark and depressing.
Intention: Penny wants to respond when Hope asks for Penny's opinion of her poem.
Moral action: Penny compliments Hope on the emotion her work conveys.
Moral consequence: Hope's faith in her work is given a boost.
Norm: It's good to appreciate someone's poetry.
Situation: Penny's friend Hope writes poetry that she finds dark and depressing.
Intention: Penny wants to respond when Hope asks for Penny's opinion of her poem.
Immoral action: Penny tells Hope that her work is unappealing because it is so dark.
Immoral consequence: Hope's confidence in her work takes a nose dive.
Norm: You shouldn't do things behind your husband's back.
Situation: Fiona has been invited to join some of her single friends on a trip to Atlantic City but is unsure how her husband will react.
Intention: Fiona wants to go on the trip.
Moral action: Fiona tells her husband about the planned trip to AC and asks him to trust her while she is away.
Moral consequence: Fiona is able to go on her trip with her husbands approval.
Norm: You shouldn't do things behind your husband's back.
Situation: Fiona has been invited to join some of her single friends on a trip to Atlantic City but is unsure how her husband will react.
Intention: Fiona wants to go on the trip.
Immoral action: Fiona tells her husband she is visiting her parents for the weekend but goes to AC instead.
Immoral consequence: Fiona gets into an argument with her husband when he discovers her deception.
Norm: It is rude to ignore a friend of yours.
Situation: Dwight is at a party talking with some popular people when his less popular friend Joe tries to get his attention.
Intention: Dwight wants to decide between his friend and advancing his social status.
Moral action: Dwight tells the group that he'll talk with them later, then goes to his friend and spends some time with him.
Moral consequence: Dwight's friend feels welcomed and important, boosting his self-esteem and helping him socially.
Norm: It is rude to ignore a friend of yours.
Situation: Dwight is at a party talking with some popular people when his less popular friend Joe tries to get his attention.
Intention: Dwight wants to decide between his friend and advancing his social status.
Immoral action: Dwight makes a joke about his friend to the popular group and continues talking with them.
Immoral consequence: Dwight's friend stays away from him and feels left out and dejected.
Norm: You should behave professionally at work.
Situation: After a tense team meeting, Wally notices his coworkers standing by the coffee machine looking tense.
Intention: Wally wants to create a positive atmosphere.
Moral action: Wally offers to buy everyone snacks from the vending machine after shaking everyone's hand.
Moral consequence: Wally is thanked by his friends for his actions.
Norm: You should behave professionally at work.
Situation: After a tense team meeting, Wally notices his coworkers standing by the coffee machine looking tense.
Intention: Wally wants to create a positive atmosphere.
Immoral action: Wally impersonates his boss in a loud tone as he grabs a cup of coffee.
Immoral consequence: Wally is written up for his strange behavior.
Norm: You should replace items you have broken.
Situation: Rick is hanging out at his best friend Ryan's apartment one day and accidentally knocks a vase off the counter in Ryan's kitchen.
Intention: Rick needs to decide how to respond to breaking the vase.
Moral action: Rick apologizes to Ryan and asks for the product name, so he can buy a replacement off Amazon.
Moral consequence: Ryan thinks Rick is pretty thoughtful and tells him there's no need to buy a replacement.
Norm: You should replace items you have broken.
Situation: Rick is hanging out at his best friend Ryan's apartment one day and accidentally knocks a vase off the counter in Ryan's kitchen.
Intention: Rick needs to decide how to respond to breaking the vase.
Immoral action: Rick tells Ryan tough luck, and that she should be more careful where he puts vases in the future.
Immoral consequence: Ryan thinks Rick is kind of a prick and tells him to get out of his apartment.
Norm: You should coax your pets out of hiding with treats.
Situation: Tracy has been trying for hours to find her cat, but it is nowhere to be seen.
Intention: Tracy wants to get her cat to come out of hiding.
Moral action: Tracy puts some of the cat's favorite treats in a bowl and leaves them in the center of the room and just waits.
Moral consequence: The cat comes out of hiding and enjoys its treats and Tracy is relieved because she can see that her cat is safe.
Norm: You should coax your pets out of hiding with treats.
Situation: Tracy has been trying for hours to find her cat, but it is nowhere to be seen.
Intention: Tracy wants to get her cat to come out of hiding.
Immoral action: Tracy starts banging on the floor and the walls near the cat's normal hiding places, hoping to flush it out.
Immoral consequence: The cat digs in deeper into its hiding place, feeling fear from all the loud banging, and Tracy is even more frustrated.
Norm: It's nice to help people you like improve themselves.
Situation: Chris loves to work out with free weights and has a friend who wants to get into exercising.
Intention: Chris wants to encourage his friend to exercise.
Moral action: Chris brings his friend with him and shows him his exercise routine, then helps his friend make one.
Moral consequence: Chris' friend starts seeing results quickly and keeps working to meet his goals.
Norm: It's nice to help people you like improve themselves.
Situation: Chris loves to work out with free weights and has a friend who wants to get into exercising.
Intention: Chris wants to encourage his friend to exercise.
Immoral action: Chris tells his friend that exercise has done him a lot of good, showing off his muscles.
Immoral consequence: Chris' friend wants to exercise but has no idea how to get started or get good results.
Norm: It is okay to protect your friends.
Situation: Pat saw Jimmy picking on his friend Bob.
Intention: Pat wants to decide to defend Bob or not.
Moral action: Pat stands up to Jimmy and together they are able to fight Jimmy off.
Moral consequence: Pat and Bob feel awesome for fighting the bully Jimmy off.
Norm: It is okay to protect your friends.
Situation: Pat saw Jimmy picking on his friend Bob.
Intention: Pat wants to decide to defend Bob or not.
Immoral action: Pat runs away from the scene and hopes no one saw him.
Immoral consequence: Bob gets beaten up by Jimmy and later he sees Pat and calls him a coward.
Norm: You should not overwhelm others with your problems.
Situation: Olivia is meeting up with her friends and has had some problems in her home life lately.
Intention: Olivia wants to tell her friends about her problems.
Moral action: Olivia briefly mentions her problems at home, but asks others how they are doing.
Moral consequence: Olivia's friends let her know they feel for her and try to help her.
Norm: You should not overwhelm others with your problems.
Situation: Olivia is meeting up with her friends and has had some problems in her home life lately.
Intention: Olivia wants to tell her friends about her problems.
Immoral action: Olivia goes on and on about all her problems at home and won't let anyone else talk.
Immoral consequence: Olivia's friends find her exhausting and stop hanging out with her.
Norm: It's wrong not to support orphaned children.
Situation: Kevin won a cash prize from bingo, and a representative from a charity for orphans asks him for a donation.
Intention: Kevin wants to spend his money.
Moral action: Kevin donates a large portion of his money on the charity to help the orphans.
Moral consequence: Kevin is visited by the orphans who thank him for his donation.
Norm: It's wrong not to support orphaned children.
Situation: Kevin won a cash prize from bingo, and a representative from a charity for orphans asks him for a donation.
Intention: Kevin wants to spend his money.
Immoral action: Kevin spends to money on his new dream car.
Immoral consequence: Kevin is unable to afford the car's high insurance and maintenance fees.
Norm: It's kind to visit the terminally ill.
Situation: Hailey is about to go to work when she finds out her aunt is in hospice and won't likely survive the night.
Intention: Hailey wants to go to work.
Moral action: Hailey lets her work know she will be late and visits her aunt for a few minutes.
Moral consequence: Hailey gets to say goodbye to her aunt, and her aunt is comforted a little before she dies.
Norm: It's kind to visit the terminally ill.
Situation: Hailey is about to go to work when she finds out her aunt is in hospice and won't likely survive the night.
Intention: Hailey wants to go to work.
Immoral action: Hailey goes to work right away and her aunt passes away while she is there.
Immoral consequence: Hailey never gets to say goodbye to her aunt and feels great regret.
Norm: It is good to observe traditions
Situation: Tanis was the black sheep of the family growing up but is visiting home for the holidays.
Intention: Tanis wants to enjoy the holidays.
Moral action: Tanis participates in all the family actvities that she used to skip out on when she was younger.
Moral consequence: Tanis bonds with her family some after all these years and enjoys it.
Norm: It is good to observe traditions
Situation: Tanis was the black sheep of the family growing up but is visiting home for the holidays.
Intention: Tanis wants to enjoy the holidays.
Immoral action: When the family is getting ready to do what they do every year for the holidays, Tanis sneaks out to go to the bar in the next town over.
Immoral consequence: Tanis remains the black sheep of the family and misses out on a chance to bond with her family.
Norm: You should not judge others just for how they look.
Situation: Josh is riding the subway when a man wearing clothes with holes in them comes up to him and asks him for directions.
Intention: Josh wants to respond to the man.
Moral action: Josh gives the man directions, and it turns out the man needs to go to the laundromat because he was doing his laundry.
Moral consequence: The man gets to the laundromat.
Norm: You should not judge others just for how they look.
Situation: Josh is riding the subway when a man wearing clothes with holes in them comes up to him and asks him for directions.
Intention: Josh wants to respond to the man.
Immoral action: Josh ignores the man because he assumes he's crazy and homeless.
Immoral consequence: The man feels bad about himself and doesn't get the directions he needs.
Norm: It's wrong to cheat in games.
Situation: Marc is playing Monopoly with his sister Louise, and she has bought all the best properties so far.
Intention: Marc wants to win the game of Monopoly.
Moral action: Marc plays the game without cheating, and he still manages to buy some really good properties.
Moral consequence: Marc feels good about how he plays the game and it's very exciting when he lands on a good property.
Norm: It's wrong to cheat in games.
Situation: Marc is playing Monopoly with his sister Louise, and she has bought all the best properties so far.
Intention: Marc wants to win the game of Monopoly.
Immoral action: Marc moves the dice to get a better role when Louise isn't looking, allowing him to buy a better property.
Immoral consequence: Marc feels guilty about doing something so shady and even if he wins the game he will feel badly about the whole experience.
Norm: It’s bad to not go to work.
Situation: Tyler wakes up with a headache and has to go to work.
Intention: Tyler wants to get rid of the headache.
Moral action: Tyler take some medicine for the headache and goes to work.
Moral consequence: The headache goes away and Tyler is able to work.
Norm: It’s bad to not go to work.
Situation: Tyler wakes up with a headache and has to go to work.
Intention: Tyler wants to get rid of the headache.
Immoral action: Tyler skips work and sleeps all day until the headache goes away.
Immoral consequence: Tyler gets fired for not going into work or calling out sick.
Norm: You shouldn't have offensive opinions.
Situation: Dan is in high school and checks out Hitler's autobiography, "Mein Kempf", from the library and reads it.
Intention: Dan wants to incorporate parts of Hitler's philosophy into his life.
Moral action: Dan adopts Hitler's desire to succeed and works harder in his classes, ignoring Hitler's prejudice.
Moral consequence: Dan's classmates notice a difference in Dan's performance and come to him for advice.
Norm: You shouldn't have offensive opinions.
Situation: Dan is in high school and checks out Hitler's autobiography, "Mein Kempf", from the library and reads it.
Intention: Dan wants to incorporate parts of Hitler's philosophy into his life.
Immoral action: Dan begins looking at non-white people as inferior and starts a group dedicated to white power.
Immoral consequence: The minorities in Dan's school feel threatened by Dan and his group and make efforts to avoid him.
Norm: It's wrong to break a pay it forward chain.
Situation: Katy is at the supermarket and a stranger offered to pay for her groceries saying a stranger had done something nice for him earlier.
Intention: Katy wants to get her free groceries home.
Moral action: Katy thanks the stranger for the food and pays for the next strangers's food who was behind her in line before heading home.
Moral consequence: Katy feels good for passing along the gesture towards somebody else.
Norm: It's wrong to break a pay it forward chain.
Situation: Katy is at the supermarket and a stranger offered to pay for her groceries saying a stranger had done something nice for him earlier.
Intention: Katy wants to get her free groceries home.
Immoral action: Katy drives home and tells her brother about the stranger, and they both agree it is quite odd to do that sort of thing.
Immoral consequence: Katy never gets to feel what it is like to help a stranger out and stops a pattern that had been going on.
Norm: You shouldn't harass your family members.
Situation: Roy and Pat are brothers who have are looking forward to watching two shows that come on at the same time.
Intention: Roy wants to watch the show he's looking foward to seeing.
Moral action: Roy pays Pat $20 to let him watch the show.
Moral consequence: Pat takes the money and agrees to let Roy watch his show.
Norm: You shouldn't harass your family members.
Situation: Roy and Pat are brothers who have are looking forward to watching two shows that come on at the same time.
Intention: Roy wants to watch the show he's looking foward to seeing.
Immoral action: Roy hits Pat repeatedly to get him to leave the television to him.
Immoral consequence: Pat tells on Roy and Roy doesn't get to watch his show.
Norm: It's good to ask for a raise.
Situation: Jim has been working for his employer for a few years and feels that he should be getting paid more.
Intention: Jim wants to decide whether or not to ask his employer for a higher salary.
Moral action: Jim decides to ask his boss to increase his salary since he's been working for them for quite a while.
Moral consequence: Jim's salary is increased, and he is much happier with the new amount that he starts to receive.
Norm: It's good to ask for a raise.
Situation: Jim has been working for his employer for a few years and feels that he should be getting paid more.
Intention: Jim wants to decide whether or not to ask his employer for a higher salary.
Immoral action: Jim decides not to ask his employer for a raise and that it's best not to make a fuss.
Immoral consequence: Jim continues to earn the same amount which he is unhappy with.
Norm: It's unhealthy to stay in the bed relationship
Situation: Laura had been dating Danny for two years, but he treated her poorly.
Intention: Laura wants to get married.
Moral action: Laura leaves Danny and gets married to a new man that she meets.
Moral consequence: Laura is much happier without having Danny in her life.
Norm: It's unhealthy to stay in the bed relationship
Situation: Laura had been dating Danny for two years, but he treated her poorly.
Intention: Laura wants to get married.
Immoral action: Laura eventually gets married to Danny even though she doesn't like how he treats her.
Immoral consequence: Laura gets sadder and more depressed because of the way Danny treats her.
Norm: It's rude to abuse someone's generosity.
Situation: Kathy needed money to pay a bill, and her friend Ronny gave her some, but now she is low on cash again.
Intention: Kathy wants to obtain some money.
Moral action: Kathy does some odd jobs for extra money to pay her bills.
Moral consequence: Kathy gets her money and does not annoy her friend Ronny.
Norm: It's rude to abuse someone's generosity.
Situation: Kathy needed money to pay a bill, and her friend Ronny gave her some, but now she is low on cash again.
Intention: Kathy wants to obtain some money.
Immoral action: Kathy goes to Ronny asking for more money to pay bills.
Immoral consequence: Ronny resents Kathy trying to get more money from him and refuses.
Norm: It's wrong to call someone out in public.
Situation: Portia just found out that her boyfriend has been in touch with his ex.
Intention: Portia wants to confront her boyfriend.
Moral action: Portia waits until her boyfriend gets home before bringing up her problems with his actions.
Moral consequence: Portia's boyfriend is able to understand her point of view and adjusts his behavior.
Norm: It's wrong to call someone out in public.
Situation: Portia just found out that her boyfriend has been in touch with his ex.
Intention: Portia wants to confront her boyfriend.
Immoral action: Portia goes to her boyfriends workplace and asks him about the situation in front of his coworkers.
Immoral consequence: Portia's boyfriend responds poorly to being put on the spot at work.
Norm: It's rude to expect others to fix things for free.
Situation: Ken's best friend Jacob is a mechanic and Ken's car has a problem with its transmission.
Intention: Ken wants to ask Jacob to fix his car.
Moral action: Ken asks Jacob if he'll fix his car for him if Ken pays him his normal rate.
Moral consequence: Jacob agrees to fix Ken's car and gets it up and running within a day.
Norm: It's rude to expect others to fix things for free.
Situation: Ken's best friend Jacob is a mechanic and Ken's car has a problem with its transmission.
Intention: Ken wants to ask Jacob to fix his car.
Immoral action: Ken asks Jacob to fix his car for him for free because they're best friends.
Immoral consequence: Jacob refuses to fix the car for free and then stops talking to Ken because he thinks he'll be asked for more favors.