CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's bad to work for a business that commits crimes.
Situation: Rory is unemployed and has been approached by a friend who is part of a criminal organization with a job offer.
Intention: Rory wants to earn a high salary.
Moral action: Rory decides to study and get a degree in order to get a high paying job.
Moral consequence: Rory's friend is eventually glad he refused the offer and made something of himself.
Norm: It's bad to work for a business that commits crimes.
Situation: Rory is unemployed and has been approached by a friend who is part of a criminal organization with a job offer.
Intention: Rory wants to earn a high salary.
Immoral action: Rory decides to take a job with his friend despite knowing what the company does.
Immoral consequence: Rory's friend ends up feeling guilty that he got him into a life of crime.
Norm: It's wrong to want something for the wrong reasons.
Situation: Tim is in a competition for a lucrative work contract with a friend of his.
Intention: Tim wants to motivate himself to work hard and get the contract.
Moral action: Tim decides to get the contract, so he can develop his skills, gets the contract, and learns a new technique to accomplish it.
Moral consequence: Tim expands his abilities and improves his ability to earn income.
Norm: It's wrong to want something for the wrong reasons.
Situation: Tim is in a competition for a lucrative work contract with a friend of his.
Intention: Tim wants to motivate himself to work hard and get the contract.
Immoral action: Tim decides to get it, so he can show others how good he is, earns the contract, and brags about it to his friend.
Immoral consequence: Tim's friend gets fed up with Tim and refuses to talk with him any more.
Norm: It is important to make children feel safe.
Situation: Helen is still working on her project which needs to be finished before end of the day, but she needs to pick up her daughter Kitty from school.
Intention: Helen wants to finish her project on time.
Moral action: Helen asks her husband to pick up Kitty instead.
Moral consequence: Kitty feels happy and surprised seeing her dad come to pick her up.
Norm: It is important to make children feel safe.
Situation: Helen is still working on her project which needs to be finished before end of the day, but she needs to pick up her daughter Kitty from school.
Intention: Helen wants to finish her project on time.
Immoral action: Helen decides to let Kitty wait at school so that she can finish her project before leaving the office.
Immoral consequence: Kitty feels afraid and worried that her mom has forgotten to pick her up.
Norm: It's good to look nice for people.
Situation: Robert is just waking up on the morning of his two year anniversary with his girlfriend.
Intention: Robert wants to spend some quality time with his girlfriend.
Moral action: Robert gets dressed in nice clothes and does his hair before meeting with his girlfriend for a day of fun activities.
Moral consequence: Robert's girlfriend is very impressed, and they have an amazing day together, growing closer, and making valuable memories.
Norm: It's good to look nice for people.
Situation: Robert is just waking up on the morning of his two year anniversary with his girlfriend.
Intention: Robert wants to spend some quality time with his girlfriend.
Immoral action: Robert rushes out of the house without getting ready and meets with his girlfriend to spend the day together.
Immoral consequence: Roberts girlfriend is distant because she thinks he doesn't care about her, due to him not getting ready.
Norm: It is rude to not tip for good service.
Situation: Matt is out at a restaurant that appears to be slightly out of his budget as he looks through the menu.
Intention: Matt wants to save money on his dinner.
Moral action: Matt orders an inexpensive item off the menu and leaves a modest tip.
Moral consequence: The server is satisfied to get a tip for serving the table.
Norm: It is rude to not tip for good service.
Situation: Matt is out at a restaurant that appears to be slightly out of his budget as he looks through the menu.
Intention: Matt wants to save money on his dinner.
Immoral action: Matt enjoys his food, and he does not leave a tip in order to spend less money.
Immoral consequence: The server is discouraged as he is dependent on tips to make a living wage.
Norm: It's bad to go back on a promise.
Situation: Julie arranged to pick up a friend from the airport, but found out that her new boss is hosting a happy hour at the same time.
Intention: Julie wants to make a good impression on her boss.
Moral action: Julie tells her boss that she has to pick up a friend from the airport and says that they should plan another happy hour soon.
Moral consequence: Julie's friend is grateful that she picked her up, and Julie's boss is happy to move the happy hour back a day.
Norm: It's bad to go back on a promise.
Situation: Julie arranged to pick up a friend from the airport, but found out that her new boss is hosting a happy hour at the same time.
Intention: Julie wants to make a good impression on her boss.
Immoral action: Julie decides to go to the happy hour instead and texts her friend that they can find a cab after they land.
Immoral consequence: Julie's friend has to pay a lot of money for the cab ride and is too angry to meet with her later that night.
Norm: Telling someone else how to do their job is rude.
Situation: Dave went to work and saw his coworkers screwing up.
Intention: Dave wants the team to get thier work done.
Moral action: Dave offers his advice as suggestions to the supervisor.
Moral consequence: The supervisor notes that while most of them don't help, a few of them do and implements them.
Norm: Telling someone else how to do their job is rude.
Situation: Dave went to work and saw his coworkers screwing up.
Intention: Dave wants the team to get thier work done.
Immoral action: Dave goes around telling everyone what they are doing wrong.
Immoral consequence: Dave's coworkers all start telling Dave what he's doing wrong too.
Norm: It's wrong to give up on school.
Situation: Maya is in 11th grade and just found out she is pregnant with her first child.
Intention: Maya wants to decide whether or not to drop out.
Moral action: Maya, wanting to be a good parent, signs up for homeschooling, so she can further her education and focus on being a new mom at the same time.
Moral consequence: After the baby is born, Maya has a good job and can afford all the necessities needed to care for her child.
Norm: It's wrong to give up on school.
Situation: Maya is in 11th grade and just found out she is pregnant with her first child.
Intention: Maya wants to decide whether or not to drop out.
Immoral action: Maya, wanting to focus on preparing to be a new mom, quits attending classes.
Immoral consequence: After the baby is born, Maya is unable to find decent employment and struggles to take care of her child.
Norm: It's rude to take more than one candy.
Situation: It is Halloween night and Marsha's young son, Camden, is feeling a bit shy about his costume.
Intention: Marsha wants to cheer Camden up with some trick-or-treating candy.
Moral action: Marsha holds Camden's hand through trick-or-treating and teaches him to take just one piece of candy.
Moral consequence: Camden loses his shyness and goes home with the same amount of candy as the neighborhood kids.
Norm: It's rude to take more than one candy.
Situation: It is Halloween night and Marsha's young son, Camden, is feeling a bit shy about his costume.
Intention: Marsha wants to cheer Camden up with some trick-or-treating candy.
Immoral action: With Camden too shy to walk door-to-door, Marsha does it for him while grabbing handfuls of candy from every bucket.
Immoral consequence: Marsha takes so much candy that the neighborhood kids are left with none.
Norm: It's not okay to be discouraging to your friends.
Situation: Jan has a high school friend named Wally who mentions that he wants to be an engineer one day.
Intention: Jan wants to respond about Wally being an engineer.
Moral action: Jan tells Wally that he can be an engineer if he works hard and applies to the right school.
Moral consequence: Wally will become inspired and look up the path to being an engineer.
Norm: It's not okay to be discouraging to your friends.
Situation: Jan has a high school friend named Wally who mentions that he wants to be an engineer one day.
Intention: Jan wants to respond about Wally being an engineer.
Immoral action: Jan tells Wally that being an engineer requires math, and he's not good at math.
Immoral consequence: Wally will become discouraged and reconsider his dreams.
Norm: It's rude to judge a gift given freely.
Situation: Shirley asks her coworker Janice how she likes the new oven mitt she got her as a birthday gift.
Intention: Janice wants to answer Shirley's question.
Moral action: Janice tells Shirley that she loves the oven mitt and can't wait to use it.
Moral consequence: Shirley is thrilled to hear that Janice likes the gift.
Norm: It's rude to judge a gift given freely.
Situation: Shirley asks her coworker Janice how she likes the new oven mitt she got her as a birthday gift.
Intention: Janice wants to answer Shirley's question.
Immoral action: Janice tells Shirley that the oven mitt is ugly, and she will probably never use it.
Immoral consequence: Shirley is hurt and saddened that Janice doesn't appreciate her gift.
Norm: It's good to pick up your partner.
Situation: Matt has the car at his work when his wife calls him, asking him for a ride home as she doesn't have a car.
Intention: Matt wants his wife to get home.
Moral action: Matt gets permission to temporarily leave work and picks up his wife to bring her home.
Moral consequence: Matt's wife gets home in good time and can continue her business.
Norm: It's good to pick up your partner.
Situation: Matt has the car at his work when his wife calls him, asking him for a ride home as she doesn't have a car.
Intention: Matt wants his wife to get home.
Immoral action: Matt contacts a family friend and asks her to pick up his wife so that he can continue working.
Immoral consequence: The family friend gets lost on the way to Matt's wife's work, wasting an hour of time.
Norm: It is wrong to pressure an employee into doing something
Situation: Heather is a manager, and one of her employees wants to take time off to spend with his family in a couple weeks.
Intention: Heather wants to make sure her employee gets their work done on time.
Moral action: Heather conditionally grants the vacation days if the employee submits a good progress report later that week.
Moral consequence: The employee works hard to make sure they can get a good report in on time and enjoys their vacation.
Norm: It is wrong to pressure an employee into doing something
Situation: Heather is a manager, and one of her employees wants to take time off to spend with his family in a couple weeks.
Intention: Heather wants to make sure her employee gets their work done on time.
Immoral action: Heather says that she would grant the request but that she might have to give them a poor performance review if they take the vacation.
Immoral consequence: The employee, afraid for their job, forgoes the vacation but starts looking for another job that will allow them more vacation time.
Norm: You shouldn't fall asleep at work.
Situation: Hank is at work in a factory after having stayed up all night with friends.
Intention: Hank wants to get some rest eventually.
Moral action: Hank knows that maintaining safety in a factory is important and powers through the day before finally getting a nap at home after work.
Moral consequence: Hank's coworker's benefit from his work ethic and the work day is smooth for the whole workforce.
Norm: You shouldn't fall asleep at work.
Situation: Hank is at work in a factory after having stayed up all night with friends.
Intention: Hank wants to get some rest eventually.
Immoral action: Hank decides to take a nap on the floor when action in the factory slows down a little midday.
Immoral consequence: In Hank's slumber the factory floor loses a set of eyes which leads to an accident in his work area that serious injuries a coworker.
Norm: It's rude to teach children to yell.
Situation: Frank is in his apartment watching his favorite sports team with his young son and notices how his son doesn't react much.
Intention: Frank wants to show his son how to react.
Moral action: Frank shows how to fist pump and high five whenever his team does something good.
Moral consequence: Frank enjoys watching the rest of the game with his son without any issues.
Norm: It's rude to teach children to yell.
Situation: Frank is in his apartment watching his favorite sports team with his young son and notices how his son doesn't react much.
Intention: Frank wants to show his son how to react.
Immoral action: Frank teaches his son to loudly cheer for his team.
Immoral consequence: Frank gets hit with a noise complaint and is punished for it.
Norm: You shouldn't let others pressure you to do things.
Situation: Kiran is feeling tired from a weekend of going out to bars with his friends, but they are trying to persuade him to go out again.
Intention: Kiran wants to avoid disappointing his friends.
Moral action: Kiran tells his friends that he needs to take a night off but makes plans to go out with them later that week.
Moral consequence: Kiran feels better after resting for a couple days and has a good time when he goes out with his friends again.
Norm: You shouldn't let others pressure you to do things.
Situation: Kiran is feeling tired from a weekend of going out to bars with his friends, but they are trying to persuade him to go out again.
Intention: Kiran wants to avoid disappointing his friends.
Immoral action: Kiran agrees to go out with his friends, and they go out and drink a fair amount including some shots of whiskey.
Immoral consequence: Kiran starts to feel sick from all the drinking, vomits, and has to leave the bar.
Norm: It's good to forgive people.
Situation: Pat and Kelly are friends and Pat unintentionally hurts Kelly during a group chatting in social media, and Pat wants to apologize to Kelly.
Intention: Kelly wants to react to the apology.
Moral action: Kelly accepts the apology and Pat agrees to be respectful during group chatting in the future.
Moral consequence: Kelly feels belonged to the group and gets support from the group whenever she needs it.
Norm: It's good to forgive people.
Situation: Pat and Kelly are friends and Pat unintentionally hurts Kelly during a group chatting in social media, and Pat wants to apologize to Kelly.
Intention: Kelly wants to react to the apology.
Immoral action: Kelly is angry and decides to leave the group and ghost Pat.
Immoral consequence: Kelly becomes unforgiving and distances herself from others.
Norm: It's nasty to watch someone else go to the bathroom.
Situation: Margaret was on a date with Jesse at his house when he left to go to the restroom.
Intention: Margaret wants to ask Jesse a question.
Moral action: Margaret sits at the table and waits for Jesse to return to continue their conversation.
Moral consequence: Jesse answers all of Margaret's questions when he gets back from using the restroom.
Norm: It's nasty to watch someone else go to the bathroom.
Situation: Margaret was on a date with Jesse at his house when he left to go to the restroom.
Intention: Margaret wants to ask Jesse a question.
Immoral action: Margaret follows Jesse into the bathroom to continue talking to him.
Immoral consequence: Jesse asks Margaret to leave and ends the date early because he is creeped out.
Norm: You shouldn't cut your sibling out of your life.
Situation: Jill's brother does something that she thinks is terrible, and she's very angry with him.
Intention: Jill wants to react to the terrible thing her brother did.
Moral action: Jill says that even though she disagrees with what her brother did she will stay in his life and try to help him make amends.
Moral consequence: Jill's brother is glad that Jill is standing by him even though he made a big mistake.
Norm: You shouldn't cut your sibling out of your life.
Situation: Jill's brother does something that she thinks is terrible, and she's very angry with him.
Intention: Jill wants to react to the terrible thing her brother did.
Immoral action: Jill says that because of what he did she will never see or talk to her brother again.
Immoral consequence: Jill's brother is very sad that his relationship with his sister has effectively ended.
Norm: It's good to pray for people who are in trouble
Situation: Stan's mom meets a woman named Cindy at the door who is going through a lot of personal problems.
Intention: Stan wants to encourage Cindy.
Moral action: Stan asks Cindy if he can pray with her so that God will help her with her problems.
Moral consequence: Cindy cries out of gratitude, prays with Stan, and goes back into the conflict with renewed confidence.
Norm: It's good to pray for people who are in trouble
Situation: Stan's mom meets a woman named Cindy at the door who is going through a lot of personal problems.
Intention: Stan wants to encourage Cindy.
Immoral action: Stan gives Cindy some encouraging advice on her situation and tells her to cheer up.
Immoral consequence: Cindy doesn't connect well with the advice and continues to make the same mistakes as before.
Norm: It's wrong to abuse the system.
Situation: Greg is currently a recipient of welfare, and he has just been hired to a new job.
Intention: Greg wants to save up money to get a new place.
Moral action: Greg makes a strict budget and sticks to it in order to build up his savings.
Moral consequence: Other people are able to get the help that they need because some of the funds are freed up.
Norm: It's wrong to abuse the system.
Situation: Greg is currently a recipient of welfare, and he has just been hired to a new job.
Intention: Greg wants to save up money to get a new place.
Immoral action: Greg continues to collect his welfare benefits even though he no longer qualifies for them.
Immoral consequence: Greg takes away resources for those who really need them.
Norm: Siblings are expected to be at each other's weddings.
Situation: Rob was invited to be a groomsman at his sister's wedding, but he doesn't want people to see how much weight he's gained.
Intention: Rob wants to be happy.
Moral action: Rob decides to go to his sister's wedding and makes jokes about his weight.
Moral consequence: Rob is happy that he gets to joke about his weight, and his sister is proud of him.
Norm: Siblings are expected to be at each other's weddings.
Situation: Rob was invited to be a groomsman at his sister's wedding, but he doesn't want people to see how much weight he's gained.
Intention: Rob wants to be happy.
Immoral action: Rob decides to skip his sister's wedding, because he doesn't want people to ask him about his weight.
Immoral consequence: Rob is happier, but his sister is very upset that he skipped her wedding.
Norm: You should always follow the rules at work.
Situation: There is a rule at Jon's work that employees must ask a supervisor before getting supplies from the warehouse.
Intention: Jon wants to get some supplies form the warehouse.
Moral action: John asks his supervisor if he can go get some supplies from the warehouse, and they tell him to go ahead, so he does.
Moral consequence: John gets his supplies and is commended for following the workplace rules.
Norm: You should always follow the rules at work.
Situation: There is a rule at Jon's work that employees must ask a supervisor before getting supplies from the warehouse.
Intention: Jon wants to get some supplies form the warehouse.
Immoral action: Jon decides to just get his supplies from the warehouse without asking his supervisor first.
Immoral consequence: When Jon's supervisor sees that John has gotten supplies without asking them John is fired.
Norm: You shoud apologize when you interrupt someone.
Situation: Lisa has just received some news her friends might find mildly important, and she sees her friend across the park in the middle of a game.
Intention: Lisa wants to tell her friends the news.
Moral action: Lisa calls out to her friends apologizing for distracting from the game but says they'll want to hear the news she has.
Moral consequence: Lisa's friends are enthralled by the notion and eagerly await the news.
Norm: You shoud apologize when you interrupt someone.
Situation: Lisa has just received some news her friends might find mildly important, and she sees her friend across the park in the middle of a game.
Intention: Lisa wants to tell her friends the news.
Immoral action: Lisa runs over into the middle of her friend's game forcing them to stop and tells them the news.
Immoral consequence: The friends are annoyed that Lisa interrupted the game they were playing to tell them the news.
Norm: You should not get rid of pets.
Situation: Leah's apartment won't allow her to keep the stray dog that she adopted.
Intention: Leah wants to live in an apartment.
Moral action: Leah finds a new apartment that will allow her to have pets.
Moral consequence: Leah enjoys living in her new apartment with the dog.
Norm: You should not get rid of pets.
Situation: Leah's apartment won't allow her to keep the stray dog that she adopted.
Intention: Leah wants to live in an apartment.
Immoral action: Leah takes the dog to an animal shelter, so she can keep her apartment.
Immoral consequence: Leah misses having the dog in her life and becomes lonely.
Norm: It's unhealthy to want to make somebody jealous
Situation: Joy is looking to buy new heels, but she's deciding between an expensive one and a budget one.
Intention: Joy wants to buy new heels.
Moral action: Joy buys the budget heels because she thinks the expensive ones would be a waste of money.
Moral consequence: Joy's friends respect that Joy is being modest with her heels.
Norm: It's unhealthy to want to make somebody jealous
Situation: Joy is looking to buy new heels, but she's deciding between an expensive one and a budget one.
Intention: Joy wants to buy new heels.
Immoral action: Joy buys the expensive heels because she thinks they will impress others.
Immoral consequence: Joy's friends become jealous of Joy, and they don't like that she's trying to show off.
Norm: It's frustrating when people trivialize health conditions.
Situation: Trevor's friend forgot their asthma inhaler and wants Trevor to wait for them to go get it.
Intention: Trevor wants to reply to his friend.
Moral action: Trevor says that his friend should go get their asthma inhaler just in case.
Moral consequence: Trevor's friend is happy that Trevor is considerate about their health issues.
Norm: It's frustrating when people trivialize health conditions.
Situation: Trevor's friend forgot their asthma inhaler and wants Trevor to wait for them to go get it.
Intention: Trevor wants to reply to his friend.
Immoral action: Trevor tells their friend that asthma is no big deal, so they should just leave without the asthma inhaler.
Immoral consequence: Trevor's friend feels like Trevor doesn't care about their well-being at all.
Norm: It's good to take responsibility for your messes.
Situation: Jae bumps into his father's glass vase causing it to shatter onto the floor.
Intention: Jae doesn't want to get in trouble.
Moral action: Jae uses his allowance to buy a new vase, and he offers it to his father.
Moral consequence: Impressed by his honestly, Jae's father repays Jae for the vase.
Norm: It's good to take responsibility for your messes.
Situation: Jae bumps into his father's glass vase causing it to shatter onto the floor.
Intention: Jae doesn't want to get in trouble.
Immoral action: Jae sweeps the broken shards of glass underneath the table.
Immoral consequence: Jae is punished by his father when he discovers the truth.
Norm: You shouldn't take advantage of someone with down syndrome.
Situation: One of James' classmates, Alan, has Down Syndrome and gets $10 from his parents every day to buy lunch.
Intention: James wants enough money to buy a candy bar at lunch.
Moral action: James offers to help Alan with his homework in exchange for $2.
Moral consequence: James is able to afford his candy bar and Alan has a slightly easier time in school.