CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to stick up for your friend.
Situation: Brandon is sitting and having lunch with the new friend he met in class today when his friends approach them and start making jokes about the new kid.
Intention: Brandon wants to respond to his friends.
Moral action: Brandon tells his friends to take it easy with the ribbing and introduces them to the new student.
Moral consequence: The new student is happy to meet them and feels good about his first day of school.
Norm: It's good to stick up for your friend.
Situation: Brandon is sitting and having lunch with the new friend he met in class today when his friends approach them and start making jokes about the new kid.
Intention: Brandon wants to respond to his friends.
Immoral action: Brandon meets his friend's jokes with more jokes of his own about the new kid.
Immoral consequence: The new student begins to feel bullied and leaves the group feeling upset.
Norm: It's great to be supportive of your friends' hobbies.
Situation: Ellie told her friend Mark that had just joined the tennis team at her high school.
Intention: Mark wants to do something after school.
Moral action: Mark goes to Ellie's tennis match to be able to cheer her on.
Moral consequence: Ellie is excited to see Mark in the stands for her tennis match.
Norm: It's great to be supportive of your friends' hobbies.
Situation: Ellie told her friend Mark that had just joined the tennis team at her high school.
Intention: Mark wants to do something after school.
Immoral action: Mark skips Ellie's tennis match so that he could play video games at his house.
Immoral consequence: Ellie is upset that no one showed up at the match to support her.
Norm: It's foolish to turn down a well-paying job.
Situation: Ron has been looking for work when he suddenly gets a call for an interview to be a nursing assistant.
Intention: Ron wants to talk to the interviewer.
Moral action: Ron finishes his interview and is offered the job at a rate of $30.00 an hour which he accepts.
Moral consequence: Ron ends up very well off from a financial standpoint.
Norm: It's foolish to turn down a well-paying job.
Situation: Ron has been looking for work when he suddenly gets a call for an interview to be a nursing assistant.
Intention: Ron wants to talk to the interviewer.
Immoral action: Ron finishes his interview and is offered the job at a rate of $30.00 an hour, but turns it down because they only offer 2 weeks in vacation a year .
Immoral consequence: Ron doesn't get another offer that comes remotely close, so he has to accept something worse.
Norm: It is foolish to ignore the advice of your doctor.
Situation: Reggie is ordering a dessert at a restaurant, though his doctor has warned him he needs to lose weight, or he may have a heart attack.
Intention: Reggie wants to eat dessert.
Moral action: Reggie orders a small cookie and eats only that for dessert.
Moral consequence: Reggie starts losing weight and becomes more healthy and fit.
Norm: It is foolish to ignore the advice of your doctor.
Situation: Reggie is ordering a dessert at a restaurant, though his doctor has warned him he needs to lose weight, or he may have a heart attack.
Intention: Reggie wants to eat dessert.
Immoral action: Reggie orders a large ice cream sundae and eats the whole thing.
Immoral consequence: Reggie gains more weight and eventually has a heart attack.
Norm: You shouldn't call an older cat a kitten.
Situation: Nick's cousin Sam has a very fat cat named Macho and is playing with it.
Intention: Nick wants to get the cat's attention.
Moral action: Nick tells Macho, "Come here Macho, you big beastly cat".
Moral consequence: Sam laughs and starts playing with the fat Macho.
Norm: You shouldn't call an older cat a kitten.
Situation: Nick's cousin Sam has a very fat cat named Macho and is playing with it.
Intention: Nick wants to get the cat's attention.
Immoral action: Nick tells Macho, "Here little kitten, here little kitten...".
Immoral consequence: Sam gets confused and calls Nick an idiot for calling such a fat cat a "kitten".
Norm: It's wrong to spy on people in the bathroom.
Situation: Robert's sister has been in the shower for a while and Robert has been waiting.
Intention: Robert wants to know how long his sister will be.
Moral action: Robert calls out to his sister and asks if she will be long.
Moral consequence: Robert's sister yells that she won't be much longer in the shower.
Norm: It's wrong to spy on people in the bathroom.
Situation: Robert's sister has been in the shower for a while and Robert has been waiting.
Intention: Robert wants to know how long his sister will be.
Immoral action: Robert pops the door open a crack to see if his sister is almost finished with her shower.
Immoral consequence: Robert's parents send him to counseling because he is looking at his sister naked.
Norm: It's good to appreciate something a friend owns.
Situation: Calvin has his friend Bill over at his house and shows him the new car he bought and asks Bill what he thinks of it.
Intention: Bill wants to reply to Calvin's question.
Moral action: Bill tells Calvin that it's a really fine automobile and that Bill wishes he had one like it.
Moral consequence: Calvin is delighted that his friend likes his car and that he confirmed his decision to buy it.
Norm: It's good to appreciate something a friend owns.
Situation: Calvin has his friend Bill over at his house and shows him the new car he bought and asks Bill what he thinks of it.
Intention: Bill wants to reply to Calvin's question.
Immoral action: Bill tells Calvin that it's kind of ugly for how much it cost him and it was probably a dumb purchase.
Immoral consequence: Calvin is insulted that Bill thinks he made a bad decision and is insecure about having bought the car.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt an innocent child.
Situation: Amelia is caring for her crying infant son after a long shift at work.
Intention: Amelia wants to be able to sleep.
Moral action: Amelia rocks her son in her arms until he falls asleep, then tucks him in before getting some sleep.
Moral consequence: Amelia and her son both get well needed rest and feel better when they wake up.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt an innocent child.
Situation: Amelia is caring for her crying infant son after a long shift at work.
Intention: Amelia wants to be able to sleep.
Immoral action: Amelia gives her son a high dose of her own medication to make him go to sleep so that she can rest.
Immoral consequence: Amelia's son suffers seizures and illness as a result of being drugged by his mother, leading Amelia to incarceration for abuse.
Norm: It's bad to lie about your degree.
Situation: Lawrence got an a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and one of the jobs he is looking for requires a Master degree.
Intention: Lawrence wants to find a job.
Moral action: Lawrence focuses on another job requiring a Bachelor's degree and gets hired.
Moral consequence: The employer is satisfied with Lawrence's performance and Lawrence works happily in the new job.
Norm: It's bad to lie about your degree.
Situation: Lawrence got an a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and one of the jobs he is looking for requires a Master degree.
Intention: Lawrence wants to find a job.
Immoral action: Lawrence attends the job interview, tells the employer that he got a Master degree and gets hired.
Immoral consequence: The employer finds out that Lawrence's certificate has been doctored and fires him.
Norm: It's rude to eat all of your significant other's food.
Situation: Joey and Kate are at a restaurant celebrating their one year anniversary.
Intention: Joey wants to satiate his hunger.
Moral action: Joey finishes his meal and orders some more food to go.
Moral consequence: Joey ends up feeling full and leaves happily with Kate.
Norm: It's rude to eat all of your significant other's food.
Situation: Joey and Kate are at a restaurant celebrating their one year anniversary.
Intention: Joey wants to satiate his hunger.
Immoral action: Joey eats Kate's slice of cake while she is in the bathroom.
Immoral consequence: Kate breaks up with Joey.
Norm: You should donate things to Goodwill that you can't sell.
Situation: Rick has been having a hard time selling his sofa on Craigslist recently and has given up trying to sell it.
Intention: Rick wants to get the sofa out of the house.
Moral action: Rick takes the sofa and drives it over to the goodwill donaton center.
Moral consequence: The sofa gets a second life and is bought cheaply by someone who gets use out of it.
Norm: You should donate things to Goodwill that you can't sell.
Situation: Rick has been having a hard time selling his sofa on Craigslist recently and has given up trying to sell it.
Intention: Rick wants to get the sofa out of the house.
Immoral action: Rick takes the sofa and throws it on the curb for the garbage collection to pick it up.
Immoral consequence: The sofa is destroyed eventually and no one gets any further use from it.
Norm: It's rude to leave someone because their body changed.
Situation: Tammy feels less attracted to her partner after they have put on a lot of weight.
Intention: Tammy wants to be in a passionate relationship.
Moral action: Tammy makes going to the gym a couple's activity.
Moral consequence: Tammy's partner regains confidence and health.
Norm: It's rude to leave someone because their body changed.
Situation: Tammy feels less attracted to her partner after they have put on a lot of weight.
Intention: Tammy wants to be in a passionate relationship.
Immoral action: Tammy leaves her partner for someone who is more attractive.
Immoral consequence: Tammy's partner is devastated that she has left.
Norm: It is materialistic to only appreciate gifts of value.
Situation: It's Christmas Eve and Chase is opening up gifts from his family members.
Intention: Chase wants to open the present his dad got him.
Moral action: Chase gets socks from his dad and puts them on right away.
Moral consequence: Chase's dad feels glad for giving Chase a present that he is happy with.
Norm: It is materialistic to only appreciate gifts of value.
Situation: It's Christmas Eve and Chase is opening up gifts from his family members.
Intention: Chase wants to open the present his dad got him.
Immoral action: Chase gets socks from his dad and proceeds to throw them in the trash.
Immoral consequence: Chase's dad starts to feel bad for not giving Chase a present he would like.
Norm: It's wrong to do things that are disgusting.
Situation: Billy is a guest at a birthday party for his friend Ursula, and they are having cake.
Intention: Billy wants to get Ursula's attention.
Moral action: Billy walks over to Ursula and says that her dress looks nice.
Moral consequence: Ursula thanks Billy, and they talk to each other for a while.
Norm: It's wrong to do things that are disgusting.
Situation: Billy is a guest at a birthday party for his friend Ursula, and they are having cake.
Intention: Billy wants to get Ursula's attention.
Immoral action: Billy spits his half-eaten cake out onto Ursula's plate.
Immoral consequence: Ursula is grossed out and kicks Billy out of the party.
Norm: It's bad to compare your appearance to others.
Situation: Pam is at her desk at her office when her coworker Leah comes over to ask if  Pam thinks her new outfit is nice.
Intention: Pam wants to respond to Leah's question.
Moral action: Pam tells Leah that her outfit is awesome and that she looks great in it.
Moral consequence: Leah is delighted that Pam thinks her outfit is nice, and she feels validated for purchasing it.
Norm: It's bad to compare your appearance to others.
Situation: Pam is at her desk at her office when her coworker Leah comes over to ask if  Pam thinks her new outfit is nice.
Intention: Pam wants to respond to Leah's question.
Immoral action: Pam says that Leah's outfit is OK but definitely not nice as her own outfit.
Immoral consequence: Leah is annoyed that Pam is trying to one up her and that she used the question to brag about herself.
Norm: It is bad to be in a gang.
Situation: Pete has nothing to do after school when his parents aren't home from work.
Intention: Pete wants friends to hang out with.
Moral action: Pete joins the robotics club at school and meets other boys his age.
Moral consequence: Pete learns more math and science and his grades go up.
Norm: It is bad to be in a gang.
Situation: Pete has nothing to do after school when his parents aren't home from work.
Intention: Pete wants friends to hang out with.
Immoral action: Pete joins a gang of young hoodlums that hang around his house.
Immoral consequence: Pete has to go to jail when the gang gets in a fight with a rival gang.
Norm: It's wroong to use racist language.
Situation: James gets into an argument on twitter with a black person who calls him racist slurs.
Intention: James wants to tell off the person he's fighting with.
Moral action: James tells the person he's classless and that the argument got heated but no excuse for that language.
Moral consequence: James's opponent agrees and apologizes for it, and they go back to debating maturely.
Norm: It's wroong to use racist language.
Situation: James gets into an argument on twitter with a black person who calls him racist slurs.
Intention: James wants to tell off the person he's fighting with.
Immoral action: James responds to the racism with racism of his own directed at the black man.
Immoral consequence: Twitter finds the post and finds out where James works and gets him fired for racism.
Norm: It's good to confess to people.
Situation: Dean, a government assassin is married to Laura and is visibly stressed one day when Laura asks him what's wrong.
Intention: Dean wants to answer Laura's question.
Moral action: Dean tells Laura that his real job is as an assassin and that it's been tearing him apart inside.
Moral consequence: Laura is shocked but glad that her husband can confide such big secrets to her and wants to help him.
Norm: It's good to confess to people.
Situation: Dean, a government assassin is married to Laura and is visibly stressed one day when Laura asks him what's wrong.
Intention: Dean wants to answer Laura's question.
Immoral action: Dean tells Laura that she must be imagining things because he's perfectly fine.
Immoral consequence: Laura knows something is up and grows suspicious of Dean and fears what he's hiding.
Norm: You shouldn't take a poop in public because that's disgusting.
Situation: Roger is walking home after a large meal at the local Mexican buffet when he feels a strong rumbling in his bowels.
Intention: Roger wants to go to the bathroom.
Moral action: Roger finds a nearby gas station where he is able to use the restroom.
Moral consequence: Roger feels very relieved and continues on his way home.
Norm: You shouldn't take a poop in public because that's disgusting.
Situation: Roger is walking home after a large meal at the local Mexican buffet when he feels a strong rumbling in his bowels.
Intention: Roger wants to go to the bathroom.
Immoral action: Roger squats in an alley and poops on the ground to relieve himself.
Immoral consequence: Roger is spotted by a police officer who cites him for defecating in public.
Norm: It's bad to intentionally harm yourself.
Situation: Stan has been feeling depressed despite efforts from family to cheer him up.
Intention: Stan wants to act on his depression.
Moral action: Stan seeks professional help for his depression.
Moral consequence: A mental health professional helps Stan get over his depression.
Norm: It's bad to intentionally harm yourself.
Situation: Stan has been feeling depressed despite efforts from family to cheer him up.
Intention: Stan wants to act on his depression.
Immoral action: Stan cuts himself with a knife.
Immoral consequence: Stan's family is alarmed and sends Stan to a mental hospital.
Norm: You shouldn't undo your jeans in public.
Situation: Jerry is walking around in a mall and his pants feel too tight.
Intention: Jerry wants to loosen his pants in the mall.
Moral action: Jerry decides to loosen his belt without undoing his jeans.
Moral consequence: No one is offended and Jerry feels more comfortable.
Norm: You shouldn't undo your jeans in public.
Situation: Jerry is walking around in a mall and his pants feel too tight.
Intention: Jerry wants to loosen his pants in the mall.
Immoral action: Jerry decides to unbutton his pants in the mall, slightly exposing himself.
Immoral consequence: People in the mall call security on Jerry and Jerry feels mortified.
Norm: It's often inappropriate to swear.
Situation: Wally was in class giving a presentation in front of his teacher.
Intention: Wally wanted to make a point.
Moral action: Wally explained his project to all his classmates and his teacher.
Moral consequence: The teacher gave Wally a passing grade for his understanding of the topic.
Norm: It's often inappropriate to swear.
Situation: Wally was in class giving a presentation in front of his teacher.
Intention: Wally wanted to make a point.
Immoral action: Wally used a series of swear words to accent the point in his presentation.
Immoral consequence: The teacher gave Wally a failing grade for his inappropriate comments.
Norm: It's honorable to help people involved in a car accident.
Situation: Jake is driving down the highway when he sees a car starting on fire and someone waving for help.
Intention: Jake wants to help the people.
Moral action: Jake stops and helps the people put out the car fire.
Moral consequence: The fire is put out before it grows huge and the car is saved.
Norm: It's honorable to help people involved in a car accident.
Situation: Jake is driving down the highway when he sees a car starting on fire and someone waving for help.
Intention: Jake wants to help the people.
Immoral action: Jake calls the fire department and reports the accident and its location.
Immoral consequence: The fire department arrives too late and the car can't be saved.
Norm: It's wrong not to pull over for a funeral procession.
Situation: Mike is going to the store when he sees a long funeral possession going down the road.
Intention: Mike wants to run errands and pick up food items for dinner.
Moral action: Mike continues until the funeral line is very close, then slowly pulls to the side of the road.
Moral consequence: Another driver in front of him kept going, but also stops for the mourners after seeing Mike doing so in his rear view mirror.
Norm: It's wrong not to pull over for a funeral procession.
Situation: Mike is going to the store when he sees a long funeral possession going down the road.
Intention: Mike wants to run errands and pick up food items for dinner.
Immoral action: Mike sees other drivers stop, but he is in a rush and doesn't take the time to stop.
Immoral consequence: Another driver that stops sees Mike continue and gives an obscene gesture to Mike.
Norm: You shouldn't purposely upset other drivers.
Situation: Carl is driving on the highway on his way to work on the other side of town.
Intention: Carl wants to get into another lane.
Moral action: Carl slows down and waits until another drivers lets him merge into the lane.
Moral consequence: The other driver waves at Carl and follows him at a safe distance until they get to the red light.
Norm: You shouldn't purposely upset other drivers.
Situation: Carl is driving on the highway on his way to work on the other side of town.
Intention: Carl wants to get into another lane.
Immoral action: Carl flips off another driver and honks his horn at him as he swerves into the lane.
Immoral consequence: The other driver rams into the back of Carl's car and breaks the bumper.
Norm: It's mean to give petty gifts to your grandparents.
Situation: Owen was visiting his grandparents for the weekend, and he had not seen them in a while.
Intention: Owen wanted to get a gift for his grandparents.
Moral action: Owen brings his grandparents a card with a handwritten note in it.
Moral consequence: After Owen leaves, Owen's grandparents take the card and put it on the mantle where everyone can see it.
Norm: It's mean to give petty gifts to your grandparents.
Situation: Owen was visiting his grandparents for the weekend, and he had not seen them in a while.
Intention: Owen wanted to get a gift for his grandparents.
Immoral action: Owen brings his grandparents a sheet of paper that had already been written on.
Immoral consequence: Owen's grandparents wait until he leaves and then throws the sheet away because they don't want it.
Norm: It's good to confront a bad pet owner.
Situation: To his astonishment, Ben saw his neighbor beating a small dog.
Intention: Ben wanted to bring the dog to safety.
Moral action: Ben immediately went up to his neighbor and accused the neighbor of animal abuse.
Moral consequence: Embarrassed, Ben’s neighbor apologized, promised to never do it again, and Ben felt good knowing he did something good for the dog.
Norm: It's good to confront a bad pet owner.
Situation: To his astonishment, Ben saw his neighbor beating a small dog.
Intention: Ben wanted to bring the dog to safety.
Immoral action: When it became dark outside, Ben snuck into his neighbor’s yard in an attempt to quietly carry the dog away.
Immoral consequence: Ben’s neighbor called the police and Ben was arrested for trespassing.
Norm: It's bad behavior to lock kids in their bedroom.
Situation: Tina's son has refused to finish an important homework assignment in order to play a video game.
Intention: Tina wants to discipline her child.
Moral action: Tina takes away her sons gaming console.
Moral consequence: Tina's son finishes the homework in order to keep playing.
Norm: It's bad behavior to lock kids in their bedroom.
Situation: Tina's son has refused to finish an important homework assignment in order to play a video game.
Intention: Tina wants to discipline her child.
Immoral action: Tina locks her son in his bedroom away from the video game.
Immoral consequence: Tina's son thinks his mom is going overboard.
Norm: It's bad to get high at work.
Situation: Shawn is at work and is bored when his friend asks him to smoke a blunt with him outside.
Intention: Shawn wants to relieve his boredom.
Moral action: Shawn asks if they can go for a walk around the building instead.
Moral consequence: Shawn and his friend get exercise and finish the day strong.
Norm: It's bad to get high at work.
Situation: Shawn is at work and is bored when his friend asks him to smoke a blunt with him outside.
Intention: Shawn wants to relieve his boredom.
Immoral action: Shawn agrees and smokes a large blunt with his friend outside.
Immoral consequence: Shawn acts really weird at work and smells like pot, so his boss suspends him from work for a week.
Norm: It's not okay to physically harm an infant.
Situation: Carrie is at her neighbor's house babysitting when their infant begins to cry.
Intention: Carrie wants to quiet the baby.
Moral action: Carrie rocks the baby in her arms as she sings to it.
Moral consequence: Carrie is relieved after the baby stops and begins to smile at her.
Norm: It's not okay to physically harm an infant.
Situation: Carrie is at her neighbor's house babysitting when their infant begins to cry.
Intention: Carrie wants to quiet the baby.
Immoral action: Carrie picks the baby up out of its crib and begins to quickly shake it.
Immoral consequence: Carrie must face the consequences after she realizes the baby is no longer conscious.
Norm: It's good to be independent and live by yourself.
Situation: Matt has decided to enroll in an expensive bachelors program to finish his degree.
Intention: Matt wants to save money for tuition.
Moral action: Matt downsizes his apartment in order to keep costs down.
Moral consequence: Matt's family is proud of how self sufficient he is.
Norm: It's good to be independent and live by yourself.
Situation: Matt has decided to enroll in an expensive bachelors program to finish his degree.
Intention: Matt wants to save money for tuition.
Immoral action: Matt moves back in with his parents to save money.
Immoral consequence: Matt's parents think that is he less mature.