CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to smoke near other's.
Situation: Daryl is waiting for the bus and sitting on a bench next to an elderly woman wearing oxygen.
Intention: Daryl wants to have a cigarette.
Immoral action: Daryl begins smoking while remaining seated next to the old woman.
Immoral consequence: The woman begins to cough and thinks that Daryl is inconsiderate.
Norm: It's selfish to expect special treatment.
Situation: Barry is hanging out at Tom's house and feels thirsty.
Intention: Barry wants to drink something.
Moral action: Barry asks Tom if he can have a cool glass of water.
Moral consequence: Tom gets Barry a glass of water with some ice in it.
Norm: It's selfish to expect special treatment.
Situation: Barry is hanging out at Tom's house and feels thirsty.
Intention: Barry wants to drink something.
Immoral action: Barry tells Tom to make him an elaborate cocktail with his finest liquor.
Immoral consequence: Tom tells Barry to get out of his house and never come back.
Norm: You shouldn't discriminate against overweight people.
Situation: Mark who is overweight but has relevant experience and Joseph who is average weight but has no experience are both applying to be counselors at the camp Robert runs.
Intention: Robert wants to hire the best candidate for the job.
Moral action: Robert decides to hire Mark because Mark is more qualified for the job.
Moral consequence: Robert's camp goes well that summer because Mark knows how to do the job well.
Norm: You shouldn't discriminate against overweight people.
Situation: Mark who is overweight but has relevant experience and Joseph who is average weight but has no experience are both applying to be counselors at the camp Robert runs.
Intention: Robert wants to hire the best candidate for the job.
Immoral action: Robert decides to hire Joseph because he thinks Mark is too heavy to do the job.
Immoral consequence: Robert's camp does not go well that summer because his counselor Joseph does not know what he is doing.
Norm: It is rude to give someone a broken gift.
Situation: Alec bought a phone off of eBay to give to his cousin, but the battery turned out to be faulty.
Intention: Alec wants to give a gift to his cousin.
Moral action: Alec tells his cousin what he planned on giving him and gives him money instead.
Moral consequence: Alec's cousin feels grateful that Alec would even try to buy him a phone.
Norm: It is rude to give someone a broken gift.
Situation: Alec bought a phone off of eBay to give to his cousin, but the battery turned out to be faulty.
Intention: Alec wants to give a gift to his cousin.
Immoral action: Alec gives his cousin the phone and tells him that it's a new phone.
Immoral consequence: Alec's cousin finds out that it's a broken phone and has to spend money to fix it.
Norm: It's not good to force someone to do things.
Situation: Ruth's son, Jack,  has social anxiety disorder, and they go to McDonald's to buy a meal.
Intention: Ruth wants to buy a meal.
Moral action: Ruth shows Jack how to talk to a stranger and order a meal by interacting with the cashier.
Moral consequence: Jack thanks Ruth for her love and support.
Norm: It's not good to force someone to do things.
Situation: Ruth's son, Jack,  has social anxiety disorder, and they go to McDonald's to buy a meal.
Intention: Ruth wants to buy a meal.
Immoral action: Ruth asks Jack to talk to and order a meal from the cashier.
Immoral consequence: Jack feeling anxious and embarrassed starts to cry.
Norm: It's indefensible to murder a child.
Situation: A little girl with a gun wanders into Jones's house, and she might shoot him.
Intention: Jones wants to stop her from hurting anybody.
Moral action: Jones decides to talk her down and get her to put the gun down.
Moral consequence: Jones manages to get the girl to put the gun down, and he starts to look for her parents.
Norm: It's indefensible to murder a child.
Situation: A little girl with a gun wanders into Jones's house, and she might shoot him.
Intention: Jones wants to stop her from hurting anybody.
Immoral action: Jones pulls out his own gun and quickly goes for the headshot!
Immoral consequence: Jones eliminates the threat, but he also killed the little girl as well.
Norm: It's nice to compliment others.
Situation: Gene's wife Angela just got back from the hair salon with a new hairstyle, but he doesn't really like it.
Intention: Gene wants to react to Angela's hair.
Moral action: Gene tells Angela that he thinks she looks as pretty as ever, but likes her hair the other way too.
Moral consequence: Angela feel beautiful and is glad Gene thinks she looks good no matter what.
Norm: It's nice to compliment others.
Situation: Gene's wife Angela just got back from the hair salon with a new hairstyle, but he doesn't really like it.
Intention: Gene wants to react to Angela's hair.
Immoral action: Gene tells Angela that the style she got doesn't compliment her bone structure.
Immoral consequence: Angela now feels self-conscious and is embarrassed to go out in public.
Norm: It's bad to expose others to your illness.
Situation: Frank has been home sick with the flu and is still experiencing symptoms.
Intention: Frank wants to get some soup to help the natural healing process.
Moral action: Frank stays at home and orders contact free delivery from a place with soup.
Moral consequence: Frank prevents the spread of the flu he has to others.
Norm: It's bad to expose others to your illness.
Situation: Frank has been home sick with the flu and is still experiencing symptoms.
Intention: Frank wants to get some soup to help the natural healing process.
Immoral action: Frank goes to the grocery store to pick up some cans of soup.
Immoral consequence: Frank puts people at risk and contaminates any surfaces he touches.
Norm: Not helping an old person could make you look uncaring.
Situation: Dan's neighbor is an elderly woman who has a hard time getting around and one day he notices that she is having a hard time watering her outside plants.
Intention: Dan needs to decide if he will help his neighbor.
Moral action: Dan walks over to his neighbor's house to offer assistance with watering the plants.
Moral consequence: She is grateful to him for the help, and he feels great about helping someone in need of a hand.
Norm: Not helping an old person could make you look uncaring.
Situation: Dan's neighbor is an elderly woman who has a hard time getting around and one day he notices that she is having a hard time watering her outside plants.
Intention: Dan needs to decide if he will help his neighbor.
Immoral action: Dan decides not to help and just watches the neighbor through his kitchen window.
Immoral consequence: His neighbor notices him just looking at her out of the window and feels that he must be kind of cold and uncaring to not offer help.
Norm: It's expected that a pastor won't be addicted to sex.
Situation: Rafael, a pastor, feels lonely at night when he's approached by an attractive escort on the street.
Intention: Rafael wants to spend time with someone.
Moral action: Rafael decides to spend the evening with his family.
Moral consequence: Rafael has fun playing games with his parents.
Norm: It's expected that a pastor won't be addicted to sex.
Situation: Rafael, a pastor, feels lonely at night when he's approached by an attractive escort on the street.
Intention: Rafael wants to spend time with someone.
Immoral action: Rafael pays for the escorts services having sex with her multiple times through the night.
Immoral consequence: Rafael is stripped of his position in the church when other people discover his behavior.
Norm: It's wrong to use something that isn't yours without permission.
Situation: Hank wanted to use his grill, but he was out of propane, and he saw his neighbor Dale had plenty.
Intention: Hank wants to grill something quickly.
Moral action: Hank quickly rushes to the store where he restocks on propane as quickly as possible.
Moral consequence: Hank is pleased that he has refilled his propane supply.
Norm: It's wrong to use something that isn't yours without permission.
Situation: Hank wanted to use his grill, but he was out of propane, and he saw his neighbor Dale had plenty.
Intention: Hank wants to grill something quickly.
Immoral action: Hank decides to take some of Dale's propane to start grilling.
Immoral consequence: Dale decides to keep mocking Hank for running out of propane.
Norm: It's bad to flake out on your group.
Situation: Pat is part of a basketball team that has a game coming up and Pat is still in bed.
Intention: Pat wants to decide what to do with his day.
Moral action: Pat gets out of bed and goes to the game.
Moral consequence: Pat's team will be able to play with a full roster.
Norm: It's bad to flake out on your group.
Situation: Pat is part of a basketball team that has a game coming up and Pat is still in bed.
Intention: Pat wants to decide what to do with his day.
Immoral action: Pat stays in bed and decides not to go to the game.
Immoral consequence: Pat's team will be down 1 player and be at a disadvantage.
Norm: It's bad to enter property that you aren't allowed in.
Situation: Jake is walking home when he sees what looks like a shortcut that goes through an area that is marked as private property.
Intention: Jake wants to continue on his way.
Moral action: Jake decides not to enter private property and continues along the public road.
Moral consequence: Jake gets home eventually without any misadventures on the way.
Norm: It's bad to enter property that you aren't allowed in.
Situation: Jake is walking home when he sees what looks like a shortcut that goes through an area that is marked as private property.
Intention: Jake wants to continue on his way.
Immoral action: Jake continues through the private property although he doesn't know who the property belongs to.
Immoral consequence: The owner of the property calls the police and Jake is charged with trespassing.
Norm: It's deplorable to sleep with a member of your family.
Situation: Steve has a stepsister Sally who he always found attractive, and they're both out drinking together and the bar is closing.
Intention: Steve wants to continue having a good time with Sally.
Moral action: Steve and Sally walk to a nearby diner and have a long, rambling and entertaining conversation over a late night meal.
Moral consequence: The next morning, the two of them have a good time talking about what they did the previous night.
Norm: It's deplorable to sleep with a member of your family.
Situation: Steve has a stepsister Sally who he always found attractive, and they're both out drinking together and the bar is closing.
Intention: Steve wants to continue having a good time with Sally.
Immoral action: Steve and Sally go home and collapse drunkenly into eachother's arms in bed.
Immoral consequence: When they wake up next morning, they're both horrified at what they've done.
Norm: It's good to make yourself look nice for people.
Situation: Kyle has a job interview at a local clothing store.
Intention: Kyle wants to prepare for the job interview.
Moral action: Kyle combs his hair, trims his beard, and puts on washed and ironed clothes.
Moral consequence: The interviewer is impressed by Kyle's meticulous appearance and hires him for the job.
Norm: It's good to make yourself look nice for people.
Situation: Kyle has a job interview at a local clothing store.
Intention: Kyle wants to prepare for the job interview.
Immoral action: Kyle practices answering questions he thinks the interviewer might ask but doesn't comb his hair or trim his beard.
Immoral consequence: The interviewer doesn't think Kyle's sloppy look will represent the store well and doesn't hire him.
Norm: You shouldn't use the word retarded as an insult.
Situation: Barry watches his friend clown around with his other friends, and he laughs hysterically.
Intention: Barry wants to say something in the spirit of the moment.
Moral action: Barry tells his friend that he loves it when they all get together and laugh like that, it's his favorite part of life.
Moral consequence: His friends agree with him that the moments where they all get together and laugh are the best of times, and everyone feels great.
Norm: You shouldn't use the word retarded as an insult.
Situation: Barry watches his friend clown around with his other friends, and he laughs hysterically.
Intention: Barry wants to say something in the spirit of the moment.
Immoral action: Barry jokingly calls his friend retarded for acting in such a silly manner.
Immoral consequence: One of Barry's friends is insulted by the comment, because he has a family member who is retarded and does not see it as a joke.
Norm: It's wrong to stalk people online.
Situation: Erika was talking to her friend Noelle about how she was stalking someone online and Noelle tells her not to do that.
Intention: Erika wants to tell her story.
Moral action: Erika never realized that before, and she thanks her friend for warning her about it.
Moral consequence: Erika quits stalking people online and decides to do something more productive, like Mturk HITs.
Norm: It's wrong to stalk people online.
Situation: Erika was talking to her friend Noelle about how she was stalking someone online and Noelle tells her not to do that.
Intention: Erika wants to tell her story.
Immoral action: Erika insists that "it's just the internet" and that meatspace morality doesn't apply there.
Immoral consequence: Erika starts to notice that the people she's stalked are all starting to block her.
Norm: It's rude to critque others' appearance.
Situation: Mary has a new coworker who dresses in an unusual style.
Intention: Mary wants to feel like part of a team in a pleasant work environment.
Moral action: Mary keeps her opinion of her new coworker's style to herself.
Moral consequence: Mary's work environment remains harmonious.
Norm: It's rude to critque others' appearance.
Situation: Mary has a new coworker who dresses in an unusual style.
Intention: Mary wants to feel like part of a team in a pleasant work environment.
Immoral action: Mary comments loudly to other coworkers judging the way their new coworker dresses.
Immoral consequence: Mary's coworkers think poorly of her and are less friendly and cooperative toward her.
Norm: Friends should make time for each other.
Situation: Ed's friend is having a difficult time and asks Ed if they can meet so that Ed can give them some advise.
Intention: Ed wants to respond to his friend's request to meet.
Moral action: Ed says that although he's really busy he'll adjust his schedule and meet with his friend.
Moral consequence: Ed's friend takes heart in the fact that he has a good friend in Ed.
Norm: Friends should make time for each other.
Situation: Ed's friend is having a difficult time and asks Ed if they can meet so that Ed can give them some advise.
Intention: Ed wants to respond to his friend's request to meet.
Immoral action: Ed says that he's just to busy to meet with his friend because he has a lot of work to do.
Immoral consequence: Ed's friend is sad that Ed won't take the time to help them when they really need it.
Norm: It's wrong to copy things.
Situation: Lewis is comes from a family of talented artists, and he is entering the school art competition.
Intention: Lewis wants to win the competition.
Moral action: Lewis puts a lot of effort into his painting asks his older sister for advice on how to make his painting look better.
Moral consequence: Lewis improves his art skill and enters his best work into the competition.
Norm: It's wrong to copy things.
Situation: Lewis is comes from a family of talented artists, and he is entering the school art competition.
Intention: Lewis wants to win the competition.
Immoral action: Lewis finds one of his older sister's old paintings that he thinks is really good and copies it for his submission.
Immoral consequence: Lewis's family discover that he copied his sister's painting and alert the school to have him disqualified.
Norm: You shouldn't flirt with people when you're in a relationship.
Situation: Luna, who is married, is at work where she is friends with many coworkers.
Intention: Luna wants to enjoy work.
Moral action: Luna makes wise cracks with her coworkers and keeps things light throughout the work day.
Moral consequence: Luna has fun at work and her coworkers enjoy working with her.
Norm: You shouldn't flirt with people when you're in a relationship.
Situation: Luna, who is married, is at work where she is friends with many coworkers.
Intention: Luna wants to enjoy work.
Immoral action: Luna gets physically close and leads on a coworker who doesn't know she is married.
Immoral consequence: Luna is looked down upon by those that do know she is married.
Norm: It's good to visit people's houses.
Situation: Mary is lounging around the house and gets a phone call from Beth to come over.
Intention: Mary wants to relax.
Moral action: Mary goes over to Beth's house, and they watch a funny movie on Beth's couch.
Moral consequence: Beth is glad that Mary came over to spend time with her.
Norm: It's good to visit people's houses.
Situation: Mary is lounging around the house and gets a phone call from Beth to come over.
Intention: Mary wants to relax.
Immoral action: Mary stays at home on the couch instead of going out.
Immoral consequence: Beth is annoyed that Mary is too lazy to visit her.
Norm: You shouldn't take money that you didn't earn.
Situation: Scott is finishing his breakfast at a diner when he receives the bill and realizes that he doesn't have enough cash in his wallet to cover it.
Intention: Scott wants to pay for his meal.
Moral action: Scott uses his credit card instead of cash to pay his bill.
Moral consequence: Scott's payment is accepted, and he leaves the diner.
Norm: You shouldn't take money that you didn't earn.
Situation: Scott is finishing his breakfast at a diner when he receives the bill and realizes that he doesn't have enough cash in his wallet to cover it.
Intention: Scott wants to pay for his meal.
Immoral action: Scott takes a tip left by another diner for the waitress off of their table and uses it to pay for his meal.
Immoral consequence: Scott is caught taking the tip and banned from returning to the diner.
Norm: It's wrong to call people out over petty things.
Situation: Tom and Dan run an unprofitable store and are having a meeting about what needs to change.
Intention: Tom wants to tell Dan something he wants Dan to do differently at the store.
Moral action: Tom tells Dan that Dan needs to analyze sales data to determine which products are making money and which aren't.
Moral consequence: Dan looks at the sales data and discovers that they can eliminate some items they stock that are losing them money.
Norm: It's wrong to call people out over petty things.
Situation: Tom and Dan run an unprofitable store and are having a meeting about what needs to change.
Intention: Tom wants to tell Dan something he wants Dan to do differently at the store.
Immoral action: Tom tells Dan that he should press the buttons on the cash register less firmly to make less noise.
Immoral consequence: Dan doesn't think Tom is taking the meeting seriously and walks out of the store.
Norm: You shouldn't take someone's credit card.
Situation: Will is at the store, but isn't sure he has enough money for the things he wants to buy, when he spots a lost credit card on the floor.
Intention: Will wants to buy what he can from the store.
Moral action: Will turns the credit card into the lost and found and buys what he can with the money he has.
Moral consequence: Will gets what he can from the store, and the credit card owner gets their card back.
Norm: You shouldn't take someone's credit card.
Situation: Will is at the store, but isn't sure he has enough money for the things he wants to buy, when he spots a lost credit card on the floor.
Intention: Will wants to buy what he can from the store.
Immoral action: Will uses the credit card to buy the things he wants.
Immoral consequence: The credit card is reported stolen, and it is traced back to Will, who is arrested.
Norm: It's good to get divorced if you're unhappy.
Situation: Freya and Nathan are in an unhappy marriage but have two children who they both love.
Intention: Freya wants to do what is best for the kids.
Moral action: Freya decides to divorce Nathan and find a partner she can be happy with because she believes the kids should not have unhappy parents.
Moral consequence: Freya's children are upset at first but quickly adjust to having two loving and happy households instead of one unhappy one.
Norm: It's good to get divorced if you're unhappy.
Situation: Freya and Nathan are in an unhappy marriage but have two children who they both love.
Intention: Freya wants to do what is best for the kids.
Immoral action: Freya decides to stay with Nathan to provide stability for the kids because she believes that will best for them.
Immoral consequence: Freya's children sense their parents are unhappy and learn unhealthy relationship behaviors from them.
Norm: It's rude to make obnoxious noises in the workplace.
Situation: Haru notices that his coworkers seem stressed after a tense meeting.
Intention: Haru wants to make his coworkers smile.
Moral action: Haru offers to pick up something from Starbucks for his coworkers on his break.
Moral consequence: Haru wins the most thoughtful coworker of the month award at the end of the month.
Norm: It's rude to make obnoxious noises in the workplace.
Situation: Haru notices that his coworkers seem stressed after a tense meeting.
Intention: Haru wants to make his coworkers smile.
Immoral action: Haru acts like a chicken making chicken noises while moving around the room.
Immoral consequence: Haru's reputation at work suffers.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt innocent animals.
Situation: Sean took his dog to a dog park, but he didn't listen to him as he told him to come to him.
Intention: Sean wants to punish his dog.
Moral action: Sean never brings his dog to the dog park again.
Moral consequence: The dog gets to play less with other dogs, but it will be forced to behave better.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt innocent animals.
Situation: Sean took his dog to a dog park, but he didn't listen to him as he told him to come to him.
Intention: Sean wants to punish his dog.
Immoral action: Sean grabs a spatula and and whips his dog in the stomach.
Immoral consequence: The dog doesn't understand why he's being punished and feels intense guilt.
Norm: It's rude to turn down family members.
Situation: Oscar lives in a different town than his family and his brother is calling him to let him know he is in Oscar's town while travelling.
Intention: Oscar wants to hear what his brother wants.
Moral action: Oscar finds out his brother is in town and wants to see Oscar so Oscar says for him to come stop by.
Moral consequence: Oscar's brother is happy to see and catch up with his brother.
Norm: It's rude to turn down family members.
Situation: Oscar lives in a different town than his family and his brother is calling him to let him know he is in Oscar's town while travelling.
Intention: Oscar wants to hear what his brother wants.
Immoral action: Oscar finds out his brother is in town and wants to see Oscar but Oscar tells him he is busy.
Immoral consequence: Oscar's brother is offended that Oscar wouldn't make time for him even though he is in town.
Norm: You shouldn't serve people food that is horrible.
Situation: Martha cooks dinner for her children but it gets burned and is in terrible condition.
Intention: Martha wants to do something with the food she cooked.
Moral action: Martha throws the burnt food away and orders delivery for her children to eat instead.
Moral consequence: Martha's children enjoy the special treat of eating delivery and thank Martha for getting it.
Norm: You shouldn't serve people food that is horrible.
Situation: Martha cooks dinner for her children but it gets burned and is in terrible condition.
Intention: Martha wants to do something with the food she cooked.
Immoral action: Martha serves the burnt food to her children even though it's not appetizing at all.
Immoral consequence: Martha's children don't enjoy the meal at all and complain that it's burnt.