CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's bad to keep your phone number from your employer.
Situation: Bill, who is suspicious of being spied on, is updating his personal info with his employer and needs to put down his phone number.
Intention: Bill wants to finish the update.
Immoral action: Bill puts down a fake phone number so his employers can't trace him.
Immoral consequence: Bill's employers attempt to call Bill to come in to work, but cannot find him and are in a bad situation.
Norm: You shouldn't be overly distrustful of your romantic partner
Situation: Dan and Jenny are going on vacation with some of their other friends to a resort in Mexico.
Intention: Dan wants to go to dinner with everyone.
Moral action: Dan appreciates that Jenny gets along well with all his friends when they are hanging out during the day.
Moral consequence: Dan's friends love Jenny, and they enjoy their trip.
Norm: You shouldn't be overly distrustful of your romantic partner
Situation: Dan and Jenny are going on vacation with some of their other friends to a resort in Mexico.
Intention: Dan wants to go to dinner with everyone.
Immoral action: Dan sees Jenny laughing and drinking at the bar with one of their male friends and accuses them of sleeping together.
Immoral consequence: Dan and Jenny get in a big fight that ruins dinner and makes everyone uncomfortable.
Norm: You shoudln't humiliate people.
Situation: Mike is at a gathering when he sees a little child who has wet his pants and looks embarrassed.
Intention: Mike wants to get the child a change of clothing.
Moral action: Mike finds one of the parents and whispers to him that his son could use some help from him.
Moral consequence: The father goes to the son and discreetly carries him off to get a change of clothes.
Norm: You shoudln't humiliate people.
Situation: Mike is at a gathering when he sees a little child who has wet his pants and looks embarrassed.
Intention: Mike wants to get the child a change of clothing.
Immoral action: Mike finds the child's parent and talks above the nearby people, telling him that his son has wet his pants.
Immoral consequence: The others nearby hear about the man's son and laugh at him, further embarrassing the child.
Norm: It's bad to mistreat your family.
Situation: Dave beats up Kyle and takes his things because he's the big brother, so he's in charge.
Intention: Dave wants to continue to be in charge.
Moral action: Dave learns that you shouldn't mistreat your family, so he starts treating Kyle better.
Moral consequence: Kyle forgives Dave, and they start having fun together rather than fighting.
Norm: It's bad to mistreat your family.
Situation: Dave beats up Kyle and takes his things because he's the big brother, so he's in charge.
Intention: Dave wants to continue to be in charge.
Immoral action: Dave keeps taking Kyle's stuff because he's the boss and such.
Immoral consequence: Kyle decides to go to the gym until he's strong enough to fight back against Dave.
Norm: It's wrong to leave a small child unsupervised.
Situation: Billy is cooking and just now realized that he doesn't have any flour that he needs for dinner, he is currently watching his two year old son.
Intention: Billy needs to go to the supermarket.
Moral action: Billy knocks on his neighbor's door and asks him to watch his kid for five minutes while he runs to the supermarket.
Moral consequence: The neighbor agrees, and Billy's son is feeling calm and safe.
Norm: It's wrong to leave a small child unsupervised.
Situation: Billy is cooking and just now realized that he doesn't have any flour that he needs for dinner, he is currently watching his two year old son.
Intention: Billy needs to go to the supermarket.
Immoral action: Billy tells his son he'll be right back and runs out to the supermarket.
Immoral consequence: Billy's son is afraid of staying alone and terrified the entire time.
Norm: You shouldn't let your lawn become overrun.
Situation: Mabel, a poor woman, can't work on her lawn because she's visiting her mother in another state for a month.
Intention: Mabel wants to save money.
Moral action: Mabel asks her cousin to do the yard work in exchange for free home cooked meals for the rest of the month.
Moral consequence: Mabel learns new recipes through cooking food for her cousin,.
Norm: You shouldn't let your lawn become overrun.
Situation: Mabel, a poor woman, can't work on her lawn because she's visiting her mother in another state for a month.
Intention: Mabel wants to save money.
Immoral action: Mabel tells herself that she'll take care of her yard when she returns home.
Immoral consequence: Mabel receives a citation from the homeowners association for her messy lawn.
Norm: You should always visit your parents.
Situation: Terry's mother and father had been in the nursing home for years.
Intention: Terry wants to go to the nursing home.
Moral action: Terry stops by the nursing home after work and visits his mother and father.
Moral consequence: Terry's mother and father are happy and grateful that their son visits often.
Norm: You should always visit your parents.
Situation: Terry's mother and father had been in the nursing home for years.
Intention: Terry wants to go to the nursing home.
Immoral action: Terry goes to the nursing home to pay the bill, but doesn't visit his parents.
Immoral consequence: Terry's mother and father are sad that their son never visits and go into a depression.
Norm: It's juvenile to take joy in the humiliation of others.
Situation: Steve was Kent's bully when they were kids but now Steve is broke and lost his house.
Intention: Kent wants to decide how to react to Steve's misfortune.
Moral action: Kent is shocked that even Steve's family money couldn't protect him from this.
Moral consequence: Kent decides to start looking into economic collapse and what causes it.
Norm: It's juvenile to take joy in the humiliation of others.
Situation: Steve was Kent's bully when they were kids but now Steve is broke and lost his house.
Intention: Kent wants to decide how to react to Steve's misfortune.
Immoral action: Kent laughs at Steve thinking no one deserves it more than Steve.
Immoral consequence: Kent feels good for a while knowing that karma caught up with the bully.
Norm: You shouldn't make false accusations about someone.
Situation: Robert is a high school student who isn't too fond of his math teacher, Mrs. Greene.
Intention: Robert wants to go to school without having to see Mrs. Greene.
Moral action: Robert speaks with his guidance counselor, telling him that he won't succeed if he has to continue on in Mrs.Greene's class.
Moral consequence: Robert's guidance counselor switches him to a different math class taught by someone else.
Norm: You shouldn't make false accusations about someone.
Situation: Robert is a high school student who isn't too fond of his math teacher, Mrs. Greene.
Intention: Robert wants to go to school without having to see Mrs. Greene.
Immoral action: Robert files an anonymous report to the school saying that Mrs.Greene hits her students, although she never has.
Immoral consequence: Mrs. Greene is temporarily suspended pending the investigation of the claim.
Norm: It's kind to feed your friends.
Situation: Liam and John are hanging out at Liam's house when Liam starts to feel hungry.
Intention: Liam wants to get some food.
Moral action: Liam tells John he's going to order a pizza feast for the two of them as his treat.
Moral consequence: John is delighted that Liam is going to order a pizza and share it with him and gets excited for its arrival.
Norm: It's kind to feed your friends.
Situation: Liam and John are hanging out at Liam's house when Liam starts to feel hungry.
Intention: Liam wants to get some food.
Immoral action: Liam walks over to the kitchen without saying anything to John and stays in there while he finishes his snack.
Immoral consequence: John feels awkward sitting alone while Liam eats and is a little envious that he has no food to snack on.
Norm: You should not tell your partner who to communicate with.
Situation: Gerry is dating Allana, and Gerry finds Allana's friend Lucy very annoying.
Intention: Gerry wants to avoid Lucy.
Moral action: Gerry tries to be away from home when Lucy is around.
Moral consequence: Lucy notices Gerry avoids Lucy and tries to set things up so that they meet when Gerry isn't around.
Norm: You should not tell your partner who to communicate with.
Situation: Gerry is dating Allana, and Gerry finds Allana's friend Lucy very annoying.
Intention: Gerry wants to avoid Lucy.
Immoral action: Gerry tells Allana that Lucy is annoying and that she can't talk with her anymore.
Immoral consequence: Allana tells Gerry to go somewhere unpleasant and breaks up with him on the spot.
Norm: You shouldn't be too busy for your family.
Situation: Nakima's boss asks him to stay at his current location for another week, and his family waits for him at home.
Intention: Nakima wants to avoid offending his boss.
Moral action: Nakima demonstrates his skills to his boss explaining that he can work from home.
Moral consequence: Nakima's explanations impress his boss, and he receives a promotion.
Norm: You shouldn't be too busy for your family.
Situation: Nakima's boss asks him to stay at his current location for another week, and his family waits for him at home.
Intention: Nakima wants to avoid offending his boss.
Immoral action: Nakima stays the extra week without contacting his family.
Immoral consequence: Nakima returns home to an empty house as his family went on vacation without him.
Norm: It's wrong for merchants to deceive customers.
Situation: Peter is selling used appliances and has some customers looking at a dishwasher that he knows doesn't work properly.
Intention: Peter wants to make the sale.
Moral action: Peter admits that the dishwasher has issues and offers to give the customers a large enough discount to cover repairs.
Moral consequence: The customers are grateful for the offer, buy the dishwasher, and become loyal customers of Peter's.
Norm: It's wrong for merchants to deceive customers.
Situation: Peter is selling used appliances and has some customers looking at a dishwasher that he knows doesn't work properly.
Intention: Peter wants to make the sale.
Immoral action: Peter tells the customers that the dishwasher works great and guarantees they'll like it.
Immoral consequence: The customers find out that the dishwasher doesn't work later that night and leave Peter a terrible Yelp review.
Norm: It's not okay to stalk somebody else.
Situation: Yoshi met a new girl at his high school and has developed a crush on her.
Intention: Yoshi wants to let the girl know that he likes her.
Moral action: Yoshi buys some flowers and gives them to the girl telling her that he likes her.
Moral consequence: The girl is flattered and asks if he wants to date her.
Norm: It's not okay to stalk somebody else.
Situation: Yoshi met a new girl at his high school and has developed a crush on her.
Intention: Yoshi wants to let the girl know that he likes her.
Immoral action: Yoshi starts following the girl around town constantly trailing behind just at the edge of her vision.
Immoral consequence: The girl is creeped out by Yoshi and eventually tells him to stay away from her, or she will call the police.
Norm: It's rude not to introduce your parents to your partner.
Situation: Sean, who lives with his parents, has a new girlfriend and brings her home for a relaxing night.
Intention: Sean wants to go to his part of the house.
Moral action: Sean enters the house and introduces his girlfriend to his parents, then goes to his room.
Moral consequence: Sean's parents have a good first impression of his girlfriend and support the relationship.
Norm: It's rude not to introduce your parents to your partner.
Situation: Sean, who lives with his parents, has a new girlfriend and brings her home for a relaxing night.
Intention: Sean wants to go to his part of the house.
Immoral action: Sean says a quick hello to his parents and leads his girlfriend past them to go to his room.
Immoral consequence: Sean's parents think that the girlfriend is just a fling and treat her fairly rudely.
Norm: You shouldn't laugh at people who are trying their best
Situation: Joe is a football coach, and a very weak man is trying out to play quarterback.
Intention: Joe wants to comment on the man's play.
Moral action: Joe tells the man that he wishes that the other players were as fearless as him.
Moral consequence: The man's confidence is greater, and he feels proud of himself.
Norm: You shouldn't laugh at people who are trying their best
Situation: Joe is a football coach, and a very weak man is trying out to play quarterback.
Intention: Joe wants to comment on the man's play.
Immoral action: Joe tells jokes about the player's skill and starts laughing with the other coaches.
Immoral consequence: The man's feelings are hurt, and he loses all of his confidence.
Norm: It is wrong to discriminate others because of race.
Situation: John and Mindy are at home watching the news about Black Lives Matter.
Intention: John wants to feel good about himself.
Moral action: John says that all lives matter and blacks are equal to whites and should be treated better.
Moral consequence: Mindy respects John and feels closer to him.
Norm: It is wrong to discriminate others because of race.
Situation: John and Mindy are at home watching the news about Black Lives Matter.
Intention: John wants to feel good about himself.
Immoral action: John raises his voice and says that blacks are inferior to whites, proven by science.
Immoral consequence: Mindy respects John less and feels more distant from him.
Norm: It's good to pick up trash.
Situation: Tate is at the beach with his family, and they have a lot of trash with them.
Intention: Tate has to figure out what to do with their trash.
Moral action: Tate holds onto the trash until he finds a trash can to put it in.
Moral consequence: The animals in the ocean don't get anywhere near the trash, and they get to thrive.
Norm: It's good to pick up trash.
Situation: Tate is at the beach with his family, and they have a lot of trash with them.
Intention: Tate has to figure out what to do with their trash.
Immoral action: Tate throws the trash in the ocean while the lifeguard isn't watching.
Immoral consequence: Animals in the ocean suffer, and it affects the entire marine ecosystem.
Norm: It is disgusting to eat your own poop.
Situation: A group of boys demand that Randal eat his own waste to become part of their group.
Intention: Randal wants to fit in.
Moral action: Randal suggests another strange initiation ritual to the leader.
Moral consequence: Randal is praised for his creativity, and his dare provides entertainment to the group.
Norm: It is disgusting to eat your own poop.
Situation: A group of boys demand that Randal eat his own waste to become part of their group.
Intention: Randal wants to fit in.
Immoral action: Randal goes through with the dare eating some of his waste.
Immoral consequence: Randal gets a bacterial infection.
Norm: You shouldn't drive a wedge between families.
Situation: Owen's parents are having a serious argument and are asking him for his opinion on which one of them is correct.
Intention: Owen wants to help his parents resolve the issue.
Moral action: Owen looks at both sides of the story and explains the pros and cons of each argument while proposing a solution with a viable compromise.
Moral consequence: Owen's parents thank him for his thoughtful contribution and take his solution into consideration.
Norm: You shouldn't drive a wedge between families.
Situation: Owen's parents are having a serious argument and are asking him for his opinion on which one of them is correct.
Intention: Owen wants to help his parents resolve the issue.
Immoral action: Owen decides to take his father's side and tells his mother that she's wrong.
Immoral consequence: This ends up causing even further division between his parents, and they eventually end up filing for divorce.
Norm: It's bad to cheat at games.
Situation: William is hanging out at home with some of his friends, playing a card game.
Intention: William wants to win the game.
Moral action: William spends time analyzing his friends' moves as well as the cards that have been played, and uses this information to make a smart decision which wins him the game.
Moral consequence: Williams friends are impressed with his performance and ask him for some tips on how to play the game better.
Norm: It's bad to cheat at games.
Situation: William is hanging out at home with some of his friends, playing a card game.
Intention: William wants to win the game.
Immoral action: William takes a quick glance at his friend's card when she isn't paying attention and uses this information to win the game.
Immoral consequence: Based on his behavior, William's friends suspect that he cheated in order to win and refuse to play any more games with him.
Norm: It is not acceptable to stare at others.
Situation: Frank is at a local bar when he sees an attractive woman at a table across the room.
Intention: Frank wants to attract the woman's attention.
Moral action: Frank approaches the woman and asks if he can buy her a drink.
Moral consequence: The woman accepts Frank's offer, and they enjoy chatting while having a drink together.
Norm: It is not acceptable to stare at others.
Situation: Frank is at a local bar when he sees an attractive woman at a table across the room.
Intention: Frank wants to attract the woman's attention.
Immoral action: Frank stares directly at the attractive woman until she notices him.
Immoral consequence: The woman sees Frank staring and finds it creepy, so she leaves the bar without speaking to him.
Norm: It's polite to choose your words carefully around others.
Situation: Nina just got a hideous new haircut and asks Ryan what he thinks about it.
Intention: Ryan needs to decide how to respond.
Moral action: Ryan tells Nina that it looks nice, but suggests some small changes that she might be interested in trying to make it look even better.
Moral consequence: Nina thinks Ryan's advice over and decides to try it out, and is happy with the results.
Norm: It's polite to choose your words carefully around others.
Situation: Nina just got a hideous new haircut and asks Ryan what he thinks about it.
Intention: Ryan needs to decide how to respond.
Immoral action: Ryan asks Nina if she's looked in a mirror lately, ssaying the haircut is not very good.
Immoral consequence: Nina is upset and feels greatly self-conscious about the new haircut.
Norm: It is not okay to tell other people's secrets.
Situation: Hank is informed by a co-worker that the workers are planning a surprise party for their boss, who is planning a vacation soon.
Intention: Hank wants the boss to be around for the surprise party.
Moral action: Hank asks for "help on an important project" that just happens to be the same day as the surprise party so the boss will be there.
Moral consequence: The boss is surprised and the surprise party goes exactly as planned.
Norm: It is not okay to tell other people's secrets.
Situation: Hank is informed by a co-worker that the workers are planning a surprise party for their boss, who is planning a vacation soon.
Intention: Hank wants the boss to be around for the surprise party.
Immoral action: Hank tells their boss that they're planning a party for him and to make sure to be there.
Immoral consequence: The surprise is ruined and the party is nowhere near as special as they planned.
Norm: It is wrong not to help a friend.
Situation: Naru has the afternoon off of work, and her best friend is moving into her apartment.
Intention: Naru wants to do something fun.
Moral action: Naru helps her friend move into her apartment while listening to upbeat music.
Moral consequence: Naru's friend becomes less stressed after spending time with Naru.
Norm: It is wrong not to help a friend.
Situation: Naru has the afternoon off of work, and her best friend is moving into her apartment.
Intention: Naru wants to do something fun.
Immoral action: Naru spends the afternoon buying clothes at various stores.
Immoral consequence: Naru's friend is unable to move into her apartment in one day.
Norm: It's rude to make fun of your friend's dancing.
Situation: Paul has a large group of friends who enjoy planning activities together.
Intention: Paul wants to go clubbing with his friends.
Moral action: Paul notices that one of his friends is not very good at dancing and gives some pointers to help his friend get into the rhythm.
Moral consequence: Paul's friend has a lot more fun dancing and goes clubbing with Paul often.
Norm: It's rude to make fun of your friend's dancing.
Situation: Paul has a large group of friends who enjoy planning activities together.
Intention: Paul wants to go clubbing with his friends.
Immoral action: Paul notices one of his friends dancing awkwardly at the club and takes a video with his phone to post online.
Immoral consequence: Paul's friend is embarrassed by the video and stops hanging out with Paul.
Norm: It's rude to intrude on your friend's private correspondence.
Situation: Chad's roommate Bill has been texting back and forth with a girl he met the other night at a party.
Intention: Chad wants to know what Bill and the girl are talking about.
Moral action: Chad asks Bill how he and the girl have been getting along, and what they've been talking about.
Moral consequence: Chad maintains trust with his roommate and gets filled in on the story without having to snoop.
Norm: It's rude to intrude on your friend's private correspondence.
Situation: Chad's roommate Bill has been texting back and forth with a girl he met the other night at a party.
Intention: Chad wants to know what Bill and the girl are talking about.
Immoral action: Chad finds Bill's phone and begins reading through his text messages with the girl.
Immoral consequence: Chad invades Bill's privacy and violates the trust between the two roommates.
Norm: People shouldn't say negative things about customers while at work.
Situation: Clara places an item on the counter of guest services after a tense encounter with a customer.
Intention: Clara wants to vent her frustrations.
Moral action: Clara closes her eyes ranting to herself in her own head for a moment before getting back to work.
Moral consequence: Clara learns how to become more in tune with her emotions.
Norm: People shouldn't say negative things about customers while at work.
Situation: Clara places an item on the counter of guest services after a tense encounter with a customer.
Intention: Clara wants to vent her frustrations.
Immoral action: Clara tells her coworker about the event mimicking the customer's voice.
Immoral consequence: Clara is written up by her boss after the customer overhears her words.
Norm: It's not okay to use violence to solve your problems.
Situation: Nicole is high school freshman who has been dealing kids blocking her locker every day just to chat.
Intention: Nicole wants the other kids to stop blocking her locker.
Moral action: Nicole excuses herself and asks the other kids not to block her locker.
Moral consequence: The other kids get Nicole's message and stop hanging out around her locker.
Norm: It's not okay to use violence to solve your problems.
Situation: Nicole is high school freshman who has been dealing kids blocking her locker every day just to chat.
Intention: Nicole wants the other kids to stop blocking her locker.
Immoral action: Nicole walks up to the kids who are blocking her locker and pushes them to the ground.
Immoral consequence: A teacher witnesses what Nicole does and she gets suspended.
Norm: It's kind to offer your guests a warm beverage.
Situation: John has some guests come over to his new place that he recently moved into.
Intention: John wants to show his guests that they are welcome.
Moral action: John offers his guests the option of either hot tea or coffee, and they choose coffee.
Moral consequence: John's guests feel very welcomed by John when they are offered hot beverages.