CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: People should respect each other.
Situation: John has just arrived home from football practice.
Intention: John wants to eat dinner.
Immoral action: John sits down at the kitchen table to eat a sandwich, smelling up the whole room with his body odor.
Immoral consequence: The rest of the family is disgusted by the smell and has to leave the room.
Norm: You shouldn't pretend you're straight when you're not.
Situation: Colin is a gay person, but is afraid of what people will think if he comes out.
Intention: Colin wants to date men.
Moral action: Colin comes out as gay and starts dating other men.
Moral consequence: Colin's friends respect his choice, and he finds a boyfriend who loves him.
Norm: You shouldn't pretend you're straight when you're not.
Situation: Colin is a gay person, but is afraid of what people will think if he comes out.
Intention: Colin wants to date men.
Immoral action: Colin marries a woman, but starts dating men on the side.
Immoral consequence: Colin's wife resents him for cheating on her and lying about his orientation and files for divorce.
Norm: It's rude to take someone's food without permission.
Situation: Jared is on lunch break at work and realizes he forgot to bring a lunch that day.
Intention: Jared wants to eat something for lunch.
Moral action: Jared picks a nearby fast food restaurant and lets his coworkers know he is going out to get some food there, so he can take orders.
Moral consequence: Some coworkers take Jared up on the offer, and they all enjoy the food for lunch.
Norm: It's rude to take someone's food without permission.
Situation: Jared is on lunch break at work and realizes he forgot to bring a lunch that day.
Intention: Jared wants to eat something for lunch.
Immoral action: Jared looks in the refrigerator in the break room and helps himself to some of the food being stored in there.
Immoral consequence: Jared's coworkers are annoyed that somebody ate their food and suspect Jared which leads to him being punished.
Norm: It's rude to bring your animals to the grocery store.
Situation: Daniel needs to make a trip to the store, but he doesn't want to leave his dog home by itself.
Intention: Daniel wants to make sure his dog isn't alone.
Moral action: Daniel asks his neighbor to come over and watch his dog while he makes a trip to the store.
Moral consequence: Daniel is able to get his grocery shopping done worry-free and comes home to a happy dog.
Norm: It's rude to bring your animals to the grocery store.
Situation: Daniel needs to make a trip to the store, but he doesn't want to leave his dog home by itself.
Intention: Daniel wants to make sure his dog isn't alone.
Immoral action: Daniel decides to bring his dog with him to the store and plans to tell people that it's a service dog.
Immoral consequence: Daniel is asked to leave the store since the employees can clearly tell it isn't a service dog.
Norm: It's not okay to spoil your kids.
Situation: John's daughter Kara asked for a new pair of expensive sneakers, but she has been falling behind in her schoolwork.
Intention: John wants to act on Kara's request.
Moral action: John tells Kara that if she can bring her grades up, he will buy them for her.
Moral consequence: Kara is motivated to do better in class and brings her grades to a higher level.
Norm: It's not okay to spoil your kids.
Situation: John's daughter Kara asked for a new pair of expensive sneakers, but she has been falling behind in her schoolwork.
Intention: John wants to act on Kara's request.
Immoral action: John thinks that if he buys Kara what she wants that her grades might improve, so he makes the purchase despite her poor performance in school.
Immoral consequence: Kara doesn't improve in class and now expects to have everything handed to her for nothing.
Norm: It's wrong not to help someone who is hurt.
Situation: Jerry is driving to work one day when he sees a terrible car accident happen in front of him, with the car from the accident erupting in flames.
Intention: Jerry needs to get to work.
Moral action: Jerry pulls over and quickly dials 911 before helping the victim away from the burning car.
Moral consequence: The motorist survives the wreck and thanks Jerry profusely as Jerry gets back in his car.
Norm: It's wrong not to help someone who is hurt.
Situation: Jerry is driving to work one day when he sees a terrible car accident happen in front of him, with the car from the accident erupting in flames.
Intention: Jerry needs to get to work.
Immoral action: Jerry swerves around the wreck and continues driving, figuring someone else will take care of it.
Immoral consequence: The motorist's car explodes with them trapped inside, frying them.
Norm: It's good to discuss things over with your family.
Situation: Mike lives with his parents but wants to live in another part of the country.
Intention: Mike wants to tell his parents about his desire.
Moral action: Mike tells his parents he wants to move away from home and gets their opinion.
Moral consequence: Mike's parents will support him and try to be understanding.
Norm: It's good to discuss things over with your family.
Situation: Mike lives with his parents but wants to live in another part of the country.
Intention: Mike wants to tell his parents about his desire.
Immoral action: Mike tells his parents he's leaving to move away from home.
Immoral consequence: Mike's parents will be surprised and think Mike doesn't care about their feelings.
Norm: It is unhealthy to eat too much
Situation: Garfield loved to eat pasta, in fact he couldn't stop eating pasta until it was all gone.
Intention: Garfield wants to eat more pasta.
Moral action: Garfield decides not to make too much pasta since he knows he won't stop eating it.
Moral consequence: Garfield eats all the pasta he made, and he still feels alright.
Norm: It is unhealthy to eat too much
Situation: Garfield loved to eat pasta, in fact he couldn't stop eating pasta until it was all gone.
Intention: Garfield wants to eat more pasta.
Immoral action: Garfield made a lot of pasta, and he kept eating and eating until he was sick.
Immoral consequence: Garfield was sick for a while from eating too much because he couldn't stop eating pasta.
Norm: It's rude to ignore your neighbors.
Situation: John, who is late to work, is pulling out of his driveway to go to work and see's his neighbor quickly approaching his car.
Intention: John wants to avoid talking to his neighbor.
Moral action: John smiles and waves to his neighbor while quickly driving away.
Moral consequence: John's neighbor stops to smile and waves back, happy to be acknowledged.
Norm: It's rude to ignore your neighbors.
Situation: John, who is late to work, is pulling out of his driveway to go to work and see's his neighbor quickly approaching his car.
Intention: John wants to avoid talking to his neighbor.
Immoral action: John pretends that he doesn't see his neighbor and drives off.
Immoral consequence: John's neighbor knows that he saw him and just thinks he is rude.
Norm: You should not judge the lifestyle of others.
Situation: Freya, a mother with two boyfriends, asks her conservative Christian coworker Abigail for advice on how to handle her unruly children.
Intention: Abigail wants to give Freya advice.
Moral action: Abigail offers to loan Freya one of her mother's parenting books alongside passing along some information she learned from her other friends who are mothers.
Moral consequence: Freya learns a lot about parenting by reading the book Abigail loans her.
Norm: You should not judge the lifestyle of others.
Situation: Freya, a mother with two boyfriends, asks her conservative Christian coworker Abigail for advice on how to handle her unruly children.
Intention: Abigail wants to give Freya advice.
Immoral action: Abigail tells Freya that her children are misbehaving because they have two father figures which confuses them,  and breaking up with one of her boyfriends should fix the problem.
Immoral consequence: Freya is sad because she feels like everyone judges her.
Norm: It is bad to use alcohol to cope.
Situation: Chelsea is going through a difficult divorce from her husband Max.
Intention: Chelsea wants to calm her nerves.
Moral action: Chelsea starts to practice meditation and learns to use deep breathing exercises to cope.
Moral consequence: Chelsea learns a healthy way to deal with her stress and feels good about her progress.
Norm: It is bad to use alcohol to cope.
Situation: Chelsea is going through a difficult divorce from her husband Max.
Intention: Chelsea wants to calm her nerves.
Immoral action: Chelsea begins drinking large quantities of whiskey on a daily basis.
Immoral consequence: Chelsea develops an alcohol addiction and has to check into rehab.
Norm: You should watch out for pedestrians when you're driving
Situation: Danielle is passing through a school zone on her way home from work and decides she wants to hear some music.
Intention: Danielle wants to turn on the radio.
Moral action: Danielle waits until she passes the school zone, and then she finds a station that she wants to hear.
Moral consequence: Danielle was able to avoid injuring any of the students because she was responsible.
Norm: You should watch out for pedestrians when you're driving
Situation: Danielle is passing through a school zone on her way home from work and decides she wants to hear some music.
Intention: Danielle wants to turn on the radio.
Immoral action: Danielle looks down a second to fiddle with the knob and find a station she likes.
Immoral consequence: Danielle hits a student who was crossing the street and now has to pay his medical bills.
Norm: You should share concerns with your significant other.
Situation: Rob's company is laying off dozens of positions causing him great concern and his partner, who notices this, asks him what is wrong.
Intention: Rob wants to keep his partner from worrying about their financial situation.
Moral action: Rob tells his partner what's happening but focuses on possible solutions in the event that they need them.
Moral consequence: Rob's partner feels prepared even if the worse case scenario is true.
Norm: You should share concerns with your significant other.
Situation: Rob's company is laying off dozens of positions causing him great concern and his partner, who notices this, asks him what is wrong.
Intention: Rob wants to keep his partner from worrying about their financial situation.
Immoral action: Rob tells his partner that there is nothing wrong and acts like he doesn't know anything.
Immoral consequence: Rob's partner finds out the truth eventually and feels that he withholds important information from her.
Norm: It's bad to report things that you're not sure happened.
Situation: Pat works in an office and notices his co-worker's laptop is not on his desk.
Intention: Pat wants to inform someone about the lap top.
Moral action: Pat asks his co-workers about the laptop.
Moral consequence: Pat's co-workers may know where the laptop is and what happened to it.
Norm: It's bad to report things that you're not sure happened.
Situation: Pat works in an office and notices his co-worker's laptop is not on his desk.
Intention: Pat wants to inform someone about the lap top.
Immoral action: Pat goes to security and tells them that the laptop is stolen.
Immoral consequence: Pat's co-workers will all be investigated about the laptop.
Norm: You should be nice to children.
Situation: Trevor saw Neville stumble as he tried to get up the stairs.
Intention: Trevor wants to decide what to do about Neville.
Moral action: Trevor helps Neville stand up and them helps him get up the stairs.
Moral consequence: Neville thanks him for his help  and says that he was really nice to him.
Norm: You should be nice to children.
Situation: Trevor saw Neville stumble as he tried to get up the stairs.
Intention: Trevor wants to decide what to do about Neville.
Immoral action: Trevor walks away from the stairs and from Neville as he remains there stuck.
Immoral consequence: Neville is stuck there for quite a while since nobody helps him.
Norm: It's rewarding to make a good decision.
Situation: Harry has to decide if he should go to the dance or if he should watch the football game.
Intention: Harry wants to made a decision.
Moral action: Harry makes up his mind by himself and decides what he'd have more fun doing.
Moral consequence: Harry has lots of fun at his chosen event and glad he made this decision.
Norm: It's rewarding to make a good decision.
Situation: Harry has to decide if he should go to the dance or if he should watch the football game.
Intention: Harry wants to made a decision.
Immoral action: Harry doesn't decide at all, but instead asks his wife to choose for him.
Immoral consequence: Harry goes on the choice she choose for him, and he doesn't have much fun.
Norm: It's bad to partake in illegal activities.
Situation: Jess really wants to watch a film, but she has to buy a streaming service to watch it.
Intention: Jess wants to watch the movie.
Moral action: Jess buys the new streaming service in order to watch the movie.
Moral consequence: Jess is able to watch the movie she wanted and other movies as well.
Norm: It's bad to partake in illegal activities.
Situation: Jess really wants to watch a film, but she has to buy a streaming service to watch it.
Intention: Jess wants to watch the movie.
Immoral action: Jess downloads the film off of a website from Mexico without paying.
Immoral consequence: Jess could get in a lot of trouble if the copyright holders find out.
Norm: You shouldn't flirt with coworkers.
Situation: Sypha goes to work and notices that Jack the new IT guy is cute.
Intention: Sypha wants to decide if she should flirt with Jack.
Moral action: Sypha decides that would be too dangerous, so she just continues working.
Moral consequence: Sypha's boss stops by and tells her she's doing a good job and to keep it up.
Norm: You shouldn't flirt with coworkers.
Situation: Sypha goes to work and notices that Jack the new IT guy is cute.
Intention: Sypha wants to decide if she should flirt with Jack.
Immoral action: Sypha starts flirting with Jack while they are both at work.
Immoral consequence: Before Jack can respond, their boss reprimands her for flirting at work.
Norm: It's bad to do shady things behind your partners back.
Situation: Mat decided to sell meth for extra money, and his wife is wondering where he's coming up with all this money.
Intention: Mat has to make a decision on whether to tell his wife.
Moral action: Mat tells his wife that he's been selling meth in order to make more money for the family.
Moral consequence: Mat's wife understands why Mat is doing what he's doing even though she's not a fan of it.
Norm: It's bad to do shady things behind your partners back.
Situation: Mat decided to sell meth for extra money, and his wife is wondering where he's coming up with all this money.
Intention: Mat has to make a decision on whether to tell his wife.
Immoral action: Mat tells his wife that he's been making money playing poker at the casino.
Immoral consequence: Mat's wife doesn't believe him and becomes suspicious of what he's doing.
Norm: It's rude to ignore family.
Situation: John is at home with his friends and his wife Mindy, who wants to go out to eat with him.
Intention: John wants to play a game with his friends.
Moral action: John tells his friends he's going out to dinner but will be back to play with them soon.
Moral consequence: Mindy feels loved and respected and closer to John.
Norm: It's rude to ignore family.
Situation: John is at home with his friends and his wife Mindy, who wants to go out to eat with him.
Intention: John wants to play a game with his friends.
Immoral action: John pretends he didn't hear Mindy and continues laughing and playing with his friends.
Immoral consequence: Mindy resents John and wonders if he loves her and eats alone.
Norm: It's rude to call your best friend an idiot.
Situation: Sally has been going to college to become a school counselor.
Intention: Sally wants to be on a short list of potential counseling interns at her school and tells her friends about it on social media.
Moral action: When Amelie asks questions about it, Sally makes sure her friend understands everything before continuing.
Moral consequence: When the intern counselors see Sally’s ability to talk to others and help them understand the situation, they put Sally’s name on the list with a commendation.
Norm: It's rude to call your best friend an idiot.
Situation: Sally has been going to college to become a school counselor.
Intention: Sally wants to be on a short list of potential counseling interns at her school and tells her friends about it on social media.
Immoral action: When Sally’s her best friend, Amelie, doesn’t understand some of the conversation; Sally publicly mocks her for being slow and stupid.
Immoral consequence: Sally hurts her friend deeply and when the intern counselors see Sally’s treatment of other online, they put her name on the list as a questionable candidate for counseling.
Norm: You shouldn't burglarize people.
Situation: Adam is talking with his friends about music and sees a couple down the street carry a huge stereo system into their house.
Intention: Adam wants a nice stereo.
Moral action: Adam asks the couple what kind of stereo they have, then goes to the store and buys it.
Moral consequence: The couple feels good in their neighborhood and stays there happily.
Norm: You shouldn't burglarize people.
Situation: Adam is talking with his friends about music and sees a couple down the street carry a huge stereo system into their house.
Intention: Adam wants a nice stereo.
Immoral action: Adam dons a mask at night and breaks into the couple's house and takes their stereo.
Immoral consequence: The couple is sad and becomes very anxious and moves out.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt defenseless animals
Situation: Byron has a new dog, and he is getting annoyed by the dog barking at night.
Intention: Byron wants to get his dog to stop barking, so he can sleep.
Moral action: Byron gets lessons and tips from a professional dog trainer about getting the dog to bark less.
Moral consequence: Byron is able to get his dog to calm down and sleep during the night, so he is also able to sleep well.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt defenseless animals
Situation: Byron has a new dog, and he is getting annoyed by the dog barking at night.
Intention: Byron wants to get his dog to stop barking, so he can sleep.
Immoral action: Byron starts to hit his dog every time the dog barks and wakes him up.
Immoral consequence: The dog becomes very fearful of Byron, and they are never able to establish a good relationship.
Norm: It's nice to drive grandparents places.
Situation: Tory has a grandmother who is too old to drive who needs to get across town to see family.
Intention: Tory wants to help her grandmother to her destination.
Moral action: Tory offers to give her grandmother a ride and spends some time with her.
Moral consequence: Tory's grandmother thinks highly of her and enjoys her company along the way.
Norm: It's nice to drive grandparents places.
Situation: Tory has a grandmother who is too old to drive who needs to get across town to see family.
Intention: Tory wants to help her grandmother to her destination.
Immoral action: Tory orders an Uber to take her grandmother to the family member's residence.
Immoral consequence: Tory's grandmother is distressed and confused by the process with a stranger.
Norm: It's not normal to date somebody considerably older than you
Situation: Harriet is at a college student bar when a man who is 40 years older than her says he is interested in her.
Intention: Harriet wants to respond to the man.
Moral action: Harriet tells the man she is not interested in going out with him.
Moral consequence: Harriet will be able to find someone she has more in common with.
Norm: It's not normal to date somebody considerably older than you
Situation: Harriet is at a college student bar when a man who is 40 years older than her says he is interested in her.
Intention: Harriet wants to respond to the man.
Immoral action: Harriet tells the man she will go out with him.
Immoral consequence: Harriet will have a hard time relating to the man.
Norm: It's wrong to marry someone for their money.
Situation: Jake, who comes from a poor family, is dating Eve, who makes a six-figure salary.
Intention: Jake wants to be rich.
Moral action: Jake gets to know Eve as a person and realizes they are not compatible.
Moral consequence: Jake breaks up with Eve, even though she is wealthy.
Norm: It's wrong to marry someone for their money.
Situation: Jake, who comes from a poor family, is dating Eve, who makes a six-figure salary.
Intention: Jake wants to be rich.
Immoral action: Jake marries Eve and then spends all her money.
Immoral consequence: Eve realizes Jake only married her for her money and files for a divorce.
Norm: It is rude to bump someone with your car.
Situation: Kurt is on his way to work when a bicyclist cuts in front of him, slowing down traffic.
Intention: Kurt wants to make it to work on time.
Moral action: Kurt honks his horn at the bicyclist and when he doesn't slow down, Kurt takes an alternate route to work.
Moral consequence: Kurt makes it to work on time without getting into any road incidents.
Norm: It is rude to bump someone with your car.
Situation: Kurt is on his way to work when a bicyclist cuts in front of him, slowing down traffic.
Intention: Kurt wants to make it to work on time.
Immoral action: Kurt lightly bumps the bicyclist's back tire with his car, hoping he'll move out of the way.
Immoral consequence: The bicyclist calls the cops and Kurt is fined for his action.
Norm: You shouldn't refuse to apologize to your partner.
Situation: Chris has been in an argument all day with his wife and just realized he was actually in the wrong the whole time.
Intention: Chris wants to stop the argument.
Moral action: Chris tells his wife about his realization and offers to make amends for his error in the argument.
Moral consequence: Chris's wife accepts his apology and the couple agree to talk things out better in the future.
Norm: You shouldn't refuse to apologize to your partner.
Situation: Chris has been in an argument all day with his wife and just realized he was actually in the wrong the whole time.
Intention: Chris wants to stop the argument.
Immoral action: Chris tells his wife that he is done arguing and wants to just drop it, but never mentions that he found out he was wrong.
Immoral consequence: Chris and his wife never settle the issue and it is bad for their relationship.
Norm: It's wrong to judge another person based on their heritage.
Situation: Rob's classmate, Greg, grew up in a wealthy family, and Rob doesn't know how to feel about this.
Intention: Rob wants to say something to Greg.
Moral action: Rob tells Greg that he understands that it's hard for him to live up to his parents' expectations.
Moral consequence: Greg feels closer to Rob since he's willing to put himself in Greg's shoes.
Norm: It's wrong to judge another person based on their heritage.
Situation: Rob's classmate, Greg, grew up in a wealthy family, and Rob doesn't know how to feel about this.
Intention: Rob wants to say something to Greg.
Immoral action: Rob tells Greg that he doesn't have the work ethic needed to succeed.
Immoral consequence: Greg feels disrespected and feels bad that people are judging him because of his parents.
Norm: You shouldn't take things without asking
Situation: Karina is in her mom's room and really likes one of her mother's bracelets and after trying it on notes that it suits her style perfectly.
Intention: Karina wants to obtain the bracelet.
Moral action: Karina asks her mom if she can have the bracelet as a birthday gift.
Moral consequence: Karina's mother is happy to give her the bracelet for her birthday as it makes gifting much easier.
Norm: You shouldn't take things without asking
Situation: Karina is in her mom's room and really likes one of her mother's bracelets and after trying it on notes that it suits her style perfectly.
Intention: Karina wants to obtain the bracelet.
Immoral action: Karina takes the bracelet without her mother's knowledge and keeps it.
Immoral consequence: Karina's mother finds her with the bracelet and is disappointed in her.