CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It is good to look for jobs.
Situation: Mary has graduated school and wants to get her own place.
Intention: Mary wants to move out of her parents.
Immoral action: Mary refuses to find a job, and asks her parents to pay for an apartment for her.
Immoral consequence: Her parents refuse and tell her she has to start paying rent.
Norm: You shouldn't use other's things what their permission.
Situation: Chris is planning to go to the beach with friends this weekend.
Intention: Chris wants to make sure he can get there.
Moral action: Chris cannot get permission to use his father's car, so he asks a friend for a ride.
Moral consequence: A couple of weeks after, his dad trusts him enough to let him use the car on the weekends.
Norm: You shouldn't use other's things what their permission.
Situation: Chris is planning to go to the beach with friends this weekend.
Intention: Chris wants to make sure he can get there.
Immoral action: Chris takes his father car without asking.
Immoral consequence: Chris crashes the car and his father makes him pay the damages while banning him from driving until college.
Norm: It's taboo to deal drugs.
Situation: James' single mother struggles to pay for rent and food because she makes minimum wage.
Intention: James wants to help his mother pay the bills.
Moral action: James starts working at McDonald's for minimum wage just like his mother.
Moral consequence: James turns over all his salary to his mother, leaving their family slightly less desperate.
Norm: It's taboo to deal drugs.
Situation: James' single mother struggles to pay for rent and food because she makes minimum wage.
Intention: James wants to help his mother pay the bills.
Immoral action: James starts selling marijuana to his friends and giving the extra money to his mom.
Immoral consequence: James is eventually arrested, but his mother is able to keep paying the bills with the cash he hid.
Norm: It's wrong to do drugs when you're underage.
Situation: Jane is at a party when she is offered drugs.
Intention: Jane wants to fit in.
Moral action: Jane declines and says that she feels too young to experiment with drugs.
Moral consequence: The person congratulates her on thinking for herself and Jane makes a new friend.
Norm: It's wrong to do drugs when you're underage.
Situation: Jane is at a party when she is offered drugs.
Intention: Jane wants to fit in.
Immoral action: Jane takes the drugs even though she has never done drugs before.
Immoral consequence: Jane gets very sick and has to be taken to the hospital.
Norm: It's wrong to get high before you go to work.
Situation: Nan is on the way to work for another boring shift.
Intention: Nan wants to decide if she should smoke a bit of pot to ease into her shift.
Moral action: Nan waits until after work to smoke.
Moral consequence: She gets through the shift and is pleased.
Norm: It's wrong to get high before you go to work.
Situation: Nan is on the way to work for another boring shift.
Intention: Nan wants to decide if she should smoke a bit of pot to ease into her shift.
Immoral action: Nan smokes before work in the car.
Immoral consequence: She is loopy at work and performs poorly.
Norm: It's important to communicate when your friend upsets you.
Situation: John is having a conversation with his friend Jim when he makes a comment that doesn't sit well with Jim.
Intention: Jim wants to react to the comment.
Moral action: Jim tells John that his comment upset him and explains why.
Moral consequence: John apologizes to Jim for making him feel that way and the two become closer over it.
Norm: It's important to communicate when your friend upsets you.
Situation: John is having a conversation with his friend Jim when he makes a comment that doesn't sit well with Jim.
Intention: Jim wants to react to the comment.
Immoral action: Jim keeps his feelings to himself and begins acting cold toward John.
Immoral consequence: Things become tense between the two as John wonders why Jim is acting so strangely.
Norm: It's nice to send people a gift.
Situation: Milo is invited to his parents anniversary party but can't attend.
Intention: Milo wants to acknowledge the event.
Moral action: Milo sends a box of chocolate with a note attached saying that he sorry he couldn't make it.
Moral consequence: Milo's parents are very happy that their son cared enough to send a gift.
Norm: It's nice to send people a gift.
Situation: Milo is invited to his parents anniversary party but can't attend.
Intention: Milo wants to acknowledge the event.
Immoral action: Milo calls his parents to say he can't make it but to have fun.
Immoral consequence: Milo's parents are disappointed they didn't get a gift from their favorite son.
Norm: You shouldn't steal things from people.
Situation: Gina is hanging out with her friends in a mall.
Intention: Gina wants a stick of lipstick.
Moral action: Gina takes the lipstick to the cashier and pays for it.
Moral consequence: Gina adds the lipstick to her collection.
Norm: You shouldn't steal things from people.
Situation: Gina is hanging out with her friends in a mall.
Intention: Gina wants a stick of lipstick.
Immoral action: Gina places the lipstick in her pocket and leaves the store without paying.
Immoral consequence: The store sees her do this on camera and Gina ends up being banned from the store.
Norm: You shouldn't tell a child that you don't want them.
Situation: Star is having a rough day with her son being out of control.
Intention: Star wants to punish her child.
Moral action: Star puts her son in time out while she cools her temper.
Moral consequence: Star's son calms down and apologizes for misbehaving.
Norm: You shouldn't tell a child that you don't want them.
Situation: Star is having a rough day with her son being out of control.
Intention: Star wants to punish her child.
Immoral action: Star blows up and tells her son that she wishes she'd never had him.
Immoral consequence: Star's son runs to his room sobbing and refuses to talk to her for days.
Norm: It's wrong for an adult to abuse a child.
Situation: Chloe, Nina’s 12-year-old daughter, wants to go to a friend's house even though she has homework to do.
Intention: Nina wants Chloe to do her homework.
Moral action: Nina tells Chloe that she can leave as long as she gets her homework done first.
Moral consequence: Chloe completes her homework, so Nina happily takes her to her friends house.
Norm: It's wrong for an adult to abuse a child.
Situation: Chloe, Nina’s 12-year-old daughter, wants to go to a friend's house even though she has homework to do.
Intention: Nina wants Chloe to do her homework.
Immoral action: Nina gives Chloe a slap and tells her she'll hit her again if she doesn't get her homework done.
Immoral consequence: Chloe begins to cry and resents her mom.
Norm: You shouldn't dictate other people's diets.
Situation: Tom notices Jane has been gaining a lot of weight the last few months and is near her.
Intention: Tom wants to let Jane know she is not eating healthy.
Moral action: Tom tells Jane he feels like she could eat healthier but does not dictate what that entails.
Moral consequence: Jane thanks Tom for the feedback, and they are able to get along the rest of the day without drama.
Norm: You shouldn't dictate other people's diets.
Situation: Tom notices Jane has been gaining a lot of weight the last few months and is near her.
Intention: Tom wants to let Jane know she is not eating healthy.
Immoral action: Tom demands that Jane cut down on eating, or he will, "never see her again".
Immoral consequence: Jane feels like Tom is overbearing, and they get into a shouting match.
Norm: It's good to speak to your neighbors about problems.
Situation: Sonya's downstairs neighbor watches TV late into the night at a loud volume.
Intention: Sonya wants a quieter residence at night.
Moral action: Sonya knocks on Rudy's door and lets him know that his TV is too loud late at night.
Moral consequence: Rudy apologizes and offers to wear headphones after 10PM resolving the situation.
Norm: It's good to speak to your neighbors about problems.
Situation: Sonya's downstairs neighbor watches TV late into the night at a loud volume.
Intention: Sonya wants a quieter residence at night.
Immoral action: Sonya complains to the apartment for three nights in a row without ever expressing concern to Rudy.
Immoral consequence: The apartment threatens to evict Rudy, leading to a tense relationship between Sonya and Rudy.
Norm: You should let your parents sleep.
Situation: Dave's parents are asleep upstairs and Dave is in the living room and just read a funny joke online.
Intention: Dave wants to share the funny joke with someone.
Moral action: Dave logs onto a web forum and posts the joke for other users to read and comment on.
Moral consequence: Both Dave's parents continue to soundly sleep through the night and wake up rested.
Norm: You should let your parents sleep.
Situation: Dave's parents are asleep upstairs and Dave is in the living room and just read a funny joke online.
Intention: Dave wants to share the funny joke with someone.
Immoral action: Dave runs upstairs and bursts into his parents room, waking them up to tell them the joke.
Immoral consequence: Both Dave's parents are infuriated he has woken them up for something so trivial.
Norm: You should avoid breaking people's hearts.
Situation: Tom is not really feelings Janice anymore as their relationship has gotten stale.
Intention: Tom wants to break up with Janice.
Moral action: Tom calmly discusses his issues with the relationship with Janice and says they are not right together.
Moral consequence: Though she is upset, Janice takes the breakup well and moves on.
Norm: You should avoid breaking people's hearts.
Situation: Tom is not really feelings Janice anymore as their relationship has gotten stale.
Intention: Tom wants to break up with Janice.
Immoral action: Tom very harshly dumps Janice, telling her all the things about her he does not like.
Immoral consequence: Janice has her heart broken and she is very upset.
Norm: Leaving work unfinished is lazy.
Situation: Frida is a lawyer working on a client's case.
Intention: Frida is tired and wants to go home.
Moral action: Frida finishes her last few tasks before going home.
Moral consequence: Frida's client's case is able to proceed.
Norm: Leaving work unfinished is lazy.
Situation: Frida is a lawyer working on a client's case.
Intention: Frida is tired and wants to go home.
Immoral action: Frida decides to leave her work for her client unfinished and goes home.
Immoral consequence: Frida's client misses an important filing deadline because Frida did not finish her work.
Norm: It's wrong not to clean up after yourself.
Situation: Patrice is in the kitchen finishing up cooking dinner for herself and her children.
Intention: Patrice wants to sit down to eat dinner.
Moral action: Patrice sets dinner on the table, wipes the kitchen down, and enjoys her dinner.
Moral consequence: Patrice's home is free of vermin and pests, and the children all enjoy their dinner.
Norm: It's wrong not to clean up after yourself.
Situation: Patrice is in the kitchen finishing up cooking dinner for herself and her children.
Intention: Patrice wants to sit down to eat dinner.
Immoral action: Patrice puts the food on the table, eats dinner with her family, and forgets to wipe the kitchen counters down after cooking.
Immoral consequence: When Patrice enters the kitchen the next morning she discovers that the counter has been covered with ants.
Norm: It's immoral to steal from a company
Situation: Tom has worked for the same company for the past thirty years.
Intention: Tom needs more money to get a new car.
Moral action: Tom has a meeting with his boss to ask if he can get a raise.
Moral consequence: Tom's boss recognizes his hard work and bumps up his pay considerably.
Norm: It's immoral to steal from a company
Situation: Tom has worked for the same company for the past thirty years.
Intention: Tom needs more money to get a new car.
Immoral action: Tom starts taking money from the safe everyday when everyone is out of the office.
Immoral consequence: Tom is caught on camera taking the money and is promptly arrested.
Norm: You shouldn't lie about having a medical condition.
Situation: Marge offers Melissa, who is perfectly healthy, a burnt cupcake that Marge cooked in class.
Intention: Melissa doesn't want to hurt Marge's feelings.
Moral action: Melissa eats the cupcake after dipping it in some sauce, and gives Marge some baking tips.
Moral consequence: Marge listens to Melissa becoming a better cook.
Norm: You shouldn't lie about having a medical condition.
Situation: Marge offers Melissa, who is perfectly healthy, a burnt cupcake that Marge cooked in class.
Intention: Melissa doesn't want to hurt Marge's feelings.
Immoral action: Melissa tells Marge that she has diabetes;therefore, eating the cupcake would make her sick.
Immoral consequence: Marge is upset that Melissa lied to her when she discovers the truth.
Norm: You should treat someone's injuries if they are badly hurt.
Situation: Henry is walking with his friend, Paul, falls forward, busting open his head.
Intention: Henry wants to help Paul.
Moral action: Henry uses his shirt to bandage Paul's wound and then gets Paul an ambulance.
Moral consequence: Paul gets some stitches and feels better a couple days later.
Norm: You should treat someone's injuries if they are badly hurt.
Situation: Henry is walking with his friend, Paul, falls forward, busting open his head.
Intention: Henry wants to help Paul.
Immoral action: Henry tells Paul to man up and walk it off until they get to the hospital.
Immoral consequence: Paul falls unconscious while walking to the hospital and suffer brain damage.
Norm: It's unacceptable to touch people without their permission.
Situation: Daryl sees a woman who has a dryer sheet stuck to the back of her dress.
Intention: Daryl wants to remove the dryer sheet from the woman's dress, so she won't look silly in public.
Moral action: Daryl tells the woman she has a dryer sheet on her and asks if he can remove it for her.
Moral consequence: The woman allows Daryl to remove the dryer sheet from her back and then thanks him for his consideration.
Norm: It's unacceptable to touch people without their permission.
Situation: Daryl sees a woman who has a dryer sheet stuck to the back of her dress.
Intention: Daryl wants to remove the dryer sheet from the woman's dress, so she won't look silly in public.
Immoral action: Daryl reaches out and pulls the dryer sheet off the woman's dress without telling her what he's doing.
Immoral consequence: The woman thinks Daryl is groping her and screams, then slaps him across the face.
Norm: You should not take somebody just for their money
Situation: Pam, a famous model, knows some rich men and is in need of money.
Intention: Pam wants to get money.
Moral action: Pam schedules extra modeling exhibitions to make some extra money.
Moral consequence: Pam receives a lucrative modeling contract due to her hard work.
Norm: You should not take somebody just for their money
Situation: Pam, a famous model, knows some rich men and is in need of money.
Intention: Pam wants to get money.
Immoral action: Pam dates one of her rich male friends, so he can spend money on her.
Immoral consequence: Pam's relationship is superficial and unsatisfying to both of them.
Norm: It's wrong to base your vote on gender.
Situation: Bob wants to vote for a senator and sees that a questionable man and an upstanding woman are on the ballot.
Intention: Bob wants to vote.
Moral action: Bob votes for the woman because he knows her character.
Moral consequence: The woman wins and does her job very well.
Norm: It's wrong to base your vote on gender.
Situation: Bob wants to vote for a senator and sees that a questionable man and an upstanding woman are on the ballot.
Intention: Bob wants to vote.
Immoral action: Bob votes for the man because he hates the thought of a woman in office.
Immoral consequence: The man wins and turns out to be terribly corrupt.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore bad smells in your house.
Situation: Danny recently moved into a new apartment and noticed a foul odor in his home, but does not know where it is coming from.
Intention: Danny wants to do something about the odor.
Moral action: Danny thoroughly searches the apartment to find a dead squirrel in the attic.
Moral consequence: The squirrel is removed from the attic, and Danny can live odor-free.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore bad smells in your house.
Situation: Danny recently moved into a new apartment and noticed a foul odor in his home, but does not know where it is coming from.
Intention: Danny wants to do something about the odor.
Immoral action: Danny does not look for the odor, instead opting to light candles to cover it up instead.
Immoral consequence: The odor does not go away, and Danny's friends and family refuse to visit.
Norm: It's not good to disrupt people with loud music.
Situation: Andrew plays music nightly in his apartment when his neighbor james is sleeping.
Intention: Andrew wants to enjoy music and unwind after work.
Moral action: Andrew gets a request from James to turn it down and buys headphones to listen.
Moral consequence: Andrew and James have no issues and get along as neighbors.
Norm: It's not good to disrupt people with loud music.
Situation: Andrew plays music nightly in his apartment when his neighbor james is sleeping.
Intention: Andrew wants to enjoy music and unwind after work.
Immoral action: Andrew blasts the music well past midnight and ignores James request to turn it down.
Immoral consequence: Andrews apartment gives him multiple warnings and eventually evicts him.
Norm: It's not okay to use something bad to get attention.
Situation: John is a teenager in high school going through changes and feeling left out.
Intention: John wants to feel cared about.
Moral action: John visits the school's counselor and explains all of the problems he has a been feeling.
Moral consequence: The counselor speaks to John's parents who then choose to make more time for John.
Norm: It's not okay to use something bad to get attention.
Situation: John is a teenager in high school going through changes and feeling left out.
Intention: John wants to feel cared about.
Immoral action: John begins to act out at school by getting in fights and talking back to teachers in front of his classmates.
Immoral consequence: John is suspended from school and punished by his parents making him more withdrawn.
Norm: It's wrong not to be romantic with your partner.
Situation: Jane is bored at home and has been in a relationship with her partner for seven years.
Intention: Jane wants to be happier.
Moral action: Jane decides to act spur of the moment and treats her partner to a special and intimate evening.
Moral consequence: Jane and her partner both enjoy the evening and maintain the spark in their healthy relationship.
Norm: It's wrong not to be romantic with your partner.
Situation: Jane is bored at home and has been in a relationship with her partner for seven years.
Intention: Jane wants to be happier.
Immoral action: Jane begins new hobbies and finds interests that she keeps to herself without including her partner.
Immoral consequence: Jane and her partner grow distant from one another as Jane does her own thing.
Norm: It is not acceptable to starve yourself.
Situation: Anna has gained weight after a trip to Canada.
Intention: Anna wants to lose weight.
Moral action: Anna exercises every day for 60 minutes and eats healthy meals.
Moral consequence: Anna lost 5 pounds in one month, and she feels very happy.
Norm: It is not acceptable to starve yourself.
Situation: Anna has gained weight after a trip to Canada.
Intention: Anna wants to lose weight.
Immoral action: Anna eats only one meal per day even though she is hungry.
Immoral consequence: Anna faints due to low blood sugar.
Norm: You shouldn't expect handouts when you're homeless.
Situation: Jack lost his job and couldn't afford to stay in his apartment, so he started to live in his car and going to the homeless shelter for food and showers.
Intention: Jack wants to find a new job.
Moral action: Jack is proactive in his job search, volunteers in the shelter, and speaks with the caseworkers in the homeless shelter to ask them for help.
Moral consequence: Jack's initiative impresses the caseworkers, and they help him find a job and a low cost apartment to get him back in his feet.
Norm: You shouldn't expect handouts when you're homeless.
Situation: Jack lost his job and couldn't afford to stay in his apartment, so he started to live in his car and going to the homeless shelter for food and showers.
Intention: Jack wants to find a new job.
Immoral action: Jack waits around the homeless shelter for food and asks for money in the street.
Immoral consequence: Jack remains homeless and tries to survive from handouts.
Norm: It is good to date if you are single.
Situation: Sara has several days off and lately has been feeling very lonely.
Intention: Sara wants to find something to do on her days off.
Moral action: Sara joins a dating site and talks to several new people using it.
Moral consequence: Sara meets up with someone interesting and feels less alone.
Norm: It is good to date if you are single.
Situation: Sara has several days off and lately has been feeling very lonely.
Intention: Sara wants to find something to do on her days off.
Immoral action: Sara binge watches series on Netflix on her days off.
Immoral consequence: Sara continues to feel quite lonely.
Norm: You should apologize when someone catches you doing unpleasant things.
Situation: Luke, who hates his ex-girlfriend, is letting the air out of her car tires when he's discovered by his friend Max.
Intention: Luke wants to explain himself.
Moral action: Luke tells Max that he lost control of his temper and is sorry, then offers to put air back in the tires.
Moral consequence: Max helps Luke fix Luke's ex-girlfriend's car tires.
Norm: You should apologize when someone catches you doing unpleasant things.
Situation: Luke, who hates his ex-girlfriend, is letting the air out of her car tires when he's discovered by his friend Max.
Intention: Luke wants to explain himself.
Immoral action: Luke tells Max that she deserves this for what she did to him, then keeps letting out the air.
Immoral consequence: Max tells Luke's ex-girlfriend, who calls the police on Luke.
Norm: You shouldn't meddle in your children's lives.
Situation: Sue called her adult son when she heard from a friend he'd been fired for being chronically late.
Intention: Sue wanted to know the reason her son didn't go to work on time.
Moral action: Sue spoke to her son about general conversation in hopes he would freely tell her about his job termination.
Moral consequence: Sue's son expressed that he had been feeling ill and been late for work several days, which lead to him getting fired.
Norm: You shouldn't meddle in your children's lives.
Situation: Sue called her adult son when she heard from a friend he'd been fired for being chronically late.
Intention: Sue wanted to know the reason her son didn't go to work on time.
Immoral action: Sue aggressively question her son about his lateness and demanded he call his boss to try to get his job back.
Immoral consequence: Sue's son became angry and told his mother to stay out of his life before he hung up on her.
Norm: It's polite to greet strangers and make them feel welcome
Situation: Claire is sitting in a lawn chair on her patio while she watches a couple get out of a van and begin moving into a nearby apartment.
Intention: Claire wants to remain in her lawn chair.
Moral action: Claire warmly greets the new couple but says that she has a bad back and cannot get up to help them move.
Moral consequence: Claire gets to remain seated and the couple things that she is a friendly person.
Norm: It's polite to greet strangers and make them feel welcome
Situation: Claire is sitting in a lawn chair on her patio while she watches a couple get out of a van and begin moving into a nearby apartment.
Intention: Claire wants to remain in her lawn chair.
Immoral action: Claire ignores the couple that is moving in by shoving a book over her eyes.
Immoral consequence: Claire doesn't have to get out of her chair but the new couple doesn't think that she is friendly.