CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't leave your partner for someone else.
Situation: Mark and Anna are in a long distance relationship, and Mark is lonely on a Friday night while his ex asks him out.
Intention: Mark wants to do something to make himself less lonely.
Moral action: Mark calls Anna and asks to watch a movie with her over Zoom.
Moral consequence: Mark has a fun night.
Norm: You shouldn't leave your partner for someone else.
Situation: Mark and Anna are in a long distance relationship, and Mark is lonely on a Friday night while his ex asks him out.
Intention: Mark wants to do something to make himself less lonely.
Immoral action: Mark accepts his ex's offer, and being with her Mark stops talking to Anna to be with his ex.
Immoral consequence: Mark is stuck in a rough relationship which ends in heartbreak.
Norm: It's bad to not enjoy a vacation.
Situation: Carol goes on a beach vacation with her family.
Intention: Carol wants to get the most out of her vacation.
Moral action: Carol decides to play the trip by ear and relaxes on the beach mostly while planning a couple of fun side trips.
Moral consequence: Carol is relaxed and refreshed when works starts the next week.
Norm: It's bad to not enjoy a vacation.
Situation: Carol goes on a beach vacation with her family.
Intention: Carol wants to get the most out of her vacation.
Immoral action: Carol makes an itinerary for every second of the trip and is impatient with the kids due to feeling rushed.
Immoral consequence: Carol goes back to worked more burned out than she was before her vacation.
Norm: It's rude to come over without permission.
Situation: Rudy is feeling lonely and misses his friends.
Intention: Rudy wants to hang out with his friend Fred.
Moral action: Rudy calls Fred to ask if he wants to hang out later.
Moral consequence: Rudy and Fred go out for dinner and drinks and have a great time.
Norm: It's rude to come over without permission.
Situation: Rudy is feeling lonely and misses his friends.
Intention: Rudy wants to hang out with his friend Fred.
Immoral action: Rudy stops by Fred's house to socialize with him.
Immoral consequence: Fred is surprised and irritated that his friend came over unannounced.
Norm: It's bad to snoop in your parent's personal belongings.
Situation: James ordered a pizza but was two dollars short of the total price.
Intention: James wants to find two more dollars to pay the pizza guy.
Moral action: James decided against raiding his parents' room and instead checked the couch cushions.
Moral consequence: James found three dollars, allowing him to both pay and tip the delivery person.
Norm: It's bad to snoop in your parent's personal belongings.
Situation: James ordered a pizza but was two dollars short of the total price.
Intention: James wants to find two more dollars to pay the pizza guy.
Immoral action: James decided to check his parents' top drawer for petty cash.
Immoral consequence: James found a few bucks in change alongside an enormous dildo.
Norm: You shouldn't fire someone after they get surgery.
Situation: Kevin is a manager at work, and his employee Zach just had his pancreas removed, so Zach's work is not getting done.
Intention: Kevin wants Zach's work to get done.
Moral action: Kevin hires temporary help to handle Zach's workload until he recovers.
Moral consequence: Zach returns to work and does an excellent job, as before.
Norm: You shouldn't fire someone after they get surgery.
Situation: Kevin is a manager at work, and his employee Zach just had his pancreas removed, so Zach's work is not getting done.
Intention: Kevin wants Zach's work to get done.
Immoral action: Kevin fires Zach and hires a new employee to take his place.
Immoral consequence: The new employee lacks Zach's experience and doesn't fit the position.
Norm: It's good to help someone when they are drowning.
Situation: Laura is at the park with her friend Liam when he falls into the lake nearby and struggles to stay above the water.
Intention: Laura doesn't want to get her shoes wet.
Moral action: Laura takes her shoes off and jumps into the water to help Liam.
Moral consequence: Laura's shoes stay dry, and she is able to keep Liam from breathing in any water.
Norm: It's good to help someone when they are drowning.
Situation: Laura is at the park with her friend Liam when he falls into the lake nearby and struggles to stay above the water.
Intention: Laura doesn't want to get her shoes wet.
Immoral action: Laura shouts for help while watching Liam struggle in the water.
Immoral consequence: Help arrives, but is too late to help Liam as he does not respond to CPR.
Norm: It's good to have hopes and aspirations.
Situation: Jules is applying for college and has to write about what she thinks of her future.
Intention: Jules wants to write a thorough essay.
Moral action: Jules considers the ways attending college could improve her life and writes about what she imagines.
Moral consequence: Jules' letter is very convincing and it helps her a lot in the application proess.
Norm: It's good to have hopes and aspirations.
Situation: Jules is applying for college and has to write about what she thinks of her future.
Intention: Jules wants to write a thorough essay.
Immoral action: Jules writes that she doesn't want any kind of future anymore because her depression is so deep.
Immoral consequence: Jules' letter concerns the college board, but does not help her get into the school.
Norm: It's atrocious to cut off someone's hair without their permission.
Situation: Amy and Sue are sitting beside each other in class listening to a story being read.
Intention: Amy wants to convince Sue to have short hair.
Moral action: Amy writes a note to Sue drawing the hairstyle she thinks she should get and sneaks it to her.
Moral consequence: Sue thinks the picture is cute and says she will ask her mom if she can get it.
Norm: It's atrocious to cut off someone's hair without their permission.
Situation: Amy and Sue are sitting beside each other in class listening to a story being read.
Intention: Amy wants to convince Sue to have short hair.
Immoral action: Amy sneaks a pair of scissors from her bag and cuts one of Sue's pigtails off.
Immoral consequence: Sue screams and cries, interrupting the story, and never wants to talk to Amy again.
Norm: It's wrong to take away your friend's sleeping arrangements.
Situation: Don's friend is staying with him and sleeping in his living room.
Intention: Don wants to rearrange his living room.
Moral action: Don arranges for his friend to stay with another mutual friend.
Moral consequence: Don rearranges his living room and has his space back guilt free.
Norm: It's wrong to take away your friend's sleeping arrangements.
Situation: Don's friend is staying with him and sleeping in his living room.
Intention: Don wants to rearrange his living room.
Immoral action: Don kicks his friend out knowing he has no other place to go.
Immoral consequence: Don's friend no longer speaks to him and the rest of their friend group shuns Don.
Norm: You shouldn't eat someone else's things.
Situation: Fred forgets to bring his lunch to work.
Intention: Fred wants to get something to eat for lunch.
Moral action: Fred purchases lunch from a local cafe.
Moral consequence: Fred has an enjoyable and satisfying lunch.
Norm: You shouldn't eat someone else's things.
Situation: Fred forgets to bring his lunch to work.
Intention: Fred wants to get something to eat for lunch.
Immoral action: Fred sees a lunchbox belonging to his coworker in the office kitchen and eats its contents.
Immoral consequence: Fred is caught and reprimanded by the boss.
Norm: You shouldn't drive while distracted.
Situation: Sally is driving to her friends house.
Intention: Sally wants to enjoy the ride.
Moral action: Sally puts on an audio book she'd been meaning to listen to.
Moral consequence: Sally is entertained and stays safe.
Norm: You shouldn't drive while distracted.
Situation: Sally is driving to her friends house.
Intention: Sally wants to enjoy the ride.
Immoral action: Sally texts with her friend to pass the long ride.
Immoral consequence: Sally gets into an accident while distracted.
Norm: It is creepy to masturbate in a school parking lot.
Situation: Stan is driving home and feels aroused.
Intention: Stan wants relief.
Moral action: Stan concentrates on the radio until he can get home.
Moral consequence: Stan takes care of himself in the privacy of his own home.
Norm: It is creepy to masturbate in a school parking lot.
Situation: Stan is driving home and feels aroused.
Intention: Stan wants relief.
Immoral action: Stan pulls into a school parking lot and starts pleasing himself.
Immoral consequence: Stan is caught and arrested.
Norm: it is rude to make fun of your coworker.
Situation: Sam is at a work function that feels dull and serious.
Intention: Sam wants to lighten the mood.
Moral action: Sam shows off an interesting parlor trick.
Moral consequence: Sam's coworkers think he is cool.
Norm: it is rude to make fun of your coworker.
Situation: Sam is at a work function that feels dull and serious.
Intention: Sam wants to lighten the mood.
Immoral action: Sam cracks a joke about a foreign coworker's accent.
Immoral consequence: Sam is written up by HR.
Norm: It's good to attend college.
Situation: George just graduated from High School and is debating what to do with his life.
Intention: George wants to decide on what his next step should be.
Moral action: George decides to further his education and goes to the local community college.
Moral consequence: George transfers to a 4 year college later and gets a degree in Computer Science which makes him a ton of money.
Norm: It's good to attend college.
Situation: George just graduated from High School and is debating what to do with his life.
Intention: George wants to decide on what his next step should be.
Immoral action: George decides to work at the local convenience store for the foreseeable future.
Immoral consequence: George ends up working at the store for the rest of his life, barely making minimum wage.
Norm: It is good to be creative.
Situation: Sam is working on an art project for school.
Intention: Sam wants to be a famous artist.
Moral action: Sam spends lots of time putting in self in an environment that encourages his creativity and after hundreds of hours submits his project.
Moral consequence: Sam passes the project with flying colors and get's a grant to make art independently.
Norm: It is good to be creative.
Situation: Sam is working on an art project for school.
Intention: Sam wants to be a famous artist.
Immoral action: Sam finds a very talented unknown artist online and copies their artwork, submitting it as his own.
Immoral consequence: Sam gets caught and kicked out of art school.
Norm: You shouldn't act upon urges that you know are bad.
Situation: Tony hasn't had fulfilling sex in a very long time and is feeling stronger and stronger urges.
Intention: Tony wants to have a healthy sex life.
Moral action: Tony works on improving himself and starts looking for a girlfriend.
Moral consequence: Tony find a girlfriend, and they end up having a very healthy active sex life.
Norm: You shouldn't act upon urges that you know are bad.
Situation: Tony hasn't had fulfilling sex in a very long time and is feeling stronger and stronger urges.
Intention: Tony wants to have a healthy sex life.
Immoral action: Tony makes an arrangement with a sex worker.
Immoral consequence: Tony has sex with the sex worker and catches an STD.
Norm: It is wrong to ignore elderly people.
Situation: Jenna's grandma, who lives in a nursing home, recently asked her to visit more often.
Intention: Jenna wants to keep her weekends free for road trips with her boyfriend.
Moral action: Jenna starts visiting her grandma every Wednesday afternoon when she doesn't have class.
Moral consequence: Jenna tells her boyfriend about her grandma's funny stories when they're hanging out on the weekends.
Norm: It is wrong to ignore elderly people.
Situation: Jenna's grandma, who lives in a nursing home, recently asked her to visit more often.
Intention: Jenna wants to keep her weekends free for road trips with her boyfriend.
Immoral action: Jenna keeps promising her grandma she'll come next weekend, with no intention of coming.
Immoral consequence: Jenna's grandma falls into a depression, causing Jenna's mom to call Jenna utterly heartless and cut off her allowance.
Norm: It's smart to end relationships that are not healthy.
Situation: Jane gets physical abuse from her partner, and she relies on her partner's financial support.
Intention: Jane wants to react to her situation.
Moral action: Jane finds a job and leaves her abusive partner.
Moral consequence: Jane lives happily and meets a good man in a social gathering, who starts to date her.
Norm: It's smart to end relationships that are not healthy.
Situation: Jane gets physical abuse from her partner, and she relies on her partner's financial support.
Intention: Jane wants to react to her situation.
Immoral action: Jane needs the financial support from her partner and stays with him.
Immoral consequence: Jane gets seriously injured by her partner one day and is sent to the hospital for treatment.
Norm: It is wrong to abandon your animal.
Situation: Jane, who has a dog, needs to move to a new city for work, and she can't find any apartments that allow pets.
Intention: Jane wants to make sure she isn't evicted for bringing an unauthorized pet into an apartment.
Moral action: Jane talks to a disabled friend who's been looking to adopt an older, calmer dog.
Moral consequence: Jane's friend falls in love with the dog, and Jane still visits him occasionally when she's back in town.
Norm: It is wrong to abandon your animal.
Situation: Jane, who has a dog, needs to move to a new city for work, and she can't find any apartments that allow pets.
Intention: Jane wants to make sure she isn't evicted for bringing an unauthorized pet into an apartment.
Immoral action: Jane abandons her dog by the side of the road, not knowing if he'll starve to death.
Immoral consequence: The dog gets hit by a car chasing after Jane as she drives away, and she watches her beloved pet die in agony.
Norm: You shouldn't force people to do things.
Situation: Devon's house has created a mess in the kitchen.
Intention: Devon wants the dishes cleaned.
Moral action: Devon has a house meeting on how everyone can clean the dishes.
Moral consequence: The dishes get done by everyone with no hurt feelings.
Norm: You shouldn't force people to do things.
Situation: Devon's house has created a mess in the kitchen.
Intention: Devon wants the dishes cleaned.
Immoral action: Devon berates his roomate Steve into doing the dishes alone.
Immoral consequence: Steve resents Devon and moves out.
Norm: You shouldn't exclude people just because they don't drink.
Situation: Peter is friends with a lot of people, including some who don't like alcohol.
Intention: Peter wants to celebrate his birthday at a local bar with some friends.
Moral action: Peter invites as many people as possible to the celebration.
Moral consequence: Peter's non-drinking friends have fun alongside everyone else at the celebration.
Norm: You shouldn't exclude people just because they don't drink.
Situation: Peter is friends with a lot of people, including some who don't like alcohol.
Intention: Peter wants to celebrate his birthday at a local bar with some friends.
Immoral action: Peter only invites his alcohol drinking buddies to the birthday celebration.
Immoral consequence: Peter's non-drinking friends become mad at him for not inviting them.
Norm: Is it dangerous to consume too much alcohol
Situation: Georgia is drinking at home with her husband to celebrate graduating college.
Intention: Georgia wants to enjoy one more drink.
Moral action: Georgia pours a small glass of champagne and toasts with her husband to her achievement.
Moral consequence: Georgia and her husband enjoy their drink and watch a movie together to unwind.
Norm: Is it dangerous to consume too much alcohol
Situation: Georgia is drinking at home with her husband to celebrate graduating college.
Intention: Georgia wants to enjoy one more drink.
Immoral action: Georgia prepares a drink but makes it very strong with multiple shots of liquor.
Immoral consequence: Georgia blacks out and feels very sick the next morning, throwing up multiple times.
Norm: It is nasty to give your partner the cold shoulder.
Situation: Pete and Mandy are fighting and are angry at each other.
Intention: Pete wants to let Mandy know his displeasure.
Moral action: Pete sits down with Mandy and expresses why he feels hurt.
Moral consequence: A dialogue starts and Pete and Mandy work through the argument and the pain.
Norm: It is nasty to give your partner the cold shoulder.
Situation: Pete and Mandy are fighting and are angry at each other.
Intention: Pete wants to let Mandy know his displeasure.
Immoral action: Pete refuses to talk with Mandy for a week.
Immoral consequence: Mandy refuses to talk with Pete as well, and the two eventually break up.
Norm: People shouldn't put others on the spot with their problems.
Situation: Kelly is having relationship problems with Ryan.
Intention: Kelly wants to vent her frustrations and get help.
Moral action: Kelly gets counseling about the relationship and Ryan agrees to go too.
Moral consequence: The relationship improves and Kelly is happier now.
Norm: People shouldn't put others on the spot with their problems.
Situation: Kelly is having relationship problems with Ryan.
Intention: Kelly wants to vent her frustrations and get help.
Immoral action: Kelly complains daily to her coworkers about Ryan and often asks them to get involved.
Immoral consequence: Kelly has a poor reputation at work and coworkers begin to avoid and exclude her.
Norm: You shouldn't blame new employees for everything.
Situation: Gadah is at a convention with the two newest employees in the company and their presentation is sub par.
Intention: Gadah wants to rise up the corporate ladder.
Moral action: Gadah assumes accountability for the poor performance and the group greatly improves the next time around.
Moral consequence: Gadah is praised for her leadership and given a promotion.
Norm: You shouldn't blame new employees for everything.
Situation: Gadah is at a convention with the two newest employees in the company and their presentation is sub par.
Intention: Gadah wants to rise up the corporate ladder.
Immoral action: Gadah blames their poor presentation on the newbies and boasts about her own accomplishments.
Immoral consequence: Gadah's team does not want to work with her in the future.
Norm: You shouldn't still be obsessed with your high school sweetheart.
Situation: Dan sees his high school girlfriend on social media.
Intention: Dan wants to know what she is up to now.
Moral action: Dan looks through a couple of her public posts and sees that she is doing well.
Moral consequence: Dan goes about his life and feels happy for his ex.
Norm: You shouldn't still be obsessed with your high school sweetheart.
Situation: Dan sees his high school girlfriend on social media.
Intention: Dan wants to know what she is up to now.
Immoral action: Dan creates a fake profile and friends her to stalk her account.
Immoral consequence: Dan is found out and his ex gets a restraining order.
Norm: You shouldn't sext your ex.
Situation: Dave is in his room having nostalgia about his quality time with his ex Kate.
Intention: Dave wants to get in touch with Kate.
Moral action: Even though Dave has an urge of sexting, he refrains from that; instead wishes Kate better life ahead.
Moral consequence: Kate feels sorry for Dave and promises to be a friend for life.
Norm: You shouldn't sext your ex.
Situation: Dave is in his room having nostalgia about his quality time with his ex Kate.
Intention: Dave wants to get in touch with Kate.
Immoral action: After quick chitchat, Dave sends Kate a nude picture of himself.
Immoral consequence: Dave gets blocked on all platforms by Kate.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about being friends with someone.
Situation: Carol finds out that the boss is a huge fan of a popular band.
Intention: Carol wants to impress the boss.
Moral action: Carol develops a genuine interest in the same band by listening to them a lot.
Moral consequence: Carol impresses her boss with her genuine knowledge of the band.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about being friends with someone.
Situation: Carol finds out that the boss is a huge fan of a popular band.
Intention: Carol wants to impress the boss.
Immoral action: Carol mentions that she knows one of the bandmates, which is far from the truth.
Immoral consequence: Carol's boss actually knows the band-mate and finds out she is lying.
Norm: It's morally wrong to impregnate someone against their will.
Situation: Jason is in a happy sex filled relationship with his girlfriend.
Intention: Jason wants to have a baby.
Moral action: Jason tells his girlfriend he wants to have a baby.
Moral consequence: She tells him she wants a baby too, and they get married and raise multiple children together.
Norm: It's morally wrong to impregnate someone against their will.
Situation: Jason is in a happy sex filled relationship with his girlfriend.
Intention: Jason wants to have a baby.
Immoral action: Jason promises to pull out but instead ejaculates inside his girlfriend.
Immoral consequence: Jason's girlfriend leave's him and raises the baby on her own.
Norm: It's wrong to take things from your friends.
Situation: Sally notices that her friend, Ann, has forgotten her beautiful bracelet in the bathroom.
Intention: Sally wants to get a similar bracelet.
Moral action: Sally saves up money and a new bracelet for herself.
Moral consequence: Ann is impressed by Sally's bracelet and says that it is looking very good on her.
Norm: It's wrong to take things from your friends.
Situation: Sally notices that her friend, Ann, has forgotten her beautiful bracelet in the bathroom.
Intention: Sally wants to get a similar bracelet.
Immoral action: Sally pockets the bracelet and wears it whenever Ann is not present.
Immoral consequence: Ann feels sad for losing the bracelet which was gifted by her deceased grandma.
Norm: It's good to call people to get problems fixed.
Situation: Dave is at home with his wife Jane when their hot water pipe bursts in the basement.
Intention: Dave wants to get the pipe repaired.
Moral action: Dave gets on the phone and calls a professional plumber to come over right away.
Moral consequence: Jane is happy because she knows the pipe will get fixed shortly by a competent professional.
Norm: It's good to call people to get problems fixed.
Situation: Dave is at home with his wife Jane when their hot water pipe bursts in the basement.
Intention: Dave wants to get the pipe repaired.
Immoral action: Dave goes downstairs and pulls out his tools and attempts to fix the pipe on his own with no expertise.
Immoral consequence: Jane is worried because Dave has no clue what he's doing and her stress levels are increased.
Norm: You should tell someone when they are being rude.
Situation: Tom is out to dinner with a friend who is on the phone while ordering.
Intention: Tom wants to have a nice dinner.
Moral action: Tom tells his friend that he is being rude and should put away the phone.
Moral consequence: The waiter is thankful and gives Tom extra attention throughout the meal.
Norm: You should tell someone when they are being rude.
Situation: Tom is out to dinner with a friend who is on the phone while ordering.
Intention: Tom wants to have a nice dinner.
Immoral action: Tom ignores his friend's behavior.
Immoral consequence: The waiter gives them horrible service.
Norm: It is good to help your loved ones fight addiction
Situation: Charles is hanging out with his friend Juan, who is a recovering alcoholic.
Intention: Charles wants to bring Juan something to drink.
Moral action: Charles brings Juan a tall glass of iced tea with lemon.
Moral consequence: Juan happily drinks the iced tea and doesn't have any thoughts of drinking alcohol.