CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's hurtful to take peoples pets away from them.
Situation: Bill is a city bylaw officer who has been called to a disturbance in a suburb regarding Nate's dog being too loud and disturbing the neighbors.
Intention: Bill has wants to resolve the neighborly dispute.
Moral action: Bill decides to tell the owner to keep the dog indoors or to get a muzzle for the dog otherhwise.
Moral consequence: The dog's owner is relieved that he won't be fined or arrested and agrees to take better care of the noise.
Norm: It's hurtful to take peoples pets away from them.
Situation: Bill is a city bylaw officer who has been called to a disturbance in a suburb regarding Nate's dog being too loud and disturbing the neighbors.
Intention: Bill has wants to resolve the neighborly dispute.
Immoral action: Bill decides to confiscate the dog from the owner and remove it from the household and give it to the pound.
Immoral consequence: The dog's owner is devastated and feels like a part of their family is being kidnapped from them.
Norm: It's good to hug your family members.
Situation: Harry is visiting with his relatives.
Intention: Harry wants to interact with people.
Moral action: Harry goes over to his cousin and gives her a big hug.
Moral consequence: Harry feels a close and special bond with his cousin.
Norm: It's good to hug your family members.
Situation: Harry is visiting with his relatives.
Intention: Harry wants to interact with people.
Immoral action: Harry waves at his uncle.
Immoral consequence: Harry doesn't feel especially close and bonded with his uncle.
Norm: It's wrong not to show up for an appointment.
Situation: Jane and Lisa are working on a project at work that they must present soon.
Intention: Jane wants to find the perfect outfit for the presentation.
Moral action: Jane picks out an outfit the day before the presentation and gets there early enough to prepare.
Moral consequence: Jane and Lisa look great presenting and are awarded bonuses for their performances.
Norm: It's wrong not to show up for an appointment.
Situation: Jane and Lisa are working on a project at work that they must present soon.
Intention: Jane wants to find the perfect outfit for the presentation.
Immoral action: Jane spends so much time picking out an outfit, she misses the presentation entirely.
Immoral consequence: Both Jane and Lisa are reprimanded at work and demoted.
Norm: You shouldn't plagiarize your assignments.
Situation: Ken is writing a paper for his class.
Intention: He wants to gets good grade.
Moral action: Ken stays up late, does his research, and hands in a good original paper.
Moral consequence: Ken gets a good grade and learned along the way.
Norm: You shouldn't plagiarize your assignments.
Situation: Ken is writing a paper for his class.
Intention: He wants to gets good grade.
Immoral action: Ken copies a paper he found online and hands it in.
Immoral consequence: Ken’s teacher figures out it is a copy and gives Ken an F.
Norm: It's rude to hit your friend with something.
Situation: John and Liam are wrestling around in a playful manner in John's basement when Liam lightly shoves John.
Intention: John wants to return the favor and hit Liam.
Moral action: John uses his palm to playfully shove Liam in the shoulder making sure it's not too rough.
Moral consequence: Liam smiles and laughs and continues rolling around on the ground enjoying himself.
Norm: It's rude to hit your friend with something.
Situation: John and Liam are wrestling around in a playful manner in John's basement when Liam lightly shoves John.
Intention: John wants to return the favor and hit Liam.
Immoral action: John picks up a shoe and whacks Liam over the head with the loose shoe.
Immoral consequence: Liam is in pain and is shocked that his friend would hit him with a blunt object like that.
Norm: It's good to let someone know when they do well.
Situation: George coaches a college soccer team where Justin is his star player.
Intention: George wants to get the most of Justin talents.
Moral action: George mentors Justin and constantly tells him how proud he is.
Moral consequence: Justin has a great for year career and leads Georges team three successful season.
Norm: It's good to let someone know when they do well.
Situation: George coaches a college soccer team where Justin is his star player.
Intention: George wants to get the most of Justin talents.
Immoral action: George pushes Justin hard in practice and only comments to him if he makes a mistake.
Immoral consequence: Justin transfers to another school after his freshman year and eventually becomes an all American.
Norm: It's nice to text people.
Situation: Mary is thinking about her friends.
Intention: Mary wants to see how her friends are doing.
Moral action: Mary sends her friends a group text to see how they all are doing.
Moral consequence: Mary feels closer to her friends after getting text messages back from them.
Norm: It's nice to text people.
Situation: Mary is thinking about her friends.
Intention: Mary wants to see how her friends are doing.
Immoral action: Mary looks at her friends social media pages.
Immoral consequence: Mary doesn't feel close to her friends.
Norm: It's wrong to abuse one's partner in a relationship.
Situation: Ronnie finds out his girlfriend Kelly broke his favorite sculpture without telling him.
Intention: Ronnie wants to confront his girlfriend about the broken sculpture.
Moral action: Ronnie asks his girlfriend about the broken sculpture.
Moral consequence: Ronnie's girlfriend apologizes for breaking the sculpture and offers to pay to fix it.
Norm: It's wrong to abuse one's partner in a relationship.
Situation: Ronnie finds out his girlfriend Kelly broke his favorite sculpture without telling him.
Intention: Ronnie wants to confront his girlfriend about the broken sculpture.
Immoral action: Ronnie punches his girlfriend for breaking his sculpture.
Immoral consequence: Ronnie's girlfriend calls the cops, and he is arrested.
Norm: It's bad to molest someone.
Situation: Bill at a frat party.
Intention: Bill wants to hook up with someone.
Moral action: Bill sees a girl he thinks is attractive and starts a conversation with her.
Moral consequence: Bill is invited by the girl to spend the night at her apartment.
Norm: It's bad to molest someone.
Situation: Bill at a frat party.
Intention: Bill wants to hook up with someone.
Immoral action: Bill finds a girl that passed out drunk and fondles her.
Immoral consequence: Bill is charged with sexual assault.
Norm: It's wrong to catfish people.
Situation: Ali is looking at a dating website.
Intention: Ali wants to meet a very hot man.
Moral action: Ali sends a message to a man complementing him on his good looks.
Moral consequence: Ali gets a date with the attractive gentleman.
Norm: It's wrong to catfish people.
Situation: Ali is looking at a dating website.
Intention: Ali wants to meet a very hot man.
Immoral action: Ali sends a picture of a famous model to a guy he finds handsome.
Immoral consequence: Ali is turned down by the man because of the fake picture that he recieved.
Norm: It's good to rekindle romance.
Situation: Emily is looking at her high school yearbook.
Intention: Emily wants to get in touch with old friends.
Moral action: Emily finds her high school sweetheart on Facebook and sends him a friend invitation.
Moral consequence: Emily gets back together with her former flame, and they have a good romance again.
Norm: It's good to rekindle romance.
Situation: Emily is looking at her high school yearbook.
Intention: Emily wants to get in touch with old friends.
Immoral action: Emily cyberstalks a person she wants to contact.
Immoral consequence: Emily is arrested for online harassment.
Norm: It's wrong to welsh on a bet.
Situation: Pete bet with his coworker on the Super Bowl but his team lost.
Intention: Pete wants to ward off being made fun of for backing the losing team.
Moral action: Pete slips the bet winnings under his coworker's office door and hides in his office all day.
Moral consequence: Pete's coworker donates the money to Pete's charity of choice.
Norm: It's wrong to welsh on a bet.
Situation: Pete bet with his coworker on the Super Bowl but his team lost.
Intention: Pete wants to ward off being made fun of for backing the losing team.
Immoral action: Pete avoids his coworker, never making good on the bet.
Immoral consequence: Pete's coworker doesn't invite him to his World Series party.
Norm: You shouldn't access someone else's online accounts without permission.
Situation: John hears that Dave's girlfriend broke up with him by sending Dave an email.
Intention: John wants to find out if the rumour is true.
Moral action: John calls Dave and just asks him if it's true that he had been broken up with through email.
Moral consequence: Dave is happy John is taking an interest in his personal life and is happy to share the breakup details with John.
Norm: You shouldn't access someone else's online accounts without permission.
Situation: John hears that Dave's girlfriend broke up with him by sending Dave an email.
Intention: John wants to find out if the rumour is true.
Immoral action: John hacks into Dave's email by figuring out his birthday is his email password, so he can read the breakup email.
Immoral consequence: Dave finds out John violated his privacy and is infuriated and feels violated and distrustful towards internet security.
Norm: It's bad to withhold things from your partner.
Situation: Ken's tooth is hurting, and he is visibly in pain so his wife Martha asks him if everything is OK?
Intention: Ken wants to respond to Martha's question.
Moral action: Ken tells Martha that he is in excruciating tooth pain and that he's just trying to get through it right now.
Moral consequence: Martha feels bad for Ken but is happy he's being honest with her, so she can help him get some relief.
Norm: It's bad to withhold things from your partner.
Situation: Ken's tooth is hurting, and he is visibly in pain so his wife Martha asks him if everything is OK?
Intention: Ken wants to respond to Martha's question.
Immoral action: Ken tells Martha that everything is fine, and she has nothing to worry about, and she should stop asking.
Immoral consequence: Martha is hurt that Ken is lying as something is obviously wrong, and she feels like he's shutting her out or doesn't think she can provide comfort.
Norm: It's expected that parents will cook food for their children.
Situation: Darlene has two kids but hates to cook.
Intention: Darlene wants to avoid doing lots of cooking.
Moral action: Darlene signs up for a meal-delivery service that makes cooking really easy.
Moral consequence: Darlene does minimal work and her children are fed.
Norm: It's expected that parents will cook food for their children.
Situation: Darlene has two kids but hates to cook.
Intention: Darlene wants to avoid doing lots of cooking.
Immoral action: Darlene neglects to feed her children because she never wants to cook.
Immoral consequence: Darlene's children are visibly emaciated and eventually taken away by child services.
Norm: It's important to give kids a good childhood.
Situation: Debby is at home with her kids.
Intention: Debby wants to get her kids out of the house.
Moral action: Debby drops her kids at their grandparent's house for a visit.
Moral consequence: Debby enjoys some quiet time at home while her kids are at their grandparents.
Norm: It's important to give kids a good childhood.
Situation: Debby is at home with her kids.
Intention: Debby wants to get her kids out of the house.
Immoral action: Debby drops her kids to go at the mall, and she goes home to take a nap.
Immoral consequence: Debby is charged with child neglect for not being with her kids in public.
Norm: You shouldn't expect family members to give you money.
Situation: Amanda is taking a new college course over the summer.
Intention: Amanda wants to get the textbooks she needs for the class.
Moral action: Amanda uses her savings to buy the textbooks.
Moral consequence: Amanda's parents are proud of her for being self sufficient.
Norm: You shouldn't expect family members to give you money.
Situation: Amanda is taking a new college course over the summer.
Intention: Amanda wants to get the textbooks she needs for the class.
Immoral action: Amanda asks her parents to buy her the textbooks.
Immoral consequence: Amanda's parents believe she is irresponsible and immature.
Norm: You should be understanding of the mentally ill.
Situation: Jack is eating dinner at a restaurant with a pal.
Intention: Jack wants to have a nice time.
Moral action: Jack orders a bottle of wine and enjoys it with a friend.
Moral consequence: Jack has an engaging conversation with his friend.
Norm: You should be understanding of the mentally ill.
Situation: Jack is eating dinner at a restaurant with a pal.
Intention: Jack wants to have a nice time.
Immoral action: Jack asks a couple at the next table to keep their autistic kid quiet.
Immoral consequence: Jack is asked to leave the restaurant and banned for his rude behavior.
Norm: You shouldn't post online just to get attention.
Situation: John was offered a large signing bonus with his new job.
Intention: John wants to share his good fortune.
Moral action: John posts to his friend and family group that he got his dream job.
Moral consequence: John's friends and family congratulate him on his new job.
Norm: You shouldn't post online just to get attention.
Situation: John was offered a large signing bonus with his new job.
Intention: John wants to share his good fortune.
Immoral action: John posts a public message on his Facebook page with a picture of his offer letter.
Immoral consequence: His new company rescinds their offer because John violated their privacy rules.
Norm: You shouldn't get back together with your ex.
Situation: After a breakup, Chuck feels lonely one evening.
Intention: Chuck wants some companionship.
Moral action: Chuck goes out and meets some new people.
Moral consequence: Chuck finds another woman to be his girlfriend, and it works out better than before.
Norm: You shouldn't get back together with your ex.
Situation: After a breakup, Chuck feels lonely one evening.
Intention: Chuck wants some companionship.
Immoral action: Chuck calls up his ex and gets back together with her.
Immoral consequence: Chuck and his ex have the same problems as they had before, making them both miserable.
Norm: It's good to go out with someone that likes you.
Situation: Don is looking thru the personal ads in the paper.
Intention: Don wants to find a date.
Moral action: Don reads all the ads and the invites some he has a lot in common with on a date.
Moral consequence: Don has a wonderful date talking with his date about their shared interests.
Norm: It's good to go out with someone that likes you.
Situation: Don is looking thru the personal ads in the paper.
Intention: Don wants to find a date.
Immoral action: Don sends invites the first person he reads about on a date.
Immoral consequence: Don has a bad date because the other person doesn't like Don.
Norm: It's rude to talk about other's medical conditions.
Situation: Mark works in an office with his friend, who has bipolar disorder.
Intention: Mark wants to be better friends with the boss.
Moral action: Mark invites his boss to lunch since they seem a bit depresssed.
Moral consequence: Mark talks with his boss, and they both feel better, as the boss needed a break and Mark feels he knows and trusts his boss better.
Norm: It's rude to talk about other's medical conditions.
Situation: Mark works in an office with his friend, who has bipolar disorder.
Intention: Mark wants to be better friends with the boss.
Immoral action: Mark talks about his friend's manic episodes and how out of control he gets, to make his boss feel closer to him.
Immoral consequence: Mark's boss ends up letting the friend go because they're not seen as stable and reliable in the workplace.
Norm: It's wrong to glorify mass shootings.
Situation: Jon is having a conversation with friends.
Intention: Jon wants to talk about the Las Vegas massacre.
Moral action: Jon comments on how horrible the loss of life was in shooting in Las Vegas.
Moral consequence: Jon and his have a somber discussion about the evils of mass shooters.
Norm: It's wrong to glorify mass shootings.
Situation: Jon is having a conversation with friends.
Intention: Jon wants to talk about the Las Vegas massacre.
Immoral action: Jon lauds the Las Vegas shooter for being so accurate from such a long distance away.
Immoral consequence: Jon is castigated by his friends, and they refuse to talk with him any longer.
Norm: It's good to shower regularly.
Situation: Janice is an older woman who does not enjoy taking showers because they are difficult.
Intention: Janice wants to make her life easier.
Moral action: Janice gets a shower chair so that showering isn't so difficult for her.
Moral consequence: Janice is clean every day and able to interact socially.
Norm: It's good to shower regularly.
Situation: Janice is an older woman who does not enjoy taking showers because they are difficult.
Intention: Janice wants to make her life easier.
Immoral action: Janice decides it is too difficult to shower daily and only does so once a month.
Immoral consequence: As a result, Janice smells really bad and her friends and family avoid her.
Norm: You shouldn't blame others for your problems.
Situation: John gets fired at work and comes home and tells his wife Janet who asks him why he thinks he got let go.
Intention: John wants to respond to Janet's question.
Moral action: John tells Janet that he thinks it's because he could do a lot more to improve his performance and vows to do so at his next job.
Moral consequence: Janet is proud that her husband is taking personal responsibility and vows to help him get through it.
Norm: You shouldn't blame others for your problems.
Situation: John gets fired at work and comes home and tells his wife Janet who asks him why he thinks he got let go.
Intention: John wants to respond to Janet's question.
Immoral action: John tells Janet that it's because she's not a supportive wife, and if he was married to someone else he'd still have a job.
Immoral consequence: Janet is devastated and begins to cry as she is overwhelmed by the sudden weight John is throwing on her conscience.
Norm: You shouldn't block the door.
Situation: James is at the movie theater when he sees his friend Tim on his way in.
Intention: James wants to chat with Tim before the movie starts.
Moral action: James asks Tim to step aside to chat for a bit.
Moral consequence: Everyone is able to enter the theater on time to find seats before the movie begins.
Norm: You shouldn't block the door.
Situation: James is at the movie theater when he sees his friend Tim on his way in.
Intention: James wants to chat with Tim before the movie starts.
Immoral action: James stands between  the theater's entrance doors to talk to Tim.
Immoral consequence: James jams up the traffic of entering movie-goers, and they all end up missing the beginning of the movie.
Norm: It's wrong to treat people differently because of their race.
Situation: Sarah owns a fancy restaurant with a strict dress code.
Intention: Sarah wants the restaurant to be known to attract people of status.
Moral action: Sarah welcomes people of all races to her restaurant, so long as they follow dress code.
Moral consequence: Sarah's restaurant is known for being diverse which makes it an even more popular dining destination.
Norm: It's wrong to treat people differently because of their race.
Situation: Sarah owns a fancy restaurant with a strict dress code.
Intention: Sarah wants the restaurant to be known to attract people of status.
Immoral action: Sarah sees minority guests in her restaurant and asks them to leave, stating the violation of dress code.
Immoral consequence: The disgraced guests prove that they did not violate dress-code and sue Sarah for discrimination.
Norm: It's wrong to judge how others live their life.
Situation: Dave has just met Kevin at a party when Kevin tells Dave that he lives life as a nudist.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Kevin's admission.
Moral action: Dave tells Kevin that he loves warm clothes too much to be a nudist but respects Kevin's choice as it's his home.
Moral consequence: Kevin feels happy that Dave understands and isn't being judgemental about his life choices.
Norm: It's wrong to judge how others live their life.
Situation: Dave has just met Kevin at a party when Kevin tells Dave that he lives life as a nudist.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Kevin's admission.
Immoral action: Dave tells Kevin  that he is disgusting and that he should be ashamed of himself.
Immoral consequence: Kevin feels low and derided and is extremely embarrassed and remorseful for revealing that to Dave.
Norm: Being upfront with someone about your intentions is honorable.
Situation: Bill is on a date with Sally when Sally flat out asks Bill if he was planning on them sleeping together that night.
Intention: Bill wants to respond to Sally's question.
Moral action: Bill tells Sally that as embarrassing as it is to admit it that he definitely was hoping they'd end up in bed.
Moral consequence: Sally is happy Bill finds her attractive and is attracted to his bluntness and honesty and vows to make his wish come true.
Norm: Being upfront with someone about your intentions is honorable.
Situation: Bill is on a date with Sally when Sally flat out asks Bill if he was planning on them sleeping together that night.
Intention: Bill wants to respond to Sally's question.
Immoral action: Bill tells Sally that of course not, he only wants to show her a good time and take her home like a gentleman.
Immoral consequence: Sally thinks less of Bill because she knows he's lying, and she doesn't appreciate being toyed with and patronized.
Norm: It's not okay to stress yourself about things unnecessarily.
Situation: Wilma hears about the COVID-19 pandemic and how people are dying.
Intention: Wilma wants to prepare for the pandemic.
Moral action: Wilma buys a mask and keep some cash and food on hand for emergencies.
Moral consequence: Wilma uses some of the stockpile but otherwise maintains a normal life, staying happy.
Norm: It's not okay to stress yourself about things unnecessarily.
Situation: Wilma hears about the COVID-19 pandemic and how people are dying.
Intention: Wilma wants to prepare for the pandemic.
Immoral action: Wilma stockpiles six months worth of food and berates anyone approaching within 30 feet of her house.
Immoral consequence: Wilma becomes isolated and depressed due to lack of human contact.
Norm: You shouldn't do things against other people's wishes.
Situation: Dave is at home with his wife Judy, and he's flipping through the channels and Judy asks him to pick anything but sports.
Intention: Dave wants to choose a channel to settle on.
Moral action: Dave flips through the channels and finds a Conway Twitty concert from the 70's and decides to put that channel on.
Moral consequence: Judy is happy that Dave chose something along her guidelines and that she has a loving husband.
Norm: You shouldn't do things against other people's wishes.
Situation: Dave is at home with his wife Judy, and he's flipping through the channels and Judy asks him to pick anything but sports.
Intention: Dave wants to choose a channel to settle on.
Immoral action: Dave flips through the channels and notices that a hockey game is on, which he likes, so he puts that channel on.
Immoral consequence: Judy is annoyed that Dave doesn't seem to care about what she thinks and is irritated by the sports that irk her.
Norm: It is important to not praise yourself too much.
Situation: Ted is a professional swimmer and is preparing for a big event.
Intention: Ted wants to improve his self-esteem.
Moral action: Ted improves his swimming technique and times himself to track his improvement.
Moral consequence: Ted sees his improvement, boosting his confidence.
Norm: It is important to not praise yourself too much.
Situation: Ted is a professional swimmer and is preparing for a big event.
Intention: Ted wants to improve his self-esteem.
Immoral action: Ted constantly repeats that he is the greatest swimmer alive.
Immoral consequence: Ted begins to believe it and acts conceited towards everyone he knows, disgusting them.