CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't say mean things to girls about their looks.
Situation: James felt disappointed that Jenna beat him at the chess tournament.
Intention: James wants to feel less inferior to Jenna.
Moral action: James mentally thinks that at least he's more attractive than Jenna, while outwardly congratulating her.
Moral consequence: James' ego is soothed without offending anyone, and he keeps practicing to get better at chess.
Norm: You shouldn't say mean things to girls about their looks.
Situation: James felt disappointed that Jenna beat him at the chess tournament.
Intention: James wants to feel less inferior to Jenna.
Immoral action: James tells Jenna she's a fat, pimply nerd no one will ever love.
Immoral consequence: James' friends laugh, but the chess club advisor overhears and kicks him off the team.
Norm: It's annoying when people are too thrifty.
Situation: Willy has a lot of coupons which can be applied to the same item with the right strategy.
Intention: Willy wants to save money.
Moral action: Willy decides to only use one coupon since there is a line forming.
Moral consequence: The people in the queue are happier to have a shorter wait time.
Norm: It's annoying when people are too thrifty.
Situation: Willy has a lot of coupons which can be applied to the same item with the right strategy.
Intention: Willy wants to save money.
Immoral action: Willy holds up the line at the store by getting the clerk to apply every coupon he has.
Immoral consequence: The people in line are annoyed with Willy.
Norm: You shouldn't punish an employee for voicing concerns.
Situation: James, concerned by the difficulties people were having with the new software system, asked his employees what specifically was causing all the problems.
Intention: James wants people to work all day without being distracted by computer problems.
Moral action: James makes a list of everyone having problems and hires a computer skills instructor to retrain them.
Moral consequence: The employees learn how to handle the new software and productivity goes way up.
Norm: You shouldn't punish an employee for voicing concerns.
Situation: James, concerned by the difficulties people were having with the new software system, asked his employees what specifically was causing all the problems.
Intention: James wants people to work all day without being distracted by computer problems.
Immoral action: James fires anyone who says the software is confusing, on the grounds that they must be technically illiterate.
Immoral consequence: While the remaining employees can solve all their own computer problems, there's half as many of them, so they get half as much work done.
Norm: It's rude to judge someone for being an atheist.
Situation: Paul is inviting his friends over for Easter Breakfast.
Intention: Paul wants all his friends to feel happy on Easter with him.
Moral action: Paul’s friend admits he’s not religious but Paul tells him to come anyways.
Moral consequence: Everyone enjoys each other’s company and the group all enjoy a nice meal.
Norm: It's rude to judge someone for being an atheist.
Situation: Paul is inviting his friends over for Easter Breakfast.
Intention: Paul wants all his friends to feel happy on Easter with him.
Immoral action: A friend of Paul admits he doesn’t celebrate Easter and Paul criticizes him rot his lack of faith.
Immoral consequence: Paul and his friend don’t speak for a while because of Paul being judgemental.
Norm: It's wrong to get between two peoples relationships.
Situation: Jen has a friend with a partner that seems like a bit of a jerk.
Intention: Jen wants to support her friend.
Moral action: Jen stays out of it and wishes her friend the best with her relationship.
Moral consequence: Jen's friend is grateful she has such a good friend.
Norm: It's wrong to get between two peoples relationships.
Situation: Jen has a friend with a partner that seems like a bit of a jerk.
Intention: Jen wants to support her friend.
Immoral action: Jen focuses on everything wrong with the partner to encourage them to break up.
Immoral consequence: Jen's friend breaks up with a partner who is actually good for her overall.
Norm: It's rude to clean the toilet with someone's toothbrush.
Situation: The bathroom in Emily's house is very dirty.
Intention: Emily wants to clean the bathroom.
Moral action: Emily uses the appropriate brushes and supplies to clean the bathroom.
Moral consequence: The bathroom is clean and everyone is healthy.
Norm: It's rude to clean the toilet with someone's toothbrush.
Situation: The bathroom in Emily's house is very dirty.
Intention: Emily wants to clean the bathroom.
Immoral action: Emily uses her brother's toothbrush to clean hard to reach places.
Immoral consequence: Her brother gets very ill from the germs.
Norm: Cheating on someone is deceptive and unfair.
Situation: Tom is in a relation but is finding himself more and more attracted to other women.
Intention: Tom wants to have sex with a gorgeous woman he recently met.
Moral action: Tom tells his girlfriend he is attracted to another woman.
Moral consequence: Toms girlfriend says she understands and tells him he is free to pursue her, they remain good friends and Tom ends up sleeping with the gorgeous woman.
Norm: Cheating on someone is deceptive and unfair.
Situation: Tom is in a relation but is finding himself more and more attracted to other women.
Intention: Tom wants to have sex with a gorgeous woman he recently met.
Immoral action: Tom asks the gorgeous women if she wants to hook up with him.
Immoral consequence: She says yes, but finds out he is in a relationship and lets his partner know, she never meets him and his partner leaves him as well.
Norm: You shouldn't change the difficulty setting on someone else's game.
Situation: Jimmy tells Joe that Joe can play games on Jimmy's computer while Jimmy gets chores done.
Intention: Joe wants to play challenging games.
Moral action: Joe makes sure he undoes any changes to game settings before closing the game.
Moral consequence: Jimmy feels respected and tells everyone that Joe can be trusted.
Norm: You shouldn't change the difficulty setting on someone else's game.
Situation: Jimmy tells Joe that Joe can play games on Jimmy's computer while Jimmy gets chores done.
Intention: Joe wants to play challenging games.
Immoral action: Joe opens the settings to several games and changes the difficulties until he finds one that is challenging enough.
Immoral consequence: When Jimmy tries to play games he discovers the tampering and loses respect for Joe.
Norm: You shouldn't put holes in your apartment walls.
Situation: Jill is getting tired of the current interior deign of the apartment which has been the same for many years.
Intention: Jill wants to refresh the look of the apartment.
Moral action: Jill uses a mild and safe adhesive to hang the pictures.
Moral consequence: Jill has avoiding damaging the apartment walls.
Norm: You shouldn't put holes in your apartment walls.
Situation: Jill is getting tired of the current interior deign of the apartment which has been the same for many years.
Intention: Jill wants to refresh the look of the apartment.
Immoral action: Jill drives in several nails so she can hang pictures.
Immoral consequence: Jill has damaged the walls of the apartment.
Norm: You should not express your rage on the road.
Situation: Jason is driving on the highway and a car cuts him off.
Intention: Jason wants to let out frustration.
Moral action: Jason mutters under his breath.
Moral consequence: Jason lets off steam without endangering others.
Norm: You should not express your rage on the road.
Situation: Jason is driving on the highway and a car cuts him off.
Intention: Jason wants to let out frustration.
Immoral action: Jason pulls up next to the car and flips it off.
Immoral consequence: Both Jason and the driver of the car are angry and act in dangerous ways.
Norm: It's bad to misrepresent yourself on dating apps.
Situation: Tim has been single for awhile and feels ready to date again.
Intention: Tim wants to meet some new people on a dating website.
Moral action: Tim finds a creative way to present himself on the dating website.
Moral consequence: People are genuinely interested in Tim, and he meets good people.
Norm: It's bad to misrepresent yourself on dating apps.
Situation: Tim has been single for awhile and feels ready to date again.
Intention: Tim wants to meet some new people on a dating website.
Immoral action: Tim exaggerates details on his profile to appear more appealing.
Immoral consequence: People find out that Tim has lied and it doesn't work out between them after they meet.
Norm: Kicking someone you love out of their house is dramatic.
Situation: Karen is in a long term relationship and it is very often contentious.
Intention: Karen wants to get her point across during an argument.
Moral action: Karen sits down with her partner and talks about the issue without so much as raising her voice.
Moral consequence: Karen's partner responds with the same calmness, and they resolve the issue.
Norm: Kicking someone you love out of their house is dramatic.
Situation: Karen is in a long term relationship and it is very often contentious.
Intention: Karen wants to get her point across during an argument.
Immoral action: Karen kicks her partner out of his own home to show how serious she is about the matter.
Immoral consequence: Karen's partner grows increasingly weary about their relationship and wants to break up with her.
Norm: You shouldn't like messing with your students.
Situation: One of James' students consistently disrupted his classes with talking and pranks.
Intention: James wants his student to stop disrupting the class.
Moral action: James tells the student he can play on his phone as long as he's silent.
Moral consequence: The problem student still doesn't learn anything, but at least isn't distracting the other students.
Norm: You shouldn't like messing with your students.
Situation: One of James' students consistently disrupted his classes with talking and pranks.
Intention: James wants his student to stop disrupting the class.
Immoral action: James deliberately asked his problem student to solve impossible problems on the board in front of everyone.
Immoral consequence: James' student fell silent and started crying in class, prompting the student's parents to call the principal to complain.
Norm: Being obsessed with something shows a lack of control.
Situation: Roger just got a new video game and invites his girlfriend, Sandy over.
Intention: Roger wants to enjoy his new game.
Moral action: Roger plays his game and takes breaks to visit with Sandy.
Moral consequence: Sandy enjoys Roger enjoying his game and feels Roger cares about her.
Norm: Being obsessed with something shows a lack of control.
Situation: Roger just got a new video game and invites his girlfriend, Sandy over.
Intention: Roger wants to enjoy his new game.
Immoral action: Roger gets so involved with the game that he ignores Sandy.
Immoral consequence: Sandy ends up breaking up with Roger because she feels he cares more about video games than about her.
Norm: It's mean to make fun of someone for being overweight.
Situation: Tom notices that his friend has put on a seriously unhealthy amount of weight.
Intention: Tom wants to discourage unhealthy eating habits.
Moral action: Tom offers to go to the gym with his friend.
Moral consequence: Tom's friend feels support from him and takes him up on the offer.
Norm: It's mean to make fun of someone for being overweight.
Situation: Tom notices that his friend has put on a seriously unhealthy amount of weight.
Intention: Tom wants to discourage unhealthy eating habits.
Immoral action: Tom mocks his friend for becoming so overweight.
Immoral consequence: Tom's friend feels discouraged and upset.
Norm: It's wrong to comment on the relationships of others.
Situation: Bob is out with his friends who are dating, Tyler and Janice, and they are in a small spat.
Intention: Bob feels awkward and wants to feel better.
Moral action: Bob changes the subject to try to improve things.
Moral consequence: The conversation is steered and the night improves.
Norm: It's wrong to comment on the relationships of others.
Situation: Bob is out with his friends who are dating, Tyler and Janice, and they are in a small spat.
Intention: Bob feels awkward and wants to feel better.
Immoral action: Bob says something negative about the arguement.
Immoral consequence: Tyler and Janice get mad at Bob and tell him to stop butting in.
Norm: It's rude to call someone when they're sleeping.
Situation: James was watching cartoons at 2 AM and heard a really funny joke.
Intention: James wants to share the joke with his best friend.
Moral action: James waits until the next day at school to tell his friend the joke.
Moral consequence: James' friend laughs and tells James that's the funniest thing he's heard all year.
Norm: It's rude to call someone when they're sleeping.
Situation: James was watching cartoons at 2 AM and heard a really funny joke.
Intention: James wants to share the joke with his best friend.
Immoral action: James calls his friend at 2 AM to recite the joke.
Immoral consequence: James' friend swears at him and throws the phone across the room.
Norm: It is illegal to threaten people.
Situation: Sam's classmate begins to argue with him over a political issue.
Intention: Sam wants to win the argument.
Moral action: Sam bests his classmate with sound logic and reasoning.
Moral consequence: Sam feels proud and confident.
Norm: It is illegal to threaten people.
Situation: Sam's classmate begins to argue with him over a political issue.
Intention: Sam wants to win the argument.
Immoral action: Sam threatens to beat up his classmate if he doesn't admit to being wrong.
Immoral consequence: Sam is sent to the principal's office.
Norm: It's rude to not share with others.
Situation: Fred's brother asks him to share a cookie.
Intention: Fred wants to respond to the request.
Moral action: Fred shares a cookie with his brother.
Moral consequence: Fred's brother is happy and excited.
Norm: It's rude to not share with others.
Situation: Fred's brother asks him to share a cookie.
Intention: Fred wants to respond to the request.
Immoral action: Fred refuses to share any of his cookies with his brother.
Immoral consequence: Fred's brother is sad and begins to cry.
Norm: It's polite to say hello to an acquaintance
Situation: John is walking his dog and his neighbor passes by.
Intention: John wants to eat lunch.
Moral action: John introduces himself to his neighbor and invites him over for lunch.
Moral consequence: The neighbor thinks John is a cool guy and invites him to his party.
Norm: It's polite to say hello to an acquaintance
Situation: John is walking his dog and his neighbor passes by.
Intention: John wants to eat lunch.
Immoral action: John hurriedly rushes past his neighbor and heads back home and makes lunch.
Immoral consequence: The neighbor thinks John is unfriendly and doesn't invite him to his party.
Norm: It's wrong and unethical to cheat in school
Situation: It's the night before an important exam and John finds himself unprepared.
Intention: John wants to pass the exam.
Moral action: John spends most of the evening cramming and catching up on the material he hadn't studied.
Moral consequence: John is able to just barely pass the exam since he is super exhausted, which motivates him to plan better for his next class.
Norm: It's wrong and unethical to cheat in school
Situation: It's the night before an important exam and John finds himself unprepared.
Intention: John wants to pass the exam.
Immoral action: John creates a small answer sheet that he plans to stick in his pocket for the exam tomorrow.
Immoral consequence: John passes the exam but doesn't actually know the material, causing him to fail the more advanced class afterwards.
Norm: It's bad to practice polygamy.
Situation: Dave who is already married is hanging out with Susan who suddenly asks him to marry her.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the marriage proposal.
Moral action: Dave tells Susan that he cannot marry her since that's both immoral and illegal.
Moral consequence: Dave's wife is happy to know her husband is a loyal and faithful man.
Norm: It's bad to practice polygamy.
Situation: Dave who is already married is hanging out with Susan who suddenly asks him to marry her.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the marriage proposal.
Immoral action: Dave tells Susan that he would be honored to be her loving husband the rest of her life.
Immoral consequence: Dave's wife is devastated to learn Dave has married someone else.
Norm: It's sexist to treat one gender differently than another.
Situation: John and his friends Steve and Mary are hiking up a mountain and come to a large boulder they need to climb over.
Intention: John wants to get home in time for dinner.
Moral action: After John and Steve get over the boulder, they leave Mary behind because she is having difficulties, and they continue on their hike without her.
Moral consequence: Mary misses out on a great hike and feels badly about herself.
Norm: It's sexist to treat one gender differently than another.
Situation: John and his friends Steve and Mary are hiking up a mountain and come to a large boulder they need to climb over.
Intention: John wants to get home in time for dinner.
Immoral action: After John and Steve get over the boulder, John and Steve assist Mary who is having difficulties, and they continue on their hike.
Immoral consequence: Mary is able to continue the hike and have a great day on the mountain.
Norm: It is rude to yell at an elder.
Situation: John is driving and is in front of a traffic light that has just turned green, but an old lady is still slowly crossing the street.
Intention: John wants to drive through the intersection before the light turns red again.
Moral action: John avoids saying anything and cautiously drives around the old lady.
Moral consequence: The old lady makes it across the street safely and John is also able to make it through the light in time.
Norm: It is rude to yell at an elder.
Situation: John is driving and is in front of a traffic light that has just turned green, but an old lady is still slowly crossing the street.
Intention: John wants to drive through the intersection before the light turns red again.
Immoral action: John yells at the old lady to move faster.
Immoral consequence: The old lady hurries up, but she trips and falls at the end of the crosswalk.
Norm: It's wrong to make up a story.
Situation: Dave comes back from vacation and sees his friend Mark who asks him what he did while on vacation.
Intention: Dave wants to answer Mark's question.
Moral action: Dave tells Mark that he did a lot of swimming and tanning and that it was a low key vacation with nothing particularly exciting happening.
Moral consequence: Mark is happy to hear his friend had a relaxing time and got to spend time in the sun.
Norm: It's wrong to make up a story.
Situation: Dave comes back from vacation and sees his friend Mark who asks him what he did while on vacation.
Intention: Dave wants to answer Mark's question.
Immoral action: Dave tells Mark that he fought a great white shark while swimming and that he managed to subdue it while underwater.
Immoral consequence: Mark finds that story hard to believe and feels weird about being near Dave and wants to leave.
Norm: You should show compassion to those you love.
Situation: George's sister Michelle has fallen from her bicycle and starts crying loudly.
Intention: George wants Michelle to stop crying.
Moral action: George hugs and comforts Michelle.
Moral consequence: Michelle slowly stops crying and wipes her tears away.
Norm: You should show compassion to those you love.
Situation: George's sister Michelle has fallen from her bicycle and starts crying loudly.
Intention: George wants Michelle to stop crying.
Immoral action: George yells at Michelle to stop crying.
Immoral consequence: Michelle cries even harder.
Norm: It's good to want to move on with your life.
Situation: Colin had troublemaking friends when he was in high school.
Intention: Colin wants to stay in touch with his past.
Moral action: Colin visits hom to see family but keeps his distance from bad influence.
Moral consequence: Colin lives a good life with new friends while not forgetting who he was.
Norm: It's good to want to move on with your life.
Situation: Colin had troublemaking friends when he was in high school.
Intention: Colin wants to stay in touch with his past.
Immoral action: Colin moves back home after college and rekindles some of his past friendships.
Immoral consequence: Colin gets into drugs and finds himself living a trouble life.
Norm: You shouldn't drive fast.
Situation: Terry has bought a new corvette.
Intention: Terry wants to show off the new car.
Moral action: Terry takes the car to the beach and slowly cruises down the road.
Moral consequence: Terry impresses many with the car and enjoys the drive.
Norm: You shouldn't drive fast.
Situation: Terry has bought a new corvette.
Intention: Terry wants to show off the new car.
Immoral action: Terry tears down the road at 80mph but never sees the sudden curve until it's way too late.
Immoral consequence: Terry crashes the car beyond repair and is hospitalized for severe injuries.
Norm: It's good to communicate with your friends.
Situation: John sees that his phone is ringing and that on call display it's his friend Tony.
Intention: John wants to stop the phone from ringing.
Moral action: John picks up the phone and talks to Tony thereby stopping it from continuing to ring.
Moral consequence: Tony is happy to hear his friend's voice and talks to him for a while.
Norm: It's good to communicate with your friends.
Situation: John sees that his phone is ringing and that on call display it's his friend Tony.
Intention: John wants to stop the phone from ringing.
Immoral action: John presses "block" on his phone thereby silencing the call and sending it to voicemail.
Immoral consequence: Tony is annoyed that his friend is not picking up the phone since he wants to talk with him.
Norm: It's hurtful to disparage a persons sexual prowess.
Situation: Mary is having a tryst with her lover.
Intention: Mary wants to tell her lover what she thinks.
Moral action: Mary tells her sex partner that he is a great performer in the bedroom.
Moral consequence: Mary's lover gain self-confidence and becomes a great parter to Mary and all his future lovers.
Norm: It's hurtful to disparage a persons sexual prowess.
Situation: Mary is having a tryst with her lover.
Intention: Mary wants to tell her lover what she thinks.
Immoral action: Mary tells her lover that he is lousy at making love.
Immoral consequence: Mary's lover develops a complex toward women and has trouble with all his future relationships.
Norm: It's not expected that a person bites an animal.
Situation: Jessica is watching fireworks at home with her barking scared dog Misu, and a character in a movie talks about biting dogs ears to get them to calm down.
Intention: Jessica wants to calm down Misu.
Moral action: Jessica hugs Misu and distracts her by giving her treats.
Moral consequence: Misu stops barking and settles down.
Norm: It's not expected that a person bites an animal.
Situation: Jessica is watching fireworks at home with her barking scared dog Misu, and a character in a movie talks about biting dogs ears to get them to calm down.
Intention: Jessica wants to calm down Misu.
Immoral action: Jessica follows the advise given by the character in the movie and bites Misu's ear.
Immoral consequence: Misu yelps in pain and has an accident in the house.
Norm: It's bad to be too picky about your food order.
Situation: Bill and Nancy are dining at a restaurant and have begun their meal when the waiter comes to ask how everything is.
Intention: Bill wants to answer the waiter's question.
Moral action: Bill tells the waiter that everything is quite delicious and perfect.
Moral consequence: The waiter is delighted to hear that his customers are enjoying their meal.