CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't be friends with someone who gets you arrested.
Situation: Jake's friend stole money from a store and blamed Jake for it to avoid prison time.
Intention: Jake wants to decide whether to forgive his friend or not.
Moral action: Jake told his friend that his behavior was unacceptable and cut all ties with him.
Moral consequence: Jake's friend felt extremely guilty for his actions and decided to take responsibility for his actions from then on.
Norm: You shouldn't be friends with someone who gets you arrested.
Situation: Jake's friend stole money from a store and blamed Jake for it to avoid prison time.
Intention: Jake wants to decide whether to forgive his friend or not.
Immoral action: Jake told his friend it's understandable to frame others for your crime and ended up forgiving him after he got out of prison.
Immoral consequence: Jake's friend committed another crime and framed someone else, getting them in trouble.
Norm: It is good to help your partner.
Situation: Jon sees his wife Nancy struggling to move the heavy box.
Intention: Jon wants the box moved outside.
Moral action: Jon helps Nancy by picking up the other end of the box.
Moral consequence: The box is moved and Nancy is happy for the help.
Norm: It is good to help your partner.
Situation: Jon sees his wife Nancy struggling to move the heavy box.
Intention: Jon wants the box moved outside.
Immoral action: Jon waits and watches Nancy move the heavy box.
Immoral consequence: Nancy hurts her back moving the box alone.
Norm: It is bad to be disruptive on public transportation
Situation: Annie was taking the bus home from her local library.
Intention: Annie wants to get the bus driver's attention because her stop is coming up.
Moral action: Annie pulls on the stop cord to alert the bus driver that her stop is coming up.
Moral consequence: The bus driver safely stops the bus.
Norm: It is bad to be disruptive on public transportation
Situation: Annie was taking the bus home from her local library.
Intention: Annie wants to get the bus driver's attention because her stop is coming up.
Immoral action: Annie yells at the back the bus driver's head that her stop is coming up.
Immoral consequence: The bus driver is startled and runs the bus into a ditch.
Norm: You shouldn't be intolerant of people.
Situation: Gwen is attending a Seder at her Jewish friend's home.
Intention: Gwen wants to participate during the religious ceremony.
Moral action: Gwen asks appropriate questions as to why the host opened the back door.
Moral consequence: The host gives Gwen an interesting answer and is impressed by her curiosity; Gwen's friend is happy she invited Gwen to the dinner.
Norm: You shouldn't be intolerant of people.
Situation: Gwen is attending a Seder at her Jewish friend's home.
Intention: Gwen wants to participate during the religious ceremony.
Immoral action: Gwen makes inappropriate comments when the host opens the back door.
Immoral consequence: The host of the dinner is offended and Gwen's friend is embarrassed that she invited Gwen to the dinner.
Norm: It's improper to profit off of desperate people.
Situation: Jane is a requester on Mechnical Turk.
Intention: Jane needs to get some creative writing submissions from turkers.
Moral action: Jane posts creative writing HITs for a 1.00 payout.
Moral consequence: Jane's hits make a large contribution to the financial wellbeing of both the workers and the platform itself.
Norm: It's improper to profit off of desperate people.
Situation: Jane is a requester on Mechnical Turk.
Intention: Jane needs to get some creative writing submissions from turkers.
Immoral action: Jane posts creative writing HITs for .10 payouts.
Immoral consequence: Jane's HITs are completed by poverty-striken workers, which normalizes underpaid creative writing.
Norm: It's inappropriate to email your colleagues about personal matters.
Situation: Jen just broke up with her girlfriend.
Intention: Jen needs someone to talk to about it.
Moral action: Jen e-mails her best friend concerning her relationship issues while Jen is on break.
Moral consequence: Jen's coworkers approve of her staying professional.
Norm: It's inappropriate to email your colleagues about personal matters.
Situation: Jen just broke up with her girlfriend.
Intention: Jen needs someone to talk to about it.
Immoral action: Jen e-mails her coworkers about her emotional issues following her breakup.
Immoral consequence: Jen's coworkers go to HR about her using company time to complain about personal matters.
Norm: It's nice to let someone stay with you.
Situation: Josh sees his old friend Justin for the first time in a while and learns Justin is homeless.
Intention: Josh wants to help Justin find a place to stay.
Moral action: Josh volunteers to have Justin stay at his home until he finds a job.
Moral consequence: Justin appreciates the gesture and gets to work finding employment.
Norm: It's nice to let someone stay with you.
Situation: Josh sees his old friend Justin for the first time in a while and learns Justin is homeless.
Intention: Josh wants to help Justin find a place to stay.
Immoral action: Josh directs Justin to the local homeless shelter.
Immoral consequence: Justin is discouraged by the poor living conditions at the shelter.
Norm: It's good to try to have a relationship with in-laws.
Situation: Joe is married to Jane and is having her in-laws over.
Intention: Joe wants to be entertained for the night.
Moral action: Joe decides to start up a lively conversation with Jane's parents.
Moral consequence: Jane's parents appreciate and approve of Joe's conversational skills.
Norm: It's good to try to have a relationship with in-laws.
Situation: Joe is married to Jane and is having her in-laws over.
Intention: Joe wants to be entertained for the night.
Immoral action: Joe sits on the couch and watches TV while Jane's parents are over.
Immoral consequence: Jane's parents are annoyed that Joe doesn't seem to want to engage with them.
Norm: It's important to stand up for what you believe in.
Situation: Marry is browsing Twitter when she spots an anti mask tweet from Todd.
Intention: Marry wants to reply to the tweet.
Moral action: Marry drops links to articles by scientists talking about the benefits of wearing masks.
Moral consequence: Tod accepts Mary's point of view and decides to order a mask.
Norm: It's important to stand up for what you believe in.
Situation: Marry is browsing Twitter when she spots an anti mask tweet from Todd.
Intention: Marry wants to reply to the tweet.
Immoral action: Marry insults the poster's intelligence.
Immoral consequence: Marry's followers see the tweet and mimic her response hurting Todd's feelings.
Norm: You shouldn't lie about your age on the internet.
Situation: Jojo is surfing the web and comes to a site that has an age restriction.
Intention: Jojo wants to see what is on the website.
Moral action: Jojo waits until she is of legal age before accessing the site.
Moral consequence: Jojo views the sight and is not shocked by the things that she sees.
Norm: You shouldn't lie about your age on the internet.
Situation: Jojo is surfing the web and comes to a site that has an age restriction.
Intention: Jojo wants to see what is on the website.
Immoral action: Jojo sets her age to be much older than she really is and successfully accesses the website.
Immoral consequence: Jojo sees stuff that she is not ready to see.
Norm: You should help people out when they feel ill.
Situation: Becky gets sick unexpectedly and needs Bill's help to finish the work assignment.
Intention: Bill wants to help Becky with her work assignment so that she is able to keep her job.
Moral action: Bill finishes the project promptly and returns it to Becky before the next morning.
Moral consequence: Bill helps Becky so that she does not get in trouble with her boss.
Norm: You should help people out when they feel ill.
Situation: Becky gets sick unexpectedly and needs Bill's help to finish the work assignment.
Intention: Bill wants to help Becky with her work assignment so that she is able to keep her job.
Immoral action: Bill finishes up the project and tells his boss how much he had to help Becky.
Immoral consequence: Bill makes Becky appear as if she has not helped much on the work assignment.
Norm: It is wrong to control other people's behavior.
Situation: Sal's girlfriend spent a lot of time on the phone with her friends.
Intention: Sal wanted his girlfriend to spend more time with him.
Moral action: Sal decided to plan dates for him and his girlfriend in advance to see if he could pry her from the phone.
Moral consequence: Sal and his girlfriend ended up spending much more time together becoming closer in their relationship.
Norm: It is wrong to control other people's behavior.
Situation: Sal's girlfriend spent a lot of time on the phone with her friends.
Intention: Sal wanted his girlfriend to spend more time with him.
Immoral action: Sal trying told his girlfriend she had to stop talking to her friends.
Immoral consequence: Sals girlfriend feeling pressured decided to break up with sal because he was being to controling.
Norm: It's good to return something you've borrowed.
Situation: Suzy is looking for something to do on a rainy day to have some fun.
Intention: Suzy wants to get some books from the library.
Moral action: Suzy reads the books and when she is done with them she takes them to the library and returns them.
Moral consequence: Other people get a chance to read the books when they want to and enjoy themselves.
Norm: It's good to return something you've borrowed.
Situation: Suzy is looking for something to do on a rainy day to have some fun.
Intention: Suzy wants to get some books from the library.
Immoral action: Suzy reads the books and puts them in her closet forgetting about them afterward.
Immoral consequence: Suzy get's a letter in the mail telling her about a huge fine she has and to return the books.
Norm: It's rude to catfish people on a dating app.
Situation: Toby joins an internet dating site for people around his age.
Intention: Toby wants to meet someone with the same interests as him.
Moral action: Toby tells the other person immediately that he is not the person in the picture.
Moral consequence: The other person respects that Toby told the truth and still wants to get to know him.
Norm: It's rude to catfish people on a dating app.
Situation: Toby joins an internet dating site for people around his age.
Intention: Toby wants to meet someone with the same interests as him.
Immoral action: Toby puts a picture of someone else that does not look like him and attracts someone.
Immoral consequence: Toby never meets the other person because then they would know he was lying the entire time.
Norm: Is wrong to think negatively about yourself
Situation: Lily is at that age where she is seeing every flaw in the mirror.
Intention: Lily wants to change what she thinks is wrong with her.
Moral action: Lily goes on a diet to lose weight responsibly.
Moral consequence: Lily loses weight and feels more confident in herself.
Norm: Is wrong to think negatively about yourself
Situation: Lily is at that age where she is seeing every flaw in the mirror.
Intention: Lily wants to change what she thinks is wrong with her.
Immoral action: Lily starves herself to make herself look thinner.
Immoral consequence: Lily becomes an anorexic and loses a lot of nutrition from lack of eating.
Norm: It's wrong to push your ideas on others.
Situation: Steve is at a party.
Intention: Steve wants to be admired.
Moral action: Steve keeps his beliefs to himself and acts cordially.
Moral consequence: people want to be his friend.
Norm: It's wrong to push your ideas on others.
Situation: Steve is at a party.
Intention: Steve wants to be admired.
Immoral action: Steve goes on and on about atheism.
Immoral consequence: Everyone ignores him.
Norm: It's wrong to put your hand under a stranger's clothes.
Situation: Mary is sitting next to a sleeping stranger on the subway.
Intention: Mary wants to see the stranger's tattoo that's hidden by clothing.
Moral action: Mary asks to see the tattoo when the stranger awakes.
Moral consequence: The stranger feels respected and allows Mary to see more of her work.
Norm: It's wrong to put your hand under a stranger's clothes.
Situation: Mary is sitting next to a sleeping stranger on the subway.
Intention: Mary wants to see the stranger's tattoo that's hidden by clothing.
Immoral action: Mary lifts the stranger's skirt to see the tattoo.
Immoral consequence: Mary is caught and the stranger becomes upset with her.
Norm: It's not right to bully another person.
Situation: Paul is bigger than all the kids at his school.
Intention: Paul wants to get noticed this year at school.
Moral action: Paul decides to use his size to help smaller kids without being intimidating.
Moral consequence: Paul becomes well like as a nice person and gains many genuine friends.
Norm: It's not right to bully another person.
Situation: Paul is bigger than all the kids at his school.
Intention: Paul wants to get noticed this year at school.
Immoral action: Paul uses his size to intimate kids, and they all become aware of him and fear him.
Immoral consequence: No one likes Paul and Paul feels sad daily about this.
Norm: It's wrong to drink alcohol in excess.
Situation: John is going out to a work happy hour with his coworkers.
Intention: John wants to create a more relaxed atmosphere for the group.
Moral action: John only has a couple drinks and tries to think of some conversational topics that he has in common with his coworkers.
Moral consequence: John's coworkers have fun talking to him and build a stronger bond with him.
Norm: It's wrong to drink alcohol in excess.
Situation: John is going out to a work happy hour with his coworkers.
Intention: John wants to create a more relaxed atmosphere for the group.
Immoral action: John drinks a lot to try to get into more of a "fun" mood.
Immoral consequence: John's coworkers are uncomfortable with how drunk he is and have to get him a cab home.
Norm: It's rude to take something meant for someone else.
Situation: Allen is looking for his headphones in a lost and found bin that is full of clothing that belongs to other people.
Intention: Allen wants to add some new button up shirts to his closet.
Moral action: Allen leaves everything in the bin and stops by the discount store later to grab some new shirts.
Moral consequence: The person who the shirt belongs to stops by and finds their shirt and is glad they don't need to buy a new one.
Norm: It's rude to take something meant for someone else.
Situation: Allen is looking for his headphones in a lost and found bin that is full of clothing that belongs to other people.
Intention: Allen wants to add some new button up shirts to his closet.
Immoral action: Allen takes a nice shirt from the lost and found bin that belongs to someone else.
Immoral consequence: The person who the shirt belongs to comes by later and is sad that they can't find their shirt.
Norm: It's wrong to ask someone about their sexual fetishes.
Situation: Rob notices his cashier at the grocery store is very attractive.
Intention: Rob wants to flirt with his cashier.
Moral action: Rob asks his cashier if she's like to get dinner sometime.
Moral consequence: The cashier is flattered and gives Rob her number.
Norm: It's wrong to ask someone about their sexual fetishes.
Situation: Rob notices his cashier at the grocery store is very attractive.
Intention: Rob wants to flirt with his cashier.
Immoral action: Rob asks his cashier if she's into BDSM.
Immoral consequence: The cashier is extremely uncomfortable with Rob's question.
Norm: It's wrong to beat animals.
Situation: John's partner has just adopted a new puppy.
Intention: John wants to house train the puppy.
Moral action: Whenever the puppy pees in the house, John takes the puppy outside and rewards it for peeing outside.
Moral consequence: John's partner is appreciative of John's patience with the puppy.
Norm: It's wrong to beat animals.
Situation: John's partner has just adopted a new puppy.
Intention: John wants to house train the puppy.
Immoral action: Whenever the puppy pees in the house, John hits the puppy hard on the nose.
Immoral consequence: John's partner is very upset with John's violence and breaks up with him.
Norm: It's rude to comment on someone's weight.
Situation: Oscar and Peter are out having drinks, and they see a large man enter the bar.
Intention: Oscar wants to make Peter laugh.
Moral action: Oscar tells Peter a joke he heard the other day.
Moral consequence: Peter laughs and no one is insulted by Oscar.
Norm: It's rude to comment on someone's weight.
Situation: Oscar and Peter are out having drinks, and they see a large man enter the bar.
Intention: Oscar wants to make Peter laugh.
Immoral action: Oscar makes fun of the fat man who entered bar for his weight.
Immoral consequence: Peter is offended by the joke and tells Oscar to be nicer.
Norm: It is wrong to want to punch a teacher.
Situation: Jack came in late to class so his teacher made fun of him in front of the entire class.
Intention: Jack wants his classmates to stop laughing at him.
Moral action: Jack explains to his class why he was late.
Moral consequence: Jack's teacher publicly apologizes for making fun of him.
Norm: It is wrong to want to punch a teacher.
Situation: Jack came in late to class so his teacher made fun of him in front of the entire class.
Intention: Jack wants his classmates to stop laughing at him.
Immoral action: Jack swings his right hand and knocks out his teacher.
Immoral consequence: Jack gets expelled from school.
Norm: It's wrong to irritate others.
Situation: John is new to school and does not know anyone.
Intention: John wants to be noticed by others.
Moral action: John introduces himself to classmates at lunch and talks to them about common interests.
Moral consequence: John is one of the more popular kids by the end of the year.
Norm: It's wrong to irritate others.
Situation: John is new to school and does not know anyone.
Intention: John wants to be noticed by others.
Immoral action: John plays pranks on his classmates all day in class.
Immoral consequence: The classmates dislike him, and he is friendless for the school year.
Norm: It's bad to embellish your stories.
Situation: Henry is with his friends at one of their homes and is telling a story to his friends about his skiing trip.
Intention: Henry wants to his story to be interesting to his listeners.
Moral action: Henry digs deep into his vocabulary and turns an otherwise ordinary story into an interesting one by choosing his words carefully.
Moral consequence: Henry's friends are impressed by his storytelling capability and by the fact that he captivated them.
Norm: It's bad to embellish your stories.
Situation: Henry is with his friends at one of their homes and is telling a story to his friends about his skiing trip.
Intention: Henry wants to his story to be interesting to his listeners.
Immoral action: Henry tells an implausible story involving himself being chased by wolves and bears and barely making it out alive.
Immoral consequence: Henry's friends are unimpressed by his obvious embellishments and think less of him as a result.
Norm: It is foolish to put yourself in danger with bees.
Situation: Amy is working in her garden and notices that a large beehive has been built near her tomato plants.
Intention: Amy wants to harvest her tomatoes.
Moral action: Amy calls an exterminator to come and remove the hive safely.
Moral consequence: It takes a few extra hours, but after the hive is removed, Amy is able to safely harvest her tomatoes.
Norm: It is foolish to put yourself in danger with bees.
Situation: Amy is working in her garden and notices that a large beehive has been built near her tomato plants.
Intention: Amy wants to harvest her tomatoes.
Immoral action: Amy harvests her tomatoes without taking any precautions and bumps into the beehive by accident.
Immoral consequence: Amy gets stung dozens of times and has to seek medical attention.
Norm: It is rude not to pick up after your dog.
Situation: Mary just got a new dog from her parents for her birthday.
Intention: Mary wants to take her dog for a walk.
Moral action: Mary puts on her glove and diligently picks up after her dog when it poops on the neighbor's lawn.
Moral consequence: Mary's parents open their door and says "Great job, Mary!" and Mary smiles back at them.
Norm: It is rude not to pick up after your dog.
Situation: Mary just got a new dog from her parents for her birthday.
Intention: Mary wants to take her dog for a walk.
Immoral action: Mary lets her dog poop on the neighbor's lawn and didn't bring garbage bags with her.
Immoral consequence: Mary's parents scold her and threaten to take the dog away if she doesn't start picking up after it.
Norm: It's wrong to cyber-stalk an ex-partner.
Situation: Rhonda finds her ex-boyfriends Facebook left open and logged into her computer.
Intention: Rhonda wants to browse the web right now on the only computer in the room.
Moral action: Rhonda exits out of Facebook to browse Google alone.
Moral consequence: Rhonda's ex-boyfriend thanks Rhonda for exiting out of his Facebook account.
Norm: It's wrong to cyber-stalk an ex-partner.
Situation: Rhonda finds her ex-boyfriends Facebook left open and logged into her computer.
Intention: Rhonda wants to browse the web right now on the only computer in the room.
Immoral action: Rhonda goes onto Facebook and browses her ex-boyfriends activities.
Immoral consequence: Rhonda's ex-boyfriend notices someone is browsing his account, and he reprimands Rhonda.
Norm: You shouldn't expose yourself to strangers.
Situation: John was out in town and had been drinking soda all day.
Intention: John wanted to use the restroom and relieve himself.
Moral action: John found a restroom in a shop where he was browsing.
Moral consequence: John felt much better after he was able to relieve himself.
Norm: You shouldn't expose yourself to strangers.
Situation: John was out in town and had been drinking soda all day.
Intention: John wanted to use the restroom and relieve himself.
Immoral action: John pulled his pants down and urinated in the middle of the park.
Immoral consequence: A police officer arrested John for indecent exposure.
Norm: It is good to uphold laws and regulations
Situation: Jim is driving towards the airport.
Intention: Jim wants to make it to his flight on time.
Moral action: Jim drives within the speed limit and reaches the airport quickly.
Moral consequence: Jim arrives on time to board his flight.
Norm: It is good to uphold laws and regulations
Situation: Jim is driving towards the airport.
Intention: Jim wants to make it to his flight on time.
Immoral action: Jim drives above the speed limit in an attempt to get to the airport faster.
Immoral consequence: Jim is pulled over by a police officer for speeding, is ticketed, and misses his flight.
Norm: It's wrong to sexually abuse someone.
Situation: Bruce is watching his niece for the evening while her parents are out of town.
Intention: Bruce wants to get sexual release.
Moral action: Bruce waits for his niece to go to sleep and satisfies himself with porn.
Moral consequence: Bruce feels more relaxed and is able to continue carrying on with his night.
Norm: It's wrong to sexually abuse someone.
Situation: Bruce is watching his niece for the evening while her parents are out of town.
Intention: Bruce wants to get sexual release.
Immoral action: Bruce uses his age and power to sexually abuse his niece.
Immoral consequence: Bruce's niece reports him, and he is sent to prison with a long sentence.
Norm: You shouldn't leave dirty dishes in a shared sink.
Situation: Tod's Mom asked Tod to load the dishwasher, but the dishwasher cannot fit all of the dishes.
Intention: Tod wants to load the dishwasher to the brim and turn it on.
Moral action: Tod fills the entire dishwasher, and then handwashes the rest of the dishes in the sink.
Moral consequence: Tod's mom is impressed by Tod and tells him he did a good job.