CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't say rude things to your friends.
Situation: David's laptop was damaged by his friend who dropped it by accident.
Intention: David wants his friend to answer for the damage.
Moral action: David asks his friend to cover the costs of the necessary repairs.
Moral consequence: His friend agrees to pay for the damage in order to fix the laptop.
Norm: You shouldn't say rude things to your friends.
Situation: David's laptop was damaged by his friend who dropped it by accident.
Intention: David wants his friend to answer for the damage.
Immoral action: David confronts and curses at his friend.
Immoral consequence: His friend feels frustrated and leaves David's house immediately.
Norm: You should not be happy about someone's death.
Situation: Steve's parents died in a tragic accident recently, but they were abusive to Steve and thus he's happy they are gone.
Intention: Steve wants to get his parent's funeral over with.
Moral action: Steve remains silent and allows his family to grieve despite his own feelings.
Moral consequence: The rest of Steve's family thank Steve for planning the fueneral.
Norm: You should not be happy about someone's death.
Situation: Steve's parents died in a tragic accident recently, but they were abusive to Steve and thus he's happy they are gone.
Intention: Steve wants to get his parent's funeral over with.
Immoral action: Steve plays "another one bites the dust" the entire time and offends his siblings, aunts and uncles.
Immoral consequence: The rest of his family now hates him as much as Steve hates his parents.
Norm: It's good to give work as hard as you can.
Situation: Greg works on Amazon's Mechanical Turk on the side to help his retirement account.
Intention: Greg wants to save money.
Moral action: Greg works for four hours a day, six days a week, and earns $300 a week to put into his retirement account.
Moral consequence: Greg's retirement account grows, and he has enough to live on at retirement.
Norm: It's good to give work as hard as you can.
Situation: Greg works on Amazon's Mechanical Turk on the side to help his retirement account.
Intention: Greg wants to save money.
Immoral action: Greg works for an hour a day, two days a week, and earns around $40 a week to put into his retirement account.
Immoral consequence: Greg's retirement account hardly grows, and he has very little when he retires.
Norm: A man traditionally asks for a woman's hand in marriage.
Situation: Sara and Mark have been dating for five years, live together and in a serious dating relationship.
Intention: Sara wants to get married within the next 6 months.
Moral action: Sara is thrilled when Mark suggests they elope, and they end up get married at the courthouse that weekend.
Moral consequence: Mark treasures Sara as his wife, and they have a wonderful marriage together.
Norm: A man traditionally asks for a woman's hand in marriage.
Situation: Sara and Mark have been dating for five years, live together and in a serious dating relationship.
Intention: Sara wants to get married within the next 6 months.
Immoral action: Sara proposes to Mark, and he agrees to marry her on their dating anniversary, a month later.
Immoral consequence: Mark soon starts feeling emasculated after their wedding because of the nontraditional proposal and starts having an affair.
Norm: Keeping your dog on a leash avoids getting a fine.
Situation: Ace is at the leash-only dog park with his dog, who is pulling at the leash wanting to run.
Intention: Ace wants his dog to run.
Moral action: Ace runs around the park with his dog for exercise.
Moral consequence: Ace and his dog are tired and have a good time.
Norm: Keeping your dog on a leash avoids getting a fine.
Situation: Ace is at the leash-only dog park with his dog, who is pulling at the leash wanting to run.
Intention: Ace wants his dog to run.
Immoral action: Ace lets his dog off of the leash, hoping that no one will care.
Immoral consequence: A woman takes a picture of Ace and sends it to the police, who fine Ace.
Norm: It's good to want your kids to be socialized.
Situation: Marissa has a 10-year-old daughter, Chloe, who doesn't have many friends because Marissa wants her home all the time.
Intention: Marissa wants Chloe to be home as much as possible.
Moral action: Marissa allows Chloe to invite her friends over every week.
Moral consequence: Chloe is happy and well-rounded, and Marissa feels safe knowing where her daughter is.
Norm: It's good to want your kids to be socialized.
Situation: Marissa has a 10-year-old daughter, Chloe, who doesn't have many friends because Marissa wants her home all the time.
Intention: Marissa wants Chloe to be home as much as possible.
Immoral action: Marissa forbids Chloe from hanging out with her friends.
Immoral consequence: Chloe spends her days feeling sad and lonely.
Norm: You don't have to eat anything you don't like.
Situation: Jake is serving food for his family for dinner, including his children.
Intention: Jake wants his child to eat vegetables.
Moral action: Jake promises a reward to the child if he eats his vegetables, but leaves it a voluntary decision.
Moral consequence: The child decides to eat the vegetables in anticipation of the reward, and Jake is proud.
Norm: You don't have to eat anything you don't like.
Situation: Jake is serving food for his family for dinner, including his children.
Intention: Jake wants his child to eat vegetables.
Immoral action: Jake forces his child to eat his vegetables with threats and physical altercation.
Immoral consequence: Jake's child cries and runs to his room, while Jake feels upset.
Norm: You shouldn't pay your employees under the table.
Situation: Gary runs a farm and employs outside help to bring in the harvest.
Intention: Gary wants to pay his helpers.
Moral action: Gary pays his helpers and files the tax paperwork for their pay.
Moral consequence: The government gets all of the money that they're owed.
Norm: You shouldn't pay your employees under the table.
Situation: Gary runs a farm and employs outside help to bring in the harvest.
Intention: Gary wants to pay his helpers.
Immoral action: Gary pays his helpers cash and makes no records of the transaction.
Immoral consequence: The government is denied valuable income tax dollars and has more trouble paying for services.
Norm: You shouldn't serve someone a low quality food item.
Situation: Gula's kid has friends over, and they're hungry, so she goes to the kitchen to make something.
Intention: Gula needs to pick between food options.
Moral action: Gula makes something fresh for the kids.
Moral consequence: The kids are happy and Gula relaxes a while.
Norm: You shouldn't serve someone a low quality food item.
Situation: Gula's kid has friends over, and they're hungry, so she goes to the kitchen to make something.
Intention: Gula needs to pick between food options.
Immoral action: Gula decides to make sandwiches with dated mayo, to get rid of it.
Immoral consequence: The kids get sick, and she has to tend to them all day.
Norm: It's wrong to let drugs and alcohol ruin your life.
Situation: Jake just got out of rehab for an addiction to crack.
Intention: Jake wants to celebrate his freedom.
Moral action: Jake decides to celebrate by going on a vacation to the beach.
Moral consequence: Jake has a great time, and those who care about him are happy.
Norm: It's wrong to let drugs and alcohol ruin your life.
Situation: Jake just got out of rehab for an addiction to crack.
Intention: Jake wants to celebrate his freedom.
Immoral action: Jake decides to celebrate by smoking some crack rock.
Immoral consequence: Jake overdoses and dies, greatly upsetting those who care about him.
Norm: It is unacceptable to bring a weapon to school.
Situation: Stan, whose parents have a gun at home, gets threatened by a bully at school and is afraid for his safety.
Intention: Stan wants to get some protection.
Moral action: Stan finds some friends to hang around with, so he's never alone at school.
Moral consequence: The bully never gets an opportunity to corner Stan and leaves him alone.
Norm: It is unacceptable to bring a weapon to school.
Situation: Stan, whose parents have a gun at home, gets threatened by a bully at school and is afraid for his safety.
Intention: Stan wants to get some protection.
Immoral action: Stan takes his parents' gun and brings it to school in his backpack.
Immoral consequence: Security finds the gun and arrests Stan on suspicion of planning a school shooting.
Norm: It's not polite to grab another person's private areas.
Situation: Chris is attracted to a female coworker and has to work overtime with her to finish an assignment.
Intention: Chris wants to make his attraction clear to his coworker.
Moral action: Chris tells his coworker that he likes her but is happy to stay friends if she doesn't feel the same way.
Moral consequence: Chris' coworker appreciates that he didn't pressure her and agrees to go on a date with him.
Norm: It's not polite to grab another person's private areas.
Situation: Chris is attracted to a female coworker and has to work overtime with her to finish an assignment.
Intention: Chris wants to make his attraction clear to his coworker.
Immoral action: Chris tells his coworker that she is very pretty and pats her on the behind.
Immoral consequence: Chris' coworker feels violated and files a report against him to HR.
Norm: You shouldn't sneeze your boogers on people.
Situation: Greg is in a store waiting in line when he feels a sneeze approaching.
Intention: Greg wants to sneeze.
Moral action: Greg sneezes into his elbow and tries to be quiet about it.
Moral consequence: No one but Greg gets bodily fluids on him.
Norm: You shouldn't sneeze your boogers on people.
Situation: Greg is in a store waiting in line when he feels a sneeze approaching.
Intention: Greg wants to sneeze.
Immoral action: Greg sneezes on the back of the person in front of him in line, covering him in bodily fluids.
Immoral consequence: The person in front of Greg is completely disgusted and is angry at him.
Norm: It's good to stop television from destroying your childrens' brains.
Situation: Fannie is watching her child, who is bored and is complaining to Fannie about it.
Intention: Fannie wants the child to be entertained.
Moral action: Fannie brings her child outside and chases bugs in the yard with him.
Moral consequence: The child makes good memories and gets good exercise.
Norm: It's good to stop television from destroying your childrens' brains.
Situation: Fannie is watching her child, who is bored and is complaining to Fannie about it.
Intention: Fannie wants the child to be entertained.
Immoral action: Fannie turns on the TV and finds a cartoon for her child to watch.
Immoral consequence: The child learns to sit in front of a TV for hours and never plays outside.
Norm: It's bad to want to kill people.
Situation: John is a soldier serving overseas in a war time operation.
Intention: John wants to do his duty for his country.
Moral action: John follows orders and deals with the reality of war while still understanding and respecting the consequences of his actions.
Moral consequence: John is able to eventually assimilate back into civilian life after years of counselling.
Norm: It's bad to want to kill people.
Situation: John is a soldier serving overseas in a war time operation.
Intention: John wants to do his duty for his country.
Immoral action: John begins to actively seek out firefights and danger on the battlefield.
Immoral consequence: John gets lost in the darkest parts of war and never truly comes back from it.
Norm: You shouldn't be angry at your grandchildren
Situation: Carol hasn't seen her grandchildren in 3 months because her daughter-in-law won't allow her to see them often.
Intention: Carol wants to have a relationship with her grandchildren.
Moral action: Carol realized that it is not the children's fault, and she tries to make the most of the times she does have with her grandchildren.
Moral consequence: Carol's grandchildren love seeing their grandma and ask their mom if they can go see her more often.
Norm: You shouldn't be angry at your grandchildren
Situation: Carol hasn't seen her grandchildren in 3 months because her daughter-in-law won't allow her to see them often.
Intention: Carol wants to have a relationship with her grandchildren.
Immoral action: When Carol is allowed to see her grandchildren, she takes her anger out on the kids.
Immoral consequence: Carol's grandchildren are afraid of their grandma and don't talk to her much when they go around her.
Norm: You shouldn't get pregnant if you're too young.
Situation: Meg and Tom are high school sweethearts and plan to get married after college.
Intention: Meg wants to have Tom's baby.
Moral action: Meg waits until she marries Tom to get pregnant.
Moral consequence: Tom has finished college and gets a good job, so they live comfortably,.
Norm: You shouldn't get pregnant if you're too young.
Situation: Meg and Tom are high school sweethearts and plan to get married after college.
Intention: Meg wants to have Tom's baby.
Immoral action: Meg wants the baby now and gets pregnant while still in high school.
Immoral consequence: Tom has to drop out of school and flip burgers to support Meg and the baby, they stay poor.
Norm: It's bad to have a dirty sloppy appearance
Situation: Jordan was wearing jeans and a dirty tee shirt when he work up.
Intention: Jordan wants to get a job.
Moral action: Jordan changed his clothes and shaved before going job hunting.
Moral consequence: Jordan was hired and had a new job by the end of the day.
Norm: It's bad to have a dirty sloppy appearance
Situation: Jordan was wearing jeans and a dirty tee shirt when he work up.
Intention: Jordan wants to get a job.
Immoral action: Jordan went into a nice office and tried booking an interview with the boss.
Immoral consequence: Jordan was escourted off the premises by the security in the building.
Norm: It's rude to slap someone who helps you.
Situation: Matthew watches his tutor Derek get into a panic attack after seeing a spider.
Intention: Matthew wants to make Derek calm down.
Moral action: Matthew removes the spider, and tells Derek the bug is gone.
Moral consequence: Derek feels safe with Matthew.
Norm: It's rude to slap someone who helps you.
Situation: Matthew watches his tutor Derek get into a panic attack after seeing a spider.
Intention: Matthew wants to make Derek calm down.
Immoral action: Matthew smacks Derek hoping the shock will return him to normal.
Immoral consequence: Derek falls onto the ground hurting his knee.
Norm: You shouldn't get involved with toxic people.
Situation: Marry is alone at a crowded party.
Intention: Mary wants to make friends.
Moral action: Mary decides to dance with some people she's seen at work.
Moral consequence: Mary makes some new friends.
Norm: You shouldn't get involved with toxic people.
Situation: Marry is alone at a crowded party.
Intention: Mary wants to make friends.
Immoral action: Mary talks to some people with a reputation for backstabbing their friends.
Immoral consequence: Mary a reputation for being a backstabber by association.
Norm: It's bad to have sex with prostitutes.
Situation: Mark is in the mood for physical intimacy, but his girlfriend is in another state.
Intention: Mark wants to have sex.
Moral action: Mark sends a sexy picture to his girlfriend with a request for fun times on a webcam.
Moral consequence: Mark's girlfriend gains confidence performing for Mark on camera.
Norm: It's bad to have sex with prostitutes.
Situation: Mark is in the mood for physical intimacy, but his girlfriend is in another state.
Intention: Mark wants to have sex.
Immoral action: Mark hires prostitutes to satisfy his cravings.
Immoral consequence: Mark's girlfriend breaks up with him when she discovers his affair.
Norm: It's good to be exclusive with someone you're dating.
Situation: Timmy has been dating Laura for a few months now.
Intention: Timmy wants to see a movie.
Moral action: Timmy invites Laura on a date with him to the movies.
Moral consequence: Timmy and Laura have a great time and enjoy their time together.
Norm: It's good to be exclusive with someone you're dating.
Situation: Timmy has been dating Laura for a few months now.
Intention: Timmy wants to see a movie.
Immoral action: Timmy invites a female coworker on a date with him to the movies.
Immoral consequence: Laura finds out and breaks up with Timmy right away.
Norm: It is wrong to always want your husband gone.
Situation: Maude's husband Jim recently retired, and she's annoyed at how often he's at home now.
Intention: Maude wants to be annoyed less.
Moral action: Maude tries to learn more about Jim since they aren't used to him being home.
Moral consequence: They talk and learn a lot more about each other and what bothers them.
Norm: It is wrong to always want your husband gone.
Situation: Maude's husband Jim recently retired, and she's annoyed at how often he's at home now.
Intention: Maude wants to be annoyed less.
Immoral action: Maude finds several ways to get Jim out of the house like golf and random trips with his buddies.
Immoral consequence: She's still annoyed any time he is home, the issues never get resolved.
Norm: It's not okay to waste time because your so selective.
Situation: Jones is trying to decide what he should write his book about.
Intention: Jones wants to write a good book.
Moral action: Jones decides to let an RNG just "pick" certain things and stick with them.
Moral consequence: Jones quickly writes a sold book and his publisher is thrilled.
Norm: It's not okay to waste time because your so selective.
Situation: Jones is trying to decide what he should write his book about.
Intention: Jones wants to write a good book.
Immoral action: Jones keeps changing his mind and wastes lots of time on the title, the font, and what genre the book should be.
Immoral consequence: Jones eventually finishes the book after enough reedits and drafts to fill an entire series.
Norm: It's unacceptable to judge others.
Situation: Dan is attending a festive dinner with his Indian friend’s family.
Intention: Dan wants to contribute to the dinner conversation.
Moral action: Dan participates in the family’s customs and savors the food.
Moral consequence: The family members are delighted to share their customs with Dan and invite him to future events.
Norm: It's unacceptable to judge others.
Situation: Dan is attending a festive dinner with his Indian friend’s family.
Intention: Dan wants to contribute to the dinner conversation.
Immoral action: Dan criticizes the family’s habits during the dinner and makes fun of their personal hygiene.
Immoral consequence: The family members take offense and ask Dan to leave their home.
Norm: You shouldn't tell someone hurtful things.
Situation: Jaime often hears other high-school kids making fun of her friend, Destiny, behind her back, but bottles it up.
Intention: Jaime wants to finally say something about the bullying.
Moral action: Jaime tells the bullies they are wrong for making fun of Destiny.
Moral consequence: The bullies never make fun of Destiny again, and actually apologize to her.
Norm: You shouldn't tell someone hurtful things.
Situation: Jaime often hears other high-school kids making fun of her friend, Destiny, behind her back, but bottles it up.
Intention: Jaime wants to finally say something about the bullying.
Immoral action: Jaime tells Destiny that kids often make fun of her.
Immoral consequence: Destiny loses all of her confidence and withdraws in school.
Norm: Kids are expected not to break the law.
Situation: Hilda was jealous that her sister Rosa always got more candy than she did.
Intention: Hilda wanted to get more candy then Rosa.
Moral action: Hilda puts lots of effort into a Halloween costume and tries to run quickly to more houses.
Moral consequence: Hilda just barely gets more candy than Rosa did that day.
Norm: Kids are expected not to break the law.
Situation: Hilda was jealous that her sister Rosa always got more candy than she did.
Intention: Hilda wanted to get more candy then Rosa.
Immoral action: Hilda takes candy from a candy store, so she has more than Rosa, it works, so she keeps doing it.
Immoral consequence: The candy store eventually goes broke from rampant theft and now neither of them have candy.
Norm: You shouldn't give out someone's phone number without permission.
Situation: Amy has a coworker who just expressed interest in her friend.
Intention: Amy wants to help her friend meet new people.
Moral action: Amy talks to her friend about the coworker who is interested in her, highlighting his qualities.
Moral consequence: Amy's friend is interested and asks for his number.
Norm: You shouldn't give out someone's phone number without permission.
Situation: Amy has a coworker who just expressed interest in her friend.
Intention: Amy wants to help her friend meet new people.
Immoral action: Amy passes on her friends number to the coworker.
Immoral consequence: Amy's friend is upset that she gave her number out to a stranger.
Norm: You should be understanding of the hardships of disabled people.
Situation: Bob is waiting for Kyle to show up for his first day of work, and he's 20 minutes late.
Intention: Bob wants to reduce workplace inefficiency.
Moral action: Bob asks Kyle why he was late and Kyle points out there is no wheelchair ramp.
Moral consequence: Bob puts in a request to have a ramp built for Kyle and future disabled employees.
Norm: You should be understanding of the hardships of disabled people.
Situation: Bob is waiting for Kyle to show up for his first day of work, and he's 20 minutes late.
Intention: Bob wants to reduce workplace inefficiency.
Immoral action: Bob fires Kyle for tardiness to work and the lost productivity.
Immoral consequence: Kyle sues Bob and the company for not providing a wheelchair ramp then firing him for it.
Norm: It is polite to include others when ordering food.
Situation: Joe is out with his friend Julia at a local restaurant, and they're both very hungry, however Julia is broke.
Intention: Joe needs to order food.
Moral action: Joe orders an appetizer platter and offers Julia a share.
Moral consequence: Julia ends up having something to eat and appreciates Joe's kindness.
Norm: It is polite to include others when ordering food.
Situation: Joe is out with his friend Julia at a local restaurant, and they're both very hungry, however Julia is broke.
Intention: Joe needs to order food.
Immoral action: Joe orders an entree for himself and does not share.
Immoral consequence: Julia ends up having nothing to eat and remains hungry.
Norm: It's nice to keep heirlooms within the family.
Situation: Joni's grandmother just passed away and was left her jewelry in the will.
Intention: Joni wants to decide what to do with the jewlery.
Moral action: Joni keeps the jewelry in a safety deposit box.
Moral consequence: When Joni wants to remember her grandma, she goes to the safety deposit box to reminisce.
Norm: It's nice to keep heirlooms within the family.
Situation: Joni's grandmother just passed away and was left her jewelry in the will.
Intention: Joni wants to decide what to do with the jewlery.
Immoral action: Joni sells the jewelry to a pawn shop, so she can buy some new speakers for her car.
Immoral consequence: Later on in life Joni wishes she had something to remind her of her grandmother.
Norm: It's good to aspire to a good job.
Situation: Max has a teaching degree, needs a job, and is considering which places to apply at.
Intention: Max wants to apply for a job somewhere.
Moral action: Max applies for a teaching job at nearby schools, even though openings are few.
Moral consequence: Max gets an adjunct professor position where he can work through the internet and sets his own hours.
Norm: It's good to aspire to a good job.
Situation: Max has a teaching degree, needs a job, and is considering which places to apply at.
Intention: Max wants to apply for a job somewhere.
Immoral action: Max applies for manual labor and restaurant jobs, hoping to get accepted quickly.
Immoral consequence: Max lands at a job at a restaurant that pays little and works long hours.