CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to turn off a show someone was watching.
Situation: Bob and his wife are watching Oprah.
Intention: Bob wants to watch the baseball game.
Immoral action: Bob switches channels to the game without asking his wife.
Immoral consequence: Bob's wife is very angry and starts to yell.
Norm: It is bad to get sent to detention
Situation: Alan is a 4th grader who is excited about a Christmas party that he will be going to tonight.
Intention: Alan wants school to be over with so the night can begin.
Moral action: Alan quietly counts down the hours to the day but stays focused on his work.
Moral consequence: Alan gets home from school without incident and enjoys the party that evening.
Norm: It is bad to get sent to detention
Situation: Alan is a 4th grader who is excited about a Christmas party that he will be going to tonight.
Intention: Alan wants school to be over with so the night can begin.
Immoral action: Alan acts up and is disruptive in class resulting in him getting detention.
Immoral consequence: Alan is punished by his parents by not being allowed to go to the Christmas party.
Norm: It's wrong to brag about your things.
Situation: James and Nick are talking about who has the better collection of video games.
Intention: James wants to win the argument.
Moral action: James talks about his rarest game, Nintendo world Championships.
Moral consequence: James and Nick keep talking about their games into the night.
Norm: It's wrong to brag about your things.
Situation: James and Nick are talking about who has the better collection of video games.
Intention: James wants to win the argument.
Immoral action: James brags about the big house he can store all of his games in while Nick has to jam all his into a walk-in closet.
Immoral consequence: Nick's feelings are hurt, and he runs out of the argument and stops talking to James.
Norm: It is unwise to ruin your clothes.
Situation: Beth is a bridesmaid for her sister Sarah's upcoming wedding and is planning to have brunch with her friends prior to the wedding.
Intention: Beth wants to have drinks during her brunch before the wedding.
Moral action: Wearing her bridesmaids dress to brunch, Beth makes sure to only order clear drinks.
Moral consequence: Any spillage on Beth's dress is unnoticable, and Beth looks great in Sarah's wedding photos.
Norm: It is unwise to ruin your clothes.
Situation: Beth is a bridesmaid for her sister Sarah's upcoming wedding and is planning to have brunch with her friends prior to the wedding.
Intention: Beth wants to have drinks during her brunch before the wedding.
Immoral action: Wearing her bridesmaids dress to brunch, Beth orders red sangria and spills it on herself.
Immoral consequence: The dress is stained and Beth is forced to attend the wedding looking messy.
Norm: You should not enter someone's personal space uninvited.
Situation: John is tossing a ball around with his brother and accidentally throws it into his neighbor's backyard.
Intention: John wants to get back the ball.
Moral action: John knocks at his neighbor's door and asks if he can retrieve his ball.
Moral consequence: His neighbor is happy to help and give him back the ball right away.
Norm: You should not enter someone's personal space uninvited.
Situation: John is tossing a ball around with his brother and accidentally throws it into his neighbor's backyard.
Intention: John wants to get back the ball.
Immoral action: John climbs over a fence to get into his neighbor's backyard to retrieve the ball.
Immoral consequence: His neighbor blames him for trespassing.
Norm: It is unacceptable to rape someone.
Situation: John has a crush on Susan but is too coward to express his love.
Intention: John wants to have a closer relationship with Susan.
Moral action: John plucks up his courage, sending Sally a bouquet of red roses and asks her to be his girlfriend.
Moral consequence: Sally is delighted and agrees to be John's girlfriend.
Norm: It is unacceptable to rape someone.
Situation: John has a crush on Susan but is too coward to express his love.
Intention: John wants to have a closer relationship with Susan.
Immoral action: John invited Susan to his home and has sex with her despite her unwillingness.
Immoral consequence: Susan calls the police and John gets caught for forcing her to have sex without her agreement.
Norm: It's wrong to try and break up a couple
Situation: Mike and Molly have been in happy, healthy relationship for three years.
Intention: Molly's friend, Samantha, finds Mike attractive and wants a guy like him.
Moral action: Samantha tells Mark she wants a great guy like him, and he gets her a blind date with his brother.
Moral consequence: Mike and Sara continuing dating, and both couples end up getting married.
Norm: It's wrong to try and break up a couple
Situation: Mike and Molly have been in happy, healthy relationship for three years.
Intention: Molly's friend, Samantha, finds Mike attractive and wants a guy like him.
Immoral action: Samantha starts making sexual advances towards Mike, which he eventually breaks up with Molly and dates Samantha.
Immoral consequence: Mike doesn't trust Samantha as his girlfriend and soon dumps her, leaving her with a broken heart.
Norm: You shouldn't be with a partner that puts you down.
Situation: Ash is unhappy in a relationship with a partner who has a really short fuse.
Intention: Ash wants to tell her partner how she feels.
Moral action: Ash talks with her partner and proceeds to break up with him right then and there.
Moral consequence: Ash feels liberated from the bad relationship.
Norm: You shouldn't be with a partner that puts you down.
Situation: Ash is unhappy in a relationship with a partner who has a really short fuse.
Intention: Ash wants to tell her partner how she feels.
Immoral action: Ash talks with her partner who gets angry in response and stays with him afterward.
Immoral consequence: Ash continues to be unhappy in her relationship.
Norm: You shouldn't expect someone to work when they're not scheduled.
Situation: Jaime manages a small retail store where she is in charge of making the schedule for her employees, Beth, Crystal, and Sarah.
Intention: Jaime wants Sarah to work a shift with Beth and Crystal on Thursday.
Moral action: Jaime adds all of her employees to Thusday's schedule and tells them of it beforehand.
Moral consequence: All of the girls show up on time, and Jaime's store runs smoothly.
Norm: You shouldn't expect someone to work when they're not scheduled.
Situation: Jaime manages a small retail store where she is in charge of making the schedule for her employees, Beth, Crystal, and Sarah.
Intention: Jaime wants Sarah to work a shift with Beth and Crystal on Thursday.
Immoral action: Jaime puts only Beth and Crystal on for Thursday's schedule, and reprimands Sarah when she doesn’t show up.
Immoral consequence: Hurt by Jaime's words, Sarah quits and Jaime is short-staffed.
Norm: It is foolish to take dangerous motorcycle rides by yourself.
Situation: Biff just bought an expensive new motorcycle to show off and ride on.
Intention: Biff wants to ride his motorcycle.
Moral action: Biff plans safe riding routes with his friends and then shows off how fast it can go.
Moral consequence: Biff and his friends have a lot of fun riding their motorcycles.
Norm: It is foolish to take dangerous motorcycle rides by yourself.
Situation: Biff just bought an expensive new motorcycle to show off and ride on.
Intention: Biff wants to ride his motorcycle.
Immoral action: Biff rides the motorcycle and first time out he crashes into a tree.
Immoral consequence: Biff is fine but is motorcycle is totaled beyond repair, all he could do is buy another one.
Norm: It's good to cheer yourself up when you're down.
Situation: Mike was yelled at by his boss at work and is brooding about it.
Intention: Mike wants to process and deal with what happened.
Moral action: Mike looks at all of the positive things in his life and focuses on learning from the experience.
Moral consequence: Mike is happy and returns to work with a smile.
Norm: It's good to cheer yourself up when you're down.
Situation: Mike was yelled at by his boss at work and is brooding about it.
Intention: Mike wants to process and deal with what happened.
Immoral action: Mike writes a list of all of the things that he hates about his boss.
Immoral consequence: Mike cherishes a grudge towards his boss and treats him rudely from then on.
Norm: It's expected that you will clean up after yourself.
Situation: Jake went to McDonald's, but he's late to a meeting.
Intention: Jake wants to leave ASAP.
Moral action: Jake throws his garbage in the trash before leaving.
Moral consequence: The employees will not have to waste their time.
Norm: It's expected that you will clean up after yourself.
Situation: Jake went to McDonald's, but he's late to a meeting.
Intention: Jake wants to leave ASAP.
Immoral action: Jake leaves all of his garbage on the table.
Immoral consequence: An employee will have to take time out of their workday to clean up after him.
Norm: You shouldn't decieve others on social media.
Situation: Kim just added her crush from school on a new facebook account.
Intention: Kim wants her crush to like her.
Moral action: Kim sends a message to her crush asking him how he is doing.
Moral consequence: Kim's crush is flattered that she is interested in him and wants to meet up.
Norm: You shouldn't decieve others on social media.
Situation: Kim just added her crush from school on a new facebook account.
Intention: Kim wants her crush to like her.
Immoral action: Kim posts fake pictures and invents another personality in order for her crush to like her.
Immoral consequence: Kim's crush finds out that she is not real and hates her for tricking him.
Norm: It's good to celebrate things with people.
Situation: Lily's grandmother, who hasn’t seen her sister Mary in years, has an upcoming birthday party.
Intention: Lily wants to contact her grandmother's sister.
Moral action: Lily calls Mary to tell invite her to her grandmother's party.
Moral consequence: Mary surprises her sister at her party, and the two hit it off like best friends.
Norm: It's good to celebrate things with people.
Situation: Lily's grandmother, who hasn’t seen her sister Mary in years, has an upcoming birthday party.
Intention: Lily wants to contact her grandmother's sister.
Immoral action: After the party is over, Lily calls her grandmother's sister, Mary.
Immoral consequence: Mary feels left out after discovering there was a party she wasn't invited to.
Norm: You shouldn't miss your partner's birthday.
Situation: Rover is putting in extra hours every week at work, but next Tuesday is his wife's birthday.
Intention: Rover wants to put in 60 hours this week.
Moral action: Rover takes the day off Tuesday and decides to work on Saturday instead.
Moral consequence: Rover works all of his hours and still gets to spend time with his wife on her birthday.
Norm: You shouldn't miss your partner's birthday.
Situation: Rover is putting in extra hours every week at work, but next Tuesday is his wife's birthday.
Intention: Rover wants to put in 60 hours this week.
Immoral action: Rover works a 12 hour shift on tuesday and misses his wife's birthday.
Immoral consequence: Rover's wife is furious at him for missing her birthday, you might say he's in the doghouse.
Norm: It's wrong to try to be someone you are not.
Situation: Jill ran the wrong way and scored a safety against her own team, thus she dreads going to school the next day.
Intention: Jill wants to avoid embarrassment for her mistake.
Moral action: Jill decides to practice in the gym all day to avoid the cafeteria and the playground.
Moral consequence: Jill is able to avoid the other students until the event is mostly forgotten.
Norm: It's wrong to try to be someone you are not.
Situation: Jill ran the wrong way and scored a safety against her own team, thus she dreads going to school the next day.
Intention: Jill wants to avoid embarrassment for her mistake.
Immoral action: Jill pretends to be another student in her class to avoid embarrassment.
Immoral consequence: Jill is eventually found out and is far more embarrassed with this then the original mistake.
Norm: It's wrong to steal things from someone's house.
Situation: Christina, a high-schooler from a low income-family, is friends with Kelly whose parents are well-off and own lots of nice jewelry.
Intention: Christina wants to wear one of Kelly's necklaces to school.
Moral action: Christina tells Kelly how pretty her necklace is and asks to borrow it.
Moral consequence: Kelly gladly allows Christina to borrow her necklace, telling her that she is always welcomed to her things as long as they are returned.
Norm: It's wrong to steal things from someone's house.
Situation: Christina, a high-schooler from a low income-family, is friends with Kelly whose parents are well-off and own lots of nice jewelry.
Intention: Christina wants to wear one of Kelly's necklaces to school.
Immoral action: While hanging out at Kelly's house, Christina takes one of her necklaces while she's in the bathroom and wears it to school the next day.
Immoral consequence: Kelly notices her necklace on Christina and reports her to the principal before cutting all ties with her.
Norm: It's good to travel and visit the people you love.
Situation: Joe and his friends are going on vacation to Miami without Joe telling his grandmother, who lives in Miami, about his trip.
Intention: Joe wants to have fun with his friends in Miami.
Moral action: Joe decides to surprise his grandmother with a visit from himself and his friends.
Moral consequence: Joe's grandmother is delighted to see him, and she allows him and his friends to party in her pool.
Norm: It's good to travel and visit the people you love.
Situation: Joe and his friends are going on vacation to Miami without Joe telling his grandmother, who lives in Miami, about his trip.
Intention: Joe wants to have fun with his friends in Miami.
Immoral action: Joe posts about his adventures with his friends in Miami on social media, but never visits his grandmother.
Immoral consequence: Joe's grandmother sees Joe's social media posts and is hurt that he didn't visit her while he was in the area.
Norm: It's bad to play a joke that damages someone's property.
Situation: Daniel and his brother Jake celebrate April Fool's Day every year.
Intention: Daniel wants to play a memorable joke on Jake for the holiday.
Moral action: Daniel puts a bucket of water at the top of Jake's door.
Moral consequence: Jake opens the door, the water falls on him, and he laughs.
Norm: It's bad to play a joke that damages someone's property.
Situation: Daniel and his brother Jake celebrate April Fool's Day every year.
Intention: Daniel wants to play a memorable joke on Jake for the holiday.
Immoral action: Daniel puts sugar in the gas tank of Jake's car.
Immoral consequence: Jake's car won't start, and he becomes furious.
Norm: It's good to keep your belongings nice and organized.
Situation: Luke walks into his messy office thirty minutes before his team meeting.
Intention: Luke wants to do something while he waits for others to arrive.
Moral action: Luke spends his time tidying up the office.
Moral consequence: Luke's work productivity goes up in his newly organized space.
Norm: It's good to keep your belongings nice and organized.
Situation: Luke walks into his messy office thirty minutes before his team meeting.
Intention: Luke wants to do something while he waits for others to arrive.
Immoral action: Luke sits down moving the junk on his desk all over the place before playing solitaire on his computer.
Immoral consequence: Luke is unable to find the paperwork he needs to fill out later in the day.
Norm: You shouldn't expect to get your way every time.
Situation: Brad wanted to become a professional baseball pitcher.
Intention: Brad wants to get as many strikeouts as possible.
Moral action: Brad doesn't get too upset when someone gets a hit off of him.
Moral consequence: Brad is better able to forget his mistakes.
Norm: You shouldn't expect to get your way every time.
Situation: Brad wanted to become a professional baseball pitcher.
Intention: Brad wants to get as many strikeouts as possible.
Immoral action: Brad gets mad whenever someone gets a hit off of me.
Immoral consequence: Brad's anger affects his performance.
Norm: It is bad to kill animals.
Situation: Joe trains, raises and cares for horses involved in professional horse-racing and one of his horses becomes injured in a race.
Intention: Joe needs to figure out what to do with the injured horse.
Moral action: Joe decides to retire the horse and put it through physical therapy.
Moral consequence: Joe is happy that he seems to be making a positive impact on the horse's health.
Norm: It is bad to kill animals.
Situation: Joe trains, raises and cares for horses involved in professional horse-racing and one of his horses becomes injured in a race.
Intention: Joe needs to figure out what to do with the injured horse.
Immoral action: Joe decides to put shoot the horse and ship it to the glue factory.
Immoral consequence: Joe is haunted by the horse's final moments and is depressed.
Norm: It's wrong to gamble in excess.
Situation: Jimmy takes a trip to Las Vegas to meet up with some friends and have fun.
Intention: Jimmy wants to play some poker while in Las Vegas.
Moral action: Jimmy plays poker in a casino for an hour.
Moral consequence: Jimmy wins a few poker games and has time to meet with his friends.
Norm: It's wrong to gamble in excess.
Situation: Jimmy takes a trip to Las Vegas to meet up with some friends and have fun.
Intention: Jimmy wants to play some poker while in Las Vegas.
Immoral action: Jimmy spends all day in a casino playing poker.
Immoral consequence: Jimmy misses the meet up and his friends become mad.
Norm: You shouldn't tell your parents to shut up.
Situation: Emma was watching videos on her phone at the family dinner table.
Intention: Emma wanted to hear the music from the video better.
Moral action: Emma put in her bluetooth headphones and turned up the volume of the music.
Moral consequence: Emma was able to hear the music videos loud and clearly.
Norm: You shouldn't tell your parents to shut up.
Situation: Emma was watching videos on her phone at the family dinner table.
Intention: Emma wanted to hear the music from the video better.
Immoral action: Emma told her parents they need to pipe down, so she could hear better.
Immoral consequence: Emma was grounded for 2 weeks for being disrespectful to her parents.
Norm: It is shallow to break up with someone over apperance.
Situation: Paola's boyfriend is in the military and returns from duty with several serious scars on his face.
Intention: Paola wants to react to her boyfriend's new look.
Moral action: Paola focuses on her boyfriend's personality and decides to stay with him.
Moral consequence: Paola and her boyfriend remain happy together.
Norm: It is shallow to break up with someone over apperance.
Situation: Paola's boyfriend is in the military and returns from duty with several serious scars on his face.
Intention: Paola wants to react to her boyfriend's new look.
Immoral action: Paola decides to break up with her boyfriend to avoid embarrassment.
Immoral consequence: Paola's boyfriend is heartbroken and loses much self-esteem.
Norm: It is wrong to date someone out of spite.
Situation: Jane has been being pestered by a co-worker for years to date him.
Intention: Jane wants the pestering to end.
Moral action: Jane contacts he workplace's human resources department and files a complaint against the pestering co-worker.
Moral consequence: The co-worker is reprimanded for their behavior and asked to transfer to another office far away from Jane.
Norm: It is wrong to date someone out of spite.
Situation: Jane has been being pestered by a co-worker for years to date him.
Intention: Jane wants the pestering to end.
Immoral action: While angry one day, Jane relents and offers to go on a single date with the co-worker.
Immoral consequence: The co-worker does not get the hint that it is a one off thing and begins to stalk Jane outside of work.
Norm: It's improper for a spouse to cheat on their partner.
Situation: Mann and Olga are coworkers who are attracted to one another, but are married to different partners.
Intention: Mann wants to bring up the obvious attraction they have for each other.
Moral action: Mann talks reasonably with Olga, focusing on his marriage.
Moral consequence: They come to an agreement and their marriages remain strong.
Norm: It's improper for a spouse to cheat on their partner.
Situation: Mann and Olga are coworkers who are attracted to one another, but are married to different partners.
Intention: Mann wants to bring up the obvious attraction they have for each other.
Immoral action: Mann asks Olga if she wants to have a weekend getaway with him.
Immoral consequence: Mann becomes emotionally torn between his partner and Olga, painfully.
Norm: You shouldn't disturb someone's sleep.
Situation: Ted finds out that his wife is pregnant and wants to tell someone, but his best friend Wayne is asleep.
Intention: Ted wants to tell someone about the pregnancy.
Moral action: Ted sends Wayne twenty text messages about the pregnancy because he's so excited.
Moral consequence: Wayne keeps sleeping and sees the text messages in the morning.
Norm: You shouldn't disturb someone's sleep.
Situation: Ted finds out that his wife is pregnant and wants to tell someone, but his best friend Wayne is asleep.
Intention: Ted wants to tell someone about the pregnancy.
Immoral action: Ted calls Wayne and tells him excitedly that his wife is pregnant.
Immoral consequence: Wayne drowsily tells Ted to call in the morning and hangs up on him.
Norm: It's wrong to take someone else's ideas as your own.
Situation: Jeff's friend John tells Jeff about a great new technology idea John had that could make tons of money.
Intention: Jeff wants to make money.
Moral action: Jeff decides to fun John's idea in exchange for a share in John's profits.
Moral consequence: John appreciates the startup capital and makes a successful company.
Norm: It's wrong to take someone else's ideas as your own.
Situation: Jeff's friend John tells Jeff about a great new technology idea John had that could make tons of money.
Intention: Jeff wants to make money.
Immoral action: Jeff decides to copy John's idea and get it to market before John does.
Immoral consequence: John never forgives Jeff for the act of capitalizing on John's idea.
Norm: You shouldn't rub your partner the wrong way.
Situation: James knew that his girlfriend was sensitive about being short.
Intention: James wants to entertain himself when he is feeling bored.
Moral action: James asks his girlfriend to watch movies or play board games with him.
Moral consequence: James and his girlfriend spend many happy evenings with each other.
Norm: You shouldn't rub your partner the wrong way.
Situation: James knew that his girlfriend was sensitive about being short.
Intention: James wants to entertain himself when he is feeling bored.
Immoral action: James frequently calls his girlfriend "Short Stack" and "Pint Size".
Immoral consequence: James' girlfriend retaliates by calling him "deadbeat" and "Mr. Two Minutes".
Norm: It's noble to help someone defray medical costs.
Situation: Jim's aunt was in a serious car accident and needs to take a loan for the hospital bills.
Intention: Jim wants to make his aunt feel better.
Moral action: Jim sends flowers, a card, and a check for $5,000 to his aunt.
Moral consequence: Jim's aunt pays most of the loan off with the money and is relieved.
Norm: It's noble to help someone defray medical costs.
Situation: Jim's aunt was in a serious car accident and needs to take a loan for the hospital bills.
Intention: Jim wants to make his aunt feel better.
Immoral action: Jim sends flowers and a card to his aunt, telling her to get well soon.
Immoral consequence: Jim's aunt appreciates the attention, but has a large loan to pay.