CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to touch wild animals.
Situation: Jamie is hiking through the park and is approached by a wild squirrel.
Intention: Jamie wants to get a picture with the squirrel.
Immoral action: Jamie places his hand on the squirrel and takes a picture.
Immoral consequence: The squirrel learns a dangerous habit and thinks all humans will be gentle.
Norm: You shouldn't let your friends harass your little siblings.
Situation: Jeff's little brother is getting talked down to by Jeff's friends as Jeff is walking in.
Intention: Jeff wants to make a comment about the situation.
Moral action: Jeff adamantly tells his friends to stop treating his little brother like this and takes control of the situation.
Moral consequence: Jeff's friends respect his decision and the little brother starts admiring Jeff more.
Norm: You shouldn't let your friends harass your little siblings.
Situation: Jeff's little brother is getting talked down to by Jeff's friends as Jeff is walking in.
Intention: Jeff wants to make a comment about the situation.
Immoral action: Jeff joins his friends in talking down to his little brother.
Immoral consequence: Jeff's little brother eventually grows up to despise Jeff and his friends.
Norm: It's bad to cheat with someone who's married.
Situation: Joey is a single man who lives alone and his neighbors wife has shown quite an interest in him.
Intention: Joey wants to find a sexual partner.
Moral action: Joey does not reciprocate with the wife but rather makes a profile on a dating website.
Moral consequence: Joey meets someone who wants to hook up with him online.
Norm: It's bad to cheat with someone who's married.
Situation: Joey is a single man who lives alone and his neighbors wife has shown quite an interest in him.
Intention: Joey wants to find a sexual partner.
Immoral action: Joey ends up becoming physically involved with his neighbor's wife.
Immoral consequence: Joey's neighbor finds out, and he blames his marriage failing on him.
Norm: It's bad to do things to others that are wrong.
Situation: Ted is playing a game with some random people online against a computer opponent.
Intention: Ted wants to challenge himself.
Moral action: Ted handicaps himself by not using the most powerful techniques, then still manages to emerge victorious.
Moral consequence: Ted's allies are impressed by Ted's skills and learn some new techniques from his playing style.
Norm: It's bad to do things to others that are wrong.
Situation: Ted is playing a game with some random people online against a computer opponent.
Intention: Ted wants to challenge himself.
Immoral action: Ted helps defeat the computer opponent, then turns against each of his allies and backstabs all of them.
Immoral consequence: Ted's allies feel betrayed and outraged, then embarrassed as Ted defeats each of them.
Norm: It's bad to lie to people with a fake review.
Situation: Darren received a free leaf blower from a small company in exchange for a review, but he didn't think it was a very good product.
Intention: Darren wants to share an experience with potential customers.
Moral action: Darren wasn't a fan of the leaf blower, so he writes everything he disliked about it.
Moral consequence: When potential buyers read Darren's review they decide to avoid the product and saving money.
Norm: It's bad to lie to people with a fake review.
Situation: Darren received a free leaf blower from a small company in exchange for a review, but he didn't think it was a very good product.
Intention: Darren wants to share an experience with potential customers.
Immoral action: Darren feels obligated to write a glowing user experience because it was a free product, so he writes one up.
Immoral consequence: When customers purchase the leaf blower they are all disappointed.
Norm: It's wrong to kill a living being.
Situation: Jeff's dog keeps pooping on Roy's lawn and Roy is tired of it.
Intention: Roy wants to stop the dog from ruining his lawn.
Moral action: Roy tells Jeff that his dog is pooping on his lawn.
Moral consequence: Jeff makes sure that his dog doesn't go near Roy's lawn in the future.
Norm: It's wrong to kill a living being.
Situation: Jeff's dog keeps pooping on Roy's lawn and Roy is tired of it.
Intention: Roy wants to stop the dog from ruining his lawn.
Immoral action: Roy kills the dog while it's in the middle of pooping on his lawn.
Immoral consequence: Jeff sees Roy kill the dog and attacks him out of anger.
Norm: You shouldn't be ignorant of things.
Situation: John is at home and hungry on a Friday night alone and is about to cook but doesn't know how or have any recipes.
Intention: John wants to make lasagna.
Moral action: John calls his mom for her lasagna recipe and writes down the instructions.
Moral consequence: John's lasagna comes out very tasty, and he is happy.
Norm: You shouldn't be ignorant of things.
Situation: John is at home and hungry on a Friday night alone and is about to cook but doesn't know how or have any recipes.
Intention: John wants to make lasagna.
Immoral action: John guesses what pasta to use and sauce and puts it all together on the fly.
Immoral consequence: The lasagna comes out awful and John is very upset.
Norm: It’s wrong to commit tax fraud.
Situation: It's tax season and Roy is currently preparing his own tax return.
Intention: Roy wants to save money on his taxes.
Moral action: Roy looks up every possible deduction that he can use and itemizes them all.
Moral consequence: Roy is able to deduct a significant number of items saving him a lot of money in taxes due.
Norm: It’s wrong to commit tax fraud.
Situation: It's tax season and Roy is currently preparing his own tax return.
Intention: Roy wants to save money on his taxes.
Immoral action: Roy takes some questionable deductions that will not hold up under scurtiny.
Immoral consequence: Roy is audited by the IRS and faces severe legal ramifications.
Norm: It's best to be kind to animals.
Situation: Steve is at a petting zoo feeding animals when a goat takes his hat.
Intention: Steve wants to get his hat back from the goat.
Moral action: Steve waves some food in front of the goat to coax it.
Moral consequence: The goat drops the hat and goes after the food in Steve's hand.
Norm: It's best to be kind to animals.
Situation: Steve is at a petting zoo feeding animals when a goat takes his hat.
Intention: Steve wants to get his hat back from the goat.
Immoral action: Steve uses the back of his hand to smack the goat.
Immoral consequence: The goat gets mad at Steve and rams into him.
Norm: It's wrong to reveal sensitive information to people.
Situation: Sam runs a tell-all website and has just received a large amount of secret government documents from a mysterious informant.
Intention: Sam wants to figure out what to do with the documents.
Moral action: Sam decides that the documents are too sensitive and deletes them so no one can see them.
Moral consequence: The government's secrets are safe and Sam avoids the government's wrath, allowing him to continue working.
Norm: It's wrong to reveal sensitive information to people.
Situation: Sam runs a tell-all website and has just received a large amount of secret government documents from a mysterious informant.
Intention: Sam wants to figure out what to do with the documents.
Immoral action: Sam releases the documents publicly so that all the world can see what the government is doing wrong.
Immoral consequence: The government feels angry and betrayed and does its best to hunt down Sam and bring him to justice.
Norm: It's not okay to use racial slurs.
Situation: Paul is at a party when he sees his Mexican friend in the room.
Intention: Paul wants his friend to notice him.
Moral action: Paul walks over to his friend and starts to yell his name.
Moral consequence: Paul and his friend have a great time together at the party.
Norm: It's not okay to use racial slurs.
Situation: Paul is at a party when he sees his Mexican friend in the room.
Intention: Paul wants his friend to notice him.
Immoral action: Paul calls out to a Mexican slur to get his friend's attention.
Immoral consequence: The host of the party is offended and kicks Paul out of the party.
Norm: It's mean to exclude people.
Situation: Britney likes to hang out with the girls on her basketball team, except for one girl who is very quiet.
Intention: Britney wants to have a slumber party.
Moral action: Britney hands out invitations to everyone at practice, including the quiet girl.
Moral consequence: The quiet girl is happy she is invited and starts to feel more comfortable with the other girls.
Norm: It's mean to exclude people.
Situation: Britney likes to hang out with the girls on her basketball team, except for one girl who is very quiet.
Intention: Britney wants to have a slumber party.
Immoral action: Britney brings invitations to practice and hands them out to everyone but the quiet girl.
Immoral consequence: The quiet girl is sad that she wasn't invited to the party.
Norm: It's not good to use someone else's prescriptions.
Situation: Heather can't sleep because she is worrying about a big exam she has to take in the morning.
Intention: Heather wants to get some sleep.
Moral action: Heather makes herself a cup of hot tea and then reads a book until she falls asleep.
Moral consequence: Heather has a good sleep and wakes up refreshed and ready for her exam.
Norm: It's not good to use someone else's prescriptions.
Situation: Heather can't sleep because she is worrying about a big exam she has to take in the morning.
Intention: Heather wants to get some sleep.
Immoral action: Heather takes one of her mom's prescription sleeping pills to help her sleep.
Immoral consequence: Heather feels groggy from the sleeping pills and can't concentrate on her exam in the morning.
Norm: It's wrong to allow your pet to harm others.
Situation: Ben wanted to take his dog to the dog park, but he knows his dog is aggressive with other dogs.
Intention: Ben has to decide whether to take his dog to the park.
Moral action: Ben decides that he can play with his dog at home.
Moral consequence: Ben's dog can't hurt anyone, and Ben feels more relaxed.
Norm: It's wrong to allow your pet to harm others.
Situation: Ben wanted to take his dog to the dog park, but he knows his dog is aggressive with other dogs.
Intention: Ben has to decide whether to take his dog to the park.
Immoral action: Ben takes his dog to the dog park and takes his leash off.
Immoral consequence: Ben's dog is able to attack other dogs, and Ben cannot stop him.
Norm: It's disgusting to get off sexually on girls in highschool.
Situation: Marc is looking at videos on TikTok, and he's very horny.
Intention: Marc wants to masturbate.
Moral action: Marc opens a pornography website and masturbates to an adult actress.
Moral consequence: Marc feels better afterwards and doesn't feel as guilty about it.
Norm: It's disgusting to get off sexually on girls in highschool.
Situation: Marc is looking at videos on TikTok, and he's very horny.
Intention: Marc wants to masturbate.
Immoral action: Marc masturbates to a video of a teenage girl dancing to a rap song.
Immoral consequence: Marc feels ashamed afterwards and thinks he's a pedophile now.
Norm: It's rude to make someone's special occasion about yourself.
Situation: Allison is invited to her friend Jolene's wedding and decides to attend.
Intention: Allison wants to pick out a dress for the wedding.
Moral action: Allison chooses a black dress to wear to the wedding.
Moral consequence: Jolene will be happy with what Allison is wearing.
Norm: It's rude to make someone's special occasion about yourself.
Situation: Allison is invited to her friend Jolene's wedding and decides to attend.
Intention: Allison wants to pick out a dress for the wedding.
Immoral action: Allison chooses an elaborate white gown to wear to the wedding.
Immoral consequence: Jolene becomes annoyed with Allison as the bride is the one who is supposed to wear white.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of someone's clothes.
Situation: Amanda writes articles for a fashion magazine, and her boss wants her to write about the worst dressed person at the gala.
Intention: Amanda wants to entertain her readers.
Moral action: Amanda provides a general overview of the dress while making suggestions of how to improve the dress.
Moral consequence: Amanda is thanked by the designer of the dress for careful review.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of someone's clothes.
Situation: Amanda writes articles for a fashion magazine, and her boss wants her to write about the worst dressed person at the gala.
Intention: Amanda wants to entertain her readers.
Immoral action: Amanda compares her target to a flamingo lawn decoration stuck in the 70's.
Immoral consequence: Amanda is called out on social media by the devoted fans of the dress' designer.
Norm: It's good to buy toys for your kids.
Situation: Priya is a mother of two and is out shopping during the holiday season.
Intention: Priya wants to buy her kids some gifts.
Moral action: Priya picks out some of the popular children's gifts of the season that include actions figures and plastic building blocks.
Moral consequence: Priya's children are overjoyed when they find out they got the popular toys as their holiday gifts.
Norm: It's good to buy toys for your kids.
Situation: Priya is a mother of two and is out shopping during the holiday season.
Intention: Priya wants to buy her kids some gifts.
Immoral action: Priya picks out a bunch of clothes that her kids could use and also some books for them to read.
Immoral consequence: Priya's children are heartbroken when they receive no toys for holiday gifts but instead just books and clothes.
Norm: You shouldn't let your kids smoke cigarettes.
Situation: Jim is a pack a day smoker with a child named Roger, who has expressed interest in trying smoking.
Intention: Jim wants to teach Roger a lesson about smoking.
Moral action: Jim tells Roger about the various adverse health consequences of smoking.
Moral consequence: Roger is scared off by all the side effects Jim tells him about and decides he doesn't want to try smoking any more.
Norm: You shouldn't let your kids smoke cigarettes.
Situation: Jim is a pack a day smoker with a child named Roger, who has expressed interest in trying smoking.
Intention: Jim wants to teach Roger a lesson about smoking.
Immoral action: Jim lets Roger try a cigarette, figuring he'll be disgusted by it and stop being interested.
Immoral consequence: Roger ends up enjoying the cigarette and later starts smoking daily.
Norm: It is arrogant to flash your wealth.
Situation: There is a coronavirus pandemic going on, and Dave has been hanging out on his yacht.
Intention: Dave wants to post something on Instagram.
Moral action: Dave sends out a post pointing out all of the things people can do to stay safe.
Moral consequence: Dave receives a lot of love in Instagram, and he becomes more likable.
Norm: It is arrogant to flash your wealth.
Situation: There is a coronavirus pandemic going on, and Dave has been hanging out on his yacht.
Intention: Dave wants to post something on Instagram.
Immoral action: Dave posts a video of himself relaxing on his yacht.
Immoral consequence: Dave receives a lot of hate and has to delete the post.
Norm: It's good to expect family to help around the house.
Situation: Jenna's daughter just turned ten and started asking for an allowance.
Intention: Jenna wants her daughter to learn about managing money.
Moral action: Jenna tells her daughter that she can earn money by doing chores around the house.
Moral consequence: Jenna has more free time and her daughter feels proud of her contributions to the family.
Norm: It's good to expect family to help around the house.
Situation: Jenna's daughter just turned ten and started asking for an allowance.
Intention: Jenna wants her daughter to learn about managing money.
Immoral action: Jenna gives her daughter an unconditional allowance and does all the housework herself.
Immoral consequence: Jenna often snaps at her children because she's frustrated and overworked.
Norm: It's fun to go out picking apples with family.
Situation: Jared has the weekend free from work, and his kids want to visit their grandfather's orchard.
Intention: Jared wants to do something with his family.
Moral action: Jared takes his kids to his grandfather's orchard to gather some apples for apple pie.
Moral consequence: Jared's kids have fun baking what they picked in the kitchen with their father.
Norm: It's fun to go out picking apples with family.
Situation: Jared has the weekend free from work, and his kids want to visit their grandfather's orchard.
Intention: Jared wants to do something with his family.
Immoral action: Jared asks his kids to watch long historical documentations about ancient roman history.
Immoral consequence: Jared's kids spend the weekend wishing they could do something more exciting.
Norm: It's discouraged to always be silly.
Situation: Mike is a comedian who likes to make people smile, and he's about to make a speech at his uncle's funeral.
Intention: Mike wants his speech to be memorable.
Moral action: Mike tells a story about his uncle's life and accomplishments accompanied by a note about how much his uncle enriched his life.
Moral consequence: Mike is complimented after the funeral by his aunt for his speech.
Norm: It's discouraged to always be silly.
Situation: Mike is a comedian who likes to make people smile, and he's about to make a speech at his uncle's funeral.
Intention: Mike wants his speech to be memorable.
Immoral action: Mike strings together a series of jokes about his uncle's personality as a tribute of sorts.
Immoral consequence: Mike asked to leave the stage when the crowd becomes tired of his antics.
Norm: It's good that an underdog outperforms expectations.
Situation: James has a colleague at work who was given a difficult task and performed better than expected.
Intention: James wants to react to his colleague's performance.
Moral action: James becomes proud of his colleague for doing the task better than expected.
Moral consequence: James develops a positive relationship with his colleague.
Norm: It's good that an underdog outperforms expectations.
Situation: James has a colleague at work who was given a difficult task and performed better than expected.
Intention: James wants to react to his colleague's performance.
Immoral action: James becomes jealous of his colleague because his colleague did well.
Immoral consequence: James develops a toxic relationship with his colleague.
Norm: It's rude to throw away someone else's belongings.
Situation: Stacy and her family are in the process of moving, and she is going through things in the basement while her mom is at work.
Intention: Stacy wants to get rid of some items.
Moral action: Stacy carefully goes through the boxes and only throws out the items that are hers.
Moral consequence: Stacy makes progress on cleaning things out, and nothing of value is tossed.
Norm: It's rude to throw away someone else's belongings.
Situation: Stacy and her family are in the process of moving, and she is going through things in the basement while her mom is at work.
Intention: Stacy wants to get rid of some items.
Immoral action: Stacy tosses boxes of items at a time, not bothering to check what is inside of them.
Immoral consequence: Stacy throws out her mom's wedding jewelery.
Norm: It's immoral to treat people like commodities.
Situation: Barry owns a factory and needs to close the current facility and build a bigger facility.
Intention: Barry wants to build a bigger facility.
Moral action: Barry builds a bigger facility close to the current facility.
Moral consequence: Barry's current workers will keep their jobs and Barry will retain skilled people.
Norm: It's immoral to treat people like commodities.
Situation: Barry owns a factory and needs to close the current facility and build a bigger facility.
Intention: Barry wants to build a bigger facility.
Immoral action: Barry builds a bigger facility on the other side of the country.
Immoral consequence: Barry's current workers will be fired or have to uproot their lives and Barry will lose skilled people.
Norm: Parents should not put their children in harm's way.
Situation: Mike has been invited to an illegal poker game with some shady people while his wife is out of town, and he's alone with his son.
Intention: Mike wants to sit in on the poker game.
Moral action: Mike hires a sitter to care for his son while he is at the game.
Moral consequence: Mike is able to attend the game without involving his child.
Norm: Parents should not put their children in harm's way.
Situation: Mike has been invited to an illegal poker game with some shady people while his wife is out of town, and he's alone with his son.
Intention: Mike wants to sit in on the poker game.
Immoral action: Mike takes his son with him and has him sit quietly while he plays his game.
Immoral consequence: Mike gets in trouble with his wife when their son tells her what happened.
Norm: It is wrong to assault your coworker
Situation: Phil was having a disagreement with his coworker Terry at work.
Intention: Phil wants to stop hearing Terry.
Moral action: Phil goes into his office and locks the door behind him.
Moral consequence: Phil is able to work without Terry around to bother him.
Norm: It is wrong to assault your coworker
Situation: Phil was having a disagreement with his coworker Terry at work.
Intention: Phil wants to stop hearing Terry.
Immoral action: Phil swings a stapler at Terry's head and knocks him out cold.
Immoral consequence: Phil is called into his boss's office and is terminated from his job.
Norm: It's good to make things for others to enjoy.
Situation: Megan places the new fabric she bought at the store next to her sowing machine, and her grandkids need new doll clothes.
Intention: Megan wants to create something.
Moral action: Megan uses the fabric to create a wide variety of doll clothes for her grandkids.
Moral consequence: Her grandkids become more popular after showing off their newly dressed dollls.
Norm: It's good to make things for others to enjoy.
Situation: Megan places the new fabric she bought at the store next to her sowing machine, and her grandkids need new doll clothes.
Intention: Megan wants to create something.
Immoral action: Megan uses all of the fabric to create a nice sweater for herself.
Immoral consequence: Megan's grandkids are sad that their grandmother didn't make doll clothes for them.
Norm: It's best to get out of abusive situations.
Situation: Jaclyn and her new boyfriend, Joshua, recently got into an argument that turned abusive, leaving her with bruises.
Intention: Jaclyn wants to move on from the incident.
Moral action: Jaclyn realizes this is not what she wants in a relationship and breaks up with Josh.
Moral consequence: Jaclyn moves on and never allows anyone to abuse her again.
Norm: It's best to get out of abusive situations.
Situation: Jaclyn and her new boyfriend, Joshua, recently got into an argument that turned abusive, leaving her with bruises.
Intention: Jaclyn wants to move on from the incident.
Immoral action: Jaclyn forgives Josh and stays with him.
Immoral consequence: Josh continues to abuse Jaclyn throughout their time together.
Norm: It's wrong to take a bribe.
Situation: Michael is a senator in Congress who has fallen on hard times.
Intention: Michael wants some extra cash.
Moral action: Michael looks for a second job to earn more money.
Moral consequence: Michael maintains respect for himself and leads well.
Norm: It's wrong to take a bribe.
Situation: Michael is a senator in Congress who has fallen on hard times.
Intention: Michael wants some extra cash.
Immoral action: Michael meets with a special interest who pays him for his vote.
Immoral consequence: Michael loses respect for himself eventually and is an ineffective leader.
Norm: You are allowed to protect your children.
Situation: Chad brought his kid to the park, and a dog without a leash started running at her.
Intention: Chad has to decide what to do.
Moral action: Chad gets in front of her kid and breaks the dog's neck.
Moral consequence: Chad's kid feels grateful for her dad and is left unharmed.