CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't go into someone's room without their permission.
Situation: Jane is playing a game with Liz where they need to hide coins from each other, they aren't allowed in their parents' room.
Intention: Jane wants to find a spot Liz won't look in.
Moral action: Jane throws the coin into her parents' open door, so she doesn't actually go inside.
Immoral consequence: Liz gives up looking for the coin and tells on Jane when she reveals where it is.
Norm: You shouldn't go into someone's room without their permission.
Situation: Jane is playing a game with Liz where they need to hide coins from each other, they aren't allowed in their parents' room.
Intention: Jane wants to find a spot Liz won't look in.
Moral consequence: Liz lets Jane win this round but then amends the rules to require the coin to be "placed", not "thrown".
Immoral action: Jane hides the coin in their parent's room by entering it and putting it behind the dresser.
Norm: You shouldn't hurt people by pushing them over.
Situation: Joe was walking down the school hallway and Steve runs into him on purpose.
Intention: Joe wants to retaliate against Steve.
Moral action: Joe reports Steve's actions to the hall monitor who in turn reports to the faculty.
Immoral consequence: Joe's parents have to pay for Steve's things and ground Joe for a month.
Norm: You shouldn't hurt people by pushing them over.
Situation: Joe was walking down the school hallway and Steve runs into him on purpose.
Intention: Joe wants to retaliate against Steve.
Moral consequence: Steve gets detention and in fear of getting detention again stops running into Joe.
Immoral action: Joe pushes Steve over, causing Steve to fall on his backpack and break everything inside.
Norm: Asking a professional driver for a free ride is disrespectful.
Situation: Bella is an instragram influencer who needs an Uber ride.
Intention: Bella wants to make good business connections for her Instagram account.
Moral action: Bella pays for the fare plus tip and shares a pic with the driver on instagram.
Immoral consequence: The driver shares the recorded conversation on social media and her influencer reputation is ruined.
Norm: Asking a professional driver for a free ride is disrespectful.
Situation: Bella is an instragram influencer who needs an Uber ride.
Intention: Bella wants to make good business connections for her Instagram account.
Moral consequence: Bella is seen as generous and gains more popularity.
Immoral action: Bella asks to ride for free in exchange for exposure and is rude when the driver says no.
Norm: You should not kick others.
Situation: Monty is standing in line at the store but the person in front of him isn't moving up.
Intention: Monty wants the person in front of him to move up.
Moral action: Monty taps the person in front of him on the shoulder to let him know the line is moving.
Immoral consequence: The man that was standing in front of Monty turns around and punches him the gut.
Norm: You should not kick others.
Situation: Monty is standing in line at the store but the person in front of him isn't moving up.
Intention: Monty wants the person in front of him to move up.
Moral consequence: The person that was standing in front of Monty starts walking forward.
Immoral action: Monty kicks the person in front of him to make him start walking.
Norm: It's good to stay faithful to your partner.
Situation: Newly engaged Rob runs in to an old boyfriend and makes plans to meet him for drinks.
Intention: Rob wants to reconnect with his former paramour.
Moral action: Rob invites his partner to join him and his ex for drinks.
Immoral consequence: Rob's fiancee pawns the ring Rob gave him and moves to another state.
Norm: It's good to stay faithful to your partner.
Situation: Newly engaged Rob runs in to an old boyfriend and makes plans to meet him for drinks.
Intention: Rob wants to reconnect with his former paramour.
Moral consequence: Rob's fiancee spends the whole night bragging about how wonderful Rob is.
Immoral action: Rob drinks beyond moderation and ends up sleeping with his old flame.
Norm: It's bad to let your children act immorally.
Situation: Ted found out his child was bullying others in a class through communication with friends.
Intention: Ted wants to confront his child about his bullying.
Moral action: Ted confronts his kid and tells him that bullying is never ok, and gives him a punishment.
Immoral consequence: The child continues bullying and Ted wonders if he made the right choice.
Norm: It's bad to let your children act immorally.
Situation: Ted found out his child was bullying others in a class through communication with friends.
Intention: Ted wants to confront his child about his bullying.
Moral consequence: Ted's child feels sad and mopes about the room, while Ted watches.
Immoral action: Ted confronts his child and tells him that his bullying is, "hilarious", and asks for stories.
Norm: It's not fair to call people names.
Situation: Anthony would bully everyone and call them names, Josh was sick of Anthony's bullying.
Intention: Josh wants to stop Anthony's bullying everyone.
Moral action: Josh complains to the teachers about Anthony's bullying.
Immoral consequence: After hearing the name and who came up with it, now Anthony only bullies Josh.
Norm: It's not fair to call people names.
Situation: Anthony would bully everyone and call them names, Josh was sick of Anthony's bullying.
Intention: Josh wants to stop Anthony's bullying everyone.
Moral consequence: Anthony gets suspended and stops bullying out of fear of getting suspended again.
Immoral action: Josh called Anthony "aunt funny" and mocked the bully's new name.
Norm: You shouldn't do things that are against work rules.
Situation: Ruth was sitting idly in her office waiting for her shift to end because she had finished her work for the day.
Intention: Ruth wanted to find something to relieve her boredom.
Moral action: Ruth walked across the hall to her coworkers office to offer her help to them.
Immoral consequence: Ruth was written up for violating the company's policy about proper use of work computers.
Norm: You shouldn't do things that are against work rules.
Situation: Ruth was sitting idly in her office waiting for her shift to end because she had finished her work for the day.
Intention: Ruth wanted to find something to relieve her boredom.
Moral consequence: Ruth was looked at favorably by her boss and coworker for being a team player.
Immoral action: Ruth pulled up porn site and started viewing some adult content to pass the time.
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.
Immoral consequence: Greg's retirement account hardly grows, and he has very little when he retires.
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 consequence: Greg's retirement account grows, and he has enough to live on at retirement.
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.
Norm: It's bad to act out on an attraction that's illegal.
Situation: Jim is driving home, and he comes across a hooker on the side of the road.
Intention: Jim wants to help the hooker.
Moral action: Jim gives the hooker some money to help her out.
Immoral consequence: Jim and the woman are violating the law.
Norm: It's bad to act out on an attraction that's illegal.
Situation: Jim is driving home, and he comes across a hooker on the side of the road.
Intention: Jim wants to help the hooker.
Moral consequence: The hooker gets to buy something for herself, and Jim doesn't break any laws.
Immoral action: Jim pays the hooker to have sex with him.
Norm: It's annoying when people talk while the movie's playing.
Situation: Kevin and Alex are at a movie when Alex taps Kevin's shoulder, wanting to tell him something.
Intention: Kevin wants to respond to Alex.
Moral action: Kevin makes a motion as if he's zipping his lips, then points at the movie screen.
Immoral consequence: The audience around Kevin and Alex tell them to be quiet or else.
Norm: It's annoying when people talk while the movie's playing.
Situation: Kevin and Alex are at a movie when Alex taps Kevin's shoulder, wanting to tell him something.
Intention: Kevin wants to respond to Alex.
Moral consequence: Alex holds his peace until the movie is over.
Immoral action: Kevin asks Alex, who then starts loudly cracking jokes about one of the main characters.
Norm: It's wrong to lie to get a job.
Situation: Nima is a physicist making his resume to get a tenure-track college physics professor position, something Nima didn't explicitly study.
Intention: Nima wants to impress the person who reads the resume.
Moral action: Nima lists the degrees that he's earned and his work experience in the field of physics.
Immoral consequence: Nima is hired based on the fictional Ph.D. and realizes that he's completely incompetent for the job.
Norm: It's wrong to lie to get a job.
Situation: Nima is a physicist making his resume to get a tenure-track college physics professor position, something Nima didn't explicitly study.
Intention: Nima wants to impress the person who reads the resume.
Moral consequence: The department hires Nima for a research position in the physics department instead of a professor.
Immoral action: Nima says that he has a Ph.D. in a field that he actually doesn't have.
Norm: It's wrong to steal someone else's packages.
Situation: Mark notices the mailman placing his neighbor's playstation 4 package on their doorstep.
Intention: Mark wants a playstation 4.
Moral action: Mark does extra chores and odd jobs around the neighborhood earning enough cash to buy his own playstation 4.
Immoral consequence: His neighbor shames Mark on the internet pressuring him into giving him money along with the playstation four.
Norm: It's wrong to steal someone else's packages.
Situation: Mark notices the mailman placing his neighbor's playstation 4 package on their doorstep.
Intention: Mark wants a playstation 4.
Moral consequence: Mark feels a sense of pride when he unboxes his playstation 4.
Immoral action: Mark takes his neighbor's package into his home to claim the playstation 4.
Norm: It's good to give people credit where credit is due.
Situation: Martha is preparing a presentation for a major marketing meeting.
Intention: Martha wants to get input from multiple people with expertise.
Moral action: Martha talks to various experts and asks them if she can include their ideas in her presentation.
Immoral consequence: Martha's presentation is interrupted by the audience when they see other people's work that they recognize.
Norm: It's good to give people credit where credit is due.
Situation: Martha is preparing a presentation for a major marketing meeting.
Intention: Martha wants to get input from multiple people with expertise.
Moral consequence: Martha's presentation goes beautifully, and she is praised for the in depth research she has done.
Immoral action: Martha gets information from other employees private files and uses them without permission.
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.
Immoral consequence: Jones eventually finishes the book after enough reedits and drafts to fill an entire series.
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 consequence: Jones quickly writes a sold book and his publisher is thrilled.
Immoral action: Jones keeps changing his mind and wastes lots of time on the title, the font, and what genre the book should be.
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.
Immoral consequence: The candy store eventually goes broke from rampant theft and now neither of them have candy.
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 consequence: Hilda just barely gets more candy than Rosa did that day.
Immoral action: Hilda takes candy from a candy store, so she has more than Rosa, it works, so she keeps doing it.
Norm: It's good to know someone's interests.
Situation: Henry is Lydia's Secret Santa, so he is at the mall looking for a gift.
Intention: Henry wants to buy a gift.
Moral action: Henry knows that Lydia is an avid camper, so he buys her a new headlamp.
Immoral consequence: Lydia thanks Henry for the gift but remains distant to him.
Norm: It's good to know someone's interests.
Situation: Henry is Lydia's Secret Santa, so he is at the mall looking for a gift.
Intention: Henry wants to buy a gift.
Moral consequence: Lydia is ecstatic about the gift and invites Henry for a camping trip.
Immoral action: Henry knows nothing about Lydia, so he just buys her a game that he wanted.
Norm: It's wrong to start a fight.
Situation: James' math teacher just announced that the class has to take a pop quiz.
Intention: James wants to get out of taking the test.
Moral action: James raises his hand and says he feels like he's about to throw up.
Immoral consequence: James is sent to the principal's office while everyone else takes the test.
Norm: It's wrong to start a fight.
Situation: James' math teacher just announced that the class has to take a pop quiz.
Intention: James wants to get out of taking the test.
Moral consequence: The teacher sends James to the nurse's office while the rest of the class completes the quiz.
Immoral action: James starts slapping the head of the student sitting next to him.
Norm: It's wrong to be a troll online.
Situation: Kevin spends a lot of time online reading news articles and participating on comment boards.
Intention: Kevin wants to confront those who don't share his political opinions.
Moral action: Kevin has serious, intense but productive and respectful discussions online with people who don't share his opinions.
Immoral consequence: Kevin's reputation on comment boards rapidly deteriorates.
Norm: It's wrong to be a troll online.
Situation: Kevin spends a lot of time online reading news articles and participating on comment boards.
Intention: Kevin wants to confront those who don't share his political opinions.
Moral consequence: Kevin gains the reputation of being a thoughtful, intelligent and decent commenter.
Immoral action: Kevin trolls people online, escalating discussions and aggravating people over political opinions.
Norm: You shouldn't do things that get you banned.
Situation: Fred, who has a concealed carry permit and a gun, goes to a nightclub, where a drunk person picks a fight with Fred.
Intention: Fred wants to deal with the drunk person.
Moral action: Fred goes to the bartender and asks for help dealing with the drunk person.
Immoral consequence: Security sees Fred with the gun, throws him out of the nightclub, and bans him from ever returning.
Norm: You shouldn't do things that get you banned.
Situation: Fred, who has a concealed carry permit and a gun, goes to a nightclub, where a drunk person picks a fight with Fred.
Intention: Fred wants to deal with the drunk person.
Moral consequence: The bartender calls security, who throws the drunk person out and bans him.
Immoral action: Fred pulls his gun on the drunk person and tells him to back off immediately.
Norm: It's wrong to lie to people about money.
Situation: Jenny is walking and thinking of some large bills when her friend Paul pulls up and offers her some spare cash.
Intention: Jenny wants to respond to Paul's offer.
Moral action: Jenny says that the money will help with some bills and takes it.
Immoral consequence: Jenny has great difficulty paying her bills that month.
Norm: It's wrong to lie to people about money.
Situation: Jenny is walking and thinking of some large bills when her friend Paul pulls up and offers her some spare cash.
Intention: Jenny wants to respond to Paul's offer.
Moral consequence: Jenny pays the bills and has some extra left over.
Immoral action: Jenny says that she's doing just fine and has plenty of cash, not wanting to embarrass herself.
Norm: It's rude to use rock pools as a toilet.
Situation: James was exploring a rocky beach full of tide pools when he felt the overwhelming urge to poop.
Intention: James wants to avoid pooping in his pants.
Moral action: James sprints back towards his car and poops in an empty KFC bucket.
Immoral consequence: A passerby films James pooping and puts the video on YouTube.
Norm: It's rude to use rock pools as a toilet.
Situation: James was exploring a rocky beach full of tide pools when he felt the overwhelming urge to poop.
Intention: James wants to avoid pooping in his pants.
Moral consequence: No one is aware of James' gastrointestinal problems, and he resumes exploring the tide pools.
Immoral action: James pulls down his pants and poops in one of the tide pools.
Norm: It's rude to joke about someone who is dead.
Situation: Rudy is hanging out with his friend Sam who has been down in the dumps recently due to the passing of his grandfather.
Intention: Rudy wants to lighten the mood and cheer Sam up.
Moral action: Rudy tells Sam a funny knock-knock joke that he heard the other day.
Immoral consequence: Sam is offended and further saddened at the mention of his grandfather.
Norm: It's rude to joke about someone who is dead.
Situation: Rudy is hanging out with his friend Sam who has been down in the dumps recently due to the passing of his grandfather.
Intention: Rudy wants to lighten the mood and cheer Sam up.
Moral consequence: Sam finds the joke hilarious and it cheers him up considerably.
Immoral action: Rudy makes a joke that involves Sam's recently deceased granfather.
Norm: It's wrong to interrupt others when they're busy.
Situation: Jenna and Marie are both on the phone talking to customers, and Jenna's customer just asked a question only Marie can answer.
Intention: Jenna wants to answer the customer's question.
Moral action: Jenna asks the customer for a phone number where she can call him back.
Immoral consequence: Marie answers curtly and Jenna relays that information to her customer.
Norm: It's wrong to interrupt others when they're busy.
Situation: Jenna and Marie are both on the phone talking to customers, and Jenna's customer just asked a question only Marie can answer.
Intention: Jenna wants to answer the customer's question.
Moral consequence: After Marie hangs up, Jenna asks the customer's question then calls him back to pass on the answer.
Immoral action: Jenna interrupts Marie's phone conversation to ask the customer's question.
Norm: It is bad to worry your mom.
Situation: Finley is out with his friends while his mom keeps texting him.
Intention: Finley wants to have a good time with his friends.
Moral action: Finley replies to his mom's text messages letting her know what time they will be done hanging out.
Immoral consequence: Finley's mom is worried that something is wrong with Finley.
Norm: It is bad to worry your mom.
Situation: Finley is out with his friends while his mom keeps texting him.
Intention: Finley wants to have a good time with his friends.
Moral consequence: Finley's mom is content knowing that her son is okay.
Immoral action: Finley ignores his mom's text messages and continues hanging out with his friends.
Norm: You shouldn't chase someone's pet.
Situation: Al is a child with a neighbor that has a dog.
Intention: Al wants to get a dog as a companion.
Moral action: Al like looking at his neighbor's dog and chooses the same breed as a pet.
Immoral consequence: Al is accused of kidnapping his neighbor's pet and is punished.
Norm: You shouldn't chase someone's pet.
Situation: Al is a child with a neighbor that has a dog.
Intention: Al wants to get a dog as a companion.
Moral consequence: Al has a dog that he owns completely.
Immoral action: Al chases his neighbor's dog and takes it to his own home to keep.
Norm: It's rude to call someone out on their rare mistakes.
Situation: James is under a lot of stress because of tight deadlines when a coworker accidentally deletes a day's worth of work.
Intention: James wants to vent his frustration.
Moral action: James takes a quick break and calls his wife from outside the building to complain about the coworker.
Immoral consequence: James' coworker holds a grudge and ignores James' requests whenever he can.
Norm: It's rude to call someone out on their rare mistakes.
Situation: James is under a lot of stress because of tight deadlines when a coworker accidentally deletes a day's worth of work.
Intention: James wants to vent his frustration.
Moral consequence: James feels calmer after talking to his wife and can concentrate on recovering the files.
Immoral action: James yells at his coworker, calling him incompetent and a burden.
Norm: It is good to be able to laugh at yourself.
Situation: Troy's class begins to laugh when he falls down on the way up to accept an award.
Intention: Troy wants to feel better about himself after feeling embarrassed.
Moral action: Troy laughs with everyone and takes a bow, pretending to almost fall again.
Immoral consequence: Troy's actions give him momentary relief but longer term embarrassment.
Norm: It is good to be able to laugh at yourself.
Situation: Troy's class begins to laugh when he falls down on the way up to accept an award.
Intention: Troy wants to feel better about himself after feeling embarrassed.
Moral consequence: Troy feels like he's involved in the joke and doesn't feel bad accepting his award.
Immoral action: Troy gets upset and tells everyone to stop laughing at him before grabbing his award and leaving.
Norm: It's wrong to spread your illness to another person.
Situation: Tim has been terribly sick at home with the flu for the past few days.
Intention: Tim wants to get some soup to feel better.
Moral action: Tim orders a soup with contact-less delivery.
Immoral consequence: Tim exposes customers and employees to the flu and infects them.
Norm: It's wrong to spread your illness to another person.
Situation: Tim has been terribly sick at home with the flu for the past few days.
Intention: Tim wants to get some soup to feel better.
Moral consequence: Tim protects others from getting the flu.
Immoral action: Tim goes out to the store to buy some cans of soup.
Norm: It's wrong to harm your mother.
Situation: Jessie lives with her mom, Mary, who often opens Jessie's packages without permission.
Intention: Jessie wants to confront her mom about opening her packages.
Moral action: Jessie kindly asks Mary to stop opening her packages and threatens to move out if she continues.
Immoral consequence: Mary falls to the floor and injures her back.
Norm: It's wrong to harm your mother.
Situation: Jessie lives with her mom, Mary, who often opens Jessie's packages without permission.
Intention: Jessie wants to confront her mom about opening her packages.
Moral consequence: Afraid to lose her daughter, Mary leaves Jessie's packages alone.
Immoral action: Jessie catches Mary with one of her packages and pushes her.
Norm: It is wrong to expose people's private information.
Situation: Sherry sees a disagreeable political post online and realizes that her neighbor had posted it.
Intention: Sherry wants express her disagreement with her neighbor.
Moral action: Sherry decides to put a sign for the political party that she supports in her front yard in clear view of her neighbor's house.
Immoral consequence: Many people show up at her neighbors house shouting their objections to the post.