CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It is bad not to help others in need
Situation: Charles, who is a wealthy man, passes by a homeless man on the street asking for money.
Intention: Charles wants to respond to the homeless man.
Moral action: Charles buys the man dinner and takes him to a homeless shelter.
Immoral consequence: The homeless man remains hungry and homeless.
Norm: It is bad not to help others in need
Situation: Charles, who is a wealthy man, passes by a homeless man on the street asking for money.
Intention: Charles wants to respond to the homeless man.
Moral consequence: The homeless man is fed and has somewhere to sleep.
Immoral action: Charles tells the man to quit being lazy and get a job.
Norm: It is wrong to waste your employer's money.
Situation: Alex is granted a large amount of autonomy at his job and the company will cover fairly high food costs while traveling.
Intention: Alex wants to eat a quality meal and have some drinks to recharge.
Moral action: Alex spends a reasonable amount on food and drinks at a casual restaurant.
Immoral consequence: Alex's boss notices the high charge and limits his priveleges.
Norm: It is wrong to waste your employer's money.
Situation: Alex is granted a large amount of autonomy at his job and the company will cover fairly high food costs while traveling.
Intention: Alex wants to eat a quality meal and have some drinks to recharge.
Moral consequence: Alex is granted continued free reign on food expenses he reports.
Immoral action: Alex orders very expensive food and drink at an expensive restaurant.
Norm: It's wrong to tell your roommate what to do.
Situation: Jill has moved to a new city and is living with a roommate.
Intention: Jill wants to schedule cleaning the apartment.
Moral action: Jill asks her roommate to help her pick dates to clean the apartment.
Immoral consequence: Jill's roommate moves out and Jill has to pay all the rent.
Norm: It's wrong to tell your roommate what to do.
Situation: Jill has moved to a new city and is living with a roommate.
Intention: Jill wants to schedule cleaning the apartment.
Moral consequence: Jill's roommate thinks Jill is considerate and wants to cooperate more with Jill.
Immoral action: Jill tells her roommate the apartment cleaning is during her roommate's birthday.
Norm: It is wrong to make false accusations.
Situation: Julie's house was recently broken into, and she has no idea who did it.
Intention: Julie wants the cops to arrest someone for breaking into her home.
Moral action: Julie asks her neighbors if they saw or heard anything related to her home break-in.
Immoral consequence: Julie's ex-husband is falsely jailed for the break-in.
Norm: It is wrong to make false accusations.
Situation: Julie's house was recently broken into, and she has no idea who did it.
Intention: Julie wants the cops to arrest someone for breaking into her home.
Moral consequence: Julie's neighbor provides the police with video surveillance and the true suspect is caught and arrested.
Immoral action: Julie makes up a story about her ex-husband threatening to break into her home and reports it to the police.
Norm: It is wrong to stifle children's freedom of expression
Situation: Mrs. Jones is teaching a pre-school art class how to paint trees with fingerpaint.
Intention: Mrs. Jones wants the children to be proud of their drawings.
Moral action: Mrs. Jones demonstrates how to make a tree and lets the children pick colors that they love.
Immoral consequence: The children like their paintings, but they all look almost entirely identical and are easily mixed up by the students.
Norm: It is wrong to stifle children's freedom of expression
Situation: Mrs. Jones is teaching a pre-school art class how to paint trees with fingerpaint.
Intention: Mrs. Jones wants the children to be proud of their drawings.
Moral consequence: The children all have beautiful and unique paintings that are easy to tell apart and reflect their identities.
Immoral action: Mrs. Jones gives each child one color of paint at a time and makes them follow her step by step.
Norm: It's expected that you tip the server at a restaurant.
Situation: Phil takes Jenny to a fancy restaurant he can barely afford on their first date.
Intention: Phil wants to save money.
Moral action: Phil tips the waiter for his service.
Immoral consequence: Jenny takes note of Phil's lack of generosity and declines a second date.
Norm: It's expected that you tip the server at a restaurant.
Situation: Phil takes Jenny to a fancy restaurant he can barely afford on their first date.
Intention: Phil wants to save money.
Moral consequence: Jenny is impressed with her dates generosity.
Immoral action: Phil decides to skip the tip.
Norm: You should not keep wild animals.
Situation: John found a wild raccoon when he was walking in the forest.
Intention: John wanted to make sure that the raccoon had safe living conditions.
Moral action: John left the raccoon a bit of his food on the grass.
Immoral consequence: The raccoon scratched and bit John, and he had to go to the hospital.
Norm: You should not keep wild animals.
Situation: John found a wild raccoon when he was walking in the forest.
Intention: John wanted to make sure that the raccoon had safe living conditions.
Moral consequence: John watched as the raccoon took the food and went up in the tree with it.
Immoral action: John took the raccoon to his house and tried to keep him in his bedroom.
Norm: It's wrong to say mean things about poor people.
Situation: Jenna is an affluent student whose parents just bought her a new iPhone.
Intention: Jenna wants to cal attention to her new iPhone.
Moral action: Jenna taks about how lucky she is that her family can afford new technology.
Immoral consequence: The classmate overhears Jenna and says that she's the shallowest person in the school.
Norm: It's wrong to say mean things about poor people.
Situation: Jenna is an affluent student whose parents just bought her a new iPhone.
Intention: Jenna wants to cal attention to her new iPhone.
Moral consequence: People find Jenna slightly less annoying when she acknowledges her economic privilege.
Immoral action: Jenna points out another classmate who stills uses a flip phone, holds up her new iPhone for comparison, and says, "It's like being in a time warp".
Norm: It's expected that family should help each other out.
Situation: It's a hot day, and Kelli's daughter, Erica, called to tell her that her car broke down, and she is stranded until a tow truck arrives in a few hours.
Intention: Kelli wants to react to her daughter's dilemma.
Moral action: Kelli tell's Erica to sit tight, and she will be right there to pick her up and to leave a note for the tow truck driver.
Immoral consequence: Erica is stuck out in the heat and faints from heat exhaustion.
Norm: It's expected that family should help each other out.
Situation: It's a hot day, and Kelli's daughter, Erica, called to tell her that her car broke down, and she is stranded until a tow truck arrives in a few hours.
Intention: Kelli wants to react to her daughter's dilemma.
Moral consequence: Erica doesn't have to suffer in the heat waiting.
Immoral action: Kelli tells Erica to just wait patiently until the truck arrives.
Norm: You shouldn't criticize your roommate's food habits.
Situation: Luke notices his overweight roommate eating three slices of pizza.
Intention: Luke wants to get his roommate to eat healthy.
Moral action: Luke asks his friend to help him cook a healthy pizza substitute while discussing healthy diets.
Immoral consequence: His friend orders another pizza to spite Luke.
Norm: You shouldn't criticize your roommate's food habits.
Situation: Luke notices his overweight roommate eating three slices of pizza.
Intention: Luke wants to get his roommate to eat healthy.
Moral consequence: Luke likes cooking so much that he stops eating out until he loses weight.
Immoral action: Luke says that his friend should avoid eating pizza because it will cause him to gain weight and get heart disease.
Norm: You should always respond to people's emails.
Situation: Dan is applying to jobs in the area.
Intention: Dan wants to get a better job.
Moral action: Dan reads the email and applies to the rival firm.
Immoral consequence: Dan takes the only job offered of the ones he applied to.
Norm: You should always respond to people's emails.
Situation: Dan is applying to jobs in the area.
Intention: Dan wants to get a better job.
Moral consequence: Dan gets a better-paying job that he likes more.
Immoral action: Dan ignores an email which says a job is available at a rival firm.
Norm: It's bad to do poor work for one's employer.
Situation: Gabi works as a data entry technician, and often finds the task boring and repetitive.
Intention: Gabi just wants to finish for the day, so she can enjoy the weekend.
Moral action: Gabi pays attention to her work, doing it correctly and carefully.
Immoral consequence: Gabi has to go back and make corrections, taking longer to finish for the day.
Norm: It's bad to do poor work for one's employer.
Situation: Gabi works as a data entry technician, and often finds the task boring and repetitive.
Intention: Gabi just wants to finish for the day, so she can enjoy the weekend.
Moral consequence: Gabi finishes 10 minutes early, and her boss tells her she can go home.
Immoral action: Gabi speeds through her work, not bothering to check for accuracy and making several mistakes.
Norm: It's irresponsible to not shower.
Situation: It had been well over a week since the last time the Chance had taken a shower.
Intention: Chance wanted to talk to his boss.
Moral action: Chance went home and took a shower and changed his clothes before talking to his boss.
Immoral consequence: Chances boss sent him to human resources who told him he was offensive to other workers.
Norm: It's irresponsible to not shower.
Situation: It had been well over a week since the last time the Chance had taken a shower.
Intention: Chance wanted to talk to his boss.
Moral consequence: Chance's boss was attentive to him and impressed with the way he looked.
Immoral action: Chance talked to his boss in his dirty clothes without even putting on deodorant.
Norm: It's good to be on time to school.
Situation: James woke up late and didn't have time to eat breakfast before catching the school bus.
Intention: James doesn't want to be hungry at school.
Moral action: James buys a bag of chips from the vending machine in the school hallway.
Immoral consequence: James is written up as tardy and forced to go to lunch detention.
Norm: It's good to be on time to school.
Situation: James woke up late and didn't have time to eat breakfast before catching the school bus.
Intention: James doesn't want to be hungry at school.
Moral consequence: James has an unsatisfying breakfast but at least feels full and gets to class before the bell rings.
Immoral action: James makes the ten-minute walk to a Starbucks near campus and arrives to class after the bell rings.
Norm: It's good to use environmentally sustainable sources of energy.
Situation: James needs to buy a new car for his daily commute.
Intention: James wants a car that will impress people.
Moral action: James buys a Tesla and installs solar panels on his house to generate the energy.
Immoral consequence: James impresses people who believe that global warming is a Chinese hoax.
Norm: It's good to use environmentally sustainable sources of energy.
Situation: James needs to buy a new car for his daily commute.
Intention: James wants a car that will impress people.
Moral consequence: James impresses the majority of people who believe that global warming is real.
Immoral action: James buys an SUV with the lowest gas mileage on the market.
Norm: If someone tells a joke it's polite to laugh.
Situation: Anne's boss, who has to fill a manager position, is talking to her at her lunch break, and he makes a dumb joke.
Intention: Anne wants to get back to work.
Moral action: Anne laughs at the joke, then says that she needs to get back to work.
Immoral consequence: Anne's boss sees her as not people-friendly and passes her over for promotion to manager.
Norm: If someone tells a joke it's polite to laugh.
Situation: Anne's boss, who has to fill a manager position, is talking to her at her lunch break, and he makes a dumb joke.
Intention: Anne wants to get back to work.
Moral consequence: Her boss finds her friendly, and she later gets a promotion to manager.
Immoral action: Anne ignores the joke and tells her boss she needs to get back to work.
Norm: It is harmful to spread germs in food.
Situation: Jeremy is eating a food a party when he bites into something he dislikes.
Intention: Jeremy wants to get rid of the food.
Moral action: Jeremy tosses the uneaten food into the trashcan.
Immoral consequence: Jeremy is roasted on Facebook when someone shares a picture of his actions.
Norm: It is harmful to spread germs in food.
Situation: Jeremy is eating a food a party when he bites into something he dislikes.
Intention: Jeremy wants to get rid of the food.
Moral consequence: John ends up befriending another person standing near the trashcan.
Immoral action: Jeremy slips the half eaten food back onto one of the random food trays.
Norm: You shouldn't let people steal from you.
Situation: Jill runs a store, and she was looking into proper loss prevention measures.
Intention: Jill wants to make a decision.
Moral action: Jill signs up with a security system to protect her assets from theft.
Immoral consequence: People continue right on stealing form Jill's store with impunity.
Norm: You shouldn't let people steal from you.
Situation: Jill runs a store, and she was looking into proper loss prevention measures.
Intention: Jill wants to make a decision.
Moral consequence: After three arrests, people stop stealing from Jill's store.
Immoral action: Jill decides that the stuff stolen from her is cheaper than what the security bill would be.
Norm: You should be more respectful of people's property.
Situation: Jack and his friends are playing in his backyard on a sunny day.
Intention: Jack wants to have fun with his friends.
Moral action: Jack sets up an inflatable pool and swims in the pool with his friends.
Immoral consequence: His neighbor blames him for the damage and asks to pay for it to fix the window.
Norm: You should be more respectful of people's property.
Situation: Jack and his friends are playing in his backyard on a sunny day.
Intention: Jack wants to have fun with his friends.
Moral consequence: His neighbor feels secure about Jack's non-threatening activity.
Immoral action: Jack tosses a ball around with his friends, and he accidentally hit a window of his neighbor.
Norm: It is wrong to smoke at a kids party.
Situation: Tony is at his nephew's 5th birthday party.
Intention: Tony wants to smoke a cigarette.
Moral action: Tony excuses himself to the backyard where there are no children and has a cigarette there.
Immoral consequence: The other adults tell Tony off and the kids breathe in some secondhand smoke.
Norm: It is wrong to smoke at a kids party.
Situation: Tony is at his nephew's 5th birthday party.
Intention: Tony wants to smoke a cigarette.
Moral consequence: No one gets upset with Tony and the kids are not exposed to secondhand smoke.
Immoral action: Tony lights up a cigarette while sitting around the table and eating cake.
Norm: It is responsible to keep your room tidy.
Situation: John's family was going to the amusement park, and he wanted to bring his camera with him.
Intention: John wants to go to the amusement park.
Moral action: John's room was organized so finding his camera was a snap.
Immoral consequence: John went to the part but without his camera with him.
Norm: It is responsible to keep your room tidy.
Situation: John's family was going to the amusement park, and he wanted to bring his camera with him.
Intention: John wants to go to the amusement park.
Moral consequence: John was the first one in the car waiting for his less organized parents and siblings to get ready.
Immoral action: Because his room is so messy, John couldn't find the cameras before they left.
Norm: You should not yell at your pet.
Situation: Jan's pet dog, Spot, chewed up her favorite dress shoes.
Intention: Jan wants Spot not to destroy her things.
Moral action: Jan locks away the rest of her shoes and mildly admonishes Spot.
Immoral consequence: Jan has to clean up dog pee, as well as her shoes.
Norm: You should not yell at your pet.
Situation: Jan's pet dog, Spot, chewed up her favorite dress shoes.
Intention: Jan wants Spot not to destroy her things.
Moral consequence: Spot does not chew up any more of her shoes.
Immoral action: Jan yells at Spot, who is so scared he pees on the floor.
Norm: You shouldn't go out in public when you're contagious
Situation: Jen has been sick at home with the flu for several days and is still having symptoms.
Intention: Jen wants to get some soup in order to feel better.
Moral action: Jen orders delivery and instructs them to leave it at the door.
Immoral consequence: Jen spreads the illness to others.
Norm: You shouldn't go out in public when you're contagious
Situation: Jen has been sick at home with the flu for several days and is still having symptoms.
Intention: Jen wants to get some soup in order to feel better.
Moral consequence: Other people have been protected from exposure to the flu.
Immoral action: Jen goes out to the store while sick to pick up some cans of soup.
Norm: It's rude to call people you cared about names.
Situation: Jen has just been dumped by her partner after a huge argument.
Intention: Jen wants to get back at her partner for leaving her.
Moral action: Jen takes time to focus on her goals and finds success.
Immoral consequence: Jen's former partner brushes her as like a crazy ex.
Norm: It's rude to call people you cared about names.
Situation: Jen has just been dumped by her partner after a huge argument.
Intention: Jen wants to get back at her partner for leaving her.
Moral consequence: Jen's ex regrets leaving her when he sees that she is becoming successful.
Immoral action: Jen insults her ex and picks on his insecurities.
Norm: It's wrong for married people to have an affair.
Situation: Jen has been married for many years and notices that the spark in the relationship has been fading.
Intention: Jen wants to have an exciting intimate experience.
Moral action: Jen thinks of new things the couple can do in order to mix things up.
Immoral consequence: Jen destroys her marriage by having an affair.
Norm: It's wrong for married people to have an affair.
Situation: Jen has been married for many years and notices that the spark in the relationship has been fading.
Intention: Jen wants to have an exciting intimate experience.
Moral consequence: Jen and her husband rekindle the passion they once had.
Immoral action: Jen gets involved with someone outside her relationship.
Norm: Touching your boss at work could be awkward.
Situation: Connie notices boyfriend, who is her boss, walk into the office.
Intention: Connie wants to greet her boyfriend.
Moral action: Connie waves at her boyfriend and offers him a friendly handshake.
Immoral consequence: Connie's coworkers assume that she obtained her position by sleeping with her boss.
Norm: Touching your boss at work could be awkward.
Situation: Connie notices boyfriend, who is her boss, walk into the office.
Intention: Connie wants to greet her boyfriend.
Moral consequence: Connie receives a text from her boyfriend saying that her gesture cheered him up.
Immoral action: Connie kisses and hugs her boss.
Norm: You shouldn't steal your teacher's things.
Situation: Jane is in a class she dislikes and the teacher has left the room.
Intention: Jane wants to let of some steam.
Moral action: Jane vents to her classmate beside her about how much she doesn't like the class and the classmate reminds her she has to pass the class regardless.
Immoral consequence: Jane's classmates rat her out, and she is suspended from school.
Norm: You shouldn't steal your teacher's things.
Situation: Jane is in a class she dislikes and the teacher has left the room.
Intention: Jane wants to let of some steam.
Moral consequence: Jane realizes the classmate is correct and renews her focus.
Immoral action: Jane takes the teacher’s notes for the day and hides them in her backpack.
Norm: It's rude to return broken items.
Situation: Melissa breaks a lamp she's had for years, then remembers that the store she bought it from has a generous lifetime return policy.
Intention: Melissa wants to go to the store she bought the lamp from.
Moral action: Melissa goes to the store she bought the lamp from to purchase a similar one.
Immoral consequence: The store tightens up it's return policy after being abused too many times by people like Melissa.
Norm: It's rude to return broken items.
Situation: Melissa breaks a lamp she's had for years, then remembers that the store she bought it from has a generous lifetime return policy.
Intention: Melissa wants to go to the store she bought the lamp from.
Moral consequence: Melissa is more careful with her lamp after having to spend the money to replace her old one.
Immoral action: Melissa brings the broken lamp to the store and demands a refund.
Norm: It's wrong to let other people take blame for you.
Situation: Jack broke the microwave in the break room while he was reheating his rotisserie chicken.
Intention: Jack doesn't want to get into trouble.
Moral action: Jack tells his boss that he broke the microwave right after he does it.
Immoral consequence: Jack's boss trusts his employees less and has to buy a new microwave.
Norm: It's wrong to let other people take blame for you.
Situation: Jack broke the microwave in the break room while he was reheating his rotisserie chicken.
Intention: Jack doesn't want to get into trouble.
Moral consequence: Jack is seen as responsible by his boss, and his employees don't get mad at him.
Immoral action: Jack leaves the microwave broken without telling anyone that he broke it.
Norm: You shouldn't make noise when someone is trying to sleep.
Situation: Sam who lives with family, just arrived home late after a long day at work and wants to do something fun.
Intention: Sam wants to play a new video game he got.
Moral action: Sam puts on his gaming headphones to play.
Immoral consequence: Sam wakes up his family with the volume from the game.
Norm: You shouldn't make noise when someone is trying to sleep.
Situation: Sam who lives with family, just arrived home late after a long day at work and wants to do something fun.
Intention: Sam wants to play a new video game he got.
Moral consequence: Sam's family gets a restful sleep because the house remains quiet.
Immoral action: Sam plays the game keeping the audio on the speakers.
Norm: You should do what you can to protect the environment.
Situation: Marcy is at the beach having chips and soda when she notices trash in the ocean.
Intention: Marcy wants to get rid of her trash.
Moral action: Marcy goes over with a net to collect the trash that's been tossed into the water, and brings it to the bin with her personal trash.
Immoral consequence: Over time, the fish and coral reefs in the are are destroyed from all of the litter being dumped into the ocean.
Norm: You should do what you can to protect the environment.
Situation: Marcy is at the beach having chips and soda when she notices trash in the ocean.
Intention: Marcy wants to get rid of her trash.
Moral consequence: Other people take notice and begin cleaning up the beach, resulting in a restoration of wildlife in the area.
Immoral action: Figuring that everyone else is doing it, Maci takes her empty chip bag and soda can and tosses it into the ocean too.
Norm: It's bad to destroy office equipment.
Situation: Lawrence is at the office when he's called in by the manager Sandy and told he's being demoted.
Intention: Lawrence wants to express his displeasure at being demoted.
Moral action: Lawrence tells Sandy that he bets the CEO didn't take a pay cut and vows to tell the media how he's been treated.
Immoral consequence: Sandy is appalled that Lawrence cannot control his temper and is afraid of more violence.