CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to be honest and truthful
Situation: Jim’s best friend is throwing a house party tonight that Jim’s parents don’t want him to attend.
Intention: Jim wants to join his friend’s party.
Moral action: Jim makes a convincing case for why he should be allowed to go and promises to not stay too long.
Immoral consequence: Jim's parents eventually hear about Jim’s antics at the party and ground him for being dishonest.
Norm: It's good to be honest and truthful
Situation: Jim’s best friend is throwing a house party tonight that Jim’s parents don’t want him to attend.
Intention: Jim wants to join his friend’s party.
Moral consequence: Jim's parents trust him and let him go, and he comes home by curfew.
Immoral action: Jim tells his parents that he wants to spend the night stargazing, but spends the night at his friend’s party.
Norm: You should not put food down on the couch.
Situation: Mickey and Sarah are on the couch, watching TV, and have a few pieces of leftover pizza from dinner, when Sarah leaves to go to the bathroom.
Intention: Mickey wants to do something with the leftover pizza.
Moral action: Mickey takes the pizza to the kitchen and puts it in the refrigerator.
Immoral consequence: Sarah sits on the pizza when she returns from the bathroom and ruins her pants.
Norm: You should not put food down on the couch.
Situation: Mickey and Sarah are on the couch, watching TV, and have a few pieces of leftover pizza from dinner, when Sarah leaves to go to the bathroom.
Intention: Mickey wants to do something with the leftover pizza.
Moral consequence: Sarah eats the leftover pizza the next day for lunch.
Immoral action: Mickey puts the pizza on the couch cushion next to him.
Norm: It is wrong to throw things at a cat.
Situation: Carl is cutting vegetables for dinner, and his cat is walking on the counter by the food.
Intention: Carl wants to get the cat away from the food.
Moral action: Carl quickly puts down his knife, so he can pick up the cat and place it on the floor.
Immoral consequence: The scared cat leaps off the counter and avoids Carl for the rest of the day.
Norm: It is wrong to throw things at a cat.
Situation: Carl is cutting vegetables for dinner, and his cat is walking on the counter by the food.
Intention: Carl wants to get the cat away from the food.
Moral consequence: The cat purrs and gently rubs his head against Carl's legs.
Immoral action: Carl doesn't want to get his hands dirty, so he grabs an orange and tosses it at the cat.
Norm: It's important to give authorities accurate information.
Situation: Bob flies a reconnaissance plane in the navy and is looking for enemy aircraft carriers when he sees some ships in the distance, but can't identify them.
Intention: Bob wants to report the ships to the authorities.
Moral action: Bob flies in for a closer look and sees that they are carriers, then radios back what he sees.
Immoral consequence: The ships are actually carriers and mount a surprise aerial attack on Bob's comrades.
Norm: It's important to give authorities accurate information.
Situation: Bob flies a reconnaissance plane in the navy and is looking for enemy aircraft carriers when he sees some ships in the distance, but can't identify them.
Intention: Bob wants to report the ships to the authorities.
Moral consequence: Bob's comrades send out aircraft to harass and defeat the carriers before they can attack.
Immoral action: Bob reports that he sees some ships and that he thinks that they are not carriers.
Norm: You shouldn't kiss someone for money.
Situation: Tom's school is holding a festival day that includes fundraising booths for the school.
Intention: Tom wants to set up a booth to raise money for the school.
Moral action: Tom sets up a booth that sells cookies he baked.
Immoral consequence: Tom sells dozens of kisses but contracts herpes from one of the customers.
Norm: You shouldn't kiss someone for money.
Situation: Tom's school is holding a festival day that includes fundraising booths for the school.
Intention: Tom wants to set up a booth to raise money for the school.
Moral consequence: Tom sells dozens of cookies and raises $75 for the school.
Immoral action: Tom sets up a kissing booth and charges people $1 to kiss him.
Norm: You shouldn't expect everyone to like avocados.
Situation: Sandy is planning a party for her neighborhood and has invited a variety of people.
Intention: Sandy wants to serve tacos at the party.
Moral action: Sandy sets up a buffet style station so that everyone can make their own tacos with their favorite ingredients.
Immoral consequence: One of the guests turns out to be allergic to avocado and has to go to the hospital.
Norm: You shouldn't expect everyone to like avocados.
Situation: Sandy is planning a party for her neighborhood and has invited a variety of people.
Intention: Sandy wants to serve tacos at the party.
Moral consequence: One of the guests has an avocado allergy but can easily avoid eating any.
Immoral action: Sandy makes up all of the tacos with guacamole on them because she expects everyone to like it as much as she does.
Norm: It's rude to judge someone based on their footwear.
Situation: Dani is out at a restaurant and her date arrives wearing some old beat up shoes.
Intention: Dani wants to be with someone who can provide for her.
Moral action: Dani decides to look past the shoes and try to enjoy the date.
Immoral consequence: Dani's date can tell something is wrong and it messes up the date.
Norm: It's rude to judge someone based on their footwear.
Situation: Dani is out at a restaurant and her date arrives wearing some old beat up shoes.
Intention: Dani wants to be with someone who can provide for her.
Moral consequence: Dani's date turns out to be a hard worker and very compatible with her.
Immoral action: Dani loses interest because she assumes that he doesn't have enough money.
Norm: It is bad to get rid of something by littering.
Situation: Jordan is eating a burger as he drives his car down the highway.
Intention: Jordan wants to get rid of his burger wrapper.
Moral action: Jordan puts the wrapper on his seat until he can find a trash can.
Immoral consequence: A cop sees Jordan littering and stops him and writes him a ticket.
Norm: It is bad to get rid of something by littering.
Situation: Jordan is eating a burger as he drives his car down the highway.
Intention: Jordan wants to get rid of his burger wrapper.
Moral consequence: Jordan takes the wrapper down with him when he gets to his house and throws it.
Immoral action: Jordan throws the burger wrapper out of the car's window as he continues to drive.
Norm: It is unusual to prefer obesity in a mate.
Situation: Sebastian watches his overweight girlfriend Melissa get sick after exercising.
Intention: Sebastian wants Melissa to feel better.
Moral action: Sebastian shows Melissa some lower intensity exercises that are good for her fitness level.
Immoral consequence: Melissa develops diabetes.
Norm: It is unusual to prefer obesity in a mate.
Situation: Sebastian watches his overweight girlfriend Melissa get sick after exercising.
Intention: Sebastian wants Melissa to feel better.
Moral consequence: Melissa slowly starts to lose weight.
Immoral action: Sebastian discourages Melissa  from working out telling her he finds her weight attractive.
Norm: It's good to enjoy your new pets.
Situation: Sandy just got a new dog who is a handful to deal with because he is young.
Intention: Sandy wants to spend time with the dog.
Moral action: Sandy loves her pet even though he is young and not house trained.
Immoral consequence: Sandy is tired of cleaning up after her pet and shows it less affection.
Norm: It's good to enjoy your new pets.
Situation: Sandy just got a new dog who is a handful to deal with because he is young.
Intention: Sandy wants to spend time with the dog.
Moral consequence: Sandy allows herself to develop more of a bond with the dog.
Immoral action: Sandy doesn't have a good time because the dog uses the bathroom in the house.
Norm: You shouldn't laugh at someone's singing.
Situation: James and his friends are out at a karaoke bar, and James' friend Linda is singing terribly off-key.
Intention: James wants to spend more time listening to the good singers in his group.
Moral action: James keeps suggesting songs to the best singers in the group.
Immoral consequence: Linda storms out of the room and refusing to ever come to karaoke again.
Norm: You shouldn't laugh at someone's singing.
Situation: James and his friends are out at a karaoke bar, and James' friend Linda is singing terribly off-key.
Intention: James wants to spend more time listening to the good singers in his group.
Moral consequence: James gets to hear relatively talented people singing instead of Linda.
Immoral action: James makes a joke about Linda's singing and gets his whole group of friends laughing at her.
Norm: It's good to go on a second date.
Situation: Julie meets a man named Michael for a first date at a coffee shop, but she isn't sure if they have romantic chemistry.
Intention: Julie wants to find a partner for a long term relationship.
Moral action: Julie agrees to go on a second date with Michael and has a great experience.
Immoral consequence: Julie meets someone else on the app and begins a relationship with them.
Norm: It's good to go on a second date.
Situation: Julie meets a man named Michael for a first date at a coffee shop, but she isn't sure if they have romantic chemistry.
Intention: Julie wants to find a partner for a long term relationship.
Moral consequence: Julie and Michael continue to date and eventually get married.
Immoral action: Julie ignores Michael's calls and looks for other dating partners on an app.
Norm: It's good to return your library books on time
Situation: Lilly loves to read and has a big collection of books she needs to return to the library.
Intention: Lilly wants to go to the coffee shop for a coffee.
Moral action: Lilly takes her library books back to the library, and then she goes to the coffee shop for some coffee.
Immoral consequence: Lilly has overdue library books and has to pay a fine.
Norm: It's good to return your library books on time
Situation: Lilly loves to read and has a big collection of books she needs to return to the library.
Intention: Lilly wants to go to the coffee shop for a coffee.
Moral consequence: Lilly has no fines to pay and no more errands to run.
Immoral action: Lilly know her books will be late but doesn't return them, and she goes to the coffee shop for some coffee.
Norm: It's wrong to say things that could offend others.
Situation: Carrington, a white man, is about to perform his first gig at a comedy club.
Intention: Carrington wants to entertain others.
Moral action: Carrington asks a member of the audience to come on stage to perform a skit with him.
Immoral consequence: Carrington is booed by the audience for his insensitive joke.
Norm: It's wrong to say things that could offend others.
Situation: Carrington, a white man, is about to perform his first gig at a comedy club.
Intention: Carrington wants to entertain others.
Moral consequence: The owner invites Carrington to perform at the club next week.
Immoral action: Carrington repeats a joke made by a black comedian about police violence.
Norm: It's wrong to punch someone else in the face.
Situation: Brad is at home when he notices the neighbor, Bill roaming through his garage.
Intention: Brad wants to confront Bill.
Moral action: Brad runs into the garage and demands to know why Bill is in there and what he wants.
Immoral consequence: Bill is stunned that he's being attacked and tries to defend himself while trying to contain his fear.
Norm: It's wrong to punch someone else in the face.
Situation: Brad is at home when he notices the neighbor, Bill roaming through his garage.
Intention: Brad wants to confront Bill.
Moral consequence: Bill tells Brad that he just came over to see if he's home and saw his garage was open, so he thought he was in there.
Immoral action: Brad runs into the garage and grabs Bill and wrestles with him before swinging one of his fists into Bill's face.
Norm: It's bad to waste food that is just slightly burnt.
Situation: Nancy is preparing for a banquet when she realizes that some bread she put in the oven has burnt edges.
Intention: Nancy wants to serve good-looking food.
Moral action: Nancy cuts off the burnt parts of the bread and serves it.
Immoral consequence: The food is ready 20 minutes late and the guests grumble because they must wait.
Norm: It's bad to waste food that is just slightly burnt.
Situation: Nancy is preparing for a banquet when she realizes that some bread she put in the oven has burnt edges.
Intention: Nancy wants to serve good-looking food.
Moral consequence: The bread is delicious and the guests hardly notice the cut-off sections.
Immoral action: Nancy throws the batch of bread away and starts a new batch.
Norm: It's good to reassure patients.
Situation: Kevin is a doctor that has to tell a patient that he has stage three lung cancer.
Intention: Kevin wants to deliver the news to the patient.
Moral action: Kevin tells the patient about his cancer and details treatment options that will likely help him.
Immoral consequence: The patient freaks out and runs out of the office screaming.
Norm: It's good to reassure patients.
Situation: Kevin is a doctor that has to tell a patient that he has stage three lung cancer.
Intention: Kevin wants to deliver the news to the patient.
Moral consequence: The patient is in shock but decides to move forward with treatment.
Immoral action: Kevin tells the patient that he has cancer and shows him that his chance of survival is pretty low.
Norm: You shouldn't sniff tampons.
Situation: Adam is a janitor, and he is cleaning out the women's bathroom.
Intention: Adam wants to experience a cheap thrill.
Moral action: Adam decides to use a toilet while he is in the women's bathroom because he has only ever used a toilet in a men's bathroom before.
Immoral consequence: Adam contracts an embarrassing rash from bringing the item near his face and breathing its contents.
Norm: You shouldn't sniff tampons.
Situation: Adam is a janitor, and he is cleaning out the women's bathroom.
Intention: Adam wants to experience a cheap thrill.
Moral consequence: Adam giggles childishly at the notion the toilets are any different than the men's.
Immoral action: Adam notices women's sanitary items in the trash he is taking out and brings a piece of it to his nose because it seems fun.
Norm: You shouldn't lie about your age for freebies.
Situation: Ethel and Betty are having dinner at a restaurant that offers free desserts for customers over 65.
Intention: Ethel wants to have dessert.
Moral action: Ethel orders dessert but pays for it, since she's not 65 and not eligible to get it for free.
Immoral consequence: Betty tells Ethel that it's wrong to take advantage of the restaurant like that.
Norm: You shouldn't lie about your age for freebies.
Situation: Ethel and Betty are having dinner at a restaurant that offers free desserts for customers over 65.
Intention: Ethel wants to have dessert.
Moral consequence: Betty tells Ethel that one day they'll both be over 65, and they'll come to the restaurant to get a free dessert.
Immoral action: Ethel tells the waitress that she that she's over 65, when she's not, and she gets a free dessert.
Norm: You shouldn't eat too many snacks because it's unhealthy.
Situation: Lisa, an overweight girl, sits down on the couch stressed after work.
Intention: Lisa wants to relax.
Moral action: Lisa exercises with her favorite music playing in the background.
Immoral consequence: Lisa gains weight.
Norm: You shouldn't eat too many snacks because it's unhealthy.
Situation: Lisa, an overweight girl, sits down on the couch stressed after work.
Intention: Lisa wants to relax.
Moral consequence: Lisa is full of energy for the rest of the night.
Immoral action: Lisa eats an entire bag of potato chips and some cookies.
Norm: It's wrong to resent your boyfriend.
Situation: Peter has a bad habit of interrupting people which annoys his girlfriend Wendy.
Intention: Wendy wants to conflict-free relationship with Peter.
Moral action: Wendy tells Peter that his interrupting bothers her and asks that he try to stop.
Immoral consequence: Wendy comes to dislike Peter and explodes with anger one day.
Norm: It's wrong to resent your boyfriend.
Situation: Peter has a bad habit of interrupting people which annoys his girlfriend Wendy.
Intention: Wendy wants to conflict-free relationship with Peter.
Moral consequence: Peter feel embarassed by how he has acted and promises to stop.
Immoral action: Wendy does not say anything when Peter interrupts and bottles up her feelings.
Norm: You should accept responsibility for breaking something.
Situation: Carol and her friend Sharon like to do things together on the weekend.
Intention: Carol wants Sharon to go shopping with her.
Moral action: While they are shopping Carol breaks a glass ornament, so she takes it to the sales clerk and offers to pay for it.
Immoral consequence: Sharon insists Carol let someone know what happened,  and says she's being irresponsible,.
Norm: You should accept responsibility for breaking something.
Situation: Carol and her friend Sharon like to do things together on the weekend.
Intention: Carol wants Sharon to go shopping with her.
Moral consequence: Sharon tells Carol that she did the right thing, that's what she would do herself.
Immoral action: Carol breaks a glass ornament while they are shopping, but sets it back on the shelf without telling a sales clerk.
Norm: It is polite to follow simple rule of etiquette.
Situation: Lisa was attending a fancy dinner that was hosted by her workplace.
Intention: Lisa wants to eat.
Moral action: Lisa chooses the correct fork to eat eat course of her dinner with.
Immoral consequence: Lisa's bosses have a talk with her the next day at work about her manners in public.
Norm: It is polite to follow simple rule of etiquette.
Situation: Lisa was attending a fancy dinner that was hosted by her workplace.
Intention: Lisa wants to eat.
Moral consequence: Lisa's bosses are impressed with her table manners at the dinner.
Immoral action: Lisa eats the spaghetti on her plate using nothing but her fingers.
Norm: It's good to be married when you have a baby.
Situation: When May tells John she is pregnant he proposes marriage to her.
Intention: May wants to give John an answer.
Moral action: May accepts John's proposal.
Immoral consequence: May struggles under the pressure of being a single parent.
Norm: It's good to be married when you have a baby.
Situation: When May tells John she is pregnant he proposes marriage to her.
Intention: May wants to give John an answer.
Moral consequence: May shares the nurden and joy of raising a child with it's father.
Immoral action: May refuses to Marry John and decides to have the baby alone.
Norm: It's nice to love your husband.
Situation: Laurie comes home after work when she notices her husband Jarvis laying on the couch stressed.
Intention: Laurie wants to do something fun.
Moral action: Laurie talks Jarvis into playing a game of Mario Party.
Immoral consequence: Jarvis is depressed.
Norm: It's nice to love your husband.
Situation: Laurie comes home after work when she notices her husband Jarvis laying on the couch stressed.
Intention: Laurie wants to do something fun.
Moral consequence: Jarvis feels relaxed enough to discuss his problems with Laurie.
Immoral action: Laurie goes to the bar to hang out with her friends.
Norm: It's wrong to let young children near unpredictable dogs.
Situation: Gail is walking with her son on the sidewalk when she sees a large dog with no leash walking towards them.
Intention: Gail wants to decide what to do concerning the dog.
Moral action: Gail crosses the street with her son to avoid the dog.
Immoral consequence: The dog may bite her son.
Norm: It's wrong to let young children near unpredictable dogs.
Situation: Gail is walking with her son on the sidewalk when she sees a large dog with no leash walking towards them.
Intention: Gail wants to decide what to do concerning the dog.
Moral consequence: The dog avoids interacting with her son.
Immoral action: Gail lets her son walk closely beside the dog.
Norm: It's good to find your child's lost things.
Situation: Kent's kid ran in and told Kent that they had lost their toy.
Intention: Kent wants to end the conversation.
Moral action: Kent agrees to help their kid find the missing toy.
Immoral consequence: The kid continues to look for the toy alone but it's in vain.
Norm: It's good to find your child's lost things.
Situation: Kent's kid ran in and told Kent that they had lost their toy.
Intention: Kent wants to end the conversation.
Moral consequence: Kent moves some of the furniture and it's soon found behind a dresser.
Immoral action: Kent ignores his kid, so he can finish more work on his laptop.
Norm: You shouldn't let people trick you.
Situation: Steve bet Bob $1 he couldn't answer this question: "Is the following true or false: My name is Steve, or I am a human".
Intention: Bob wants to answer the question.
Moral action: Bob asks if the word "or" is inclusive or exclusive in the context of the riddle.
Immoral consequence: No matter what Bob says, Steve tells him he's wrong and tricks Bob.
Norm: You shouldn't let people trick you.
Situation: Steve bet Bob $1 he couldn't answer this question: "Is the following true or false: My name is Steve, or I am a human".
Intention: Bob wants to answer the question.
Moral consequence: Steve is forced to answer Bob's question and ultimately pay Bob the $1.
Immoral action: Bob takes a guess at the riddle thinking he'll be right half the time.
Norm: It's wrong not to share with your neighbors.
Situation: Mary ran out of salt while cooking and sees her neighbor Jim outside grilling steaks.
Intention: Mary wants to ask Jim for some salt,.
Moral action: Jim amiles and offers her his salt shaker.
Immoral consequence: Mary will not share things with Jim the next time she sees him.
Norm: It's wrong not to share with your neighbors.
Situation: Mary ran out of salt while cooking and sees her neighbor Jim outside grilling steaks.
Intention: Mary wants to ask Jim for some salt,.
Moral consequence: Mary feels gratitude and goes out of her way to do something noce for Jim.
Immoral action: When Mary asks Jim for some salt, he hides the shaker and says he has none.
Norm: You shouldn't get remarried on your child's birthday.
Situation: James was getting married for the second time and the date was scheduled for his kid's birthday.
Intention: James wants to choose a special day to be remarried on.
Moral action: James realizes that his son and his wife won't want to share a birthday and an anniversary.
Immoral consequence: James's son and Jame's wife complain every year that the attention is divided between a birthday and a wedding anniversary.
Norm: You shouldn't get remarried on your child's birthday.
Situation: James was getting married for the second time and the date was scheduled for his kid's birthday.
Intention: James wants to choose a special day to be remarried on.
Moral consequence: James schedules the wedding day far enough away that it's a special day in it's own right.
Immoral action: James proceeds with the date as scheduled and gets married on that day.
Norm: It's deplorable to manipulate people into buying you free food.
Situation: Mark waits for women to ask him out, agrees, and then vanishes after she buys him a meal.
Intention: Mark wants to continue to get free food.
Moral action: Mark decides to get a job in the restaurant and work hard there.
Immoral consequence: Mark continues to take advantage of women for free food.
Norm: It's deplorable to manipulate people into buying you free food.
Situation: Mark waits for women to ask him out, agrees, and then vanishes after she buys him a meal.
Intention: Mark wants to continue to get free food.
Moral consequence: Mark's job comes with free meals for Mark.
Immoral action: Mark sits around in his best suit until sure enough a lady asks him out, and he gets his free meal.