CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
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 consequence: The neighbor sees the sign and realizes that he should be considerate of Sherry's views when he speaks with her.
Immoral action: Sherry comments on the post by sharing her neighbor's address publically.
Norm: It's wrong to leave trash or belongings in nature
Situation: Josh is out camping with his friends, and he just finished drinking a beer.
Intention: Josh wants to get rid of the beer can.
Moral action: Josh walks to the other side of the camp ground to throw his trash away in the trashcan.
Immoral consequence: A park ranger spots Josh and fines him for littering.
Norm: It's wrong to leave trash or belongings in nature
Situation: Josh is out camping with his friends, and he just finished drinking a beer.
Intention: Josh wants to get rid of the beer can.
Moral consequence: Josh meets some cool people hanging around the trash area.
Immoral action: Josh places the beer can in the woods outside of the campground.
Norm: It is okay to want to separate business and family.
Situation: Dave's son Max is interested in a summer job and asks Dave if he can find him something at his work.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Max's request.
Moral action: Dave tells Max that he's not comfortable pulling strings for family, and he needs to apply elsewhere.
Immoral consequence: Max performs badly and Dave is put under huge pressure at work for having recommended him.
Norm: It is okay to want to separate business and family.
Situation: Dave's son Max is interested in a summer job and asks Dave if he can find him something at his work.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Max's request.
Moral consequence: Max finds a different job eventually and there are no conflicts of interest created for Dave.
Immoral action: Dave tells Max that he'll talk to his boss and make sure Max gets a position.
Norm: It’s is rude to interrupt anyone private time
Situation: Charlene's niece starts crying while she is babysitting.
Intention: Charlene wants to find a way to calm her niece down.
Moral action: Charlene soothes her niece as she looks up ways to calm her down.
Immoral consequence: Charlene's brother is irritated because his night is cut short.
Norm: It’s is rude to interrupt anyone private time
Situation: Charlene's niece starts crying while she is babysitting.
Intention: Charlene wants to find a way to calm her niece down.
Moral consequence: Charlene's niece calms down eventually and her parents have a restful night.
Immoral action: Charlene calls her brother to ask what to do and interrupts his date night with his wife.
Norm: You should not date the spouse of a client
Situation: Craig has met the wife of one of his biggest clients at his work.
Intention: Craig wants to see the woman again.
Moral action: Craig invites his client and his wife to his home to meet his own family.
Immoral consequence: The client stops doing business with Craig and Craig's business goes bankrupt.
Norm: You should not date the spouse of a client
Situation: Craig has met the wife of one of his biggest clients at his work.
Intention: Craig wants to see the woman again.
Moral consequence: The client is impressed that Craig is a family man and sends more business to Craig.
Immoral action: Craig invites his client's wife back to his house for drinks.
Norm: It is bad to lie as a cop.
Situation: One night James, a cop, arrested a drunk driver but was too tired to fill the paperwork out properly.
Intention: James wants the drunk driver convicted.
Moral action: James admits that he forgot to fill out the paperwork and advises the DA to make a deal.
Immoral consequence: The drunk driver's attorney picks James' story apart during questioning, resulting in perjury charges.
Norm: It is bad to lie as a cop.
Situation: One night James, a cop, arrested a drunk driver but was too tired to fill the paperwork out properly.
Intention: James wants the drunk driver convicted.
Moral consequence: The drunk driver takes the deal, which involves pleading guilty and a short jail sentence.
Immoral action: James fills out the paperwork two weeks later and testifies that he did it the night of the arrest.
Norm: It's bad to be obsessed with attention.
Situation: Casey is a youtuber, and her new video is getting less views than others.
Intention: Casey wants to gain more exposure.
Moral action: Casey goes on a walk and posts pictures of herself having fun in nature with a promise of new content soon.
Immoral consequence: The commentary and drama community roasts Casey.
Norm: It's bad to be obsessed with attention.
Situation: Casey is a youtuber, and her new video is getting less views than others.
Intention: Casey wants to gain more exposure.
Moral consequence: Her nature posts go viral which gets her more followers.
Immoral action: Casey gets onto twitter posting an emotional message begging people to watch her video with a bunch of popular hashtags.
Norm: It's expected that you be gracious towards your in-laws.
Situation: John is a newly wed and visiting his wife's family for the first time.
Intention: John wants to stay close to his wife.
Moral action: John spends lots of time with all the different members of his wife's family during the visit.
Immoral consequence: John's wife's family grow to not trust John and their comments about it to John's wife eventually sour the marriage.
Norm: It's expected that you be gracious towards your in-laws.
Situation: John is a newly wed and visiting his wife's family for the first time.
Intention: John wants to stay close to his wife.
Moral consequence: John and his wife bond over their, now shared, family experience.
Immoral action: John tries to spend as much time alone with his wife as possible during the visit while ignoring her family.
Norm: You should not claim someone else's work as your own.
Situation: Jim has an important project coming up for an English class and has decided to write a paper for his.
Intention: Jim wants to complete his essay.
Moral action: Jim writes his essay and includes information from multiple sources, making sure to reference them.
Immoral consequence: Jim's essay is flagged for multiple counts of plagiarism, and he is suspended by the school.
Norm: You should not claim someone else's work as your own.
Situation: Jim has an important project coming up for an English class and has decided to write a paper for his.
Intention: Jim wants to complete his essay.
Moral consequence: Jim submits his essay with no issues and receives the highest mark.
Immoral action: Jim writes his essay and adds information directly copied and pasted from multiple sources and leaves it at that.
Norm: You should not enjoy hurting living things.
Situation: Sally has just noticed that a bee has gotten into her house.
Intention: Sally wants to remove the bee.
Moral action: Sally traps the bee in a container and releases it outside.
Immoral consequence: Sally killed a beneficial creature needlessly.
Norm: You should not enjoy hurting living things.
Situation: Sally has just noticed that a bee has gotten into her house.
Intention: Sally wants to remove the bee.
Moral consequence: The bee is free and alive to benefit the environment.
Immoral action: Sally smashes the hornet with a shoe and cheers victoriously.
Norm: You should say sorry to your partner.
Situation: Jack found himself cheating on his partner a week ago and is now with his girlfriend his cheated on.
Intention: Jack wants to confront his girlfriend about the fact that he cheated.
Moral action: Jack tells his girlfriend that he cheated and is extremely sorry.
Immoral consequence: Jack's girlfriend flips out, begins screaming, and they both engage in argument.
Norm: You should say sorry to your partner.
Situation: Jack found himself cheating on his partner a week ago and is now with his girlfriend his cheated on.
Intention: Jack wants to confront his girlfriend about the fact that he cheated.
Moral consequence: Jack's girlfriend is accepting of Jack, not too angry, and Jack feels he has control.
Immoral action: Jack comes clean about his mistake to his girlfriend but doesn't apologize and says that it was worth it.
Norm: You shouldn't make trash mountains.
Situation: Holly is outside cleaning the yard and has picked up a lot of trash.
Intention: Holly wants to get rid of the trash.
Moral action: Holly takes the trash and brings it to the recycling center.
Immoral consequence: Holly's home owner's association sends her a letter in the mail fining her for the eyesore.
Norm: You shouldn't make trash mountains.
Situation: Holly is outside cleaning the yard and has picked up a lot of trash.
Intention: Holly wants to get rid of the trash.
Moral consequence: Holly receives a deposit from the recycling center for recycling all the trash.
Immoral action: Holly uses the trash to make a huge mountain in her yard.
Norm: It's good to allow children the freedom to adventure.
Situation: James is sitting on the beach with his son, Adam, when Adam asks to go swimming in the ocean.
Intention: James wants to protect his son.
Moral action: James tells Adam he may go swimming as long as he wears a life vest.
Immoral consequence: Adam grows up to be very sheltered and afraid of normal life activities.
Norm: It's good to allow children the freedom to adventure.
Situation: James is sitting on the beach with his son, Adam, when Adam asks to go swimming in the ocean.
Intention: James wants to protect his son.
Moral consequence: Adamexperiences the joys of swimming while James has peace of mind over his son's safety.
Immoral action: James forbids Adam from swimming, telling him that it is too dangerous as he may drown.
Norm: Having stains on your clothes makes you look dirty.
Situation: Frank is about to leave for an important work meeting one morning when he notices a stain on his shirt.
Intention: Frank wants to get to the work meeting on time.
Moral action: Frank quickly uses a Tide pen to remove the stain before rushing to work.
Immoral consequence: Frank's colleagues notice the stain on his shirt and snicker at his slovenly and unprofessional appearance.
Norm: Having stains on your clothes makes you look dirty.
Situation: Frank is about to leave for an important work meeting one morning when he notices a stain on his shirt.
Intention: Frank wants to get to the work meeting on time.
Moral consequence: Frank looks clean and professional and his colleagues value his contributions at the meeting.
Immoral action: Frank ignores the stain and hops in his car to drive to work.
Norm: You shouldn't get into arguments in public.
Situation: Peter is lining up at a driver's license office to renew his license and a man cuts the line.
Intention: Peter wants to react to the man cutting the line.
Moral action: Peter stays calm and reports the situation to the office staff .
Immoral consequence: The office staff asks them to behave, or they will be expelled from the office.
Norm: You shouldn't get into arguments in public.
Situation: Peter is lining up at a driver's license office to renew his license and a man cuts the line.
Intention: Peter wants to react to the man cutting the line.
Moral consequence: The office staff politely asks the man to go to the end of the line in order to be fair to the other people.
Immoral action: Peter confronts the man for cutting the line, and they start yelling at each other.
Norm: You shouldn't inappropriately touch someone during a sleepover.
Situation: Jessica and Maria are big slumber party, and Jessica has a crush on Maria.
Intention: Jessica wants to express her attraction to Maria.
Moral action: Jessica compliments Maria's appearance throughout the night.
Immoral consequence: Jessica is thrown out of the party by the host.
Norm: You shouldn't inappropriately touch someone during a sleepover.
Situation: Jessica and Maria are big slumber party, and Jessica has a crush on Maria.
Intention: Jessica wants to express her attraction to Maria.
Moral consequence: Jessica deepens her relationship with Maria.
Immoral action: Jessica hugs Maria from behind and gently touches Maria's breasts.
Norm: It's fun to find nice things for yourself.
Situation: Lisette is traveling abroad and is at a local outdoor market.
Intention: Lisette wants to buy some souvenirs.
Moral action: Lisette takes her time in the market and finds a lovely bag that suited her tastes.
Immoral consequence: Lisette regrets not buying anything for herself that would remind her of her travels.
Norm: It's fun to find nice things for yourself.
Situation: Lisette is traveling abroad and is at a local outdoor market.
Intention: Lisette wants to buy some souvenirs.
Moral consequence: Lisette has a lovely bag that reminds her of her experience in the country in the many years that come.
Immoral action: Lisette only buys souvenirs for her friends and family back home.
Norm: It's bad to mislead customers at work.
Situation: John is working at a sports equipment store when a customer walks in asking about fishing rods.
Intention: John wants to respond to the customer.
Moral action: John accurately describes the fishing rods the store has to offer to the customer.
Immoral consequence: The customer returns the next day and angrily demands a refund for the fishing rod.
Norm: It's bad to mislead customers at work.
Situation: John is working at a sports equipment store when a customer walks in asking about fishing rods.
Intention: John wants to respond to the customer.
Moral consequence: The customer happily purchases a fishing rod and does more business with the store later on.
Immoral action: John sells a low quality fishing rod to the customer while pretending it was a top notch professional fishing rod.
Norm: It is wrong to steal the property of others.
Situation: Donald s running for public office and schedules a series of public rallies.
Intention: Donald wants to attract the attention of voters.
Moral action: Donald claims to be a big fan of the entertainer and invites him to perform at a rally.
Immoral consequence: Voters form an unfavorable impression of Donald when the entertainer sues him for copyright infringement.
Norm: It is wrong to steal the property of others.
Situation: Donald s running for public office and schedules a series of public rallies.
Intention: Donald wants to attract the attention of voters.
Moral consequence: The entertainer refuses, but the voters notice and approve of Donald's taste in music.
Immoral action: Donald uses the music of a popular entertainer at the rallies without the entertainer's permission.
Norm: You don't have to tip for bad service.
Situation: Roy has had a very bad experience at a restaurant because the server is careless as well as rude.
Intention: Roy wants to express his discontent about the service.
Moral action: Roy complains about the service to the manager and doesn't leave any tip.
Immoral consequence: The server does not realize or care about the extent of the service failure.
Norm: You don't have to tip for bad service.
Situation: Roy has had a very bad experience at a restaurant because the server is careless as well as rude.
Intention: Roy wants to express his discontent about the service.
Moral consequence: The workers are sent a message that the service was exceptionally poor.
Immoral action: Roy mentioned his dish made prepared incorrectly but leaves a small tip anyway.
Norm: It's rude to insult people out of anger.
Situation: James was talking to his friend on the playground when Bill accidentally hit him with a basketball.
Intention: James wants Bill to be more careful with the ball.
Moral action: James tosses the ball back to Bill and says, "Hey, be more careful".
Immoral consequence: Bill chases the ball down and throws it at James deliberately.
Norm: It's rude to insult people out of anger.
Situation: James was talking to his friend on the playground when Bill accidentally hit him with a basketball.
Intention: James wants Bill to be more careful with the ball.
Moral consequence: Bill says, "I'm sorry I hit you - I'll be more careful".
Immoral action: James calls Bill a clumsy four-eyes and tells him he's a loser.
Norm: It's wrong to yell at a co-worker over an issue.
Situation: Carla was working at a bar when her coworker spilt a drink on the floor.
Intention: Carla wanted to make sure that the floor was clean where the drink had spilled.
Moral action: Carla asked her coworker nicely to take care of the spill for her.
Immoral consequence: Carla's coworker walked out on the job and Carla had to clean the mess herself.
Norm: It's wrong to yell at a co-worker over an issue.
Situation: Carla was working at a bar when her coworker spilt a drink on the floor.
Intention: Carla wanted to make sure that the floor was clean where the drink had spilled.
Moral consequence: Carla's coworker cleaned up the spill and no one ended up slipping in the drink.
Immoral action: Carla yelled and belittled her coworker and told her she needed to clean up the spill.
Norm: It's bad to aggravate an animal.
Situation: Jeff's cat is growling and hissing at Jeff's friend Murray who has come to visit.
Intention: Murray wants the cat to stop hissing.
Moral action: Murray gets down on the ground and puts a hand out for the cat to sniff.
Immoral consequence: The cat's hissing stops but only because he is now lunging at Murray's face.
Norm: It's bad to aggravate an animal.
Situation: Jeff's cat is growling and hissing at Jeff's friend Murray who has come to visit.
Intention: Murray wants the cat to stop hissing.
Moral consequence: The cat slowly approaches to smell Murray and stops hissing as he does so.
Immoral action: Murray hisses back at the cat and pretends to try and swipe at him.
Norm: It is good to find bargains.
Situation: Jill is at the store looking for more clothes to buy for herself.
Intention: Jill wants to find more clothes.
Moral action: Jill goes through the store slowly and carefuly to look for good prices.
Immoral consequence: She spend the whole clothing budget on only a few clothes.
Norm: It is good to find bargains.
Situation: Jill is at the store looking for more clothes to buy for herself.
Intention: Jill wants to find more clothes.
Moral consequence: Jill finds lots of clothes that she can buy within her budget.
Immoral action: Jill buys the first good clothes she sees and quickly ends her shopping trip.
Norm: It's wrong to breach a very close friends trust.
Situation: Samantha tells Christina that she has a huge crush on the quarterback.
Intention: Christina wants to fit in with the popular girls.
Moral action: Christina keeps Samantha's secret even though it would make her more popular.
Immoral consequence: The popular girls spread the secret and humiliate Samantha.
Norm: It's wrong to breach a very close friends trust.
Situation: Samantha tells Christina that she has a huge crush on the quarterback.
Intention: Christina wants to fit in with the popular girls.
Moral consequence: Samantha's reputation is spared.
Immoral action: Christina tells all the popular girls that Samantha likes the quarterback.
Norm: You shouldn't take advantage of your kids.
Situation: Cindy has bad credit but wants to apply for a clothing store's credit card, and signs up in her daughter Chloe's name without permission.
Intention: Cindy wants to tell Chloe about the credit card.
Moral action: Cindy apologizes to Chloe for what she did and promises to close the card once it is paid off.
Immoral consequence: Chloe's credit is ruined immensely.
Norm: You shouldn't take advantage of your kids.
Situation: Cindy has bad credit but wants to apply for a clothing store's credit card, and signs up in her daughter Chloe's name without permission.
Intention: Cindy wants to tell Chloe about the credit card.
Moral consequence: Chloe's credit goes unharmed and Cindy never betrays her daughter again.
Immoral action: After promising Chloe to pay off the card on time, Cindy continues to shop for clothes while ignoring every credit card bill.
Norm: It's rude to use things that aren't yours without asking.
Situation: Liz has been washing her hands a lot at work to avoid getting sick and now her hands are really dry.
Intention: Liz wants to moisturize her dry hands.
Moral action: Liz sees that her coworker has lotion, so she asks her coworker if she can use some to moisturize her hands.
Immoral consequence: Her coworker sees her use the lotion and tells her that she could have at least asked her.
Norm: It's rude to use things that aren't yours without asking.
Situation: Liz has been washing her hands a lot at work to avoid getting sick and now her hands are really dry.
Intention: Liz wants to moisturize her dry hands.
Moral consequence: Her coworker tells her that she can and hands her the lotion.
Immoral action: Liz notices that her coworker has lotion, and she uses some to moisturize her dry hands.
Norm: It's gross to leave pee on public toilet seats.
Situation: Laura is afraid to sit down on a public toilet seat.
Intention: Laura wants to keep her skin from touching the toilet.
Moral action: Laura puts a seat protector down on the seat, then sits and urinates without splashing the seat.
Immoral consequence: The stall is passed up by many women and a much longer line forms due to people avoiding the gross seat.
Norm: It's gross to leave pee on public toilet seats.
Situation: Laura is afraid to sit down on a public toilet seat.
Intention: Laura wants to keep her skin from touching the toilet.
Moral consequence: The restroom gets used efficiently by all of the women and the stall is seen as usable.
Immoral action: Laura hovers over the seat, splashing urine on it, before she flushes and doesn't wipe the seat.
Norm: You shouldn't open things you aren't going to use.
Situation: Marry is recording a livestream of herself opening a mystery box when she retrieves lipstick in an ugly shade.
Intention: Mary wants to show the lipstick's formula to her audience.
Moral action: Mary looks up the ingredients on the lipstick online and describes how those elements mesh together to create a good product.
Immoral consequence: Mary is stuck with a lipstick shade that she hates.
Norm: You shouldn't open things you aren't going to use.
Situation: Marry is recording a livestream of herself opening a mystery box when she retrieves lipstick in an ugly shade.
Intention: Mary wants to show the lipstick's formula to her audience.
Moral consequence: Marry gains the reputation for being knowledgeable about makeup.
Immoral action: Mary swatches the lipstick on her wrists describing how the formula feels on her hands.
Norm: You shouldn't decline someone's invite.
Situation: James was invited to a baseball game by Mike, but he didn't feel like going.
Intention: James wants to decide what to do.
Moral action: James decides to go anyway and have fun with Mike.
Immoral consequence: At the stadium the other friend has the right ticket and wins $100,000 in a promotion.
Norm: You shouldn't decline someone's invite.
Situation: James was invited to a baseball game by Mike, but he didn't feel like going.
Intention: James wants to decide what to do.
Moral consequence: Between innings the announcer states that a ticket number has won $100,000 and it turns out to be Jame's ticket.
Immoral action: James declines the ticket and Mike takes one of their other friends instead.
Norm: You shouldn't wish to die.
Situation: Bob wishes for no traffic while going to work, he runs into none - thinking himself lucky he wishes for a raise and gets one an hour later.
Intention: Bob wants to see what happens next.
Moral action: Bob decides to be careful and wishes for his sports team to win.
Immoral consequence: Bob (believing his wish will come true) is so terrified that he actually has a heart attack from the fear.
Norm: You shouldn't wish to die.
Situation: Bob wishes for no traffic while going to work, he runs into none - thinking himself lucky he wishes for a raise and gets one an hour later.
Intention: Bob wants to see what happens next.
Moral consequence: Bob's team did win later that week, but Bob had forgotten about the wish by then.
Immoral action: Bob when going home sees that someone crashed into his car - in anger he remarks I wish I were dead.