CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't marry someone that cheats on you.
Situation: Jane's boyfriend, who has cheated on her several times with other women, asks her to marry him.
Intention: Jane wants to tell her boyfriend if she'll marry him.
Moral action: Jane refuses to marry her boyfriend, and they end up breaking up.
Immoral consequence: Jane's boyfriend keeps cheating on her when he is her husband, and she is unhappy in the marriage.
Norm: You shouldn't marry someone that cheats on you.
Situation: Jane's boyfriend, who has cheated on her several times with other women, asks her to marry him.
Intention: Jane wants to tell her boyfriend if she'll marry him.
Moral consequence: Jane is spared an unhealthy marriage and soon finds a partner she can trust.
Immoral action: Jane accepts her boyfriend's marriage proposal, and they get married.
Norm: It's good to reuse things you own.
Situation: Matt makes bread and typically stores it in large freezer bags after it is done cooking.
Intention: Matt wants to have a constant supply of freezer bags.
Moral action: Matt rinses and reuses the freezer bags once the bread is eaten.
Immoral consequence: Matt's grocery budget increases by $5-10 a month, and he has more trash to throw out.
Norm: It's good to reuse things you own.
Situation: Matt makes bread and typically stores it in large freezer bags after it is done cooking.
Intention: Matt wants to have a constant supply of freezer bags.
Moral consequence: Matt almost never has to buy freezer bags as the old ones last for several batches.
Immoral action: Matt uses a new freezer bag for each new loaf of bread and throws out the old one.
Norm: You shouldn't abandon your pets.
Situation: Tara has been hired to a new job and has to move across the country.
Intention: Tara wants to figure out what to do with her cat.
Moral action: Tara arranges to have her cat fly with her across the country.
Immoral consequence: Tara's cat has a hard time adjusting to the new home without her.
Norm: You shouldn't abandon your pets.
Situation: Tara has been hired to a new job and has to move across the country.
Intention: Tara wants to figure out what to do with her cat.
Moral consequence: The cat is scared during the trip but is comfortable again afterward living with Tara.
Immoral action: Tara lets someone in the area adopt her cat, so she doesn't have to make arrangements.
Norm: It's disgusting when people don't respect proper hygiene.
Situation: James, a chef, leaves the kitchen for a quick bathroom break during a busy lunch shift.
Intention: James wants to get back to the kitchen quickly.
Moral action: James rushes using the bathroom but stops to wash his hands.
Immoral consequence: James is spotted by a customer who then complains to the manager.
Norm: It's disgusting when people don't respect proper hygiene.
Situation: James, a chef, leaves the kitchen for a quick bathroom break during a busy lunch shift.
Intention: James wants to get back to the kitchen quickly.
Moral consequence: James satisfies the restaurants cleanliness standards.
Immoral action: James takes his time using the bathroom but skips washing his hands to save time.
Norm: It's unacceptable to hold men and women to different standards.
Situation: Tito is the CEO of a successful company that has been needing new leadership.
Intention: Tito wants to promote some of his employees to leadership positions.
Moral action: Tito looks over his employee's performance reports without their genders listed.
Immoral consequence: The women in Tito's company go on strike, resulting in unwanted attention to his company.
Norm: It's unacceptable to hold men and women to different standards.
Situation: Tito is the CEO of a successful company that has been needing new leadership.
Intention: Tito wants to promote some of his employees to leadership positions.
Moral consequence: Tito promotes employees based solely on performance and not their gender.
Immoral action: Tito gives the men easier tasks to fulfill than the women, then promotes only men.
Norm: It's rude to laugh about the death of a person.
Situation: Brian finds out that Mark, who he doesn't really like but the rest of his friend group loves, has passed away.
Intention: Brian wants to respond to the news.
Moral action: Brian weeps openly.
Immoral consequence: The rest of the group disdain Brian for his rudeness.
Norm: It's rude to laugh about the death of a person.
Situation: Brian finds out that Mark, who he doesn't really like but the rest of his friend group loves, has passed away.
Intention: Brian wants to respond to the news.
Moral consequence: The rest of the group share the feeling of grief.
Immoral action: Brian bursts out laughing when he hears this news.
Norm: It's good to care about your landscaping.
Situation: Jorge has a shoulder injury that prevents him from doing labor and his yard is growing out of control.
Intention: Jorge wants to keep his shoulder rested and isolated for it to heal.
Moral action: Jorge hires a landscaping service to handle his yard for the time that he's recovering.
Immoral consequence: Jorge's neighbors are bothered by the unsightly look of his lawn.
Norm: It's good to care about your landscaping.
Situation: Jorge has a shoulder injury that prevents him from doing labor and his yard is growing out of control.
Intention: Jorge wants to keep his shoulder rested and isolated for it to heal.
Moral consequence: Jorge's neighbors are relieved to see a company come and maintain his lawn.
Immoral action: Jorge continues to neglect his yard letting the grass and weeds get taller and bigger.
Norm: It's inappropriate to get a sugar daddy.
Situation: Linda won admission to her dream college, but is concerned about how she's going to pay the tuition.
Intention: Linda wants to get money to pay for college.
Moral action: Linda agrees to be a live-in caretaker for a wealthy but physically disabled older man.
Immoral consequence: Linda often has to defend her choices to people who are very judgmental about sex.
Norm: It's inappropriate to get a sugar daddy.
Situation: Linda won admission to her dream college, but is concerned about how she's going to pay the tuition.
Intention: Linda wants to get money to pay for college.
Moral consequence: Linda's living expenses are covered and her salary is enough to cover her tuition.
Immoral action: Linda agrees to be a sugar baby for a wealthy older man who lives near her college.
Norm: You shouldn't do things that may damage someone else's relationship.
Situation: Dan and Troy are hanging out, and they have a history of pulling pranks on each other.
Intention: Dan wants to prank Troy.
Moral action: Dan pretends that he's having the beginning stages of a heart attack and begs for help.
Immoral consequence: Troy is livid because the prank has gone beyond fun, and he's going to have to spend a  lot of time convincing his wife it was a joke.
Norm: You shouldn't do things that may damage someone else's relationship.
Situation: Dan and Troy are hanging out, and they have a history of pulling pranks on each other.
Intention: Dan wants to prank Troy.
Moral consequence: Troy is amused when he realizes it's a prank and tells Dan he had him going for a while.
Immoral action: Dan calls Troy's wife and tells her that he just saw Troy with another woman.
Norm: You shouldn't be vengeful.
Situation: Victor's boss, who is normally a nice guy, did something that Victor didn't like, making Victor angry.
Intention: Victor wants to be free of his angry feelings.
Moral action: Victor thinks of the good things that his boss does and figures that the event was a one-time thing.
Immoral consequence: The boss drinks unsanitary urine and wonders why his coffee is so disgusting that morning.
Norm: You shouldn't be vengeful.
Situation: Victor's boss, who is normally a nice guy, did something that Victor didn't like, making Victor angry.
Intention: Victor wants to be free of his angry feelings.
Moral consequence: Victor calms down and maintains a close relationship with his boss.
Immoral action: Victor takes revenge by urinating into his boss's coffee in the morning and feels better.
Norm: You shouldn't be a controlling significant other.
Situation: Matthew's wife, Michelle, often attracts the attention of men.
Intention: Matthew wants to prevent Michelle from leaving him for someone else.
Moral action: Matthew talks to Michelle about his concerns.
Immoral consequence: Michelle divorces Matthew in order to salvage her freedom.
Norm: You shouldn't be a controlling significant other.
Situation: Matthew's wife, Michelle, often attracts the attention of men.
Intention: Matthew wants to prevent Michelle from leaving him for someone else.
Moral consequence: Michelle assures Matthew that she has no interest for anyone else.
Immoral action: Matthew forbids Michelle from leaving the house without him.
Norm: It's rude to fall asleep in public.
Situation: Liz is on the bus getting a ride home, and she is very drowsy from working all day.
Intention: Liz wants to get some sleep soon.
Moral action: Liz makes herself stay up until she gets back home and sleeps right away.
Immoral consequence: The other passengers are disturbed by Liz snoring and leaning over her spot.
Norm: It's rude to fall asleep in public.
Situation: Liz is on the bus getting a ride home, and she is very drowsy from working all day.
Intention: Liz wants to get some sleep soon.
Moral consequence: The other people riding the bus have a peaceful ride home.
Immoral action: Liz allows herself to fall asleep while still riding on the bus.
Norm: You shouldn't call others quitters.
Situation: Lucas was upset with his staff for giving up on a project.
Intention: Lucas wants to reprimand his staff.
Moral action: Lucas asks his staff what went wrong with the project and waits for responses.
Immoral consequence: The project is haphazardly finished and overall just not what the company should create.
Norm: You shouldn't call others quitters.
Situation: Lucas was upset with his staff for giving up on a project.
Intention: Lucas wants to reprimand his staff.
Moral consequence: His staff replies about the contrasting demands and the conflict between the workers.
Immoral action: Lucas calls all of his staff a bunch of quitters and tells them to get back to the project.
Norm: It's wrong to sell your body online.
Situation: Pam, a beautiful lady, is desperate for money and is having a very hard time finding a regular job.
Intention: Pam wants to earn income through the internet.
Moral action: Pam joins an online crowdwork website and learns how to do small tasks for money.
Immoral consequence: People begin to stalk Pam and attempt to kidnap and abuse her.
Norm: It's wrong to sell your body online.
Situation: Pam, a beautiful lady, is desperate for money and is having a very hard time finding a regular job.
Intention: Pam wants to earn income through the internet.
Moral consequence: Pam becomes proficient and earns more money than she would at a regular job.
Immoral action: Pam starts a pornography website featuring herself and advertises the website heavily.
Norm: You shoudln't humiliate people.
Situation: Mike is at a gathering when he sees a little child who has wet his pants and looks embarrassed.
Intention: Mike wants to get the child a change of clothing.
Moral action: Mike finds one of the parents and whispers to him that his son could use some help from him.
Immoral consequence: The others nearby hear about the man's son and laugh at him, further embarrassing the child.
Norm: You shoudln't humiliate people.
Situation: Mike is at a gathering when he sees a little child who has wet his pants and looks embarrassed.
Intention: Mike wants to get the child a change of clothing.
Moral consequence: The father goes to the son and discreetly carries him off to get a change of clothes.
Immoral action: Mike finds the child's parent and talks above the nearby people, telling him that his son has wet his pants.
Norm: It's irresponsible for bartenders to serve people too much alcohol.
Situation: Vic is a bartender and one of his regular customers has already had 10 shots of vodka, yet wants more.
Intention: Vic wants his customer to be safe.
Moral action: Vic tells the customer that he's had enough and that he can talk to security if he has a problem with that.
Immoral consequence: The customer has a blood alcohol level of .45 and has to be taken to the hospital.
Norm: It's irresponsible for bartenders to serve people too much alcohol.
Situation: Vic is a bartender and one of his regular customers has already had 10 shots of vodka, yet wants more.
Intention: Vic wants his customer to be safe.
Moral consequence: The customer is angry, but goes to sit down and passes out shortly afterwards, avoiding a fight.
Immoral action: Vic tells the customer that he can have more if he gets a designated driver, then gives him all he wants.
Norm: It's good to keep one's property looking presentable.
Situation: Hank is a propane salesman who is preparing to host a barbecue at his house for all of the employees at his workplace this weekend.
Intention: Hank wants to impress his supervisor at the barbecue.
Moral action: Hank carefully mows his yard and tends to his landscaping before the barbecue since he knows that everyone will be looking at.
Immoral consequence: Hank's boss likes the food, but views Hank negatively due to his unkempt yard.
Norm: It's good to keep one's property looking presentable.
Situation: Hank is a propane salesman who is preparing to host a barbecue at his house for all of the employees at his workplace this weekend.
Intention: Hank wants to impress his supervisor at the barbecue.
Moral consequence: Hank's boss is impressed by his yard, but thinks the food is just okay.
Immoral action: Hank buys a new propane grill and an impression selection of meat, but forgets to mow his lawn.
Norm: You should br polite to your neighbors.
Situation: Tammy has just moved to a new neighborhood and has been invited to a block party.
Intention: Tammy wants to talk to her new neighbors.
Moral action: Tammy compliments various things about her neighbors and asks them about their lives.
Immoral consequence: Tammy is shunned by her neighbors for her rudeness and is not invited to do things with them any more.
Norm: You should br polite to your neighbors.
Situation: Tammy has just moved to a new neighborhood and has been invited to a block party.
Intention: Tammy wants to talk to her new neighbors.
Moral consequence: Tammy is seen as friendly and her neighbors invite her to another party the following month.
Immoral action: Tammy points out various faults of her neighbors and pokes fun at their appearances.
Norm: You shouldn't make false accusations about someone.
Situation: Robert is a high school student who isn't too fond of his math teacher, Mrs. Greene.
Intention: Robert wants to go to school without having to see Mrs. Greene.
Moral action: Robert speaks with his guidance counselor, telling him that he won't succeed if he has to continue on in Mrs.Greene's class.
Immoral consequence: Mrs. Greene is temporarily suspended pending the investigation of the claim.
Norm: You shouldn't make false accusations about someone.
Situation: Robert is a high school student who isn't too fond of his math teacher, Mrs. Greene.
Intention: Robert wants to go to school without having to see Mrs. Greene.
Moral consequence: Robert's guidance counselor switches him to a different math class taught by someone else.
Immoral action: Robert files an anonymous report to the school saying that Mrs.Greene hits her students, although she never has.
Norm: You should report worrisome behavior to the authorities.
Situation: Stephen has been noticing a suspicious car repeatedly driving by his neighbor's home for the past week.
Intention: Stephen wants to stay within his boundaries.
Moral action: Stephen reports the suspicious activity to his neighbor, who reported it to police right away.
Immoral consequence: Stephen's neighbor is robbed by the person who had been staking out his home.
Norm: You should report worrisome behavior to the authorities.
Situation: Stephen has been noticing a suspicious car repeatedly driving by his neighbor's home for the past week.
Intention: Stephen wants to stay within his boundaries.
Moral consequence: The police presence in the neighborhood deterred the suspicious car from ever returning to the neighborhood.
Immoral action: Trying not to interfere, Stephen never mentions the suspicious activity to anyone.
Norm: It is good to tell your kids the truth.
Situation: Peter receives a pink tie for his birthday from his son Bo, but he hates the color pink and the tie.
Intention: Peter wants to thank Bo for the present.
Moral action: Peter tells Bo that he appreciates the thought but that he doesn't really like the color pink.
Immoral consequence: Bo believes that his father really likes the pink tie and buys him another one for Christmas.
Norm: It is good to tell your kids the truth.
Situation: Peter receives a pink tie for his birthday from his son Bo, but he hates the color pink and the tie.
Intention: Peter wants to thank Bo for the present.
Moral consequence: Bo returns the tie to the store he bought it from and gets Peter a classic red tie that Peter does like.
Immoral action: Peter tells Bo that he really likes the tie and is looking forward to wearing it.
Norm: You shouldn't be too busy for your family.
Situation: Nakima's boss asks him to stay at his current location for another week, and his family waits for him at home.
Intention: Nakima wants to avoid offending his boss.
Moral action: Nakima demonstrates his skills to his boss explaining that he can work from home.
Immoral consequence: Nakima returns home to an empty house as his family went on vacation without him.
Norm: You shouldn't be too busy for your family.
Situation: Nakima's boss asks him to stay at his current location for another week, and his family waits for him at home.
Intention: Nakima wants to avoid offending his boss.
Moral consequence: Nakima's explanations impress his boss, and he receives a promotion.
Immoral action: Nakima stays the extra week without contacting his family.
Norm: You shouldn't hide injuries from people.
Situation: Finnegan just got home from soccer practice during which he injured his knee, when his parents ask him how his day was.
Intention: Finnegan wants to respond to his parents.
Moral action: Finnegan tells his parents about his day in detail, including the injury he sustained during soccer practice.
Immoral consequence: Finnegan develops complications from his knee injury that require hospitalization.
Norm: You shouldn't hide injuries from people.
Situation: Finnegan just got home from soccer practice during which he injured his knee, when his parents ask him how his day was.
Intention: Finnegan wants to respond to his parents.
Moral consequence: Finnegan gets some advice from his parents on how to treat the injury temporarily until he can be seen by his doctor.
Immoral action: Finnegan tells his parents that he had a great and uneventful day, purposefully not mentioning his injury so that he doesn't worry them.
Norm: It is bad to make people feel scared
Situation: Ursula is babysitting young children and it is time for them to go to bed.
Intention: Ursula wants the kids to stay in their rooms.
Moral action: Ursula reads the children book after book until she sees that they are all sound asleep and tucks them in.
Immoral consequence: The children Ursula is babysitting are horribly frightened by the story and not only cannot sleep but wet their beds for fear of going to the restroom.
Norm: It is bad to make people feel scared
Situation: Ursula is babysitting young children and it is time for them to go to bed.
Intention: Ursula wants the kids to stay in their rooms.
Moral consequence: The children Ursula is babysitting sleep soundly in their beds and are of no trouble.
Immoral action: Ursula tells the children a tall tale about mysterious things that happen to children who leave their rooms at night and how they might vanish.
Norm: Getting your pet from a breeder is frowned upon.
Situation: Conrad has been lonely, and his friends tell him that maybe getting a pet would help him feel less lonely.
Intention: Conrad wants to get a dog.
Moral action: Conrad visits the animal shelter to find a dog to adopt.
Immoral consequence: Conrad spends money on a dog that has been bred solely for profit.
Norm: Getting your pet from a breeder is frowned upon.
Situation: Conrad has been lonely, and his friends tell him that maybe getting a pet would help him feel less lonely.
Intention: Conrad wants to get a dog.
Moral consequence: Conrad rescues a dog that might have otherwise been put down.
Immoral action: Conrad finds a breeder and inquires about buying a dog from them.
Norm: There are some words that you should never say.
Situation: Dean is watching a movie in a theater while two black people sit behind him and talk loudly to each other.
Intention: Dean wants to confront the loud moviegoers behind him.
Moral action: Dean turns around and firmly tells the loud moviegoers to be quiet so other people can watch the movie.
Immoral consequence: Other people at the movie boo Dean and throw popcorn at him for using racist language.
Norm: There are some words that you should never say.
Situation: Dean is watching a movie in a theater while two black people sit behind him and talk loudly to each other.
Intention: Dean wants to confront the loud moviegoers behind him.
Moral consequence: Other people at the movie cheer for Dean for confronting the disruptive black people.
Immoral action: Dean turns around and tells the loud moviegoers to be quiet and then calls them the n-word.
Norm: It is not okay to tell other people's secrets.
Situation: Hank is informed by a co-worker that the workers are planning a surprise party for their boss, who is planning a vacation soon.
Intention: Hank wants the boss to be around for the surprise party.
Moral action: Hank asks for "help on an important project" that just happens to be the same day as the surprise party so the boss will be there.
Immoral consequence: The surprise is ruined and the party is nowhere near as special as they planned.
Norm: It is not okay to tell other people's secrets.
Situation: Hank is informed by a co-worker that the workers are planning a surprise party for their boss, who is planning a vacation soon.
Intention: Hank wants the boss to be around for the surprise party.
Moral consequence: The boss is surprised and the surprise party goes exactly as planned.
Immoral action: Hank tells their boss that they're planning a party for him and to make sure to be there.
Norm: You should not disrupt others with your bodily functions.
Situation: Alan is having dinner with his family, and he's seated next to his younger brother Harrison who seems a bit sad.
Intention: Alan wants to make Harrison laugh.
Moral action: Alan does a humorous impression of Harrison's favorite cartoon character.
Immoral consequence: Alan's parents are appalled at his poor table manners and scold him.
Norm: You should not disrupt others with your bodily functions.
Situation: Alan is having dinner with his family, and he's seated next to his younger brother Harrison who seems a bit sad.
Intention: Alan wants to make Harrison laugh.
Moral consequence: Alan's parents notice his efforts to cheer up his brother and praise him for it later on.
Immoral action: Alan takes a big swig of his soda and makes a very loud and exaggerated burp.
Norm: It's impolite to pick at you nails in public.
Situation: Kelly is on the bus riding it back home when she notices how dirty her nails are.
Intention: Kelly wants to pick the dirt out of her nails.
Moral action: Kelly waits until she gets back home to clean her nails.
Immoral consequence: The passengers near her are grossed out by what she is doing.
Norm: It's impolite to pick at you nails in public.
Situation: Kelly is on the bus riding it back home when she notices how dirty her nails are.
Intention: Kelly wants to pick the dirt out of her nails.
Moral consequence: The other passengers don't notice how filthy Kelly's nails have become.
Immoral action: Kelly starts picking the dirt out from under her nails on the bus.