CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You can't expect people to exercise all the time.
Situation: On a heavily rainy day Benard is waiting in his dance studio for his students.
Intention: Benard wants to communicate with his students.
Moral consequence: Benard has a relaxing night reading in the studio.
Immoral action: Benard sends his students a text noting that they will never lose weight if they avoid exercising.
Norm: It's good to take your kids fun places.
Situation: Mary and her kids have some free time during the weekend.
Intention: Mary wants to go out with her kids.
Moral action: Mary takes her kids to an amusement park.
Immoral consequence: Mary reads while her kids fall asleep from boredom.
Norm: It's good to take your kids fun places.
Situation: Mary and her kids have some free time during the weekend.
Intention: Mary wants to go out with her kids.
Moral consequence: Mary and her kids have an exciting afternoon.
Immoral action: Mary takes her kids to the library.
Norm: It is rude to take up too much room.
Situation: Claudia is on the train to visit her parents and starts to feel very tired from the long journey.
Intention: Claudia wants to sleep during her train trip.
Moral action: Claudia sits in a window seat, rests her head against the window with her coat as a pillow and falls asleep.
Immoral consequence: Other passengers have to stand for hours.
Norm: It is rude to take up too much room.
Situation: Claudia is on the train to visit her parents and starts to feel very tired from the long journey.
Intention: Claudia wants to sleep during her train trip.
Moral consequence: All passengers in the train car have a place to sit.
Immoral action: Claudia lies down, taking up three seats.
Norm: It is crazy to slather yourself in condiments.
Situation: Dave has been served a hamburger at a restaurant and is given a bottle of his favorite condiment, ketchup.
Intention: Dave wants to use the ketchup.
Moral action: Dave puts some ketchup on his hamburger.
Immoral consequence: Dave looks crazy in front of everyone.
Norm: It is crazy to slather yourself in condiments.
Situation: Dave has been served a hamburger at a restaurant and is given a bottle of his favorite condiment, ketchup.
Intention: Dave wants to use the ketchup.
Moral consequence: Dave's hamburgers tastes delicious.
Immoral action: Dave squirts ketchup all over his body.
Norm: It's good to call the police if you were harassed.
Situation: Casey has already told Doug no a few times, but he continues to follow her down the street demanding she give him a kiss.
Intention: Casey wants to stop Doug from following and harassing her.
Moral action: Casey grabs her cell phone and calls the police loud enough so Doug can hear her doing so.
Immoral consequence: Doug begins to chase her and seizes the chance to grab her when no one can see and tries to force himself on her.
Norm: It's good to call the police if you were harassed.
Situation: Casey has already told Doug no a few times, but he continues to follow her down the street demanding she give him a kiss.
Intention: Casey wants to stop Doug from following and harassing her.
Moral consequence: Doug freaks out because he knows he's being creepy and decides to run away in the other direction.
Immoral action: Casey starts to run away, running as fast as she can into a pretty empty nearby park.
Norm: You shouldn't mow the lawn while going commando.
Situation: Henry is standing nude before his mirror in his bedroom getting ready to do some yard work.
Intention: Henry wants to decide what to wear while mowing the lawn.
Moral action: Henry decides to put on a tracksuit, a hat, safety goggles and safety boots.
Immoral consequence: Henry's thighs and midsection are besieged by bugs while little twigs and other shrapnel from the mower carve his skin up.
Norm: You shouldn't mow the lawn while going commando.
Situation: Henry is standing nude before his mirror in his bedroom getting ready to do some yard work.
Intention: Henry wants to decide what to wear while mowing the lawn.
Moral consequence: Henry doesn't feel any effect from the bugs or the mower shrapnel as he finishes mowing the lawn unscathed.
Immoral action: Henry decides to put on just a pair of shorts and socks and shoes and nothing else.
Norm: It's good to be a hard worker.
Situation: Josh just got a job at a local business and showed up for his first day of work.
Intention: Josh wants to make an impression on his boss.
Moral action: Josh does his best to complete his tasks quickly and efficiently.
Immoral consequence: Josh's boss notes that Josh is probably not going to make it very far in the company.
Norm: It's good to be a hard worker.
Situation: Josh just got a job at a local business and showed up for his first day of work.
Intention: Josh wants to make an impression on his boss.
Moral consequence: Josh's boss notes that Josh might be future management material.
Immoral action: Josh works at a leisurely pace throughout the day, taking frequent breaks and checking his phone constantly.
Norm: It's wrong to not consider the feelings of others.
Situation: Barry is selecting movies for the movie marathon, and his friend Kasey is triggered by violence.
Intention: Barry wants to chose a wide selection of movies.
Moral action: Barry invites Kasey to help select the movies for the marathon.
Immoral consequence: Kasey has an anxiety attack in the middle of the movie.
Norm: It's wrong to not consider the feelings of others.
Situation: Barry is selecting movies for the movie marathon, and his friend Kasey is triggered by violence.
Intention: Barry wants to chose a wide selection of movies.
Moral consequence: Kasey becomes closer to Barry.
Immoral action: Barry adds one of the later saw movies into the marathon.
Norm: It's good to be courageous.
Situation: Cody is a hockey defenseman who just had the puck shot past him by an opponent, the puck is in the corner now.
Intention: Cody wants to decide which method to use to retrieve the puck.
Moral action: Cody decides to skate full speed at the puck and slap it out of the zone just before he gets crunched by the opponent.
Immoral consequence: The opponent easily skates towards the puck and intercepts Cody's poke setting up a scoring chance for his team.
Norm: It's good to be courageous.
Situation: Cody is a hockey defenseman who just had the puck shot past him by an opponent, the puck is in the corner now.
Intention: Cody wants to decide which method to use to retrieve the puck.
Moral consequence: The opponent slams Cody into the boards but only after the puck has already left the danger area.
Immoral action: Cody decides to try to reach for the puck, avoiding body contact in the process, and to poke it toward his teammate.
Norm: It's wrong to steal another person's private information.
Situation: Logan is broke and needs to buy a part for his car online.
Intention: Logan wants money to buy the car part.
Moral action: Logan asks a parent for a short-term loan to pay for the car part.
Immoral consequence: The other customer has to cancel his credit cards and undo the damage from the fraud.
Norm: It's wrong to steal another person's private information.
Situation: Logan is broke and needs to buy a part for his car online.
Intention: Logan wants money to buy the car part.
Moral consequence: Logan gets the money and buys the part with no problems.
Immoral action: Logan goes to a restaurant and copies the credit card info of another customer who leaves his card out, then uses the card to pay.
Norm: It is not okay to bully anyone.
Situation: Jenna has just found out that her younger brother is being bullied by another kid at their school.
Intention: Jenna wants the bully to get what they deserve.
Moral action: Jenna tells her parents what has been happening, so they can intervene.
Immoral consequence: Jenna earns a reputation as a bully herself so people continue to target her brother.
Norm: It is not okay to bully anyone.
Situation: Jenna has just found out that her younger brother is being bullied by another kid at their school.
Intention: Jenna wants the bully to get what they deserve.
Moral consequence: Jenna's parents resolve the situation with the school and the bully's parents.
Immoral action: Jenna re-enacts what her brother's bully has been doing to her brother to the bully.
Norm: Animal neglect is morally wrong
Situation: Dwight is at home watching TV when his dog Bruno starts whining and begging in the usual way when he wants food.
Intention: Dwight wants to not hear the whining anymore.
Moral action: Dwight goes to Bruno's food bowl and fills it with dog food before calling him over.
Immoral consequence: Bruno is stressed and hungry and is confused as to why he's suddenly confined in the basement.
Norm: Animal neglect is morally wrong
Situation: Dwight is at home watching TV when his dog Bruno starts whining and begging in the usual way when he wants food.
Intention: Dwight wants to not hear the whining anymore.
Moral consequence: Bruno excitedly runs towards the food and happily eats it with reckless abandon.
Immoral action: Dwight takes Bruno by the collar and leads him down into the basement where he closes him in, so he can't hear him.
Norm: It's immoral to physically harm another person.
Situation: Phil is walking on the sidewalk when Aaron who was skateboarding bumps into him and the skateboard hits Phil in the shin painfully.
Intention: Phil wants to lash out at Aaron for causing him pain.
Moral action: Phil screams at Aaron that he's an idiot and that he needs to watch where he's going because he hurt him.
Immoral consequence: Aaron is terrified and overwhelmed by the sudden attack and fears for his life as the fists rain on him.
Norm: It's immoral to physically harm another person.
Situation: Phil is walking on the sidewalk when Aaron who was skateboarding bumps into him and the skateboard hits Phil in the shin painfully.
Intention: Phil wants to lash out at Aaron for causing him pain.
Moral consequence: Aaron is immediately apologetic and wishes he hadn't skateboarded on the sidewalk and asks Phil if he's OK.
Immoral action: Phil grabs Aaron by the throat and begins to punch his face as hard as he can so Aaron can feel pain, too.
Norm: It's bad to look in your significant other's private things.
Situation: Linda tends to be jealous and thinks she has seen her husband furtively texting behind her back.
Intention: Linda wants to know what kind of texts his husband is sending.
Moral action: Linda directly asks her husband what he was texting about.
Immoral consequence: Linda's husband wakes up to see Linda snooping in his phone and is very disappointed.
Norm: It's bad to look in your significant other's private things.
Situation: Linda tends to be jealous and thinks she has seen her husband furtively texting behind her back.
Intention: Linda wants to know what kind of texts his husband is sending.
Moral consequence: Linda's husband likes how straightforward she is and tells her what the texts were about.
Immoral action: Linda looks at her husband's phone at night while he is sleeping.
Norm: It's wrong to want to torture people.
Situation: Benjamin is preparing a workout routine for overweight and inactive individuals.
Intention: Benjamin wants his students to get in shape.
Moral action: Benjamin spends time with each of his students working out exercising plans to help them achieve their goals.
Immoral consequence: Benjamin is sued after one of his students passes out hitting their head on the floor.
Norm: It's wrong to want to torture people.
Situation: Benjamin is preparing a workout routine for overweight and inactive individuals.
Intention: Benjamin wants his students to get in shape.
Moral consequence: Benjamin's students start losing weight.
Immoral action: Benjamin creates a high intensity workout, and pushes his students way past their limits.
Norm: It's good to care about the environment.
Situation: Bill is packing up after a beach party when he notices that people have thrown pizza boxes into the recycling bin, and plastic cups onto the ground.
Intention: Bill wants to finish packing.
Moral action: Once he finishes packing, bill moves the pizza boxes from the recycling to the trash, and rinses off the plastic cups before recycling them.
Immoral consequence: The pizza boxes mess things up at the recycling facility, and the plastic cups make their way to the ocean.
Norm: It's good to care about the environment.
Situation: Bill is packing up after a beach party when he notices that people have thrown pizza boxes into the recycling bin, and plastic cups onto the ground.
Intention: Bill wants to finish packing.
Moral consequence: The environment is a little cleaner as a result of Bill's efforts.
Immoral action: Bill ignores the incorrectly disposed boxes and cups, and continues with his packing.
Norm: It's wrong not to be able to pay the bill.
Situation: Ray hadn't paid his electric bill in more that a month and a half.
Intention: Ray wants to pay for his electric bill on the online service.
Moral action: Ray pays the bill online as soon as he can get to a computer.
Immoral consequence: Ray has to pay the bill plus several other late fees that he incurred.
Norm: It's wrong not to be able to pay the bill.
Situation: Ray hadn't paid his electric bill in more that a month and a half.
Intention: Ray wants to pay for his electric bill on the online service.
Moral consequence: Ray only has to pay the cost of his past due electric bill.
Immoral action: Ray waits another two weeks before logging on to pay the electric bill.
Norm: People respect abuse victims that break free of the cycle.
Situation: Jack abused John [his son], and John used that as an excuse to abuse Joe [John's son].
Intention: Joe wants to raise his kids.
Moral action: Joe decides not to abuse his kids because he didn't like it when his dad abused him.
Immoral consequence: Joe's kids in turn go on to abuse their own kids.
Norm: People respect abuse victims that break free of the cycle.
Situation: Jack abused John [his son], and John used that as an excuse to abuse Joe [John's son].
Intention: Joe wants to raise his kids.
Moral consequence: Joe breaks the cycle of abuse and in turn his kids never know abuse.
Immoral action: Joe abuses his kids too because that's how he himself was raised.
Norm: You should be patient with children.
Situation: Remy is teaching a course on self defense for children in a kindergarten class.
Intention: Remy wants the children to pay attention to him.
Moral action: Remy creates a reward system for students in the course who are especially quiet and attentive.
Immoral consequence: The children's parents are displeased with Remy's discipline method and withdraw their children from his course.
Norm: You should be patient with children.
Situation: Remy is teaching a course on self defense for children in a kindergarten class.
Intention: Remy wants the children to pay attention to him.
Moral consequence: Most of the students participate actively in trying to earn rewards, ensuring class attention.
Immoral action: Remy whistles loudly and tells the children he will cancel the class entirely if they don't listen to him.
Norm: It's bad to remain silent about an assault.
Situation: Brad was assaulted and robbed in the alley near his home.
Intention: Brad wants to move on after the assault.
Moral action: Brad calls the police to make a report about the incident.
Immoral consequence: The person who attacked Brad continues to attack and rob other people in the neighborhood.
Norm: It's bad to remain silent about an assault.
Situation: Brad was assaulted and robbed in the alley near his home.
Intention: Brad wants to move on after the assault.
Moral consequence: The police catch the person who assaulted Brad, and he is unable to attack anyone else.
Immoral action: Brad goes home after the attack too embarrassed to tell anyone about the incident.
Norm: It is rude to yell at your sibling.
Situation: Jeff is at home watching his favorite TV show when his sister grabs the remote and changes the channel.
Intention: Jeff wants to react to his sister changing the channel.
Moral action: Jeff explains how the previous show was his favorite and plainly asks his sister to change the channel back.
Immoral consequence: Jeff's sister is annoyed and refuses to do as Jeff asks.
Norm: It is rude to yell at your sibling.
Situation: Jeff is at home watching his favorite TV show when his sister grabs the remote and changes the channel.
Intention: Jeff wants to react to his sister changing the channel.
Moral consequence: Jeff's sister acknowledges Jeff's request and does as he asks.
Immoral action: Jeff loudly demands his sister change the channel back to the show he was watching.
Norm: You shouldn't rummage through other's belongings.
Situation: Han was over at his friend Luke's house waiting for Luke to finish using the restroom.
Intention: Han wants to do something while waiting for Luke.
Moral action: Han looks at the posters on the wall that Luke has up.
Immoral consequence: Han is freaked out and wonders in his head the rest of the time where it came from.
Norm: You shouldn't rummage through other's belongings.
Situation: Han was over at his friend Luke's house waiting for Luke to finish using the restroom.
Intention: Han wants to do something while waiting for Luke.
Moral consequence: Han is curious where he got some of these cool posters.
Immoral action: Han looks through Luke's things and finds a wad of $1000 bills.
Norm: It's bad to wear dirty shoes inside.
Situation: Hal has been working in the muddy yard.
Intention: Hal wants to get a bucket from the kitchen.
Moral action: Hal takes off his shoes outside before going to the kitchen.
Immoral consequence: Hal will have to clean the mud on the kitchen floor.
Norm: It's bad to wear dirty shoes inside.
Situation: Hal has been working in the muddy yard.
Intention: Hal wants to get a bucket from the kitchen.
Moral consequence: Hal will have a clean kitchen.
Immoral action: Hal walks into the kitchen without taking off his shoes.
Norm: Delivery drivers shouldn't enter the homes of customers.
Situation: Jay is a pizza delivery driver who is currently delivering an order.
Intention: Jay wants to deliver the pizza on time.
Moral action: Jay arrives with the pizza and the door is open, so he stands by the door to yell in for the customer.
Immoral consequence: The customer is alarmed that Jay would step foot inside his house.
Norm: Delivery drivers shouldn't enter the homes of customers.
Situation: Jay is a pizza delivery driver who is currently delivering an order.
Intention: Jay wants to deliver the pizza on time.
Moral consequence: The customer is excited knowing that their pizza has just arrived.
Immoral action: Jay arrives at the house to an open door and steps just inside the doorway to look for the customer.
Norm: You shouldn't leave someone who needs your support.
Situation: Bill is a wealthy banker who just got into a big argument with his wife.
Intention: Bill doesn't want to argue anymore.
Moral action: Bill admits that his wife was right in the argument in order to get along with her.
Immoral consequence: Bill's wife struggles since she relied on Bill's income to support her lifestyle.
Norm: You shouldn't leave someone who needs your support.
Situation: Bill is a wealthy banker who just got into a big argument with his wife.
Intention: Bill doesn't want to argue anymore.
Moral consequence: Bill's wife no longer has to worry about Bill leaving her and feels content.
Immoral action: Bill divorces his wife and fights to make his divorce settlement as low as possible.
Norm: It is rude to wipe your nose on your clothes.
Situation: Little Reilly has a cold and his nose is running a lot.
Intention: Reilly wants to wipe his nose.
Moral action: Reilly gets a tissue to blow his nose into, then throws it away.
Immoral consequence: Reilly is scolded by his mother and has to change his shirt.
Norm: It is rude to wipe your nose on your clothes.
Situation: Little Reilly has a cold and his nose is running a lot.
Intention: Reilly wants to wipe his nose.
Moral consequence: Reilly's nose is less runny and no one is grossed out.
Immoral action: Reilly wipes his nose on his shirt, getting his snot all over it.
Norm: It's good to report criminal activity to the police.
Situation: Reagan is sitting on her porch late one night and sees a woman opening her neighbors garage door with a crowbar.
Intention: Reagan wants to tell her neighbors what she saw.
Moral action: Reagan calls the police immediately and talks to her neighbors that night after police arrive.
Immoral consequence: The neighbors had property stolen from the garage and the woman is long gone.
Norm: It's good to report criminal activity to the police.
Situation: Reagan is sitting on her porch late one night and sees a woman opening her neighbors garage door with a crowbar.
Intention: Reagan wants to tell her neighbors what she saw.
Moral consequence: The police catch the woman in the act and the neighbors' avoid having anything stolen.
Immoral action: Since it's late, Reagan goes on to bed and talks to the neighbors about it in the morning.
Norm: It's good to go to class.
Situation: Marcus is a college student who went out to party the night before and now feels tired.
Intention: Marcus wants to catch up on sleep.
Moral action: Marcus takes a nap after his classes are over.
Immoral consequence: Marcus falls behind in class and messes up his sleep cycle.
Norm: It's good to go to class.
Situation: Marcus is a college student who went out to party the night before and now feels tired.
Intention: Marcus wants to catch up on sleep.
Moral consequence: Marcus feels refreshed and prepared to study.
Immoral action: Marcus skips his classes so he can sleep all day.
Norm: It's manipulative to try to force a partner into marriage.
Situation: Jake and Harry have been together for years.
Intention: Jake wants Harry to marry him.
Moral action: Jake proposes to Harry at the bar they met at.
Immoral consequence: Harry worries for Jake's mental health and encourages him to see a therapist.
Norm: It's manipulative to try to force a partner into marriage.
Situation: Jake and Harry have been together for years.
Intention: Jake wants Harry to marry him.
Moral consequence: Harry resoundingly says "Yes" to the proposal.
Immoral action: Jake tells Harry that he will kill himself if he doesn't marry him.
Norm: It's sad to see a student being bullied by another.
Situation: Case is walking down the school hallway when he sees a bully threatening another student.
Intention: Case wants to react to the confrontation.
Moral action: Case gets upset, walks up to the bully, and tells him to stop picking on the other student or else.
Immoral consequence: The bully is encouraged and begins to beat up the student.
Norm: It's sad to see a student being bullied by another.
Situation: Case is walking down the school hallway when he sees a bully threatening another student.
Intention: Case wants to react to the confrontation.
Moral consequence: The bully gets worried and lets the other student go, then leaves.
Immoral action: Case laughs at the bullied kid and cheers the bully on.
Norm: It's encouraged you remain professional when dealing with clients
Situation: Hector works in a bank and helps clients with financial services.
Intention: Hector wants to come across as friendly with his clients.
Moral action: Hector greets his clients pleasantly and demonstrates interest for them in a professional manner.
Immoral consequence: Hector's boss reprimands Hector for being too informal with clients.
Norm: It's encouraged you remain professional when dealing with clients
Situation: Hector works in a bank and helps clients with financial services.
Intention: Hector wants to come across as friendly with his clients.
Moral consequence: Hector's boss praises Hector's professionalism.
Immoral action: Hector playfully teases clients and jokes with them in a very informal way.
Norm: It's wrong to take advantage of the deceased.
Situation: Hank's wife dies and Hank can't afford a nice headstone for her.
Intention: Hank wants to get a headstone for his now-deceased wife.
Moral action: Hank finds a modestly-priced headstone and gets it for his wife.
Immoral consequence: The family of the person Hank robbed are horrified that someone would steal a dead person's headstone.