CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to give underage kids alcohol.
Situation: Wes is looking for a drink in the fridge when his little brother Max ask for something to drink.
Intention: Wes wants to give Max a drink.
Moral consequence: Max drinks the juice and asks Wes if he can have more.
Immoral action: Wes reaches in the back of the fridge and gives Max a beer.
Norm: It's rude to only think about yourself in a community.
Situation: Scott is asymptomatic and has covid-19 but does not know it.
Intention: Scott wants to go to the store.
Moral action: Scott wears a mask because he cares about people in his community.
Immoral consequence: Scott infects several people at the store.
Norm: It's rude to only think about yourself in a community.
Situation: Scott is asymptomatic and has covid-19 but does not know it.
Intention: Scott wants to go to the store.
Moral consequence: No one else gets sick.
Immoral action: Scott refuses to wear a mask because it's uncomfortable.
Norm: It's good to be forgiving.
Situation: Candice watches her sister accidentally break her expensive ball joint doll.
Intention: Candice wants to respond to her sister.
Moral action: Candice gives her sister a hug telling her that accidents happen every now and then.
Immoral consequence: Candice sister's self esteem is ruined.
Norm: It's good to be forgiving.
Situation: Candice watches her sister accidentally break her expensive ball joint doll.
Intention: Candice wants to respond to her sister.
Moral consequence: Candice does extra chores around the house for enough money to get Candice's doll fixed.
Immoral action: Candice compares her sister to a clumsy monkey in a loud tone, and reminds her sister about her mistake every day for a week.
Norm: It's rude to blow up at other students.
Situation: Elijah is getting annoyed at his clumsy lab partner who keeps spilling chemicals onto the table in lab.
Intention: Elijah wants to express his emotions.
Moral action: Elijah talks to his teacher about his current frustrations.
Immoral consequence: Elijah is written up for disrupting the class.
Norm: It's rude to blow up at other students.
Situation: Elijah is getting annoyed at his clumsy lab partner who keeps spilling chemicals onto the table in lab.
Intention: Elijah wants to express his emotions.
Moral consequence: Elijah's teacher hands him materials that are less likely to cause spills.
Immoral action: Elijah slams his fists onto the table and compares the boy's intelligence to an insect.
Norm: Harming your child's organs is unacceptable.
Situation: Miguel, who smokes, drives his son Juan to school every morning.
Intention: Miguel wants a cigarette each morning.
Moral action: Miguel drops Juan off at school each day and then smokes a cigarette on the drive home.
Immoral consequence: Juan develops lung cancer in his 30s from all the secondhand smoke he inhaled as a child.
Norm: Harming your child's organs is unacceptable.
Situation: Miguel, who smokes, drives his son Juan to school every morning.
Intention: Miguel wants a cigarette each morning.
Moral consequence: Juan completes his first marathon when he's 32 years old.
Immoral action: Miguel lights and smokes a cigarette as soon as Juan gets into the car day to go to school.
Norm: It's good to blast someone who abuses someone's animal.
Situation: Ollie sometimes witnesses his neighbor, Ken, abusing his wife's cat.
Intention: Ollie wants to avoid confrontation with Ken.
Moral action: Ollie puts out an anonymous post on social media about what Ken has been doing to his cat.
Immoral consequence: Ken continues to abuse the cat until it perishes.
Norm: It's good to blast someone who abuses someone's animal.
Situation: Ollie sometimes witnesses his neighbor, Ken, abusing his wife's cat.
Intention: Ollie wants to avoid confrontation with Ken.
Moral consequence: People on social media alert the authorities and Ken is arrested.
Immoral action: Ollie watches the abuse go on without ever saying anything.
Norm: It is good to use email instead of wasting paper.
Situation: Frank needed to send messages to his coworkers.
Intention: Frank needs to get the messages to the coworkers.
Moral action: Frank would send his coworkers the messages by email to save on the paper.
Immoral consequence: Frank consistently took longer than everyone else to send messages.
Norm: It is good to use email instead of wasting paper.
Situation: Frank needed to send messages to his coworkers.
Intention: Frank needs to get the messages to the coworkers.
Moral consequence: Frank also got messages to them so much faster via the email.
Immoral action: Frank would write down the messages on pieces of paper and hand them to the coworker in person.
Norm: Children aren't expected to raise their voice to a parent.
Situation: Joanne glares at her mother Jane who broke her promise to take her to the park for the sixth time.
Intention: Joanne wants to express her disappointment.
Moral action: Joanne writes a note to her mother with her feelings and leaves it on her mother's bed.
Immoral consequence: Joanne is sent to her room for being disrespectful.
Norm: Children aren't expected to raise their voice to a parent.
Situation: Joanne glares at her mother Jane who broke her promise to take her to the park for the sixth time.
Intention: Joanne wants to express her disappointment.
Moral consequence: Joanne receives a cookie and an apology from her mother.
Immoral action: Joanne stops her foot on the ground and says that she hates promise breakers in a loud tone of voice.
Norm: It's good to stand up for your rights.
Situation: Mark is getting ready to grocery shop when a manager tells him that blacks cannot shop here.
Intention: Mark needs to buy groceries.
Moral action: Mark calls the police, and they arrest the manager and Mark is able to shop.
Immoral consequence: The manager continues being racist.
Norm: It's good to stand up for your rights.
Situation: Mark is getting ready to grocery shop when a manager tells him that blacks cannot shop here.
Intention: Mark needs to buy groceries.
Moral consequence: Mark stops the racist manager.
Immoral action: Mark leaves and finds another grocery store.
Norm: It's bad to be careless with your possessions.
Situation: Val is at the skating rink and has a purse with her she can't bring onto the ice.
Intention: Val wants to put her purse somewhere.
Moral action: Val rents a locker and puts her purse in the locker.
Immoral consequence: Val's purse can be stolen by someone at the rink.
Norm: It's bad to be careless with your possessions.
Situation: Val is at the skating rink and has a purse with her she can't bring onto the ice.
Intention: Val wants to put her purse somewhere.
Moral consequence: Val's purse is secure in the locker.
Immoral action: Val puts her purse on an open bench.
Norm: It's bad to play pranks if they're harmful to people.
Situation: Jim's sister Ann put a fake spider in Jim's bed to scare him.
Intention: Jim wants to get back at Ann.
Moral action: Jim throws a rubber snake in Ann's room.
Immoral consequence: The firecracker explodes injuring Ann.
Norm: It's bad to play pranks if they're harmful to people.
Situation: Jim's sister Ann put a fake spider in Jim's bed to scare him.
Intention: Jim wants to get back at Ann.
Moral consequence: Ann screams and runs out of the room.
Immoral action: Jim lights a firecracker and throws it in Ann's room.
Norm: It's expected that people tip a waiter for their service.
Situation: Rin, who is at a restaurant,has waited a long time for her steak meal to come out and when it does it's overcooked.
Intention: Rin wants to show how unhappy she is with the meal.
Moral action: Rin points out the problem with the steak and leaves an average tip for the service.
Immoral consequence: The server makes less money for the day because of the chef's mistake.
Norm: It's expected that people tip a waiter for their service.
Situation: Rin, who is at a restaurant,has waited a long time for her steak meal to come out and when it does it's overcooked.
Intention: Rin wants to show how unhappy she is with the meal.
Moral consequence: The server is relieved to get a tip even though there was a problem with the food.
Immoral action: Rin tells the server about the temperature of the meat and leaves no tip.
Norm: It's wrong to make fun of someone's makeup.
Situation: Margret is a beauty influencer doing a live stream with another influencer Barbra, and Barbra insults an instagram model's makeup.
Intention: Margret wants to entertain her audience.
Moral action: Margret gives constructive criticism to the model along with doing a small demonstration on how to fix the makeup.
Immoral consequence: Margret's actions alienate her followers who dislike harsh humor.
Norm: It's wrong to make fun of someone's makeup.
Situation: Margret is a beauty influencer doing a live stream with another influencer Barbra, and Barbra insults an instagram model's makeup.
Intention: Margret wants to entertain her audience.
Moral consequence: Margret's followers uses the tutorials to create unique looks.
Immoral action: Margret joins Barbra comparing the model's makeup to a clown.
Norm: You have no right to strike another person's child.
Situation: Cindy's neighbor's kid runs into her yard and up to Cindy and slaps her.
Intention: Cindy wants to respond to the slap.
Moral action: Cindy decides to take the kid back to the neighbor's house and tell the parents what the kid did.
Immoral consequence: The kid's parents come running and shout at Cindy for slapping the kid.
Norm: You have no right to strike another person's child.
Situation: Cindy's neighbor's kid runs into her yard and up to Cindy and slaps her.
Intention: Cindy wants to respond to the slap.
Moral consequence: The parents start shouting at the kid who gets grounded for a month.
Immoral action: Cindy decides to slap the kid back for slapping her first.
Norm: It's ok to cut ties with an ex.
Situation: Mark just broke up with his ex for cheating on him and knows that she has few to no friends.
Intention: Mark wants to move onto someone else.
Moral action: Mark cuts off all contact with his ex and focuses solely on finding someone else.
Immoral consequence: Mark's ex does not understand how serious her actions were.
Norm: It's ok to cut ties with an ex.
Situation: Mark just broke up with his ex for cheating on him and knows that she has few to no friends.
Intention: Mark wants to move onto someone else.
Moral consequence: Mark's ex has to further reap what she sowed when she betrayed him.
Immoral action: Mark feels bad for his ex, so he stays in touch with her strictly as friends and pursues other romantic options.
Norm: You should avoid seeing people who've hurt you.
Situation: Gary wants to go to the grocery store but his ex shops there too.
Intention: Gary wants to obtain food from the grocery store.
Moral action: Gary decides to order his food from the store online over the internet.
Immoral consequence: Gary runs into his ex at the grocery store, and he's shocked.
Norm: You should avoid seeing people who've hurt you.
Situation: Gary wants to go to the grocery store but his ex shops there too.
Intention: Gary wants to obtain food from the grocery store.
Moral consequence: The store delivers the food to Gary and there's no chance he'll see his ex.
Immoral action: Gary simply goes to the store and figures that they can't possibly run into each other.
Norm: It is inappropriate to call family pieces of shit.
Situation: Molly is at Thanksgiving dinner, listening to her relatives champion political ideology she firmly disagrees with.
Intention: Molly wants to tell her family members that she disagrees with their politics.
Moral action: Molly tells her family that everyone is entitled to their political opinions but that she doesn't believe they're right.
Immoral consequence: Molly's family is very insulted and refuses to invite Molly for Thanksgiving dinner next year.
Norm: It is inappropriate to call family pieces of shit.
Situation: Molly is at Thanksgiving dinner, listening to her relatives champion political ideology she firmly disagrees with.
Intention: Molly wants to tell her family members that she disagrees with their politics.
Moral consequence: Molly's family decides not to talk politics anymore and instead starts serving the pumpkin pie.
Immoral action: Molly tells her family that because of what they believe politically she thinks they're pieces of shit.
Norm: It is bad to steal from a co-worker.
Situation: Jared is on his lunch break at work and realizes he forgot to bring his packed lunch today, and has no time to leave and buy food.
Intention: Jared wants to eat.
Moral action: Jared asks a colleague if he can borrow a dollar to buy something from the vending machine, and the coworker says yes.
Immoral consequence: A coworker walks in halfway through Jared eating the food and notices Jared's eating their lunch, and files a complaint.
Norm: It is bad to steal from a co-worker.
Situation: Jared is on his lunch break at work and realizes he forgot to bring his packed lunch today, and has no time to leave and buy food.
Intention: Jared wants to eat.
Moral consequence: Jared grabs his favorite brand of potato chip from the vending machine.
Immoral action: Jared grabs someone else's food out of the communal refrigerator and eats it.
Norm: It's rude to look down on others.
Situation: Gina is a teacher in a school that has mixed income students.
Intention: Gina wants to give personal attention to the students.
Moral action: Gina gives personal attention all of the students.
Immoral consequence: The lower income students will have a low chance for success.
Norm: It's rude to look down on others.
Situation: Gina is a teacher in a school that has mixed income students.
Intention: Gina wants to give personal attention to the students.
Moral consequence: The lower income students will have a higher chance for success.
Immoral action: Gina gives personal attention to the wealthier students.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of someone else.
Situation: Lisa sees the same kid in the corner of the lunchroom not eating because they never have lunch money.
Intention: Lisa wants to decide what to do.
Moral action: Lisa heads over and talks to the kid and asks some questions.
Immoral consequence: The kid beats up Lisa and takes her money and then laughs at her.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of someone else.
Situation: Lisa sees the same kid in the corner of the lunchroom not eating because they never have lunch money.
Intention: Lisa wants to decide what to do.
Moral consequence: Turns out the kid just doesn't like the food the school has.
Immoral action: Lisa makes fun of the kid for not having any money.
Norm: You shouldn't burden others with your responsibilities.
Situation: Rodger is at work and has a lot of projects piling up.
Intention: Rodger wants to make sure the projects get done.
Moral action: Rodger works overtime to make sure he finishes all the projects that have piled up.
Immoral consequence: While the coworkers do the favors, they also have resentment towards Rodger for heaping the projects on to them like this.
Norm: You shouldn't burden others with your responsibilities.
Situation: Rodger is at work and has a lot of projects piling up.
Intention: Rodger wants to make sure the projects get done.
Moral consequence: Rodgers coworkers benefit from the projects being completed because it means everybody is pulling their weight.
Immoral action: Rodger calls in some favors with other coworkers and requests that they do the projects for him.
Norm: You shouldn't date someone who isn't reasonable.
Situation: Jen has a boyfriend who is impossible to please and is growing apart from him emotionally.
Intention: Jen wants to avoid confrontation with her boyfriend.
Moral action: Jen breaks up with her boyfriend over text and refuses to see him again after doing so.
Immoral consequence: Jen's partner is emboldened to continue treating her this way.
Norm: You shouldn't date someone who isn't reasonable.
Situation: Jen has a boyfriend who is impossible to please and is growing apart from him emotionally.
Intention: Jen wants to avoid confrontation with her boyfriend.
Moral consequence: Jen's partner is forced to think about the consequences of his actions.
Immoral action: Jen pretends that everything is fine and hopes that things will improve in the future.
Norm: You shouldn't make a mess of someone's yard.
Situation: Jack is washing his car on his driveway when he notices that the water run off is draining through his neighbor's yard.
Intention: Jack wants to continue washing his car without worrying about the run off.
Moral action: Jack calls to his wife and asks her to put a board down to redirect the water run off to flow down Jack's driveway instead of into his neighbor's yard.
Immoral consequence: The chemical filled water carves out and kills patches of his neighbor's grass, making the yard look terrible.
Norm: You shouldn't make a mess of someone's yard.
Situation: Jack is washing his car on his driveway when he notices that the water run off is draining through his neighbor's yard.
Intention: Jack wants to continue washing his car without worrying about the run off.
Moral consequence: Jack's wife successfully redirects the water flow and his neighbor's yard is preserved.
Immoral action: Jack ignores the water run off and continues letting it flow through his neighbor's yard.
Norm: It's nice to put in hard work.
Situation: Ted has moved into a new house which has a large backyard.
Intention: Ted wants to do something with his backyard.
Moral action: Ted digs out the yard and puts in many plants and grass.
Immoral consequence: Ted will have an unimpressive backyard.
Norm: It's nice to put in hard work.
Situation: Ted has moved into a new house which has a large backyard.
Intention: Ted wants to do something with his backyard.
Moral consequence: Ted will have an impressive yard.
Immoral action: Ted does a simple scattering of small stones over his yard.
Norm: You shouldn't over share with people you just met
Situation: Sarah meets a coworker who will be sitting at the desk next to her's for the first time.
Intention: Sarah wants to share something about herself with her new coworker.
Moral action: Sarah tells her new coworker about some TV shows she likes and other normal interests.
Immoral consequence: Sarah's coworker is taken aback by Sarah telling her very personal and somewhat strange things about herself when they just met.
Norm: You shouldn't over share with people you just met
Situation: Sarah meets a coworker who will be sitting at the desk next to her's for the first time.
Intention: Sarah wants to share something about herself with her new coworker.
Moral consequence: Sarah's coworker gets more comfortable with Sarah after she tells them about some relatable interests.
Immoral action: Sarah tells her coworker about some niche sexual interests Sarah has.
Norm: It's good to present a good showing in interviews.
Situation: James was recently laid off from a restaurant due to coronavirus, and just got an interview with a pizza delivery place.
Intention: James wants to get a good night's sleep before the interview.
Moral action: James goes to bed at 8 PM and wakes up an hour early to shower and iron his shirt.
Immoral consequence: James is turned down for the delivery position because of his poor personal hygiene.
Norm: It's good to present a good showing in interviews.
Situation: James was recently laid off from a restaurant due to coronavirus, and just got an interview with a pizza delivery place.
Intention: James wants to get a good night's sleep before the interview.
Moral consequence: James is hired for the delivery position because of his attitude and attention to detail.
Immoral action: James sleeps until thirty minutes before the interview and doesn't have time to shower beforehand.
Norm: It's wrong to be happy that a celebrity died.
Situation: James, who always hated Michael Jackson's music and was very disturbed by the allegations against the singer, just found out he died.
Intention: James wants to avoid Michael Jackson-related content on social media.
Moral action: James turns off social media and goes for a walk in the park to distract himself.
Immoral consequence: James' friends bombard him with outraged emails, and he has to disconnect from social media.
Norm: It's wrong to be happy that a celebrity died.
Situation: James, who always hated Michael Jackson's music and was very disturbed by the allegations against the singer, just found out he died.
Intention: James wants to avoid Michael Jackson-related content on social media.
Moral consequence: The natural beauty around him rapidly distracts James from his negative thoughts about Michael Jackson.
Immoral action: James posts, "Don't send me any Michael Jackson articles - I'm glad he's dead".
Norm: It's not okay to hate others for who they are.
Situation: James was raised in a very conservative, religious family and never met an LGBT person until he went to college.
Intention: James wants to be a kind person.
Moral action: James talks to the LGBT people he meets and reads some of the books they recommend.
Immoral consequence: James is shunned at most parties and generally unpopular on campus.
Norm: It's not okay to hate others for who they are.
Situation: James was raised in a very conservative, religious family and never met an LGBT person until he went to college.
Intention: James wants to be a kind person.
Moral consequence: James comes to realize that LGBT people aren't very different from anyone else.
Immoral action: James tries to convince the LGBT people he meets that they're going to hell and need to become straight.
Norm: You shouldn't say rude things to disabled people.
Situation: Chad was walking down the street when he sees a man in a wheelchair on the sidewalk in front of him.
Intention: Chad wants to get ahead of the man in the wheelchair.
Moral action: Chad asks the man if he minds if he walks ahead of him.
Immoral consequence: The man is irritated with Chad and hits him with his cane.
Norm: You shouldn't say rude things to disabled people.
Situation: Chad was walking down the street when he sees a man in a wheelchair on the sidewalk in front of him.
Intention: Chad wants to get ahead of the man in the wheelchair.
Moral consequence: The man obliges and moves to the side to allow Chad to pass.
Immoral action: Chad calls the man a crippled bastard and tells him to get out of the way.
Norm: It's mean to try to cause problems for an ex
Situation: Sean recently broke up with Nancy and found out Nancy is now dating Ken.
Intention: Sean wants to talk to Ken about dating Nancy.
Moral action: Sean tells Ken that he hopes Ken and Nancy are right for each other.
Immoral consequence: Sean will influence Ken into not wanting to date Nancy.
Norm: It's mean to try to cause problems for an ex
Situation: Sean recently broke up with Nancy and found out Nancy is now dating Ken.
Intention: Sean wants to talk to Ken about dating Nancy.
Moral consequence: Sean will allow Ken and Nancy to develop their own relationship.
Immoral action: Sean tells Ken that he could do better than Nancy.
Norm: You shouldn't treat people with down syndrome differently than others.
Situation: James, an art teacher, had a student with Down Syndrome in his class one year.
Intention: James wants to avoid modifying his curriculum.
Moral action: James lets the student with Down Syndrome participate in all the art projects.
Immoral consequence: The administration refuses and tells James that he's putting the school at risk of a lawsuit.
Norm: You shouldn't treat people with down syndrome differently than others.
Situation: James, an art teacher, had a student with Down Syndrome in his class one year.
Intention: James wants to avoid modifying his curriculum.
Moral consequence: The student with Down Syndrome discovers a passion for sculpture.
Immoral action: James asks the administration to remove the student with Down Syndrome from his class.