CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to help out at work.
Situation: Fred has been working hard all week and realizes the project still isn't complete.
Intention: Fred wants the project done.
Moral action: Paul puts in extra hours over the weekend to finish the job.
Immoral consequence: The worker doesn't do the work as specified and Paul gets fired.
Norm: It's good to help out at work.
Situation: Fred has been working hard all week and realizes the project still isn't complete.
Intention: Fred wants the project done.
Moral consequence: Paul gets paid overtime and his boss gives him a raise and a promotion.
Immoral action: Fred calls another worker to come in and finish the work for him.
Norm: You should give plenty of notice before cancelling plans.
Situation: Yuri has planned a vacation with a friend which is about 3 months away and has just found out she has to attend a work function during that time.
Intention: Yuri wants to let her friend know she can't come.
Moral action: Yuri lets her friend know that she cannot go with her as soon as possible.
Immoral consequence: Yuri's friend has already made arrangements and has to go alone or lose money.
Norm: You should give plenty of notice before cancelling plans.
Situation: Yuri has planned a vacation with a friend which is about 3 months away and has just found out she has to attend a work function during that time.
Intention: Yuri wants to let her friend know she can't come.
Moral consequence: Yuri's friend has plenty of time to make changes to her plans.
Immoral action: Yuri waits until a month before the vacation to break the news to her friend.
Norm: It's nice to give Christmas gifts.
Situation: Gerald's young grand kids are visiting him for Christmas.
Intention: Gerald wants to do something with the grand kids.
Moral action: Gerald plans to have his grand kids open the presents he bought for them.
Immoral consequence: The grand kids will become bored and not enjoy Christmas.
Norm: It's nice to give Christmas gifts.
Situation: Gerald's young grand kids are visiting him for Christmas.
Intention: Gerald wants to do something with the grand kids.
Moral consequence: The grand kids will have a fun time and enjoy Christmas.
Immoral action: Gerald plans a bible study for Christmas with the grand kids.
Norm: It's wrong to postpone keeping yourself or others safe.
Situation: Bob keeps putting off buying the new security system because it will take work to install it.
Intention: Bob wants to prioritize tasks at work.
Moral action: Bob finally puts the new system in this month and people are happy it's finally there.
Immoral consequence: Bob's office gets robbed and the old security system fails to prevent it.
Norm: It's wrong to postpone keeping yourself or others safe.
Situation: Bob keeps putting off buying the new security system because it will take work to install it.
Intention: Bob wants to prioritize tasks at work.
Moral consequence: After being installed for only days the new system both prevents a robbery and helps the police identify the robber.
Immoral action: Bob puts the system off this month as well, surprising no one.
Norm: It is fun to spend time with friends fishing.
Situation: Charlene has a group of good friends who are going to the lake and invited her, but she has never been.
Intention: Charlene wants to hang out with her friends.
Moral action: Charlene decides to go with her friends when they go to the lake, and they end up fishing while there.
Immoral consequence: Charlene's friends only talk about the fishing they did at the lake when they are at Charlene's house later and Charlene feels out of the loop.
Norm: It is fun to spend time with friends fishing.
Situation: Charlene has a group of good friends who are going to the lake and invited her, but she has never been.
Intention: Charlene wants to hang out with her friends.
Moral consequence: Even if the fishing wasn't quite her thing, Charlene enjoys the companionship of her friends while they all do it.
Immoral action: Charlene decides that the lake and things to do there isn't something she wants to try but tells her friends to stop by after they are done.
Norm: It's bad to break up with someone over something trivial.
Situation: Chloe is eating a meal with her partner who is chewing loudly despite Chloe having told him she does not like that.
Intention: Chloe wants to stop hearing her partner eat loudly.
Moral action: Chloe communicates clearly with her partner about how she would appreciate it if he would work on his habit of chewing loudly.
Immoral consequence: Chloe finds herself alone and without a partner again and again because of behavior like this.
Norm: It's bad to break up with someone over something trivial.
Situation: Chloe is eating a meal with her partner who is chewing loudly despite Chloe having told him she does not like that.
Intention: Chloe wants to stop hearing her partner eat loudly.
Moral consequence: Chloe feels cared about when her partner makes an effort to curb the volume of his chewing.
Immoral action: Chloe informs her partner that she has had enough of his loud chewing and that she is leaving him.
Norm: People should embrace the consequences of their actions.
Situation: Tony slipped up on a sales phone call and loses his company a very large client.
Intention: Tony wants to retain his job.
Moral action: Tony sits down with his boss and tells them what happened.
Immoral consequence: Tony's boss finds out the truth and fires Tony.
Norm: People should embrace the consequences of their actions.
Situation: Tony slipped up on a sales phone call and loses his company a very large client.
Intention: Tony wants to retain his job.
Moral consequence: Tony and his boss get on a conference call with the client and are able to save the contract granting Tony a large commission.
Immoral action: Tony tells his boss that he never spoke to the client, and that they never returned his calls.
Norm: It's wrong to not be honest with a roommate.
Situation: Mack ate his roommate's sandwich in the fridge and is now confronted by his roommate about it.
Intention: Mack wants to respond to his roommate.
Moral action: Mack admits he ate his roommate's sandwich and offers to replace his sandwich.
Immoral consequence: This incident created a rift between Mack and his roommate that was never resolved.
Norm: It's wrong to not be honest with a roommate.
Situation: Mack ate his roommate's sandwich in the fridge and is now confronted by his roommate about it.
Intention: Mack wants to respond to his roommate.
Moral consequence: Mack's roommate forgives Mack, and they enjoy a nice meal together.
Immoral action: Mack repeatedly denies eating his roommate's sandwich and even states he never saw a sandwich in the fridge.
Norm: It's nice to help your friends fix their vehicles.
Situation: Randy is at home when his friend Lawrence calls him and tells him his car has broken down.
Intention: Randy wants to respond to Lawrence's news.
Moral action: Randy tells Lawrence to tell him where he is, so he can come pick him up and get his car fixed.
Immoral consequence: Lawrence is annoyed because he called Randy for help, not for Randy to tell him it was a bad situation.
Norm: It's nice to help your friends fix their vehicles.
Situation: Randy is at home when his friend Lawrence calls him and tells him his car has broken down.
Intention: Randy wants to respond to Lawrence's news.
Moral consequence: Lawrence is delighted Randy will come right away, and they can start fixing the car.
Immoral action: Randy tells Lawrence that it sounds pretty bad, and he hopes Lawrence will get help.
Norm: You shouldn't try to fool someone with dementia.
Situation: Samantha's grandmother has dementia and her favorite video game was just remastered, but she can't afford to purchase it.
Intention: Samantha wants to obtain a copy of the new game.
Moral action: Samantha tells her grandmother she really wants to buy a new game but is broke.
Immoral consequence: Her grandmother having a better day, checks the calendar, realizes she is lying, and kicks her out of the house.
Norm: You shouldn't try to fool someone with dementia.
Situation: Samantha's grandmother has dementia and her favorite video game was just remastered, but she can't afford to purchase it.
Intention: Samantha wants to obtain a copy of the new game.
Moral consequence: Samantha's grandmother offers to buy the game for her as a gift.
Immoral action: Samantha approached her grandmother, tells her that it's her birthday and asks for birthday money.
Norm: Is wrong to cheat on your significant other
Situation: Jeff is at the bar with some friends while his wife Holly is at home when a strange woman asks to take Jeff home.
Intention: Jeff wants to respond to the offer.
Moral action: Jeff tells the woman that while she's hot, he will not go home with her.
Immoral consequence: Holly is devastated when she finds out her relationship with Jeff has been broken beyond repair.
Norm: Is wrong to cheat on your significant other
Situation: Jeff is at the bar with some friends while his wife Holly is at home when a strange woman asks to take Jeff home.
Intention: Jeff wants to respond to the offer.
Moral consequence: Holly is delighted that Jeff is a man who can be trusted and who is faithful to him, and she's happy she married him.
Immoral action: Jeff tells the woman that he will definitely go home with her as she's really hot.
Norm: People shouldn't take things they haven't paid for from stores.
Situation: Aria is at a retail store and really covets an item she cannot afford.
Intention: Aria would like to obtain the item.
Moral action: Aria notes the price of the item and returns home to create a budget that will allow her to afford it one day.
Immoral consequence: The store's alarms go off when she attempts to leave the store focusing the eyes of the law on her.
Norm: People shouldn't take things they haven't paid for from stores.
Situation: Aria is at a retail store and really covets an item she cannot afford.
Intention: Aria would like to obtain the item.
Moral consequence: Over time Aria works hard enough and saves enough money to go back and purchase the item.
Immoral action: Aria notices that there are no cameras near the item she wants and decides to sneak it into her purse when nobody is looking.
Norm: It's wrong to sleep with your stepfather.
Situation: Ahri is in bed and is very horny, she is home alone with her stepfather and knows he is attracted to her.
Intention: Ahri wants to have sex.
Moral action: Ahri goes on Tinder and finds somebody to come over.
Immoral consequence: They both are having sex when her mother comes home, finds them and kicks them both out.
Norm: It's wrong to sleep with your stepfather.
Situation: Ahri is in bed and is very horny, she is home alone with her stepfather and knows he is attracted to her.
Intention: Ahri wants to have sex.
Moral consequence: Ahri has a very good night of passionate sex with her Tinder friend.
Immoral action: Ahri gets undressed and walks into her stepfathers room and gets into his bed.
Norm: You shouldn't be selfish when you have a baby.
Situation: Dayton is a new mother, and her friends invite her to the party.
Intention: Dayton wants to do something run.
Moral action: Dayton asks her friends to play games with her at home while she watches her son.
Immoral consequence: Dayton has to take her son to the hospital after he escapes from the crib and hurts himself.
Norm: You shouldn't be selfish when you have a baby.
Situation: Dayton is a new mother, and her friends invite her to the party.
Intention: Dayton wants to do something run.
Moral consequence: Dayton learns how to be a better parent from her more experienced friends.
Immoral action: Dayton leaves her child in the crib while she parties with her friends.
Norm: It's good to be there for your grandchildren.
Situation: Sophie's granddaughter is having a birthday soon.
Intention: Sophie wants to do something for her granddaughter's birthday.
Moral action: Sophie gives her granddaughter a gift card in person.
Immoral consequence: Sophie's granddaughter is sad that her grandma didn't come to her party.
Norm: It's good to be there for your grandchildren.
Situation: Sophie's granddaughter is having a birthday soon.
Intention: Sophie wants to do something for her granddaughter's birthday.
Moral consequence: Sophie's granddaughter is happy to see her grandmother, and they decide to go shopping together to spend the giftcard.
Immoral action: Sophie sends her granddaughter a gift card in the mail.
Norm: It's good to address your marital problems.
Situation: John has been really annoyed by Harriet's singing in the early mornings.
Intention: John wants Harriet to stop singing.
Moral action: John tells Harriet that he can't sleep in the morning when she is singing.
Immoral consequence: Harriet discovers that she is being drugged and leaves John, feeling furious at him.
Norm: It's good to address your marital problems.
Situation: John has been really annoyed by Harriet's singing in the early mornings.
Intention: John wants Harriet to stop singing.
Moral consequence: John's morning sleep quality improves as Harriet only sings outside during the mornings, and she is thankful for him being honest.
Immoral action: John puts sleeping pills in Harriet's morning water glass to make her sleep through the mornings.
Norm: It's wrong not to spend time with your friends.
Situation: Rose is tired from working and gets an invite from her friends to have dinner.
Intention: Rose wants to get some rest.
Moral action: Rose goes to dinner and then comes back home to sleep.
Immoral consequence: Rose's friends are mad that she never replied to the invite.
Norm: It's wrong not to spend time with your friends.
Situation: Rose is tired from working and gets an invite from her friends to have dinner.
Intention: Rose wants to get some rest.
Moral consequence: Rose's friends are happy that she came.
Immoral action: Rose skips dinner and sleeps until morning.
Norm: It's wrong to get involved in your friend's sex life.
Situation: Jane is hanging out with Susan, and they're talking about their boyfriends.
Intention: Jane wants to ask Susan a question.
Moral action: Jane asks Susan if her boyfriend ever gets her flowers or other surprise gifts.
Immoral consequence: Susan is embarrassed to even discuss the topic and is shocked her friend would get so personal.
Norm: It's wrong to get involved in your friend's sex life.
Situation: Jane is hanging out with Susan, and they're talking about their boyfriends.
Intention: Jane wants to ask Susan a question.
Moral consequence: Susan is happy to answer the question and it actually recalls fond memories for her of receiving flowers.
Immoral action: Jane asks Susan if her boyfriend ever performs oral sex on her or if he avoids it.
Norm: It's wrong to steal your friend's significant other
Situation: Jennifer thinks her friend Wendy's boyfriend is cute and is surprised he has a twin brother.
Intention: Jennifer wants to date someone.
Moral action: Jennifer flirts with Wendy's boyfriend's twin brother who asks her on a date.
Immoral consequence: Jennifer and Wendy's friendship is destroyed, leaving Wendy feeling betrayed.
Norm: It's wrong to steal your friend's significant other
Situation: Jennifer thinks her friend Wendy's boyfriend is cute and is surprised he has a twin brother.
Intention: Jennifer wants to date someone.
Moral consequence: Jennifer enjoys dating and Wendy is happy her friend is dating someone she knows.
Immoral action: Jennifer flirts with her friend Wendy's boyfriend until he breaks up with Wendy and dates Jennifer.
Norm: It's wrong to sexually abuse children.
Situation: Ron's daughter went out and had sex against his wishes with her boyfriend.
Intention: Ron wants to dissuade her from having sex so young.
Moral action: Ron sits his daughter down and has a long talk about why she shouldn't be having sex yet.
Immoral consequence: Ron's daughter goes to the police and Ron gets arrested for violating her.
Norm: It's wrong to sexually abuse children.
Situation: Ron's daughter went out and had sex against his wishes with her boyfriend.
Intention: Ron wants to dissuade her from having sex so young.
Moral consequence: Ron's daughter understands a bit, and promises to consider what he says.
Immoral action: Ron took a stick and put it into her privates, to show her what people could do to her.
Norm: It's wrong to leave a pet out in bad weather.
Situation: Penny's dog keeping pooping inside the house, but there's a tornado warning in her area.
Intention: Penny wants to punish her dog.
Moral action: Penny makes her dog stay in their kennel for the night and potty trains them later on.
Immoral consequence: Penny's dog becomes scared and doesn't understand why they're being punished.
Norm: It's wrong to leave a pet out in bad weather.
Situation: Penny's dog keeping pooping inside the house, but there's a tornado warning in her area.
Intention: Penny wants to punish her dog.
Moral consequence: Penny's dog is able to learn why they angered Penny in the first place.
Immoral action: Penny makes her dog stay outside during the tornado warning.
Norm: It's wrong to pirate multimedia.
Situation: Henry is at home with his date Lois and Lois asks Dave to rent the movie Titanic.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Lois' request.
Moral action: Dave tells Lois that it's no problem, and he'll search the pay per view library to see if it's there.
Immoral consequence: Lois is disappointed that Dave thinks criminal behavior is OK and thinks she made a mistake coming over.
Norm: It's wrong to pirate multimedia.
Situation: Henry is at home with his date Lois and Lois asks Dave to rent the movie Titanic.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Lois' request.
Moral consequence: Lois is delighted to spend the night together watching one of her favorite romantic movies.
Immoral action: Dave tells Lois that there's no need to rent it when he can just download a torrent of the movie on his computer.
Norm: It's good to patronize your local stores.
Situation: Mario was doing some home repairs and realized he didn't have all the tools he needed.
Intention: He wants to purchase some tools.
Moral action: Mario goes to a local hardware store in his neighborhood to buy his tools.
Immoral consequence: Mario ends up throwing most of the tools away after a few uses because they are cheaply made.
Norm: It's good to patronize your local stores.
Situation: Mario was doing some home repairs and realized he didn't have all the tools he needed.
Intention: He wants to purchase some tools.
Moral consequence: Mario is happy with the quality of the tools and is able to use them for years with no problem.
Immoral action: Mario goes to buy his tools at a large retail store where he can get them for a low price.
Norm: You shouldn't sneak behind your parents' backs.
Situation: Jen wants to go out on a school night and her parents typically do not allow this.
Intention: Jen wants to hang out with her friend.
Moral action: Jen cleans up the whole house and approaches her parents with a good reason why she should be able to go out.
Immoral consequence: Jen's parents find out and ground her because they've lost trust in her.
Norm: You shouldn't sneak behind your parents' backs.
Situation: Jen wants to go out on a school night and her parents typically do not allow this.
Intention: Jen wants to hang out with her friend.
Moral consequence: Jen's parents decide to make an exception and are impressed that she appears so responsible.
Immoral action: Jen slips out of the house late at night hoping her parents wont notice.
Norm: It's bad to hide drugs in your home.
Situation: Dustin notices that his stoner best friend left weed on the table, and he hears cops knocking on his door.
Intention: Dustin wants to avoid getting into trouble.
Moral action: Dustin quickly asks his roommate to take toss the drugs into the community trash can.
Immoral consequence: The cops find the drugs arresting Dustin on drug charges.
Norm: It's bad to hide drugs in your home.
Situation: Dustin notices that his stoner best friend left weed on the table, and he hears cops knocking on his door.
Intention: Dustin wants to avoid getting into trouble.
Moral consequence: Dustin gains the cop's trust, and they listen to the information Dustin gives them about his friend.
Immoral action: Dustin tosses the weed into the oven.
Norm: It's rude to call someone trailer trash.
Situation: Ben is at the mall when he's bumped into by Zeke which causes Ben pain.
Intention: Ben wants to react to the painful bump.
Moral action: Ben yells "ouch" and tells Zeke to be more careful as it really hurt him when he got bumped.
Immoral consequence: Zeke is insulted and feel self conscious because he wonders if the other mall patrons feel the same way.
Norm: It's rude to call someone trailer trash.
Situation: Ben is at the mall when he's bumped into by Zeke which causes Ben pain.
Intention: Ben wants to react to the painful bump.
Moral consequence: Zeke is remorseful immediately and offers Ben an apology as well as to call a medical person for him.
Immoral action: Ben tells Zeke that he's trailer trash who doesn't belong in the city and certainly not at the mall.
Norm: It's wrong to waste your parent's money.
Situation: Elliot is a child who is playing a game on his mobile telephone which his parents pay for.
Intention: Elliot wants to beat the game.
Moral action: Elliot ignores the games invasive tactics tempting him to spend his parents money on features and instead grinds away at the game until he beats it on his own accord.
Immoral consequence: Elliot's parents see the charge on the phone bill and take away Elliot's phone for a month as punishment for using their money without permission.
Norm: It's wrong to waste your parent's money.
Situation: Elliot is a child who is playing a game on his mobile telephone which his parents pay for.
Intention: Elliot wants to beat the game.
Moral consequence: Elliot feels proud of his accomplishment because of the work it took to beat the game.
Immoral action: Without asking permission to do so, Elliot chooses to purchase a feature in the game that makes his character powerful enough to complete the game with ease.
Norm: You shouldn't work so much that you injure yourself.
Situation: One of Dustin's cars recently broke down.
Intention: Dustin wants to repair his car.
Moral action: Dustin spends a few hours every day working to fix his car.
Immoral consequence: That night due to being tired Dustin accidentally kicks the jack causing the car to fall and crush his toes.
Norm: You shouldn't work so much that you injure yourself.
Situation: One of Dustin's cars recently broke down.
Intention: Dustin wants to repair his car.
Moral consequence: Dustin finishes fixing the car by the end of the week and it runs better than it did before it broke down.
Immoral action: Dustin spends all day, and all night working to try to fix the car.
Norm: Asking someone what they like is considerate.
Situation: Alex sits with a group of friends after an evening meeting of their book club.
Intention: Alex wants to go out and get something to eat.
Moral action: Alex expresses to his friends that he is getting hungry and asks if anyone has any suggestions on where they could go to enjoy a meal together.
Immoral consequence: Alex's friends find it rude that he decided on a type of food, without asking anyone's opinion, and invited everyone else to join him for his choice of cuisine.
Norm: Asking someone what they like is considerate.
Situation: Alex sits with a group of friends after an evening meeting of their book club.
Intention: Alex wants to go out and get something to eat.
Moral consequence: Alex's friends discuss where they should go and decide as a group on a restaurant, everyone enjoys the evening.
Immoral action: Alex informs his friends that he is going out to get some tacos and tells them that they can come along if they want.
Norm: It's not polite to refuse an invitation from your partner.
Situation: Jim's girlfriend invites him to come have dinner with her and her family.
Intention: Jim wants to let his girlfriend know if he's coming for dinner with her family.
Moral action: Jim accepts his girlfriend's invitation to have dinner with her family.
Immoral consequence: Jim's girlfriend is insulted that he won't come and spend some time with her family.