CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You should not pour cooking oil in someone's gas tank.
Situation: Dave and his friends are thinking of practical jokes to play on their friend Tom.
Intention: Dave wants to suggest something they can do to Tom's car.
Moral consequence: Tom sees the messages and has a good laugh about them.
Immoral action: Dave suggests pouring some cooking oil into Tom's gas tank, then placing a funny note telling Tom about the "fill-up".
Norm: You shouldn't be cheap.
Situation: Mark has decided that he would like to invite the new girl in town, Ashley, out for a date.
Intention: Mark wants to take Ashley to his favorite restaurant for dinner.
Moral action: After dinner Mark pays the bill and asks Ashley how she likes his favorite restaurant.
Immoral consequence: Ashley is surprised and tells Mark that she thought he would pay since he invited her.
Norm: You shouldn't be cheap.
Situation: Mark has decided that he would like to invite the new girl in town, Ashley, out for a date.
Intention: Mark wants to take Ashley to his favorite restaurant for dinner.
Moral consequence: Ashley thanks Mark for the nice dinner and says she loves the restaurant.
Immoral action: After dinner when the bill comes Mark adds each meal up with a calculator and tells Ashley how much her share is.
Norm: One should not ghost their best friend.
Situation: Alice is in college, and she receives news that her mother had passed away from an accident.
Intention: Alice wants to grieve her mother.
Moral action: Alice messages her best friends what happened and tells them that she wants to be alone for a while.
Immoral consequence: Alice continues to grieve but also continues to remain distant with her friends, who stop calling her after many months with no response.
Norm: One should not ghost their best friend.
Situation: Alice is in college, and she receives news that her mother had passed away from an accident.
Intention: Alice wants to grieve her mother.
Moral consequence: Alice grieves her mother's death, and her best friends respect her wishes but check on Alice to ask how she's doing.
Immoral action: Alice ignores for months all the calls from her best friends who are wondering what happened.
Norm: It's wrong to disobey your parents.
Situation: Bailey's parents ask her to watch her little brother, but her friends want her to explore a haunted house with them.
Intention: Bailey wants to see the haunted house.
Moral action: Bailey asks her friends to live stream their adventures in the haunted house.
Immoral consequence: Bailey gets in trouble when her little brother hurts himself while playing with sharp objects.
Norm: It's wrong to disobey your parents.
Situation: Bailey's parents ask her to watch her little brother, but her friends want her to explore a haunted house with them.
Intention: Bailey wants to see the haunted house.
Moral consequence: Bailey and her little brother bond over watching her friends.
Immoral action: Bailey leaves her brother at home to hang out with her friends.
Norm: It's nice to decorate your house.
Situation: Angelica saved up money to buy a new house and is moving to her new house.
Intention: Angelica wants to throw a party at her new place.
Moral action: Angelica invites her friends for the party after all the furniture in the house had been delivered and decorates the house.
Immoral consequence: Her friends admire the open space but feel uncomfortable and unwelcome.
Norm: It's nice to decorate your house.
Situation: Angelica saved up money to buy a new house and is moving to her new house.
Intention: Angelica wants to throw a party at her new place.
Moral consequence: Her friends admire Angelica's new home, and they all feel at home.
Immoral action: Angelica invites her friends to her new house while it is still unfurnished.
Norm: You shouldn't throw out someone else's things.
Situation: Ali is doing some spring cleaning to prepare for a yard sale while her husband is away at work.
Intention: Ali wants to get rid of her husband's old clothes that he never wears.
Moral action: Ali waits for her husband to get home and tells him that he needs to get rid of all but a few of his old clothing items.
Immoral consequence: Ali's husband gets home and is angry that Ali threw away the outfit he wore to their first date.
Norm: You shouldn't throw out someone else's things.
Situation: Ali is doing some spring cleaning to prepare for a yard sale while her husband is away at work.
Intention: Ali wants to get rid of her husband's old clothes that he never wears.
Moral consequence: Ali's husband is slightly upset but agrees and throws away all but a few items that have strong sentimental value to him.
Immoral action: Ali fills a large bag with her husband's clothes that he doesn't wear and throws the bag in the trash.
Norm: You should always respect the rules of others.
Situation: JIm is moving to a town where he knows a couple by the name Don and Cheryl.
Intention: Jim wants to stay with Don and Cheryl after he moves to the new town.
Moral action: Jim listens to the rules of Don and Cheryl and is respecful of their requests.
Immoral consequence: Don and Cheryl ask Jim to leave within a couple of weeks leaving him without a place to stay.
Norm: You should always respect the rules of others.
Situation: JIm is moving to a town where he knows a couple by the name Don and Cheryl.
Intention: Jim wants to stay with Don and Cheryl after he moves to the new town.
Moral consequence: Jim lives there without any problems or incidents until he is able to save up for a house.
Immoral action: Jim has company over late and drinks nightly despite requests from Cheryl and Don to not do both.
Norm: It's rude to tell someone you hate them.
Situation: Timmy and Suzy are school friends and are playing together, but are fighting over who gets to play with a toy.
Intention: Timmy wants to play with the toy.
Moral action: Timmy compromises with Suzy by letting her play with the toy for a few minutes.
Immoral consequence: Suzy cries and leaves, and they never play together again.
Norm: It's rude to tell someone you hate them.
Situation: Timmy and Suzy are school friends and are playing together, but are fighting over who gets to play with a toy.
Intention: Timmy wants to play with the toy.
Moral consequence: Suzy plays with the toy, then Timmy gets to play with it.
Immoral action: Timmy grabs the toy and tells Suzy he hates her for trying to take it.
Norm: You shouldn't embarrass your friends.
Situation: Ed is hanging out with a group of friends at the bar.
Intention: Ed wants to entertain the group.
Moral action: Ed tells a funny story involving him and another group member.
Immoral consequence: Ed's friend feels very uncomfortable with the story being shared with everyone.
Norm: You shouldn't embarrass your friends.
Situation: Ed is hanging out with a group of friends at the bar.
Intention: Ed wants to entertain the group.
Moral consequence: Ed's friend recalls the story and feels nostalgic about the good old days.
Immoral action: Ed brings up an embarrassing story about one of the friends.
Norm: It's encouraged you find a plumber when your pipes burst
Situation: Taylor just finishes taking a shower when he heads down stairs and notices a huge water spot on the ceiling of his kitchen.
Intention: Taylor wants to save money.
Moral action: Taylor calls a plumber and negotiates the price down to the point where he can afford it.
Immoral consequence: Taylor is inconvenienced by showering at work, but he ends up saving a lot of money.
Norm: It's encouraged you find a plumber when your pipes burst
Situation: Taylor just finishes taking a shower when he heads down stairs and notices a huge water spot on the ceiling of his kitchen.
Intention: Taylor wants to save money.
Moral consequence: Taylor still is able to save some money from his paycheck, and he gets to use his shower without damaging his house.
Immoral action: To avoid paying to fix the plumbing problem, Taylor stops using his upstairs bathroom and instead showers at work.
Norm: You shouldn't lock your roommate out.
Situation: Jeffrey lives with a roommate who works late and comes home in the middle of the night while Jeffrey is sleeping.
Intention: Jeffrey wants to get a good night's sleep with no distractions.
Moral action: Jeffrey talks to his roommate about being quieter when he comes home.
Immoral consequence: Jeffrey's roommate gets mad at Jeffrey and a fight occurs.
Norm: You shouldn't lock your roommate out.
Situation: Jeffrey lives with a roommate who works late and comes home in the middle of the night while Jeffrey is sleeping.
Intention: Jeffrey wants to get a good night's sleep with no distractions.
Moral consequence: Jeffrey's roommate respects Jeffrey's wishes and tries not to make too much noise.
Immoral action: Jeffrey puts the bolt on the door so his roommate cannot get into the apartment late at night.
Norm: It's good to donate your unused possessions to charity.
Situation: Victoria has a lot of clothes that she doesn't wear anymore.
Intention: Victoria wants to make room in her closet.
Moral action: Victoria drops off her clothes at a local women's shelter.
Immoral consequence: Victoria gets a lot of space in her closet, but feels wasteful for just throwing out her clothes.
Norm: It's good to donate your unused possessions to charity.
Situation: Victoria has a lot of clothes that she doesn't wear anymore.
Intention: Victoria wants to make room in her closet.
Moral consequence: The staff at the shelter thank Victoria for her clothes and Victoria feels good about herself.
Immoral action: Victoria throws out all the clothes that she doesn't wear anymore.
Norm: You should take into account others disabilities before acting.
Situation: Bob was planning a party for all of his friends to enjoy.
Intention: Bob wants to finish planning.
Moral action: Bob puts the party on the 1st floor of the building.
Immoral consequence: There are no ramps or elevators for the disabled to be able to get to it.
Norm: You should take into account others disabilities before acting.
Situation: Bob was planning a party for all of his friends to enjoy.
Intention: Bob wants to finish planning.
Moral consequence: Everyone is able to arrive and have a good time.
Immoral action: Bob puts the party on the 3rd floor of the building.
Norm: It's wrong to be cold to people.
Situation: There is a family reunion coming up and Fred hates those things.
Intention: Fred wants to get through it as easily as possible.
Moral action: Fred decided to go to the reunion and act nice to everyone even though he didn’t want to go.
Immoral consequence: The family member thought Fred was rude, so he took Fred out of his will.
Norm: It's wrong to be cold to people.
Situation: There is a family reunion coming up and Fred hates those things.
Intention: Fred wants to get through it as easily as possible.
Moral consequence: Fred ended up actually having a great time, and he even met a few family members he didn’t know he had.
Immoral action: At the reunion, a family member tried talking to Fred, but Fred just acted aloof and mumbled one word answers.
Norm: It's good to care about someone's feelings.
Situation: Dan believes in tough love and thinks the best way to be a parent is to prepare children for the hardships of life.
Intention: Dan wants his children to be autonomous.
Moral action: Dan takes his children on adventures and teaches them resourcefulness in an attentive and respectful way.
Immoral consequence: Dan's children feel he doesn't love them.
Norm: It's good to care about someone's feelings.
Situation: Dan believes in tough love and thinks the best way to be a parent is to prepare children for the hardships of life.
Intention: Dan wants his children to be autonomous.
Moral consequence: Dan's children feel he really cares about them and love going on adventures with him.
Immoral action: Dan puts his children in difficult life situations and lets them figure a way out - he doesn't care how it makes them feel.
Norm: It's good to practice hard so you get better.
Situation: Jordan has been performing poorly in his wrestling matches lately.
Intention: Jordan wants to win more.
Moral action: Jordan finds a new coach to teach him some new tricks.
Immoral consequence: Jordan gets caught by the athletic commission and gets suspended and fined.
Norm: It's good to practice hard so you get better.
Situation: Jordan has been performing poorly in his wrestling matches lately.
Intention: Jordan wants to win more.
Moral consequence: Jordan keeps at it for hours with the coach, and eventually learns so much more about wrestling.
Immoral action: Jordan finds a doctor who will give him steroids to toughen him up.
Norm: It's good to encourage youth to do beneficial activities
Situation: Pat's son just got out of school for the summer and is looking for something else to do.
Intention: Pat wants his son to do something out of the house.
Moral action: Pat signs up his son to join a traveling baseball team.
Immoral consequence: Pat's son agrees to join the gang and starts becoming more violent.
Norm: It's good to encourage youth to do beneficial activities
Situation: Pat's son just got out of school for the summer and is looking for something else to do.
Intention: Pat wants his son to do something out of the house.
Moral consequence: Pat's son falls in love with baseball and doesn't stay at home all day.
Immoral action: Pat tries to convince his son to join the gang that Pat was in when he was a kid.
Norm: It's nice not to disturb someone.
Situation: Joey sees that his Mother Mary is on a phone call, but wants to ask if he can go out to play.
Intention: Joey wants to ask his question.
Moral action: Joey decides to wait until Mary finishes her call to ask if he can go out to play.
Immoral consequence: Mary gets angry and tells Joey no because he interrupted her phone call.
Norm: It's nice not to disturb someone.
Situation: Joey sees that his Mother Mary is on a phone call, but wants to ask if he can go out to play.
Intention: Joey wants to ask his question.
Moral consequence: Mary is proud of Joey for being patient and tells him he can go.
Immoral action: Joey decides to talk over Mary's conversation and ask if he can go outside.
Norm: It's wrong for a roommate to not pay rent.
Situation: Justin and Harry are roommates who share the rent, and Harry almost has enough money for a car.
Intention: Harry wants to buy a car.
Moral action: Harry pays his part of the rent and saves up one more month for the car.
Immoral consequence: Justin is angry and kicks Harry out of the apartment.
Norm: It's wrong for a roommate to not pay rent.
Situation: Justin and Harry are roommates who share the rent, and Harry almost has enough money for a car.
Intention: Harry wants to buy a car.
Moral consequence: Justin and Harry continue living together, and Harry can drive to work.
Immoral action: Harry uses his share of the rent money to buy a car.
Norm: It's wrong to leave your pet in a locked car.
Situation: Missy needs to go to the mall on a hot Summer day but doesn’t want to leave her dog home alone, since he starts barking when lonely.
Intention: Missy doesn't want her dog to bother the neighbors with his barking.
Moral action: Missy brings her dog and leaves it in the car but leaves a door unlocked in case something happens.
Immoral consequence: Missy's dog dies in the locked car which has become too hot, because passersby cannot open the car to save the dog.
Norm: It's wrong to leave your pet in a locked car.
Situation: Missy needs to go to the mall on a hot Summer day but doesn’t want to leave her dog home alone, since he starts barking when lonely.
Intention: Missy doesn't want her dog to bother the neighbors with his barking.
Moral consequence: Missy's dog gets very hot in the car but some passersby see him having a hard time and get him out of the car and in the shade.
Immoral action: Missy brings her dog and leaves it in the locked car while she runs her errand.
Norm: It is bad to judge races.
Situation: Claire is white and her daughter has made a new friend who is black.
Intention: Claire wants to keep her daughter safe.
Moral action: Claire asks to meet her daughter's new friend's parents, so they can all feel more comfortable with each other.
Immoral consequence: Claire's daughter is upset and is influenced by her mother's bigotry.
Norm: It is bad to judge races.
Situation: Claire is white and her daughter has made a new friend who is black.
Intention: Claire wants to keep her daughter safe.
Moral consequence: Claire feels reassured and her daughter can keep seeing her new friend.
Immoral action: Claire tells her daughter she is not allowed to play with her new friend anymore because of her skin color.
Norm: It is more fun to attend the movies with others.
Situation: Ashley has the whole weekend off from work and has nothing planned yet.
Intention: Ashley wants to see a new movie.
Moral action: Ashley invites a group of friends to watch the new movie with her.
Immoral consequence: Ashley's friends feel left that she went to see the movie without them.
Norm: It is more fun to attend the movies with others.
Situation: Ashley has the whole weekend off from work and has nothing planned yet.
Intention: Ashley wants to see a new movie.
Moral consequence: Ashley's friends enjoy the movie and the viewing experience is better as a group.
Immoral action: Ashley buys one movie ticket and proceeds to see the movie by herself.
Norm: It's good to give presents to your children.
Situation: Joseph tells his mother Maple that he made a B on his math test.
Intention: Maple wants to reply to Joseph.
Moral action: Maple buys Joseph a new video game to encourage his good grades.
Immoral consequence: Joseph feel bad about himself.
Norm: It's good to give presents to your children.
Situation: Joseph tells his mother Maple that he made a B on his math test.
Intention: Maple wants to reply to Joseph.
Moral consequence: Joseph is inspired to see a tutor to help him make an A.
Immoral action: Maple tells Joseph that he will do better next time.
Norm: You're expected to use Christmas presents given to you.
Situation: Bobby's office is holding a secret Santa gift exchange.
Intention: Bobby wants to take part in secret Santa.
Moral action: Bobby takes his secret Santa gift and mentions all the things he can do with it.
Immoral consequence: The gift giver will feel awkward and think they are bad at picking presents.
Norm: You're expected to use Christmas presents given to you.
Situation: Bobby's office is holding a secret Santa gift exchange.
Intention: Bobby wants to take part in secret Santa.
Moral consequence: The gift giver will feel appreciated.
Immoral action: Bobby takes his secret Santa gift and wants to exchange it with a gift someone else received.
Norm: It is important to do maintenance on vehicles
Situation: Cecil borrows his mom's regularly car and is responsible for maintaining it.
Intention: Cecil wants to save money on maintenance costs.
Moral action: Cecil finds a coupon code online for a discount on the maintenance.
Immoral consequence: Cecil's mom finds out and is hesitant to let him continue using the car.
Norm: It is important to do maintenance on vehicles
Situation: Cecil borrows his mom's regularly car and is responsible for maintaining it.
Intention: Cecil wants to save money on maintenance costs.
Moral consequence: Cecil's mom hears that he took care of the maintenance and is proud of him.
Immoral action: Cecil delays the required maintenance of the car for a long time after it's due.
Norm: Eating too much candy can make you feel sick.
Situation: Jessica is at the movies with her parents.
Intention: Jessica wants to enjoy the newest animated movie.
Moral action: Jessica eats part of her candy during the movie and takes the rest home for later.
Immoral consequence: Jessica feels nauseous and doesn't enjoy the movie.
Norm: Eating too much candy can make you feel sick.
Situation: Jessica is at the movies with her parents.
Intention: Jessica wants to enjoy the newest animated movie.
Moral consequence: Jessica feels fine and has a great time seeing the movie.
Immoral action: Jessica ate her entire box of candy as well as her mom's and dad's.
Norm: You should respect your significant other's privacy
Situation: Ken is recently suspicious of his wife, Helen, and thinks she might be having an affair.
Intention: Ken wants to find out if Helen is faithful.
Moral action: Ken goes up to Helen and asks her if she's still in love with him or having an affair.
Immoral consequence: Helen is infuriated he's reading her private thoughts and feels utterly violated.
Norm: You should respect your significant other's privacy
Situation: Ken is recently suspicious of his wife, Helen, and thinks she might be having an affair.
Intention: Ken wants to find out if Helen is faithful.
Moral consequence: Helen vehemently denies any affair and professes her love for Ken and is glad he cares about their relationship so much.
Immoral action: Ken goes into Helen's diary and reads it to see if she might be mentioning an affair.
Norm: It's not good to leave your friends behind.
Situation: Hannah is hiking to a waterfalls with her friend Stephanie, who is out of shape.
Intention: Hannah wants to reach the waterfalls.
Moral action: Hannah and Stephanie walk the trail together, taking many breaks and many pictures together.
Immoral consequence: Stephanie is hurt by what Hannah said, and Stephanie refuses to go with Hannah on other hikes.
Norm: It's not good to leave your friends behind.
Situation: Hannah is hiking to a waterfalls with her friend Stephanie, who is out of shape.
Intention: Hannah wants to reach the waterfalls.
Moral consequence: Stephanie and Hannah have a fun time together on their hike and plan other trips together.
Immoral action: Hannah tells Stephanie she will be going ahead because Stephanie walks too slow.
Norm: It is rude to insult someone's pet.
Situation: William got a new dog and is showing it to his friend Shawn.
Intention: Shawn wants to tell William what he thinks about his new dog.
Moral action: Shawn tells William his dog has a lot of character.
Immoral consequence: William is hurt and gets mad at Shawn.
Norm: It is rude to insult someone's pet.
Situation: William got a new dog and is showing it to his friend Shawn.
Intention: Shawn wants to tell William what he thinks about his new dog.
Moral consequence: William feels good about his dog.
Immoral action: Shawn tells William his dog is ugly.
Norm: It's ok to report a teacher's wrongdoings.
Situation: Chester's teacher has been bullying a student in Chester's class and Chester is bothered by it.
Intention: Chester doesn't want to become a target for his teacher.
Moral action: Chester makes an anonymous report to the school administration about the situation.
Immoral consequence: Chester's classmate is emotionally broken down and Chester feels guilty.
Norm: It's ok to report a teacher's wrongdoings.
Situation: Chester's teacher has been bullying a student in Chester's class and Chester is bothered by it.
Intention: Chester doesn't want to become a target for his teacher.
Moral consequence: The school intervenes to help Chester's classmate.
Immoral action: Chester stays silent and watches the teacher continue to mistreat his classmate.
Norm: It's rude to exclude someone with social anxiety.
Situation: Sally is planning a party and deciding if she should invite Megan or not because Megan gets nervous in crowds.
Intention: Sally wants to throw a fun party.
Moral action: Sally decides to invite Megan and stay by her side until Megan feels comfortable.
Immoral consequence: Megan finds out she isn't invited to Sally's party and tells their friends who decide not to attend the party either.
Norm: It's rude to exclude someone with social anxiety.
Situation: Sally is planning a party and deciding if she should invite Megan or not because Megan gets nervous in crowds.
Intention: Sally wants to throw a fun party.
Moral consequence: Megan feels comfortable enough to come out of her shell and tell jokes and makes everyone laugh.
Immoral action: Sally decides that Megan would ruin her party and doesn't invite her.