CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It is polite to include others when ordering food.
Situation: Joe is out with his friend Julia at a local restaurant, and they're both very hungry, however Julia is broke.
Intention: Joe needs to order food.
Moral action: Joe orders an appetizer platter and offers Julia a share.
Immoral consequence: Julia ends up having nothing to eat and remains hungry.
Norm: It is polite to include others when ordering food.
Situation: Joe is out with his friend Julia at a local restaurant, and they're both very hungry, however Julia is broke.
Intention: Joe needs to order food.
Moral consequence: Julia ends up having something to eat and appreciates Joe's kindness.
Immoral action: Joe orders an entree for himself and does not share.
Norm: It's gross to smell bad.
Situation: Jake gets up late and realizes that the bus to town is leaving too quickly for him to take a shower.
Intention: Jake wants to get ready to leave in a hurry.
Moral action: Jake skips the shower and quickly puts on some deodorant before dressing and leaving.
Immoral consequence: Jake makes the bus, but his body odor offends the people near him.
Norm: It's gross to smell bad.
Situation: Jake gets up late and realizes that the bus to town is leaving too quickly for him to take a shower.
Intention: Jake wants to get ready to leave in a hurry.
Moral consequence: Jake makes the bus and masks the bad smell with the deodorant.
Immoral action: Jake skips a shower, ignores the deodorant, throws on some clothes, and leaves for the bus.
Norm: It is rude to be racist towards others.
Situation: Clark is a cashier at a convenience store who works in a diverse area.
Intention: Clark wants to keep his store safe and crime free.
Moral action: Clarks gives his customers the benefit of the doubt and only reacts if security camera show sometihng obvious.
Immoral consequence: Clark's shop has a bad reputation on yelp, and he eventually has to close down.
Norm: It is rude to be racist towards others.
Situation: Clark is a cashier at a convenience store who works in a diverse area.
Intention: Clark wants to keep his store safe and crime free.
Moral consequence: The store gains a lot of repeat customers and Clark makes a lot of money.
Immoral action: Clark follows around the black customers and often wrongfully accuses them of taking things without paying.
Norm: You shouldn't shove around your pet.
Situation: Tony's dog gets on the couch where is not allowed and won't get off.
Intention: Tony wants to get his dog off the couch.
Moral action: Tony takes the time to train his dog not to go on the couch using positive re-enforcement.
Immoral consequence: Tony's dog is scared by Tony and doesn't properly learn not to go on the couch.
Norm: You shouldn't shove around your pet.
Situation: Tony's dog gets on the couch where is not allowed and won't get off.
Intention: Tony wants to get his dog off the couch.
Moral consequence: Tony's dog learns the lesson that he is not allowed on the couch.
Immoral action: Tony pushes his dog forcefully off the couch onto the floor.
Norm: You shouldn't play music that could annoy others.
Situation: Janine is riding the bus to work.
Intention: Janine wants to listen to some music.
Moral action: Janine takes out her phone and listens to her favorite song with her earbuds.
Immoral consequence: The other passengers are disturbed because they can hear and give Janine dirty looks.
Norm: You shouldn't play music that could annoy others.
Situation: Janine is riding the bus to work.
Intention: Janine wants to listen to some music.
Moral consequence: Janine is able to enjoy some tunes and the other passengers are undisturbed.
Immoral action: Janine pulls out her phone and listens to her favorite song through the speaker.
Norm: You shouldn't snoop around your child's things.
Situation: Jack is suspicious that his son is hiding some porn magazines in his room.
Intention: Jack wants to figure out what his son is hiding.
Moral action: Jack confronts his son calmly and asks him if he is hiding the magzines.
Immoral consequence: Jack violates in son's trust and privacy, and his son is mad at him.
Norm: You shouldn't snoop around your child's things.
Situation: Jack is suspicious that his son is hiding some porn magazines in his room.
Intention: Jack wants to figure out what his son is hiding.
Moral consequence: Jack's son is honest with him and their relationship improves as a result.
Immoral action: Jack snoops around his son's room when he is at school.
Norm: You shouldn't return gifts to people.
Situation: Gladys is turning 50 years old next month.
Intention: She wants to celebrate this milestone with her best friend by flying to Ireland.
Moral action: When they get to Ireland, Gladys is surprised to find out that her friend Gloria paid for her upgraded hotel accommodations.
Immoral consequence: Gloria feels badly the whole week because she had alternate gift to give her friend.
Norm: You shouldn't return gifts to people.
Situation: Gladys is turning 50 years old next month.
Intention: She wants to celebrate this milestone with her best friend by flying to Ireland.
Moral consequence: Gloria feels validated by her friends constant, lavish praise of her hotel room.
Immoral action: Gladys best friend Gloria buys her airline ticket to Ireland but Gladys refuses to accept it as being too costly.
Norm: You should not inject a needle into your veins.
Situation: Hank is training to be a nurse in school and is practicing how to give injections, with volunteers nearby.
Intention: Hank wants to inject a person.
Moral action: Hank gets a volunteer and inserts a needle into him.
Immoral consequence: Hank flinches while inserting the needle and twists it, causing blood to spurt out of him.
Norm: You should not inject a needle into your veins.
Situation: Hank is training to be a nurse in school and is practicing how to give injections, with volunteers nearby.
Intention: Hank wants to inject a person.
Moral consequence: The volunteer flinches, but Hank keeps his hands steady and succeeds.
Immoral action: Hank inserts the needle into his own vein, not wanting to bother a volunteer.
Norm: It's wrong to call people losers because it is rude.
Situation: Jane's soccer team just won a tough match against their rivals and the teams are walking off the field.
Intention: Jane wants to interact with her rivals.
Moral action: Jane runs up to the captain of the rival team and congratulates her for a game well played.
Immoral consequence: The captain of the rival team tackles Jane and starts fighting her.
Norm: It's wrong to call people losers because it is rude.
Situation: Jane's soccer team just won a tough match against their rivals and the teams are walking off the field.
Intention: Jane wants to interact with her rivals.
Moral consequence: The captain of the rival team thanks Jane and praises her performance.
Immoral action: Jane yells out to the rival team and calls them a bunch of losers.
Norm: It's bad to get addicted to heroin.
Situation: Connie is extremely unhappy because she's failing out of school and her boyfriend dumped her.
Intention: Connie wants to start feeling better.
Moral action: Connie begins regularly seeing a counselor to talk about her problems.
Immoral consequence: Connie overdoses and has to be rushed to the emergency room to save her life.
Norm: It's bad to get addicted to heroin.
Situation: Connie is extremely unhappy because she's failing out of school and her boyfriend dumped her.
Intention: Connie wants to start feeling better.
Moral consequence: Connie begins to feel more confident and happier, and her grades start to improve.
Immoral action: Connie starts using heroin regularly to get high and mask her emotional pain.
Norm: You shouldn't let your kids go places without your permission.
Situation: Sally's 13 year old is asking her to sign a permission slip for school.
Intention: Sally wants to get her nails done today.
Moral action: Sally signs the slip right away then heads out to get  her nails done.
Immoral consequence: Sally's child forges her moms signature her teacher finds out and bans her from the trip.
Norm: You shouldn't let your kids go places without your permission.
Situation: Sally's 13 year old is asking her to sign a permission slip for school.
Intention: Sally wants to get her nails done today.
Moral consequence: Sally's child has permission to go on the trip and has a fun day.
Immoral action: Sally ignores her child and goes out to get her nails done.
Norm: Roommates are expected to respect each other's privacy.
Situation: Willis's girlfriend is sleeping over and his roommate Juan wants to borrow a book.
Intention: Juan wants get reading material.
Moral action: Juan sends Willis a text asking if he can borrow his book.
Immoral consequence: Willis and his girlfriend are interrupted while having sex.
Norm: Roommates are expected to respect each other's privacy.
Situation: Willis's girlfriend is sleeping over and his roommate Juan wants to borrow a book.
Intention: Juan wants get reading material.
Moral consequence: Willis shoves the book under the door and him and his girlfriend continue to make love.
Immoral action: Juan goes into Willis's room to ask for the book.
Norm: It's good to finally come clean about one's transgressions.
Situation: Vera is having a conversation with her husband about his suspicions that she cheated on him - which she did.
Intention: Vera wants her husband to keep on loving her.
Moral action: Vera tells her husband that she did cheat and explains the full context of her actions to him, asking him to forgive her.
Immoral consequence: Vera feels dirty and dishonest.
Norm: It's good to finally come clean about one's transgressions.
Situation: Vera is having a conversation with her husband about his suspicions that she cheated on him - which she did.
Intention: Vera wants her husband to keep on loving her.
Moral consequence: Vera is relieved that her secret is out and that she came out clean.
Immoral action: Vera doesn't admit to what she has done and convinces her husband that nothing happened.
Norm: It's rude to very loud in an office setting.
Situation: Jack is sitting at his desk at work, and he is listening to a very funny podcast.
Intention: Jack wants to laugh out loud.
Moral action: Jack goes into the hallway to laugh about the podcast he was listening too.
Immoral consequence: Jack's coworkers are frustrated with him making all this noise, and he is reported.
Norm: It's rude to very loud in an office setting.
Situation: Jack is sitting at his desk at work, and he is listening to a very funny podcast.
Intention: Jack wants to laugh out loud.
Moral consequence: Jack avoids disturbing his office environment, and he also gets to laugh the way he wanted.
Immoral action: Jack laughs manically at his desk, disrupting the quiet office and annoying his coworkers.
Norm: It's rude to spy on your neighbors.
Situation: Jack suspects that his neighbor is stealing his mail every day.
Intention: Jack wants to get to the bottom of this.
Moral action: Jack approaches his neighbor civilly and asks him if he knows what is going on with the mail lately.
Immoral consequence: Jack gets caught spying on his neighbor and then their interactions going forward are very awkward.
Norm: It's rude to spy on your neighbors.
Situation: Jack suspects that his neighbor is stealing his mail every day.
Intention: Jack wants to get to the bottom of this.
Moral consequence: The neighbor reveals that the mail carrier sometimes mixes up addresses in this neighborhood, and just be patient.
Immoral action: Jack spies on his neighbor and sets up cameras to try to catch him in the act.
Norm: You shouldn't park your car illegally.
Situation: James arrived at the shopping mall fifteen minutes before closing on Christmas Eve when the only available parking space was reserved for the disabled.
Intention: James wants to buy presents before the stores close.
Moral action: James pays a passing teenager $20 to drive his car around the lot while he shops.
Immoral consequence: When James returns to his car with his Christmas presents, he sees he has been ticketed.
Norm: You shouldn't park your car illegally.
Situation: James arrived at the shopping mall fifteen minutes before closing on Christmas Eve when the only available parking space was reserved for the disabled.
Intention: James wants to buy presents before the stores close.
Moral consequence: James returns to his car with the presents and thanks the teenager.
Immoral action: James parks in the handicap spot and rushes into the stores.
Norm: It's wrong to skip out on your family member's memorial.
Situation: James grandfather has passed away from a heart attack.
Intention: James wants to go on a trip with his friends.
Moral action: James attends his grandfather memorial and meets his friends the next day.
Immoral consequence: James family is very disappointed and stop speaking to him.
Norm: It's wrong to skip out on your family member's memorial.
Situation: James grandfather has passed away from a heart attack.
Intention: James wants to go on a trip with his friends.
Moral consequence: James and his family are happy they attended the memorial together.
Immoral action: James skips his grandfathers memorial and goes on his trip with his friends.
Norm: You shouldn't enter someone's house unannounced.
Situation: Paul is driving through  a town on his vacation and decides to visit his friends Bob and Judy.
Intention: Paul wants to see his friends for the first time in a while.
Moral action: Paul decides to call Bob and Judy to see if they are free.
Immoral consequence: Bob and Judy are upset at the awkward situation and ask Bon to leave.
Norm: You shouldn't enter someone's house unannounced.
Situation: Paul is driving through  a town on his vacation and decides to visit his friends Bob and Judy.
Intention: Paul wants to see his friends for the first time in a while.
Moral consequence: Bob and Judy are busy that day, but they will meet up in one week when Paul passes through town again.
Immoral action: Paul shows up unannounced and enters the house to find Bob and Judt being intimate.
Norm: It's not okay to put yourself into a bad situation.
Situation: It's the end of the month and John does not have quite enough money to pay his rent.
Intention: John wants to get the money he needs for rent.
Moral action: John works a few extra hours at work in order to make the money he needs.
Immoral consequence: John goes deep into debt and his credit rating is negatively affected.
Norm: It's not okay to put yourself into a bad situation.
Situation: It's the end of the month and John does not have quite enough money to pay his rent.
Intention: John wants to get the money he needs for rent.
Moral consequence: John remains debt free and is able to pay his next month's rent on time.
Immoral action: John takes out a risky high-interest payday loan in order to get the money he needs.
Norm: It's wrong for men to sexually harass women.
Situation: Ashton has a coworker Ashley at the cubicle next to him who he's very attracted to.
Intention: Ashton wants to let Ashely know he's interested.
Moral action: Ashton asks Ashley if she'd like to have a coffee sometime, and when she says no he respects it.
Immoral consequence: Ashley thinks Ashton is a disgusting pig and reports him to HR.
Norm: It's wrong for men to sexually harass women.
Situation: Ashton has a coworker Ashley at the cubicle next to him who he's very attracted to.
Intention: Ashton wants to let Ashely know he's interested.
Moral consequence: Ashley considers Ashton a gentleman, and their workplace relationship remains professional.
Immoral action: Ashton wolf whistles every day as Ashley walks by his cubicle.
Norm: You shouldn't serve people food that they are allergic to.
Situation: Evelyn is having her family over for dinner, and she knows her sister is allergic to peanuts.
Intention: Evelyn wants to serve a delicious dinner.
Moral action: Evelyn makes sure that all of the food she is serving is safe for her sister to eat.
Immoral consequence: Evelyn's sister has a severe reaction and almost dies.
Norm: You shouldn't serve people food that they are allergic to.
Situation: Evelyn is having her family over for dinner, and she knows her sister is allergic to peanuts.
Intention: Evelyn wants to serve a delicious dinner.
Moral consequence: Evelyn's sister eats everything that is served and enjoys the party.
Immoral action: Evelyn makes her favorite barbecue sauce that contains peanut oil thinking that her sister's peanut allergy is overblown.
Norm: You shouldn't get your coworkers in trouble.
Situation: John is at work and sees his coworker Tom taking a few sheets of office paper and putting them in his bag to take home for personal use.
Intention: John wants to do correct Tom's behavior.
Moral action: John informs Tom that taking office paper for personal use is against company policy, and he could get in trouble.
Immoral consequence: John's relationship with Tom is tense in the future and his other coworkers trust him less.
Norm: You shouldn't get your coworkers in trouble.
Situation: John is at work and sees his coworker Tom taking a few sheets of office paper and putting them in his bag to take home for personal use.
Intention: John wants to do correct Tom's behavior.
Moral consequence: Tom thanks John for letting him know and Tom maintains a good working relationship with Tom.
Immoral action: John tattles on Tom to their boss to get him in trouble for taking the paper.
Norm: You should not drink before driving a boat.
Situation: Kevin and friends rent a boat to have a party on the lake.
Intention: Kevin wants to drive the boat.
Moral action: Kevin drives the boat before drinking.
Immoral consequence: Kevin goes too fast and beaches the boat on the shore.
Norm: You should not drink before driving a boat.
Situation: Kevin and friends rent a boat to have a party on the lake.
Intention: Kevin wants to drive the boat.
Moral consequence: Kevin has fun taking his friends around the lake.
Immoral action: Kevin has a few shots of vodka and then drives the boat.
Norm: You are supposed to drive safely to avoid hurting someone.
Situation: Nate is driving his friend Mark to an appointment when he realizes that they will be late.
Intention: Nate doesn't want to get Mark in trouble.
Moral action: Nate tells Mark that they won't make it, so he asks Mark to notify the appointment that they will be late.
Immoral consequence: Nate takes a corner too fast and loses control, wrecking the car and injuring both himself and Mark.
Norm: You are supposed to drive safely to avoid hurting someone.
Situation: Nate is driving his friend Mark to an appointment when he realizes that they will be late.
Intention: Nate doesn't want to get Mark in trouble.
Moral consequence: Nate and Mark arrive late, but the appointment is OK with it.
Immoral action: Nate speeds up to twenty miles per hour over the limit and passes the slower cars.
Norm: It's best to forgive others' misdeeds.
Situation: David is a teacher and his grader Steve hasn't done a good job in the past.
Intention: David wants Steve to do better.
Moral action: David gives Steve some general tips on how to grade, avoiding the past issues.
Immoral consequence: Steve gets frustrated and wants to feel trusted.
Norm: It's best to forgive others' misdeeds.
Situation: David is a teacher and his grader Steve hasn't done a good job in the past.
Intention: David wants Steve to do better.
Moral consequence: Steve takes on the grading with renewed confidence.
Immoral action: David resurrects all of Steve's past mistakes and reminds him of them.
Norm: You shouldn't dump food on others.
Situation: Sally has been spreading nasty rumors about Becca in the cafeteria at lunch time.
Intention: Becca wants to express her dissatisfaction to Sally.
Moral action: Becca walks over to Sally and calls her out for spreading rumors.
Immoral consequence: Sally gets very dirty and is potentially burnt by the food, and Becca might get in trouble.
Norm: You shouldn't dump food on others.
Situation: Sally has been spreading nasty rumors about Becca in the cafeteria at lunch time.
Intention: Becca wants to express her dissatisfaction to Sally.
Moral consequence: Becca has a chance to express her feelings to Sally and the two can try to resolve the situation peacefully.
Immoral action: Becca walks over to Sally and dumps a plate of food onto Sally's head.
Norm: It's wrong to judge yourself by the standards of others.
Situation: Amanda notices the valedictorian last year had a huge resume and got into all the top colleges.
Intention: Amanda wants to get into a top college.
Moral action: Amanda puts her actual activities on her resume.
Immoral consequence: All the top colleges notice her lies and blacklist her from their schools.
Norm: It's wrong to judge yourself by the standards of others.
Situation: Amanda notices the valedictorian last year had a huge resume and got into all the top colleges.
Intention: Amanda wants to get into a top college.
Moral consequence: The colleges notice she plays the organ and accept Amanda because they need an organist.
Immoral action: Amanda puts activities on her college resume that are likely to look good to colleges, even if she didn’t do them.
Norm: It's important to pay back loans.
Situation: Jeff is in deep debt to the local bookie due to Jeff's bad gambling habit.
Intention: Jeff wants to decide how to handle the debt.
Moral action: Jeff decides to settle his gambling debt with the bookie.
Immoral consequence: The bookie decides to pay Jeff a visit and break Jeff's legs.
Norm: It's important to pay back loans.
Situation: Jeff is in deep debt to the local bookie due to Jeff's bad gambling habit.
Intention: Jeff wants to decide how to handle the debt.
Moral consequence: The bookie appreciates Jeff's debt payment and encourages him to come back soon.
Immoral action: Jeff decides to put off paying his gambling debts until later.
Norm: It is unacceptable to manipulate people.
Situation: Jake is a professor and is giving a class to his students.
Intention: Jake wants to talk about current politics.
Moral action: Jake tells his students to take rational approach towards politics.
Immoral consequence: Jake's students file a complaint against Jake, and he gets fired.
Norm: It is unacceptable to manipulate people.
Situation: Jake is a professor and is giving a class to his students.
Intention: Jake wants to talk about current politics.
Moral consequence: Jake is satisfied with his impartial political talk.
Immoral action: Jake tells his students that he is disgusted with current politics, and they should riot.
Norm: Helping the police catch criminals is always a good thing.
Situation: Enrique is robbed while walking home at night by a mugger who threatens him not to call the cops.
Intention: Enrique wants to decide whether to report the crime to the police.
Moral action: Enrique decides to call the police and report the crime.
Immoral consequence: The criminal is not caught and victimizes several more people.
Norm: Helping the police catch criminals is always a good thing.
Situation: Enrique is robbed while walking home at night by a mugger who threatens him not to call the cops.
Intention: Enrique wants to decide whether to report the crime to the police.
Moral consequence: The criminal is captured and many would-be victims are saved.
Immoral action: Enrique decides to keep his mouth shut and declines to call the cops to report the crime.
Norm: You should always go to the dentist every six months.
Situation: John has a very busy day including a trip to his biannual dentist appointment and a night out at the movies.
Intention: John wants to clear up his schedule a bit.
Moral action: John decides to cancel his night out at the movies.
Immoral consequence: John ends up with several cavities when he finally reschedules his appointment.
Norm: You should always go to the dentist every six months.
Situation: John has a very busy day including a trip to his biannual dentist appointment and a night out at the movies.
Intention: John wants to clear up his schedule a bit.
Moral consequence: John gets a thorough cleaning at the dentist and his teeth remain healthy and strong.
Immoral action: John decides to cancel his dentist appointment and go some other time.