CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't do something just because someone asks you.
Situation: James is a Marine, and his Sergeant wanted him to shoot a prisoner they had.
Intention: James has to respond to his Sergeant.
Moral consequence: James doesn't have to kill anyone even though the Sergeant becomes mad.
Immoral action: James takes out his gun and aims it right at the prisoner's head.
Norm: It is dangerous to drive fast.
Situation: The day is over and Josh is done with his work at the office.
Intention: Josh wants to get home from work.
Moral action: Josh drives the speed limit.
Immoral consequence: Josh gets pulled over by a cop and gets a ticket on his way home.
Norm: It is dangerous to drive fast.
Situation: The day is over and Josh is done with his work at the office.
Intention: Josh wants to get home from work.
Moral consequence: Josh arrives home safely.
Immoral action: Josh drives 90 mph because he loves the feeling of speed.
Norm: You should not make accusations against friends
Situation: Will's leather jacket has gone missing at school, and he thinks that Mike might have it.
Intention: Will wants to see if Mike has the jacket.
Moral action: Will asks Mike if he has seen the jacket anywhere.
Immoral consequence: Mike gets mad at will for assuming that he would steal from him.
Norm: You should not make accusations against friends
Situation: Will's leather jacket has gone missing at school, and he thinks that Mike might have it.
Intention: Will wants to see if Mike has the jacket.
Moral consequence: Mike tells Will that he saw the jacket in the principal's office.
Immoral action: Will accuses Mike of taking the jacket and goes through his belongings to find it.
Norm: You should listen to your employees about problem employees.
Situation: Bill owns a store that's losing money when Tim, an employee, tells him that another employee, Scott, is stealing merchandise.
Intention: Bill wants to reduce expenses at his store by firing someone.
Moral action: Bill considers what Tim told him about Scott and fires Scott.
Immoral consequence: Bill has fewer payroll expenses but his store keeps losing money because Scott keeps stealing merchandise.
Norm: You should listen to your employees about problem employees.
Situation: Bill owns a store that's losing money when Tim, an employee, tells him that another employee, Scott, is stealing merchandise.
Intention: Bill wants to reduce expenses at his store by firing someone.
Moral consequence: Bill starts making money at his store because he has fewer payroll expenses and also less losses due to theft.
Immoral action: Bill fires Tim because Tim has less seniority at the store than Scott.
Norm: It's not okay to start fights with your family.
Situation: Brody's brother owed him ten dollars, and he saw him at his mother's house one day.
Intention: Brody wants his ten dollars back.
Moral action: Brody walks up to his brother and asks him if he has the ten dollars.
Immoral consequence: Brody's brother punches him in the face and their mother kicks them out the house.
Norm: It's not okay to start fights with your family.
Situation: Brody's brother owed him ten dollars, and he saw him at his mother's house one day.
Intention: Brody wants his ten dollars back.
Moral consequence: Brody's brother gets his wallet out and gives him the money that he owes him.
Immoral action: Brody puts his brother in a headlock and starts a fight over the ten dollars.
Norm: It's not okay to make fun of what someone wears.
Situation: Jordan is waiting for the bus next to Charlie, who is wearing his least-favourite green sweater that he’s extremely self-conscious about.
Intention: Charlie wants to react to Jordan's outfit.
Moral action: Charlie compliments Jordan's outfit, saying that he rocks that color.
Immoral consequence: Jordan feels really embarrassed and dreads the day at school.
Norm: It's not okay to make fun of what someone wears.
Situation: Jordan is waiting for the bus next to Charlie, who is wearing his least-favourite green sweater that he’s extremely self-conscious about.
Intention: Charlie wants to react to Jordan's outfit.
Moral consequence: Jordan no longer feels so bad about wearing the sweater to school.
Immoral action: Charlie tells Jordan that his sweater looks like the color of vomit, and laughs.
Norm: It is expected people will properly care for their pets.
Situation: Mark gets a new dog that he can put in his yard.
Intention: Mark wants the dog to guard the yard.
Moral action: Mark takes care of the dog properly and take it for walks and to the vet.
Immoral consequence: Mark's dog eventually pulls the chain off and runs away from Mark.
Norm: It is expected people will properly care for their pets.
Situation: Mark gets a new dog that he can put in his yard.
Intention: Mark wants the dog to guard the yard.
Moral consequence: Mark's dog is happy to belong to Mark and guard Mark's house.
Immoral action: Mark leaves the dog chained up in the yard and occasionally throws food at it.
Norm: It's wrong to argue with your family.
Situation: Cory and his brother Pete are trying to decide what movie to see at a movie theater.
Intention: Cory wants to see a movie with Pete.
Moral action: Cory suggests they each pick a movie and watch both.
Immoral consequence: Pete decides that he doesn't want to see a movie with Cory at all.
Norm: It's wrong to argue with your family.
Situation: Cory and his brother Pete are trying to decide what movie to see at a movie theater.
Intention: Cory wants to see a movie with Pete.
Moral consequence: Pete agrees to go along with Cory's plan for two movies.
Immoral action: Cory starts shouting at Pete to see a movie he wants to see.
Norm: It's rude to insult someone's intelligence.
Situation: Shyla is watching her husband having trouble putting together a piece of furniture.
Intention: Shyla wants to vocalize her observations to her husband.
Moral action: Shyla makes a tongue in cheek crack at her husband's efforts to assemble the piece of furniture.
Immoral consequence: Shyla's husband is miffed by the insinuating observation and the couple get into a squabble.
Norm: It's rude to insult someone's intelligence.
Situation: Shyla is watching her husband having trouble putting together a piece of furniture.
Intention: Shyla wants to vocalize her observations to her husband.
Moral consequence: Shyla's husband laughs at her observation and invites her to try her hands at it in playful manner which they both laugh at.
Immoral action: Shyla comments on the instructions seeming very straight forward which implies things about her husbands abilities.
Norm: You shouldn't sabotage a project.
Situation: Frank has been put into a group project at school with kids he doesn't like.
Intention: Frank wants to show his displeasure for his team.
Moral action: Frank tells the team they weren't his ideal choice, but he will do the work.
Immoral consequence: Everyone on the team fails the project.
Norm: You shouldn't sabotage a project.
Situation: Frank has been put into a group project at school with kids he doesn't like.
Intention: Frank wants to show his displeasure for his team.
Moral consequence: The team is able to complete the project.
Immoral action: Frank does not do his part of the project.
Norm: It's wrong to haze someone in college
Situation: Frank is in charge of his fraternity and has to decide how to initiate the incoming freshmen.
Intention: Frank wants to pick an event that the new class will remember.
Moral action: Frank decides to throw a party welcoming all the freshmen.
Immoral consequence: The new initiates resent their fraternity brothers.
Norm: It's wrong to haze someone in college
Situation: Frank is in charge of his fraternity and has to decide how to initiate the incoming freshmen.
Intention: Frank wants to pick an event that the new class will remember.
Moral consequence: The freshman class feels accepted in their new group.
Immoral action: Frank decides to haze the new brothers by making them act like servants for the older brothers.
Norm: It's wrong to trespass on other people's property.
Situation: Josh was playing baseball with his friends when the ball went into his neighbor's back yard.
Intention: Josh wants the ball back.
Moral action: Josh knocks on his neighbor's door and asks him if he can get his ball.
Immoral consequence: Josh's neighbor sees him in the yard and calls the cops to report him for trespassing.
Norm: It's wrong to trespass on other people's property.
Situation: Josh was playing baseball with his friends when the ball went into his neighbor's back yard.
Intention: Josh wants the ball back.
Moral consequence: Josh's neighbor goes to the backyard and gets the ball for Josh himself.
Immoral action: Josh climbs over the fence and sneaks into his neighbor's yard to get the ball.
Norm: It's bad to speak disrespectfully.
Situation: Mike is in a meeting with his boss and coworkers one day.
Intention: Mike wants to let the boss know that he disagrees with him.
Moral action: Mike explains to his boss from his point of view.
Immoral consequence: Mike's boss is humiliated and fires him from his job.
Norm: It's bad to speak disrespectfully.
Situation: Mike is in a meeting with his boss and coworkers one day.
Intention: Mike wants to let the boss know that he disagrees with him.
Moral consequence: Mike's boss realizes he was wrong and gives him a promotion.
Immoral action: Mike tells his boss that he is a stupid idiot and tells him that he is completely wrong.
Norm: It's good to help out and protect unwanted children.
Situation: Mark is walking through a rough neighborhood when he sees a small child crawling around the street unattended.
Intention: Mark wants to get the child off the street.
Moral action: Mark grabs the child and calls the police to come take the child somewhere safe.
Immoral consequence: The child continues to crawl around the street by itself until it passes out from hunger and exhaustion and dies.
Norm: It's good to help out and protect unwanted children.
Situation: Mark is walking through a rough neighborhood when he sees a small child crawling around the street unattended.
Intention: Mark wants to get the child off the street.
Moral consequence: The police come and take the child to a shelter where it's fed and taken care of.
Immoral action: Mark grabs the child and puts it back on the sidewalk before walking away.
Norm: You shouldn't refuse your coworker's requests.
Situation: Oliver asks his coworker Sam to help him print some copies of the report because Oliver has too much on his hands.
Intention: Sam wants to respond to Oliver.
Moral action: Sam asks Oliver how many copies he needs printed and if he could help with anything else.
Immoral consequence: Oliver looks irritated with Sam and two have a strained working relationship.
Norm: You shouldn't refuse your coworker's requests.
Situation: Oliver asks his coworker Sam to help him print some copies of the report because Oliver has too much on his hands.
Intention: Sam wants to respond to Oliver.
Moral consequence: Oliver is grateful for Sam's help and treats him to lunch.
Immoral action: Sam tells Oliver that he can do it himself because Sam was about to go on break in 30 minutes.
Norm: It is not acceptable to yell at your minor students.
Situation: James' students had been passing notes and playing on their cell phones instead of listening to him.
Intention: James wants his students to pay attention.
Moral action: James makes the students put their phones face down on their desks and reads the confiscated notes out loud.
Immoral consequence: A few of James' students start crying and many of them complain to their parents.
Norm: It is not acceptable to yell at your minor students.
Situation: James' students had been passing notes and playing on their cell phones instead of listening to him.
Intention: James wants his students to pay attention.
Moral consequence: The students are more attentive and answer more of James' questions.
Immoral action: James raises his voice and tells his students they'll all be lucky to get jobs at Burger King.
Norm: It's polite to be considerate of others in a conversation.
Situation: Sam is talking to Taylor about what he did that day and what he's planning on doing later.
Intention: Sam wants to tell Taylor about where he's going for dinner.
Moral action: Sam tells Taylor about the restaurant he's going to and asks if she's ever been.
Immoral consequence: Taylor doesn't feel like she's part of the conversation and begins scrolling through her social media accounts on her phone.
Norm: It's polite to be considerate of others in a conversation.
Situation: Sam is talking to Taylor about what he did that day and what he's planning on doing later.
Intention: Sam wants to tell Taylor about where he's going for dinner.
Moral consequence: Taylor says that she has and tells him about a special dish the restaurant serves that's not listed on the menu.
Immoral action: Sam tells Taylor about the restaurant he's going to for dinner, talking over her every time she tries to interject something.
Norm: It's good to make your parents feel wanted.
Situation: Troy's parents have recently moved into an assisted living facility.
Intention: Troy wants to plan when he visits his parents.
Moral action: Troy visits his parents every weekend.
Immoral consequence: Troy's parents will feel that they aren't important to Troy anymore.
Norm: It's good to make your parents feel wanted.
Situation: Troy's parents have recently moved into an assisted living facility.
Intention: Troy wants to plan when he visits his parents.
Moral consequence: Troy's parents will feel that they're an important part of his life.
Immoral action: Troy visits his parents once a year.
Norm: You shouldn't date multiple people without them knowing.
Situation: Wally owns a company and enjoys spending his free time with women without becoming overly committed.
Intention: Wally wants to have someone to be with.
Moral action: Wally finds one girl and dates her, going out with her on special weekends or during important events.
Immoral consequence: None of the girls are satisfied as Wally is rarely around for any one of them, and they all eventually leave him.
Norm: You shouldn't date multiple people without them knowing.
Situation: Wally owns a company and enjoys spending his free time with women without becoming overly committed.
Intention: Wally wants to have someone to be with.
Moral consequence: The girl that Wally chose sees him frequently and doesn't feel neglected without being too close to him.
Immoral action: Wally meets and starts dating several girls in different locations, flying out to see each one on different weekends.
Norm: It's not normal to put your life in danger
Situation: Carey is driving on the highway at night, and gets stuck behind two trucks side by side in each lane.
Intention: Carey wants to get past the trucks.
Moral action: Carey flashes her headlights to let them know she wants to pass, then waits for an opening.
Immoral consequence: The trucks swerve to the sides and Carey nearly crashes her car.
Norm: It's not normal to put your life in danger
Situation: Carey is driving on the highway at night, and gets stuck behind two trucks side by side in each lane.
Intention: Carey wants to get past the trucks.
Moral consequence: The trucks eventually stagger their positions, and Carey is able to drive past them.
Immoral action: Carey drives between the trucks, scraping along each side of her car.
Norm: You shouldn't act oddly around others.
Situation: Seth was in the grocery store looking at some products on the shelf.
Intention: Seth wants to pick up a can of corn.
Moral action: Seth picks up a can of corn and puts it into the cart.
Immoral consequence: The manager of the store sees Seth and asks him to leave the store.
Norm: You shouldn't act oddly around others.
Situation: Seth was in the grocery store looking at some products on the shelf.
Intention: Seth wants to pick up a can of corn.
Moral consequence: The manager of the store offers to ring up Seth himself.
Immoral action: Seth picks up cans of corn from the shelves and starts to make a tower with them.
Norm: It is wrong to overeat.
Situation: Victor had gone to an all you can eat buffet for lunch.
Intention: Victor wants to get his money's worth.
Moral action: Victor eats a steak, mashed potatoes, a salad, and a dessert for lunch.
Immoral consequence: Victor is sick afterwords and is stuck in the bathroom all day.
Norm: It is wrong to overeat.
Situation: Victor had gone to an all you can eat buffet for lunch.
Intention: Victor wants to get his money's worth.
Moral consequence: Victor is satisfied and full until it is time for dinner later.
Immoral action: Victor stacks four plates of food high and eats all the food.
Norm: It's bad to defecate in the back of someone's vehicle.
Situation: Steve was riding with his friend on a four hour drive to the beach.
Intention: Steve wants to poop.
Moral action: Steve tells his friend that he needs to use the restroom.
Immoral consequence: Steve's friend pulls into a gas station and leaves him there.
Norm: It's bad to defecate in the back of someone's vehicle.
Situation: Steve was riding with his friend on a four hour drive to the beach.
Intention: Steve wants to poop.
Moral consequence: Steve's friend pulls into a gas station and lets him use the restroom there.
Immoral action: Steve poops in his pants in the back of his friend's car.
Norm: It's wrong to tell secrets to your friend's partner.
Situation: Jenna sees her friend Alanna smoking, even though she reluctantly promised her boyfriend she'd quit smoking.
Intention: Jenna wants to help her friend.
Moral action: Jenna tells Alanna she knows she's been really stressed lately, and she (Jenna) won't tell Alanna's boyfriend.
Immoral consequence: Alanna trusts Jenna less and stops telling her anything really personal.
Norm: It's wrong to tell secrets to your friend's partner.
Situation: Jenna sees her friend Alanna smoking, even though she reluctantly promised her boyfriend she'd quit smoking.
Intention: Jenna wants to help her friend.
Moral consequence: Alanna hugs Jenna and thanks her for being so understanding about this.
Immoral action: Jenna tells Alanna's boyfriend in the name of improving her health.
Norm: It's wrong to criticize a person just for their appearance.
Situation: Dwayne is at work in a retail shop and is helping an overweight customer in the fitting room who has selected too small a dress.
Intention: Dwayne wants the customer to try on a larger size, as she might rip the one she selected.
Moral action: Dwayne mentions to the customer that the dress she selected runs very small and says most people need a size up.
Immoral consequence: The customer is embarrassed and infuriated, insisting on speaking to the manager about Dwayne's rudeness.
Norm: It's wrong to criticize a person just for their appearance.
Situation: Dwayne is at work in a retail shop and is helping an overweight customer in the fitting room who has selected too small a dress.
Intention: Dwayne wants the customer to try on a larger size, as she might rip the one she selected.
Moral consequence: The customer agrees to try on a larger size and doesn't feel insulted.
Immoral action: Dwayne asks the customer if she thinks somebody of her level of activity could truly fit into the dress she selected.
Norm: It's bad to take pictures without getting permission.
Situation: Jack was in a restaurant, and Brad Pitt walked in out of nowhere.
Intention: Jack wanted to take a photo of Brad.
Moral action: Jake asks Brad if he can take a photo with him.
Immoral consequence: Brad ends up seeing the photo on social media and feels creeped out.
Norm: It's bad to take pictures without getting permission.
Situation: Jack was in a restaurant, and Brad Pitt walked in out of nowhere.
Intention: Jack wanted to take a photo of Brad.
Moral consequence: Brad is willing to take the photo since Jake asked nicely.
Immoral action: Jack takes his phone out and sneaks a photo of Brad while he's eating.
Norm: It's rude to make excuses for a poor performance.
Situation: Mazz had a bad soccer performance and is in the locker room after the game.
Intention: Mazz wants to comment on the game.
Moral action: Mazz discusses his performance with the team.
Immoral consequence: Mazz is criticized and feels foolish and inadequate.
Norm: It's rude to make excuses for a poor performance.
Situation: Mazz had a bad soccer performance and is in the locker room after the game.
Intention: Mazz wants to comment on the game.
Moral consequence: Mazz gets some pointers and feels supported.
Immoral action: Mazz cites the refs and opponents aggression as the cause of his performance.
Norm: It's wrong to love cheating.
Situation: Dave is playing poker with friends when he gets caught dealing an ace to himself from the bottom of the deck, and they demand an explanation.
Intention: Dave wants to give his reasons for cheating.
Moral action: Dave tells the group that he's in desperate need of money and that he's sorry he crossed the line.
Immoral consequence: Dave's friends are all angry with Dave for being so evil and shallow and vow to cut him off.
Norm: It's wrong to love cheating.
Situation: Dave is playing poker with friends when he gets caught dealing an ace to himself from the bottom of the deck, and they demand an explanation.
Intention: Dave wants to give his reasons for cheating.
Moral consequence: Dave's friends are concerned for Dave's financial situation and forgive him for his bad deed.
Immoral action: Dave tells the group that he just loves the thrill of getting away with such things, and they should try it sometime.
Norm: You should never pretend you're pregnant.
Situation: Jenna is afraid that her boyfriend is going to break up with her even though she's still in love with him.
Intention: Jenna wants to avoid breaking up with her boyfriend.
Moral action: Jenna asks her boyfriend what they could do to make their relationship better.
Immoral consequence: Jenna's boyfriend insists on accompanying her to the doctor and finds out she's faking.
Norm: You should never pretend you're pregnant.
Situation: Jenna is afraid that her boyfriend is going to break up with her even though she's still in love with him.
Intention: Jenna wants to avoid breaking up with her boyfriend.
Moral consequence: Jenna's boyfriend says he wishes she listened to him more, and Jenna agrees to try.
Immoral action: Jenna buys a fake pregnancy test off the Internet and tells her boyfriend she's pregnant.
Norm: It is good to follow the rules.
Situation: Trevor is in an MMA fight where elbow strikes are not allowed.
Intention: Trevor wants to hit his opponent.
Moral action: Trevor hits his opponent with a punch.
Immoral consequence: Trevor get a point deducted by the judges.
Norm: It is good to follow the rules.
Situation: Trevor is in an MMA fight where elbow strikes are not allowed.
Intention: Trevor wants to hit his opponent.
Moral consequence: Trevor makes a positive impression on the judges.
Immoral action: Trevor hits his opponent with an elbow strike.
Norm: It's bad to interuppt others.
Situation: Arnie was talking about something with his friends.
Intention: Arnie wants to keep talking.
Moral action: One of Arnie's friends wants to comment and Arnie lets him finish, then replies, then continues.
Immoral consequence: Arnie's friends eventually don't want to listen to Arnie anymore.
Norm: It's bad to interuppt others.
Situation: Arnie was talking about something with his friends.
Intention: Arnie wants to keep talking.
Moral consequence: The other friends eagerly try to get in on the comments and dialouge.
Immoral action: One of Arnie's friends wants to comment and Arnie interrupts him.
Norm: You shouldn't let someone try to fatten you up.
Situation: Roland's wife, who loves desserts, is at a lunch with Roland and offers him one piece of every dessert on the table.
Intention: Roland wants to please his wife.
Moral action: Roland eats one of the desserts, wraps the plate in saran wrap, and takes the rest of the desserts home to eat later.
Immoral consequence: Roland gains weight and becomes susceptible to diabetes because of his high sugar intake and weight gain.