CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to expect special treatment.
Situation: Lynn is spending a weekend at a spa with a few friends.
Intention: Lynn wants to have a good time.
Moral action: Lynn enjoys the spa's many services and praises the staff.
Immoral consequence: The staff resents Lynn for her entitled behavior.
Norm: It's rude to expect special treatment.
Situation: Lynn is spending a weekend at a spa with a few friends.
Intention: Lynn wants to have a good time.
Moral consequence: The spa's staff think Lynn is a perfect client.
Immoral action: Lynn asks for special favors from the staff at the spa, and gets them.
Norm: You shouldn't make jokes about Jews.
Situation: Kevin goes to a bar mitzvah for his friend Daniel and is nervous about meeting Daniel's parents.
Intention: Kevin wants to say something funny to break the ice.
Moral action: Kevin tell a funny story about birds.
Immoral consequence: Kevin is thrown out of the bar mitzvah.
Norm: You shouldn't make jokes about Jews.
Situation: Kevin goes to a bar mitzvah for his friend Daniel and is nervous about meeting Daniel's parents.
Intention: Kevin wants to say something funny to break the ice.
Moral consequence: Kevin makes everyone laugh with his story.
Immoral action: Kevin makes a funny remark to Daniel's parents about their customs.
Norm: It's good to love someone.
Situation: Christine had her heart broken by her ex husband and has decided she is done with love.
Intention: Christine wants to live a happy life.
Moral action: Christine opens her heart to loving others and starts dating a great guy.
Immoral consequence: Christine's friends find her aloof and self-absorbed.
Norm: It's good to love someone.
Situation: Christine had her heart broken by her ex husband and has decided she is done with love.
Intention: Christine wants to live a happy life.
Moral consequence: Christine's friends finds her warm and loving.
Immoral action: Christine chooses to be single and rejects all potential suitors, focusing on herself instead.
Norm: Parents and children should be loyal to one another.
Situation: Yolanda is at a summer camp with her parents and a canoe race is about to begin.
Intention: Yolanda wants to join a team to compete in the race.
Moral action: Yolanda joins her parents' team and helps them win the race.
Immoral consequence: Yolanda feels really guilty that she competed against her parents.
Norm: Parents and children should be loyal to one another.
Situation: Yolanda is at a summer camp with her parents and a canoe race is about to begin.
Intention: Yolanda wants to join a team to compete in the race.
Moral consequence: Yolanda is praised by her parents for her performance.
Immoral action: Instead of joining her parents' team, Yolanda decides to join her friend's family's team in the race.
Norm: You shouldn't sleep over at a significant other's friend's house.
Situation: Sarah's husband Jay is away on a business trip, and she needs someone to help her study her flashcards for an upcoming nurses exam.
Intention: Sarah wants Jay's friend, Tom, to help her study.
Moral action: Sarah asks Tom if he can come over the next morning to help her study.
Immoral consequence: One thing leads to another and Sarah and Tom end up sleeping together.
Norm: You shouldn't sleep over at a significant other's friend's house.
Situation: Sarah's husband Jay is away on a business trip, and she needs someone to help her study her flashcards for an upcoming nurses exam.
Intention: Sarah wants Jay's friend, Tom, to help her study.
Moral consequence: Sarah and Tom study over breakfast before Tom has to leave for work.
Immoral action: Sarah goes over to Tom's late in the evening to study, when he suggests that she stay over.
Norm: It is bad to violate laws by destroying property.
Situation: Mark just bought a new 4 wheel drive jeep.
Intention: Mark wants to have fun in his jeep.
Moral action: Mark drives his jeep on designated off road trails in the mountains.
Immoral consequence: The soccer field is destroyed, costing the city money and preventing children from playing.
Norm: It is bad to violate laws by destroying property.
Situation: Mark just bought a new 4 wheel drive jeep.
Intention: Mark wants to have fun in his jeep.
Moral consequence: Mark enjoys his new jeep while obeying the law.
Immoral action: Mark drives to the local park and does cookies in the soccer field.
Norm: You're never to busy to wash your hands.
Situation: Margret is in the mall shopping.
Intention: Margret wants to hurry and get to a sale at bed bath and beyond.
Moral action: Margret uses the bathroom quickly and then washes her hands after she runs to make it to the sale.
Immoral consequence: Margret gets sick from germs on her hands and has to go to the doctor.
Norm: You're never to busy to wash your hands.
Situation: Margret is in the mall shopping.
Intention: Margret wants to hurry and get to a sale at bed bath and beyond.
Moral consequence: Margret has clean hands and doesn't get sick.
Immoral action: Margret has to use the bathroom when she finishes she runs out without washing her hands and makes it to the sale.
Norm: It's expected that you care more for family than pets
Situation: Harry's puppy finally finished training and is graduating today, which also happens to be his sister's highschool graduation that his whole family will be attending.
Intention: Harry wants to attend one of the graduation ceremonies.
Moral action: Harry attends his sister's graduation and just gets his dog's certificate mailed to him instead.
Immoral consequence: Harry's parents scold him for missing his sister's graduation.
Norm: It's expected that you care more for family than pets
Situation: Harry's puppy finally finished training and is graduating today, which also happens to be his sister's highschool graduation that his whole family will be attending.
Intention: Harry wants to attend one of the graduation ceremonies.
Moral consequence: Harry's parents are thrilled to see him at the ceremony, and they spend the afternoon together as a family.
Immoral action: Harry skips his sister's highschool graduation ceremony to attend his dog's graduation.
Norm: It's wrong to ruin someone's event.
Situation: Hannah has just found out she is pregnant with her first child and is very excited.
Intention: Hannah wants to share her good news with everyone she knows.
Moral action: Hannah makes an announcement post on her social media accounts.
Immoral consequence: Hannah's family are upset with Hannah for making her sister's wedding about her.
Norm: It's wrong to ruin someone's event.
Situation: Hannah has just found out she is pregnant with her first child and is very excited.
Intention: Hannah wants to share her good news with everyone she knows.
Moral consequence: Hannah's friends and family congratulate Hannah and share in her excitement.
Immoral action: Hannah announces her pregnancy at her sister's wedding reception.
Norm: You should try to keep up with advancing technology.
Situation: Janice's is spending Christmas with her grandchildren, who just bought her a new tablet.
Intention: Janice wants to use the tablet.
Moral action: Janice thinks about how she has been using her smartphone, and she's able to figure out how to use the tablet in a similar manner.
Immoral consequence: Janice's grandchildren have to spend their entire day teaching her how to work the device.
Norm: You should try to keep up with advancing technology.
Situation: Janice's is spending Christmas with her grandchildren, who just bought her a new tablet.
Intention: Janice wants to use the tablet.
Moral consequence: Janice's grandchildren are thrilled that she's enjoying her new device already.
Immoral action: Janice asks her grandchildren for help because she has not been using any modern electronics and doesn't know what to do.
Norm: It's wrong to ignore your instructor.
Situation: Mike is in history class.
Intention: Mike wants to get a good grade.
Moral action: Mike takes notes during the teacher's lecture.
Immoral consequence: Mike fails the test because he didn't study information related to the exam.
Norm: It's wrong to ignore your instructor.
Situation: Mike is in history class.
Intention: Mike wants to get a good grade.
Moral consequence: Mike gets an A because he was ready for the questions on the exam.
Immoral action: Mike finds the teacher boring and decides to read up on the subject himself.
Norm: It's morally unacceptable to support a terrorist organization.
Situation: Ben has money to spare to donate to an organization pushing for world change.
Intention: Ben wants to pick an organization to donate to that will change the world.
Moral action: Ben chooses to donate his money to Doctors Without Borders.
Immoral consequence: ISIS uses the money to recruit more fighters, who then kill and oppress people in the Middle East.
Norm: It's morally unacceptable to support a terrorist organization.
Situation: Ben has money to spare to donate to an organization pushing for world change.
Intention: Ben wants to pick an organization to donate to that will change the world.
Moral consequence: The money is used to help people in disadvantaged countries and helps save lives.
Immoral action: Ben chooses to donate to ISIS and sends his money to them.
Norm: It is not good to share personal nude photos
Situation: Leslie is dating a guy who is texting her to share something very personal about herself.
Intention: Leslie wants to share something with her boyfriend.
Moral action: Leslie tells her boyfriend about a difficult experience she had while growing up.
Immoral consequence: The boyfriend shows his guy friends the naked photo of Leslie.
Norm: It is not good to share personal nude photos
Situation: Leslie is dating a guy who is texting her to share something very personal about herself.
Intention: Leslie wants to share something with her boyfriend.
Moral consequence: The boyfriend learns more about Leslie and appreciates her struggles more.
Immoral action: Leslie shares a nude photo of herself for the man that she loves.
Norm: It's wrong to break a contract.
Situation: Josh is a consultant who realizes he signed a contract with a company for an absurd amount of work.
Intention: Josh wants to talk to the company about the contract.
Moral action: Josh asks to restructure the contract with different terms that allow him more time to complete the work.
Immoral consequence: Josh is sued by the company.
Norm: It's wrong to break a contract.
Situation: Josh is a consultant who realizes he signed a contract with a company for an absurd amount of work.
Intention: Josh wants to talk to the company about the contract.
Moral consequence: Josh is able to complete the work.
Immoral action: Josh tells the company he can't complete the work and will not do it.
Norm: It's rude to snap at your parents.
Situation: Jason is having a discussion with is parents about his college plans, which his parents don't approve of.
Intention: Jason wants to put a quick end to the discussion.
Moral action: Jason tells his parents he understands their concern and appreciates how much they care about his future, then changes the topic.
Immoral consequence: Jason's parents are shocked and hurt by his curtness.
Norm: It's rude to snap at your parents.
Situation: Jason is having a discussion with is parents about his college plans, which his parents don't approve of.
Intention: Jason wants to put a quick end to the discussion.
Moral consequence: Jason's parents feel their opinion is heard by their son and feel better.
Immoral action: Jason tells his parents that the discussion is over and that he doesn't want to hear one more word from them.
Norm: You should be very polite when visiting other people's home.
Situation: Mary is visiting her in-laws' house for dinner one night when she notices a tasty looking pie cooling in the window.
Intention: Mary wants to try the pie.
Moral action: Mary inquires about the pie and says that it looks very tasty.
Immoral consequence: Mary's in-laws' are offended by her rudeness and lack of manners and form a negative impression of her.
Norm: You should be very polite when visiting other people's home.
Situation: Mary is visiting her in-laws' house for dinner one night when she notices a tasty looking pie cooling in the window.
Intention: Mary wants to try the pie.
Moral consequence: Mary and her in-laws each have a slice of pie after dinner and enjoy its delicious flavor.
Immoral action: Without asking Mary removes the pie from the window and scarfs down most of it using her hands.
Norm: Relationships shouldn't be treated like competitions.
Situation: Jenna's best friend's boyfriend just proposed and bought her a huge engagement ring.
Intention: Jenna wants to feel secure about her own relationship.
Moral action: Jenna invites her boyfriend on a romantic getaway where they can be alone for a week.
Immoral consequence: Jenna's boyfriend makes a lavish public proposal, but privately feels resentment and anxiety about how fast things are moving.
Norm: Relationships shouldn't be treated like competitions.
Situation: Jenna's best friend's boyfriend just proposed and bought her a huge engagement ring.
Intention: Jenna wants to feel secure about her own relationship.
Moral consequence: Jenna and her boyfriend thoroughly enjoy themselves and feel closer than ever.
Immoral action: Jenna starts pressuring her boyfriend to propose and buy her a bigger ring than her friend.
Norm: It's not healthy to want to die
Situation: Benjamin is at home with his wife Kendra and lately is having a hard time in life and is very depressed and can't seem to shake it.
Intention: Benjamin wants to tell Kendra what he's going to do next.
Moral action: Benjamin tells Kendra that he is going to call a psychiatrist and set up an appointment to try to get medicine.
Immoral consequence: Kendra is destroyed inside and is fearful for her husbands life and wellbeing.
Norm: It's not healthy to want to die
Situation: Benjamin is at home with his wife Kendra and lately is having a hard time in life and is very depressed and can't seem to shake it.
Intention: Benjamin wants to tell Kendra what he's going to do next.
Moral consequence: Kendra is delighted that Benjamin is taking proactive steps to try to better his health and mood.
Immoral action: Benjamin tells Kendra that he's decided he's probably going to kill himself, and he can't take it anymore.
Norm: It's wrong to not include disabled people in events.
Situation: Joan needs to book a restaurant for the office Christmas party.
Intention: Joan wants a restaurant with top reviews.
Moral action: Joan ensures the top rated restaurant she selects can accommodate handicapped patrons.
Immoral consequence: Joan faces censure as the handicapped members of staff are unable to attend the party.
Norm: It's wrong to not include disabled people in events.
Situation: Joan needs to book a restaurant for the office Christmas party.
Intention: Joan wants a restaurant with top reviews.
Moral consequence: Joan is able to pull off a party that everyone can attend.
Immoral action: Joan selects a top rated restaurant that doesn't accommodate handicapped patrons.
Norm: It's good to have a job that contributes to society.
Situation: Alex has been working in a hedge fund for years and is now considering whether she should do something else with her life.
Intention: Alex wants to earn good money.
Moral action: Alex applies for a position in the upper management of a large charitable organization and gets the job.
Immoral consequence: Alex's work's contributes to increasing social inequality.
Norm: It's good to have a job that contributes to society.
Situation: Alex has been working in a hedge fund for years and is now considering whether she should do something else with her life.
Intention: Alex wants to earn good money.
Moral consequence: Alex's work helps society become more equitable.
Immoral action: Alex chooses to keep on working at the hedge fund.
Norm: Abandoning animals makes you look cold.
Situation: Randy's cat is pregnant, and he doesn't have enough time at home to care for kittens.
Intention: Randy wants to get rid of his cat.
Moral action: Randy brings the cat to the SPCA and surrenders her to them.
Immoral consequence: One of the neighborhood locals sees Randy's action, takes his photo, and shames him on social media.
Norm: Abandoning animals makes you look cold.
Situation: Randy's cat is pregnant, and he doesn't have enough time at home to care for kittens.
Intention: Randy wants to get rid of his cat.
Moral consequence: Randy is sad, but the people at the SPCA make him feel like they understand his situation.
Immoral action: Randy drives to a nearby neighborhood and puts his cat outside of his car on the side of the road before driving off.
Norm: It's rude to expect someone to buy something for you.
Situation: Mike and Gary are going on a road trip for the day.
Intention: Mike wants to spend as little money as possible.
Moral action: Mike packs his own lunch and looks up a couple of nature activites that are free of charge.
Immoral consequence: Gary is fed up with Mike and refuses to give him money leaving Mike to go hungry for the day.
Norm: It's rude to expect someone to buy something for you.
Situation: Mike and Gary are going on a road trip for the day.
Intention: Mike wants to spend as little money as possible.
Moral consequence: Mike and Gary have a great day trip and Mike spends a minimal amount of money.
Immoral action: Mike leaves his wallet home assuming that Gary will cover him.
Norm: It is rude to fart on your dog.
Situation: Eli was eating in the living room with his pet dog at his feet.
Intention: Eli wants to relieve the gas he had from eating.
Moral action: Eli gets up and goes into the other room to pass his gas.
Immoral consequence: The dog runs away and stays away from Eli for the rest of the night.
Norm: It is rude to fart on your dog.
Situation: Eli was eating in the living room with his pet dog at his feet.
Intention: Eli wants to relieve the gas he had from eating.
Moral consequence: The dog gets excited and licks Eli's face when he walks back into the room.
Immoral action: Eli stands up in front of the dog and farts in its face.
Norm: It's good to be mature and decide things like adults.
Situation: Carlos and Marnie are a married couple who disagree on how to use an inheritance.
Intention: Carlos wants to use the money to take a vacation.
Moral action: Carlos sits Marnie down for a serious conversations about the money and explains his side and tries to understand hers.
Immoral consequence: Marnie is angry at this breach of trust and decides to separate from Carlos.
Norm: It's good to be mature and decide things like adults.
Situation: Carlos and Marnie are a married couple who disagree on how to use an inheritance.
Intention: Carlos wants to use the money to take a vacation.
Moral consequence: Carlos and Marnie agree to use some of the money for a smaller vacation with some left for what Marnie wants to do.
Immoral action: Carlos goes behind Marnie's back and spends the money on plane tickets and a resort booking.
Norm: You shouldn't downvote everything on a website.
Situation: Mike was on his favorite website reading all the comments that had been posted.
Intention: Mike wants to voice his opinion.
Moral action: Mike makes comments relevant to the post voicing his own personal opinion.
Immoral consequence: The site eventually blocks Mike from using his account for several days.
Norm: You shouldn't downvote everything on a website.
Situation: Mike was on his favorite website reading all the comments that had been posted.
Intention: Mike wants to voice his opinion.
Moral consequence: Mike is able to engage in a healthy discussion on many topics on the site.
Immoral action: Mike starts to downvote every single comment that he reads on the site.
Norm: It's wrong to harass your ex.
Situation: Marks has just separated from his girlfriend of five years he still has feelings for her.
Intention: Mark wants to tell his ex that he still loves her.
Moral action: Mark writes his ex a letter confessing he still loves her and leave it on her doorstep.
Immoral consequence: Marks ex is embarrassed, and she tells him she never wants to see him again.
Norm: It's wrong to harass your ex.
Situation: Marks has just separated from his girlfriend of five years he still has feelings for her.
Intention: Mark wants to tell his ex that he still loves her.
Moral consequence: Mark ex calls him and tells him that was so sweet and ask him to meet for lunch.
Immoral action: Mark keeps texting and calling his ex she doesn't answer him, so he shows up to her job and confesses his love to her.
Norm: You should pay people back if you owe them money.
Situation: Heidi owes Drew two hundred dollars, and she doesn’t have the money.
Intention: Heidi wants to continue to have a good relationship with Drew.
Moral action: Heidi decides to work a few extra shifts at her job, so she can pay Drew back.
Immoral consequence: Drew decides to cut all ties with Heidi because she is not responsible and this makes Heidi very sad.
Norm: You should pay people back if you owe them money.
Situation: Heidi owes Drew two hundred dollars, and she doesn’t have the money.
Intention: Heidi wants to continue to have a good relationship with Drew.
Moral consequence: Heidi pays Drew the money and the two continue to have a good relationship.
Immoral action: Heidi tells Drew she won’t pay him back because he is rich and it is only two hundred dollars.
Norm: It's good to spend time with lonely people.
Situation: Jimmy's cousin doesn't have a lot of friends and has frequent struggles with depression.
Intention: Jimmy wants his cousin to be happier.
Moral action: Jimmy offers to take his cousin to get some drinks at a bar.
Immoral consequence: Jimmy's cousin still has to spend all of his time in his house and is just as lonely.
Norm: It's good to spend time with lonely people.
Situation: Jimmy's cousin doesn't have a lot of friends and has frequent struggles with depression.
Intention: Jimmy wants his cousin to be happier.
Moral consequence: Jimmy's cousin is able to get out of the house and spend time with people.
Immoral action: Jimmy texts his cousin every week to show him he's thinking about him.
Norm: It's good to help out your family financially.
Situation: Tommy's parents have accrued debts and don't know how they will solve the issue - they ask Tommy for financial help.
Intention: Tommy wants to help his parents.
Moral action: Tommy lends his parents money.
Immoral consequence: Tommy's parents feel Tommy does not really care about their problems.
Norm: It's good to help out your family financially.
Situation: Tommy's parents have accrued debts and don't know how they will solve the issue - they ask Tommy for financial help.
Intention: Tommy wants to help his parents.
Moral consequence: Tommy's parents feel Tommy is supportive and loves them.
Immoral action: Tommy knows his parents need a loan but instead of lending them money, he gives them advice on the best lenders on the market.
Norm: You shouldn't look at someone's bank account without their permission.
Situation: Joey was at his brother's house visiting him in his home office.
Intention: Joey wants to use his brother's computer.
Moral action: Joey gets on his brother's computer and checks the latest news headlines.
Immoral consequence: Joey's brother never lets him use his computer or come into his home office again.
Norm: You shouldn't look at someone's bank account without their permission.
Situation: Joey was at his brother's house visiting him in his home office.
Intention: Joey wants to use his brother's computer.
Moral consequence: Joey's brother tells him to spend as much time on the computer as he needs.
Immoral action: Joey gets on his brother's computer and looks up all his brother's banking information.
Norm: It's wrong to damage another person's property.
Situation: Neighborhood kids on skateboards have been throwing rocks at Jack's car.
Intention: Jack wants to stop the skateboarding kids.
Moral action: Jack tells the kids' parents about their actions.
Immoral consequence: The parents report Jack to the police.