CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to ask a stranger for money.
Situation: Derrick is at the mall shopping for video games but the one he wants is out of his price range.
Intention: Derrick wants to be able to get the game.
Moral consequence: Derrick helps others through hired labor and is able to eventually return and purchase the game.
Immoral action: Derrick begins asking other mall shoppers for any spare money they may have in hopes he gather the difference he needs.
Norm: It is wrong to choose partying over supporting your partner.
Situation: Kyle's girlfriend wants Kyle to accompany her to her grandfathers funeral this Saturday.
Intention: Kyle wants to tailgate with friends for a football game.
Moral action: Kyle goes to the funeral in the morning and attends the second half of the tailgate after it's over.
Immoral consequence: Kyle's girlfriend is upset that he neglected her feels and breaks up with him.
Norm: It is wrong to choose partying over supporting your partner.
Situation: Kyle's girlfriend wants Kyle to accompany her to her grandfathers funeral this Saturday.
Intention: Kyle wants to tailgate with friends for a football game.
Moral consequence: Kyle's girlfriend is happy and feels assured that he cares about her.
Immoral action: Kyle makes an excuse to his girlfriend and goes to the football tailgate with his friends.
Norm: You should approach sensitive topics gently.
Situation: Jeffrey meets up with a group of friends, including Kevin, to let them know he's transitioning into a woman.
Intention: Kevin wants to learn more about Jeffrey's motivation.
Moral action: Kevin thanks Jeffrey for telling him, and asks if he's comfortable being asked some questions about it.
Immoral consequence: Jeffrey is hurt, and feels Kevin can not longer be trusted, and pulls away from him as a friend.
Norm: You should approach sensitive topics gently.
Situation: Jeffrey meets up with a group of friends, including Kevin, to let them know he's transitioning into a woman.
Intention: Kevin wants to learn more about Jeffrey's motivation.
Moral consequence: Jeffrey feels heard and respected, and opens up with more information, and grows closer with Kevin.
Immoral action: Kevin curls his lip and asks if this means he's turning into some kind of faggot.
Norm: It's wrong to want your family to move out.
Situation: Gary's mom moved in with him and his wife and has stayed for longer than planned, and her habits are grating on him.
Intention: Gary wants to stop being annoyed with his mother.
Moral action: Gary tries to compromise with his mom and get her to change her habits if she wants to continue to live with them.
Immoral consequence: Gary's mom is insulted and leaves, and it fractures their relationship for a while.
Norm: It's wrong to want your family to move out.
Situation: Gary's mom moved in with him and his wife and has stayed for longer than planned, and her habits are grating on him.
Intention: Gary wants to stop being annoyed with his mother.
Moral consequence: Gary's mom is unhappy that she is upsetting them, but understands, and they are able to work things out.
Immoral action: Gary gets into a big fight with him mom and demands that she move out immediately.
Norm: You shouldn't be ungrateful toward your kids.
Situation: Lily made breakfast in bed for her dad on Father's Day.
Intention: Lily's dad  wants to respond to her gift.
Moral action: Lily's dad is touched by Lily's gift, gives her a hug as thanks, and eats it with gusto.
Immoral consequence: Lily starts to cry and takes the breakfast back into the kitchen.
Norm: You shouldn't be ungrateful toward your kids.
Situation: Lily made breakfast in bed for her dad on Father's Day.
Intention: Lily's dad  wants to respond to her gift.
Moral consequence: Lily feels happy and proud to see her dad eating the breakfast she made.
Immoral action: Lily's dad tells her he doesn't have time to eat breakfast because he has to go to work.
Norm: It's wrong to do things behind people's backs.
Situation: Kinsley and Tom are a married couple and Tom doesn't like Kinsley's new friend Tiffany, who he thinks is a bad influence on Kinsley.
Intention: Kinsley wants to go out to lunch with Tiffany.
Moral action: Kinsley tells Tom that she's going to go out to lunch with Tiffany and that he's welcome to join them.
Immoral consequence: Tom finds out that Kinsley went out behind his back, and he feels like he was right in thinking that Tiffany has been negatively influencing Kinsley.
Norm: It's wrong to do things behind people's backs.
Situation: Kinsley and Tom are a married couple and Tom doesn't like Kinsley's new friend Tiffany, who he thinks is a bad influence on Kinsley.
Intention: Kinsley wants to go out to lunch with Tiffany.
Moral consequence: Tom accepts the offer and over lunch gets to know Tiffany a bit better, beginning to form a more favorable opinion of her.
Immoral action: Kinsley goes out to lunch with Tiffany without telling Tom, something that she knows he will disapprove of.
Norm: You shouldn't lie about stupid things.
Situation: Chad is talking about TikTok with his friend, and his friend asked him how many followers he has.
Intention: Chad wants to impress his friend.
Moral action: Chad says that he only has 150 followers, but he just started using the app one week ago.
Immoral consequence: Chad's friend is able to find out that he's lying and doesn't understand why he would lie.
Norm: You shouldn't lie about stupid things.
Situation: Chad is talking about TikTok with his friend, and his friend asked him how many followers he has.
Intention: Chad wants to impress his friend.
Moral consequence: Chad's friend is impressed that he has as many followers as he does in such a short period of time.
Immoral action: Chad tells his friend that he has 300,000 followers on TikTok.
Norm: It is not acceptable to bully
Situation: John shares a house with Mindy and Eric and doesn't want any tv on after 11pm.
Intention: John wants everyone in the house to listen to him.
Moral action: John asks Eric and Mindy if they might put their tvs a bit lower after 11pm because he has trouble sleeping.
Immoral consequence: Eric and Mindy respect John less and think about leaving the house.
Norm: It is not acceptable to bully
Situation: John shares a house with Mindy and Eric and doesn't want any tv on after 11pm.
Intention: John wants everyone in the house to listen to him.
Moral consequence: Eric and Mindy respect John and are happy to help John out.
Immoral action: John raises his voice and uses bad language as he informs Eric and Mindy to shut the tv off now.
Norm: It's bad to abandon your significant other.
Situation: Tom just found out that his girlfriend Edna is pregnant with his baby, and he expects that raising it will cost him a lot of money.
Intention: Tom wants to maintain his lifestyle.
Moral action: Tom decides to ask for a promotion at work and begins investing some of his money, so he can increase his income and help Edna raise the baby.
Immoral consequence: Tom is able to live as he was before and Edna has to shoulder all the costs of raising the child.
Norm: It's bad to abandon your significant other.
Situation: Tom just found out that his girlfriend Edna is pregnant with his baby, and he expects that raising it will cost him a lot of money.
Intention: Tom wants to maintain his lifestyle.
Moral consequence: Edna and Tom grow closer and their relationship improves as they raise their child together without having to make financial sacrifices.
Immoral action: Tom packs up and moves to another town, leaving Edna to raise the baby on her own.
Norm: It's bad to profit off of a tragedy.
Situation: Don has information about deadly viruses and drug companies before a pandemic.
Intention: Don wants to make money.
Moral action: Don funds his own research into a vaccine for a deadly virus and sells it so people can get it.
Immoral consequence: Many people die and get sick and people resent Don profusely.
Norm: It's bad to profit off of a tragedy.
Situation: Don has information about deadly viruses and drug companies before a pandemic.
Intention: Don wants to make money.
Moral consequence: Many people are prepared for the pandemic and don't get sick and love Don a lot.
Immoral action: Don works to plant a deadly pandemic while investing in certain drug company's stocks related to the virus.
Norm: You shouldn't be overly distrustful of your romantic partner
Situation: Dan and Jenny are going on vacation with some of their other friends to a resort in Mexico.
Intention: Dan wants to go to dinner with everyone.
Moral action: Dan appreciates that Jenny gets along well with all his friends when they are hanging out during the day.
Immoral consequence: Dan and Jenny get in a big fight that ruins dinner and makes everyone uncomfortable.
Norm: You shouldn't be overly distrustful of your romantic partner
Situation: Dan and Jenny are going on vacation with some of their other friends to a resort in Mexico.
Intention: Dan wants to go to dinner with everyone.
Moral consequence: Dan's friends love Jenny, and they enjoy their trip.
Immoral action: Dan sees Jenny laughing and drinking at the bar with one of their male friends and accuses them of sleeping together.
Norm: You shouldn't be a slut.
Situation: Mary has been having sexual urges while her boyfriend Dan has been away on military deployment.
Intention: Mary wants to satisfy her sexual urges.
Moral action: Mary buys a vibrator to deal with her sexual urges.
Immoral consequence: Dan eventually finds out and breaks up with Mary for being unfaithful.
Norm: You shouldn't be a slut.
Situation: Mary has been having sexual urges while her boyfriend Dan has been away on military deployment.
Intention: Mary wants to satisfy her sexual urges.
Moral consequence: Dan is glad that Mary was able to stay faithful.
Immoral action: Mary has sex with a lot of Dan's friends while he's gone.
Norm: It's wrong to judge people by their race.
Situation: Roger is a loan officer at a bank, and an ambitious, millennial, African American couple, Shaun and Tamra, come in asking for a small business loan.
Intention: Roger wants to perform his job.
Moral action: Roger takes note of their ambition and sees potential and goes ahead and approves their loan.
Immoral consequence: Shaun and Tamra aren't able to start their business venture and think Roger is a racist.
Norm: It's wrong to judge people by their race.
Situation: Roger is a loan officer at a bank, and an ambitious, millennial, African American couple, Shaun and Tamra, come in asking for a small business loan.
Intention: Roger wants to perform his job.
Moral consequence: Shaun and Tamra are able to start up a successful business and appreciate Roger.
Immoral action: Roger assumes because Shaun and Tamra are young and black, that they would default on the loan and doesn't approve them.
Norm: It's good to try to talk through disagreements.
Situation: Zelda is having an argument with her friend over how they should solve a puzzle.
Intention: Zelda wants to show her way is the right solution.
Moral action: Zelda demonstrates to her friend how the solution she has in mind would actually indeed work.
Immoral consequence: Zelda's friend feels left out and spurned so their tiff continues later on.
Norm: It's good to try to talk through disagreements.
Situation: Zelda is having an argument with her friend over how they should solve a puzzle.
Intention: Zelda wants to show her way is the right solution.
Moral consequence: Zelda's friend comes to understand things from Zelda's perspective, and they move on.
Immoral action: Zelda tells her friend to leave her alone and that she will just do the puzzle herself.
Norm: It's wrong to disobey your boss.
Situation: Emmy's boss wants her to spy on a rival business to find out what they're doing differently.
Intention: Emmy has to respond to her boss.
Moral action: Emmy agrees to spy on the company and learns a lot of big secrets.
Immoral consequence: Emmy's boss doesn't think Emmy is dedicated enough and thinks about firing her.
Norm: It's wrong to disobey your boss.
Situation: Emmy's boss wants her to spy on a rival business to find out what they're doing differently.
Intention: Emmy has to respond to her boss.
Moral consequence: Emmy's boss is proud of her and thinks about giving her a pay raise.
Immoral action: Emmy refuses to spy on anyone because she says it goes against her values.
Norm: It's wrong to refuse to leave somewhere you don't belong.
Situation: Charles wanders onto private property and is asked to leave by the owner of the property.
Intention: Charles wants to respond to the owner.
Moral action: Charles apologizes to the owner and quickly vacates the private property.
Immoral consequence: Charles gets arrested by the police and is forcefully removed.
Norm: It's wrong to refuse to leave somewhere you don't belong.
Situation: Charles wanders onto private property and is asked to leave by the owner of the property.
Intention: Charles wants to respond to the owner.
Moral consequence: Charles enjoys the rest of his day without any further issues.
Immoral action: Charles plants his foot and refuses to budge an inch.
Norm: It's wrong to never give to charity.
Situation: Tom is walking with his groceries out of the store when he bumps into a charity worker at a table asking for donations.
Intention: Tom wants to save his money.
Moral action: Tom stops and gives what he can afford to the charity worker while saving the rest.
Immoral consequence: The charity worker is saddened and feels Tom doesn't care about others.
Norm: It's wrong to never give to charity.
Situation: Tom is walking with his groceries out of the store when he bumps into a charity worker at a table asking for donations.
Intention: Tom wants to save his money.
Moral consequence: The charity worker is very happy and grateful and thinks well of Tom.
Immoral action: Tom pretends not to see the charity worker and walks briskly to his car.
Norm: It is nice to offer a customer a good experience.
Situation: Janet works at a call center for a health insurance company, and is on the line with an angry caller, Kevin, who was double charged this month.
Intention: Janet wants to find out why Kevin was charged twice.
Moral action: Janet is understanding and sympathetic of Kevin's frustration, and let's him know it was a billing error that is now resolved.
Immoral consequence: Kevin gets more angry and reports Janet to her boss who then writes her up.
Norm: It is nice to offer a customer a good experience.
Situation: Janet works at a call center for a health insurance company, and is on the line with an angry caller, Kevin, who was double charged this month.
Intention: Janet wants to find out why Kevin was charged twice.
Moral consequence: Kevin appreciates Janet's professionalism and calls her boss to say he was pleased with his experience.
Immoral action: Janet finds an error made with his billing and corrects it, but because she doesn't like Kevin's attitude, hangs up without telling him it was fixed.
Norm: It is wrong to commit statutory rape.
Situation: Tony, who is eighteen, is dating a sixteen-year-old named Lisa, and they have been getting more serious about each other lately.
Intention: Tony wants to express his deep love for Lisa.
Moral action: Tony writes a poem for Lisa to express his deep love to her, and he asks her to commit to a long term relationship with him.
Immoral consequence: Lisa's parents find out about the sexual contact and call the police to report that their underage daughter was taken advantage of by an older boy.
Norm: It is wrong to commit statutory rape.
Situation: Tony, who is eighteen, is dating a sixteen-year-old named Lisa, and they have been getting more serious about each other lately.
Intention: Tony wants to express his deep love for Lisa.
Moral consequence: Lisa responds with her commitment to Tony, and they wait until the appropriate time before having sex for the first time.
Immoral action: Tony initiates sexual contact with Lisa for the first time.
Norm: It's bad to cheat at games.
Situation: William is hanging out at home with some of his friends, playing a card game.
Intention: William wants to win the game.
Moral action: William spends time analyzing his friends' moves as well as the cards that have been played, and uses this information to make a smart decision which wins him the game.
Immoral consequence: Based on his behavior, William's friends suspect that he cheated in order to win and refuse to play any more games with him.
Norm: It's bad to cheat at games.
Situation: William is hanging out at home with some of his friends, playing a card game.
Intention: William wants to win the game.
Moral consequence: Williams friends are impressed with his performance and ask him for some tips on how to play the game better.
Immoral action: William takes a quick glance at his friend's card when she isn't paying attention and uses this information to win the game.
Norm: It is not acceptable to stare at others.
Situation: Frank is at a local bar when he sees an attractive woman at a table across the room.
Intention: Frank wants to attract the woman's attention.
Moral action: Frank approaches the woman and asks if he can buy her a drink.
Immoral consequence: The woman sees Frank staring and finds it creepy, so she leaves the bar without speaking to him.
Norm: It is not acceptable to stare at others.
Situation: Frank is at a local bar when he sees an attractive woman at a table across the room.
Intention: Frank wants to attract the woman's attention.
Moral consequence: The woman accepts Frank's offer, and they enjoy chatting while having a drink together.
Immoral action: Frank stares directly at the attractive woman until she notices him.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to people about having a disease.
Situation: Jarold needs money and is thinking about claiming he has cancer in order to solicit donations.
Intention: Jarold wants to consider saying he has cancer.
Moral action: Jarold resists claiming how he has cancer and looks for a more proper way to make money.
Immoral consequence: Eventually Jarold's lie gets discovered, and he runs into legal problems.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to people about having a disease.
Situation: Jarold needs money and is thinking about claiming he has cancer in order to solicit donations.
Intention: Jarold wants to consider saying he has cancer.
Moral consequence: Jarold manages to make some money without resorting to lies.
Immoral action: Jarold tells everyone he has cancer in order to get some donations.
Norm: You shouldn't assume the worst about your children
Situation: Paul is at home when his son Jim comes home and tells him he got into a fight at school.
Intention: Paul wants to discourage Jim from violence.
Moral action: Paul tells Jim that no matter what occurred that violence isn't the answer and if Jim tells him the details they can talk about what to do next time.
Immoral consequence: Jim is sad that his dad thinks he was the attacker before even hearing the rest of the story and is confused how to proceed.
Norm: You shouldn't assume the worst about your children
Situation: Paul is at home when his son Jim comes home and tells him he got into a fight at school.
Intention: Paul wants to discourage Jim from violence.
Moral consequence: Jim is eager to tell his dad the details and learn from the experience but already begins to understand that fighting is wrong.
Immoral action: Paul tells Jim that it's not good that he's attacking smaller children and beating them up, and he needs to stop.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat on tests.
Situation: Vanessa is good at math but her friend Sally is bad at math and if she fails the next math test she will have to repeat the grade.
Intention: Vanessa wants Sally to pass the test.
Moral action: Vanessa offers to help Sally study for the test and teach her what she doesn't know.
Immoral consequence: Sally and Vanessa both get caught and are suspended from school for cheating.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat on tests.
Situation: Vanessa is good at math but her friend Sally is bad at math and if she fails the next math test she will have to repeat the grade.
Intention: Vanessa wants Sally to pass the test.
Moral consequence: Sally understands math better and ends up improving her math grades in general.
Immoral action: Vanessa offers to let Sally copy off her during the math test.
Norm: You should not make career choices for someone else.
Situation: Rita and her son are talking about careers and her son says he dreams of being an astronaut.
Intention: Rita wants her son to be happy and successful.
Moral action: Rita tells her son to always follow his dreams wherever they may lead.
Immoral consequence: Rita's son thinks Rita doesn't listen to him, and he loses confidence in his dreams.
Norm: You should not make career choices for someone else.
Situation: Rita and her son are talking about careers and her son says he dreams of being an astronaut.
Intention: Rita wants her son to be happy and successful.
Moral consequence: Rita's son feels happy and closer to Rita and pursues his dream.
Immoral action: Rita tells her son astronauts are not practical, and he needs to be a doctor.
Norm: It's not okay to be reckless in life.
Situation: Dan saved up quite a bit of money in his life and goes to the casino with some friends.
Intention: Dan wants to decide on how much money he will risk at the casino.
Moral action: Dan chooses a reasonable amount of money to play with during his time in the casino.
Immoral consequence: Dan loses all of his life savings and becomes severely depressed.
Norm: It's not okay to be reckless in life.
Situation: Dan saved up quite a bit of money in his life and goes to the casino with some friends.
Intention: Dan wants to decide on how much money he will risk at the casino.
Moral consequence: Dan enjoys a wonderful time at the casino with his friends.
Immoral action: Dan decides to risk his entire life savings at the casino.
Norm: It's wrong to pick on other people
Situation: Kyle, who is paralyzed in a wheelchair is at his first day of high school, and Jason see's him wheeling up.
Intention: Jason wants to say something to Kyle.
Moral action: Jason introduces himself to Kyle and offers to show him around the campus.
Immoral consequence: Kyle's feelings are hurt because he wanted to make friends on his first day, but was made fun of instead.
Norm: It's wrong to pick on other people
Situation: Kyle, who is paralyzed in a wheelchair is at his first day of high school, and Jason see's him wheeling up.
Intention: Jason wants to say something to Kyle.
Moral consequence: Kyle hits it off with Jason and feels good having made a new friend on his first day.
Immoral action: Jason approaches Kyle and sarcastically says, you can hide, but you can't run.
Norm: It's OK to avoid seeing an ex-partner on social media.
Situation: After breaking up with Jill, Joe joins a social media website to find new friends.
Intention: Joe wants to add people to his social media account.
Moral action: Joe blocks Jill's account the moment he sees it on the website.
Immoral consequence: Joe gets depressed when Jill doesn't accept his friend request.
Norm: It's OK to avoid seeing an ex-partner on social media.
Situation: After breaking up with Jill, Joe joins a social media website to find new friends.
Intention: Joe wants to add people to his social media account.
Moral consequence: Joe makes new friends on the website and forgets about Jill.
Immoral action: Joe comes across Jill's profile and tries to add her as a friend.
Norm: It's bad to be rude to people serving you.
Situation: Karen and Tammy are eating lunch at the Olive Garden, and Karen gets brought the wrong dish by the server.
Intention: Karen wants the mistake to be fixed.
Moral action: Karen points out the mistake to the server without causing a scene.
Immoral consequence: The server gets in trouble and Karen takes advantage of the situation to get a free meal.
Norm: It's bad to be rude to people serving you.
Situation: Karen and Tammy are eating lunch at the Olive Garden, and Karen gets brought the wrong dish by the server.
Intention: Karen wants the mistake to be fixed.
Moral consequence: The server feels bad and does his best to remedy the situation and give Karen great service.
Immoral action: Karen asks to speak to the manager and tells them that the server did not do his job properly.