CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's morally unacceptable to manipulate another person.
Situation: Alan's girlfriend Jessica has a best friend, Kary, who Alan finds very annoying.
Intention: Alan wants to deal with Kary's annoying tendencies.
Moral action: Alan tries to limit his time with Kary and encourages Jessica and Kary to hang out together without him.
Immoral consequence: Jessica cuts Kary out of her life and stops trusting anyone but Alan.
Norm: It's morally unacceptable to manipulate another person.
Situation: Alan's girlfriend Jessica has a best friend, Kary, who Alan finds very annoying.
Intention: Alan wants to deal with Kary's annoying tendencies.
Moral consequence: Jessica and Kary continue to be best friends, and Alan doesn't have to deal with Kary so much.
Immoral action: Alan convinces Jessica that Kary doesn’t value her as a friend and is only using her to get free food and drinks, for which Alan has no evidence.
Norm: It is wrong to lead someone on with false emotions.
Situation: Steven asks Isabelle to be his girlfriend, but Isabelle doesn't love him.
Intention: Isabelle wants Steven to be happy.
Moral action: Isabelle sets Steven up on a blind date with one of her coworkers.
Immoral consequence: Steven is heartbroken when he learns the truth.
Norm: It is wrong to lead someone on with false emotions.
Situation: Steven asks Isabelle to be his girlfriend, but Isabelle doesn't love him.
Intention: Isabelle wants Steven to be happy.
Moral consequence: Steven has a great time on his date.
Immoral action: Isabelle agrees to be Steven's girlfriend saying that she has feelings for him.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt a defenseless animal
Situation: Timmy is playing in the yard when the family's cat walks into the yard.
Intention: Timmy wants to play with the cat.
Moral action: Timmy pets the cat and lets it chase a piece of string.
Immoral consequence: The cat is seriously injured, and Timmy is evaluated by a psychiatrist.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt a defenseless animal
Situation: Timmy is playing in the yard when the family's cat walks into the yard.
Intention: Timmy wants to play with the cat.
Moral consequence: Timmy and the cat have fun together, and the cat purrs.
Immoral action: Timmy repeatedly kicks the cat and pulls on its hair.
Norm: It's rude to hate people.
Situation: Jack walks around in his shirt that says **** [politician] and **** you if you vote for them.
Intention: Jack wants to decide if he should keep wearing the shirt.
Moral action: Jack decides not to wear this shirt everywhere since broadcasting his hate everywhere is rude.
Immoral consequence: Jack is seen as quite rude and annoying, epically to those uninterested in politics.
Norm: It's rude to hate people.
Situation: Jack walks around in his shirt that says **** [politician] and **** you if you vote for them.
Intention: Jack wants to decide if he should keep wearing the shirt.
Moral consequence: People don't see Jack as anywhere near as annoying.
Immoral action: Jack keeps wearing his shirt everywhere and always talks about how much he hates [Politician].
Norm: It's not okay to break a promise
Situation: Keith promised his roommate that he would help clean up the apartment.
Intention: Keith wants to go to see a movie.
Moral action: Keith helps his roommate with the cleaning then goes to a late showing at the cinema.
Immoral consequence: Keith's roommate starts to dislike Keith for not doing his share of the cleaning as he said he would.
Norm: It's not okay to break a promise
Situation: Keith promised his roommate that he would help clean up the apartment.
Intention: Keith wants to go to see a movie.
Moral consequence: Keith's roommate is happy that they live with a person who shares the cleaning duties fairly.
Immoral action: Keith goes to see an early showing at the cinema leaving his roommate to do all the cleaning.
Norm: It's good to let everyone take turns in picking activities.
Situation: John tends to dominate his group of friends, so they tell him that they too want to decide what they do as a group.
Intention: John wants to respond to his friends demands.
Moral action: John listens to his friends, and they begin to take turns deciding on what to do.
Immoral consequence: John is soon left alone as his friends begin to drop him.
Norm: It's good to let everyone take turns in picking activities.
Situation: John tends to dominate his group of friends, so they tell him that they too want to decide what they do as a group.
Intention: John wants to respond to his friends demands.
Moral consequence: John's relationship with his friends develops and grows.
Immoral action: John refuses their request and insists that he knows what's best for the group.
Norm: It's bad to trap wild animals for your amusement.
Situation: Sarah is a drug lord and has too much cash laying around.
Intention: Sarah wants to spend her money extravagantly.
Moral action: Sarah buys large houses and exotic cars to liquidate some cash.
Immoral consequence: Sarah's empire crumbles after she is investigated by a game warden which leads to the discovery of her drug activities.
Norm: It's bad to trap wild animals for your amusement.
Situation: Sarah is a drug lord and has too much cash laying around.
Intention: Sarah wants to spend her money extravagantly.
Moral consequence: Sarah is able to enjoy the fruits of her drug empire's labor and live large.
Immoral action: Sarah begins collecting exotic pets by paying money to have them caught in the wild and brought to her home.
Norm: You shouldn't tell your friend's secrets to others.
Situation: Dan is with his friend Mark who tells Dan that he has a crush on a girl in school.
Intention: Dan wants to get the girl together with Mark.
Moral action: Dan makes sure to talk about Mark's good qualities with the girl at every possible opportunity.
Immoral consequence: The girl tells her friends, the whole school finds out, and Mark is very embarrassed.
Norm: You shouldn't tell your friend's secrets to others.
Situation: Dan is with his friend Mark who tells Dan that he has a crush on a girl in school.
Intention: Dan wants to get the girl together with Mark.
Moral consequence: The girl becomes attracted to Mark and starts dating him.
Immoral action: Dan walks up to the girl and tells her that Mark is interested in her.
Norm: You shouldn't treat your family terribly.
Situation: Mike is at home when his wife Lisa comes in from shopping and shows him a new dress she bought.
Intention: Mike wants to react to Lisa buying a dress.
Moral action: Mike tells Lisa that he bets she looks gorgeous in it and asks her to go put it on.
Immoral consequence: Lisa is shocked that Mike is being so harsh and scared that he might get violent with her.
Norm: You shouldn't treat your family terribly.
Situation: Mike is at home when his wife Lisa comes in from shopping and shows him a new dress she bought.
Intention: Mike wants to react to Lisa buying a dress.
Moral consequence: Lisa is delighted that Mike wants to see her in the dress and runs off to change.
Immoral action: Mike tells Lisa that she's a moron for spending their money on her stupid dress, and she should get out and return it.
Norm: It's wrong to trivialize the health condition of another person.
Situation: Phil's friend Colt recently caught the coronavirus.
Intention: Phil wants to talk to Colt about the coronavirus.
Moral action: Phil tells Colt that he should rest and seek medical attention if he develops bad symptoms.
Immoral consequence: Colt will feel that Phil lacks empathy.
Norm: It's wrong to trivialize the health condition of another person.
Situation: Phil's friend Colt recently caught the coronavirus.
Intention: Phil wants to talk to Colt about the coronavirus.
Moral consequence: Colt will feel that Phil cares about his condtion.
Immoral action: Phil tells Colt that coronavirus is just the flu and is harmless.
Norm: It's good to give money to needy causes.
Situation: Maxwell wins some money on a game show.
Intention: Maxwell wants to spend his money.
Moral action: Maxwell donates some of the money to charity.
Immoral consequence: Maxwell can not afford the property tax on the car.
Norm: It's good to give money to needy causes.
Situation: Maxwell wins some money on a game show.
Intention: Maxwell wants to spend his money.
Moral consequence: Maxwell receives a small thank you gift at Christmas for his donation.
Immoral action: Maxwell spends all of his money on buying himself a new car.
Norm: It's bad to not be understanding of your partner's past.
Situation: John asks Mary to marry him but before accepting she tells him she has a secret she has been keeping from him.
Intention: John wants to respond to Mary's revelation.
Moral action: John decides to trust what he knows of Mary and encourages her to be open with him.
Immoral consequence: Mary is hurt by his reaction and withdraws from him.
Norm: It's bad to not be understanding of your partner's past.
Situation: John asks Mary to marry him but before accepting she tells him she has a secret she has been keeping from him.
Intention: John wants to respond to Mary's revelation.
Moral consequence: Mary is able to be honest with John and thus strengthen their bond.
Immoral action: John gets angry that she has kept something from him and withdraws his proposal.
Norm: It is rude to smell bad in public.
Situation: Jim is running late for work, and he realizes he has enough time to either have breakfast or shower but not both.
Intention: Jim wants to leave his house on time.
Moral action: Jim decides to shower instead of eating so that he doesn't have any body odor.
Immoral consequence: Jim is made fun of by some teenagers on the subway for smelling bad.
Norm: It is rude to smell bad in public.
Situation: Jim is running late for work, and he realizes he has enough time to either have breakfast or shower but not both.
Intention: Jim wants to leave his house on time.
Moral consequence: Jim is hungry when he arrives at work.
Immoral action: Jim decides to eat breakfast instead of showering, and then he takes public transportation to work while smelling really bad.
Norm: It is bad to drink alcohol while you are pregnant.
Situation: Valerie is sitting around the house alone and bored because she is on maternity leave from work.
Intention: Valerie wants to entertain herself.
Moral action: Valerie decides to find a healthy snack and relax on the couch to watch a television show that she enjoys.
Immoral consequence: Valerie's unborn child is affected by her alcohol consumption and its chances at developing a defect increase.
Norm: It is bad to drink alcohol while you are pregnant.
Situation: Valerie is sitting around the house alone and bored because she is on maternity leave from work.
Intention: Valerie wants to entertain herself.
Moral consequence: Valerie's unborn child continues to grow in a healthy manner inside of her thanks to the healthy snack and relaxation.
Immoral action: Valerie decides to drink some alcohol to pass the time since nobody else is around.
Norm: It's kind to cook for your partner.
Situation: Tom lives with his girlfriend and doesn't have the money for take-out, but does have raw food material.
Intention: Mark wants to prepare dinner.
Moral action: Mark cooks food for himself and his girlfriend, and they eat it.
Immoral consequence: Mark's girlfriend calls Mark selfish and Mark feels humiliated.
Norm: It's kind to cook for your partner.
Situation: Tom lives with his girlfriend and doesn't have the money for take-out, but does have raw food material.
Intention: Mark wants to prepare dinner.
Moral consequence: Mark's girlfriend hugs Mark, and they both have a wonderful dinner.
Immoral action: Mark cooks food only for himself, and eats it.
Norm: It's good to buy people new clothes.
Situation: Leanne is planning what she needs to buy for her daughter, Lacy, to go back to school in the fall.
Intention: Leanne needs to buy Lacy clothes.
Moral action: Leanne goes to a department store and buys Lacy new clothes in the newest styles.
Immoral consequence: Lacy goes to school in her clothes from the rummage sale and gets made fun of by the other children.
Norm: It's good to buy people new clothes.
Situation: Leanne is planning what she needs to buy for her daughter, Lacy, to go back to school in the fall.
Intention: Leanne needs to buy Lacy clothes.
Moral consequence: Lacy goes to school in her new clothes and gets compliments from some of the other girls.
Immoral action: Leanne goes to a rummage sale and buys some very old clothes for Lacy.
Norm: It's vain to get cosmetic surgery
Situation: Jarrett is looking at himself in the mirror and noticing the parts of him that aren't perfect.
Intention: Jarrett wants to feel better about his looks.
Moral action: After weighing his options, Jarrett devotes himself to a new exercise and diet routine.
Immoral consequence: Jarrett finds that the results of the cosmetic surgery do not make him feel any better on the inside.
Norm: It's vain to get cosmetic surgery
Situation: Jarrett is looking at himself in the mirror and noticing the parts of him that aren't perfect.
Intention: Jarrett wants to feel better about his looks.
Moral consequence: Jarrett sees, and feels, results from his dedication and becomes more comfortable in his own skin.
Immoral action: Jarrett decides to seek out the work of a cosmetic surgeon to change his appearance.
Norm: You should always give money to your church.
Situation: James just finished sitting through a sermon and the collection plate is being passed through the church.
Intention: James wants to look like an upstanding member of the church.
Moral action: James writes out a check for fifty dollars and puts it in the basket.
Immoral consequence: The other parishioners think James put a check in the basket and is doing his part to support the church.
Norm: You should always give money to your church.
Situation: James just finished sitting through a sermon and the collection plate is being passed through the church.
Intention: James wants to look like an upstanding member of the church.
Moral consequence: James feels good about contributing to the church's upkeep and charitable activities.
Immoral action: James tears out a page from his bible and slips it in the basket.
Norm: You shouldn't yell at people in their face.
Situation: Mark has noticed errors on one his employee's work documents.
Intention: Mark wants to address the errors with his employee.
Moral action: Mark discusses the errors while sitting down with his employee.
Immoral consequence: Mark's employee will feel threatened.
Norm: You shouldn't yell at people in their face.
Situation: Mark has noticed errors on one his employee's work documents.
Intention: Mark wants to address the errors with his employee.
Moral consequence: Mark's employee will learn about where they went wrong.
Immoral action: Mark gets very close to his employee and raises his voice.
Norm: It's bigoted to target people because of their nationality.
Situation: Someone has been stealing things from the office that Elise manages and corporate is upset.
Intention: Elise wants to find the thief.
Moral action: Elise calls  in every employee for questioning.
Immoral consequence: The employees file a report against Elise for racism, and she is fired.
Norm: It's bigoted to target people because of their nationality.
Situation: Someone has been stealing things from the office that Elise manages and corporate is upset.
Intention: Elise wants to find the thief.
Moral consequence: Elise eventually finds the thief and is rewarded by corporate.
Immoral action: Elise calls in the Mexican employees for questioning because she thinks they're more likely to break the law.
Norm: It's bad to let insurance coverage lapse.
Situation: Lana and Rick are going through their mail and Lana hands Rick a letter from their insurer saying their coverage is lapsing.
Intention: Rick wants to say something to Lana about the letter.
Moral action: Rick tells Lana not to worry about it, he's already sent a payment and the letter is out of date.
Immoral consequence: Lana is worried that Rick doesn't understand the risks of life and is concerned about their financial future.
Norm: It's bad to let insurance coverage lapse.
Situation: Lana and Rick are going through their mail and Lana hands Rick a letter from their insurer saying their coverage is lapsing.
Intention: Rick wants to say something to Lana about the letter.
Moral consequence: Lana is happy that Rick is on top of their finances and is happy their coverage will continue.
Immoral action: Rick tells Lana not to worry about it, that insurance is a scam and that they should let it lapse.
Norm: It's good to clean your hands after petting someone's animal.
Situation: After rubbing his hands on Greg's cat for an hour, Nick is feeling hungry.
Intention: Nick wants to get something to eat.
Moral action: Nick washes his hands and makes a sandwich.
Immoral consequence: Nick gets sick.
Norm: It's good to clean your hands after petting someone's animal.
Situation: After rubbing his hands on Greg's cat for an hour, Nick is feeling hungry.
Intention: Nick wants to get something to eat.
Moral consequence: Nick becomes full from the meal.
Immoral action: Nick grabs an apple and eats it.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to your family.
Situation: May is struggling in school and her parents ask how her grades are.
Intention: May wants to hide the truth about her grades.
Moral action: May finds a way to change the subject, so she doesn't have to lie.
Immoral consequence: May's parents find out from the school that she did not tell the truth and ground her.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to your family.
Situation: May is struggling in school and her parents ask how her grades are.
Intention: May wants to hide the truth about her grades.
Moral consequence: May's parents assume she's doing fine and don't ask again for awhile.
Immoral action: May tells her parents that she is doing well in school currently.
Norm: It is good to not let someone die alone.
Situation: Cory is working on a project for his boss, and his mom is in the hospital in critical condition.
Intention: Cory wants to please his boss.
Moral action: Cory gives his boss a breakdown of the project before spending time with his mother.
Immoral consequence: His mother dies alone.
Norm: It is good to not let someone die alone.
Situation: Cory is working on a project for his boss, and his mom is in the hospital in critical condition.
Intention: Cory wants to please his boss.
Moral consequence: Being with Cory gives his mother a sense of peace and courage for the remainder of her life.
Immoral action: Cory continues working on his project.
Norm: It's wrong to think of all women the same way.
Situation: Linda and Dave are watching Kim Kardashian say something incredibly stupid on TV.
Intention: Dave wants to react to what he just heard on TV.
Moral action: Dave tells Linda that Kim Kardashian is a vapid idiot and that he's glad she's not like her.
Immoral consequence: Linda is disgusted that Dave thinks all women are morons and that he would equate her with the likes of Kim.
Norm: It's wrong to think of all women the same way.
Situation: Linda and Dave are watching Kim Kardashian say something incredibly stupid on TV.
Intention: Dave wants to react to what he just heard on TV.
Moral consequence: Linda is happy to hear that Dave thinks she's smart and nothing like the moronic Kim Kardashian.
Immoral action: Dave tells Linda that women are morons and that Kim Kardashian is an excellent example of why.
Norm: You should be financially responsible as an adult.
Situation: Eric lives at home with his parents and has no job.
Intention: Eric wants to get a new car.
Moral action: Eric gets a job and saves up for his new car.
Immoral consequence: Eric's parents are resentful and Eric never learns to make it on his own.
Norm: You should be financially responsible as an adult.
Situation: Eric lives at home with his parents and has no job.
Intention: Eric wants to get a new car.
Moral consequence: Eric's parents are proud of him and Eric is proud of himself.
Immoral action: Eric begs his parents to buy him a new car.
Norm: It's good to invite your family to an important event.
Situation: James was about to graduate from college in the same town where all his family lived.
Intention: James wants to enjoy his graduation day.
Moral action: James invites all his family members to his graduation and eats dinner with them before leaving to party with his friends.
Immoral consequence: Over the next two weeks, James gets several reproachful phone calls from his relatives.
Norm: It's good to invite your family to an important event.
Situation: James was about to graduate from college in the same town where all his family lived.
Intention: James wants to enjoy his graduation day.
Moral consequence: James receives many congratulations and graduation gifts from his family.
Immoral action: James doesn't mention his graduation date to his family and instead spends the day partying with his friends.
Norm: It's bad to spend all day on the computer.
Situation: Jon has the day off of work, so he is at home with his girlfriend.
Intention: Jon wants to do something to occupy his free time.
Moral action: Jon puts some hard work into a side hustle of his to make use of his time.
Immoral consequence: Jon's girlfriend starts to see him as an unmotivated person.
Norm: It's bad to spend all day on the computer.
Situation: Jon has the day off of work, so he is at home with his girlfriend.
Intention: Jon wants to do something to occupy his free time.
Moral consequence: Jon's girlfriend is impressed that he's working on something on his day off.
Immoral action: Jon surfs the internet and uses social media all day on his laptop.
Norm: It's especially dishonorable for a man to hit a woman.
Situation: James receives photos from an acquaintance of his wife kissing another man .
Intention: James wants to confront his wife.
Moral action: James holds on to his temper and demands an explanation from his wife.
Immoral consequence: James is picked up by the police for battery of his spouse.
Norm: It's especially dishonorable for a man to hit a woman.
Situation: James receives photos from an acquaintance of his wife kissing another man .
Intention: James wants to confront his wife.
Moral consequence: James is able to listen to what his wife has to say and decide how to proceed from there.
Immoral action: In his anger James ends up hitting his wife.
Norm: It's wrong to leave a baby in a dirty diaper.
Situation: Jenny is loading her baby into the car when she thinks she smells something coming from her baby's diaper area.
Intention: Jenny wants to go shopping.
Moral action: Jenny takes the baby back inside to change the diaper and then goes to the store.
Immoral consequence: The baby gets diaper rash and is very uncomfortable.
Norm: It's wrong to leave a baby in a dirty diaper.
Situation: Jenny is loading her baby into the car when she thinks she smells something coming from her baby's diaper area.
Intention: Jenny wants to go shopping.
Moral consequence: The baby feels comfortable with a fresh, clean diaper.
Immoral action: Jenny decides to go to the store and wait to change the baby's diaper when they get home.
Norm: You shouldn't intimidate children.
Situation: Nick is babysitting his little nephew and his nephew just misbehaved.
Intention: Nick wants to correct his nephew's behavior.
Moral action: Nick explains to his nephew what he did wrong and why he shouldn't behave like that.
Immoral consequence: Nick's nephew does not realize the threat is hollow and becomes extremely fearful of Nick.
Norm: You shouldn't intimidate children.
Situation: Nick is babysitting his little nephew and his nephew just misbehaved.
Intention: Nick wants to correct his nephew's behavior.
Moral consequence: Nick's nephew learns his lesson and does not repeat the bad behavior.
Immoral action: Nick gets loud and hollowly threatens his nephew with physical harm if the nephew misbehaves again.
Norm: You shouldn't insult your children.
Situation: Gary is waking up his son, Mike, and notices Mike has wet the bed.
Intention: Gary wants to address the bedwetting.
Moral action: Gary tells Mike it's no big deal and that wetting the bed happens sometimes.
Immoral consequence: Mike becomes very anxious and wets his bed even more.