CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't threaten your dad.
Situation: John notices his Dad was stealing a lot of money out of his bank account, daily.
Intention: John wants his Dad to stop stealing his money.
Moral consequence: John's dad heard John out and stops stealing, and they both connect more in the future.
Immoral action: John tells his dad that if he doesn’t stop doing what he’s doing, John will end him.
Norm: It's good to help friends when they need it
Situation: John lives with Eric, his friend, and Eric needs a ride to the store.
Intention: John wants to watch a movie at home tonight.
Moral action: John drives Eric to the store and tells him he will pick him up later when the movie is over.
Immoral consequence: Eric will resent John and not help him when he needs help in the future.
Norm: It's good to help friends when they need it
Situation: John lives with Eric, his friend, and Eric needs a ride to the store.
Intention: John wants to watch a movie at home tonight.
Moral consequence: Eric likes John more and will help him in the future too.
Immoral action: John ignores Eric and puts the volume up loud on his movie as he watches from the couch.
Norm: You shouldn't disturb people at night.
Situation: The work day is over but Tanya realizes that there is an urgent document she needs that her employee Michael would usually handle for her.
Intention: Tanya wants the document as soon as possible.
Moral action: Tanya decides to complete the document herself, so she doesn't disturb Michael.
Immoral consequence: Michael does the work but is unhappy with Tanya's management and begins looking for another job.
Norm: You shouldn't disturb people at night.
Situation: The work day is over but Tanya realizes that there is an urgent document she needs that her employee Michael would usually handle for her.
Intention: Tanya wants the document as soon as possible.
Moral consequence: Tanya does not overstep boundaries with Michael and keeps a good employee.
Immoral action: Tanya calls Michael at home and asks him to complete the document that night.
Norm: It is reasonable to enforce your company’s policy.
Situation: Vance owns a video game company that is experiencing piracy, which it does not allow.
Intention: Vance wants to address the pirating of the games.
Moral action: Vance says the people that pirate games will be sued by the company.
Immoral consequence: The pirates will not be stopped and the company will lose money.
Norm: It is reasonable to enforce your company’s policy.
Situation: Vance owns a video game company that is experiencing piracy, which it does not allow.
Intention: Vance wants to address the pirating of the games.
Moral consequence: The pirates will avoid pirating games by  the company and the company will have legal sales.
Immoral action: Vance says that some people may take the games for free.
Norm: It's impolite not to open the door for someone.
Situation: Barry was walking into the hotel and Sally was walking in after him.
Intention: Barry wants to open the door.
Moral action: Barry opens the door for himself and holds it open for Sally to go through.
Immoral consequence: The door swings shut and hits Sally in the face and breaks her nose.
Norm: It's impolite not to open the door for someone.
Situation: Barry was walking into the hotel and Sally was walking in after him.
Intention: Barry wants to open the door.
Moral consequence: Sally is grateful that she doesn't have to open the door herself.
Immoral action: Barry opens the door for himself and lets it close behind him.
Norm: It's not okay to throw someone's things outside.
Situation: Ben keeps putting his dirty clothes into Louis' hamper and Louis is tired of it.
Intention: Louis wants to keep Ben's clothes separate from his.
Moral action: Louis buys Ben his own hamper and tells Ben to use that instead.
Immoral consequence: Ben gets mad at Louis for throwing his clothes outside, and Louis shouts back that Ben should wash his own clothes.
Norm: It's not okay to throw someone's things outside.
Situation: Ben keeps putting his dirty clothes into Louis' hamper and Louis is tired of it.
Intention: Louis wants to keep Ben's clothes separate from his.
Moral consequence: Ben pays back Louis for the hamper and starts putting his dirty clothes in his own hamper.
Immoral action: Louis decides to throw out Ben's clothes that were in his hamper into the lawn.
Norm: You shouldn't put all the responsibility on certain family members.
Situation: Anne has decided to live with her parents while she is attending college.
Intention: Anne wants to save money to pay tuition.
Moral action: Anne agrees on a small amount of rent to pay her parents each month.
Immoral consequence: Anne's parents have a difficult time making ends meet and are struggling.
Norm: You shouldn't put all the responsibility on certain family members.
Situation: Anne has decided to live with her parents while she is attending college.
Intention: Anne wants to save money to pay tuition.
Moral consequence: Anne's parents are able to cover her costs with the rent she pays.
Immoral action: Anne relies fully on her parents to pay for all her living expenses.
Norm: It is wrong to abandon your friends.
Situation: Anna and Erica are on a trip together in NYC for the first time and Anna has met up with her online boyfriend.
Intention: Erica wants to give Anna space with her boyfriend.
Moral action: Erica, Anna, and Anna's boyfriend go to a cafe together but Erica sits on the other side of the room from them.
Immoral consequence: Anna is put in a dangerous and vulnerable position and is sexually assaulted.
Norm: It is wrong to abandon your friends.
Situation: Anna and Erica are on a trip together in NYC for the first time and Anna has met up with her online boyfriend.
Intention: Erica wants to give Anna space with her boyfriend.
Moral consequence: Erica is able to notice that Anna seems uncomfortable and the two leave to go home together.
Immoral action: Erica leaves Anna at a cafe with her boyfriend and decides to head home early from the city.
Norm: You shouldn't abandon your family after a divorce.
Situation: Burton just lawfully ended his marriage with his wife, and they have two children together.
Intention: Burton wants to enjoy being single.
Moral action: Burton joins a dating group specifically for single parents so that any future partners know he has kids right off the bat.
Immoral consequence: Burton's children grow up without their father and suffer emotionally.
Norm: You shouldn't abandon your family after a divorce.
Situation: Burton just lawfully ended his marriage with his wife, and they have two children together.
Intention: Burton wants to enjoy being single.
Moral consequence: Burton's kids have Burton in their lives and are more likely to grow up well adjusted.
Immoral action: Burton makes sure his ex-wife gets full custody of their children, so he can concentrate on himself.
Norm: It is rude to abandon your family.
Situation: Ian watches his little brother get onto the teacup ride when his friends ask him invite him to the roller coaster.
Intention: Ian wants to have fun.
Moral action: Ian plays a multiplayer game on his cell phone while he waits for his younger brother.
Immoral consequence: His little brother wanders around alone after getting off of the teacup ride.
Norm: It is rude to abandon your family.
Situation: Ian watches his little brother get onto the teacup ride when his friends ask him invite him to the roller coaster.
Intention: Ian wants to have fun.
Moral consequence: His younger brother is able to ride more rides with his brother.
Immoral action: Ian gets onto the roller coaster with his friends.
Norm: You shouldn't call people idiots because it's rude.
Situation: Riley is at a restaurant with her friends, and the server has accidentally spilled a drink on her.
Intention: Riley wants to react to the drink being spilled on her.
Moral action: Riley laughs off the incident and says that it's no big deal.
Immoral consequence: Riley's friends are appalled, apologize to the server, and never invite Riley to restaurants with them again.
Norm: You shouldn't call people idiots because it's rude.
Situation: Riley is at a restaurant with her friends, and the server has accidentally spilled a drink on her.
Intention: Riley wants to react to the drink being spilled on her.
Moral consequence: Riley's friends see her as easygoing and want to hang out with her more.
Immoral action: Riley raises her voice at the server and calls her a clumsy idiot.
Norm: You shouldn't talk shit behind someone's back.
Situation: Heather is a college student, and is friendly with a large number of other students including Dave and Ray.
Intention: Heather wants Ray to pay attention to her.
Moral action: Heather tells Ray a story she heard about Dave helping out during campus clean up.
Immoral consequence: Ray doesn't like how Heather is talking about her friend, and refuses to speak to her for the rest of the semester.
Norm: You shouldn't talk shit behind someone's back.
Situation: Heather is a college student, and is friendly with a large number of other students including Dave and Ray.
Intention: Heather wants Ray to pay attention to her.
Moral consequence: Ray reacts favorably to the story, and suggests they get together with Dave later in the week for a study session.
Immoral action: Heather tells Ray a story she heard about Dave, most of it unfavorable and only partly true.
Norm: People might think you're cruel for abandoning a puppy.
Situation: Theo realizes that his new puppy is too much for him to handle.
Intention: Theo wants to get rid of the puppy.
Moral action: Theo puts an ad online and finds someone that takes the puppy.
Immoral consequence: Theo is seen as an awful person for leaving the puppy on the side of the road.
Norm: People might think you're cruel for abandoning a puppy.
Situation: Theo realizes that his new puppy is too much for him to handle.
Intention: Theo wants to get rid of the puppy.
Moral consequence: Theo is seen as admirable for finding the puppy a good home.
Immoral action: Theo takes the puppy to a busy street corner and leaves it on the curb.
Norm: You shouldn't get so discouraged about things.
Situation: Carl is working on a complex project at home, and a part he is working on has broken.
Intention: Carl wants to address the part breaking.
Moral action: Carl starts looking for a replacement for the part, and gets back to work.
Immoral consequence: Carl never tries anything complicated again, and he gets very bored.
Norm: You shouldn't get so discouraged about things.
Situation: Carl is working on a complex project at home, and a part he is working on has broken.
Intention: Carl wants to address the part breaking.
Moral consequence: Carl gains the confidence to try difficult things, and becomes very accomplished.
Immoral action: Carl gives up on the project, abandoning months of work.
Norm: It is wrong to eat your boogers.
Situation: Ralph is sitting in class when he feels a particularly big piece of snot up his nose.
Intention: Ralph wants to get rid of the ball of snot.
Moral action: Ralph gets a tissue and blows his nose.
Immoral consequence: Ralph grosses out the students that witness his actions.
Norm: It is wrong to eat your boogers.
Situation: Ralph is sitting in class when he feels a particularly big piece of snot up his nose.
Intention: Ralph wants to get rid of the ball of snot.
Moral consequence: Ralph is able to clear his nose without being gross.
Immoral action: Ralph picks his nose then licks the booger off his finger.
Norm: It's kind to give people compliments about themselves.
Situation: Aaron is attending a formal work event with his partner who is dressed up nicely for the occasion.
Intention: Aaron wants to make a good impression on the people attending.
Moral action: Aaron tells his partner how good she looks in front of the other attendees.
Immoral consequence: Aaron's partner is complimented by other men at the event and feels unnoticed by him.
Norm: It's kind to give people compliments about themselves.
Situation: Aaron is attending a formal work event with his partner who is dressed up nicely for the occasion.
Intention: Aaron wants to make a good impression on the people attending.
Moral consequence: Aaron's partner feels appreciated by him, and she feels attractive.
Immoral action: Aaron focuses on mingling with other work related attendees at the event.
Norm: You shouldn't take someone's virginity if they are underage.
Situation: Ken was dating a girl that was underage when he was nineteen.
Intention: Ken wants to have sex with the girl.
Moral action: Ken waits until the girl is of age to finally have sex with her.
Immoral consequence: Ken is arrested for the offense and has to register as a sex offender.
Norm: You shouldn't take someone's virginity if they are underage.
Situation: Ken was dating a girl that was underage when he was nineteen.
Intention: Ken wants to have sex with the girl.
Moral consequence: Ken and the girl are able to have a sexual relationship as consenting adults.
Immoral action: Ken takes the girl's virginity when she is still a minor.
Norm: You shouldn't be too loud for your neighbors.
Situation: Samuel's birthday is coming up, and he is planning on having a house party.
Intention: Samuel wants to invite lots of people over.
Moral action: Samuel invites a large amount of his closest friends, and asks them to be respectful with noise.
Immoral consequence: Samuel's neighbors are awakened by the noise of his many guests and call the cops.
Norm: You shouldn't be too loud for your neighbors.
Situation: Samuel's birthday is coming up, and he is planning on having a house party.
Intention: Samuel wants to invite lots of people over.
Moral consequence: Samuel's guests attend the party while keeping the noise level at an appropriate level.
Immoral action: Samuel tells his guests to invite anyone and everyone, and the party gets out of hand.
Norm: It's good to stand up for people that are abused.
Situation: Carl sees a man push a woman in an alley while walking to his car.
Intention: Carl wants to get to his car.
Moral action: Carl grabs the woman by the hand and puts her into his car and drives her to safety.
Immoral consequence: The woman is later admitted to the hospital with a series of wounds from her attacker.
Norm: It's good to stand up for people that are abused.
Situation: Carl sees a man push a woman in an alley while walking to his car.
Intention: Carl wants to get to his car.
Moral consequence: The woman thanks Carl for getting her out of a dangerous situation.
Immoral action: Carl keeps walking past the alley to his car as if he doesn't see anything.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore your child's pain.
Situation: Jackie is watching her four year old daughter Elicia when Elicia trips and hits her head on the coffee table.
Intention: Jackie wants to respond to Elicia.
Moral action: Jackie picks Elicia up to comfort her and make sure that the injury is not serious.
Immoral consequence: Elicia continues to cry, and she feels that her mother does not love her.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore your child's pain.
Situation: Jackie is watching her four year old daughter Elicia when Elicia trips and hits her head on the coffee table.
Intention: Jackie wants to respond to Elicia.
Moral consequence: Elicia forgets about the pain in her head and stops crying.
Immoral action: Jackie scolds Elicia for being careless and puts her in her bed.
Norm: You should remain friendly with former significant others.
Situation: Chuck divorces his wife, with whom he has a child, and feels very hurt by the whole situation.
Intention: Chuck wants to deal with the pain that he feels.
Moral action: Chuck works to get over his bitterness and get on to good terms with his ex-wife.
Immoral consequence: Chuck's child sees the animosity between Chuck and his wife and becomes emotionally scarred for life.
Norm: You should remain friendly with former significant others.
Situation: Chuck divorces his wife, with whom he has a child, and feels very hurt by the whole situation.
Intention: Chuck wants to deal with the pain that he feels.
Moral consequence: Chuck and his ex-wife kindly share custody of their child, which greatly improves the child's quality of life.
Immoral action: Chuck treats his ex-wife poorly and refuses to give her financial support for the child.
Norm: It's wrong to yell as a parent.
Situation: Carrie catches her young daughter Beth drawing on the walls with colored pencils.
Intention: Carrie wants her daughter to stop drawing on the walls.
Moral action: Carrie sits Beth at a table with a piece of paper and tells her to draw on it.
Immoral consequence: Beth starts crying loudly and runs off to her room.
Norm: It's wrong to yell as a parent.
Situation: Carrie catches her young daughter Beth drawing on the walls with colored pencils.
Intention: Carrie wants her daughter to stop drawing on the walls.
Moral consequence: Beth draws a beautiful picture on the paper for her mother.
Immoral action: Carrie raises her voice at Beth and tells her to get away from the walls.
Norm: It's good to be grateful to friends who help you.
Situation: Ikira notices a friend who helped her with paperwork sitting outside in her yard after work.
Intention: Ikira wants to interact with her friend.
Moral action: Ikira invites her friend to hang out at the members only pool for her hard work.
Immoral consequence: Ikira's friend ignores Ikira for the next couple of days.
Norm: It's good to be grateful to friends who help you.
Situation: Ikira notices a friend who helped her with paperwork sitting outside in her yard after work.
Intention: Ikira wants to interact with her friend.
Moral consequence: Ikira's friend has a fun afternoon hanging out at the pool.
Immoral action: Ikira demands that her friend continue helping her.
Norm: It's good for people to visit elderly family members.
Situation: The holidays are coming up and Ashley has a grandmother who lives in a nursing home who she's very close with.
Intention: Ashley wants to wish her grandmother happy holidays.
Moral action: Ashley goes to see her grandmother and brings her a gift.
Immoral consequence: Ashley's grandmother likes the gift but doesn't have any visitors for the holidays.
Norm: It's good for people to visit elderly family members.
Situation: The holidays are coming up and Ashley has a grandmother who lives in a nursing home who she's very close with.
Intention: Ashley wants to wish her grandmother happy holidays.
Moral consequence: Ashley's grandmother is pleasantly surprised to see her and is happy she came.
Immoral action: Ashley sends her grandmother a card and a gift in the mail.
Norm: It is rude to leave someone hanging.
Situation: Geoffrey's girlfriend walks into the room wearing a new dress and asks him what he thinks.
Intention: Geoffrey wants to convey how beautiful he thinks she is in the dress.
Moral action: Geoffrey tells her that is the most beautiful dress he has ever seen her wear.
Immoral consequence: Geoffrey's girlfriend assumes he is being rude, and storms out of the house angry at him.
Norm: It is rude to leave someone hanging.
Situation: Geoffrey's girlfriend walks into the room wearing a new dress and asks him what he thinks.
Intention: Geoffrey wants to convey how beautiful he thinks she is in the dress.
Moral consequence: Geoffrey's girlfriend blushes and walks over and kisses him on the cheek.
Immoral action: Geoffrey feigns a shocked silence staring at her without answering, hoping she interprets it as him being thunderstruck.
Norm: It's bad to be unforgiving towards your parents.
Situation: Molly's sixteen birthday came and went without her busy parents even acknowledging it.
Intention: Molly wants them to know how upset she is.
Moral action: Molly expresses her anger to her parents, and they apologize leading to her accepting the apology.
Immoral consequence: Molly no longer trusts her parents to think of her, and they grow further apart.
Norm: It's bad to be unforgiving towards your parents.
Situation: Molly's sixteen birthday came and went without her busy parents even acknowledging it.
Intention: Molly wants them to know how upset she is.
Moral consequence: Molly accepts her parents are only human, and they become closer as a family.
Immoral action: Molly won't empathize with her parent's reasons.
Norm: It's wrong to want something for the wrong reasons.
Situation: Tim is in a competition for a lucrative work contract with a friend of his.
Intention: Tim wants to motivate himself to work hard and get the contract.
Moral action: Tim decides to get the contract, so he can develop his skills, gets the contract, and learns a new technique to accomplish it.
Immoral consequence: Tim's friend gets fed up with Tim and refuses to talk with him any more.
Norm: It's wrong to want something for the wrong reasons.
Situation: Tim is in a competition for a lucrative work contract with a friend of his.
Intention: Tim wants to motivate himself to work hard and get the contract.
Moral consequence: Tim expands his abilities and improves his ability to earn income.
Immoral action: Tim decides to get it, so he can show others how good he is, earns the contract, and brags about it to his friend.
Norm: It's responsible to keep children safe.
Situation: Kent was watching his kids playing in the backyard of his house and looking for saftey measures.
Intention: Kent wants to add security to his back yard.
Moral action: Kent installs cameras around his yard to look for intruders.
Immoral consequence: One of Kent's kids gets shocked by the fence when they accidentally run into it.
Norm: It's responsible to keep children safe.
Situation: Kent was watching his kids playing in the backyard of his house and looking for saftey measures.
Intention: Kent wants to add security to his back yard.
Moral consequence: Kent's kids feel much safer with the camera's watching them.
Immoral action: Kent installs an electric fence around his yard to keep intruders out.
Norm: It is important to make children feel safe.
Situation: Helen is still working on her project which needs to be finished before end of the day, but she needs to pick up her daughter Kitty from school.
Intention: Helen wants to finish her project on time.
Moral action: Helen asks her husband to pick up Kitty instead.
Immoral consequence: Kitty feels afraid and worried that her mom has forgotten to pick her up.
Norm: It is important to make children feel safe.
Situation: Helen is still working on her project which needs to be finished before end of the day, but she needs to pick up her daughter Kitty from school.
Intention: Helen wants to finish her project on time.
Moral consequence: Kitty feels happy and surprised seeing her dad come to pick her up.
Immoral action: Helen decides to let Kitty wait at school so that she can finish her project before leaving the office.
Norm: You should not do things to put yourself in danger.
Situation: Ian, who lives in a big and fairly dangerous city, just finished up with work and is leaving his office.
Intention: Ian wants to get to his house.
Moral action: Ian takes the long way home through a pretty safe neighborhood that he's very familiar with.
Immoral consequence: Ian gets held up at knifepoint and has his cell phone stolen from him, but he manages to get home in one piece.
Norm: You should not do things to put yourself in danger.
Situation: Ian, who lives in a big and fairly dangerous city, just finished up with work and is leaving his office.
Intention: Ian wants to get to his house.
Moral consequence: It takes Ian a while to arrive home, but he enjoys a pleasant evening walk in the process.
Immoral action: Ian decides to take a shortcut home through a dangerous neighborhood with a very high crime rate.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about your education.
Situation: Helen is a high school graduate filling out job applications when she has to put down her education credentials.
Intention: Helen wants to get a job.
Moral action: Helen says she is a high school graduate on the application.
Immoral consequence: Helen gets a job, but she does not know how to do the work due to putting a false degree.