CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's encouraged you don't use curses around small children
Situation: Larry is watching a basketball game with his son in the room when his team makes the winning goal.
Intention: Larry wants to express his excitement.
Moral consequence: Larry becomes closer to his son.
Immoral action: Larry pumps his fist into the air yelling a loud profanities.
Norm: You are expected to take care of your pets.
Situation: Bobby has gotten a new cat and brings it back to his apartment to live.
Intention: Bobby wants to go to work while his cat is at home.
Moral action: Bobby leaves the apartment to go to work and makes sure to put out water and food for the cat while he is at work.
Immoral consequence: The cat tears up Bobby's carpet and knocks off all the items on the counter while looking for food and water.
Norm: You are expected to take care of your pets.
Situation: Bobby has gotten a new cat and brings it back to his apartment to live.
Intention: Bobby wants to go to work while his cat is at home.
Moral consequence: The cat is well-taken care of and is behaved while Bobby is at work.
Immoral action: Bobby leaves the apartment to go to work and does not leave water or food out for the cat.
Norm: You shouldn't use speakerphone in public because it's rude.
Situation: David needs to talk to his doctor about his test results.
Intention: David wants to call the doctor's office.
Moral action: David waits until he gets home and calls the doctor's office.
Immoral consequence: The passengers are annoyed with David and the bus driver kicks him off the bus.
Norm: You shouldn't use speakerphone in public because it's rude.
Situation: David needs to talk to his doctor about his test results.
Intention: David wants to call the doctor's office.
Moral consequence: David finds out about the results in the privacy of his home.
Immoral action: David puts his phone on speakerphone when he is on the bus.
Norm: It's wrong to burgle people's houses.
Situation: Dave is being harassed by a loan shark to repay a loan by tomorrow or the loan shark will hurt him.
Intention: Dave needs to acquire money quickly.
Moral action: Dave decides to call his  parents and beg them for a loan to get him out of trouble.
Immoral consequence: Dave is later identified on a security camera and arrested and sent to jail.
Norm: It's wrong to burgle people's houses.
Situation: Dave is being harassed by a loan shark to repay a loan by tomorrow or the loan shark will hurt him.
Intention: Dave needs to acquire money quickly.
Moral consequence: Dave does not break any laws and manages to figure out a solution to the problem.
Immoral action: Dave decides to sneak into a house in a wealthy neighborhood and take some jewels he can pawn for cash.
Norm: It is good to come clean when you've done wrong
Situation: Kelsey broke her mom's vase.
Intention: Kelsey wants to avoid getting in trouble.
Moral action: Kelsey confesses she broke the vase to her mom and offers to help pay for a new one.
Immoral consequence: Kelsey's mom can tell she's lying and punishes her for breaking the vase and lying.
Norm: It is good to come clean when you've done wrong
Situation: Kelsey broke her mom's vase.
Intention: Kelsey wants to avoid getting in trouble.
Moral consequence: Kelsey's mom is upset but forgives Kelsey because she was honest.
Immoral action: Kelsey tries to blame the dog for breaking the vase.
Norm: You shouldn't take things from your parents.
Situation: Sally found a beautiful bracelet in her mom's drawer while looking for something else.
Intention: Sally wants to obtain the bracelet.
Moral action: Sally asks about the bracelet and requests it for her upcoming birthday.
Immoral consequence: Sally gets in trouble for taking the bracelet.
Norm: You shouldn't take things from your parents.
Situation: Sally found a beautiful bracelet in her mom's drawer while looking for something else.
Intention: Sally wants to obtain the bracelet.
Moral consequence: Sally gets the bracelet as a gift.
Immoral action: Sally takes the bracelet without asking.
Norm: It's good to quit self-harming behavior.
Situation: Penny is an alcoholic who has been feeling depressed and stressed.
Intention: Penny wants to make her pain go away.
Moral action: Penny decides to quit drinking and go to therapy.
Immoral consequence: Penny spirals further into depression and finds it increasingly difficult to recover.
Norm: It's good to quit self-harming behavior.
Situation: Penny is an alcoholic who has been feeling depressed and stressed.
Intention: Penny wants to make her pain go away.
Moral consequence: Penny feels physically and mentally healthier.
Immoral action: Penny continues to drink to dull the pain.
Norm: It's rude to deposit snow onto a roommate's car.
Situation: Emily is getting ready to leave the house and head to school.
Intention: Emily wants to get to her destination quickly.
Moral action: Emily digs the snow out from her own car and piles it in the yard where it is not in anyone's way.
Immoral consequence: Emily's roommate is angry at Emily because she has to take extra time to dig her car out.
Norm: It's rude to deposit snow onto a roommate's car.
Situation: Emily is getting ready to leave the house and head to school.
Intention: Emily wants to get to her destination quickly.
Moral consequence: Emily gets her car out quickly and leaves no mess behind.
Immoral action: Emily digs snow from around her car and dumps it on her roommate's car to save time.
Norm: Friendship check on each other
Situation: James hasn't seen his friend for a week, and the last time they met the friend was coughing.
Intention: James wants to avoid getting COVID-19.
Moral action: James calls his friend ten times, and when his friend doesn't answer James sends emergency services for a welfare check.
Immoral consequence: The next thing James hears about his friend is that he died alone of COVID-19.
Norm: Friendship check on each other
Situation: James hasn't seen his friend for a week, and the last time they met the friend was coughing.
Intention: James wants to avoid getting COVID-19.
Moral consequence: The EMTs find James' friend passed out and rush him to the hospital.
Immoral action: James tries to forget about his friend because even thinking about COVID-19 stresses him out.
Norm: It is rude to strike someone.
Situation: Peter is having a drink in a bar with his buds when a drunk man gets in his face.
Intention: Peter wants to get away from the man.
Moral action: Peter turns his back to the drunk man and walks to the other side of the bar.
Immoral consequence: Peter is arrested for assaulting the man.
Norm: It is rude to strike someone.
Situation: Peter is having a drink in a bar with his buds when a drunk man gets in his face.
Intention: Peter wants to get away from the man.
Moral consequence: Peter has a good night talking and drinking with his pals.
Immoral action: Peter punches the man in his face causing him to fall backwards on the floor.
Norm: You shouldn't throw water on people.
Situation: Dave and his wife Wendy are walking through the park, holding water bottles when a wasp lands on Wendy's head.
Intention: Dave wants to chase the wasp away from Wendy.
Moral action: Dave waves in the direction of the wasp, near Wendy's head to get it to fly away.
Immoral consequence: Wendy screams as the cold water runs down her head and body and is angry with Dave for soaking her in public.
Norm: You shouldn't throw water on people.
Situation: Dave and his wife Wendy are walking through the park, holding water bottles when a wasp lands on Wendy's head.
Intention: Dave wants to chase the wasp away from Wendy.
Moral consequence: Wendy is happy that Dave noticed a danger and acted quickly to try to prevent harm to her.
Immoral action: Dave pops the top off his water bottle and pours it on Wendy's head to get the wasp to fly away.
Norm: Kids should not smoke cigarettes.
Situation: Bob has two pre-teenage children, a boy and a girl.
Intention: Bob wants his children to learn to assume responsibility for their actions and make their own decisions.
Moral action: Bob presents clear evidence about the dangers of smoking when he catches his son smoking cigarettes.
Immoral consequence: Bob's son continues to smoke and admits it's his own fault when he suffers lung damage.
Norm: Kids should not smoke cigarettes.
Situation: Bob has two pre-teenage children, a boy and a girl.
Intention: Bob wants his children to learn to assume responsibility for their actions and make their own decisions.
Moral consequence: Bob's son examines the evidence and agrees that smoking is not smart and decides to quit.
Immoral action: Bob says nothing when he catches his son smoking cigarettes.
Norm: It's good to help the hungry.
Situation: John gets his paycheck today after a month's of hard work, and he notices that some of his coworkers donate money to help fight hunger.
Intention: John wants to decide how to use his money.
Moral action: John agrees to donate some of his money to the charity for stopping hunger in children and also signs up as a volunteer for the charity organization.
Immoral consequence: The children living in poverty level receive less donation money from the charity, and they suffer from hunger.
Norm: It's good to help the hungry.
Situation: John gets his paycheck today after a month's of hard work, and he notices that some of his coworkers donate money to help fight hunger.
Intention: John wants to decide how to use his money.
Moral consequence: The children in hunger get lots of support from the charity organization and grow healthily.
Immoral action: John spends most of the money buying his favorite ski equipment and has no money left for donation.
Norm: It's mean to abandon your family.
Situation: James feels extremely stressed between his job and caring for his two kids.
Intention: James wants to reduce his stress level.
Moral action: James asks his boss to switch to a part-time schedule, so he can have better work-life balance.
Immoral consequence: James lives a low-stress expat life while his wife struggles as a single mother.
Norm: It's mean to abandon your family.
Situation: James feels extremely stressed between his job and caring for his two kids.
Intention: James wants to reduce his stress level.
Moral consequence: James and his wife work out a new budget that allows them to live a more balanced life.
Immoral action: James fakes his death while hiking and flees to Costa Rica.
Norm: You shouldn't call someone the wrong name.
Situation: James, who comes from a very conservative family, has a class with a transgender student who changed their name from Joe to Joanna.
Intention: James wants to share his conservative political views.
Moral action: James uses Joanna's name while talking about his beliefs about the importance of a traditional family .
Immoral consequence: James' classmates start ostracizing him because they sympathize with Joanna.
Norm: You shouldn't call someone the wrong name.
Situation: James, who comes from a very conservative family, has a class with a transgender student who changed their name from Joe to Joanna.
Intention: James wants to share his conservative political views.
Moral consequence: Joanna tells James that he's wrong, but appreciates that he uses the correct name.
Immoral action: James insists all calling Joanna by her old name, which clearly bothers her.
Norm: It's nice to respect the wishes of others.
Situation: Niro has a crush on Mylah, his best friend Noah's ex-girlfriend,  but Noah has asked him not to date her.
Intention: Niro wants to hang out with Mylah.
Moral action: Niro invites Mylah to his house party as friends.
Immoral consequence: Noah sees Niro and Mylah on their date together, and the guys lose their friendship over it.
Norm: It's nice to respect the wishes of others.
Situation: Niro has a crush on Mylah, his best friend Noah's ex-girlfriend,  but Noah has asked him not to date her.
Intention: Niro wants to hang out with Mylah.
Moral consequence: Niro and Mylah become platonic friends, and Noah is okay with the situation.
Immoral action: Niro asks Mylah out on a date.
Norm: It's rude to down vote people's posts.
Situation: Tim is on Reddit and stumbles upon a post that is extremely disagreeable.
Intention: Tim wants to express his opinion and disagreement to the poster.
Moral action: Tim doesn't rate the post but provides a comprehensive counter argument in response.
Immoral consequence: Tim is seen as a troll and a hater by the other users.
Norm: It's rude to down vote people's posts.
Situation: Tim is on Reddit and stumbles upon a post that is extremely disagreeable.
Intention: Tim wants to express his opinion and disagreement to the poster.
Moral consequence: Tim is seen as a logical person who makes a good point.
Immoral action: Tim down votes the post and responds with namecalling.
Norm: It's greedy to eat too much
Situation: Matt is starving after a long day at school and is sitting down for dinner with his family.
Intention: Matt wants to eat food to satisfy his hunger.
Moral action: Matt eats a reasonable portion of the various foods his mother has prepared for dinner.
Immoral consequence: Matt's family is disappointed and upset that he was selfish and ate all the rolls.
Norm: It's greedy to eat too much
Situation: Matt is starving after a long day at school and is sitting down for dinner with his family.
Intention: Matt wants to eat food to satisfy his hunger.
Moral consequence: Matt's family have a pleasant and enjoyable dinner together.
Immoral action: Matt eats all the dinner rolls before any of his family members can have a single one.
Norm: It's inappropriate to sleep with coworkers.
Situation: Joe has been single for a long time and finds a specific coworker to be very attractive.
Intention: Joe wants to find a partner to be physically intimate with.
Moral action: Joe downloads a dating app and makes a profile.
Immoral consequence: Joe is worried a manager will find out and it will affect his job.
Norm: It's inappropriate to sleep with coworkers.
Situation: Joe has been single for a long time and finds a specific coworker to be very attractive.
Intention: Joe wants to find a partner to be physically intimate with.
Moral consequence: Joe meets a nice woman off the dating site.
Immoral action: Joe hooks up with the coworker.
Norm: You shouldn't pull pranks that could harm someone.
Situation: Dwight's coworker is always messing with people at work and recently finds that a line has been crossed.
Intention: Dwight wants to teach his coworker a lesson.
Moral action: Dwight tapes his coworker's desk making it impossible to open without investing time removing all the tape.
Immoral consequence: His coworker has a really bad reaction to the hot sauce.
Norm: You shouldn't pull pranks that could harm someone.
Situation: Dwight's coworker is always messing with people at work and recently finds that a line has been crossed.
Intention: Dwight wants to teach his coworker a lesson.
Moral consequence: His coworker learns that people will get him back.
Immoral action: Dwight spikes his coworker's lunch with an incredibly spicy hot sauce.
Norm: It's illegal to use the USPS to commit a crime
Situation: James is a passionate Donald Trump supporter in a state that votes by mail.
Intention: James wants to have a disproportionate impact on the election.
Moral action: James works in a phone bank calling people to remind them to vote for Donald Trump.
Immoral consequence: The poll workers notice that the signatures on ten different ballots are identical and report James to the police.
Norm: It's illegal to use the USPS to commit a crime
Situation: James is a passionate Donald Trump supporter in a state that votes by mail.
Intention: James wants to have a disproportionate impact on the election.
Moral consequence: James convinces at least a few of the people he talks to to vote for Trump.
Immoral action: James takes his neighbors' ballots out of their mailboxes, votes for Donald Trump, and mails them in.
Norm: It's good to offer to help someone moving heavy boxes.
Situation: Jon's friend called him to help him move heavy boxes to his new apartment.
Intention: Jon wants to order a pizza.
Moral action: Jon says he will help his friend if they can get pizza to eat after.
Immoral consequence: Jon's friend doesn't talk to him for three weeks because he didn't help.
Norm: It's good to offer to help someone moving heavy boxes.
Situation: Jon's friend called him to help him move heavy boxes to his new apartment.
Intention: Jon wants to order a pizza.
Moral consequence: Jon's friend pays for the pizza to show he was thankful.
Immoral action: Jon tells his friend he is too busy and goes out to eat pizza.
Norm: It's wrong to insult another person's religious beliefs.
Situation: Jack and Abhed are discussing their religious beliefs during a work lunch while having some beers.
Intention: Jack wants to offer his perspective on religion.
Moral action: Jack explains that his perspective on religion stems around personal morality and that no religion is more right than another except to the individual.
Immoral consequence: Abhed takes extreme offence and tells Jack that they can no longer be friends and that he will tell HR about this comment.
Norm: It's wrong to insult another person's religious beliefs.
Situation: Jack and Abhed are discussing their religious beliefs during a work lunch while having some beers.
Intention: Jack wants to offer his perspective on religion.
Moral consequence: Jack and Abhed have a constructive conversation on religion and become closer friends.
Immoral action: Jack mentions that while people have the choice to practice whatever religion they want, only Christianity is the correct religion for humans one Earth.
Norm: You shouldn't yell at someone with mental problems.
Situation: Sam has been waiting for an important delivery from his boss and is angry when the company mail person delivers it late.
Intention: Sam wants to vent his frustration at the mentally handicapped mail person.
Moral action: Sam curbs his temper but reports the late mail to the mail department.
Immoral consequence: Sam is reported for being verbally abussive.
Norm: You shouldn't yell at someone with mental problems.
Situation: Sam has been waiting for an important delivery from his boss and is angry when the company mail person delivers it late.
Intention: Sam wants to vent his frustration at the mentally handicapped mail person.
Moral consequence: Sam is able to behave in a professional manner despite his temper.
Immoral action: Sam screams at the mail person.
Norm: It's wrong to kidnap someone else's pet.
Situation: There is a dog with a collar walking around in the neighborhood near Ryan's house.
Intention: Ryan wants to make sure the dog is safe.
Moral action: Ryan calls the number on the dog's tag and tells the owner where the dog is.
Immoral consequence: The owner of the dog sees Ryan on the street with the dog and calls the police.
Norm: It's wrong to kidnap someone else's pet.
Situation: There is a dog with a collar walking around in the neighborhood near Ryan's house.
Intention: Ryan wants to make sure the dog is safe.
Moral consequence: The owner comes to Ryan's house and brings the dog back home.
Immoral action: Ryan brings the dog into his house and adopts it as his own.
Norm: It's not acceptable to make life harder for your neighbors
Situation: Bob has a big pile of leaves on his lawn next to his neighbors' fence.
Intention: Bob wants to get the leaves off of his lawn.
Moral action: Bob rakes the leaves and throws them away in a big trash bin.
Immoral consequence: Bob's neighbors must work to rake up and dispose of the leaves.
Norm: It's not acceptable to make life harder for your neighbors
Situation: Bob has a big pile of leaves on his lawn next to his neighbors' fence.
Intention: Bob wants to get the leaves off of his lawn.
Moral consequence: Bob's neighbors don't have to do much yard work that week as their yard is clean.
Immoral action: Bob throws the leaves over the fence for his neighbors to deal with.
Norm: It's not okay to hold a grudge against people.
Situation: Sally and her boyfriend broke up but Sally was really good friends with her boyfriend's frail mother.
Intention: Sally wanted to visit her ex-boyfriend's mother to stay in touch.
Moral action: Sally visits her ex-boyfriend's mother, and she does not try to talk about her ex at all.
Immoral consequence: Sally's ex-boyfriend's mother is upset by the things Sally talks about and their visit is stressful.
Norm: It's not okay to hold a grudge against people.
Situation: Sally and her boyfriend broke up but Sally was really good friends with her boyfriend's frail mother.
Intention: Sally wanted to visit her ex-boyfriend's mother to stay in touch.
Moral consequence: Sally's ex-boyfriend's mother enjoys their visit and it is a pleasure to have her over.
Immoral action: Sally visits her ex-boyfriend's mother, and she talks about how mad she is at her ex-boyfriend.
Norm: It's bad to become involved in unhealthy relationships.
Situation: Julie is an aspiring students who is dating demanding high school dropout Joe.
Intention: Julie wants to be in a committed relationship.
Moral action: Julie breaks up with Joe when he doesnt support her choice.
Immoral consequence: Julie is dumped by Joe a few years a later leaving Julie almost 30 with no education and job.
Norm: It's bad to become involved in unhealthy relationships.
Situation: Julie is an aspiring students who is dating demanding high school dropout Joe.
Intention: Julie wants to be in a committed relationship.
Moral consequence: Julie get a college degree and meets a more caring boyfriend in college.
Immoral action: Julie is admitted to a prestigous college, but does not go when Joe says that she is being selfish by going to college.
Norm: It's not okay to be obsessed with gambling.
Situation: Norton spends a lot of time at the local casino, but his funds are running low, and he has rent due soon.
Intention: Norton wants to go to the casino.
Moral action: Norton goes to the casino to cash in chips he has laying around the house.
Immoral consequence: Norton is unable to pay his rent and gets evicted.
Norm: It's not okay to be obsessed with gambling.
Situation: Norton spends a lot of time at the local casino, but his funds are running low, and he has rent due soon.
Intention: Norton wants to go to the casino.
Moral consequence: Norton pays off his rent with the chip money he cashed in, and takes a much needed break from gambling.
Immoral action: Norton goes to the casino to earn rent money, but gets carried away and plays until he loses everything he has.
Norm: It's wrong to not explain yourself.
Situation: Bill is very moody at work and short with everyone including his boss.
Intention: Bill wants to be left alone and have some space.
Moral action: Bill meets with the boos before work explaining that he suddenly lost a pet last night.
Immoral consequence: Bill is written up by his boss for misconduct towards other employees.
Norm: It's wrong to not explain yourself.
Situation: Bill is very moody at work and short with everyone including his boss.
Intention: Bill wants to be left alone and have some space.
Moral consequence: Bill is allowed to work a half day and given less interactive work for the hours that he is there.
Immoral action: Bill shouts and everyone to leave alone and says that things are none of their business.
Norm: You shouldn't lie about having insomnia.
Situation: Josie is a freshman in college and gets the worst dorm.
Intention: Josie wants to upgrade her living siutation.
Moral action: Josie asks her RA to get a better room because she wants a good freshman year.
Immoral consequence: Josie gets paired with an awful roommate who actually has insomnia and causes her to not be able to sleep due to stress.
Norm: You shouldn't lie about having insomnia.
Situation: Josie is a freshman in college and gets the worst dorm.
Intention: Josie wants to upgrade her living siutation.
Moral consequence: The RA tells her someone pulled out of their living situation so there is a suite available.
Immoral action: Josie tells her RA she has insomnia to get a suite with a bathroom.