CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't betray your friends confidence in you to others.
Situation: Lisa's friend Robin is pregnant and has asked Lisa to keep it a secret because she is planning to get an abortion.
Intention: Lisa wants to help Robin.
Moral consequence: Robin is able to get the help she needs and her friendship with Lisa is stronger.
Immoral action: Lisa tells Robin's parents that Robin is pregnant and doesn't plan to keep the baby.
Norm: It's good to let your friends borrow things.
Situation: Mark's friend asked to borrow Mark's car in order to get to a job interview.
Intention: Mark wants to help his friend.
Moral action: Mark lets his friend borrow his car for the day.
Immoral consequence: Mark's friend's Uber comes by 15 minutes late, and his friend arrives late to his job interview.
Norm: It's good to let your friends borrow things.
Situation: Mark's friend asked to borrow Mark's car in order to get to a job interview.
Intention: Mark wants to help his friend.
Moral consequence: Mark's friend is able to get to his job interview on time.
Immoral action: Mark tells his friend to order an Uber instead of taking his car.
Norm: It's nice to offer advice when someone is confused.
Situation: Noelle is a supervisor at her company that has new employees who are learning the ropes.
Intention: Noelle wants to talk to a new hire.
Moral action: Noelle encourages the new worker to ask them questions when they don't know what to do.
Immoral consequence: The new hire becomes anxious and their performance deteriorates.
Norm: It's nice to offer advice when someone is confused.
Situation: Noelle is a supervisor at her company that has new employees who are learning the ropes.
Intention: Noelle wants to talk to a new hire.
Moral consequence: The new hire develops a desire to their job well.
Immoral action: Noelle tells the new hire that they'll be let go if they can't learn on their own.
Norm: It's good to use secure passwords for your banking accounts.
Situation: Art's phone bill is due and due to being ill he won't be able to pay it in person.
Intention: Art wants to set up an online banking account, so he can pay his phone bill.
Moral action: Art follows the instructions and creates a very complicated password and then proceeds to pay his bill.
Immoral consequence: A week later his account is compromised and all of his funds are stolen.
Norm: It's good to use secure passwords for your banking accounts.
Situation: Art's phone bill is due and due to being ill he won't be able to pay it in person.
Intention: Art wants to set up an online banking account, so he can pay his phone bill.
Moral consequence: His bill is paid on time and now he can pay other bills online as well.
Immoral action: Art creates an account online and sets up a weak password, so he can quickly make the payment.
Norm: It's good to excel at things in school.
Situation: Liam is a student in high school.
Intention: Liam wants to sign up for classes.
Moral action: Liam signs up for honors classes that demand a lot from him.
Immoral consequence: Liam doesn't push himself and limits his future prospects.
Norm: It's good to excel at things in school.
Situation: Liam is a student in high school.
Intention: Liam wants to sign up for classes.
Moral consequence: Liam learns that hard work and intelligence pay off in life.
Immoral action: Liam signs up for the easiest classes where he can put in the minimum amount of work.
Norm: You shouldn't blast your music.
Situation: Tobias bought a new sound system and is hosting a house party to celebrate.
Intention: Tobias wants to show off his new sound system.
Moral action: Tobias plays the music at a moderate level, so that everyone can hear but not loud enough to disturb his neighbors.
Immoral consequence: The neighbors call the police and Tobias is issued a large fine.
Norm: You shouldn't blast your music.
Situation: Tobias bought a new sound system and is hosting a house party to celebrate.
Intention: Tobias wants to show off his new sound system.
Moral consequence: Everyone at the party compliments Tobias on how good the sound system is.
Immoral action: Tobias cranks the volume up as loud as it will go.
Norm: It's good to cook for your kids.
Situation: Lizzy is always tired after work and finds herself having to cook for her family every evening.
Intention: Lizzy wants to relax after work.
Moral action: Lizzy decides to cook a lot of food on weekends, that she can then simply reheat on weekdays.
Immoral consequence: Lizzy's kids start gaining weight and being unhealthy because of the prepared food.
Norm: It's good to cook for your kids.
Situation: Lizzy is always tired after work and finds herself having to cook for her family every evening.
Intention: Lizzy wants to relax after work.
Moral consequence: Lizzy's kids enjoy Lizzy's healthy home-cooked food.
Immoral action: Lizzy stops cooking for her kids and buys prepared food instead.
Norm: You shouldn't drink and drive.
Situation: Mark is at the bar with friends, having some beers and watching the game on the big TV.
Intention: Once the game is over, Mark wants to go home.
Moral action: Mark decides to call a cab instead of trying to drive home.
Immoral consequence: Mark's reaction time is affected by the alcohol he's had, and he loses control of the car crashes into his house.
Norm: You shouldn't drink and drive.
Situation: Mark is at the bar with friends, having some beers and watching the game on the big TV.
Intention: Once the game is over, Mark wants to go home.
Moral consequence: Mark arrives home safely, and picks up his car the next morning.
Immoral action: Mark decides to drive himself home, because he's only had a few of beers and doesn't feel drunk.
Norm: You should use a towel after you wash your hands.
Situation: Nick is finishing washing his hands with the bathroom door open and his wife Lynn can see him.
Intention: Nick wants to dry his hand son something.
Moral action: Nick looks around and locates the hand towel before using it to dry his hands.
Immoral consequence: Lynn is disturbed that Nick is so lazy and annoyed that he has bad habits she'll have to try to break.
Norm: You should use a towel after you wash your hands.
Situation: Nick is finishing washing his hands with the bathroom door open and his wife Lynn can see him.
Intention: Nick wants to dry his hand son something.
Moral consequence: Lynn is happy to see Nick using the proper towel that she put out for hand drying specifically.
Immoral action: Nick wipes his hands on the pants of his legs, rubbing them into his pants until they're dry.
Norm: You can't expect your kids to like your new partner.
Situation: Jack got divorced for the third time and found yet another new partner.
Intention: Jack still wants to see his kids.
Moral action: Jack goes to see his kids by himself to spend time with them.
Immoral consequence: It mostly results in arguments and fights since they tend not to like Jack's new partners.
Norm: You can't expect your kids to like your new partner.
Situation: Jack got divorced for the third time and found yet another new partner.
Intention: Jack still wants to see his kids.
Moral consequence: Jack and his kids spend good amounts of time together and bond.
Immoral action: Jack always brings his new partner with him when he goes to see his kids.
Norm: It's wrong to keep old food because it's probably expired.
Situation: Sally is making dinner for herself, but the only thing in her refrigerator is some funny-smelling Chinese takeout from a few weeks ago.
Intention: Sally wants to eat something.
Moral action: Sally goes to the grocery store and buys some food to eat.
Immoral consequence: Sally gets horrible food poisoning and misses two days of work.
Norm: It's wrong to keep old food because it's probably expired.
Situation: Sally is making dinner for herself, but the only thing in her refrigerator is some funny-smelling Chinese takeout from a few weeks ago.
Intention: Sally wants to eat something.
Moral consequence: Sally has a nice meal and is no longer hungry.
Immoral action: Sally eats the weeks-old Chinese food even though it smells funny.
Norm: It's wrong to bother people relentlessly.
Situation: Derrick loaned his friend some money, and his friend promised to pay him back.
Intention: Derrick wants to be repaid.
Moral action: Derrick waits a few weeks before bringing up the loan again.
Immoral consequence: Derrick's friend gets mad at Derrick for asking so much.
Norm: It's wrong to bother people relentlessly.
Situation: Derrick loaned his friend some money, and his friend promised to pay him back.
Intention: Derrick wants to be repaid.
Moral consequence: Derrick's friend pays him back.
Immoral action: Derrick asks his friend every day if he has the money.
Norm: You shouldn't just let stray dogs wander the streets.
Situation: Tamara is walking home from work when she sees a couple of stray dogs in her neighborhood.
Intention: Tamara wants her neighborhood to be free of stray dogs.
Moral action: Tamara calls animal control and tells them about the dogs.
Immoral consequence: The dogs break into a bunch of trash cans that night and leave a huge mess that the residents have to clean up.
Norm: You shouldn't just let stray dogs wander the streets.
Situation: Tamara is walking home from work when she sees a couple of stray dogs in her neighborhood.
Intention: Tamara wants her neighborhood to be free of stray dogs.
Moral consequence: Animal control comes and picks up the dogs and returns them to their rightful owners.
Immoral action: Tamara assumes that the dogs owners will find them and does nothing.
Norm: It's not okay to want something just impress others.
Situation: Jones is thinking about what he should buy for himself.
Intention: Jones wants to make a decsion.
Moral action: Jones buys a home theater system for his house.
Immoral consequence: It does impress people, but Jones isn't happy because he didn't buy what he really wanted.
Norm: It's not okay to want something just impress others.
Situation: Jones is thinking about what he should buy for himself.
Intention: Jones wants to make a decsion.
Moral consequence: Jones loves watching movies and sports on the new system.
Immoral action: Jones buys a luxury car because it will impress people.
Norm: It is kind to invite your friends to swim.
Situation: Oliver just got his new pool filled up when his friends stop by.
Intention: Oliver wants to cool off.
Moral action: Oliver tells his friends he's about to go for a swim, and asks if they want to join him.
Immoral consequence: Oliver's friends remain hot as they sit on the porch feeling left out.
Norm: It is kind to invite your friends to swim.
Situation: Oliver just got his new pool filled up when his friends stop by.
Intention: Oliver wants to cool off.
Moral consequence: Oliver's friends get to cool off and have fun with Oliver.
Immoral action: Oliver jumps in the pool and asks his friends to wait for him on the porch.
Norm: One should always cheer those close to them on.
Situation: Jeff is supposed to go to his son’s baseball game tonight, but he doesn’t feel like going.
Intention: Jeff wants to decide what he should do tonight.
Moral action: Although he doesn’t feel like it, Jeff decides to go to his son’s game to be supportive.
Immoral consequence: Jeff’s son hits a home run, but he is very upset because his dad did not get to see it.
Norm: One should always cheer those close to them on.
Situation: Jeff is supposed to go to his son’s baseball game tonight, but he doesn’t feel like going.
Intention: Jeff wants to decide what he should do tonight.
Moral consequence: Jeff’s son hits a home run, and he is super excited his dad got to see it.
Immoral action: Jeff decides to tell his son he can’t come to the game because he has a work meeting even though he really doesn’t have a meeting.
Norm: It's good to protect the vulnerable and defenseless.
Situation: Jess sees an hooded man hit an elderly woman while trying to pull her purse from her.
Intention: Jess wants to remain safe.
Moral action: Jess uses her taser on the robber.
Immoral consequence: Jess escapes to safety, but feels guilty for leaving the old woman.
Norm: It's good to protect the vulnerable and defenseless.
Situation: Jess sees an hooded man hit an elderly woman while trying to pull her purse from her.
Intention: Jess wants to remain safe.
Moral consequence: The robber falls to the ground and Jess gets the elderly woman home.
Immoral action: Jess runs away while the elderly woman gets beaten and robbed.
Norm: It is heartless to wish death on someone's loved one.
Situation: Bill and Ted are best friends, but Bill is having a heated argument with Stacy, Ted's wife.
Intention: Bill wants to end the argument.
Moral action: Bill offers to let bygones be bygones and stop arguing with Stacy.
Immoral consequence: Stacy and Ted are appalled and never speak to Bill again.
Norm: It is heartless to wish death on someone's loved one.
Situation: Bill and Ted are best friends, but Bill is having a heated argument with Stacy, Ted's wife.
Intention: Bill wants to end the argument.
Moral consequence: Bill and Stacy make up, and she and Ted continue to be friends with Bill.
Immoral action: Bill loudly tells Stacy that he wishes she were dead.
Norm: It's good to help coworkers do their job correctly.
Situation: Tilly is a manager at a corporation.
Intention: Tilly wants to give information to the new employees.
Moral action: Tilly sets up a comprehensive training program for the new employees.
Immoral consequence: The new employees struggle doing the job and feel lost.
Norm: It's good to help coworkers do their job correctly.
Situation: Tilly is a manager at a corporation.
Intention: Tilly wants to give information to the new employees.
Moral consequence: The new employees become efficient at their jobs.
Immoral action: Tilly gives vague suggestions to the new employees.
Norm: It is bad to murder others.
Situation: Tom's grandfather is very weathly and has recently added Tom to his will.
Intention: Tom wants to be rich.
Moral action: Tom asks his wealthy grandfather for business advice and a modest start up investment while at a family dinner party.
Immoral consequence: Tom's act is discovered by the police and convicted of murder, causing him to go to jail for the rest of his life.
Norm: It is bad to murder others.
Situation: Tom's grandfather is very weathly and has recently added Tom to his will.
Intention: Tom wants to be rich.
Moral consequence: Tom's business is reasonably successful, and he earns a steady income over the next several years.
Immoral action: Tom poisons his wealthy grandfather at a dinner party in order to inherit his share of his grandfather's fortune.
Norm: You shouldn't pig out on candy.
Situation: Peter is a child who just got home after trick or treating for hours.
Intention: Peter wants to eat some of the candy he got.
Moral action: Peters has a couple pieces of his favorite candy.
Immoral consequence: Peter gets a stomachache and feels sick.
Norm: You shouldn't pig out on candy.
Situation: Peter is a child who just got home after trick or treating for hours.
Intention: Peter wants to eat some of the candy he got.
Moral consequence: Peter feels satisfied.
Immoral action: Peter eats as much candy as he can as quickly as he can.
Norm: It's wrong to pop someone else's tire.
Situation: Brent and his wife, Mel, are exiting the mall, when Brent notices that the car next to theirs has blocked them in, making it impossible to reach their car.
Intention: Brent wants to react to being blocked from his car.
Moral action: Brent decides to call mall security, so they can get the car towed out of his way.
Immoral consequence: Mel is disgusted that Brent is reacting like a child and can't control his temper.
Norm: It's wrong to pop someone else's tire.
Situation: Brent and his wife, Mel, are exiting the mall, when Brent notices that the car next to theirs has blocked them in, making it impossible to reach their car.
Intention: Brent wants to react to being blocked from his car.
Moral consequence: Mel is happy that Brent was resourceful enough to find a way to get them out of the situation.
Immoral action: Brent decides to teach the driver a lesson and uses his key chain knife to poke a hole in the guy's tires.
Norm: It's wrong to not invite family to your wedding.
Situation: Sam and his girlfriend are getting married, but she doesn't like his family.
Intention: Sam wants to have the best wedding possible.
Moral action: Sam invites his family to the wedding and makes sure that his girlfriend invites her family as well.
Immoral consequence: Sam's family is very upset and disowns him.
Norm: It's wrong to not invite family to your wedding.
Situation: Sam and his girlfriend are getting married, but she doesn't like his family.
Intention: Sam wants to have the best wedding possible.
Moral consequence: Everyone has a great time, and they have a wonderful wedding.
Immoral action: Sam decides to have a small wedding and only invite close friends.
Norm: It's bad to disrespect your mother.
Situation: Derek's mother Sloane has been staying at his house since her home caught fire a year ago.
Intention: Derek wants to ask his mother to find an apartment.
Moral action: Derek offers to put a deposit down on an apartment for his mother and to go look at them with her.
Immoral consequence: Derek's mother feels that his actions were cold and hurtful and no longer speaks with him.
Norm: It's bad to disrespect your mother.
Situation: Derek's mother Sloane has been staying at his house since her home caught fire a year ago.
Intention: Derek wants to ask his mother to find an apartment.
Moral consequence: Derek's mother is touched by his offer and goes to find an apartment with his help.
Immoral action: Derek leaves a formal eviction notice on his mother's bedroom door before leaving for work.
Norm: It's good to want to have keep sakes.
Situation: Jared is moving to a new house.
Intention: Jared wants to clean out his drawers.
Moral action: Jared packs up trinkets he's been keeping for a long time to bring to his new house.
Immoral consequence: Jared will forget about the good times associated with the trinkets.
Norm: It's good to want to have keep sakes.
Situation: Jared is moving to a new house.
Intention: Jared wants to clean out his drawers.
Moral consequence: Jared will be able to remember the good times the trinkets are associated with.
Immoral action: Jared throws away trinkets he's been keeping for a long time.
Norm: It's honorable to be able to admit your faults.
Situation: Lynn made a huge mistake at work which led to the company losing thousands of dollars.
Intention: Lynn wanted to tell the boss.
Moral action: Lynn fessed up and told her boss she had made an honest mistake.
Immoral consequence: The boss knew Lynn was lying and fired her for not being honest.
Norm: It's honorable to be able to admit your faults.
Situation: Lynn made a huge mistake at work which led to the company losing thousands of dollars.
Intention: Lynn wanted to tell the boss.
Moral consequence: The boss thanked Lynn for being honest and told her it will all be OK.
Immoral action: Lynn told the boss there was some kind of computer malfunction which caused the mistake.
Norm: It's bad for one to hate their partner's child.
Situation: Barbara is talking to her husband Jim and his daughter Cara.
Intention: Barbara wants Jim to pay more attention to her.
Moral action: Barbara tells Jim that the three of them should do more activities as family.
Immoral consequence: Jim tells Barbara he won't choose her over his child and divorces her.
Norm: It's bad for one to hate their partner's child.
Situation: Barbara is talking to her husband Jim and his daughter Cara.
Intention: Barbara wants Jim to pay more attention to her.
Moral consequence: Jim is happy that Barbara cares about his daughter and Cara trusts her more.
Immoral action: Barbara tells Jim that she doesn't want Cara living with them.
Norm: It's polite to accommodate your guests' comfort levels.
Situation: Todd has moved into his house and has a large living room.
Intention: Todd wants to host a party.
Moral action: Todd sets the air conditioning to maintain room temperature during the party.
Immoral consequence: Todd's guests will feel too cold and uncomfortable.
Norm: It's polite to accommodate your guests' comfort levels.
Situation: Todd has moved into his house and has a large living room.
Intention: Todd wants to host a party.
Moral consequence: Todd's guests will feel relaxed and enjoy the party.
Immoral action: During the party Todd turns the air conditioning to very cold.
Norm: Talking during a concert is considered rude.
Situation: Tammy is sitting in the audience at the symphony when she remembers something she forgot to tell her mom.
Intention: Tammy wants to call her mom.
Moral action: Tammy waits for intermission and call her mom in the lobby.
Immoral consequence: The audience member seated around Tammy are distracted and annoyed.
Norm: Talking during a concert is considered rude.
Situation: Tammy is sitting in the audience at the symphony when she remembers something she forgot to tell her mom.
Intention: Tammy wants to call her mom.
Moral consequence: The audience members are able to listen to the music without a distraction.
Immoral action: Tammy pulls out her phone and calls her mom just as the orchestra starts to play.
Norm: It's bad to have anger issues.
Situation: Mitch is the boss of a company, and lately his employees have been slacking off.
Intention: Mitch wants his employees to work harder.
Moral action: Mitch explains that he needs them to work harder and asks for advice on how to get them to be more efficient.
Immoral consequence: Mitch's employees quit because of the stress, and Mitch has problems finding people to work for him due to his reputation.
Norm: It's bad to have anger issues.
Situation: Mitch is the boss of a company, and lately his employees have been slacking off.
Intention: Mitch wants his employees to work harder.
Moral consequence: Mitch's employees become better workers, and Mitch's company makes more money.
Immoral action: Mitch gets very animated with his employees and loudly tells them that they will be fired if they don't shape up.
Norm: It's good to followup on your successes.
Situation: Jay has gotten his PhD in physics, for which he is very proud.
Intention: Jay wants to celebrate his accomplishment.
Moral action: Jay celebrates with his friends, then gets to work the next day on a new project.
Immoral consequence: Jay has a hard time finding a job because he hasn't done much since getting his PhD.
Norm: It's good to followup on your successes.
Situation: Jay has gotten his PhD in physics, for which he is very proud.
Intention: Jay wants to celebrate his accomplishment.
Moral consequence: Jay has a successful research career and lives a full life.
Immoral action: Jay spends the next several months basking in his accomplishment.
Norm: People are expected to keep their clothing clean.
Situation: Dave has a job interview for an accounting position at a downtown office.
Intention: Dave wants to commute to the interview without driving his car.
Moral action: Dave calls a taxi cab to take him to the office.
Immoral consequence: Dave looks dirty and unprofessional when he arrives at the interview, making a bad first impression.
Norm: People are expected to keep their clothing clean.
Situation: Dave has a job interview for an accounting position at a downtown office.
Intention: Dave wants to commute to the interview without driving his car.
Moral consequence: Dave arrives at the interview looking professional, making a good first impression.
Immoral action: Dave walks through a muddy forest to reach the office.
Norm: It's kind to babysit for your neighbors.
Situation: Lisa's neighbors asked if she could babysit their two kids for the night.
Intention: Lisa wants to watch a new show on television.
Moral action: Lisa goes to the couple's house to babysit and watches the television show there.
Immoral consequence: The couple is not able to have a night for themselves and have to stay home.