CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's unhealthy to stay in the bed relationship
Situation: Laura had been dating Danny for two years, but he treated her poorly.
Intention: Laura wants to get married.
Moral action: Laura leaves Danny and gets married to a new man that she meets.
Immoral consequence: Laura gets sadder and more depressed because of the way Danny treats her.
Norm: It's unhealthy to stay in the bed relationship
Situation: Laura had been dating Danny for two years, but he treated her poorly.
Intention: Laura wants to get married.
Moral consequence: Laura is much happier without having Danny in her life.
Immoral action: Laura eventually gets married to Danny even though she doesn't like how he treats her.
Norm: It's inappropriate to brag about yourself too much to others.
Situation: Kenny is on the high school baseball team and hit three home runs during the game.
Intention: Kenny wants to tell his friends about his performance.
Moral action: Kenny tells his friends about his home runs once, when he sees them after the game.
Immoral consequence: Kenny's friends will become annoyed with Kenny and think he brags too much.
Norm: It's inappropriate to brag about yourself too much to others.
Situation: Kenny is on the high school baseball team and hit three home runs during the game.
Intention: Kenny wants to tell his friends about his performance.
Moral consequence: Kenny's friends will think Kenny is a very good player.
Immoral action: Kenny tells his friends about his home runs every day of the week.
Norm: Continuing to work when sick might make you sicker.
Situation: Theresa is a workaholic, but has woken up with a sore throat and a runny nose and feels run down.
Intention: Theresa wants to get over her illness.
Moral action: Theresa takes a few days off until her symptoms subside.
Immoral consequence: Theresa feels very run down and takes weeks to get over her illness.
Norm: Continuing to work when sick might make you sicker.
Situation: Theresa is a workaholic, but has woken up with a sore throat and a runny nose and feels run down.
Intention: Theresa wants to get over her illness.
Moral consequence: Theresa gets over her illness in a few days and is able to get back to work at full strength.
Immoral action: Theresa goes to work despite her symptoms and works like nothing is wrong.
Norm: You should be respectful of others at work.
Situation: It's lunch time in the open floor plan office where James works in close quarter with others.
Intention: James wants to eat lunch at his desk while he finishes a project.
Moral action: James goes out and gets a salad to eat while he finishes working.
Immoral consequence: Jame's co-workers are annoyed by his strong-smelling food and disrupted from their work.
Norm: You should be respectful of others at work.
Situation: It's lunch time in the open floor plan office where James works in close quarter with others.
Intention: James wants to eat lunch at his desk while he finishes a project.
Moral consequence: James and his co-workers are all able to get their work done without much disruption.
Immoral action: James goes out and gets curry from an Indian takeout for lunch.
Norm: It's good to cook for your partner.
Situation: Jim and Pam are both hard workers, and tonight Jim gets home a few hours before Pam.
Intention: Jim wants to make dinner.
Moral action: Jim makes a big dinner for both of them for when Pam gets home.
Immoral consequence: Pam has to make her own meal after working a long day, and is annoyed with Jim.
Norm: It's good to cook for your partner.
Situation: Jim and Pam are both hard workers, and tonight Jim gets home a few hours before Pam.
Intention: Jim wants to make dinner.
Moral consequence: Pam greatly appreciates what Jim did for her and returns the favor the next time he works late.
Immoral action: Jim heats up a frozen dinner just for himself to eat.
Norm: It is bad to shove people
Situation: Charles is standing in a long line at the grocery store, and wants to ask the cashier if he can run back to grab milk without losing his place.
Intention: Charles wants to try to be heard by the clerk.
Moral action: Charles asks the man in front of him if he can please get through to ask a question to the clerk.
Immoral consequence: The man that Charles pushes gets angry, and punches him in the face.
Norm: It is bad to shove people
Situation: Charles is standing in a long line at the grocery store, and wants to ask the cashier if he can run back to grab milk without losing his place.
Intention: Charles wants to try to be heard by the clerk.
Moral consequence: The man is happy to oblige, and Charles is able to get a response to his question.
Immoral action: Charles pushes the man in front of him trying to get to where the cashier can hear him.
Norm: You shouldn't bring up old relationships with your current partner.
Situation: Holden is taking his girlfriend to a park in the town he grew up in.
Intention: Holden wants to convey how great the park is to his girlfriend.
Moral action: Holden recalls a fond memory he had in the park with an ex-girlfriend, but explains it in a way that doesn't reference her at all.
Immoral consequence: Holden's girlfriend gets angry at him for talking about his ex and it ruins the entire visit.
Norm: You shouldn't bring up old relationships with your current partner.
Situation: Holden is taking his girlfriend to a park in the town he grew up in.
Intention: Holden wants to convey how great the park is to his girlfriend.
Moral consequence: Holden's girlfriend appreciates the story and grows more excited about the visit.
Immoral action: Holden mentions a fond memory he had a the park with an ex-girlfriend of his.
Norm: You shouldn't feed local wildlife.
Situation: Erin is an amateur photographer hiking in a local park when she encounters some cute squirrels.
Intention: Erin wants to take a good picture of the squirrels.
Moral action: Erin lays still in the grass, so she doesn't scare the squirrels and waits for them to come closer.
Immoral consequence: Erin gets her pictures but the squirrels get sick from eating food that they weren't built to digest.
Norm: You shouldn't feed local wildlife.
Situation: Erin is an amateur photographer hiking in a local park when she encounters some cute squirrels.
Intention: Erin wants to take a good picture of the squirrels.
Moral consequence: Erin gets a good natural shot and the squirrels go about their lives undisturbed.
Immoral action: Erin puts some food out to lure the squirrels closer, so she can get a good picture of them.
Norm: It's bad to make crude jokes.
Situation: Daryl is at a party and there are a lot of pretty ladies attending it.
Intention: Daryl wants to impress the girls.
Moral action: Daryl dances uninhibited on the dance floor and motions for some of the ladies to join him.
Immoral consequence: The ladies are turned off by the vulgar joke and Daryl is unable to talk to any of them for the rest of the night.
Norm: It's bad to make crude jokes.
Situation: Daryl is at a party and there are a lot of pretty ladies attending it.
Intention: Daryl wants to impress the girls.
Moral consequence: Some of the ladies enjoy Daryl's carefree dancing and join him which makes Daryl quite happy.
Immoral action: Daryl repeats a bad taste joke that his friends enjoyed earlier to some of the ladies at the party.
Norm: You shouldn't body-shame someone.
Situation: Lili and her friend Jane wanted to lose weight together but only Lili succeeded, now they're at a party.
Intention: Lili wants to make sure that people around her admire her for her weight loss.
Moral action: Lili tells people how she managed to lose weight but doesn't mention anything about Jane trying to do so too.
Immoral consequence: Jane feels terrible when her weight and her failure in getting thinner is discussed in public.
Norm: You shouldn't body-shame someone.
Situation: Lili and her friend Jane wanted to lose weight together but only Lili succeeded, now they're at a party.
Intention: Lili wants to make sure that people around her admire her for her weight loss.
Moral consequence: Jane feels motivated to keep on trying to lose weight without feeling publicly shamed.
Immoral action: Lili explains that she worked very hard to lose weight and points to Jane as proof that losing weight is not something that all can achieve.
Norm: It's rude to say someone's name incorrectly.
Situation: Nolan was looking for ways to aggravate his rival James.
Intention: Nolan wants to annoy James.
Moral action: Nolan decides to focus on getting better grades than James.
Immoral consequence: James thinks it's funny at first but it gets old when years later people still call him that.
Norm: It's rude to say someone's name incorrectly.
Situation: Nolan was looking for ways to aggravate his rival James.
Intention: Nolan wants to annoy James.
Moral consequence: Nolan studies hard and annoys James by beating him in the exams.
Immoral action: Nolan started calling James "Maims" and starts running away from him in the hall.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat at games.
Situation: Chad is playing a competitive game of golf with two of his friends.
Intention: Chad wants to win the match.
Moral action: Chad focuses as hard as he can on playing well during the round.
Immoral consequence: Chad's friends discover his deception by double checking his scorecard and call out his cheating.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat at games.
Situation: Chad is playing a competitive game of golf with two of his friends.
Intention: Chad wants to win the match.
Moral consequence: Chad beats his friends by a single stroke and feels very proud of himself.
Immoral action: Chad alters his scorecard to make his final score appear better than he actually performed.
Norm: It's good to maintain your privacy.
Situation: Lindsey is a very outgoing person who loves to post on social media, and is about to go on a two-week vacation in another country.
Intention: Lindsey wants to post about her vacation on social media.
Moral action: Lindsey does not mention her vacation until after she gets back.
Immoral consequence: One of the people on her friends list sees this and robs her house while she is away.
Norm: It's good to maintain your privacy.
Situation: Lindsey is a very outgoing person who loves to post on social media, and is about to go on a two-week vacation in another country.
Intention: Lindsey wants to post about her vacation on social media.
Moral consequence: Lindsey has a good time on her vacation and her house remains safe.
Immoral action: Lindsey posts all about her upcoming vacation and when she will be gone.
Norm: You're discouraged from doing illegal narcotics.
Situation: Ian has been having a pain in his lower back for weeks.
Intention: Ian wants the pain to go away.
Moral action: Ian goes to the doctor who prescribes him a bottle of oxycodone.
Immoral consequence: Ian is later arrested and taken to jail for possession of drugs.
Norm: You're discouraged from doing illegal narcotics.
Situation: Ian has been having a pain in his lower back for weeks.
Intention: Ian wants the pain to go away.
Moral consequence: Ian feels better after he starts to take the medicine that the doctor gives him.
Immoral action: Ian goes to a drug dealer on the street and buys oxycodone pills.
Norm: You should be considerate of people.
Situation: Pat is listening to the radio while he works his construction job on a busy street, when his favorite song starts playing.
Intention: Pat wants to turn up his favorite song.
Moral action: Pat gets closer to the radio while his favorite song is playing and turns it up very slightly.
Immoral consequence: The sound reverberates into the local businesses surrounding Pat and someone calls the police to complain about the excessive noise.
Norm: You should be considerate of people.
Situation: Pat is listening to the radio while he works his construction job on a busy street, when his favorite song starts playing.
Intention: Pat wants to turn up his favorite song.
Moral consequence: The noise doesn't bother anyone and Pat enjoys listening to his song without consequences.
Immoral action: Pat turns the radio up as loud as it will go and holds it up to get the maximum amount of sound out of the box.
Norm: It is rude to expect to monopolize a friend's time.
Situation: It's Friday afternoon and it's time to plan the weekend.
Intention: Joe wants to do something with his friend Bo.
Moral action: Joe asks Bo to hang out for an hour on Saturday.
Immoral consequence: Bo is annoyed that Joe isn't respectful of his time but helps anyway.
Norm: It is rude to expect to monopolize a friend's time.
Situation: It's Friday afternoon and it's time to plan the weekend.
Intention: Joe wants to do something with his friend Bo.
Moral consequence: Joe and Bo have fun together.
Immoral action: Joe asks Bo to spend the entire weekend helping him clean his apartment.
Norm: It is wrong to criticize a partner's friend.
Situation: Will recently started sating Wilma, and she introduced him to her annoying friend Wendy at dinner, and Wilma asks Will what he thought of Wendy when they get home.
Intention: Will wants to answer Wendy's question.
Moral action: Will lies and tells Wilma he likes Wendy, but says there's such a thing as too much of a good thing.
Immoral consequence: Wilma ends up leaving Will because she doesn't like dating people who don't like her friends.
Norm: It is wrong to criticize a partner's friend.
Situation: Will recently started sating Wilma, and she introduced him to her annoying friend Wendy at dinner, and Wilma asks Will what he thought of Wendy when they get home.
Intention: Will wants to answer Wendy's question.
Moral consequence: Wilma agrees with Will's reasoning, and the two rarely see Wendy during their long relationship.
Immoral action: Will tells Wilma that he found Wendy kind of annoying and doesn't want to hang out with Wendy in the future.
Norm: It's good to return someone else's property.
Situation: Payton has borrowed a hair dryer from her friend that makes her hair look really nice.
Intention: Payton wants to own a hair dryer just like her friend's.
Moral action: Payton asks her friend where she bought the hair dryer so that she can buy one for herself.
Immoral consequence: Payton's friend gets mad when she sees the blow dryer at Payton's house.
Norm: It's good to return someone else's property.
Situation: Payton has borrowed a hair dryer from her friend that makes her hair look really nice.
Intention: Payton wants to own a hair dryer just like her friend's.
Moral consequence: Payton's friend is happy that Payton liked the hair dryer so much.
Immoral action: Payton keeps the hair dryer and tells her friend that the hair dryer was broken.
Norm: It's rude to snap at your housemate.
Situation: Mack rooms with Jimmy, and they spend a lot of time together.
Intention: Mack wants to be close with Jimmy and have a home that he is comfortable in.
Moral action: Mack and Jimmy respect each others space and do things apart sometimes.
Immoral consequence: Jimmy gets sick of the verbal abuse, moves out and stops being friends with Mack.
Norm: It's rude to snap at your housemate.
Situation: Mack rooms with Jimmy, and they spend a lot of time together.
Intention: Mack wants to be close with Jimmy and have a home that he is comfortable in.
Moral consequence: Mack and Jimmy remain roommates for years and remain good friends.
Immoral action: Mack gets upset at Jimmy over small things and talks to Jimmy about it in front of guests.
Norm: It's good to help out your siblings.
Situation: Jane is on a paddle boat with her brother Eric but is starting to feel sick.
Intention: Eric wants to get Jane back to shore.
Moral action: Eric tells Jane to stop pedaling and just focus on breathing while he paddles the boat.
Immoral consequence: Jane jumps from the pool to try and swim to the shore, but gets very tired and quite sick on the way there.
Norm: It's good to help out your siblings.
Situation: Jane is on a paddle boat with her brother Eric but is starting to feel sick.
Intention: Eric wants to get Jane back to shore.
Moral consequence: Eric gets Jane safely to shore, and she starts to feel better shortly after.
Immoral action: Eric tells Jane that she'll get to the shore more quickly if she swims and tells her to jump out.
Norm: It's wrong to attack old friends.
Situation: Ed is on Facebook and sees that a friend of his from high school posted a video on his social media account that Ed doesn't agree with.
Intention: Ed wants to comment on the video.
Moral action: Ed writes a post pointing out some flaws in the video and agreeing with it on some things.
Immoral consequence: Ed's old friend is disgusted by Ed's behavior and reacts angrily to Ed's comment.
Norm: It's wrong to attack old friends.
Situation: Ed is on Facebook and sees that a friend of his from high school posted a video on his social media account that Ed doesn't agree with.
Intention: Ed wants to comment on the video.
Moral consequence: Ed's friend is grateful for Ed's insightful post and strikes up a pleasant conversation with Ed.
Immoral action: Ed tells his friend to wake up and see that he is deceived by "the man", calling him a fool.
Norm: You should respect your friends decision.
Situation: Bianca has chosen a college to go to, but her close friend has chosen a different university that works better for her goals.
Intention: Bianca wants to talk with her friend about her decision.
Moral action: Bianca tells her friend that she will succeed at her new school and that she hopes that her career goes well.
Immoral consequence: Bianca's friend feels like Bianca is giving her a guilt trip and feels resentful towards her, straining the friendship.
Norm: You should respect your friends decision.
Situation: Bianca has chosen a college to go to, but her close friend has chosen a different university that works better for her goals.
Intention: Bianca wants to talk with her friend about her decision.
Moral consequence: Bianca's friend makes efforts to keep in touch with Bianca and update her on how things are going.
Immoral action: Bianca asks why her friend is leaving her and comments that she'll be all alone at her new school.
Norm: You should talk to your friend before dating their siblings
Situation: Jacob feels attracted to his best friend's sister and thinks that she might also be interested in him.
Intention: Jacob wants to ask his friend's sister to go out on a date.
Moral action: Jacob asks his friend if he is okay with Jacob asking his sister out on a date before he asks her out.
Immoral consequence: Jacob's friend is mad that he hadn't said anything to him first.
Norm: You should talk to your friend before dating their siblings
Situation: Jacob feels attracted to his best friend's sister and thinks that she might also be interested in him.
Intention: Jacob wants to ask his friend's sister to go out on a date.
Moral consequence: Jacob's friend feels happy that Jacob confided in him first.
Immoral action: Jacob asks his friend's sister to go out without asking his friend, who is shocked when Jacob shows up at his house for the date.
Norm: It's wrong to be a drug dealer.
Situation: Peter works full time, but is falling behind on his bills.
Intention: Peter wants to make some extra cash.
Moral action: Peter mows lawns on the weekends to makes some extra cash.
Immoral consequence: Peter gets caught by the police and is sent to prison.
Norm: It's wrong to be a drug dealer.
Situation: Peter works full time, but is falling behind on his bills.
Intention: Peter wants to make some extra cash.
Moral consequence: Peter makes enough to pay off his bills and go debt free.
Immoral action: Peter decides to sell drugs to make extra cash on the side.
Norm: You should be willing to help with family responsibilities.
Situation: Joe's father asks him to mow the lawn this weekend.
Intention: Joe wants to visit his friends this weekend.
Moral action: Joe mows the lawn for his dad before going to his friend's house.
Immoral consequence: Joe's father is disappointed that Joe didn't help with the housework before taking off.
Norm: You should be willing to help with family responsibilities.
Situation: Joe's father asks him to mow the lawn this weekend.
Intention: Joe wants to visit his friends this weekend.
Moral consequence: Joe's father is happy to let Joe enjoy the rest of his weekend after getting the help he asked for.
Immoral action: Joe goes to his friend's house instead of mowing the lawn.
Norm: You should respond to communication in a timely manner.
Situation: Evan's mother sent him a text to find out where he was.
Intention: Evan wants to respond to his mother.
Moral action: Evan texts his mother back to tell her where he was.
Immoral consequence: When Evan gets home, he realizes that his mother has called the cops to report him missing.
Norm: You should respond to communication in a timely manner.
Situation: Evan's mother sent him a text to find out where he was.
Intention: Evan wants to respond to his mother.
Moral consequence: Evan's mother doesn't worry about him while he is gone.
Immoral action: Evan waits until he gets home hours later to tell his mother where he was.
Norm: It's rude to only think about yourself when talking.
Situation: Sharon is sitting at lunch with some other girls who are having a conversation about visiting foreign countries.
Intention: Sharon wants to share her experiences in Taiwan.
Moral action: Sharon asks the girls questions about the countries that they have visited in the past, creating a dynamic conversation.
Immoral consequence: The other girls are silent and slowly become resentful that Sharon is dominating the conversation, eventually leaving the table.
Norm: It's rude to only think about yourself when talking.
Situation: Sharon is sitting at lunch with some other girls who are having a conversation about visiting foreign countries.
Intention: Sharon wants to share her experiences in Taiwan.
Moral consequence: The girls have a great time talking with Sharon and connect with her and her experiences in a foreign land.
Immoral action: Sharon starts talking about Taiwan and hardly pauses for breath between each story.
Norm: It's bad to not follow through with your commitments.
Situation: Archie collapses onto his bed after working eighteen hours, and his mother sends him a reminder text about his promise to clean her yard.
Intention: Archie wants to relax.
Moral action: Archie calls his friend asking him to help his mother with the yard work.
Immoral consequence: Archie's mother is upset that his son broke his promise to her.
Norm: It's bad to not follow through with your commitments.
Situation: Archie collapses onto his bed after working eighteen hours, and his mother sends him a reminder text about his promise to clean her yard.
Intention: Archie wants to relax.
Moral consequence: Archie's mom has fun hanging around with Archie's friend.
Immoral action: Archie turns off his phone and goes to sleep.
Norm: Hiding the truth from someone concerned is immoral.
Situation: Gal has been losing weight due to doing a lot of meth, and her mom is asking about her weight loss.
Intention: Gal has to respond to her mom.
Moral action: Gal tells her mom that she's been addicted to meth.
Immoral consequence: Gal doesn't get the help that she needs and continues to struggle.
Norm: Hiding the truth from someone concerned is immoral.
Situation: Gal has been losing weight due to doing a lot of meth, and her mom is asking about her weight loss.
Intention: Gal has to respond to her mom.
Moral consequence: Gal is able to get support from her mom and increases her chances of recovering.
Immoral action: Gal tells her mom that she's been exercising and eating healthier.
Norm: It's wrong to not be courteous when living with roommates.
Situation: Bobby has been living in the same apartment with Justin.
Intention: Bobby wants to have company over.
Moral action: Bobby asks Justin if he minds having company over on the weekend.
Immoral consequence: Justin isn't able to sleep because of the noise that Bobby and his friends are making.
Norm: It's wrong to not be courteous when living with roommates.
Situation: Bobby has been living in the same apartment with Justin.
Intention: Bobby wants to have company over.
Moral consequence: Bobby and Justin have a good time visiting with Bobby's friends.
Immoral action: Bobby invites his friends to come over to visit late at night.