CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to disturb your sibling while they sleep.
Situation: Tessa finds an air horn in the basement while her brother, Dean, is studying for a test.
Intention: Tessa wants to prank Dean with the air horn.
Moral consequence: Dean jumps up out of his seat and has a laugh with Tessa before resuming his studying.
Immoral action: Tessa waits until Dean falls asleep before sneaking into his room and waking him with the air horn.
Norm: You shouldn't grab other people's private parts.
Situation: Hank and Susan are participating in a self defense class and Hank is instructed to pretend to attack Susan.
Intention: Hank wants to mimic an attacker.
Moral action: Hank leaps at Susan and raises his arm as if he's going to take a swing at her.
Immoral consequence: Susan shrieks because she feels violated and is angry at Hank for going straight for her breasts.
Norm: You shouldn't grab other people's private parts.
Situation: Hank and Susan are participating in a self defense class and Hank is instructed to pretend to attack Susan.
Intention: Hank wants to mimic an attacker.
Moral consequence: Susan pivots away from his arm as she was instructed to do and successfully completes the evasive maneuver.
Immoral action: Hank leaps at Susan and grabs her by her breasts with both hands, squeezing them as he does so.
Norm: It's bad to be a cheater.
Situation: Mark is in a hard calculus class.
Intention: Mark needs to pass the next test.
Moral action: Mark studies hard and passes.
Immoral consequence: Mark does badly in Calculus 2, because he didn't learn the material.
Norm: It's bad to be a cheater.
Situation: Mark is in a hard calculus class.
Intention: Mark needs to pass the next test.
Moral consequence: Mark is proud of himself.
Immoral action: Mark buys an answer key online and aces the test.
Norm: It is rude to leave a funeral early.
Situation: James is at his grand aunt's funeral, and the season finale of his favorite television show comes on in thirty minutes.
Intention: James wants to watch TV.
Moral action: James texts his roommate asking him to record the show.
Immoral consequence: James sees his cousins making a negative comment about him for vanishing from the event.
Norm: It is rude to leave a funeral early.
Situation: James is at his grand aunt's funeral, and the season finale of his favorite television show comes on in thirty minutes.
Intention: James wants to watch TV.
Moral consequence: James is able to support his family members.
Immoral action: James slips out of the funeral and travels home to watch his show.
Norm: You shouldn't ruin someone's nap.
Situation: Marlon and his brother Liam are hanging out at home while their father is taking a nap on the couch in the living room.
Intention: Marlon wants to play with Liam.
Moral action: Marlon tells Liam to join him outside where they can play some Frisbee and run around.
Immoral consequence: Marlon and Liam's father wakes up from his nap due to the noise and is very cranky.
Norm: You shouldn't ruin someone's nap.
Situation: Marlon and his brother Liam are hanging out at home while their father is taking a nap on the couch in the living room.
Intention: Marlon wants to play with Liam.
Moral consequence: Marlon and Liam's father is able to nap without being disturbed.
Immoral action: Marlon invites Liam to play in the living room, where they run around making a lot of noise.
Norm: It is expected that you help and support coworkers
Situation: One of the clients at James' work suddenly asked for a huge rush job, and James' boss asked everyone to come in on Saturday to help the associated account manager.
Intention: James doesn't want to give up his Saturday.
Moral action: James argues with his boss and says they should bill the clients for some temps to come help out.
Immoral consequence: James' coworkers are irritated with him when he comes into the office on Monday.
Norm: It is expected that you help and support coworkers
Situation: One of the clients at James' work suddenly asked for a huge rush job, and James' boss asked everyone to come in on Saturday to help the associated account manager.
Intention: James doesn't want to give up his Saturday.
Moral consequence: The boss agrees, since the client shouldn't have given them so little advance notice.
Immoral action: James calls in sick on Saturday because he doesn't want to deal with the workload.
Norm: It is moral to prevent theft or stealing
Situation: Ray's friend told him that he runs a website where he lets people watch movies illegally.
Intention: Ray has to decide what to do with this information.
Moral action: Ray reports his friend's website to the FBI so that people stop stealing content.
Immoral consequence: Ray is participating in the stealing and is taking money from content creators.
Norm: It is moral to prevent theft or stealing
Situation: Ray's friend told him that he runs a website where he lets people watch movies illegally.
Intention: Ray has to decide what to do with this information.
Moral consequence: Ray feels like he's helping content creators and is happy that people have to pay for movies now.
Immoral action: Ray uses his friend's website and watches as many movies as he can.
Norm: It's good to play sports with others.
Situation: Miranda just arrived at her neighborhood park when some neighbors invite her to join their soccer game.
Intention: Miranda wants to get some exercise.
Moral action: Miranda agrees to join her neighbors and spends the afternoon playing soccer with them.
Immoral consequence: Miranda's neighbors think she's being antisocial and avoid inviting her to participate in the future.
Norm: It's good to play sports with others.
Situation: Miranda just arrived at her neighborhood park when some neighbors invite her to join their soccer game.
Intention: Miranda wants to get some exercise.
Moral consequence: Miranda bonds with her neighbors and ends up enjoying their company quite a bit.
Immoral action: Miranda declines the invitation and decides to go on a solitary jog around the park instead.
Norm: It's mean to hate someone's dog.
Situation: Bob's neighbor has a dog and it has been using Bob's yard to as a bathroom.
Intention: Bob wants the neighbor's dog to stop going to the bathroom in his yard.
Moral action: Bob lets his neighbor know that he has been cleaning up after his dog and would appreciate if he would not have to do that.
Immoral consequence: His neighbor responds to his words with more anger and never talks to Bob again.
Norm: It's mean to hate someone's dog.
Situation: Bob's neighbor has a dog and it has been using Bob's yard to as a bathroom.
Intention: Bob wants the neighbor's dog to stop going to the bathroom in his yard.
Moral consequence: Bob's neighbor responds with some embarrassment and promises to take care of the problem.
Immoral action: Bob tells his neighbor that he can't stand the dog and if he sees it around his yard again, he will call animal control to take it away.
Norm: It's wrong to dash your friend's dreams.
Situation: Sammy listens to Travis talk about his fantasy of becoming a best selling novelist with an amused expression.
Intention: Sammy wants to comment on Travis' fantasies.
Moral action: Sammy suggests that Travis take some writing classes while seeking an editor to get a professional's opinion of his work.
Immoral consequence: Travis becomes discouraged and stops writing.
Norm: It's wrong to dash your friend's dreams.
Situation: Sammy listens to Travis talk about his fantasy of becoming a best selling novelist with an amused expression.
Intention: Sammy wants to comment on Travis' fantasies.
Moral consequence: Travis follows Sammy's advice and an editor offers to publish his book.
Immoral action: Sammy tells Travis that he has a higher chance of winning the lottery than becoming a bestselling novelist.
Norm: It's hurtful to not like your mother.
Situation: Troy and Dana are planning their wedding when Dana asks Troy why he hasn't mentioned inviting his mom.
Intention: Troy wants to tell Dana about his relationship with his mom.
Moral action: Troy tells Dana that he loves his mom very much, and he hasn't mentioned it because he thought it was obvious she'd come.
Immoral consequence: Dana is shocked to hear that Troy doesn't talk to his mom and wonders what's wrong with him.
Norm: It's hurtful to not like your mother.
Situation: Troy and Dana are planning their wedding when Dana asks Troy why he hasn't mentioned inviting his mom.
Intention: Troy wants to tell Dana about his relationship with his mom.
Moral consequence: Dana is relieved to hear that Troy's mom will come to their big day and that there's no problems in their relationship.
Immoral action: Troy tells Dana that his mother, and he don't talk and that he despises her and always has.
Norm: It's good to communicate your wants with your parents.
Situation: Cathy wants a new dress for her choir concert, but her parents are having problems affording bills.
Intention: Cathy wants to wear a dress to the concert.
Moral action: Cathy tells her parents about what she needs.
Immoral consequence: People make fun of Cathy's outfit.
Norm: It's good to communicate your wants with your parents.
Situation: Cathy wants a new dress for her choir concert, but her parents are having problems affording bills.
Intention: Cathy wants to wear a dress to the concert.
Moral consequence: Cathy's self esteem improves when she's wearing her new dress.
Immoral action: Cathy decides to wear one of her older dresses to the concert.
Norm: It's good to take your kids places.
Situation: Mike tells his dad Earl that he has a day off from school on Monday and asks his dad if he wants to do something together.
Intention: Earl wants to suggest something for the two of them to do.
Moral action: Earl tells Mike he is going to take him to the zoo that day to see the fun animals.
Immoral consequence: Mike has fun watching TV but gains no experiences from the day and learns to be lazy.
Norm: It's good to take your kids places.
Situation: Mike tells his dad Earl that he has a day off from school on Monday and asks his dad if he wants to do something together.
Intention: Earl wants to suggest something for the two of them to do.
Moral consequence: Mike has fun looking at the animals and learns a lot of facts about nature.
Immoral action: Earl tells Mike that there's a movie marathon on TV that day, and they can spend the whole day watching.
Norm: It's kind to wish a mother well on Mother's Day.
Situation: Isabelle lives a few states away from her mom and mother's day is approaching.
Intention: Isabelle wants to avoid traveling to her mother's home on mother's day.
Moral action: Isabelle sets up a video chat, so she can virtually wish her mom a happy mother's day.
Immoral consequence: Isabelle's mom waits all day to hear from her but gets nothing.
Norm: It's kind to wish a mother well on Mother's Day.
Situation: Isabelle lives a few states away from her mom and mother's day is approaching.
Intention: Isabelle wants to avoid traveling to her mother's home on mother's day.
Moral consequence: Isabelle's mom tells her that seeing her face is enough to make her day.
Immoral action: Mother's day arrives and Isabelle stays home without seeing or talking to her mom.
Norm: It's deceitful to fake an illness
Situation: Steven has a big math test coming up the next day, and he is feeling nervous and unprepared for it.
Intention: Steven wants to pass his math class.
Moral action: Steven stays up late studying hard on all the math topics to prepare for the test.
Immoral consequence: Steven's mother sees through his deception and makes him go to school, where he gets a poor grade on the test.
Norm: It's deceitful to fake an illness
Situation: Steven has a big math test coming up the next day, and he is feeling nervous and unprepared for it.
Intention: Steven wants to pass his math class.
Moral consequence: Steven gets an A on the test and is proud of himself.
Immoral action: Steven feigns illness the morning of the test in order that he can skip it.
Norm: it's wrong to go through someone's personal property without permission
Situation: Jess sees her sister's purse sitting on the kitchen table when she gets home from school one day.
Intention: Jess wants to borrow her sister's favorite lipstick.
Moral action: Jess asks her sister if she can dig through her purse to borrow her lipstick.
Immoral consequence: Jess's sister is angry with her for rifling through her purse.
Norm: it's wrong to go through someone's personal property without permission
Situation: Jess sees her sister's purse sitting on the kitchen table when she gets home from school one day.
Intention: Jess wants to borrow her sister's favorite lipstick.
Moral consequence: Jess's sister gives permission for Jess to grab the lipstick.
Immoral action: Jess roots through her sister's purse to find the lipstick she wants.
Norm: It is wrong to have relationships with underage girls
Situation: John is married to Mindy but has become bored sexually.
Intention: John wants some extra escitement in his sex life.
Moral action: John buys a sexual intimacy book, and he and Mindy read it together and spice up their sex life.
Immoral consequence: The underage girl is scarred for life and John gets arrested.
Norm: It is wrong to have relationships with underage girls
Situation: John is married to Mindy but has become bored sexually.
Intention: John wants some extra escitement in his sex life.
Moral consequence: No young girls are harmed and John is not in prison.
Immoral action: John looks for underage prostitutes online and pays one to be with him.
Norm: You should always apologize to your parents.
Situation: Ryan is coming home past his curfew and his parents are waiting for him.
Intention: Ryan wants to talk to his parents about being late.
Moral action: Ryan explains why he is late and says he is sorry to his parents.
Immoral consequence: Ryan's parents will think he is not mature enough to stay out later.
Norm: You should always apologize to your parents.
Situation: Ryan is coming home past his curfew and his parents are waiting for him.
Intention: Ryan wants to talk to his parents about being late.
Moral consequence: Ryan's parents will think he is contrite.
Immoral action: Ryan makes an excuse and says the curfew is too early.
Norm: It's expected that you will keep your yard looking nice.
Situation: Zachery has a lawn that has become overgrown because he is too occupied with work, and he has the weekend off of work.
Intention: Zachery wants to rest on his days off.
Moral action: Zachery hires a landscaping company to maintain his yard.
Immoral consequence: Zachery's lawn grows out more and his neighbors think he is lazy because he has not taken care of his lawn.
Norm: It's expected that you will keep your yard looking nice.
Situation: Zachery has a lawn that has become overgrown because he is too occupied with work, and he has the weekend off of work.
Intention: Zachery wants to rest on his days off.
Moral consequence: Zachery's neighbors are relieved that he's finally maintained his outside space.
Immoral action: Zachery ignores his lawn situation and relaxes during his weekend break.
Norm: Littering is wrong.
Situation: Charlotte finishes drinking her water bottle in the middle of a long hike.
Intention: Charlotte wants to get rid of the water bottle.
Moral action: Charlotte carries her water bottle down the trail until she finds a trash dispenser near a rest area.
Immoral consequence: Charlotte receives a citation from the park ranger passing by  for littering.
Norm: Littering is wrong.
Situation: Charlotte finishes drinking her water bottle in the middle of a long hike.
Intention: Charlotte wants to get rid of the water bottle.
Moral consequence: Charlotte feels good for taking care of the environment.
Immoral action: Charlotte looks around and tosses her water bottle into the forest.
Norm: It's bad for you to be a racist.
Situation: Ron saw a video online about all of the crime that black people commit that included disingenuous stats.
Intention: Ron has to decide whether to find information that debunks the video.
Moral action: Ron looks at the comments of the video to see what other people have to say about it.
Immoral consequence: Ron becomes angrier and has false information black people in his memory.
Norm: It's bad for you to be a racist.
Situation: Ron saw a video online about all of the crime that black people commit that included disingenuous stats.
Intention: Ron has to decide whether to find information that debunks the video.
Moral consequence: Ron understands that the video was disingenuous and treats black people the same as he would anyone else.
Immoral action: Ron decides to believe everything in the video and becomes cautious around black people.
Norm: You shouldn't blurt out inappropriate things when you're in public.
Situation: Lucy and her friend are discussing medical issues in a cafeteria, and her friend alludes to a problem Lucy previously.
Intention: Lucy wants to give her friend advise.
Moral action: Lacy smiles at her friend and texts her some links that helped her in the past.
Immoral consequence: Lacy's friend blushes and hides her face in embarrassment.
Norm: You shouldn't blurt out inappropriate things when you're in public.
Situation: Lucy and her friend are discussing medical issues in a cafeteria, and her friend alludes to a problem Lucy previously.
Intention: Lucy wants to give her friend advise.
Moral consequence: Lacy's friend learns a lot from reading the information in the links.
Immoral action: Lucy describes her medical issues and treatment options in a loud tone of voice.
Norm: It's bad to date someone who isn't single.
Situation: Marla had met Todd and his wife at a party over the weekend.
Intention: Marla wants to visit with Todd.
Moral action: Marla invites Todd and his wife to her house for dinner one night.
Immoral consequence: Todd thinks that Marla's invitation is weird, and he avoids her in the future.
Norm: It's bad to date someone who isn't single.
Situation: Marla had met Todd and his wife at a party over the weekend.
Intention: Marla wants to visit with Todd.
Moral consequence: Todd and his wife enjoy their visit with Marla.
Immoral action: Marla invites Todd to her house for a candlelit dinner date.
Norm: You shouldn't dump your problems on other people.
Situation: Leah is dealing with a toxic relationship with a guy her friend doesn't like and is having problems deciding what to do.
Intention: Leah wants to get some advice on her issue.
Moral action: Leah goes on the internet to find discussions and articles of similar problems to draw from.
Immoral consequence: Leah's friend is bothered by having spend time dealing with her problems.
Norm: You shouldn't dump your problems on other people.
Situation: Leah is dealing with a toxic relationship with a guy her friend doesn't like and is having problems deciding what to do.
Intention: Leah wants to get some advice on her issue.
Moral consequence: Leah's friend notices her pulling away from the guy and is glad she is taking initiative.
Immoral action: Leah approaches her friend about the situation sparing no details.
Norm: It's deceitful to cheat on your spouse
Situation: Max isn't happy with his marriage to his wife and has a crush on a coworker.
Intention: Max doesn't want to get divorced from his wife.
Moral action: Max tells his wife that they should go to counseling to work on improving their marriage.
Immoral consequence: Max's wife wonders why Max is so distant from her and becomes unhappy.
Norm: It's deceitful to cheat on your spouse
Situation: Max isn't happy with his marriage to his wife and has a crush on a coworker.
Intention: Max doesn't want to get divorced from his wife.
Moral consequence: Max's wife is encouraged by Max's willingness to work on strengthening their marriage.
Immoral action: Max has a secret affair with his coworker and goes to great lengths to hide it from his wife.
Norm: It is good to be charitable.
Situation: Lucas has a bunch of things in his attic that he isn't using.
Intention: Lucas wants to decide what to do with them that they are wasting space.
Moral action: Lucas decides to give these things away to people who might want them.
Immoral consequence: Lucas is glad his attic is finally empty of clutter now.
Norm: It is good to be charitable.
Situation: Lucas has a bunch of things in his attic that he isn't using.
Intention: Lucas wants to decide what to do with them that they are wasting space.
Moral consequence: Lucas is happy that other people will go on to enjoy his old things.
Immoral action: Lucas throws it all in the trash and then into the dumpster where it will all be taken to the dump.
Norm: It's good to buy children gifts for their first birthday.
Situation: James' son is about to turn one year old and is starting to outgrow the toys he got at his baby shower.
Intention: James wants to be frugal.
Moral action: James buys a few toys for his son, but asks his friends to donate to his college fund instead.
Immoral consequence: James' son barely seems to notice his first birthday party.
Norm: It's good to buy children gifts for their first birthday.
Situation: James' son is about to turn one year old and is starting to outgrow the toys he got at his baby shower.
Intention: James wants to be frugal.
Moral consequence: James' son has a lot of fun playing with his new toy dinosaurs.
Immoral action: James asks his friends to make contributions to his son's college fund instead of buying toys.
Norm: It's mean to stop talking to your friends.
Situation: Megan's friend Nancy started dating Megan's ex-boyfriend, which has made Megan very upset.
Intention: Megan wants to let Nancy know about her displeasure.
Moral action: Megan talks with Nancy and tells her about how upset she is over Nancy's relationship with her ex-boyfriend.
Immoral consequence: Nancy refuses to break off her relationship with Megan's ex-boyfriend and instead begins to hate Megan for her ill treatment of her.
Norm: It's mean to stop talking to your friends.
Situation: Megan's friend Nancy started dating Megan's ex-boyfriend, which has made Megan very upset.
Intention: Megan wants to let Nancy know about her displeasure.
Moral consequence: Nancy understands why Megan is upset and explains her side of the story, eventually coming to terms with Megan.
Immoral action: Megan gives Nancy the cold shoulder and ignores her at every possible opportunity.
Norm: It's wrong to not take responsibility for your own actions.
Situation: Danny crashed his car into Doug's when pulling into his driveway.
Intention: Danny wants to decide how to deal with the damage.
Moral action: Danny tells Doug right away that he hit Doug's car.
Immoral consequence: Doug doesn't know who it was, so he becomes aggravated at everyone.
Norm: It's wrong to not take responsibility for your own actions.
Situation: Danny crashed his car into Doug's when pulling into his driveway.
Intention: Danny wants to decide how to deal with the damage.
Moral consequence: Doug is fine with it and just asks Danny to fix the car.
Immoral action: Danny pulls his car back and when Doug notices the damage Danny simply insists it wasn't him.
Norm: It's bad to make too many demands of coworkers.
Situation: Vina is leaving work early and is delegating tasks to her employees.
Intention: Vina wants to decide how much work to assign Hal.
Moral action: Vina asks Hal what he can handle.
Immoral consequence: Vina gets criticized for her greed and loses credibility at work.
Norm: It's bad to make too many demands of coworkers.
Situation: Vina is leaving work early and is delegating tasks to her employees.
Intention: Vina wants to decide how much work to assign Hal.
Moral consequence: Vina builds rapport with a valuable employee.
Immoral action: Vina tests her luck and assigns Hal a lot of work.
Norm: You shouldn't do something just because someone asks you.
Situation: James is a Marine, and his Sergeant wanted him to shoot a prisoner they had.
Intention: James has to respond to his Sergeant.
Moral action: James tells his Sergeant that he won't do it since it'd be against the law.
Immoral consequence: James commits a war crime, and his Sergeant feels that he can get James to do anything.