CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to treat someone that cares about you rudely.
Situation: Johan has had an incredibly bad day at work where everything went wrong.
Intention: Johan wants to vent his frustration.
Moral consequence: Johan's partner is happy with him.
Immoral action: Johan snaps at his partner when he gets back home.
Norm: You should never blame someone else for your mistakes.
Situation: Tom is a team leader has made a serious error in the important team project that was just submitted.
Intention: Tom wants to avoid getting in trouble at work.
Moral action: Tom works extra hours to fix the mistake on his own time and explains it to his boss.
Immoral consequence: Tom gets someone else in trouble for their mistake.
Norm: You should never blame someone else for your mistakes.
Situation: Tom is a team leader has made a serious error in the important team project that was just submitted.
Intention: Tom wants to avoid getting in trouble at work.
Moral consequence: Tom protects his team from disciplinary action.
Immoral action: Tom tells his superiors that one of his colleagues, rather than him, was in charge of that part of the project.
Norm: You shouldn't do things without your partner's permission.
Situation: Paul and Jack have been dating for over a year and are talking about moving in together.
Intention: Paul wants them to combine their assets.
Moral action: Paul makes an appointment for him and Jack to meet a financial advisor about combining their assets.
Immoral consequence: Jack loses trust in Paul and balks at moving in with him.
Norm: You shouldn't do things without your partner's permission.
Situation: Paul and Jack have been dating for over a year and are talking about moving in together.
Intention: Paul wants them to combine their assets.
Moral consequence: Jack is pleased to follow the advice they receive and their relationship matures.
Immoral action: Paul accesses Jack's info and opens a joint checking account without telling Jack.
Norm: You shouldn't upset your friend's partner.
Situation: Frank's girlfriend Rosy asks Kyle if her jeans make her look fat.
Intention: Kyle wants to be honest with Rosy.
Moral action: Kyle tells Rosy the jeans really hug her curves.
Immoral consequence: Rosy starts to cry and runs out of the room.
Norm: You shouldn't upset your friend's partner.
Situation: Frank's girlfriend Rosy asks Kyle if her jeans make her look fat.
Intention: Kyle wants to be honest with Rosy.
Moral consequence: Rosy smiles happily and struts around the room.
Immoral action: Kyle tells Rosy that the the jeans do make her look fat.
Norm: You should be honest with those around you.
Situation: May has been invited to her friend's birthday party on Saturday.
Intention: May wants to go with her family to the zoo on Saturday.
Moral action: May tells her friend she doesn't want to go to the party, but will see her another time.
Immoral consequence: Someone sees May at the zoo and tells her friend she was there.
Norm: You should be honest with those around you.
Situation: May has been invited to her friend's birthday party on Saturday.
Intention: May wants to go with her family to the zoo on Saturday.
Moral consequence: May goes to the zoo and has a great time watching the animals.
Immoral action: May tells her friend she is sick and goes to the zoo.
Norm: It's rude to call someone when they're sleeping.
Situation: James was watching cartoons at 2 AM and heard a really funny joke.
Intention: James wants to share the joke with his best friend.
Moral action: James waits until the next day at school to tell his friend the joke.
Immoral consequence: James' friend swears at him and throws the phone across the room.
Norm: It's rude to call someone when they're sleeping.
Situation: James was watching cartoons at 2 AM and heard a really funny joke.
Intention: James wants to share the joke with his best friend.
Moral consequence: James' friend laughs and tells James that's the funniest thing he's heard all year.
Immoral action: James calls his friend at 2 AM to recite the joke.
Norm: Families should work together to solve their disagreements.
Situation: Marilyn and her sister disagree about how their inheritance should be split.
Intention: Marilyn wants to split the inheritance equally.
Moral action: Marilyn goes to counseling with her sister and explains her side with the help of a third party mediating.
Immoral consequence: Marilyn forcibly splits the inheritance and loses her relationship with her sister.
Norm: Families should work together to solve their disagreements.
Situation: Marilyn and her sister disagree about how their inheritance should be split.
Intention: Marilyn wants to split the inheritance equally.
Moral consequence: Marilyn's sister sees her point and their relationship improves.
Immoral action: Marilyn goes behind her sister's back to hire a shady estate lawyer.
Norm: Friends are expected to vacation with each other.
Situation: Jane is chatting on the phone with her best friend, talking about their upcoming summer.
Intention: Jane wants to plan her vacation.
Moral action: Jane asks her best friend to pet sit for her while she goes on vacation to her beach house.
Immoral consequence: Jane's best friend is thrilled that she was invited and gladly agrees to spend the time with her.
Norm: Friends are expected to vacation with each other.
Situation: Jane is chatting on the phone with her best friend, talking about their upcoming summer.
Intention: Jane wants to plan her vacation.
Moral consequence: Jane's friend agrees but is offended that she was not invited and their relationship grows more distant.
Immoral action: Jane asks her best friend if she would like to go spend a week at Jane's beach house.
Norm: It's polite to say hello to an acquaintance
Situation: John is walking his dog and his neighbor passes by.
Intention: John wants to eat lunch.
Moral action: John introduces himself to his neighbor and invites him over for lunch.
Immoral consequence: The neighbor thinks John is unfriendly and doesn't invite him to his party.
Norm: It's polite to say hello to an acquaintance
Situation: John is walking his dog and his neighbor passes by.
Intention: John wants to eat lunch.
Moral consequence: The neighbor thinks John is a cool guy and invites him to his party.
Immoral action: John hurriedly rushes past his neighbor and heads back home and makes lunch.
Norm: It is unacceptable to neglect or abuse children.
Situation: Peter has a young son named Kyle who is misbehaving.
Intention: Peter wants to correct the behavior.
Moral action: Peter calmly reiterates the house rules with Kyle and puts him in a time out.
Immoral consequence: Kyle has to go to the hospital for his injuries and nearly dies.
Norm: It is unacceptable to neglect or abuse children.
Situation: Peter has a young son named Kyle who is misbehaving.
Intention: Peter wants to correct the behavior.
Moral consequence: Kyle learns his lesson from the punishment and says he will not misbehave again.
Immoral action: Peter beats Kyle very severely causing his face and body to be covered in bruises.
Norm: You shouldn't snoop through someone else's belongings without permission.
Situation: Jane is at her new boyfriend Bob's apartment, waiting for him to finish using the restroom, so they can go on a date.
Intention: Jane wants to find out more about what Bob is like.
Moral action: When Bob returns, Jane asks him if he minds if she looks through his bookshelf to see what he enjoys reading.
Immoral consequence: Bob catches Jane in the act and is very turned off by her behavior.
Norm: You shouldn't snoop through someone else's belongings without permission.
Situation: Jane is at her new boyfriend Bob's apartment, waiting for him to finish using the restroom, so they can go on a date.
Intention: Jane wants to find out more about what Bob is like.
Moral consequence: Bob is flattered by Jane's interest in his hobbies and happily tells her all about them.
Immoral action: Jane searches through Bob's belongings looking for clues towards his interests.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore someone based on their job.
Situation: James is on a blind date and just found out his current partner works as a waiter.
Intention: James wants to avoid wasting time with partners he thinks are inadequate.
Moral action: James asks what his partner plans to be doing ten years from now.
Immoral consequence: James' partner leaves in less than a minute, but not before explaining that his dad owns the restaurant chain where he works while he's in business school.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore someone based on their job.
Situation: James is on a blind date and just found out his current partner works as a waiter.
Intention: James wants to avoid wasting time with partners he thinks are inadequate.
Moral consequence: James finds out his partner is a passionate psychology grad student, and they have an interesting conversation about their experiences in therapy.
Immoral action: James immediately loses interest in the conversation and starts playing on his phone.
Norm: You shouldn't injure your partner.
Situation: Vince is having a discussion with his wife about buying a new car.
Intention: Vince wants to get his wife to agree with him.
Moral action: Vince shows his wife a list of all the advantages of purchasing a new vehicle.
Immoral consequence: Vince is arrested for domestic abuse.
Norm: You shouldn't injure your partner.
Situation: Vince is having a discussion with his wife about buying a new car.
Intention: Vince wants to get his wife to agree with him.
Moral consequence: Vince convinces his wife that they should buy a new car.
Immoral action: Vince slaps his wife in the face for not want to go along with his wishes.
Norm: It is sensitive to worry about scaring others.
Situation: Megan and Becky are talking about what to do on Halloween, and Becky dislikes things that jump out at her.
Intention: Megan wants to do something fun for Halloween.
Moral action: After some reflection, Megan comes up with something that Becky will enjoy, acting out scenes from their favorite movies in Halloween costumes.
Immoral consequence: Becky has a panic attack in the middle of the house, and Megan and Becky get into a fight.
Norm: It is sensitive to worry about scaring others.
Situation: Megan and Becky are talking about what to do on Halloween, and Becky dislikes things that jump out at her.
Intention: Megan wants to do something fun for Halloween.
Moral consequence: Megan and Becky become closer friends.
Immoral action: Megan suggests that they go into a haunted house where actors dressed as ghost jump out from behind boxes.
Norm: It's good to want to look the best you can.
Situation: Jane and her friend were invited to a fancy dinner party with lots of important people.
Intention: Jane wants to put on clothing for the dinner.
Moral action: Jane decided to wear a very good looking ball gown to the dinner.
Immoral consequence: Patrons of the party looked at Jane as if she was crazy and Jane felt bad.
Norm: It's good to want to look the best you can.
Situation: Jane and her friend were invited to a fancy dinner party with lots of important people.
Intention: Jane wants to put on clothing for the dinner.
Moral consequence: Patrons of the dinner party complimented Jane on her gown.
Immoral action: Jane decided to wear a tattered tank-top and a mini-skirt to the fancy dinner.
Norm: You shouldn't write crazy things on the Internet.
Situation: Megan is scrolling through her feed on Twitter when she comes across an out home cure tweet for COVID.
Intention: Megan wants to comment on the post.
Moral action: Megan shares the tweet in a discord group discussing the implications of the tweet with her friends.
Immoral consequence: Megan is harassed by people who take her comment seriously.
Norm: You shouldn't write crazy things on the Internet.
Situation: Megan is scrolling through her feed on Twitter when she comes across an out home cure tweet for COVID.
Intention: Megan wants to comment on the post.
Moral consequence: Through conversation, Megan learns more about COVID.
Immoral action: Megan retweets the post with a comment that vitamin C tablets can cure COVID in an attempt to goof around.
Norm: You should show compassion to those you love.
Situation: George's sister Michelle has fallen from her bicycle and starts crying loudly.
Intention: George wants Michelle to stop crying.
Moral action: George hugs and comforts Michelle.
Immoral consequence: Michelle cries even harder.
Norm: You should show compassion to those you love.
Situation: George's sister Michelle has fallen from her bicycle and starts crying loudly.
Intention: George wants Michelle to stop crying.
Moral consequence: Michelle slowly stops crying and wipes her tears away.
Immoral action: George yells at Michelle to stop crying.
Norm: It is wrong to violate someone's privacy.
Situation: Jane is having lunch with her new date, who went to the bathroom and left his phone on the table.
Intention: Jane wants to find out more about her date's interests to see if they have much in common.
Moral action: Jane waits until her date is back from the restroom and asks him about his hobbies and interests.
Immoral consequence: Jane's date notices her behavior on his way back to the table and develops a very negative opinion of her.
Norm: It is wrong to violate someone's privacy.
Situation: Jane is having lunch with her new date, who went to the bathroom and left his phone on the table.
Intention: Jane wants to find out more about her date's interests to see if they have much in common.
Moral consequence: Jane's date feels like she's a very good listener and grows instantly fond of her.
Immoral action: Jane looks through her date's phone to find out more about his hobbies.
Norm: You shouldn't manipulate people.
Situation: Lily knows lots of personal secrets about Merlin and needs to get some work done on her car.
Intention: Lily wants Merlin to fix her car.
Moral action: Lily offers to pay Merlin to work on her car.
Immoral consequence: Merlin agrees but loses respect for Lily.
Norm: You shouldn't manipulate people.
Situation: Lily knows lots of personal secrets about Merlin and needs to get some work done on her car.
Intention: Lily wants Merlin to fix her car.
Moral consequence: Merlin agrees and earns some extra money.
Immoral action: Lily tells Merlin to work on her car or else she'll expose his secrets.
Norm: You shouldn't drive fast.
Situation: Terry has bought a new corvette.
Intention: Terry wants to show off the new car.
Moral action: Terry takes the car to the beach and slowly cruises down the road.
Immoral consequence: Terry crashes the car beyond repair and is hospitalized for severe injuries.
Norm: You shouldn't drive fast.
Situation: Terry has bought a new corvette.
Intention: Terry wants to show off the new car.
Moral consequence: Terry impresses many with the car and enjoys the drive.
Immoral action: Terry tears down the road at 80mph but never sees the sudden curve until it's way too late.
Norm: It's hurtful to disparage a persons sexual prowess.
Situation: Mary is having a tryst with her lover.
Intention: Mary wants to tell her lover what she thinks.
Moral action: Mary tells her sex partner that he is a great performer in the bedroom.
Immoral consequence: Mary's lover develops a complex toward women and has trouble with all his future relationships.
Norm: It's hurtful to disparage a persons sexual prowess.
Situation: Mary is having a tryst with her lover.
Intention: Mary wants to tell her lover what she thinks.
Moral consequence: Mary's lover gain self-confidence and becomes a great parter to Mary and all his future lovers.
Immoral action: Mary tells her lover that he is lousy at making love.
Norm: You shouldn't put up with resentful friends.
Situation: Penny is excited to be getting married but her best-friend and matron of honor Robin has been very negative about her plans.
Intention: Penny wants to have the perfect wedding.
Moral action: Penny puts her foot down early on and tells Robin to either shape up or leave her wedding party.
Immoral consequence: Penny winds up being stressed throughout the wedding because she is on edge from Robin's attitude.
Norm: You shouldn't put up with resentful friends.
Situation: Penny is excited to be getting married but her best-friend and matron of honor Robin has been very negative about her plans.
Intention: Penny wants to have the perfect wedding.
Moral consequence: Penny is able to enjoy her special day surrounded by supportive people.
Immoral action: Penny puts up with Robin's snide comments because she doesn't want to rock the boat.
Norm: People shouldn't gross out their friends with surgical pictures.
Situation: Paul is studying human anatomy with his friends.
Intention: Paul wants to share what he's learning.
Moral action: Paul explains the material in his notes to his friends.
Immoral consequence: Paul's friends quietly excuse themselves leaving Paul alone for the rest of the evening.
Norm: People shouldn't gross out their friends with surgical pictures.
Situation: Paul is studying human anatomy with his friends.
Intention: Paul wants to share what he's learning.
Moral consequence: Paul's knowledge impresses his friends who ask him questions whenever they need medical advice.
Immoral action: Paul points out the parts of the arm by showing them pictures of the arm he dissected during lab.
Norm: It is good to post things that are not nasty.
Situation: Tammy posts often on Facebook.
Intention: Tammy wants to make posts that are noticed by many.
Moral action: Tammy  shares uplifiting posts and interesting highlights of her day.
Immoral consequence: Tammy loses a job opportunity with a company when they see her facebook account and have concerns about her character.
Norm: It is good to post things that are not nasty.
Situation: Tammy posts often on Facebook.
Intention: Tammy wants to make posts that are noticed by many.
Moral consequence: Tammy has many facebook friends who often like and comment on her posts.
Immoral action: Tammy often makes controversial political statements and verbally attacks people with her posts.
Norm: It is rude to mow your lawn at midnight.
Situation: Dave cannot sleep and is wandering around the house aimlessly in the middle of the night.
Intention: Dave wants to find something productive to do.
Moral action: Dave decides that he needs to finish doing his taxes and grabs his files to begin calculating income.
Immoral consequence: Dave's neighbors are angry with him for waking them up with his loud noises.
Norm: It is rude to mow your lawn at midnight.
Situation: Dave cannot sleep and is wandering around the house aimlessly in the middle of the night.
Intention: Dave wants to find something productive to do.
Moral consequence: Dave's neighbors sleep well through the night and wake up refreshed in the morning.
Immoral action: Dave decides that his lawn needs a cut and fires up the John Deere inside the garage causing a loud rumble.
Norm: It's wrong to embarrass a friend in public.
Situation: Rose is at brunch with her friends.
Intention: Rose wants to let Betsy know that she has a period stain on her skirt.
Moral action: Rose pulls Betsy aside in the bathroom and offers to give her a sweater to tie around her waist.
Immoral consequence: Betsy is embarassed and gets angry at Rose.
Norm: It's wrong to embarrass a friend in public.
Situation: Rose is at brunch with her friends.
Intention: Rose wants to let Betsy know that she has a period stain on her skirt.
Moral consequence: Betsy is not embarassed and is thankful to Rose.
Immoral action: Rose loudly tells Betsy that she has a blood stain on her skirt while they are sitting with their friends.
Norm: It's important to do well in school
Situation: Stan is in a math class that he doesn't like and has a new chapter to learn.
Intention: Stan wants to get through the chapter.
Moral action: Stan forces himself to understand the material well and does the home.
Immoral consequence: Stan doesn't learn the material deeply, which makes future lessons more difficult.
Norm: It's important to do well in school
Situation: Stan is in a math class that he doesn't like and has a new chapter to learn.
Intention: Stan wants to get through the chapter.
Moral consequence: Stan has an easier time when the same subject appears later in the course.
Immoral action: Stan does the homework as fast as he's able.
Norm: It's bad to hate an entire race of people.
Situation: Kate's boss at work has asked her to help train some new employees at work that include 2 black people.
Intention: Kate wants to get a promotion.
Moral action: Kate decides that she wants to learn more about the culture of black people and agrees to help.
Immoral consequence: Kate's boss fires her for her discriminatory and racist remarks.
Norm: It's bad to hate an entire race of people.
Situation: Kate's boss at work has asked her to help train some new employees at work that include 2 black people.
Intention: Kate wants to get a promotion.
Moral consequence: Kate learns a lot about her coworkers culture and her boss is impressed with her and promotes her to a lead position.
Immoral action: Kate tells her boss that she refuses to work with any black people and that she won't help them.
Norm: You must try to be faithful to your significant other.
Situation: Helen and her husband have been together for many years and the passion has faded a bit.
Intention: Helen wants to bring the spark back into her romantic life.
Moral action: Helen has a conversation with her husband about how they can make more time for each other and help each other feel special.
Immoral consequence: Helen's husband is devastated and files for divorce when he finds out.
Norm: You must try to be faithful to your significant other.
Situation: Helen and her husband have been together for many years and the passion has faded a bit.
Intention: Helen wants to bring the spark back into her romantic life.
Moral consequence: Helen and her husband are happier and their marriage is stronger.
Immoral action: Helen starts an affair with an attractive coworker.
Norm: It's not okay to beg strangers for treats.
Situation: Ben, who is five years old and hungry, is waiting for his mother to get out of an appointment, when he notices a woman eating crackers next to him.
Intention: Ben wants to get food.
Moral action: After his mother gets out of her appointment, Bill tells his mother that he's hungry.
Immoral consequence: Ben's mother finds out about his behavior and scolds Ben.
Norm: It's not okay to beg strangers for treats.
Situation: Ben, who is five years old and hungry, is waiting for his mother to get out of an appointment, when he notices a woman eating crackers next to him.
Intention: Ben wants to get food.
Moral consequence: Bill's mom buys him some food on the way home.
Immoral action: Ben asks the woman next to him to give him some of her crackers multiple times.
Norm: It's not okay to over indulge in life's pleasures.
Situation: Jay just got home from work to find a new season off his favorite show was released on netflix.
Intention: Jay wants to be entertained.
Moral action: Jay watches a couple episodes each day throughout the rest of the week.
Immoral consequence: Jay barely sleeps and is exhausted the following day when he goes to work.
Norm: It's not okay to over indulge in life's pleasures.
Situation: Jay just got home from work to find a new season off his favorite show was released on netflix.
Intention: Jay wants to be entertained.
Moral consequence: Jay manages to have a great time a few hours every day, while still getting enough rest.
Immoral action: Jay binge watches the whole season all throughout that evening and night.
Norm: It's not okay to be deceitful to children.
Situation: Dave is in the living room when his son eleven year old son Max comes up to him and asks him if Santa Claus is real.
Intention: Dave wants to answer Max's question.
Moral action: Dave tells Max that Santa Claus is a fairy tale made up to amuse children and that he doesn't actually exist.
Immoral consequence: Max grows up believing fairy tales are real and struggles with the harsh realities of life later on.