CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to move into your first apartment.
Situation: Miranda,who hates spending money, has just landed a nice full time job after college, and her parents want to move into a smaller one bedroom house.
Intention: Miranda wants to live somewhere she can afford.
Moral consequence: Miranda enjoys living on her own.
Immoral action: Miranda moves with her parents into their new home choosing to sleep on the couch because she wants to save money.
Norm: It's frowned upon to be shallow.
Situation: Ina is walking to Sephora to buy a lot of makeup, but she walked past a homeless family on her way there.
Intention: Ina has to decide what to spend some of her money on.
Moral action: Ina gives some of her money to the family since they needed it more.
Immoral consequence: Ina continues to be shallow, and the family continues to suffer.
Norm: It's frowned upon to be shallow.
Situation: Ina is walking to Sephora to buy a lot of makeup, but she walked past a homeless family on her way there.
Intention: Ina has to decide what to spend some of her money on.
Moral consequence: Ina has to think about what's important in life, and the family feels appreciative.
Immoral action: Ina thinks about how better she would look with all the makeup she could buy.
Norm: It's bad to intentionally skip your medication.
Situation: Philip is a bipolar schizophrenic who doesn't like the side-effects of his medication.
Intention: Philip wants to change his medicine-taking situation.
Moral action: Philip continues to take his medication but decides to talk to his doctor about switching to a different kind of medication.
Immoral consequence: Phil lapses into psychosis after a few days of being off his medication and has to be committed to a psychiatric hospital.
Norm: It's bad to intentionally skip your medication.
Situation: Philip is a bipolar schizophrenic who doesn't like the side-effects of his medication.
Intention: Philip wants to change his medicine-taking situation.
Moral consequence: Philip gets a prescription for a new drug that has less severe side effects.
Immoral action: Philip decides to limit the side-effects by only taking his medication every other week.
Norm: It's bad to cheat on a school exam.
Situation: Michael needs to get an A on his history exam, or he'll fail the class.
Intention: Michael wants to get an A on the exam.
Moral action: Michael stays up all night to study for the exam.
Immoral consequence: Michael is caught using the note cards and given an F on the exam.
Norm: It's bad to cheat on a school exam.
Situation: Michael needs to get an A on his history exam, or he'll fail the class.
Intention: Michael wants to get an A on the exam.
Moral consequence: Michael miraculously gets an A on the exam and passes the class.
Immoral action: Michael hides note cards in his sleeve to aid him during the exam.
Norm: It's bad to date a bunch of people at once.
Situation: John is dating Susan but sees other attractive girls at a party he likes.
Intention: John wants more sexual excitement in his life.
Moral action: John asks Susan back to his place where he tries new romantic stuff with her in bed they've never done before.
Immoral consequence: Eventually all the girls are jealous of each other, and they all dump him, including Susan.
Norm: It's bad to date a bunch of people at once.
Situation: John is dating Susan but sees other attractive girls at a party he likes.
Intention: John wants more sexual excitement in his life.
Moral consequence: No other girls are hurt at all and Susan loves John even more.
Immoral action: John asks three other girls at the party to date him, and they say yes.
Norm: You should be more financially responsible.
Situation: Jeff had just gotten paid and was going to cash his check.
Intention: Jeff wanted to spend some money on dinner.
Moral action: Jeff goes to the drive thru near his house and gets a value meal.
Immoral consequence: Jeff doesn't have any money to pay for the rest of his bills that month.
Norm: You should be more financially responsible.
Situation: Jeff had just gotten paid and was going to cash his check.
Intention: Jeff wanted to spend some money on dinner.
Moral consequence: Jeff has plenty of money remaining to spend on the rest of his bills.
Immoral action: Jeff goes to the most expensive steakhouse in town and spends half of his paycheck on his meal.
Norm: It is wrong not to have morals.
Situation: Ken has a lot of plastic bottles in his house that are taking up space.
Intention: Ken wants to dispose of the plastic bottles.
Moral action: Ken takes the plastic bottles to a recycling center.
Immoral consequence: Ken pollutes the river with his bottles.
Norm: It is wrong not to have morals.
Situation: Ken has a lot of plastic bottles in his house that are taking up space.
Intention: Ken wants to dispose of the plastic bottles.
Moral consequence: Ken helps out the environment by recycling.
Immoral action: Ken dumps the plastic bottles in a river in town.
Norm: You shouldn't masturbate when people are around.
Situation: James suddenly felt horny while sitting at the back of his dorm's lightly populated common room.
Intention: James wants to masturbate.
Moral action: James returns to his dorm room and pulls out his Fleshlight.
Immoral consequence: Another student spots James while walking over to the water fountain and reports him to the administration.
Norm: You shouldn't masturbate when people are around.
Situation: James suddenly felt horny while sitting at the back of his dorm's lightly populated common room.
Intention: James wants to masturbate.
Moral consequence: James masturbates, feels satisfied, and returns to the common room.
Immoral action: James starts surreptitiously masturbating on the couch in the common room.
Norm: It’s bad to leave your spouse out of things.
Situation: Randy and Ryan have been married for two years and are considering buying a home.
Intention: Randy wants to surprise Ryan.
Moral action: Randy buys a special set of china to use with Ryan when they finally pick a home and gift wraps it for him.
Immoral consequence: Ryan is off-put by Randy's willingness to make such a big decision alone and needs time from the relationship.
Norm: It’s bad to leave your spouse out of things.
Situation: Randy and Ryan have been married for two years and are considering buying a home.
Intention: Randy wants to surprise Ryan.
Moral consequence: Ryan is touched by such an intimate and kind gesture and the two eagerly house shop together.
Immoral action: Randy signs a mortgage on a home without telling Ryan and surprises him with it after work one day.
Norm: It's rude to eat someone's food without their permission.
Situation: Mark was visiting at his friend Larry's house when he started to get hungry.
Intention: Mark wants to eat.
Moral action: Mark asks Larry if he has anything to eat at his house.
Immoral consequence: Larry is a little annoyed with Mark and asks him to leave at once.
Norm: It's rude to eat someone's food without their permission.
Situation: Mark was visiting at his friend Larry's house when he started to get hungry.
Intention: Mark wants to eat.
Moral consequence: Larry goes into the kitchen and gets a bag of chips for Mark.
Immoral action: Mark goes into Larry's kitchen and makes himself a sandwich when Larry is out of the room.
Norm: It's bad to run up a high phone bill.
Situation: Carrie wants to have long conversations with her long distance boyfriend, but her boyfriend is on another network.
Intention: Carrie wants to talk to her boyfriend.
Moral action: Carrie asks her boyfriend if they could communicate on video chat on her computer.
Immoral consequence: Carries phone bill is over one hundred and twenty dollars.
Norm: It's bad to run up a high phone bill.
Situation: Carrie wants to have long conversations with her long distance boyfriend, but her boyfriend is on another network.
Intention: Carrie wants to talk to her boyfriend.
Moral consequence: Carrie enjoys seeing her boyfriend's face when they talk.
Immoral action: Carrie uses up all of her minutes, and talks to her boyfriend for long hours whenever she misses him.
Norm: It's rude to be disrespectful towards people who are dead.
Situation: Carla is at a funeral for her friend's mother one day.
Intention: Carla wants to say something about her friend's mother.
Moral action: Carla tells everyone at the funeral home what a wonderful woman her friend's mother was.
Immoral consequence: Carla is asked by her friend's family to leave the funeral home immediately.
Norm: It's rude to be disrespectful towards people who are dead.
Situation: Carla is at a funeral for her friend's mother one day.
Intention: Carla wants to say something about her friend's mother.
Moral consequence: The family expresses their gratitude to Carla for her kind words.
Immoral action: Carla tells everyone at the funeral home about what a wretched witch the woman was.
Norm: It's good to take your kids to the zoo.
Situation: Mae is at home with her kids on a Saturday afternoon but her kids are bored.
Intention: Mae wants to find something for her kids to do.
Moral action: Mae takes her kids to the local zoo to see the elephants.
Immoral consequence: Mae's children get into a fight because they each want to watch a different TV program.
Norm: It's good to take your kids to the zoo.
Situation: Mae is at home with her kids on a Saturday afternoon but her kids are bored.
Intention: Mae wants to find something for her kids to do.
Moral consequence: Mae's children get their pictures taken while they feed the elephants peanuts.
Immoral action: Mae sits her kids in front of the television and tells them to watch something.
Norm: You shouldn't set people up on dates with mutilated people.
Situation: Will asks his friend Ryan if he knows anybody Will could go on a blind date, but Ryan only knows one woman who is paraplegic .
Intention: Ryan wants to answer Will.
Moral action: Ryan says Will probably wouldn't be interested in anybody Ryan knew/.
Immoral consequence: Will is quite annoyed at Ryan following Will's first date with the woman Ryan set him up with.
Norm: You shouldn't set people up on dates with mutilated people.
Situation: Will asks his friend Ryan if he knows anybody Will could go on a blind date, but Ryan only knows one woman who is paraplegic .
Intention: Ryan wants to answer Will.
Moral consequence: Will is disappointed but thanks Ryan for trying at least.
Immoral action: Ryan says sure, and sets Will up with the only woman Ryan knows.
Norm: It's nice to spark joy in others.
Situation: Josephine is a mother of four, and she is at home with her family.
Intention: Josephine wants to keep her children busy.
Moral action: Josephine is able to conceal her plans for her children to do their top pastime together until the last moment and drops the news on them.
Immoral consequence: Josephine's children find themselves bored and miserable by being stuck doing the task.
Norm: It's nice to spark joy in others.
Situation: Josephine is a mother of four, and she is at home with her family.
Intention: Josephine wants to keep her children busy.
Moral consequence: Josephine's are surprised and elated by the news they get to do one of their favorite things and are filled with joy.
Immoral action: Josephine gives her kids a repetitive unneeded task to do, so they have something to occupy themselves with.
Norm: You should always be respectful of pregnant people.
Situation: Paul uses public transportation and takes the bus to work every day.
Intention: Paul needs to find a seat on the bus.
Moral action: Paul saves the seat at the front of the bus for a pregnant woman at the bus stop, and sits in the back instead.
Immoral consequence: The pregnant woman has to sit in the crowded back of the bus and is very uncomfortable.
Norm: You should always be respectful of pregnant people.
Situation: Paul uses public transportation and takes the bus to work every day.
Intention: Paul needs to find a seat on the bus.
Moral consequence: The pregnant woman is not crowded and has a comfortable ride.
Immoral action: Paul sits right in front of the bus, ignoring a pregnant woman who could have used the seat.
Norm: It's wrong to objectify women for your sexual pleasure.
Situation: Felix works at a model agency that is currently looking for at pictures of potential models with his assistant.
Intention: Felix wants to find models that will get attention.
Moral action: Felix stops at a picture and comments on how the model's eyes convey so much intensity.
Immoral consequence: Felix's assistant files a sexually harassment claim to the agency's boss.
Norm: It's wrong to objectify women for your sexual pleasure.
Situation: Felix works at a model agency that is currently looking for at pictures of potential models with his assistant.
Intention: Felix wants to find models that will get attention.
Moral consequence: Felix's assistant agrees with the model's display of talent.
Immoral action: Felix stops at one picture in particular and comments that the model's body makes his pants tight.
Norm: It's rude to meddle in the adult affairs of others.
Situation: Sam worried about his parents since he knows a lot of scams happen to elderly folks.
Intention: Sam wanted to make sure his parents' money was safe.
Moral action: Sam spoke to his parents when they had gathered for a family meal and asked if they needed any advice or assistance to guide their financial matters.
Immoral consequence: Sam's parents were very upset with Sam for violating their privacy and looking through their statements.
Norm: It's rude to meddle in the adult affairs of others.
Situation: Sam worried about his parents since he knows a lot of scams happen to elderly folks.
Intention: Sam wanted to make sure his parents' money was safe.
Moral consequence: Sam's parents let them know they were on top of things and there was no need to worry.
Immoral action: Sam went through his parents bank statements when he was visiting at their home.
Norm: It's wrong to discriminate based on gender or race.
Situation: James is looking over the applications for his computer programming position, and one of the applicants is a girl while the other is a boy.
Intention: James wants to hire the right person.
Moral action: James decides makes a test to evaluate both of the applicants programming abilities.
Immoral consequence: James is blasted by the other employees who thought he went over the applications too quickly.
Norm: It's wrong to discriminate based on gender or race.
Situation: James is looking over the applications for his computer programming position, and one of the applicants is a girl while the other is a boy.
Intention: James wants to hire the right person.
Moral consequence: James' ends up hiring the woman who ends up becoming a valuable asset to the company.
Immoral action: James passes on the girl's application based on the the stereotypical belief that women are not passionate about computers.
Norm: You shouldn't give people mean looks.
Situation: Tom is driving on the highway when a nearby car changes lanes and cuts him off.
Intention: Tom wants to show the driver cut him off that he's upset.
Moral action: Tom honks his horn at the driver who cut him off to let him know that he was there.
Immoral consequence: Tom takes his eyes off the road and nearly rear-ends another vehicle.
Norm: You shouldn't give people mean looks.
Situation: Tom is driving on the highway when a nearby car changes lanes and cuts him off.
Intention: Tom wants to show the driver cut him off that he's upset.
Moral consequence: Tom is able to vent his frustration before returning to his normal driving behavior.
Immoral action: Tom pulls up along side the driver who cut him off and stares him down.
Norm: It is wrong to abuse your power over other people.
Situation: Kerry owns a company and has an employee named Joe that works at the company as an office assistant.
Intention: Kerry wants to give Joe work tasks.
Moral action: Kerry tells Joe to refill the printers with paper and ink.
Immoral consequence: Joe quits the company because cleaning Kerry's home bathrooms is not part of his job.
Norm: It is wrong to abuse your power over other people.
Situation: Kerry owns a company and has an employee named Joe that works at the company as an office assistant.
Intention: Kerry wants to give Joe work tasks.
Moral consequence: Joe works hard so that he can get promoted in the company.
Immoral action: Kerry tells Joe to go to Kerry's house and clean the bathrooms.
Norm: It's bad to steal food.
Situation: James lives near a college campus that runs buffet-style cafeterias for its students.
Intention: James wants a free meal.
Moral action: James volunteers to handle some of the more unpleasant kitchen duties in exchange for free food.
Immoral consequence: James is eventually asked for his student ID and banned from campus on being unable to produce it.
Norm: It's bad to steal food.
Situation: James lives near a college campus that runs buffet-style cafeterias for its students.
Intention: James wants a free meal.
Moral consequence: The university hires James as a part-time worker with a free shift meal as one of his benefits.
Immoral action: James sneaks into the cafeteria through the back door and eats his fill of free food.
Norm: It is considered gross to skip showering for several days.
Situation: Mike is having trouble adjusting to the winters in his new town.
Intention: Mike wants to stay warm.
Moral action: Mike starts wearing long johns under his clothing to stay warm.
Immoral consequence: Mike's body odor begins to repulse the people around him.
Norm: It is considered gross to skip showering for several days.
Situation: Mike is having trouble adjusting to the winters in his new town.
Intention: Mike wants to stay warm.
Moral consequence: Mike's body starts to grow accustomed to the new weather.
Immoral action: Mike starts skipping a shower because he gets cold when he undresses.
Norm: IT is not good to steal from anyone.
Situation: Holly is having problems paying rent, and she notices her grandmother's diamond ring lying on the table.
Intention: Holly needs money.
Moral action: Holly makes custom masks and puts them onto her online store.
Immoral consequence: Holly loses her relationship with her grandmother when someone sends her grandmother a picture of Holly selling the ring.
Norm: IT is not good to steal from anyone.
Situation: Holly is having problems paying rent, and she notices her grandmother's diamond ring lying on the table.
Intention: Holly needs money.
Moral consequence: She gets enough money from her masks to pay for her rent.
Immoral action: Holly takes her mothers ring and sells it to a thrift shop for cash.
Norm: You shouldn't take advantage of homeless people.
Situation: James lived in an area of San Francisco known for its homelessness problem and sky-high rents.
Intention: James wants to make some extra money to help pay his rent.
Moral action: James starts working a second part-time job at a charity that helps the homeless.
Immoral consequence: James is widely deplored on social media, but successfully conceals his real identity.
Norm: You shouldn't take advantage of homeless people.
Situation: James lived in an area of San Francisco known for its homelessness problem and sky-high rents.
Intention: James wants to make some extra money to help pay his rent.
Moral consequence: James appreciates both the extra income and how much worse his life could be.
Immoral action: James starts organizing bum fights, videotaping them and selling access on the Internet.
Norm: You shouldn't peer pressure a friend into smoking.
Situation: Misty is smoking a cigarette during a picnic lunch with her friend, Rita.
Intention: Misty wants to share something with Rita.
Moral action: Misty offers Rita some of the potato salad she made.
Immoral consequence: Rita develops a nicotine addiction.
Norm: You shouldn't peer pressure a friend into smoking.
Situation: Misty is smoking a cigarette during a picnic lunch with her friend, Rita.
Intention: Misty wants to share something with Rita.
Moral consequence: Rita thanks Misty and they start exchanging recipes.
Immoral action: Misty hands Rita a cigarette multiple times until she gives in and smokes it.
Norm: It's wrong to doubt yourself.
Situation: Jacob, who has low self esteem, listens to his boss offer him a promotion, but the promotion has demands above his skill level.
Intention: Jacob wants to make money.
Moral action: Jacob takes classes to sharpen his skills, and asks his coworkers to help him out in his new job.
Immoral consequence: Jacob continues working at a dead end job.
Norm: It's wrong to doubt yourself.
Situation: Jacob, who has low self esteem, listens to his boss offer him a promotion, but the promotion has demands above his skill level.
Intention: Jacob wants to make money.
Moral consequence: Jacob has higher self esteem because he's excelling at something challenging.
Immoral action: Jacob refuses the job choosing to stay at his current position.
Norm: It's bad to buy more unnecessary junk you don't need.
Situation: Randy is at the thrift store with his wife Sue, and they're looking for trinkets for their home.
Intention: Randy wants to purchase some items.
Moral action: Randy picks out a trinket or two that he likes and puts them in his shopping cart.
Immoral consequence: Sue is stressed out because this will cost so much money, and they don't really have a place for some of these things.
Norm: It's bad to buy more unnecessary junk you don't need.
Situation: Randy is at the thrift store with his wife Sue, and they're looking for trinkets for their home.
Intention: Randy wants to purchase some items.
Moral consequence: Sue likes the trinkets Randy found and is OK With the amount of money they cost.
Immoral action: Randy packs their shopping cart with a bunch of trinkets plus a bunch of garden gnomes and some outdoor shelves.
Norm: It's rude to test others.
Situation: Sasha and her boyfriend have been seeing each other for 6 months.
Intention: Sasha wants to know if she can trust her boyfriend.
Moral action: Sasha takes her time to really get to know him and lets trust develop.
Immoral consequence: Sasha's boyfriend is shocked and when he finds out the truth he is devastated at the lack of trust.
Norm: It's rude to test others.
Situation: Sasha and her boyfriend have been seeing each other for 6 months.
Intention: Sasha wants to know if she can trust her boyfriend.
Moral consequence: Sasha’s and her boyfriend’s feelings develop more and they end up getting married.
Immoral action: Sasha has one of her friends hit on her boyfriend to see what he does.
Norm: It's mean to be cruel to your pets.
Situation: Joe is watching TV when his dog starts barking very loudly.
Intention: Joe wants his dog to be quiet.
Moral action: Joe gives his dog a chew toy to keep it distracted while he watches TV.
Immoral consequence: The dogs cowers in fear of its' master.
Norm: It's mean to be cruel to your pets.
Situation: Joe is watching TV when his dog starts barking very loudly.
Intention: Joe wants his dog to be quiet.
Moral consequence: Joe's dog happily plays with the toy while Joe watches TV.
Immoral action: Joe raises his voice to scold the dog and make it feel bad.
Norm: It is normal to go home when you are sick.
Situation: Jacob has been sneezing and coughing all morning at work.
Intention: Jacob wants to avoid losing pay for not working.
Moral action: Jacob asks his boss could he be excused with pay due to illness.
Immoral consequence: Jacob's boss is annoyed by his lack of consideration and makes note to demote him.
Norm: It is normal to go home when you are sick.
Situation: Jacob has been sneezing and coughing all morning at work.
Intention: Jacob wants to avoid losing pay for not working.
Moral consequence: Jacob's boss grants him an excused absence with pay.
Immoral action: Jacob stays at work all day while he is sick.
Norm: It's bad to mess with people's food.
Situation: Robert is working the late night shift as a waiter at a steakhouse restaurant and an old high school bully comes in.
Intention: Robert wants to get some payback on his old bully.
Moral action: Robert makes sure to walk slow, tell the chef the wrong doneness of steak, and to be cold to the bully.
Immoral consequence: A complaint is made to Robert's boss, and he is fired when the camera is checked.