CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's smart to not get into meaningless arguments.
Situation: Diego and his mother don't always see eye-to-eye on many topics, but her loves her dearly anyway.
Intention: Diego wants to spend time with his mother.
Moral consequence: Diego's mother feels like Diego really cares about her.
Immoral action: Diego gets embroiled into an endless and contentious political discussion with his mother.
Norm: It's great to share your interests with those you love.
Situation: James is a big fan of his video games and the type of entertainment they can bring.
Intention: James wants to keep playing his video games.
Moral action: James shows the games to his family and tries to get them interested as well.
Immoral consequence: James' family in turn avoids the games since James keeps them away.
Norm: It's great to share your interests with those you love.
Situation: James is a big fan of his video games and the type of entertainment they can bring.
Intention: James wants to keep playing his video games.
Moral consequence: Some of James's family start to like video games too.
Immoral action: James hides his games from his family and keeps them away.
Norm: It's good to care about the well-being of others.
Situation: Mack works as a nurse for a nursing home and doesn't have anyone supervising him.
Intention: Mack wants to get his day over with at the nursing home.
Moral action: Mack decides to watch over and take care of the elderly there until the end of his shift.
Immoral consequence: Mack gets in trouble for gross negligence and apologizes.
Norm: It's good to care about the well-being of others.
Situation: Mack works as a nurse for a nursing home and doesn't have anyone supervising him.
Intention: Mack wants to get his day over with at the nursing home.
Moral consequence: Mack gets a congratulations from his higher-ups and feels accomplished.
Immoral action: Mack decides to ignore the customers and patients until the day is over.
Norm: It's wrong to date so many people.
Situation: Mark is being pursued by three different people who all want to start dating him.
Intention: Mark wants to decide what to do about his beau's.
Moral action: Mark decides to pick the person he is most compatible with.
Immoral consequence: Mark gets dumped when his boyfriends find out about each other.
Norm: It's wrong to date so many people.
Situation: Mark is being pursued by three different people who all want to start dating him.
Intention: Mark wants to decide what to do about his beau's.
Moral consequence: Mark enters into a relationship with his top choice.
Immoral action: Mark decides to start dating all three of his pursuers until he can decide on who he likes best.
Norm: It's nice to want to include your siblings in activities.
Situation: Billy is planning his birthday party with his mom when she asks him, other than his brothers, who he wants at the party.
Intention: Billy wants to respond to his mother.
Moral action: Billy tells his mother that he wants to invite his whole class, so they better get started on the invitations.
Immoral consequence: Billy's mom is shocked that Billy doesn't care about anything especially his brothers and is worried about him.
Norm: It's nice to want to include your siblings in activities.
Situation: Billy is planning his birthday party with his mom when she asks him, other than his brothers, who he wants at the party.
Intention: Billy wants to respond to his mother.
Moral consequence: Billy's mother is delighted that he's being so social, and he wants to invite everyone to his party.
Immoral action: Billy tells his mother that she assumed he wants his brothers there, but he doesn't, and he doesn't care who else comes.
Norm: It's wrong to try to kill people.
Situation: Zach has always longed for a certain dream car that he has never been able to afford and notices that his neighbor Bill just bought one.
Intention: Zach wants to obtain the type of car that Bill has.
Moral action: Zach works extra hours and reduces his spending to save up his money.
Immoral consequence: Zach is arrested for attempted murder and sentenced to a decade in prison.
Norm: It's wrong to try to kill people.
Situation: Zach has always longed for a certain dream car that he has never been able to afford and notices that his neighbor Bill just bought one.
Intention: Zach wants to obtain the type of car that Bill has.
Moral consequence: After a year of saving Zach can finally afford his dream car, and he buys one.
Immoral action: Zach tries to kill his neighbor Bill to have his car for himself.
Norm: It is mean to withhold sentimental items from family.
Situation: Jeff is going through his recently deceased mother's possessions.
Intention: Jeff wants to keep something to remind him of mother.
Moral action: Jeff communicates with Jeff's brothers and sisters about how items should be divided between Jeff and the siblings.
Immoral consequence: Jeff's siblings will be deprived of items the siblings find comforting and nostalgic.
Norm: It is mean to withhold sentimental items from family.
Situation: Jeff is going through his recently deceased mother's possessions.
Intention: Jeff wants to keep something to remind him of mother.
Moral consequence: All parties involved have equal and appropriate items and agreements are made.
Immoral action: Jeff decides to keep several framed photographs and decorations from his childhood without talking it over with any of his siblings.
Norm: It's good to write encouraging notes to people.
Situation: Jay's wife Jane said last night she's stressed about a job interview she has today, and Jay wants to leave her a note before he goes to work.
Intention: Jay needs to write the note.
Moral action: Jay writes "Good luck today" on the note and leaves it on the kitchen counter.
Immoral consequence: Jane becomes even more anxious when she reads the note, and struggles to concentrate on her interview preparation.
Norm: It's good to write encouraging notes to people.
Situation: Jay's wife Jane said last night she's stressed about a job interview she has today, and Jay wants to leave her a note before he goes to work.
Intention: Jay needs to write the note.
Moral consequence: Jane reads the note with a smile, and confidently begins preparing for the interview.
Immoral action: Jay writes "Good luck today, you're gonna need it" on the note and leaves it on the kitchen counter.
Norm: You shouldn't smoke because it's unhealthy.
Situation: Emma finds herself unattractive and heard that smoking can make you lose weight.
Intention: Emma wants to be thinner.
Moral action: Emma starts eating more healthily, and exercises more.
Immoral consequence: Emma starts having respiratory issues and feels terrible.
Norm: You shouldn't smoke because it's unhealthy.
Situation: Emma finds herself unattractive and heard that smoking can make you lose weight.
Intention: Emma wants to be thinner.
Moral consequence: Emma looks and feels wonderful.
Immoral action: Emma takes up smoking.
Norm: It's negligent to shoot fireworks near someone else's property.
Situation: Shawn is hosting a 4th of July party at his beach house, and he wants to light fireworks as part of the celebration.
Intention: Shawn wants to pick a spot to setup the fireworks.
Moral action: Shawn sets up the fireworks well away from his neighbors.
Immoral consequence: Shawn gets a citation when his neighbor complains about the noise and smoke.
Norm: It's negligent to shoot fireworks near someone else's property.
Situation: Shawn is hosting a 4th of July party at his beach house, and he wants to light fireworks as part of the celebration.
Intention: Shawn wants to pick a spot to setup the fireworks.
Moral consequence: Shawn is able to launch a fireworks display that is least likely to bother his neighbors.
Immoral action: Shawn sets up the fireworks at the property line between him and his neighbor.
Norm: It's good to delegate duty to subordinates.
Situation: Mike is the managing team leader of a group and has just been given an extremely important assignment to complete.
Intention: Mike wants to make sure the assignment is completed to exacting standards.
Moral action: Mike divides the assignment among the team members and monitors their work closely.
Immoral consequence: Mike's team have free time at work that is now being wasted.
Norm: It's good to delegate duty to subordinates.
Situation: Mike is the managing team leader of a group and has just been given an extremely important assignment to complete.
Intention: Mike wants to make sure the assignment is completed to exacting standards.
Moral consequence: Mike's team is productive and learn some new skills on the assignment.
Immoral action: Mike does the work on his own because he doesn't want his subordinates messing it up.
Norm: It's good to use birth control.
Situation: Before making love to Ellen for the first time, George asks her if she is on birth control.
Intention: Ellen wants to have sex with George.
Moral action: Ellen tells George he has to use a condom as she is not on the pill.
Immoral consequence: Ellen gets pregnant and has to face a furious George when she has to confess to her lie.
Norm: It's good to use birth control.
Situation: Before making love to Ellen for the first time, George asks her if she is on birth control.
Intention: Ellen wants to have sex with George.
Moral consequence: Ellen spends an enjoyable night with George.
Immoral action: Ellen says that she is on birth control, knowing that this isn’t true.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt people you're stronger than.
Situation: Bill is talking to his son Lee in the kitchen.
Intention: Bill wants Lee to know that he is unhappy with his performance at school.
Moral action: Bill explains that Lee will be deprived of various freedoms until Lee's grades improve.
Immoral consequence: Lee feels physical pain and psychological abuse that has lingering effects on Lee's personality.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt people you're stronger than.
Situation: Bill is talking to his son Lee in the kitchen.
Intention: Bill wants Lee to know that he is unhappy with his performance at school.
Moral consequence: lee is physically and emotionally unharmed and learns that there are consequences for poor performance and behavior.
Immoral action: Bill grabs Lee and holds Lee while slapping Lee across the face.
Norm: You should take an injured pet to the vet.
Situation: Maddy has noticed that her pet cat is limping around the house but shes in a tight financial situation.
Intention: Maddy wants to save money on vet bills.
Moral action: Maddy takes the cat to the vet and gets on a payment plan with them.
Immoral consequence: Maddy's cat struggles with the injury and it becomes worse.
Norm: You should take an injured pet to the vet.
Situation: Maddy has noticed that her pet cat is limping around the house but shes in a tight financial situation.
Intention: Maddy wants to save money on vet bills.
Moral consequence: Maddy's cat gets treatment for the injury and it heals quickly.
Immoral action: Maddy skips going to the vet hoping that it will go away on it's own.
Norm: It's bad to spoil movies for people.
Situation: Lisa recently saw the latest Star Trek movie, and she is talking with Latasha who plans to see it in a few days.
Intention: Lisa wants to talk about the movie.
Moral action: Lisa tells Latasha that it is a good movie but doesn't go into any details about the plot.
Immoral consequence: Latasha loses some excitement for seeing the movie now that she knows how it will turn out.
Norm: It's bad to spoil movies for people.
Situation: Lisa recently saw the latest Star Trek movie, and she is talking with Latasha who plans to see it in a few days.
Intention: Lisa wants to talk about the movie.
Moral consequence: Latasha is even more excited to see the movie now that Lisa has recommended it.
Immoral action: Lisa tells Latasha some of the major twists that happen in the movie.
Norm: It's homophobic to say hateful things about LGBTQ people.
Situation: Jake was talking to his friend when a gay couple walked past them.
Intention: Jake wanted to comment on the couple.
Moral action: Jake tells his friend that he doesn't understand why others care so much about how others live their lives.
Immoral consequence: The couple overhears what Jeff said and are offended by him.
Norm: It's homophobic to say hateful things about LGBTQ people.
Situation: Jake was talking to his friend when a gay couple walked past them.
Intention: Jake wanted to comment on the couple.
Moral consequence: The couple overhears Jake, and it makes their day hearing it.
Immoral action: Jake told his friend that he heard that most gays are pedophiles.
Norm: You should always make sure your friends are doing OK.
Situation: Sharon is at a large party in a mansion with a few girlfriends, and one of them seems pretty drunk.
Intention: Sharon wants to enjoy the party till the end.
Moral action: Sharon calls a cab for her drunk friend, sends her home and goes back to partying.
Immoral consequence: Sharon's drunk friend is taken advantage of by a group of guys in a remote corner of the mansion.
Norm: You should always make sure your friends are doing OK.
Situation: Sharon is at a large party in a mansion with a few girlfriends, and one of them seems pretty drunk.
Intention: Sharon wants to enjoy the party till the end.
Moral consequence: Sharon's drunk friend spends a safe and peaceful night in her own bed.
Immoral action: Sharon figures her friend is an adult and will take care of herself.
Norm: It's unprofessional to get romantically involved with a client.
Situation: Farah, a psychologist, is wrapping up her session with Steven when Steven kisses her.
Intention: Farah doesn't want to hurt Steven.
Moral action: Farah gets Steven to break down his attraction to her.
Immoral consequence: Farah loses her licence when her affair is discovered on Facebook.
Norm: It's unprofessional to get romantically involved with a client.
Situation: Farah, a psychologist, is wrapping up her session with Steven when Steven kisses her.
Intention: Farah doesn't want to hurt Steven.
Moral consequence: Farah gets Steven to realize his attraction is the result of loneliness, and she extra money for her efforts.
Immoral action: Farah starts dating Steven.
Norm: Is bad to blow off work for no reason.
Situation: Art is laying bricks in the hot sun, constructing a wall.
Intention: Art wants to give art's tired muscles a rest.
Moral action: Art sits under a tree for a few minutes with a bottle of water and recovers in the shade before returning to work.
Immoral consequence: Cement dries inside a mixer, ruining the mixer, Art does't get paid for the wall, and owes money for a new mixer, the wall is not built for the customer.
Norm: Is bad to blow off work for no reason.
Situation: Art is laying bricks in the hot sun, constructing a wall.
Intention: Art wants to give art's tired muscles a rest.
Moral consequence: An obligation is fulfilled and Art's work history remains unblemished, the wall is completed for the customer.
Immoral action: Art leaves the wall behind and gets drunk with Art's friends.
Norm: It is wrong to make someone afraid.
Situation: Karl is in bed with Julia, a woman Karl just met and slept with.
Intention: Karl wants to inject humor into the silence between them.
Moral action: Karl  relates an amusing anecdote from Karl's office where the color copier ran out of ink  and Karl tried to fix it.
Immoral consequence: Julia feels psychological terror and fears for Julia's life.
Norm: It is wrong to make someone afraid.
Situation: Karl is in bed with Julia, a woman Karl just met and slept with.
Intention: Karl wants to inject humor into the silence between them.
Moral consequence: Julie laughs and feels at ease and that Karl is a man whom Julie feels current;y comfortable.
Immoral action: Karl casually mentions he has AIDs and that Julia should probably take a test soon.
Norm: It's wrong to view child pornography.
Situation: Jack lives alone, is lonely, old and has no girlfriend.
Intention: Jack wants to get a thrill.
Moral action: Jack joins a dating service, finds a date and takes her to an amusement park.
Immoral consequence: Jack is arrested and sent to jail.
Norm: It's wrong to view child pornography.
Situation: Jack lives alone, is lonely, old and has no girlfriend.
Intention: Jack wants to get a thrill.
Moral consequence: Jack is happier and not alone.
Immoral action: Jack hops on his computer and downloads photos of naked boys.
Norm: You shouldn't laugh at how people look
Situation: Henry saw a homeless man with raggedy clothing on the side of the street one day.
Intention: Henry wants to stop and talk to the man.
Moral action: Henry stops and talks to the man and offers to buy him some new clothing.
Immoral consequence: The man begins to cry because he has no money to buy any other clothing.
Norm: You shouldn't laugh at how people look
Situation: Henry saw a homeless man with raggedy clothing on the side of the street one day.
Intention: Henry wants to stop and talk to the man.
Moral consequence: The mans starts to cry because he is grateful at Henry's kindness.
Immoral action: Henry stops and tells the man that he looks disgusting and starts to laugh at him.
Norm: It's bad to act immature when approaching college age.
Situation: Hagar is eating dinner with his potential  frat brothers at a restaurant.
Intention: Hagar wants to entertain his friends.
Moral action: Hagar tells his friends stories from his personal life.
Immoral consequence: Hagar is roasted on tic tok when someone uploads a video of his actions.
Norm: It's bad to act immature when approaching college age.
Situation: Hagar is eating dinner with his potential  frat brothers at a restaurant.
Intention: Hagar wants to entertain his friends.
Moral consequence: Hagar and his friends become closer.
Immoral action: Hagar makes fart jokes and noises.
Norm: It is rude to expose others to illness.
Situation: Fran had been feeling sick and felt like she was going to throw up.
Intention: Fran needed some medicine for her stomach.
Moral action: Fran asks her husband to run to the store for her to pick up her medicine.
Immoral consequence: Fran spreads her germs to other people she gets in contact with at the store.
Norm: It is rude to expose others to illness.
Situation: Fran had been feeling sick and felt like she was going to throw up.
Intention: Fran needed some medicine for her stomach.
Moral consequence: Fran keeps her germs to herself and doesn't spread it to anyone outside of her house.
Immoral action: Fran goes to the store herself to pick up the medicine that she needs.
Norm: It's rude to call someone at dinnertime.
Situation: Gabrielle broke the toilet, and her roommate is having dinner with her mother.
Intention: Gabrielle needs help fixing the toliet.
Moral action: Gabrielle watches tutorials on fixing toilets on youtube.
Immoral consequence: Gabrielle is scolded by her roommate later for butting in on her time with her mother.
Norm: It's rude to call someone at dinnertime.
Situation: Gabrielle broke the toilet, and her roommate is having dinner with her mother.
Intention: Gabrielle needs help fixing the toliet.
Moral consequence: Gabrielle stops relying on others because she can take care of her own problems.
Immoral action: Gabrielle calls her roommate several time through the night.
Norm: It's wrong to cheat off other people's work.
Situation: Marilyn has to take an important exam in her biology class tomorrow, and she is not sure she will do well.
Intention: Marilyn wants to get a passing grade on the exam.
Moral action: Marilyn stays up late studying for the exam and does her best work on it in class.
Immoral consequence: The teacher sees Marilyn looking at her classmates work and doesn't allow her to finish the exam.
Norm: It's wrong to cheat off other people's work.
Situation: Marilyn has to take an important exam in her biology class tomorrow, and she is not sure she will do well.
Intention: Marilyn wants to get a passing grade on the exam.
Moral consequence: Marilyn is sure that she will get a passing grade since she worked hard.
Immoral action: Marilyn looks over at her classmates paper and copies some of her answers.
Norm: It is greedy to marry just for money.
Situation: Lisa has been dating Bill mostly because of his money and wasn't very serious and now Cam asks her to marry him.
Intention: Lisa wants to respond to Cam's proposal.
Moral action: Lisa tells Cam that she thought they were in a fling, and she doesn't feel like she really loves Cam so no.
Immoral consequence: Lisa ends up having a miserable marriage with Cam because they actually have zero chemistry.
Norm: It is greedy to marry just for money.
Situation: Lisa has been dating Bill mostly because of his money and wasn't very serious and now Cam asks her to marry him.
Intention: Lisa wants to respond to Cam's proposal.
Moral consequence: Lisa saves herself from a lifetime of trouble and loneliness within a marriage by saying no.
Immoral action: Lisa tells Cam that she would love to marry him while thinking that she's probably set for life now.
Norm: You shouldn't let your family sell their things for drugs.
Situation: Faris notices her father taking his belongings to the thrift shop to get money for his medicine.
Intention: Faris wants her father to have his medicine.
Moral action: Faris pays for her dad's medications.
Immoral consequence: Her father loses a gift given to him by his father.
Norm: You shouldn't let your family sell their things for drugs.
Situation: Faris notices her father taking his belongings to the thrift shop to get money for his medicine.
Intention: Faris wants her father to have his medicine.
Moral consequence: Faris and her father become closer.
Immoral action: Faris sets up a yard sale where they sell all of her father's old belongings.
Norm: One need not share personal funds with one's siblings.
Situation: Justine is visited by her sister Cindy, who wants to borrow her credit card to make a small purchase.
Intention: Justine wants to respond to her sister.
Moral action: Justine tells Cindy that she is not comfortable lending out her credit card to anyone, even a sister.
Immoral consequence: Cindy runs up a huge debt on the credit card and never pays Cindy back.
Norm: One need not share personal funds with one's siblings.
Situation: Justine is visited by her sister Cindy, who wants to borrow her credit card to make a small purchase.
Intention: Justine wants to respond to her sister.
Moral consequence: Cindy understands Justine's reason, and she looks elsewhere for the money.
Immoral action: Justine gives Cindy her credit card with the expectation that Cindy will eventually pay her back.
Norm: It's good to give up an unhealthy habit.
Situation: An overweight man Fabio has avoided stress eating for months, but he was just fired from work.
Intention: Fabio wants to get rid of his anxiety.
Moral action: Fabio meditates for an hour before redoing his resume.
Immoral consequence: Fabio gains weight.
Norm: It's good to give up an unhealthy habit.
Situation: An overweight man Fabio has avoided stress eating for months, but he was just fired from work.
Intention: Fabio wants to get rid of his anxiety.
Moral consequence: Fabio's new resume helps him get a new job.
Immoral action: Fabio orders five meals from McDonalds.
Norm: You shouldn't report your neighbors without a good reason.
Situation: Rasheeda has a neighbor Mike who lives above them that is up late at night.
Intention: Rasheeda needs it quieter at night because she works early.
Moral action: Rasheeda meets Mike and explains that she works early and that sometimes Mike makes too much noise.
Immoral consequence: Rasheeda is warned for harassment and abuse of apartment resources once it is determined that Mike is not violating any rules.
Norm: You shouldn't report your neighbors without a good reason.
Situation: Rasheeda has a neighbor Mike who lives above them that is up late at night.
Intention: Rasheeda needs it quieter at night because she works early.
Moral consequence: Mike is understanding and makes an effort to be quieter, Rasheeda hears Mike less often.
Immoral action: Rasheeda calls the apartment security nightly for noise complaints whenever she hears Mike moving after 10pm.