CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to give up on school.
Situation: Maya is in 11th grade and just found out she is pregnant with her first child.
Intention: Maya wants to decide whether or not to drop out.
Moral consequence: After the baby is born, Maya has a good job and can afford all the necessities needed to care for her child.
Immoral action: Maya, wanting to focus on preparing to be a new mom, quits attending classes.
Norm: It's important to spend time with older family members
Situation: Peter's is taking some time off work to take a break and his grandfather has been calling to see if Peter will be available for a visit.
Intention: Peter wants to spend his time off at the beach.
Moral action: Peter invites his grandfather to come with him to the beach, so they can relax together.
Immoral consequence: Peter's grandfather feels lonely and sad that Peter does not want to spend time with him.
Norm: It's important to spend time with older family members
Situation: Peter's is taking some time off work to take a break and his grandfather has been calling to see if Peter will be available for a visit.
Intention: Peter wants to spend his time off at the beach.
Moral consequence: Peter's grandfather is very happy to spend some time with his grandson.
Immoral action: Peter invites his friends to go to the beach with him and tells his grandfather he is not available.
Norm: It's good to openly communicate with your significant other.
Situation: Steve's wife has been sniping at him while they've been talking lately.
Intention: Steve wants to do something about it.
Moral action: Steve tells his wife he feels like she's abusing him lately.
Immoral consequence: Steve's wife starts getting more and more rowdy with him, screaming at him.
Norm: It's good to openly communicate with your significant other.
Situation: Steve's wife has been sniping at him while they've been talking lately.
Intention: Steve wants to do something about it.
Moral consequence: Steve's wife realizes, apologizes and promises to do better.
Immoral action: Steve starts sniping back at his wife to show her how he feels.
Norm: It's bad to stick with something you hate.
Situation: Ryan is the head of a family who has been working the same job for many years, and he dreads going into work everyday.
Intention: Ryan wants to have a stable income.
Moral action: Ryan makes a resume and applies to other jobs eventually getting a different one with comparable pay.
Immoral consequence: Ryan slacks on his duties on home due work related stress and his family suffers.
Norm: It's bad to stick with something you hate.
Situation: Ryan is the head of a family who has been working the same job for many years, and he dreads going into work everyday.
Intention: Ryan wants to have a stable income.
Moral consequence: Ryan is happier and more energetic when he gets home which makes him better with his family.
Immoral action: Ryan figures that he needs the job for the bills, so he puts up with it.
Norm: It's good to spend time with your friends online.
Situation: Jose recently got into gaming but his friends have been hounding him to spend time with them.
Intention: Jose wants to play video games.
Moral action: Jose tells his friends about his new game and invites them to buy a copy and play online with him.
Immoral consequence: Jose's friends eventually give up, and they drift away from each other.
Norm: It's good to spend time with your friends online.
Situation: Jose recently got into gaming but his friends have been hounding him to spend time with them.
Intention: Jose wants to play video games.
Moral consequence: Jose and his friends end up playing the game online, and remain gamer friends for years and years to come.
Immoral action: Jose ignores his friends and continues to play his new game.
Norm: It's good to be self-confident.
Situation: Nick plays basketball and is making a free throw while surrounded by a booing crowd.
Intention: Nick wants to react to the discouraging boos.
Moral action: Nick blocks out the boos, sizes up the shot, and shoots the free throws.
Immoral consequence: Nick misses both free throws, causing the people to boo him even more.
Norm: It's good to be self-confident.
Situation: Nick plays basketball and is making a free throw while surrounded by a booing crowd.
Intention: Nick wants to react to the discouraging boos.
Moral consequence: Nick makes both free throws, silencing the booing crowd and leading some people to clap.
Immoral action: Nick feels disheartened from the distraction and shoots his free throws.
Norm: It's good to pick up your partner.
Situation: Matt has the car at his work when his wife calls him, asking him for a ride home as she doesn't have a car.
Intention: Matt wants his wife to get home.
Moral action: Matt gets permission to temporarily leave work and picks up his wife to bring her home.
Immoral consequence: The family friend gets lost on the way to Matt's wife's work, wasting an hour of time.
Norm: It's good to pick up your partner.
Situation: Matt has the car at his work when his wife calls him, asking him for a ride home as she doesn't have a car.
Intention: Matt wants his wife to get home.
Moral consequence: Matt's wife gets home in good time and can continue her business.
Immoral action: Matt contacts a family friend and asks her to pick up his wife so that he can continue working.
Norm: Is wrong to betray your friends
Situation: Hillary's friend just confided to her that they are addicted to cocaine.
Intention: Hillary wants to help her friend with their addiction.
Moral action: Hillary sits and talks with her friend and offers to do anything to help her quit.
Immoral consequence: Hillary's friend feels betrayed, stops being her friend and continues to use drugs.
Norm: Is wrong to betray your friends
Situation: Hillary's friend just confided to her that they are addicted to cocaine.
Intention: Hillary wants to help her friend with their addiction.
Moral consequence: Hillary's friend uses them as support system and eventually is able to quit cocaine.
Immoral action: Hillary tells his friends parents that they are addicted to cocaine.
Norm: You should be happy for other people's good news.
Situation: Gene just proposed marriage to Missy, and she is telling her single friend, Cathy at work.
Intention: Cathy wants to respond to the news.
Moral action: Cathy hugs Missy and tells her that she is very happy for her, while thinking she will find love for herself one day.
Immoral consequence: Missy feels foolish because she expected Cathy to have a little more exitement.
Norm: You should be happy for other people's good news.
Situation: Gene just proposed marriage to Missy, and she is telling her single friend, Cathy at work.
Intention: Cathy wants to respond to the news.
Moral consequence: Missy is glad to be able to share her happiness with her friend.
Immoral action: Cathy is jealous of Missy getting engaged, so she tells her that sounds nice, and changes the subject to work related topics.
Norm: You should contribute to group work.
Situation: Fernando is very tired and is assigned a strenuous group assignment during history class.
Intention: Fernando wants to go home.
Moral action: Fernando works hard with his group to quickly knock out the assignment so that he can go home and rest.
Immoral consequence: Fernando's group mates turn in the assignment but tell the teacher he didn't participate causing him to fail the assignment.
Norm: You should contribute to group work.
Situation: Fernando is very tired and is assigned a strenuous group assignment during history class.
Intention: Fernando wants to go home.
Moral consequence: Fernando and his group are given an A on the assignment and are given a voucher to skip one day of class for free.
Immoral action: Fernando wishes his group mates good luck and goes home without helping.
Norm: You should not judge the tastes of others.
Situation: Samantha is eating dinner at her friend's house with her friend, and her friend's very ethnic parents, and they just put out a very unorthodox dish.
Intention: Samantha wants to have a conversation.
Moral action: Samantha asks her friend's parents how they ended up meeting.
Immoral consequence: Samatha's friend's parents look a little hurt, and continue like she said nothing.
Norm: You should not judge the tastes of others.
Situation: Samantha is eating dinner at her friend's house with her friend, and her friend's very ethnic parents, and they just put out a very unorthodox dish.
Intention: Samantha wants to have a conversation.
Moral consequence: Samantha's friend's parents go into detail about the way they met, enjoying the conversation.
Immoral action: Samantha looks at the dish, and laughs and says it looks absolutely disgusting.
Norm: It's wrong to hate things meant to help people.
Situation: Robert recently hears about legislation that bolsters unemployment benefits and has an opportunity to make an influential comment on it.
Intention: Robert wants to comment on the legislation bolstering unemployment benefits.
Moral action: Robert offers a reasonably supportive view of the legislation bolstering unemployment benefits.
Immoral consequence: The legislation gets pulled and Robert struggles when he becomes unemployed.
Norm: It's wrong to hate things meant to help people.
Situation: Robert recently hears about legislation that bolsters unemployment benefits and has an opportunity to make an influential comment on it.
Intention: Robert wants to comment on the legislation bolstering unemployment benefits.
Moral consequence: Robert helps the legislation get passed and has an easier time when he experiences unemployment.
Immoral action: Robert argues against the legislation boosting unemployment benefits and explains exactly why he despises it.
Norm: It's wrong to scam people with junk mail.
Situation: Rob has been fired from his job and is facing eviction if he doesn't pay his back rent soon.
Intention: Rob needs to scrape together some money fast.
Moral action: Rob sells as many of his possessions as he can and starts working gig jobs.
Immoral consequence: Rob rips off several people and pays his rent but is eventually caught and arrested.
Norm: It's wrong to scam people with junk mail.
Situation: Rob has been fired from his job and is facing eviction if he doesn't pay his back rent soon.
Intention: Rob needs to scrape together some money fast.
Moral consequence: Rob is able to keep himself afloat long enough to find another stable job.
Immoral action: Rob decides to try running a phishing scheme he learned about from an old friend to get people to wire money to him.
Norm: It's good to discipline children.
Situation: Carol and Tom have two children together but Tom always lets the children get away with they do wrong.
Intention: Carol wants the children to be better behaved.
Moral action: Carol talks to Tom about the importance of making sure the children act good, and they act as a team when addressing the children's behavior issues.
Immoral consequence: The children grow up getting into a large amount of trouble and don't respect Carol and Tom.
Norm: It's good to discipline children.
Situation: Carol and Tom have two children together but Tom always lets the children get away with they do wrong.
Intention: Carol wants the children to be better behaved.
Moral consequence: The children learn they will have to face punishment when they intentionally do wrong and become productive adult members of society.
Immoral action: Carol follows along with Tom's preferences in not disciplining the children, leaving it to teachers and family to make them act better.
Norm: You should be nice to people.
Situation: Gerald just started working at a factory, and he's having trouble lifting a large box, so another worker, Bill, takes notice.
Intention: Bill wants to talk to Gerald.
Moral action: Bill tells Gerald that company policy says to ask another worker for help with boxes over 50 pounds, and proceeds to help.
Immoral consequence: Gerald doesn't feel welcome at his new place of work and decides to quit.
Norm: You should be nice to people.
Situation: Gerald just started working at a factory, and he's having trouble lifting a large box, so another worker, Bill, takes notice.
Intention: Bill wants to talk to Gerald.
Moral consequence: Gerald feels good knowing that someone was looking out for him, and feels at home in his new job.
Immoral action: Bill snidely tells Gerald to that whoever trained him didn't do a very good job, and then walks away.
Norm: It is rude to be hypocritical in your actions.
Situation: Scott tells his son Nathaniel not to eat ice cream for breakfast, but Scott always craves ice cream.
Intention: Scott wants to eat ice cream.
Moral action: Scott waits until the evening to eat a bowl of ice cream.
Immoral consequence: Nathaniel becomes mad that he can't eat ice cream in the morning, while his dad can.
Norm: It is rude to be hypocritical in your actions.
Situation: Scott tells his son Nathaniel not to eat ice cream for breakfast, but Scott always craves ice cream.
Intention: Scott wants to eat ice cream.
Moral consequence: Nathaniel join his father in eating ice cream in the evening.
Immoral action: Scott devours an ice cream cone early in the morning.
Norm: It's rude to teach children to yell.
Situation: Frank is in his apartment watching his favorite sports team with his young son and notices how his son doesn't react much.
Intention: Frank wants to show his son how to react.
Moral action: Frank shows how to fist pump and high five whenever his team does something good.
Immoral consequence: Frank gets hit with a noise complaint and is punished for it.
Norm: It's rude to teach children to yell.
Situation: Frank is in his apartment watching his favorite sports team with his young son and notices how his son doesn't react much.
Intention: Frank wants to show his son how to react.
Moral consequence: Frank enjoys watching the rest of the game with his son without any issues.
Immoral action: Frank teaches his son to loudly cheer for his team.
Norm: You shouldn't cut your sibling out of your life.
Situation: Jill's brother does something that she thinks is terrible, and she's very angry with him.
Intention: Jill wants to react to the terrible thing her brother did.
Moral action: Jill says that even though she disagrees with what her brother did she will stay in his life and try to help him make amends.
Immoral consequence: Jill's brother is very sad that his relationship with his sister has effectively ended.
Norm: You shouldn't cut your sibling out of your life.
Situation: Jill's brother does something that she thinks is terrible, and she's very angry with him.
Intention: Jill wants to react to the terrible thing her brother did.
Moral consequence: Jill's brother is glad that Jill is standing by him even though he made a big mistake.
Immoral action: Jill says that because of what he did she will never see or talk to her brother again.
Norm: It's rude to act out against your babysitter.
Situation: Ken hired a new babysitter to help him with his kids but the babysitter did not put the kids to bed at 8 pm.
Intention: Ken wants to respond to the babysitter's failure.
Moral action: Ken tells the babysitter that the kids were not in bed by 8 pm and that he would like this to be resolved next time.
Immoral consequence: The babysitter never works for Ken again and Ken struggles to find another babysitter.
Norm: It's rude to act out against your babysitter.
Situation: Ken hired a new babysitter to help him with his kids but the babysitter did not put the kids to bed at 8 pm.
Intention: Ken wants to respond to the babysitter's failure.
Moral consequence: The babysitter continues to work for Ken and gets the kids in bed by 8 pm next time.
Immoral action: Ken raises his voice against the babysitter over her failure to get the kids in bed by 8 pm.
Norm: It's good to have a strong relationship with your siblings.
Situation: Tony, living with his parents and three brothers, is considering two job offers and one of them is paying better but very far away from his home.
Intention: Tony wants to respond to the job offers.
Moral action: Tony chooses the job which is closer to his home so that he doesn't need to move but and can stay with his brothers.
Immoral consequence: Tony feels lonely and distanced from his brothers.
Norm: It's good to have a strong relationship with your siblings.
Situation: Tony, living with his parents and three brothers, is considering two job offers and one of them is paying better but very far away from his home.
Intention: Tony wants to respond to the job offers.
Moral consequence: Tony feels supported by his brothers every time he is frustrated by his work problems.
Immoral action: Tony chooses the higher paying job and moves to an apartment closer to the work place.
Norm: You shouldn't block people with your carts in the supermarket.
Situation: Joe was in the supermarket looking for a can of corn in the aisle.
Intention: Joe wants to walk across the aisle to the canned goods.
Moral action: Joe pulls his cart as far to the side as he can while looking for the canned goods.
Immoral consequence: The other customers aren't able to get around Joe's cart because he left it in the middle of the aisle.
Norm: You shouldn't block people with your carts in the supermarket.
Situation: Joe was in the supermarket looking for a can of corn in the aisle.
Intention: Joe wants to walk across the aisle to the canned goods.
Moral consequence: The other customers are able to move past Joe while he is searching.
Immoral action: Joe leaves his shopping cart in the middle of the aisle while he looks for the canned goods.
Norm: You shouldn't abuse medication.
Situation: Xavier gets his wisdom teeth removed and is prescribed a sedative to help him with the pain.
Intention: Xavier wants to block out the pain.
Moral action: Xavier takes the sedatives to dull the pain and deals with the pain when it's not so bad.
Immoral consequence: Xavier becomes dependent on the sedatives and finds ways to get more, becoming an addict.
Norm: You shouldn't abuse medication.
Situation: Xavier gets his wisdom teeth removed and is prescribed a sedative to help him with the pain.
Intention: Xavier wants to block out the pain.
Moral consequence: Xavier learns to deal with the pain and continues to function as normal.
Immoral action: Xavier takes more than the recommended dose of sedatives, so he feels less pain.
Norm: You shouldn't steal from servers.
Situation: Brandon gets a bill from a restaurant waiter and notes that the waiter's pen is of high quality.
Intention: Brandon wants the same pen that the waiter uses.
Moral action: Brandon signs the bill and asks the waiter where he got his pen from.
Immoral consequence: The waiter eventually notices the switch and gets upset that someone stole his special pen.
Norm: You shouldn't steal from servers.
Situation: Brandon gets a bill from a restaurant waiter and notes that the waiter's pen is of high quality.
Intention: Brandon wants the same pen that the waiter uses.
Moral consequence: The waiter is happy to tell Brandon where he got the pen and keeps his own.
Immoral action: Brandon signs the bill, takes the pen, and replaces it with a different pen.
Norm: You should not get rid of pets.
Situation: Leah's apartment won't allow her to keep the stray dog that she adopted.
Intention: Leah wants to live in an apartment.
Moral action: Leah finds a new apartment that will allow her to have pets.
Immoral consequence: Leah misses having the dog in her life and becomes lonely.
Norm: You should not get rid of pets.
Situation: Leah's apartment won't allow her to keep the stray dog that she adopted.
Intention: Leah wants to live in an apartment.
Moral consequence: Leah enjoys living in her new apartment with the dog.
Immoral action: Leah takes the dog to an animal shelter, so she can keep her apartment.
Norm: It's unhealthy to want to make somebody jealous
Situation: Joy is looking to buy new heels, but she's deciding between an expensive one and a budget one.
Intention: Joy wants to buy new heels.
Moral action: Joy buys the budget heels because she thinks the expensive ones would be a waste of money.
Immoral consequence: Joy's friends become jealous of Joy, and they don't like that she's trying to show off.
Norm: It's unhealthy to want to make somebody jealous
Situation: Joy is looking to buy new heels, but she's deciding between an expensive one and a budget one.
Intention: Joy wants to buy new heels.
Moral consequence: Joy's friends respect that Joy is being modest with her heels.
Immoral action: Joy buys the expensive heels because she thinks they will impress others.
Norm: It's frustrating when people trivialize health conditions.
Situation: Trevor's friend forgot their asthma inhaler and wants Trevor to wait for them to go get it.
Intention: Trevor wants to reply to his friend.
Moral action: Trevor says that his friend should go get their asthma inhaler just in case.
Immoral consequence: Trevor's friend feels like Trevor doesn't care about their well-being at all.
Norm: It's frustrating when people trivialize health conditions.
Situation: Trevor's friend forgot their asthma inhaler and wants Trevor to wait for them to go get it.
Intention: Trevor wants to reply to his friend.
Moral consequence: Trevor's friend is happy that Trevor is considerate about their health issues.
Immoral action: Trevor tells their friend that asthma is no big deal, so they should just leave without the asthma inhaler.
Norm: It is good to plan valentines day with your girlfriend.
Situation: It was Valentine's day and Jim had been with his girlfriend for a month.
Intention: Jim wanted to eat on Valentine's day.
Moral action: Jim took his girlfriend out to eat at the nicest place in town.
Immoral consequence: Jim's girlfriend was disappointed that he hadn't done anything for her on Valentine's Day and stopped seeing him.
Norm: It is good to plan valentines day with your girlfriend.
Situation: It was Valentine's day and Jim had been with his girlfriend for a month.
Intention: Jim wanted to eat on Valentine's day.
Moral consequence: Jim's girlfriend was happy and told all of her friends how great her boyfriend was.
Immoral action: Jim ordered a pizza and ate alone in his apartment on Valentine's day.
Norm: You shouldn't peek at someone's text messages.
Situation: Chris's best friend Josh has been very evasive lately, and Chris notices even more while he's hanging out with Josh today.
Intention: Chris wants to help Josh out.
Moral action: Chris asks Josh straight up what's going on, and why he is acting this way.
Immoral consequence: Josh comes out of the bathroom and sees Chris going through his phone, and storms out of the house angry.
Norm: You shouldn't peek at someone's text messages.
Situation: Chris's best friend Josh has been very evasive lately, and Chris notices even more while he's hanging out with Josh today.
Intention: Chris wants to help Josh out.
Moral consequence: Josh tells Chris about something going on in his life that he isn't handling well, and Chris understands Josh better.
Immoral action: Josh goes to the bathroom and leaves his phone on the table, so Chris picks it up and looks at some text messages.
Norm: You shouldn't go behind your family's back.
Situation: Jonah and his family are in financial ruin and are at home discussing their options.
Intention: Jonah wants find a solution to the problem.
Moral action: Jonah coordinates with the entire family, and they set out a detailed plan to cover how they can recover.
Immoral consequence: Jonah doesn't solve the problem and fails miserably which only exacerbates the family's financial situation.
Norm: You shouldn't go behind your family's back.
Situation: Jonah and his family are in financial ruin and are at home discussing their options.
Intention: Jonah wants find a solution to the problem.
Moral consequence: Jonah and his family work hard together and overcome their financial woes.
Immoral action: Jonah ignores the discussion because he figures he can solve the problem on his own and sets out to do so without telling anybody about his intentions.