CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't refuse to go out with your partner.
Situation: Helen has had a really long day at work and comes home to see her wife, who suggests going out to a club.
Intention: Helen wants to relax and recharge.
Moral consequence: Helen and her wife go out and have a good time while relaxing.
Immoral action: Helen tells her wife she is too tired and wants to stay home.
Norm: It's wrong to get people arrested.
Situation: Arnold hears his neighbor blasting music at night while he is trying to sleep.
Intention: Arnold wants the music to stop.
Moral action: Arnold knocks on his neighbor's door and asks him to keep it down.
Immoral consequence: The cops break into Arnold's house and arrest him for this false crime.
Norm: It's wrong to get people arrested.
Situation: Arnold hears his neighbor blasting music at night while he is trying to sleep.
Intention: Arnold wants the music to stop.
Moral consequence: The neighbor apologizes, and lowers it immediately, promising to keep it lower.
Immoral action: Arnold calls in a domestic disturbance to the police, making up a charge.
Norm: It's wrong not to care about hygiene.
Situation: Lucy loves acting.
Intention: Lucy wants to snag a spot in a play in a local park.
Moral action: Lucy showers the morning of her audition.
Immoral consequence: The director tells Lucy she did a good job, but he wouldn't consider hiring someone who doesn't care about her appearance or how she smells, and Lucy is disappointed.
Norm: It's wrong not to care about hygiene.
Situation: Lucy loves acting.
Intention: Lucy wants to snag a spot in a play in a local park.
Moral consequence: The director tells Lucy she did a good job, and he'd love to give a part to such a talented and polished young lady and Lucy is thrilled.
Immoral action: Lucy doesn't shower or bathe for four days leading up to her tryout.
Norm: It's mean to put soap on your brother's toothbrush.
Situation: Mary and her brother like to joke around with each other.
Intention: Mary wants to play a prank on her brother.
Moral action: Mary decides to put food coloring in her brother's toothpaste.
Immoral consequence: Mary's brother gets sick after brushing his teeth with dish soap.
Norm: It's mean to put soap on your brother's toothbrush.
Situation: Mary and her brother like to joke around with each other.
Intention: Mary wants to play a prank on her brother.
Moral consequence: Mary and her brother have a good laugh, and no one is harmed in the end.
Immoral action: Mary puts dish soap on her brother's toothbrush.
Norm: It is wrong to ruin someones chances at employment.
Situation: Jacks boyfriend wants to apply for a job at Jacks workplace and wants to use him as a reference.
Intention: Jack wants to keep his personal life separate from his work.
Moral action: Jack has a conversation with his boyfriend expressing his discomfort with them possibly working together.
Immoral consequence: Jack is devastated when he gets dumped after his boyfriend finds out what he did.
Norm: It is wrong to ruin someones chances at employment.
Situation: Jacks boyfriend wants to apply for a job at Jacks workplace and wants to use him as a reference.
Intention: Jack wants to keep his personal life separate from his work.
Moral consequence: Jack is able to make a decision with his boyfriend that suits both their needs.
Immoral action: Jack gives his boyfriend a bad reference to ensure he doesn't get the job.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat.
Situation: Robert and his wife Susan are playing board games with their friends, Jim and Sue.
Intention: Robert really wants to beat Jim and Sue at scrabble.
Moral action: Robert consults with Sue about words they could use in scrabble and end up playing a good game.
Immoral consequence: Robert and Sue win the game but the victory feels hollow to Robert.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat.
Situation: Robert and his wife Susan are playing board games with their friends, Jim and Sue.
Intention: Robert really wants to beat Jim and Sue at scrabble.
Moral consequence: Robert and Sue perform well enough to win the game and the victory feels great to them.
Immoral action: Robert excuses himself and goes to the bathroom then uses his phone to find a high scoring word to insert in scrabble.
Norm: You shouldn't steal someone else's phone.
Situation: Ted's girlfriend's birthday is coming up soon.
Intention: Ted wants to get his girlfriend a new iPhone.
Moral action: Ted spends $900 on a new iPhone for his girlfriend.
Immoral consequence: The owner uses the Find My Phone feature and has Ted arrested.
Norm: You shouldn't steal someone else's phone.
Situation: Ted's girlfriend's birthday is coming up soon.
Intention: Ted wants to get his girlfriend a new iPhone.
Moral consequence: Ted's girlfriend loves the gift and appreciates Ted more.
Immoral action: Ted goes to a bar and swipes someone else's new iPhone, then gives it as a gift.
Norm: You shouldn't snoop around things that don't belong to you.
Situation: Mary is a house cleaner.
Intention: Mary needs to clean the bedroom of her employer.
Moral action: Mary discreetly but thoroughly cleans around the things in her employer's closet.
Immoral consequence: Mary's employer thinks a burglar has been through their home and doesn't trust anyone coming in again.
Norm: You shouldn't snoop around things that don't belong to you.
Situation: Mary is a house cleaner.
Intention: Mary needs to clean the bedroom of her employer.
Moral consequence: Mary's employer is very happy with the job she's done and gives her a raise.
Immoral action: Mary looks through boxes in the closet when cleaning her employer's room and doesn't put things back.
Norm: It's bad to procrastinate on assignments until the last minute.
Situation: Julia has a paper due the same week as a major upcoming party she's planning.
Intention: Julia wants to enjoy the party without worrying about the paper.
Moral action: Julia works hard on her paper early on, so she can spend the rest of her week planning her fun party.
Immoral consequence: Julia fails her class and has to go to Summer school.
Norm: It's bad to procrastinate on assignments until the last minute.
Situation: Julia has a paper due the same week as a major upcoming party she's planning.
Intention: Julia wants to enjoy the party without worrying about the paper.
Moral consequence: Julia is able to turn her paper in early and enjoys her party without any worries.
Immoral action: Julia decides not to do her paper, so she can prepare for her party.
Norm: It's important to have a well-rounded diet.
Situation: Teri has lots of leftovers from a party she through, including too many desserts.
Intention: Teri wants to get rid of the desserts.
Moral action: Teri donates the desserts to a food pantry.
Immoral consequence: She feels sick and unhealthy.
Norm: It's important to have a well-rounded diet.
Situation: Teri has lots of leftovers from a party she through, including too many desserts.
Intention: Teri wants to get rid of the desserts.
Moral consequence: She is able to eat better and feel better.
Immoral action: Teri eats the desserts quickly, over a couple of days.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about what happened.
Situation: Jim hits a neighbor's car with a hockey stick.
Intention: Jim wants to avoid getting in trouble.
Moral action: Jim tells his neighbor the truth and offers to pay for the damage.
Immoral consequence: The neighbor needs to fix the car with his own money, and Jim feels guilty.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about what happened.
Situation: Jim hits a neighbor's car with a hockey stick.
Intention: Jim wants to avoid getting in trouble.
Moral consequence: Jim works off of the debt and has a clean conscience.
Immoral action: Jim tells his neighbor that he saw a stranger hit his car with a hockey stick and run away.
Norm: It is good to enjoy time with neighbors.
Situation: Tory's community is throwing a block party.
Intention: Tory wants to check her mail.
Moral action: Tory sees her neighbors on the way to her mailbox and offers to come back with games to play.
Immoral consequence: Tory's neighbors think she is an unkind person talk about her behind her back after she checks the mail.
Norm: It is good to enjoy time with neighbors.
Situation: Tory's community is throwing a block party.
Intention: Tory wants to check her mail.
Moral consequence: Tory's neighbors agree and after getting her mail, Tory enjoys time with her neighbors who find her to be very friendly.
Immoral action: Tory is bothered by all of the neighbors outside and gives them dirty looks on the way to her mailbox.
Norm: It's frowned upon to be disgusting.
Situation: Bob is very sweaty after working out at the gym.
Intention: Bob wants to meet a friend for lunch after working out.
Moral action: Bob makes sure to shower after working out and then heads to meet a friend for lunch.
Immoral consequence: Bob's friend is disgusted by Bob's smell and eats quickly to leave early.
Norm: It's frowned upon to be disgusting.
Situation: Bob is very sweaty after working out at the gym.
Intention: Bob wants to meet a friend for lunch after working out.
Moral consequence: Bob and his friend have a great time and are full from eating lunch.
Immoral action: Even though Bob is sweating and now smells, he decides to meet up with his friend right away for lunch.
Norm: You should always be there for your employees.
Situation: Jimmy, the manager of a company, has recently assigned a big project to his team members to finish without three days, and today is his wedding anniversary.
Intention: Jimmy wants to celebrate the wedding anniversary with his wife.
Moral action: Jimmy postpones the celebration to next week after the project is finished, and works overtime with his team members.
Immoral consequence: His team members feel angry and refuse to work overtime for the project.
Norm: You should always be there for your employees.
Situation: Jimmy, the manager of a company, has recently assigned a big project to his team members to finish without three days, and today is his wedding anniversary.
Intention: Jimmy wants to celebrate the wedding anniversary with his wife.
Moral consequence: His team members feel supported and work overtime happily together.
Immoral action: Jimmy goes to a restaurant for dinner to celebrate the wedding anniversary with his wife tonight, despite the imminent project deadline.
Norm: It's good to support your family.
Situation: Lisa's brother Joe lost his cat.
Intention: Lisa wants to cheer her brother up.
Moral action: Lisa helps her brother look for his cat and posts missing flyers throughout the neighborhood.
Immoral consequence: Joe gets even more upset and begins to cry over his cat.
Norm: It's good to support your family.
Situation: Lisa's brother Joe lost his cat.
Intention: Lisa wants to cheer her brother up.
Moral consequence: Someone calls Joe after seeing one of Lisa's flyers and says they have found his cat.
Immoral action: Lisa tells her brother "it's just a cat" and gives him $1,000, hoping it will cheer him up.
Norm: It is good to help the environment by carpooling
Situation: Lorna just purchased a brand new vehicle which she can't wait to drive.
Intention: Lorna wants to test out the car and see how it drives during her commute.
Moral action: Lorna offers to drive the carpool this week and her week, so she can try out her car with her coworkers.
Immoral consequence: Lorna messes up the carpool schedule with her coworkers and drives her car to work instead, all on her own.
Norm: It is good to help the environment by carpooling
Situation: Lorna just purchased a brand new vehicle which she can't wait to drive.
Intention: Lorna wants to test out the car and see how it drives during her commute.
Moral consequence: Lorna drives two weeks consecutively and her coworkers are grateful, allowing Lorna to keep the group's favor and test out her new car.
Immoral action: Lorna tells her carpool group she won't be joining as its not her driving week, and she wants to drive her new car.
Norm: You shouldn't flake out on someone's birthday party.
Situation: John's friend Mark is having a birthday party.
Intention: John wants to have a fun night.
Moral action: John goes to Mark's party and brings him a gift.
Immoral consequence: Mark sees a picture of John at the club on social media and is hurt.
Norm: You shouldn't flake out on someone's birthday party.
Situation: John's friend Mark is having a birthday party.
Intention: John wants to have a fun night.
Moral consequence: Mark feels closer to John and knows he is a good friend.
Immoral action: John goes to the club to dance.
Norm: You shouldn't forbid music.
Situation: Lisa is studying for her impending exam in a couple days while her brother, John, plays music loudly.
Intention: Lisa wants to focus on her studies without interruption.
Moral action: Lisa asks her brother, John, to listen to the music with headphones instead.
Immoral consequence: John feels bad about playing music loudly and is hurt by how Lisa shouts at him.
Norm: You shouldn't forbid music.
Situation: Lisa is studying for her impending exam in a couple days while her brother, John, plays music loudly.
Intention: Lisa wants to focus on her studies without interruption.
Moral consequence: John quickly switches and listens with headphones instead and Lisa is able to study peacefully.
Immoral action: Lisa shouts at her brother, John, for playing music loudly forcing him to shut it off.
Norm: You shouldn't disobey codes.
Situation: Andy is a nurse in a hospital.
Intention: Andy wants to do well at his next performance review.
Moral action: Andy asks what he can do to improve his work at the hospital.
Immoral consequence: Andy looks like he's working the hardest but is caught breaking an employee code and is fired.
Norm: You shouldn't disobey codes.
Situation: Andy is a nurse in a hospital.
Intention: Andy wants to do well at his next performance review.
Moral consequence: Andy is seen as proactive and gets a good review.
Immoral action: Andy hacks into the computer system to say he's working more hours than he is and violates the employee computer rules.
Norm: It's polite to acknowledge and greet people you know.
Situation: Julie is shopping, but starts feeling sick in the store.
Intention: Julie wants to hurry so she can go home.
Moral action: Julie waves at the friend, telling her in passing she feels bad, and is able to end her shopping trip early.
Immoral consequence: The friend's feelings are hurt because she saw Julie ignore her, so she tells their mutual friends that Julie is rude and avoids her in the future.
Norm: It's polite to acknowledge and greet people you know.
Situation: Julie is shopping, but starts feeling sick in the store.
Intention: Julie wants to hurry so she can go home.
Moral consequence: The friend waves back, says she understands, and wishes Julie a speedy recovery.
Immoral action: Julie sees a friend in the store, but doesn't greet her, so she can not spend the time chatting and quickly leave.
Norm: It's good to appreciate others.
Situation: Dave is told by Marsha that Dave's boss Tony, who Dave hasn't liked in the past, went out of his way to make Dave look good to upper management.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the news he just heard.
Moral action: Dave tells Marsha that he's amazed by Tony's generosity and hopes that he can find a way to thank Tony and repay him.
Immoral consequence: Marsha is taken aback at the fact that Dave is seeking to point out negatives and doesn't seem to care about Tony's compliments.
Norm: It's good to appreciate others.
Situation: Dave is told by Marsha that Dave's boss Tony, who Dave hasn't liked in the past, went out of his way to make Dave look good to upper management.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the news he just heard.
Moral consequence: Marsha gains respect for Dave and is happy to see someone willing to give praise to a person they didn't get along in the past.
Immoral action: Dave tells Marsha that it's about time that Tony did something useful as Tony is generally useless.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt small animals.
Situation: Paul's neighbor's chiwawa dog barks all night while he tries to sleep.
Intention: Paul wants to get the dog to be quite.
Moral action: Paul calls his neighbor about the noise.
Immoral consequence: Paul's neighbor calls the police and Paul is arrested.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt small animals.
Situation: Paul's neighbor's chiwawa dog barks all night while he tries to sleep.
Intention: Paul wants to get the dog to be quite.
Moral consequence: Paul's neighbor decides to keep the dog in a room in the back of the house where neighbors can no longer hear the barking.
Immoral action: Paul decides to shoot the dog dead.
Norm: It's wrong to ignore your partner.
Situation: Toby his watching a big football game he recorded when his wife asks him a question.
Intention: Toby wants to finish watching the game.
Moral action: Toby pauses the game to answer his wife before returning to watching it.
Immoral consequence: Toby's wife feels insulted as she's sure that Toby heard her.
Norm: It's wrong to ignore your partner.
Situation: Toby his watching a big football game he recorded when his wife asks him a question.
Intention: Toby wants to finish watching the game.
Moral consequence: Toby's wife is happy that Toby took some time to address her question.
Immoral action: Toby pretends that he didn't hear his wife and keeps watching the game.
Norm: It's rude to invite yourself to someone's house for dinner.
Situation: Mark starts working closely with his new co-worker Amy.
Intention: Mark wants to become friends with Amy.
Moral action: Mark asks Amy if she wants to join him at his house for dinner tomorrow.
Immoral consequence: Mark makes Amy feel uncomfortable, and she spends less time with him.
Norm: It's rude to invite yourself to someone's house for dinner.
Situation: Mark starts working closely with his new co-worker Amy.
Intention: Mark wants to become friends with Amy.
Moral consequence: Mark and Amy have dinner at his house and have a good time.
Immoral action: Mark asks Amy if she will cook him dinner at her house tomorrow.
Norm: It's rude to judge people who watch anime.
Situation: John meets Bill for the firs time and in introducing himself Bill mentions that he enjoys watching Anime.
Intention: John wants to respond to Bill's statement.
Moral action: John tells Bill that he doesn't really enjoy watching Anime himself but that it's nice that Bill has something he loves, which is important in life.
Immoral consequence: Bill feels incredibly disrespected and also begins to feel sad and insecure about his hobby.
Norm: It's rude to judge people who watch anime.
Situation: John meets Bill for the firs time and in introducing himself Bill mentions that he enjoys watching Anime.
Intention: John wants to respond to Bill's statement.
Moral consequence: Bill is happy that John seems like an understanding fellow and is eager to get to know him better.
Immoral action: John tells Bill that Anime is basically a cartoon and cartoons are for children and adult idiots.
Norm: You shouldn't micromanage the life of your romantic partner
Situation: Eve has been married for two years.
Intention: Eve wants to strengthen her marriage.
Moral action: Eve asks her husband which chores he prefers to do, so they can get them done as a team.
Immoral consequence: Eve's husband feels resentful and ends up doing things his own way, which upsets Eve more.
Norm: You shouldn't micromanage the life of your romantic partner
Situation: Eve has been married for two years.
Intention: Eve wants to strengthen her marriage.
Moral consequence: Eve and her husband get chores done efficiently and have more time to spend with each other.
Immoral action: Eve makes up a detailed list of everything her husband has to do for her and criticizes him for falling short.
Norm: It's bad to cheat on someone.
Situation: Trevor is in a relationship when he meets a new girl he thinks he really likes.
Intention: Trevor wants to sleep with the new girl he met.
Moral action: Trevor takes the time to end his current relationship before sleeping with the new girl he met.
Immoral consequence: His partner finds out about his cheating and it ends up ruining his relationships with both his partner and the new girl he met.
Norm: It's bad to cheat on someone.
Situation: Trevor is in a relationship when he meets a new girl he thinks he really likes.
Intention: Trevor wants to sleep with the new girl he met.
Moral consequence: Trevor ends up in a long term relationship with the new girl and is very happy with her.
Immoral action: Trevor sleeps with the new girl he met behind his current partner's back.
Norm: It's irresponsible to shirk work in favor of camping.
Situation: Jessica is looking at a travel website.
Intention: Jessica wants to go on a trip.
Moral action: Jessica takes a few days off to go camping in the local state park.
Immoral consequence: Jessica is fired when her boss finds out she was camping instead of being sick.
Norm: It's irresponsible to shirk work in favor of camping.
Situation: Jessica is looking at a travel website.
Intention: Jessica wants to go on a trip.
Moral consequence: Jessica has a nice relaxing vacation.
Immoral action: Jessica calls in sick to work to camping at a nearby lake resort.
Norm: Saying vulgar things is offensive.
Situation: Brad works in a restaurant as a server.
Intention: Brad wants to get plenty of tips.
Moral action: Brad apologizes and cleans up after spilling an order.
Immoral consequence: Brad doesn't get a tip because he offended the patrons who had brought their small kids.
Norm: Saying vulgar things is offensive.
Situation: Brad works in a restaurant as a server.
Intention: Brad wants to get plenty of tips.
Moral consequence: Brad gets tipped well for being diligent on the job in front of patrons.
Immoral action: Brad swears loudly when spilling an order in front of some patrons.
Norm: You should cook for your partner.
Situation: Todd lives with his girlfriend Jane who does all the cooking for them.
Intention: Todd wants to grab a sandwich for lunch but Jane doesn't want to eat out and doesn't want to cook.
Moral action: Todd goes to the store and grabs a sandwich for himself then makes a quick meal which Jane wants.
Immoral consequence: Jane didn't want the sandwich and skips lunch instead, ignoring Todd all day.
Norm: You should cook for your partner.
Situation: Todd lives with his girlfriend Jane who does all the cooking for them.
Intention: Todd wants to grab a sandwich for lunch but Jane doesn't want to eat out and doesn't want to cook.
Moral consequence: Jane is grateful for the meal Todd made and is happy all day.
Immoral action: Todd goes to the restaurant anyway, picking up sandwiches to eat.
Norm: It is rue to not accept gifts from family.
Situation: Rey is having their birthday party.
Intention: Rey wants to have a nice day.
Moral action: Rey opens the gift from their dad and says thank you even though they dislike the gift.
Immoral consequence: Rey's dad starts an argument and gets upset.
Norm: It is rue to not accept gifts from family.
Situation: Rey is having their birthday party.
Intention: Rey wants to have a nice day.
Moral consequence: Rey's dad wishes them a happy birthday and the party continues uninterrupted.
Immoral action: Rey doesn't open the gift their dad gave them and pretends to forget about it.
Norm: It's not okay to be dependent on your phone.
Situation: Carol hasn't seen her friend Jimmy in a long time, and is visiting to catch up and reconnect.
Intention: Carol wants to be connected to friends.
Moral action: Carol turns her phone on silent and keeps it in her purse to focus fully on the conversation with Jimmy.
Immoral consequence: Jimmy feels ignored and hurt by Carol's constant focus on her phone.
Norm: It's not okay to be dependent on your phone.
Situation: Carol hasn't seen her friend Jimmy in a long time, and is visiting to catch up and reconnect.
Intention: Carol wants to be connected to friends.
Moral consequence: Jimmy feels appreciated and grateful for Carol's undivided attention.
Immoral action: Carol is constantly interrupting the conversation with Jimmy to respond to non-urgent text messages and check her social media pages.