CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's gross to dig through the trash.
Situation: Carl arrives at the school cafeteria for lunch when he realizes that he forgot his lunch bag on the school bus.
Intention: Carl wants something to eat for lunch.
Moral action: Carl borrows a few dollars from a friend and uses it to buy a sandwich to eat.
Immoral consequence: Carl later feels a bit sick and regrets eating food from the trash.
Norm: It's gross to dig through the trash.
Situation: Carl arrives at the school cafeteria for lunch when he realizes that he forgot his lunch bag on the school bus.
Intention: Carl wants something to eat for lunch.
Moral consequence: Carl is happy to get some food and enjoys eating the sandwich.
Immoral action: Carl digs through a trash can and finds a couple half eaten pizza slices which he proceeds to eat for lunch.
Norm: It is rude to not invite people to an event.
Situation: Jo is throwing a Christmas party at the office for her employees.
Intention: Jo wants to send out invitations.
Moral action: Jo invites everyone who works with her thinking the more the merrier.
Immoral consequence: The employees who didn't receive an invitation feel left out.
Norm: It is rude to not invite people to an event.
Situation: Jo is throwing a Christmas party at the office for her employees.
Intention: Jo wants to send out invitations.
Moral consequence: All the employees have a really good time at the party.
Immoral action: Jo only invites to her favorite workers thinking they deserve a reward.
Norm: It's good to call a friend who is feeling down.
Situation: Jane knows that her friend Maya has been going through a tough time lately and is feeling depressed.
Intention: Jane wants to catch up with one of her girlfriends.
Moral action: Jane calls Maya and does her best to cheer her up and make her feel better.
Immoral consequence: Maya feels ignored and lonely and thinks that her friend Jane doesn't care for her.
Norm: It's good to call a friend who is feeling down.
Situation: Jane knows that her friend Maya has been going through a tough time lately and is feeling depressed.
Intention: Jane wants to catch up with one of her girlfriends.
Moral consequence: Maya feels better, because she feels like she is cared for, and she is not alone.
Immoral action: Jane calls her friend Abby, even though she knows Maya is the one who needs support right now.
Norm: You should be appreciative when people try to help you.
Situation: Trevor slips and falls and his friend puts out their hand to assist Trevor back to his feet.
Intention: Trevor wants to react to his friend's gesture.
Moral action: Trevor thanks his friend for his assistance and takes their hand to get up.
Immoral consequence: Trevor's friend thinks Trevor is rude for reacting so harshly to a helpful gesture.
Norm: You should be appreciative when people try to help you.
Situation: Trevor slips and falls and his friend puts out their hand to assist Trevor back to his feet.
Intention: Trevor wants to react to his friend's gesture.
Moral consequence: Trevor's friend feels appreciated and is happy to assist Trevor.
Immoral action: Trevor slaps his friend's hand away and tells them to mind their own business.
Norm: It's wrong to mess with a boyfriend's career.
Situation: Jane gets a call from her boyfriend saying he forgot his lunch at work and needs her to deliver.
Intention: Jane wants to deliver lunch to her boyfriend.
Moral action: Jane delivers the food to her boyfriend without interrupting the workplace.
Immoral consequence: The people in the office are insulted and Jane feels guilty.
Norm: It's wrong to mess with a boyfriend's career.
Situation: Jane gets a call from her boyfriend saying he forgot his lunch at work and needs her to deliver.
Intention: Jane wants to deliver lunch to her boyfriend.
Moral consequence: The people in the office don't see Jane coming in and Jane is happy to help her boyfriend.
Immoral action: Jane talks with her boyfriends coworkers while delivering the lunch, interrupting their work.
Norm: It's okay to reward people with a little treat
Situation: Mike is a teacher and his class does exceptionally well on an assignment.
Intention: Mike wants to reward his class.
Moral action: Mike buys some cookies and gives some to his students as a reward.
Immoral consequence: The students don't get a break from their studies and resent the "reward".
Norm: It's okay to reward people with a little treat
Situation: Mike is a teacher and his class does exceptionally well on an assignment.
Intention: Mike wants to reward his class.
Moral consequence: Mike's students enjoy the cookies and trust him more.
Immoral action: Mike rewards his class with entertaining math problems.
Norm: It's impolite to overstay one's welcome.
Situation: Mack has not seen his brother in several years and wants to visit him at his home in another state.
Intention: Mack wants to spend time with his brother.
Moral action: Mack goes to his brother's house for a week visit, where they visit places together and have a great time.
Immoral consequence: His brother ends up becoming tired of Mack being there so long and tells Mack he has to leave immediately.
Norm: It's impolite to overstay one's welcome.
Situation: Mack has not seen his brother in several years and wants to visit him at his home in another state.
Intention: Mack wants to spend time with his brother.
Moral consequence: His brother thanks him for the visit and invites him back next summer to stay.
Immoral action: Mack surprises his brother with a visit and stays for a month.
Norm: It's bad to belittle others who are not tech savvy.
Situation: Kramer is in charge of training a new guy, Harry to use the PC at work.
Intention: Kramer wants to explain how to log in.
Moral action: Kramer shows Harry how to get into the PC, Harry fails to understand, so Kramer explains it in simpler terms.
Immoral consequence: Harry feels incompetent and quits the job before he ever really had a chance to start.
Norm: It's bad to belittle others who are not tech savvy.
Situation: Kramer is in charge of training a new guy, Harry to use the PC at work.
Intention: Kramer wants to explain how to log in.
Moral consequence: Harry understands how to log into the PC now and is glad to have someone take the time to teach him properly.
Immoral action: Kramer shows Harry how to get into the PC, but when Harry fails to understand, he is mocked.
Norm: It's good to do different things sometimes.
Situation: Kevin's wife is sick and Kevin decides to do the cooking until she recovers.
Intention: Kevin wants to cook meals.
Moral action: Kevin gets a cookbook and experiments with some of the recipes in there.
Immoral consequence: Kevin's wife gets sick of lasagna, prolonging her recovery as she hardly eats anything.
Norm: It's good to do different things sometimes.
Situation: Kevin's wife is sick and Kevin decides to do the cooking until she recovers.
Intention: Kevin wants to cook meals.
Moral consequence: Kevin's wife enjoys the different recipes and makes a good recovery.
Immoral action: Kevin cooks a large batch of lasagna, freezes it, and has it for every meal of the day.
Norm: It's wrong to steal money from your parents.
Situation: Zoe is at home putting her makeup on in order to get ready to go to the movies with her friends.
Intention: Zoe wants to buy her friends snacks at the movie theater.
Moral action: Zoe asks her money if she can borrow some money to buy snacks at the movie theater.
Immoral consequence: Zoe's mom doesn't notice the missing money and Zoe gets to buy snacks at the theater.
Norm: It's wrong to steal money from your parents.
Situation: Zoe is at home putting her makeup on in order to get ready to go to the movies with her friends.
Intention: Zoe wants to buy her friends snacks at the movie theater.
Moral consequence: Zoe's mom agrees and gives Zoe twenty dollars in exchange for agreeing to do some household chores the next day.
Immoral action: Zoe sees her mom's purse on the counter and grabs a twenty dollar bill from inside of it without asking.
Norm: It is bad to keep a family recipe for others.
Situation: Micah is in a cooking contest against his sister Emily who asks him the recipe for his mother's pie.
Intention: Micah wants to win the cooking contest.
Moral action: Micah tells Emily that they should join the cooking contest as a team.
Immoral consequence: Emily feels hurt when she discovers Micah's deception.
Norm: It is bad to keep a family recipe for others.
Situation: Micah is in a cooking contest against his sister Emily who asks him the recipe for his mother's pie.
Intention: Micah wants to win the cooking contest.
Moral consequence: Emily learns how to become a better cook by baking with Micah.
Immoral action: Micah tells Emily the wrong ingredients for the pie.
Norm: It's rude to ask people to pay for your party.
Situation: Greg is hosting a party for his co-workers when he realizes that he spent way more than he's able to pay.
Intention: Greg wants to pay for the party.
Moral action: Greg contacts a family member and asks for a short-term loan to cover the party costs temporarily.
Immoral consequence: Greg's co-workers get upset, as Greg never told them that they had to pay.
Norm: It's rude to ask people to pay for your party.
Situation: Greg is hosting a party for his co-workers when he realizes that he spent way more than he's able to pay.
Intention: Greg wants to pay for the party.
Moral consequence: The family member gives the loan and the co-workers enjoy the party.
Immoral action: Greg gets everyone's attention and announces that everyone needs to pay $20 to cover the costs of the party.
Norm: You shouldn't break rules to help a student graduate.
Situation: Tom's friend at school needs to do well on an exam in order to graduate.
Intention: Tom wants to help his friend graduate.
Moral action: Tom takes the time to study with his friend and this helps them pass the test and graduate.
Immoral consequence: It is later proven that Tom took the test, and he is suspended from school.
Norm: You shouldn't break rules to help a student graduate.
Situation: Tom's friend at school needs to do well on an exam in order to graduate.
Intention: Tom wants to help his friend graduate.
Moral consequence: Tom feels proud to have made a big difference in his friend's life by helping them to graduate.
Immoral action: Tom breaks into the teacher's room a takes a copy of the exam so that his friend can use it to ace the exam and graduate.
Norm: It's rude to pick your teeth at the table.
Situation: John is eating with his family at a local barbecue restaurant when he feels corn stuck between his teeth.
Intention: John wants to remove the food from his teeth.
Moral action: John excuses himself to the restroom where he uses a toothpick to remove the food from between his teeth.
Immoral consequence: John feels embarrassed after receiving disapproving glares from his family and other diners for his rude table manners.
Norm: It's rude to pick your teeth at the table.
Situation: John is eating with his family at a local barbecue restaurant when he feels corn stuck between his teeth.
Intention: John wants to remove the food from his teeth.
Moral consequence: John is relieved and enjoys the rest of the evening at the restaurant.
Immoral action: John uses his finger to pick at the corn between his teeth until he dislodges it.
Norm: It's impolite to exclude people with mental disabilities.
Situation: Sharon is having a birthday party and wants to invite her classmates, but she is unsure about inviting her autistic classmate Jenna.
Intention: Sharon wants to send out the invitations to her party.
Moral action: Sharon invites all of her classmates to the party, including Jenna.
Immoral consequence: Jenna finds out that she was the only one excluded, and it really hurts her feelings.
Norm: It's impolite to exclude people with mental disabilities.
Situation: Sharon is having a birthday party and wants to invite her classmates, but she is unsure about inviting her autistic classmate Jenna.
Intention: Sharon wants to send out the invitations to her party.
Moral consequence: Jenna is excited to attend the party, and she has a great time interacting with the other classmates outside of school.
Immoral action: Sharon sends out invites to everyone except Jenna because she thinks Jenna will make the party awkward.
Norm: It is kind to hose people in your home.
Situation: Lorne's old friend from college just called him to ask him if him and his wife could stay at Lorne's place while they are visiting Lorne's city.
Intention: Lorne wants his house to be tidy and impeccable at all times.
Moral action: Lorne accepts to house his friend and his wife and asks them to put all their stuff in one room while they're visiting.
Immoral consequence: Lorne's friend is very disappointed and feels Lorne let him down.
Norm: It is kind to hose people in your home.
Situation: Lorne's old friend from college just called him to ask him if him and his wife could stay at Lorne's place while they are visiting Lorne's city.
Intention: Lorne wants his house to be tidy and impeccable at all times.
Moral consequence: Lorne's friend is delighted to see Lorne again and enjoys his time with him.
Immoral action: Lorne turns down his old friend because he doesn't want to end up with a mess of suitcases and clothes in his house.
Norm: You should do favors for others.
Situation: Sandra's sister asks her to go to the store to buy her something as she is too tired.
Intention: Sandra wants to respond to her sister.
Moral action: Sandra says she will go to the store for her sister and asks her sister to help her too the next time she asks.
Immoral consequence: Sandra's sister is annoyed that she won't help her and decides not to help Sandra next time she asks for help.
Norm: You should do favors for others.
Situation: Sandra's sister asks her to go to the store to buy her something as she is too tired.
Intention: Sandra wants to respond to her sister.
Moral consequence: Sandra's sister is grateful for her help and is happy to return the gesture in the future.
Immoral action: Sandra says she won't go to the store just because her sister is too lazy to go herself.
Norm: It's wrong to brag about your looks.
Situation: Sal is in the office at his desk when Carmine comes by and asks Sal what he thinks of his look today.
Intention: Sal wants to respond to Carmine's question.
Moral action: Sal tells Carmine that he looks great today and that he should come to the office with that look more often.
Immoral consequence: Carmine thinks Sal is disgustingly conceited and is insulted that his backhanded compliment was only meant to set up a brag.
Norm: It's wrong to brag about your looks.
Situation: Sal is in the office at his desk when Carmine comes by and asks Sal what he thinks of his look today.
Intention: Sal wants to respond to Carmine's question.
Moral consequence: Carmine is delighted that Sal loves his new look and grows in self confidence.
Immoral action: Sal tells Carmine that he looks OK but definitely will never look good as Sal as he's the best looking person ever.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about your work schedule.
Situation: Allison isn't scheduled to work until next Tuesday and her friend Matt asks her to help him move that weekend.
Intention: Allison doesn't want to help Matt move.
Moral action: Allison tells Matt that she doesn't want to help him move and that he should hire a professional moving company.
Immoral consequence: Matt hurts his back trying to move a couch by himself when he can't get anyone to help him at the last minute.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about your work schedule.
Situation: Allison isn't scheduled to work until next Tuesday and her friend Matt asks her to help him move that weekend.
Intention: Allison doesn't want to help Matt move.
Moral consequence: Matt decides to follow Allison's recommendation, and he is happy that he doesn't have to struggle moving his furniture.
Immoral action: On Saturday morning Allison isn't honest with Matt and tells him that she can't help him move because she got called into work at the last minute.
Norm: You should be there for your friend at their wedding.
Situation: Nina just found out that a college she is considering is have open house on the same day as her good friend's wedding.
Intention: Nina wants to get a tour of the college.
Moral action: Nina calls the college to schedule a private tour so that she can attend her friend's wedding.
Immoral consequence: Nina's friend feels Nina doesn't really care that much about her.
Norm: You should be there for your friend at their wedding.
Situation: Nina just found out that a college she is considering is have open house on the same day as her good friend's wedding.
Intention: Nina wants to get a tour of the college.
Moral consequence: Nina's friend is happy that Nina cared enough to show up.
Immoral action: Nina decides to skip the wedding and go to the open house instead.
Norm: It's irresponsible to suddenly quit work.
Situation: Bianca does not like her manager at work and feels bored with her job.
Intention: She wants to quit her job.
Moral action: Bianca puts in a two week notice and thanks the company for giving her an opportunity to work there.
Immoral consequence: Bianca has trouble getting another job because her previous company gives her a bad recommendation.
Norm: It's irresponsible to suddenly quit work.
Situation: Bianca does not like her manager at work and feels bored with her job.
Intention: She wants to quit her job.
Moral consequence: Bianca is able to get a job a few weeks later after receiving a good letter of recommendation from her previous company.
Immoral action: Bianca stands up one day and suddenly announces she is done with this job, and she walks out the door.
Norm: It is accommodating to learn the local language.
Situation: Greg visited a country in Africa that would be considered a developing country.
Intention: Greg wants to talk to the locals in the country.
Moral action: Greg learns the basics of their language in order to help him talk to people.
Immoral consequence: The locals feel disrespected by Greg and won't want to help him.
Norm: It is accommodating to learn the local language.
Situation: Greg visited a country in Africa that would be considered a developing country.
Intention: Greg wants to talk to the locals in the country.
Moral consequence: The locals understand that Greg is trying his best and are willing to help him out.
Immoral action: Greg talks to the locals using simple English words even though they can't understand it.
Norm: You should not feel attracted to underage girls.
Situation: Jason is at his little sister's birthday party with a bunch of teenaged girls.
Intention: Jason wants to go out on a date to the movies later on that night.
Moral action: After the party, Jason calls his girlfriend and asks her if she wants to go to the movies.
Immoral consequence: Jason is later arrested by the police for dating an underage girl.
Norm: You should not feel attracted to underage girls.
Situation: Jason is at his little sister's birthday party with a bunch of teenaged girls.
Intention: Jason wants to go out on a date to the movies later on that night.
Moral consequence: Jason and his girlfriend enjoy a night together at the movies.
Immoral action: Jason asks one of the young girls at the party if she wants to go to the movies with him.
Norm: You shouldn't steal bicycles.
Situation: Walter is walking to work one day and sees a bicycle on the street.
Intention: Walter wants to make sure he makes it to work on time.
Moral action: Walter starts walking at a faster pace in order to make it to work on time.
Immoral consequence: The police show up to Walter's place of work and arrest him for theft.
Norm: You shouldn't steal bicycles.
Situation: Walter is walking to work one day and sees a bicycle on the street.
Intention: Walter wants to make sure he makes it to work on time.
Moral consequence: Walter makes it to work with five minutes to spare before his start time.
Immoral action: Walter takes the bicycle and rides it the rest of the way to work.
Norm: You shouldn't destroy things that belong to other people
Situation: Chris is trying to put staples into a stapler he borrowed from a coworker but it is jammed shut.
Intention: Chris wants to open the stapler.
Moral action: Chris asks his coworker about opening the stapler, and they manage to get it open properly.
Immoral consequence: Chris' coworker becomes angry with Chris for breaking his stapler and refuses to let Chris borrow items from him in the future.
Norm: You shouldn't destroy things that belong to other people
Situation: Chris is trying to put staples into a stapler he borrowed from a coworker but it is jammed shut.
Intention: Chris wants to open the stapler.
Moral consequence: Chris is able to use the stapler without any further issues.
Immoral action: Chris uses all his strength and breaks open the stapler.
Norm: It is rude to make light of someone's mourning.
Situation: Manuel's girlfriend just told him that her cat passed away.
Intention: Manuel wants to help her feel better.
Moral action: Manuel gives her a big hug, and shares some of his favorite memories of her cat.
Immoral consequence: Manuel's girlfriend starts to cry, and storms off.
Norm: It is rude to make light of someone's mourning.
Situation: Manuel's girlfriend just told him that her cat passed away.
Intention: Manuel wants to help her feel better.
Moral consequence: Manuel's girlfriend thanks him and shares some of her favorite memories as well, and they end up laughing over a couple of them.
Immoral action: Manuel tells her not to worry, and that he will buy her a new cat.
Norm: It's wrong to make your friend feel bad.
Situation: Cal is watching his friend play basketball and sees his friend miss a shot.
Intention: Cal wants to make a remark about the shot.
Moral action: Cal says his friend will do better next shot.
Immoral consequence: Cal's friend will lose confidence.
Norm: It's wrong to make your friend feel bad.
Situation: Cal is watching his friend play basketball and sees his friend miss a shot.
Intention: Cal wants to make a remark about the shot.
Moral consequence: Cal's friend will keep trying to play better.
Immoral action: Cal says the shot was one of the biggest misses he's seen.
Norm: It's okay to be wrong and learn from your mistakes
Situation: Janice is in math class, about to receive back a homework assignment that she is confident she did poorly on.
Intention: Janice wants to find out her homework grade.
Moral action: Janice looks at the grade on her paper and then goes through each question to understand what she did wrong.
Immoral consequence: Janice doesn't learn what she did wrong on the homework assignment and ends up doing poorly on her next exam.
Norm: It's okay to be wrong and learn from your mistakes
Situation: Janice is in math class, about to receive back a homework assignment that she is confident she did poorly on.
Intention: Janice wants to find out her homework grade.
Moral consequence: Janice better understands the material and improves her grade on the next exam.
Immoral action: Janice looks at the grade at the top of the returned homework assignment then tears up the assignment.
Norm: It's hurtful to blame someone for getting sexually assaulted.
Situation: Melissa went to a party where she was sexually assaulted and is talking to her friend Jack about it.
Intention: Jack wants to understand what happened to Melissa.
Moral action: Jack asks how he can support Melissa.
Immoral consequence: Melissa is hurt that Jack thinks Melissa caused her own assault.
Norm: It's hurtful to blame someone for getting sexually assaulted.
Situation: Melissa went to a party where she was sexually assaulted and is talking to her friend Jack about it.
Intention: Jack wants to understand what happened to Melissa.
Moral consequence: Melissa feels grateful to have a friend like Jack.
Immoral action: Jack asks if Melissa was wearing a revealing outfit.