CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You should try to be sympathetic after someone's pet dies.
Situation: Jean's friend Marcy had a pet cat who just died, and Marcy is crying while talking to Jean about it.
Intention: Jean wants Marcy to feel better.
Moral consequence: Marcy is grateful to be reminded of all of the good times that she had with the cat.
Immoral action: Jean tells Marcy that there are a million cats in the world and that she can just get another one to feel better.
Norm: It is bad not to help a dying animal.
Situation: Josh runs a cat over while driving home after work.
Intention: Josh wants to react to the accident.
Moral action: Josh stops and rushes the cat to a vet.
Immoral consequence: Josh feels bad when he later finds out that the cat belonged to a neighbors kid.
Norm: It is bad not to help a dying animal.
Situation: Josh runs a cat over while driving home after work.
Intention: Josh wants to react to the accident.
Moral consequence: Josh is able to help save the cat.
Immoral action: Josh rushes home and washes his car to remove all traces of the accident.
Norm: You shouldn't drink and drive with kids in the car.
Situation: Samantha is having some wine with a friend and feeling tipsy, and her daughter Helena is getting out of school soon.
Intention: Samantha wants Helena to get picked up.
Moral action: Samantha decides to ride a cab to pick up Helena from school.
Immoral consequence: Samantha gets into a car accident because she was inebriated, and he and Helena end up in the hospital.
Norm: You shouldn't drink and drive with kids in the car.
Situation: Samantha is having some wine with a friend and feeling tipsy, and her daughter Helena is getting out of school soon.
Intention: Samantha wants Helena to get picked up.
Moral consequence: Samantha and Helena are able to remain safe and Helena is pleased she made a sound decision.
Immoral action: Samantha decides to get in the car and picks up Helena from the school.
Norm: It's tacky to lord what you have over others.
Situation: Gary asks Bryan for some of his corn because Bryan is a farmer with a full field and Gary is out of work and needs to feed his family.
Intention: Bryan wants to give Gary some corn.
Moral action: Bryan shares some corn with Gary and tells him that they have plenty of food on the farm and to please come back when he needs more.
Immoral consequence: Gary feels demoralized and hurt, while Bryan feels guilty for saying something so harsh to a person who came to him for help.
Norm: It's tacky to lord what you have over others.
Situation: Gary asks Bryan for some of his corn because Bryan is a farmer with a full field and Gary is out of work and needs to feed his family.
Intention: Bryan wants to give Gary some corn.
Moral consequence: Gary is grateful for the help getting through a rough time and Bryan feels good that he has helped another human being.
Immoral action: Bryan tells Gary that, "you're lucky to know me, because your family would starve without me".
Norm: You're encouraged to tell people the truth.
Situation: Mindy is asking John at home who ate the last piece of cake that she wanted.
Intention: John doesn't want Mindy to be upset that he ate the last piece of cake.
Moral action: John admits he ate it but tells Mindy he also bought her a brand new one as well.
Immoral consequence: Mindy gets upset with the kids and later finds the truth and doesn't trust John anymore.
Norm: You're encouraged to tell people the truth.
Situation: Mindy is asking John at home who ate the last piece of cake that she wanted.
Intention: John doesn't want Mindy to be upset that he ate the last piece of cake.
Moral consequence: Mindy trusts John and is happy to have a whole new cake too.
Immoral action: John tells Mindy he thinks the kids ate it.
Norm: It's impolite to irritate your spouse.
Situation: Dora is trying to work from home in the kitchen while her partner Diane is cooking.
Intention: Diane wants to make cooking more interesting for herself.
Moral action: Diane grabs her headphones and listens to her favorite audiobook while cooking.
Immoral consequence: Dora feels disrespected and gets annoyed with Diane, feeling she should have known better than to interrupt her work.
Norm: It's impolite to irritate your spouse.
Situation: Dora is trying to work from home in the kitchen while her partner Diane is cooking.
Intention: Diane wants to make cooking more interesting for herself.
Moral consequence: Diane and Dora both enjoy their time sharing the space and are able to relax together later.
Immoral action: Diane begins singing and humming while she cooks despite knowing that Dora is trying to work.
Norm: It's bad to steal from stores.
Situation: Marcus is down on his luck and sees a pair of shoes the the store that he really wants but cannot afford.
Intention: Marcus wants a new pair of shoes.
Moral action: Marcus borrows some money from his parents to buy the shoes before returning to the store to buy them.
Immoral consequence: Marcus is caught on CCTV committing the act and the police later arrest him.
Norm: It's bad to steal from stores.
Situation: Marcus is down on his luck and sees a pair of shoes the the store that he really wants but cannot afford.
Intention: Marcus wants a new pair of shoes.
Moral consequence: Marcus enjoys wearing the new pair of shoes and his mood improves.
Immoral action: Marcus decides to swap the shoes he wants for the ones he's wearing, and rips the tags off and walks out with them.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to get free food.
Situation: Jorge decides to eat out at a restaurant to avoid cooking dinner, but he has limited funds.
Intention: Jorge wants to spend less money on his meal.
Moral action: Jorge orders cheaper items from the menu and uses a coupon code.
Immoral consequence: Jorge feels embarrassed for getting a free meal by lying.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to get free food.
Situation: Jorge decides to eat out at a restaurant to avoid cooking dinner, but he has limited funds.
Intention: Jorge wants to spend less money on his meal.
Moral consequence: Jorge enjoys his meal and is glad he saved some money.
Immoral action: Jorge tells the server that it is his birthday which is actually not for a few months.
Norm: It's good to want to keep people safe at night.
Situation: Melinda is a single mother at home with three two year olds on a Friday night and is bored.
Intention: Melinda wants to go dancing at the danceclub.
Moral action: Melinda hires a babysitter for her kids and then goes dancing.
Immoral consequence: Melinda's kids become anxious and cry out and child services is called and takes them away.
Norm: It's good to want to keep people safe at night.
Situation: Melinda is a single mother at home with three two year olds on a Friday night and is bored.
Intention: Melinda wants to go dancing at the danceclub.
Moral consequence: Melinda's kids are happy and safe and stay in the house.
Immoral action: Melinda leaves her kids on the floor and drives off to the danceclub.
Norm: It's wrong to mess with people's caffeine intake.
Situation: Deo is about to make coffee for his lethargic roommate and craves excitement.
Intention: Deo wants to help his roommate wake up.
Moral action: Deo asks his roommate how strong he can tolerate the coffee.
Immoral consequence: His roommate wakes up but gets sick and Deo feels guilty and can't go out.
Norm: It's wrong to mess with people's caffeine intake.
Situation: Deo is about to make coffee for his lethargic roommate and craves excitement.
Intention: Deo wants to help his roommate wake up.
Moral consequence: Deo feels like a teammember and has a decent time with the roommate.
Immoral action: Deo makes super strong coffee and doesn't tell his roommate.
Norm: It's good to do things with your kids.
Situation: Max is the father of three and just got home from a long day at work.
Intention: Max wants to get some sleep.
Moral action: Max takes the time to catch up with his kids after coming home, playing a game with them before going to sleep, to give them the required attention.
Immoral consequence: Max's children don't realize their father is home and miss him through the night after having already missed him during the day.
Norm: It's good to do things with your kids.
Situation: Max is the father of three and just got home from a long day at work.
Intention: Max wants to get some sleep.
Moral consequence: Max's kid are excited to see their father and have a happy time playing the game with him.
Immoral action: Max sneaks in his house and sneaks past his children straight to bed, so he can get a good night's sleep without interruption.
Norm: It's not okay to abuse others to improve your life.
Situation: Gary is neighbors with a rich but weak man named Ted and Gary has big gambling debts.
Intention: Gary needs to find a way to get more money.
Moral action: Gary asks Ted to loan him some money and that he promises he'll repay with interest.
Immoral consequence: Ted initially gives Gary money but quickly calls the police and has Gary arrested.
Norm: It's not okay to abuse others to improve your life.
Situation: Gary is neighbors with a rich but weak man named Ted and Gary has big gambling debts.
Intention: Gary needs to find a way to get more money.
Moral consequence: Ted is glad to help out a neighbor and agrees to give Gary a loan to help him.
Immoral action: Gary threatens Ted and tells him if he doesn't pay Gary an allowance Gary will beat on him regularly.
Norm: It's immoral for old people to sleep with teenagers.
Situation: Roger is hanging out at the pool when Samantha, a teenage girl, sits down on his lap and starts flirting with him.
Intention: Roger doesn't want to hurt Samantha.
Moral action: Roger makes a funny joke about his age before offering to set Samantha up with one of his employees.
Immoral consequence: Roger is arrested when a police officer catches them fooling around in the car.
Norm: It's immoral for old people to sleep with teenagers.
Situation: Roger is hanging out at the pool when Samantha, a teenage girl, sits down on his lap and starts flirting with him.
Intention: Roger doesn't want to hurt Samantha.
Moral consequence: Roger is thanked by his employee who enjoys spending time with Samantha.
Immoral action: Roger returns the kiss, and they end up having sex in the back yard.
Norm: You shouldn't shoot people in the face.
Situation: Bella is getting ready to play paintball with a group of friends.
Intention: Bella wants to shoot her friends with paintballs.
Moral action: Bella waits for the game to begin and takes cover while carefully aiming her shots at her friends.
Immoral consequence: Bella's friend suffer physical pain from being hit in the face without facemasks on and get incredibly angry at Bella.
Norm: You shouldn't shoot people in the face.
Situation: Bella is getting ready to play paintball with a group of friends.
Intention: Bella wants to shoot her friends with paintballs.
Moral consequence: Bella's friends are impressed with her accuracy in hitting them and have tons of fun playing the game.
Immoral action: Bella opens fire on her friends hitting them all over with paintballs before the game begins and before people have their protective face masks on.
Norm: It is important to be grateful for generosity.
Situation: Neil has just finished handing Todd the money for a loan that Neil is giving Todd to pay off the bank.
Intention: Todd wants to tell Neil he's going to pay off the bank today.
Moral action: Todd takes the money from Neil and thanks him profusely then tells him he can finally pay off the bank and is going to do so right away.
Immoral consequence: Neil is annoyed that Todd isn't thanking him or even looking very relieved about getting the loan.
Norm: It is important to be grateful for generosity.
Situation: Neil has just finished handing Todd the money for a loan that Neil is giving Todd to pay off the bank.
Intention: Todd wants to tell Neil he's going to pay off the bank today.
Moral consequence: Neil is happy that Todd was thankful and is glad to see his friend off to deal with the problem right away.
Immoral action: Todd takes the money from Neil and says that has to go to go deal with the bank right away.
Norm: You shouldn't go on a playdate if you're sick
Situation: Minnie isn't feeling well and is invited to the park.
Intention: Minnie wants to have fun.
Moral action: Minnie declines and watches movies at home instead.
Immoral consequence: Minnie gets all of her friends sick, and they are angry with her.
Norm: You shouldn't go on a playdate if you're sick
Situation: Minnie isn't feeling well and is invited to the park.
Intention: Minnie wants to have fun.
Moral consequence: Minnie keeps her friends safe and has a good time by herself.
Immoral action: Minnie goes to the park with her friends.
Norm: It's unwise to start a relationship in the workplace.
Situation: Jackie, a new coworker of Robert's asks him out for a drinks and dinner.
Intention: Robert wants to have drinks with Jackie.
Moral action: Robert has drinks with Jackie but makes it clear that no relationship will come of this.
Immoral consequence: Jackie lies to her boss and says that Robert pressured her into a relationship, causing him to lose his job.
Norm: It's unwise to start a relationship in the workplace.
Situation: Jackie, a new coworker of Robert's asks him out for a drinks and dinner.
Intention: Robert wants to have drinks with Jackie.
Moral consequence: Jackie and Robert remain good friends and work really well together in the office.
Immoral action: Robert accepts the drinks, asks her to be his girlfriend and the relationship ends within a week of it's start.
Norm: It's rude to ruin someone else's property.
Situation: Grace is playing video games at a friend's house and just lost a very close game.
Intention: Grace wants to get rid of her frustration.
Moral action: Grace steps away and takes a few deep breaths to calm herself down.
Immoral consequence: Grace has to buy her friend a new controller and doesn't get to play anymore that day.
Norm: It's rude to ruin someone else's property.
Situation: Grace is playing video games at a friend's house and just lost a very close game.
Intention: Grace wants to get rid of her frustration.
Moral consequence: Grace starts to feel better after a few moments and is able to keep playing games with her friend.
Immoral action: Grace throws her friend's controller against the wall, breaking it.
Norm: It's good to share with your roommate.
Situation: Amber is quite poor and hungry, her roommate Sky just got a large donation of food that will expire soon and can't finish it by herself.
Intention: Sky wants to use the food before it expires.
Moral action: Sky offers the food to Amber and the two of them look up how to preserve it to make it last much longer than the expiration dates.
Immoral consequence: Amber judges Sky for being selfish and feels excluded, she doesn't want to help Sky feel any better even though she's sick to her stomach.
Norm: It's good to share with your roommate.
Situation: Amber is quite poor and hungry, her roommate Sky just got a large donation of food that will expire soon and can't finish it by herself.
Intention: Sky wants to use the food before it expires.
Moral consequence: Amber and Sky preserve the food together and make sure that it's all either eaten or stored properly, they feel closer as friends and roommates.
Immoral action: Sky binges on all of the food at once after smoking a lot of marijuana to make sure none of it goes bad.
Norm: It's good to keep your customers informed.
Situation: James is a storekeeper who has Bill, a customer asking him if he knows anything about a particular battery he sells.
Intention: James wants to answer Bill's question.
Moral action: James tells Bill that the battery is quite long lasting and that it's one of the more complimented ones by his repeat customers.
Immoral consequence: Bill is annoyed that he can't get the information he's seeking and is miffed at James for not knowing his products.
Norm: It's good to keep your customers informed.
Situation: James is a storekeeper who has Bill, a customer asking him if he knows anything about a particular battery he sells.
Intention: James wants to answer Bill's question.
Moral consequence: Bills is happy to learn some extra information to help him figure out if he wants to make the purchase.
Immoral action: James tells Bill that although he sells the battery he knows nothing about it apart from what's on the box.
Norm: It's good to make the world a better place.
Situation: Vince is a working man who feels unsatisfied with life.
Intention: Vince wants to give more meaning to his life.
Moral action: Vince volunteers to help with community service.
Immoral consequence: Vince gets the larger house but doesn't feel more satisfied because of it.
Norm: It's good to make the world a better place.
Situation: Vince is a working man who feels unsatisfied with life.
Intention: Vince wants to give more meaning to his life.
Moral consequence: Vince makes new friends and enjoys making people happy.
Immoral action: Vince works on building a larger house, so he can feel proud about himself.
Norm: It's irresponsible to renege on one's responsibilities.
Situation: John promised to pick the kids up from school.
Intention: John wants to catch the football game at his buddy's house.
Moral action: John picks up his kids and drops them off at home and leaves to his friend's house.
Immoral consequence: His wife discovers he was lying after she picks the kids up herself and this puts a temporary strain in their marriage.
Norm: It's irresponsible to renege on one's responsibilities.
Situation: John promised to pick the kids up from school.
Intention: John wants to catch the football game at his buddy's house.
Moral consequence: John's wife expresses her love and gratitude which makes John feel very good about himself, and is able to watch the game in a great mood with no outside worries.
Immoral action: John decides to go straight to his friend's house for the game, making up an excuse about being caught up at work.
Norm: It's good to put kids into new and different environments.
Situation: The school that Tina's kids go to has started a new field trip club which allows children from different schools to explore museums and parks together.
Intention: Tina wants her children to make new friends.
Moral action: Tina enrolls her kids in the program, hoping her children will meet new friends.
Immoral consequence: The neighbors kids end up being a bad influence on Tina's kids causing them to learn to steal and lie.
Norm: It's good to put kids into new and different environments.
Situation: The school that Tina's kids go to has started a new field trip club which allows children from different schools to explore museums and parks together.
Intention: Tina wants her children to make new friends.
Moral consequence: Tina's kids make new friends that end up staying friends with them for the rest of their life.
Immoral action: Tina opts out of the new program and instead encourages her child to hang out with the neighbors kids.
Norm: It's wrong to throw people's pets.
Situation: Jacob is spending the afternoon at his friend's Tim's house playing video games.
Intention: Jacob wants to find a comfortable place to sit.
Moral action: Jacob takes a seat in big comfy recliner near the tv.
Immoral consequence: Jacob gets asked to leave Tim's home and never return.
Norm: It's wrong to throw people's pets.
Situation: Jacob is spending the afternoon at his friend's Tim's house playing video games.
Intention: Jacob wants to find a comfortable place to sit.
Moral consequence: Jacob has a fun time playing video games with his friend.
Immoral action: Jacob picks Tim's dog up off the sofa and throws it across the room.
Norm: It's not okay to unnecessarily inconvenience people.
Situation: Becky has always called her brother whenever she needs help, but now that he is married he has less time for her.
Intention: Becky wants her brother to cater to her needs.
Moral action: Becky hires a handyman to help her fix things around the house in order to give her brother a break.
Immoral consequence: Becky feels guilty when she later finds out that her brother and his wife got into an argument over the incident.
Norm: It's not okay to unnecessarily inconvenience people.
Situation: Becky has always called her brother whenever she needs help, but now that he is married he has less time for her.
Intention: Becky wants her brother to cater to her needs.
Moral consequence: Becky is proud to find that she can manage without her brothers constant support.
Immoral action: Becky nags her brother into coming over to replace a fuse in the middle of the night.
Norm: It's mean to ridicule people.
Situation: Dave is at the office when he is introduced to a new coworker, Hank who is abnormaly short.
Intention: Dave wants to say something to Hank.
Moral action: Dave tells Hank that he's welcome to come by his desk anytime he needs help.
Immoral consequence: Hank is sad and embarrassed and feels stressed out that he has to work with Dave.
Norm: It's mean to ridicule people.
Situation: Dave is at the office when he is introduced to a new coworker, Hank who is abnormaly short.
Intention: Dave wants to say something to Hank.
Moral consequence: Hank feels happy he's being welcomed by a new coworker and appreciates the offer of help.
Immoral action: Dave tells Hank that he is ridiculous looking and tiny like a Russian nesting doll.
Norm: It's disgusting to dip your johnson in the school's condiments.
Situation: Tim and Jamal just sat down to eat lunch in the school cafeteria.
Intention: Tim wants to make Jamal laugh.
Moral action: Tim decides against something drastic and tells Jamal a funny joke he heard on TV the night before.
Immoral consequence: Tim is sent directly to the principal’s office where he gets expelled for the rest of the school year.
Norm: It's disgusting to dip your johnson in the school's condiments.
Situation: Tim and Jamal just sat down to eat lunch in the school cafeteria.
Intention: Tim wants to make Jamal laugh.
Moral consequence: When Jamal laughs, Tim is glad he is able to make his good friend happy.
Immoral action: Tim walks over to the ketchup container, pulls his pants down, and rubs his Johnson all over the condiments.
Norm: It's wrong to go to a concert without your partner.
Situation: John's friend invites him to a concert and also says that his new girlfriend can come if she wants to.
Intention: John wants to decide whether to invite his girlfriend to come to the concert.
Moral action: John decides to invite his new girlfriend to come to the concert with him.
Immoral consequence: John's girlfriend finds out that she wasn't invited and feels sad and left out.
Norm: It's wrong to go to a concert without your partner.
Situation: John's friend invites him to a concert and also says that his new girlfriend can come if she wants to.
Intention: John wants to decide whether to invite his girlfriend to come to the concert.
Moral consequence: John's girlfriend has a great time at the concert and feels happy and included.
Immoral action: John decides they will have more fun on their own and declines to invite his girlfriend.
Norm: It is kind to help someone understand something.
Situation: Dave is working away at his desk at his job when his coworker Frank asks him to come to his desk to help him make sense of a file.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Frank's request.
Moral action: Dave tells Frank that he'll be over in a few minutes, and he can take a look at the file for him.
Immoral consequence: Frank is insulted that Dave is suggesting he doesn't know how to do his job and annoyed he can't get assistance.
Norm: It is kind to help someone understand something.
Situation: Dave is working away at his desk at his job when his coworker Frank asks him to come to his desk to help him make sense of a file.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Frank's request.
Moral consequence: Frank is delighted that Dave will help him out and relieved that he'll get the file figured out.
Immoral action: Dave tells Frank that he's quite busy right now and that Frank should already know how to do the job anyway.