CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to let someone struggle when they seem lost.
Situation: Ben sees a little boy walking around in the store by himself.
Intention: Ben wants to check out.
Moral action: Ben tells the boy to follow him and stops by the manager's office on the way to the register.
Immoral consequence: The boy gets scared and begins to cry and even wets himself because he is scared.
Norm: It's rude to let someone struggle when they seem lost.
Situation: Ben sees a little boy walking around in the store by himself.
Intention: Ben wants to check out.
Moral consequence: The manager is able to reunite the lost boy with his mother in the store.
Immoral action: Ben goes to the registers with his items and lets the boy deal with his own problems.
Norm: It is rude to ignore someone's birthday.
Situation: Amy's friend Tory is having a birthday.
Intention: Amy wants to avoid going to the mall.
Moral action: Amy calls Tory to wish her happy birthday and tells her that she'll take Tory out for lunch next week.
Immoral consequence: Tory is hurt and doesn't buy Amy a present for her birthday.
Norm: It is rude to ignore someone's birthday.
Situation: Amy's friend Tory is having a birthday.
Intention: Amy wants to avoid going to the mall.
Moral consequence: Tory is very happy and has a fun birthday lunch.
Immoral action: Amy is too tired to go to the mall to buy a gift for Tory, so she acts like she forgot  it was her birthday.
Norm: It's wrong to be violent with a spouse.
Situation: Becky feels her husband is too lax on how to punish their delinquent son.
Intention: Becky wants to vent her frustration at his attitude.
Moral action: Becky calmly lays out all the problems she has with his attitude towards their son.
Immoral consequence: Becky loses any high ground she may have had with her violent display.
Norm: It's wrong to be violent with a spouse.
Situation: Becky feels her husband is too lax on how to punish their delinquent son.
Intention: Becky wants to vent her frustration at his attitude.
Moral consequence: Becky is able to express herself well enough to compel her husband to reach a compromise.
Immoral action: Becky starts throwing things at him when her anger explodes.
Norm: It is important to stick with commitments.
Situation: Jack promised to go to the fair with his daughter but then his buddy Bill gives him football tickets.
Intention: Jack wants to decide what to do.
Moral action: Jack goes to the fair with his daughter just like he promised.
Immoral consequence: Jack's daughter cries because she didn't get to go to the fair.
Norm: It is important to stick with commitments.
Situation: Jack promised to go to the fair with his daughter but then his buddy Bill gives him football tickets.
Intention: Jack wants to decide what to do.
Moral consequence: Jack's daughter loved going to the fair with her father.
Immoral action: Jack takes the tickets and goes to the football game.
Norm: It's expected that customers respect service workers.
Situation: Larry is eating dinner at a crowded restaurant and realizes his drink is getting low.
Intention: Larry wants to ask the waitress to get him a refill.
Moral action: Larry waits until the waitress comes to his table, and he asks her for a refill.
Immoral consequence: The other customers are offended by Larry's actions and give him angry looks.
Norm: It's expected that customers respect service workers.
Situation: Larry is eating dinner at a crowded restaurant and realizes his drink is getting low.
Intention: Larry wants to ask the waitress to get him a refill.
Moral consequence: The other customers are able to eat their meals without interruption.
Immoral action: Larry sees the waitress across the room and whistles loudly to get her attention.
Norm: It's nice when we can work and help people too.
Situation: Pete wants to become a teacher, but he knows he'll get paid more to become a banker.
Intention: Pete wants to decide what career he should pick.
Moral action: Pete decides to become a teacher at his old high school.
Immoral consequence: Pete doesn't help anyone and is just focused on making money.
Norm: It's nice when we can work and help people too.
Situation: Pete wants to become a teacher, but he knows he'll get paid more to become a banker.
Intention: Pete wants to decide what career he should pick.
Moral consequence: Pete gets to work and help people at the same time and feels fulfilled.
Immoral action: Pete decides to become a banker, because he doesn't want to struggle.
Norm: It's rude to spit in white people's food.
Situation: Brooklyn is at her job where she is a waitress and is serving a particularly rude customer.
Intention: Brooklyn wants to vent her fustrations.
Moral action: Brooklyn tells her boss that she needs a break, so she can get some air.
Immoral consequence: Another customer sees what Brooklyn does and gets her fired from her job.
Norm: It's rude to spit in white people's food.
Situation: Brooklyn is at her job where she is a waitress and is serving a particularly rude customer.
Intention: Brooklyn wants to vent her fustrations.
Moral consequence: Brooklyn's boss takes care of the customer for her and Brooklyn is able to calm down outside.
Immoral action: Brooklyn decides to spit in the customer's food as revenge when she brings it out to them.
Norm: It's good to empathize with others.
Situation: Dana is on a first date with Jim.
Intention: Dana wants to get to know Jim.
Moral action: Dana listens and offers advice when Jim tells her about his problems at work.
Immoral consequence: Jim thinks Dana is rude and isn't interested in seeing her again.
Norm: It's good to empathize with others.
Situation: Dana is on a first date with Jim.
Intention: Dana wants to get to know Jim.
Moral consequence: Jim thinks Dana is nice and asks her out again.
Immoral action: Dana is annoyed when Jim tells her about his problems at work and thinks he is a whiner.
Norm: Children are not supposed to yell at their parents.
Situation: Sam has been dealing with his mom waking him up way to early every morning.
Intention: Sam wants to tell his mom to stop waking him up.
Moral action: Sam politely tells his mom that he doesn't appreciate being woken up early, while having dinner.
Immoral consequence: Sam's mom punishes Sam, and he feels bad the rest of the day.
Norm: Children are not supposed to yell at their parents.
Situation: Sam has been dealing with his mom waking him up way to early every morning.
Intention: Sam wants to tell his mom to stop waking him up.
Moral consequence: Sam's mom appreciates Sam being mature in asking and gives Sam a break.
Immoral action: Sam yells at his mom next time she wakes him up, screaming and shouting expletives to get her to stop.
Norm: You shouldn't get involved romantically with your teachers or trainers.
Situation: Sam is very transfixed by his teacher, he's never been this smitten.
Intention: Sam wants to address his teacher with these feelings.
Moral action: Sam tells the teacher how he feels, but tells the teacher he knows it's wrong.
Immoral consequence: The teacher gives in, and gives him a relationship, they get caught and the teacher gets fired.
Norm: You shouldn't get involved romantically with your teachers or trainers.
Situation: Sam is very transfixed by his teacher, he's never been this smitten.
Intention: Sam wants to address his teacher with these feelings.
Moral consequence: The teacher sits with Sam a long time, and explains this is common, and he'll get over his feelings soon.
Immoral action: Sam tells the teacher exactly how he feels, stating he wants a relationship.
Norm: You shouldn't let criminal behavior become an obsession.
Situation: Mark used to illegally download movies, but now he has a job.
Intention: Mark wants to watch more movies.
Moral action: Mark buys multiple streaming services so that he can watch as many movies as he can.
Immoral consequence: Mark is taking money away from content creators and is breaking the law.
Norm: You shouldn't let criminal behavior become an obsession.
Situation: Mark used to illegally download movies, but now he has a job.
Intention: Mark wants to watch more movies.
Moral consequence: Mark is able to support content creators and gets to support content creators.
Immoral action: Mark continues to download movies, because he loves how easy they are to obtain.
Norm: It's wrong to pay with a fake check.
Situation: Tony is shopping to buy his girlfriend a necklace, but the one he wants is pretty expensive.
Intention: Tony wants to try to get the gift.
Moral action: Tony talks the salesman down in price and pays for the necklace with his debit card.
Immoral consequence: The clerk calls the police because the check was fraudulent and presses charges against Tony.
Norm: It's wrong to pay with a fake check.
Situation: Tony is shopping to buy his girlfriend a necklace, but the one he wants is pretty expensive.
Intention: Tony wants to try to get the gift.
Moral consequence: Tony is proud of himself for using his negotiation skills to get what he wanted and is exited to give the necklace to his girlfriend.
Immoral action: Tony takes a check from a checkbook for an account he no longer has and gives it to the clerk.
Norm: It is wrong to stalk someone on social media.
Situation: Jerry is a student and has a crush on a new student named Mary.
Intention: Jerry wants to find out more about Mary.
Moral action: Jerry decides to ask Mary directly what Mary is like, and they have a conversation.
Immoral consequence: Mary finds out Jerry is stalking her and reports him to the principle, and Jerry feels sorry.
Norm: It is wrong to stalk someone on social media.
Situation: Jerry is a student and has a crush on a new student named Mary.
Intention: Jerry wants to find out more about Mary.
Moral consequence: Mary is happy Jerry was courageous, and they continue seeing each other.
Immoral action: Jerry visits Mary's Facebook ten times a day to collect as much info as possible on her.
Norm: It's wrong to get involved with coworkers.
Situation: Fran is hired at a new company.
Intention: Fran wants to get ahead at work.
Moral action: Fran spends a lot of time working nights and weekends at her job.
Immoral consequence: The president of the company finds out about the affair and fires Fran.
Norm: It's wrong to get involved with coworkers.
Situation: Fran is hired at a new company.
Intention: Fran wants to get ahead at work.
Moral consequence: The president of the company is impressed by Fran's hard work and gives her a promotion.
Immoral action: Fran has an affair with her boss, so he will give her a promotion.
Norm: It's wrong to let drinking interfere with school.
Situation: Coy had just started studying for his bachelor degree at a college town that liked to party.
Intention: Coy wants to attend class.
Moral action: Coy studies hard during the week and goes out on the weekend.
Immoral consequence: Coy doesn't learn anything, and he ends up failing his classes.
Norm: It's wrong to let drinking interfere with school.
Situation: Coy had just started studying for his bachelor degree at a college town that liked to party.
Intention: Coy wants to attend class.
Moral consequence: Coy passes all his classes because of his hard work.
Immoral action: Coy goes to class everyday after a night of partying and falls asleep in class.
Norm: Is wrong to hurt yourself
Situation: Mindy is at home being abused by John yet again.
Intention: Mindy wants to feel less depressed.
Moral action: Mindy separates from her abuser John and only hangs around positive people.
Immoral consequence: Mindy dies and is therefore no longer able to feel anything ever again.
Norm: Is wrong to hurt yourself
Situation: Mindy is at home being abused by John yet again.
Intention: Mindy wants to feel less depressed.
Moral consequence: Mindy feels much happier and has a better life.
Immoral action: Mindy takes a kitchen knife and stabs herself in the chest out of depression.
Norm: It's noble to prioritize making money over leisure.
Situation: Don's school is on summer break.
Intention: Don wants to get a tan.
Moral action: Don gets a job as a  lifeguard for the summer.
Immoral consequence: Don's parents are annoyed that he isn't doing anything useful.
Norm: It's noble to prioritize making money over leisure.
Situation: Don's school is on summer break.
Intention: Don wants to get a tan.
Moral consequence: Don's parents are happy that Don has money to help them with the bills.
Immoral action: Don goes to the pool all day and lays around.
Norm: It's good to be quiet around others.
Situation: Kathy is hanging out with her friends talking about their days.
Intention: Kathy wants to tell a story.
Moral action: Kathy lets others tell their stories before she gets to hers.
Immoral consequence: The others get annoyed with Kathy and don't invite her to hang out.
Norm: It's good to be quiet around others.
Situation: Kathy is hanging out with her friends talking about their days.
Intention: Kathy wants to tell a story.
Moral consequence: The others are able to converse, and Kathy hangs out with them more.
Immoral action: Kathy keeps interrupting people and won't let them tell their stories.
Norm: It's good to lend your friends money.
Situation: Thomas knows his friend Greg really wants a new bike but can't afford it at the moment.
Intention: Thomas wants his friend to obtain the bike.
Moral action: Thomas lends money to Greg so that he can buy the bike.
Immoral consequence: Greg can't get extra hours at work and fails to save up the money he needs to afford the bike.
Norm: It's good to lend your friends money.
Situation: Thomas knows his friend Greg really wants a new bike but can't afford it at the moment.
Intention: Thomas wants his friend to obtain the bike.
Moral consequence: Greg is ecstatic about getting the bike and pays Thomas back as soon as he can.
Immoral action: Thomas advises his friend Greg to work more hours and save up more money for the bike.
Norm: It's good to be honest with your ex.
Situation: Tim still has feeling for his ex-girlfriend Mia, but keeps it a secret.
Intention: Tim wants to talk to Mia.
Moral action: Tim tells Mia that he still loves her.
Immoral consequence: Mia finds a new boyfriend and Tim becomes sad.
Norm: It's good to be honest with your ex.
Situation: Tim still has feeling for his ex-girlfriend Mia, but keeps it a secret.
Intention: Tim wants to talk to Mia.
Moral consequence: Mia gets back together with Tim and Tim is overjoyed.
Immoral action: Tim tells Mia that he has no feeling for her anymore.
Norm: It's good to serve food to your friends and family.
Situation: Emily has invited some friends over to hang out at her place.
Intention: Emily wants to encourage her friends to have some snacks.
Moral action: Emily prepares a snack platter and brings it to her friends.
Immoral consequence: Emily's friends are hungry but too shy to get the snacks themselves, so they don't eat.
Norm: It's good to serve food to your friends and family.
Situation: Emily has invited some friends over to hang out at her place.
Intention: Emily wants to encourage her friends to have some snacks.
Moral consequence: Emily's friends enjoy the snacks as they arrived quite hungry already.
Immoral action: Emily tells her friends that there are snacks in the pantry and to help themselves.
Norm: It's encouraged to look out for your family members.
Situation: James was at the public pool with his little brother and his friends.
Intention: James wanted to swim.
Moral action: James played in the pool with his friends on the shallow side of the pool where his brother was.
Immoral consequence: James' little brother went under the water and almost drowned in the pool.
Norm: It's encouraged to look out for your family members.
Situation: James was at the public pool with his little brother and his friends.
Intention: James wanted to swim.
Moral consequence: James, his little brother, and James' friends all had a great time playing at the pool.
Immoral action: James swam in the pool with his friends, ignoring his brother altogether.
Norm: You shouldn't take your kid's things.
Situation: Colin took his son trick or treating for Halloween and his son had a bucket full of candy.
Intention: Colin wants a candy.
Moral action: Colin asks his son if he can have a piece of the candy.
Immoral consequence: Colin's son wakes up to find the candy is gone and starts to cry.
Norm: You shouldn't take your kid's things.
Situation: Colin took his son trick or treating for Halloween and his son had a bucket full of candy.
Intention: Colin wants a candy.
Moral consequence: Colin's son gives him a piece of the candy and has a piece himself.
Immoral action: Colin eats all of his son's candy while the boy is still asleep.
Norm: It's bad to drive when you are really tired.
Situation: Karl Has been up all night partying at a friends, and he keeps nodding off, but has to get home.
Intention: Karl wants to head to his house.
Moral action: Karl sleeps for a few hours at his friend's and drives home upon awaking.
Immoral consequence: Karl crashes into a tree and wrecks his car.
Norm: It's bad to drive when you are really tired.
Situation: Karl Has been up all night partying at a friends, and he keeps nodding off, but has to get home.
Intention: Karl wants to head to his house.
Moral consequence: Karl is able to make it safely back home.
Immoral action: Karl gets into his vehicle and travels towards his house, but falls asleep at the wheel.
Norm: It's expected that you place your family first.
Situation: Max is with his parents in a theme park and loves the rides.
Intention: Max wants to go on the roller coaster.
Moral action: Max brings his parents to a roller coaster, and they ride together.
Immoral consequence: Max feels overwhelmed at being alone and his parents fear for him.
Norm: It's expected that you place your family first.
Situation: Max is with his parents in a theme park and loves the rides.
Intention: Max wants to go on the roller coaster.
Moral consequence: Max's parents thank Max for the time together and Max feels accomplished.
Immoral action: Max jumps into the line of a roller coaster without consulting his parents first.
Norm: It's wrong to use someone just for sex.
Situation: Jason met Tina at a bar that they were both in Friday night.
Intention: Jason wants to have sex with Tina.
Moral action: Jason dates Tina for a few months to get to know her before inviting her to sleep at his home.
Immoral consequence: When Tina finds out that Jason wasn't interested in him, she gets her brother to beat him up.
Norm: It's wrong to use someone just for sex.
Situation: Jason met Tina at a bar that they were both in Friday night.
Intention: Jason wants to have sex with Tina.
Moral consequence: Tina starts to fall in love with Jason and eventually they get married.
Immoral action: Jason acts like he is interested in Tina in order to get her to sleep with him.
Norm: It's good to see a doctor when you injure yourself.
Situation: Tony is doing some yard work around his house when he falls and cuts his leg on a sharp metal fence.
Intention: Tony wants to deal with his injury.
Moral action: Tony decides to seek medical attention for his cut, and he goes to the doctor.
Immoral consequence: Tony is hospitalized days later when the cut gets seriously infected.
Norm: It's good to see a doctor when you injure yourself.
Situation: Tony is doing some yard work around his house when he falls and cuts his leg on a sharp metal fence.
Intention: Tony wants to deal with his injury.
Moral consequence: Tony makes a full recovery within a few days after the doctor treats his wound and gives him medicine to take.
Immoral action: Tony wraps the injury with gauze but doesn't think it requires more than that.
Norm: It's bad parenting to raise your children to be violent.
Situation: Johnny's son Jimmy has been getting picked on at school and Johnny is concerned about him.
Intention: Johnny wants to give Jimmy some advice.
Moral action: Johnny tells Jimmy if someone says something mean to him, try and find some common ground to start a positive relationship.
Immoral consequence: Jimmy grows up starting fights with everyone who gets on his bad side, and people are afraid of him.
Norm: It's bad parenting to raise your children to be violent.
Situation: Johnny's son Jimmy has been getting picked on at school and Johnny is concerned about him.
Intention: Johnny wants to give Jimmy some advice.
Moral consequence: Jimmy grows up being a kind, understanding and gentle soul who everybody loves to be around.
Immoral action: Johnny tells Jimmy if someone says something mean to him, he should stick up for himself and start a fight.
Norm: It's good to go on a tour.
Situation: Jake goes on vacation to New York for the first time and is overwhelmed.
Intention: Jake wants to explore the city.
Moral action: Jake decides to take an official bus tour of New York and goes on it.
Immoral consequence: Jake gets lost and feels stressed out.
Norm: It's good to go on a tour.
Situation: Jake goes on vacation to New York for the first time and is overwhelmed.
Intention: Jake wants to explore the city.
Moral consequence: Jake learns a lot about the city and feels smart afterward.
Immoral action: Jake decides to explore the city without a map or a guide.
Norm: It is paranoid to believe that your parents poisoned you.
Situation: Edgar is eating dinner that his mother prepared for him and something seems off about it.
Intention: Edgar wants to know if the food is safe.
Moral action: Edgar suggests to his mother that perhaps an ingredient she used in the meal was expired.
Immoral consequence: Edgar's mother is saddened and offended by the notion that her son thinks she would deliberately harm him.
Norm: It is paranoid to believe that your parents poisoned you.
Situation: Edgar is eating dinner that his mother prepared for him and something seems off about it.
Intention: Edgar wants to know if the food is safe.
Moral consequence: Edgar's mother feels embarrassed about the potential mistake and checks all the food labels to make sure the meal is safe.
Immoral action: Edgar believes his mother has deliberately tampered with the meal and says as much to her.
Norm: It's important to make time for your marriage.
Situation: Alyssa's husband asks Alyssa to spend more evenings at home because Alyssa has been working late at the office every night.
Intention: Alyssa wants to succeed in her job.
Moral action: Alyssa decides to leave earlier for work in the morning so that she is home in the evening.
Immoral consequence: Alyssa's husband feels neglected and sad.
Norm: It's important to make time for your marriage.
Situation: Alyssa's husband asks Alyssa to spend more evenings at home because Alyssa has been working late at the office every night.
Intention: Alyssa wants to succeed in her job.
Moral consequence: Alyssa's husband is happy to spend more time with her in the evening.
Immoral action: Alyssa turns down her husband's request and keeps on staying late at the office.
Norm: It's good to learn a lesson from your mistake.
Situation: Ashley just replaced her old, glass French press, which she used to keep on the edge of the counter until it fell and broke.
Intention: Ashley wants to find a spot for her new French press.
Moral action: Ashley finds a new secured spot for the French press in one of her cabinets.
Immoral consequence: Ashley accidentally bumps into the counter one day and knocks her new French press down, breaking it.
Norm: It's good to learn a lesson from your mistake.
Situation: Ashley just replaced her old, glass French press, which she used to keep on the edge of the counter until it fell and broke.
Intention: Ashley wants to find a spot for her new French press.
Moral consequence: Ashley has to expend more effort every time she uses the new press, but she uses it for years without breaking it.
Immoral action: Ashley decides to keep her new French press in the same spot on the counter and figures she won't knock it over again.