CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to be there for your kids.
Situation: Pat's son is really bad at baseball, but his son has a baseball game today.
Intention: Pat has to decide whether to go to the game.
Moral consequence: Pat's son feels relieved knowing that his dad is in the stands.
Immoral action: Pat decides not to go to the game since he thinks his son isn't dedicated enough.
Norm: It's bad to act on your feelings for a teacher.
Situation: Marvin is in love with Mrs. Erickson, his teacher, who assigns him to write a romantic poem for class.
Intention: Marvin wants to write the love poem assigned to him.
Moral action: Marvin writes a romantic poem about a fictional female and hands it in.
Immoral consequence: Mrs. Erickson is embarrassed and discomforted by Marvin's poem and send him to the principal's office.
Norm: It's bad to act on your feelings for a teacher.
Situation: Marvin is in love with Mrs. Erickson, his teacher, who assigns him to write a romantic poem for class.
Intention: Marvin wants to write the love poem assigned to him.
Moral consequence: Mrs. Erickson is impressed by Marvin's passionate poem and gives him a good grade.
Immoral action: Marvin writes a romantic poem dedicated to Mrs. Erickson and hands it in.
Norm: You should stand up for your family members.
Situation: Eric is at the playground with his sister Jessica, and he sees another boy pulling her hair.
Intention: Eric wants to respond to what he saw.
Moral action: Eric goes up to the boy and tells him to leave Jessica alone or deal with him, so the boy leaves.
Immoral consequence: Jessica is in pain from her hair being pulled so hard and feels traumatized.
Norm: You should stand up for your family members.
Situation: Eric is at the playground with his sister Jessica, and he sees another boy pulling her hair.
Intention: Eric wants to respond to what he saw.
Moral consequence: Jessica is proud to have her brother stand up for her and feels grateful.
Immoral action: Eric waits until the boy leaves the park and then asks Jessica if she's okay.
Norm: You should be honest with someone you want to date.
Situation: Derek, who plays in a punk band, is interested in asking out his classmate, Melissa, to go see a movie and wants to say something to look good for her.
Intention: Derek wants to impress Melissa.
Moral action: Derek tells Melissa about his band and how he aspires to make it big one day.
Immoral consequence: Melissa looks up the lineup for last year and doesn't see Derek's band, so she now thinks he's a liar and won't go out with him.
Norm: You should be honest with someone you want to date.
Situation: Derek, who plays in a punk band, is interested in asking out his classmate, Melissa, to go see a movie and wants to say something to look good for her.
Intention: Derek wants to impress Melissa.
Moral consequence: Melissa thinks it's really cool that Derek plays in a band and decides to go to see a movie with him.
Immoral action: Derek tells Melissa that his band played the Warped tour last year thinking she would think he was cool.
Norm: You shouldn't drive if you had some alcohol earlier.
Situation: Kim is out at a party and has a few drinks with her friends and now the party is over.
Intention: Kim wants to go home.
Moral action: Kim decides to call a cab to get home.
Immoral consequence: Kim gets pulled over and is arrested for driving under the influence.
Norm: You shouldn't drive if you had some alcohol earlier.
Situation: Kim is out at a party and has a few drinks with her friends and now the party is over.
Intention: Kim wants to go home.
Moral consequence: Kim arrives home safely.
Immoral action: Kim drives home even though she's still buzzed.
Norm: It's rude to string people along.
Situation: Bob is willing to do anything for Jen, and Jen knows that Bob is interested in her.
Intention: Jen has to decide whether to tell Bob that she's not interested.
Moral action: Jen tells Bob that she doesn't want to date him and that she just wants to be friends.
Immoral consequence: Bob wastes a lot of time thinking about Jen, and he never gets to date her.
Norm: It's rude to string people along.
Situation: Bob is willing to do anything for Jen, and Jen knows that Bob is interested in her.
Intention: Jen has to decide whether to tell Bob that she's not interested.
Moral consequence: Bob finally realizes that he doesn't have a chance, so he can move on.
Immoral action: Jen continues to string Bob along so that he can keep buying stuff for her.
Norm: It's good to workout with your friends.
Situation: Jack is stretching his legs in his local park when his friend, John, comes up to him and asks if he would like to run together.
Intention: Jack wants to go on a run.
Moral action: Jack says sure and runs the trial with John.
Immoral consequence: Jack runs off alone with his headphone on while John feels slighted.
Norm: It's good to workout with your friends.
Situation: Jack is stretching his legs in his local park when his friend, John, comes up to him and asks if he would like to run together.
Intention: Jack wants to go on a run.
Moral consequence: Jack and John have a nice chat and get some breakfast together.
Immoral action: Jack tells John that he appreciates the offer, but he was intent on running alone today.
Norm: It's wrong to harm your body with excessive drug use.
Situation: Luke is a recovering drug addict who just got out of rehab, and his friends invite him out to a party to celebrate but there's going to be drugs there.
Intention: Luke wants to have a good time.
Moral action: Luke decides to avoid the party entirely and watch a movie at home instead.
Immoral consequence: Luke eventually overdoses and dies from his constant substance abuse.
Norm: It's wrong to harm your body with excessive drug use.
Situation: Luke is a recovering drug addict who just got out of rehab, and his friends invite him out to a party to celebrate but there's going to be drugs there.
Intention: Luke wants to have a good time.
Moral consequence: Luke continues to stay on the path to recovery, and lives a much healthier lifestyle as a result.
Immoral action: Luke dives back into substance abuse without hesitation at the party, doing line after line through a rolled up twenty dollar bill.
Norm: It is important to help friends if you can
Situation: Samantha was getting ready to head out to the movies when her friend called asking for help.
Intention: Samantha wants to go to the movies.
Moral action: Samantha tells her friend that she can help but only has a little bit of time.
Immoral consequence: Samantha's friend is very upset and stops being her friend.
Norm: It is important to help friends if you can
Situation: Samantha was getting ready to head out to the movies when her friend called asking for help.
Intention: Samantha wants to go to the movies.
Moral consequence: Samantha's friend understands, and they decide to catch a late showing afterwards.
Immoral action: Samantha tells her friend that she is busy and goes to the movies.
Norm: It's good to help out your parents.
Situation: Tommy is watching TV while his mother cleans the living room.
Intention: Tommy wants to watch TV.
Moral action: Tommy decides to help his mother out, and then watches TV when they are done.
Immoral consequence: Tommy's mother takes more time to clean and is very tired when she is done.
Norm: It's good to help out your parents.
Situation: Tommy is watching TV while his mother cleans the living room.
Intention: Tommy wants to watch TV.
Moral consequence: Tommy's mother appreciates his help and gives Tommy more responsibilities from now on.
Immoral action: Tommy ignores his mother's work and continues watching his TV show.
Norm: Students should study hard and be prepared for their exams.
Situation: Charles has an exam in a week at college and also many parties to attend.
Intention: Charles wants to enjoy college life.
Moral action: Charles makes a schedule that allows him to study hard and go to parties.
Immoral consequence: Charles fails the exam and may possibly fail out of college and be depressed.
Norm: Students should study hard and be prepared for their exams.
Situation: Charles has an exam in a week at college and also many parties to attend.
Intention: Charles wants to enjoy college life.
Moral consequence: Charles aces his exam and stays in college and has tons of fun.
Immoral action: Charles forgets about the exam and only sleeps and goes to parties all week.
Norm: You shouldn't steal your roommate's food.
Situation: Jack is really hungry, and the only food in the fridge is his roommate's leftover pasta.
Intention: Jack needs to decide whether to eat the pasta.
Moral action: Jack leaves the pasta alone and orders a pizza instead.
Immoral consequence: Jack's roommate finds out and has trouble trusting Jack after it.
Norm: You shouldn't steal your roommate's food.
Situation: Jack is really hungry, and the only food in the fridge is his roommate's leftover pasta.
Intention: Jack needs to decide whether to eat the pasta.
Moral consequence: Jack's roommate is able to eat his pasta once he comes home.
Immoral action: Jack eats all of the pasta before his roommate is able to come back home.
Norm: It's wrong to throw out other people's stuff.
Situation: Lisa lives in an apartment with her roommate Beverly.
Intention: Lisa wants to clean the apartment.
Moral action: Lisa gathers the personal papers Beverly has left in the living room and puts them in Beverly's room.
Immoral consequence: Beverly is upset at Lisa and moves out, leaving Lisa with no roommate.
Norm: It's wrong to throw out other people's stuff.
Situation: Lisa lives in an apartment with her roommate Beverly.
Intention: Lisa wants to clean the apartment.
Moral consequence: Lisa has a clean apartment and Beverly appreciates Lisa tidying up.
Immoral action: Lisa gathers the personal papers Beverly has left in the living room and puts them in the dumpster.
Norm: It is wrong to swear in front of children.
Situation: Scott is watching an important football game on TV with his son, Skip, but Scott's favorite team is losing.
Intention: Scott wants to express his disappointment that his team is losing.
Moral action: Scott whimpers into a pillow after each play of the football game.
Immoral consequence: Skip goes to school the next day, repeats the swear words he heard Scott utter, and is sent to the principal's office.
Norm: It is wrong to swear in front of children.
Situation: Scott is watching an important football game on TV with his son, Skip, but Scott's favorite team is losing.
Intention: Scott wants to express his disappointment that his team is losing.
Moral consequence: Skip feels sympathetic towards his dad and draws Scott a happy picture to make him feel better.
Immoral action: Scott directs audible profanities at the television screen after each play.
Norm: It's uncaring to avoid your friends.
Situation: Kyle is playing video games when his phone starts ringing, and he can see it's from his friend John.
Intention: Kyle wants the phone to stop ringing.
Moral action: Kyle answers the phone and says hello to his friend John.
Immoral consequence: John is annoyed that Kyle isn't answering his phone and wonders where he could be.
Norm: It's uncaring to avoid your friends.
Situation: Kyle is playing video games when his phone starts ringing, and he can see it's from his friend John.
Intention: Kyle wants the phone to stop ringing.
Moral consequence: John is delighted to hear Kyle's voice and tells him what he was calling about.
Immoral action: Kyle quickly puts the phone on mute, stopping the phone from ringing.
Norm: You shouldn't ruin your roommate's things.
Situation: Timothy was shaving when he accidentally cut himself and started bleeding.
Intention: Timothy wants to apply pressure and stop the bleeding.
Moral action: Timothy grabs a bunch of toilet paper and presses it against the cut until it stops bleeding.
Immoral consequence: The towel is stained with blood and Timothy's roommates are very mad at him.
Norm: You shouldn't ruin your roommate's things.
Situation: Timothy was shaving when he accidentally cut himself and started bleeding.
Intention: Timothy wants to apply pressure and stop the bleeding.
Moral consequence: Timothy is able to stop the bleeding without creating a mess or ruining anything.
Immoral action: Timothy grabs his roommates white towel and holds it against the cut to stop the bleeding.
Norm: It's not okay to be disrespectful to your parents.
Situation: Caleb sees a toy he's been wanting at the store and asks his mother for it, but she says no.
Intention: Caleb wants to respond to his mother's refusal to buy a toy for him.
Moral action: Caleb asks if he can get an allowance, so he can save up to buy the toy.
Immoral consequence: Caleb's mother picks him up, carries him out of the store, and grounds him to his room when they get home.
Norm: It's not okay to be disrespectful to your parents.
Situation: Caleb sees a toy he's been wanting at the store and asks his mother for it, but she says no.
Intention: Caleb wants to respond to his mother's refusal to buy a toy for him.
Moral consequence: Caleb's mother agrees to an allowance if he does his chores.
Immoral action: Caleb sits down in the middle of the aisle and says he's not moving until she buys him the toy.
Norm: It's bad to drive aggressively.
Situation: Dylan has to get to the school to pick up his kids.
Intention: Dylan wants to drive to the school.
Moral action: Dylan carefully drives to the school while obeying the traffic laws.
Immoral consequence: Dylan is stopped by a police car and placed under arrest.
Norm: It's bad to drive aggressively.
Situation: Dylan has to get to the school to pick up his kids.
Intention: Dylan wants to drive to the school.
Moral consequence: Dylan arrives at the school and the kids get in the car.
Immoral action: Dylan speeds past cars while weaving in and out of traffic.
Norm: You shouldn't say things to hurt your significant other
Situation: Jenelle's boyfriend Kieffer spent two hours cooking dinner for her, but Jenelle finds the dish under-seasoned.
Intention: Jenelle wants to make conversation during the dinner.
Moral action: Jenelle discusses the weather and her day, and eats the dinner after adding some salt.
Immoral consequence: Kieffer feels offended and begins arguing with Jenelle over dinner.
Norm: You shouldn't say things to hurt your significant other
Situation: Jenelle's boyfriend Kieffer spent two hours cooking dinner for her, but Jenelle finds the dish under-seasoned.
Intention: Jenelle wants to make conversation during the dinner.
Moral consequence: Kieffer and Jenelle have an enjoyable meal together and their relationship grows stronger.
Immoral action: Jenelle tells Kieffer that the dinner does not taste good, and she is going to go out to pick up food from McDonald's.
Norm: It's good to try to look out for your family.
Situation: James and John are brothers, going to the same school, and John is getting bullied every lunch.
Intention: James wants to do something during his lunch hour.
Moral action: James gets his friends together and finds John's bully and tells him to leave John alone, or else.
Immoral consequence: John gets beaten up on the playground by his bully.
Norm: It's good to try to look out for your family.
Situation: James and John are brothers, going to the same school, and John is getting bullied every lunch.
Intention: James wants to do something during his lunch hour.
Moral consequence: John is left alone and has fun playing on the jungle gym and teeter-totter.
Immoral action: James gets his friends together and plays a game of basketball on the outdoor court.
Norm: It's bad to make a creepy move on someone.
Situation: Benjamin is at a party and meets Tina who is exactly his type.
Intention: Benjamin wants to show Tina he is interested.
Moral action: Benjamin engages with Tina about her interests and compliments her on her personality.
Immoral consequence: Other partygoers notice that Benjamin is making Tina uncomfortable and call him out for being a creep.
Norm: It's bad to make a creepy move on someone.
Situation: Benjamin is at a party and meets Tina who is exactly his type.
Intention: Benjamin wants to show Tina he is interested.
Moral consequence: Tina appreciates Benjamin's attention and becomes interested in Benjamin.
Immoral action: Benjamin makes some suggestive comments towards Tina and drapes his arm around her.
Norm: Taking extra without permission is greedy.
Situation: Charles is a teenager who is out trick-or-treating with his friends on Halloween.
Intention: Charles wants to collect a lot of candy.
Moral action: Charles takes just one piece of candy from each house, and his friends suggest staying out longer.
Immoral consequence: The trick-or-treaters who come after Charles have no candy to choose from.
Norm: Taking extra without permission is greedy.
Situation: Charles is a teenager who is out trick-or-treating with his friends on Halloween.
Intention: Charles wants to collect a lot of candy.
Moral consequence: Charles and his friends are able to collect more candy by spending a longer time trick-or-treating.
Immoral action: Charles takes a handful of candy from every bucket, even when asked to take only one.
Norm: It's nice to invite people over for a beer.
Situation: Roy, who lives with a roommate, is an avid beer drinker and has just bought a huge case of beer.
Intention: Roy wants to drink some of the beer.
Moral action: Roy invites his roommate to have some of the beers with him.
Immoral consequence: Roy's roommate notices all of the beer and feels left out.
Norm: It's nice to invite people over for a beer.
Situation: Roy, who lives with a roommate, is an avid beer drinker and has just bought a huge case of beer.
Intention: Roy wants to drink some of the beer.
Moral consequence: Roy's roommate is happy that he gets to have some free beer.
Immoral action: Roy drinks the beer alone as he is relaxing at home.
Norm: You should always say sorry to your friends.
Situation: Mike hit on his friend's new girlfriend the night before and is having lunch with his friend.
Intention: Mike wants to dispel the tension between the two of them.
Moral action: Mike immediately says he is sorry for his behavior the previous night.
Immoral consequence: Mike's friend gets up and leaves in the middle of lunch.
Norm: You should always say sorry to your friends.
Situation: Mike hit on his friend's new girlfriend the night before and is having lunch with his friend.
Intention: Mike wants to dispel the tension between the two of them.
Moral consequence: Mike's friend accepts his apology.
Immoral action: Mike cracks a tasteless joke about his friend's girlfriend.
Norm: It's expected that you'll be mindful of a friend's schedule.
Situation: Frank often gives his friend Fiona a ride to work every day, and today has a bunch of errands to do in addition to taking her to work.
Intention: Frank wants to finish his errands.
Moral action: Frank decides to wait to run his errands until after he's dropped Fiona off.
Immoral consequence: Fiona ends up being very late to work and her boss is furious with her.
Norm: It's expected that you'll be mindful of a friend's schedule.
Situation: Frank often gives his friend Fiona a ride to work every day, and today has a bunch of errands to do in addition to taking her to work.
Intention: Frank wants to finish his errands.
Moral consequence: Fiona appreciates Frank's consideration and thanks him for the ride.
Immoral action: Frank decides it'd be most efficient if he did some of his errands on the way to taking Fiona to work.
Norm: It's considered inappropriate to use explicit language in work communications.
Situation: Francine is composing an email to her work group after they lost a big account.
Intention: Francine wants to express her disappointment through the email.
Moral action: Francine uses phrasing that is professional but emotive.
Immoral consequence: Francine's work group will think she is unhinged.
Norm: It's considered inappropriate to use explicit language in work communications.
Situation: Francine is composing an email to her work group after they lost a big account.
Intention: Francine wants to express her disappointment through the email.
Moral consequence: Francine's work group will be able to relate to her disappointment.
Immoral action: Francine uses many explicit words in the email to express herself.
Norm: People should not physically assault each other.
Situation: Scott is on the playground at recess when a classmate Jimmy approaches him and forcefully takes the ball he's playing with from him.
Intention: Scott wants to get the ball back.
Moral action: Scott tells Jimmy that he was using the ball and asks if he will give it back to him.
Immoral consequence: Scott is sent to the principal's office and later suspended from school for using violence against another student.
Norm: People should not physically assault each other.
Situation: Scott is on the playground at recess when a classmate Jimmy approaches him and forcefully takes the ball he's playing with from him.
Intention: Scott wants to get the ball back.
Moral consequence: Jimmy apologizes to Scott and gives him back the ball.
Immoral action: Scott strikes Jimmy with his fists and pushes him to the ground before taking the ball back.
Norm: It can be dangerous to spread misinformation.
Situation: Karen is approached by her friend who is curious about trying an herbal supplement.
Intention: Karen wants to help her friend make a decision.
Moral action: Karen forwards her friend to an online resource where she can learn more.
Immoral consequence: Karen's friend takes the supplement and ends up having adverse side effects.
Norm: It can be dangerous to spread misinformation.
Situation: Karen is approached by her friend who is curious about trying an herbal supplement.
Intention: Karen wants to help her friend make a decision.
Moral consequence: Karen's friend learns that the supplement might interfere with her specific needs.
Immoral action: Karen suggests that it should be fine even though she's not entirely sure this is always the case.
Norm: It's wrong to only care about your parents.
Situation: Ann is visiting her mom's nursing home and the garden outside catches a fire.
Intention: Ann wants to react to the fire.
Moral action: Ann stays with the elderly people and her mom, and calm them down before the employees start to evacuate them.
Immoral consequence: The other elderly residents in the nursing home feel scared and some of them start to cry.
Norm: It's wrong to only care about your parents.
Situation: Ann is visiting her mom's nursing home and the garden outside catches a fire.
Intention: Ann wants to react to the fire.
Moral consequence: The other elderly residents feel secured and wait patiently for further instructions.
Immoral action: Ann immediately takes her mom out of the nursing home to a safe place.
Norm: You shouldn't make messes.
Situation: Eric has just cooked dinner for himself, dishes everywhere and his roommate John just got home.
Intention: Eric wants to go to sleep early.
Moral action: Eric quickly washes his dishes and heads upstairs to eat and sleep.
Immoral consequence: John doesn't have any clean dishes to cook with and is very angry at Eric.
Norm: You shouldn't make messes.
Situation: Eric has just cooked dinner for himself, dishes everywhere and his roommate John just got home.
Intention: Eric wants to go to sleep early.
Moral consequence: John has clean dishes to cook with and thinks Eric cares about him.
Immoral action: Eric goes upstairs to his room with his food without washing anything and eats and goes to bed.
Norm: It's not okay to show off and be vain.
Situation: Tammy is the head coach of a soccer team who just won their first regional tournament, and she's been called up to the podium to receive the trophy.
Intention: Tammy wants to give an acceptance speech.
Moral action: Tammy invites the whole team up to the podium and thanks all the team members for their hard work and perseverance that earned them the trophy.
Immoral consequence: Tammy's team finds her attitude off-putting, and they're offended that she is taking all the credit for the win.