CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to be petty over video games.
Situation: Craig doesn't have a job, so he just plays video games all day.
Intention: Craig wants to play video games onlin today.
Moral action: Craig jokes about how bad he is at video games while playing.
Immoral consequence: Craig ruins the day of people who just wanted to play games and have fun.
Norm: It's wrong to be petty over video games.
Situation: Craig doesn't have a job, so he just plays video games all day.
Intention: Craig wants to play video games onlin today.
Moral consequence: The people Craig is playing video games with will feel more comfortable with him.
Immoral action: Craig brags about how much better he is than others while playing.
Norm: It's wrong to threaten people with physical violence.
Situation: Josh does not approve of his daughter's new boyfriend.
Intention: Josh wants to intimidate his daughter's boyfriend.
Moral action: Josh lists a number of conditions his daughter's boyfriend must meet to stay on good terms.
Immoral consequence: Josh has the police called on him and spends the night in jail.
Norm: It's wrong to threaten people with physical violence.
Situation: Josh does not approve of his daughter's new boyfriend.
Intention: Josh wants to intimidate his daughter's boyfriend.
Moral consequence: Josh's daughter's boyfriend behaves himself while in Josh's household.
Immoral action: Josh grabs his daughter's boyfriend by the collar and threatens to beat him.
Norm: It's good to attend a meeting.
Situation: Joey has a meeting in the office after his normal work hours.
Intention: Joey wants to have a drink with his friends after work.
Moral action: Joey meets his friends at the bar after the meeting in the office.
Immoral consequence: Joey doesn't know what is going on when he goes to work the next day.
Norm: It's good to attend a meeting.
Situation: Joey has a meeting in the office after his normal work hours.
Intention: Joey wants to have a drink with his friends after work.
Moral consequence: Joey relaxes and has a drink, knowing all the new office policies.
Immoral action: Joey skips the office meeting and meets his friends in the bar instead.
Norm: You should be polite to family members.
Situation: Artie is at a thanksgiving dinner with his extended family when his aunt begins expressing a lot of controversial opinions.
Intention: Artie wants to respond to his aunt.
Moral action: Artie tells his aunt that while he doesn't agree with her opinions, they can disagree with each other in a respectful manner.
Immoral consequence: His aunt feels extremely insulted, and she storms out to her car and goes home, making the rest of the dinner awkward.
Norm: You should be polite to family members.
Situation: Artie is at a thanksgiving dinner with his extended family when his aunt begins expressing a lot of controversial opinions.
Intention: Artie wants to respond to his aunt.
Moral consequence: His aunt tones down her rhetoric a little bit and becomes more susceptible to hearing Artie's counter-arguments.
Immoral action: Artie tells his aunt that her ideas are ignorant and that only a stupid person would believe them.
Norm: You shouldn't hum things that are suggestive.
Situation: Charles is sitting with his girlfriend on a crowded bus.
Intention: Charles wants to entertain his girlfriend.
Moral action: Charles tells his girlfriend a funny story about his day.
Immoral consequence: Charles is called out by some of the other people on the bus.
Norm: You shouldn't hum things that are suggestive.
Situation: Charles is sitting with his girlfriend on a crowded bus.
Intention: Charles wants to entertain his girlfriend.
Moral consequence: Charles and his girlfriend become closer.
Immoral action: Charles quietly sings his girlfriend's favorite song about bedroom activities.
Norm: It's wrong to trick people into thinking you can sing.
Situation: Jess would brag that she could do anything, so when one of her friend brought up singing she said she could do that too.
Intention: Jess wants to end the discussion.
Moral action: Jess points out that technically anyone can sing, using auto-tune.
Immoral consequence: Of course no one believes Jess, and when she brags the next time no one believes her then either.
Norm: It's wrong to trick people into thinking you can sing.
Situation: Jess would brag that she could do anything, so when one of her friend brought up singing she said she could do that too.
Intention: Jess wants to end the discussion.
Moral consequence: Her friends all laugh and admit it's technically true and move on to the next thing.
Immoral action: Jess insists that she can sing better than any of them could.
Norm: It's wrong to fake your own death.
Situation: Sam has been invited to the wedding of a distant cousin he secretly dislikes and everyone is expecting him to attend.
Intention: Sam wants to get out of having to go to the wedding.
Moral action: Sam pretends to fall ill the week before the wedding as an excuse why he cannot attend.
Immoral consequence: His family finds out about his deception and disown him for the outrageous lie.
Norm: It's wrong to fake your own death.
Situation: Sam has been invited to the wedding of a distant cousin he secretly dislikes and everyone is expecting him to attend.
Intention: Sam wants to get out of having to go to the wedding.
Moral consequence: Sam's family is a bit disappointed, but they believe his lie and aren't upset with him.
Immoral action: Sam enacts an elaborate plot involving a tragic car accident to fake his own death.
Norm: It's wrong to betray your friend
Situation: Jim has been tired after working all week, but he promised his friend that he'd help him move.
Intention: Jim wants to give his friend an update.
Moral action: Jim tells his friend that he's too tired but that he's willing to make it up to him later.
Immoral consequence: Jim's friend doesn't trust him anymore and begins to have trust issues.
Norm: It's wrong to betray your friend
Situation: Jim has been tired after working all week, but he promised his friend that he'd help him move.
Intention: Jim wants to give his friend an update.
Moral consequence: Jim's friend is okay with Jim breaking the promise and trusts him just as much.
Immoral action: Jim tells his friend that he doesn't want to help him anymore.
Norm: It's best have medical issues looked at by a doctor.
Situation: Jack is a smoker who has been coughing a lot lately, but doesn't have a car to get to the hospital.
Intention: Jack wants to avoid having to find a ride to see a doctor.
Moral action: Jack sets up a video conference with his doctor.
Immoral consequence: Jack gets lung cancer that could have been prevented if he had seen the doctor earlier.
Norm: It's best have medical issues looked at by a doctor.
Situation: Jack is a smoker who has been coughing a lot lately, but doesn't have a car to get to the hospital.
Intention: Jack wants to avoid having to find a ride to see a doctor.
Moral consequence: Jack's doctor is able to diagnose and prescribe him medicine from their video chat.
Immoral action: Jack ignores his cough as it worsens.
Norm: You shouldn't scream at elders.
Situation: Andrew is visiting his grandfather and is mad about his grandfather's old-fashioned views.
Intention: Andrew wants to tell his grandfather why he's wrong.
Moral action: Andrew listens to his grandfather's point of view, and explains his own.
Immoral consequence: Andrew's grandfather is upset and cuts Andrew out of his will.
Norm: You shouldn't scream at elders.
Situation: Andrew is visiting his grandfather and is mad about his grandfather's old-fashioned views.
Intention: Andrew wants to tell his grandfather why he's wrong.
Moral consequence: Andrew's grandfather realizes that he may be misinformed and thanks Andrew for teaching him something.
Immoral action: Andrew yells at his grandfather that he's ignorant.
Norm: You should pass on your wisdom to the younger generations.
Situation: Bob's son Bill is graduating college with honors and is deciding between various job offers.
Intention: Bob wants his son to find productive employment.
Moral action: Bob tells his son that he would have been happier if he had chosen a career that he loved over one with better financial benefits.
Immoral consequence: Bill makes the same mistake his father did in chasing money and finds himself in a job that he hates.
Norm: You should pass on your wisdom to the younger generations.
Situation: Bob's son Bill is graduating college with honors and is deciding between various job offers.
Intention: Bob wants his son to find productive employment.
Moral consequence: Bill listens to his father's advice and pursues a less lucrative career in a field that he loves.
Immoral action: Bob never mentions his own career experience and tells his son to objectively evaluate his job offers.
Norm: It's good to cheer for your teammate.
Situation: Ben was in the dugout when his teammate was up to bat.
Intention: Ben wanted to yell to his teammate.
Moral action: Ben yells out to his teammate that he hoped he would make a homerun.
Immoral consequence: Ben's coach makes him sit the bench for the next couple of games.
Norm: It's good to cheer for your teammate.
Situation: Ben was in the dugout when his teammate was up to bat.
Intention: Ben wanted to yell to his teammate.
Moral consequence: Ben's coach told him he was proud of how his moral support of his teammate.
Immoral action: Ben yells out that he hopes his teammate would strike out.
Norm: It is good to let people know of game glitches.
Situation: Jim is a game tester at a major game developer and toward the end of his work day found a glitch in the game he is testing.
Intention: Jim wants to go home.
Moral action: Jim reports the glitch to the system before he leaves for home.
Immoral consequence: The game ships with the glitch and costs the company lots of money to send out a patch.
Norm: It is good to let people know of game glitches.
Situation: Jim is a game tester at a major game developer and toward the end of his work day found a glitch in the game he is testing.
Intention: Jim wants to go home.
Moral consequence: The game ships with the glitch fixed and is a great success.
Immoral action: Jim doesn't spend the time reporting the glitch before going home.
Norm: People shouldn't stab their pets.
Situation: Bob the magician wants to practice his knife through the box illusion but no one will practice with him.
Intention: Bob wants to test the trick to ensure it's safe.
Moral action: Bob fills the box with balloons and jams knives, swords, etc into the box.
Immoral consequence: ...turns out it wasn't safe after all, as the test was failed.
Norm: People shouldn't stab their pets.
Situation: Bob the magician wants to practice his knife through the box illusion but no one will practice with him.
Intention: Bob wants to test the trick to ensure it's safe.
Moral consequence: Some of the balloons pop and Bob knows where in the box the issue is.
Immoral action: Bob puts his dog in the box and jams knives, swords, etc into the box.
Norm: It is rude to ruin a class for others.
Situation: Dom was taking a history class when he was in college.
Intention: Dom wanted to get out of class for the day.
Moral action: Dom emailed the professor and said that he wasn't feeling well enough to attend class.
Immoral consequence: None of the students in the class learned anything in history class that day.
Norm: It is rude to ruin a class for others.
Situation: Dom was taking a history class when he was in college.
Intention: Dom wanted to get out of class for the day.
Moral consequence: All of the rest of the students were able to learn the material in class.
Immoral action: Dom pulled the fire alarm in the building that the class was taught in.
Norm: You shouldn't be homophobic.
Situation: Gail comes from a very conservative family which doesn't approve of her cousin's homosexuality who is coming to dinner with his boyfriend.
Intention: Gail wants to be respected in her family.
Moral action: Gail decides to be tolerant and inclusive and warmly welcomes her cousin and his boyfriend, which inspires the rest of her family.
Immoral consequence: Gail's cousin feels rejected.
Norm: You shouldn't be homophobic.
Situation: Gail comes from a very conservative family which doesn't approve of her cousin's homosexuality who is coming to dinner with his boyfriend.
Intention: Gail wants to be respected in her family.
Moral consequence: Gail's cousin feels happy and respected.
Immoral action: Gail espouses her family's views and makes homophobic jokes at dinner.
Norm: You shouldn't hate women.
Situation: David works in an IT firm and recently Mary joins his department as the only woman.
Intention: David wants to react to Mary's presence.
Moral action: David sits next to Mary during lunch and asks about her past working experiences in a causal way.
Immoral consequence: Mary feels excluded and sad.
Norm: You shouldn't hate women.
Situation: David works in an IT firm and recently Mary joins his department as the only woman.
Intention: David wants to react to Mary's presence.
Moral consequence: Mary feels warm and welcomed.
Immoral action: David invites everyone except Mary to go to the bar after work.
Norm: It's considerate to do tasks for older neighbors
Situation: Jen notices that her elderly neighbors have not shoveled the snow piled up on their driveway.
Intention: Jen wants to see that the snow is taken care of.
Moral action: Jen decides to shovel the snow herself right away.
Immoral consequence: It takes a long time before the neighbor is able to help and the neighbor's driveway is blocked during that time.
Norm: It's considerate to do tasks for older neighbors
Situation: Jen notices that her elderly neighbors have not shoveled the snow piled up on their driveway.
Intention: Jen wants to see that the snow is taken care of.
Moral consequence: Jen's elderly neighbors are really grateful towards her for the help.
Immoral action: Jen asks another neighbor if they can help with the snow.
Norm: You should help out your friend if they are crying.
Situation: Jim's is running around the playground at recess when his friend Greg falls down hard and starts crying loudly.
Intention: Jim doesn't want to hear Greg crying anymore.
Moral action: Jim quickly rushes over to Greg and rubs his back while comforting and reassuring him that he's okay.
Immoral consequence: Greg continues crying and feels abandoned by his friend.
Norm: You should help out your friend if they are crying.
Situation: Jim's is running around the playground at recess when his friend Greg falls down hard and starts crying loudly.
Intention: Jim doesn't want to hear Greg crying anymore.
Moral consequence: Greg feels safe and supported and stops crying.
Immoral action: Jim leaves Greg and runs to the other side of the playground where he won't have to hear him.
Norm: It's wrong to read someone else's mail without their permission.
Situation: Larry's neighbor had been out of town for a couple of weeks.
Intention: Larry wanted to bring in the mail for his neighbor so it wouldn't pile up in the mailbox.
Moral action: Larry picks up the neighbor's mail and passes each piece under their door.
Immoral consequence: The neighbor calls the police on Larry for mail tampering.
Norm: It's wrong to read someone else's mail without their permission.
Situation: Larry's neighbor had been out of town for a couple of weeks.
Intention: Larry wanted to bring in the mail for his neighbor so it wouldn't pile up in the mailbox.
Moral consequence: Larry's neighbor buys him a gift card for doing the favor for them.
Immoral action: Larry opens and reads each piece of mail before slipping it under the neighbor's door.
Norm: It's good to admire someone's success story.
Situation: John's coworker recently received a promotion after exceeding expectations at work for a year.
Intention: John wants to react to his coworker's promotion.
Moral action: John congratulates his coworker and starts looking up to him.
Immoral consequence: The teamwork between John and his coworker suffers.
Norm: It's good to admire someone's success story.
Situation: John's coworker recently received a promotion after exceeding expectations at work for a year.
Intention: John wants to react to his coworker's promotion.
Moral consequence: John and his coworker enjoys a fruitful professional relationship.
Immoral action: John is jealous of his coworker's promotion and gives his coworker the cold shoulder.
Norm: It is wrong to make out with your children.
Situation: Jasmine is reading a book when her drunk son starts flirting with her.
Intention: Jasmine doesn't want to hurt her son.
Moral action: Jasmine recites lines from her son's favorite comedian and tells him to sleep.
Immoral consequence: Jasmine is publicly shamed when other people find out about the incident.
Norm: It is wrong to make out with your children.
Situation: Jasmine is reading a book when her drunk son starts flirting with her.
Intention: Jasmine doesn't want to hurt her son.
Moral consequence: Jasmine's son thanks her for not taking advantage of him when he sobers up.
Immoral action: Jasmine returns her son's flirty behavior kissing him.
Norm: It is responsible to use your own money for something.
Situation: Billy is at the store when he sees a video game he's wanted for a while.
Intention: Billy wants to get a video game.
Moral action: Billy saves up for the game and gets it in a few weeks.
Immoral consequence: Billy's mother sees him as irresponsible and won't give him an allowance.
Norm: It is responsible to use your own money for something.
Situation: Billy is at the store when he sees a video game he's wanted for a while.
Intention: Billy wants to get a video game.
Moral consequence: Billy is viewed as a responsible person and gets a generous allowance for his work.
Immoral action: Billy harangues his mother constantly to buy the game for him.
Norm: Forgetting to do important  things is irresponsible.
Situation: Ian works at a store as the closing manager and is finishing up for the night.
Intention: Ian wants to get home.
Moral action: Ian doublechecks that he did everything he needs to before leaving.
Immoral consequence: The store is robbed, and Ian is fired for forgetting to lock up.
Norm: Forgetting to do important  things is irresponsible.
Situation: Ian works at a store as the closing manager and is finishing up for the night.
Intention: Ian wants to get home.
Moral consequence: The store is fine, and Ian is commended for his work.
Immoral action: Ian rushes and forgets to lock the front door of the store.
Norm: It's bad to stalk your significant other.
Situation: Jack is worried that his girlfriend spends tpo much time with a certain male coworker.
Intention: Jack wants to make sure his girlfriend isn't cheating.
Moral action: Jack discusses his insecurity with his girlfriend.
Immoral consequence: Jack gets dumped when his girlfriend catches him following her.
Norm: It's bad to stalk your significant other.
Situation: Jack is worried that his girlfriend spends tpo much time with a certain male coworker.
Intention: Jack wants to make sure his girlfriend isn't cheating.
Moral consequence: Jack feels reassured when his girlfriend assures him her relationship with her coworker is platonic.
Immoral action: Jack follows his girlfriend after work to make sure she stays faithful to him.
Norm: You shouldn't urinate outside of a toilet.
Situation: Joe was visiting a friend's house and had been drinking a few beers.
Intention: Joe wanted to use the restroom.
Moral action: Joe went to the bathroom and peed in the toilet, then washed his hands.
Immoral consequence: Joe was never invited to any of his friends' houses again in his life.
Norm: You shouldn't urinate outside of a toilet.
Situation: Joe was visiting a friend's house and had been drinking a few beers.
Intention: Joe wanted to use the restroom.
Moral consequence: Joe went back into the living room and continued visiting with his friends.
Immoral action: Joe went into the corner of the room and peed all over the floor.
Norm: You should tell someone when they say something offensive.
Situation: Brandon hears his brother say something in front on a classmate of theirs that Brandon knows would offend them.
Intention: Brandon wants to talk to his brother.
Moral action: Brandon takes his brother aside and explains that what he said would cause offense.
Immoral consequence: Brandon's brother doesn't understand that he said something wrong and continues making that mistake.
Norm: You should tell someone when they say something offensive.
Situation: Brandon hears his brother say something in front on a classmate of theirs that Brandon knows would offend them.
Intention: Brandon wants to talk to his brother.
Moral consequence: Brandon's brother understands that he was speaking hurtfully and starts being more careful with his words.
Immoral action: Brandon tells his brother that they should leave but doesn't explain to him that he was being offensive.
Norm: It is rude to ghost people you are related to.
Situation: Mary's cousin, Ann, always bombards her with tons of messages and Mary feels annoyed.
Intention: Mary wants to react to the annoyance.
Moral action: Mary explains to Ann that she is too busy to read messages while working during the day.
Immoral consequence: Ann feels puzzled and sad not knowing what has happened to Mary.
Norm: It is rude to ghost people you are related to.
Situation: Mary's cousin, Ann, always bombards her with tons of messages and Mary feels annoyed.
Intention: Mary wants to react to the annoyance.
Moral consequence: Ann feels sorry about her behavior and stops sending random messages to Mary but calls her instead for any important events.
Immoral action: Mary blocks Ann's messages and stays away from her.
Norm: It's rude to give ultimatums.
Situation: Rin is bothered by the cigarette smoke scent which is from her partner smoking.
Intention: Rin wants to convince her partner to quit.
Moral action: Rin approaches her partner with a gentle stance highlighting the health implications.
Immoral consequence: Rin's partner struggles even more to quit due to the additional stress.
Norm: It's rude to give ultimatums.
Situation: Rin is bothered by the cigarette smoke scent which is from her partner smoking.
Intention: Rin wants to convince her partner to quit.
Moral consequence: Rin's partner is encouraged to quit because of her support and kindness.
Immoral action: Rin makes her partner choose to either be with her and quit or she will leave him.
Norm: It's wrong to send texts to the wrong people.
Situation: Daniel is reading a saucy sexual text from his girlfriend when he gets another incoming text from his mom.
Intention: Daniel wants to reply to an outstanding text.
Moral action: Daniel replies to his mom's text without exiting the conversation with her.
Immoral consequence: Daniel's mom is grossed out and recoils at the revealing information she didn't want to be privy to.
Norm: It's wrong to send texts to the wrong people.
Situation: Daniel is reading a saucy sexual text from his girlfriend when he gets another incoming text from his mom.
Intention: Daniel wants to reply to an outstanding text.
Moral consequence: Daniel's mom is happy to hear back from her son so quickly.
Immoral action: Daniel replies to the saucy text but does not exit the conversation with his mom and sends it to her.
Norm: It's bad to leave food in the floor.
Situation: Jimmy is in his school cafeteria eating a banana when he realizes that he's late for a history test.
Intention: Jimmy wants to get to his history class as quickly as possible.
Moral action: Jimmy discards of his banana before rushing off to his history class.
Immoral consequence: Another student walks by and slips on Jimmy's banana.
Norm: It's bad to leave food in the floor.
Situation: Jimmy is in his school cafeteria eating a banana when he realizes that he's late for a history test.
Intention: Jimmy wants to get to his history class as quickly as possible.
Moral consequence: Jimmy makes it in time for his test and no one is injured from there being food on the ground.
Immoral action: Panicking, Jimmy drops his banana onto the floor in haste before running off in the direction of his class.