CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to boss others.
Situation: Joe gets home and sees his roommate eating next to a pile of dirty dishes.
Intention: Joe wants the dishes cleaned.
Moral consequence: Joe's roommate is glad that Joe did the dishes.
Immoral action: Joe angrily tells his roommate to clean the dishes when he's done eating.
Norm: It's bad to mislead your employer during an interview.
Situation: Jack is attending a job interview with an employer.
Intention: Jack wants to get the job.
Moral action: Jack honestly describes his working experiences to the employer.
Immoral consequence: Jack fails the management test given by the employer and is not hired.
Norm: It's bad to mislead your employer during an interview.
Situation: Jack is attending a job interview with an employer.
Intention: Jack wants to get the job.
Moral consequence: Jack gets hired because the employer feels that he is honest and has a high potential of being trained to be a good manager.
Immoral action: Jack tells the employer that he has substantial managerial experiences even though he was only a supervisor in his previous company.
Norm: You shouldn't rob fast food restaurants.
Situation: Brad is short on his rent and is at a restaurant with his friend Lilly.
Intention: Brad wants to find a way to pay his rent.
Moral action: Brad asks Lilly if there is any way she can offer him a short term loan to make his rent.
Immoral consequence: Brad pays his rent and is apprehended within the week, being arrested for theft.
Norm: You shouldn't rob fast food restaurants.
Situation: Brad is short on his rent and is at a restaurant with his friend Lilly.
Intention: Brad wants to find a way to pay his rent.
Moral consequence: Lilly offers Brad the money for the rent and says he doesn't need to pay her back.
Immoral action: Brad approaches the register, threatens the cashier, and demands all of the money in the register.
Norm: It's good to end a relationship on good terms.
Situation: Vicky is in a relationship with Tom, but is interested in someone else.
Intention: Vicky wants to break up with Tom.
Moral action: Vicky gently tells Tom that she doesn't see the relationship going anywhere, but wants to stay friends.
Immoral consequence: Tom holds a grudge against Vicky and makes her life difficult.
Norm: It's good to end a relationship on good terms.
Situation: Vicky is in a relationship with Tom, but is interested in someone else.
Intention: Vicky wants to break up with Tom.
Moral consequence: Tom is hurt, but over time they remain friends.
Immoral action: Vicky tells Tom that he's a loser and that he should get lost.
Norm: You should have empathy for those less fortunate than yourself.
Situation: While walking back to home Jasmine sees a homeless man with a sign asking for help.
Intention: Jasmine wants to talk to the man.
Moral action: Jasmine listens to the man patiently and offers a small monetary help.
Immoral consequence: Jasmine feels guilty about her action as she remembers the similar story of her grandfather.
Norm: You should have empathy for those less fortunate than yourself.
Situation: While walking back to home Jasmine sees a homeless man with a sign asking for help.
Intention: Jasmine wants to talk to the man.
Moral consequence: Jasmine feels warm seeing a smile on the homelessman.
Immoral action: Jasmine asks the homeless man about his story and tells the man to get over it and start working.
Norm: You shouldn't annoy people in your class.
Situation: Jimmy's class is taking a test one day when he notices a girl he wants to be friends with.
Intention: Jimmy wants to get the attention of the girl he's interested in.
Moral action: Jimmy waits until the class is over then walks over to the girl and introduces himself.
Immoral consequence: Jimmy is reprimanded by his teacher and sent to the principle.
Norm: You shouldn't annoy people in your class.
Situation: Jimmy's class is taking a test one day when he notices a girl he wants to be friends with.
Intention: Jimmy wants to get the attention of the girl he's interested in.
Moral consequence: Jimmy and the girl hit it off and become good friends.
Immoral action: Jimmy keeps pestering the girl in class even though she's trying to concentrate.
Norm: It's fun to have a hobby.
Situation: John has a day off and stays at home alone.
Intention: John wants to pass the time.
Moral action: John starts to watch a video on how to do garden work and practices the steps carefully.
Immoral consequence: John ends up drinking too much and has a hangover.
Norm: It's fun to have a hobby.
Situation: John has a day off and stays at home alone.
Intention: John wants to pass the time.
Moral consequence: John feels satisfied for getting the knowledge so that he can do the garden work regularly by himself.
Immoral action: John starts to drink wine to kill the boredom.
Norm: It is unethical to accept sexual favors for rent.
Situation: One of Carl's tenants offers to sleep with him in exchange for a free month of rent, since she is short on funds.
Intention: Carl wants to help his tenant.
Moral action: Carl turns down the proposition, but still reassures his tenant that she can pay the rent late.
Immoral consequence: Carl's tenant feels like she has violated her moral code.
Norm: It is unethical to accept sexual favors for rent.
Situation: One of Carl's tenants offers to sleep with him in exchange for a free month of rent, since she is short on funds.
Intention: Carl wants to help his tenant.
Moral consequence: Carl's tenant feels relieved that she doesn't have to worry about rent or compromise her morals.
Immoral action: Carl accepts the sexual proposition and sleeps with his tenant.
Norm: It's wrong to mistreat people who have a disability.
Situation: Enzo is walking to the local basketball court.
Intention: Enzo wants to get to the court as soon as possible.
Moral action: Enzo takes a shortcut down an alley to get to the basketball court.
Immoral consequence: Enzo is arrested for injuring the man in wheelchair.
Norm: It's wrong to mistreat people who have a disability.
Situation: Enzo is walking to the local basketball court.
Intention: Enzo wants to get to the court as soon as possible.
Moral consequence: Enzo arrives at the court quickly and joins the people playing ball.
Immoral action: Enzo pushes a man in a wheelchair out of his way and the man falls out of his wheelchair.
Norm: You must not drink alcohol if you're pregnant.
Situation: Becky is attending her baby shower.
Intention: Becky wants to have fun.
Moral action: Becky sings karaoke with all her friends at the baby shower.
Immoral consequence: Becky has a developmentally challenged baby.
Norm: You must not drink alcohol if you're pregnant.
Situation: Becky is attending her baby shower.
Intention: Becky wants to have fun.
Moral consequence: Becky has a wonderful time with all her friends.
Immoral action: Becky has a few mimosas while opening her baby shower gifts.
Norm: It's wrong to gamble too much.
Situation: Sue wants to join her friends for some fun at the casino.
Intention: Sue decides she wants to put some money in a slot machine.
Moral action: Sue spends a moderate amount and stops when she lost what she could afford.
Immoral consequence: Sue has a hard time paying her bills for the month and is broke.
Norm: It's wrong to gamble too much.
Situation: Sue wants to join her friends for some fun at the casino.
Intention: Sue decides she wants to put some money in a slot machine.
Moral consequence: Sue had fun and still has money for her bills.
Immoral action: Sue puts way too much money in the machine an loses it all.
Norm: It's immoral to support violent oppressors.
Situation: A known murderous dictator running for office when one of his minions comes to the home of Oleg and Petra and asks Oleg if he loves the great dictator.
Intention: Oleg wants to answer the minion's question.
Moral action: Oleg tells the minion that he supports the democratic candidate and that the dictator is too evil to be cared about.
Immoral consequence: Petra is horrified that her husband thinks so highly of a murderer and is terrified of him.
Norm: It's immoral to support violent oppressors.
Situation: A known murderous dictator running for office when one of his minions comes to the home of Oleg and Petra and asks Oleg if he loves the great dictator.
Intention: Oleg wants to answer the minion's question.
Moral consequence: Petra is delighted that her husband is such a stand up person and fights for what he believes in.
Immoral action: Oleg tells the minion that of course he supports the great leader who crushes all those before him.
Norm: It's wrong not to stop for kids.
Situation: Sam is in a hurry on the way to work.
Intention: Sam wants to get to work on time.
Moral action: Sam waits patiently at the stop sign for the children to cross.
Immoral consequence: Sam hits a child crossing and is arrested.
Norm: It's wrong not to stop for kids.
Situation: Sam is in a hurry on the way to work.
Intention: Sam wants to get to work on time.
Moral consequence: Sam explains the situation to their boss and is commended for being safe.
Immoral action: Sam sees the stop sign on the side of the bus but attempts to pass it.
Norm: It's shabby to be a poor friend to your peers.
Situation: John and his friends hear about a concert across the state and John is the only one of them with a car.
Intention: John wants to go to the concert.
Moral action: John takes his friends along with him to the concert in his car.
Immoral consequence: John's friends have to buy expensive bus tickets in order to get to the concert.
Norm: It's shabby to be a poor friend to your peers.
Situation: John and his friends hear about a concert across the state and John is the only one of them with a car.
Intention: John wants to go to the concert.
Moral consequence: John's friends get to the concert quickly and for free.
Immoral action: John doesn't wait for his friends and drives to the concert by himself.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about a desease.
Situation: Ashley is getting a physical by her doctor.
Intention: Ashley wants to get the appointment over with as quickly as possible.
Moral action: Ashley tells her doctor about her headaches.
Immoral consequence: Ashley gets meningitis from her untreated herpes.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about a desease.
Situation: Ashley is getting a physical by her doctor.
Intention: Ashley wants to get the appointment over with as quickly as possible.
Moral consequence: Ashley is given a prescription by her doctor and sent on her way.
Immoral action: Ashley doesn't tell her doctor about the rash in her genital area.
Norm: It's not okay to sabotage an election.
Situation: Hannah is running for class president, and it's expected to be a tight race.
Intention: Hannah wants to win the election.
Moral action: Hannah changes her plans for when she's class president, so they appeal more to the members of her class.
Immoral consequence: Hannah's teachers recognize her handwriting on the ballots, and she loses the election by default.
Norm: It's not okay to sabotage an election.
Situation: Hannah is running for class president, and it's expected to be a tight race.
Intention: Hannah wants to win the election.
Moral consequence: Hannah gathers a lot of support and ends up winning the election legitimately.
Immoral action: Hannah decides to stuff the ballot box with her name until there are enough votes for her to win.
Norm: It's illegal to damage another person's private property.
Situation: Dina and her brother Kim are playing baseball outside when their ball goes into a neighbor's yard.
Intention: Kim wants to get the ball back.
Moral action: Kim leaves a note on the neighbor's door asking for the ball to be returned.
Immoral consequence: Kim's neighbor catches him vandalizing his fence and brings him home to report it to his parents.
Norm: It's illegal to damage another person's private property.
Situation: Dina and her brother Kim are playing baseball outside when their ball goes into a neighbor's yard.
Intention: Kim wants to get the ball back.
Moral consequence: Kim's neighbor sees the note and brings the ball back later on in the evening.
Immoral action: Kim clips a hole into his neighbor's fence, climbs through it, and gets the ball.
Norm: It's important to take care of your health.
Situation: Bob's doctor has told him it's important that he reduce his sugar intake.
Intention: Bob wants to have a snack before dinner.
Moral action: Bob decides to have a healthy low sugar snack that day.
Immoral consequence: Bob reinforces his bad eating habits and his health deteriorates.
Norm: It's important to take care of your health.
Situation: Bob's doctor has told him it's important that he reduce his sugar intake.
Intention: Bob wants to have a snack before dinner.
Moral consequence: Bob changes his eating habits and gradually his health improves.
Immoral action: Bob eats a whole box of cupcakes that is much too big for one serving.
Norm: It's rude to dismiss the teaching profession.
Situation: John meets Peter at a charity fundraiser and Peter tells John that he is a high school teacher.
Intention: John wants to respond to Peter's statement.
Moral action: John tells Peter that he's doing a thankless job that benefits society greatly and that teachers don't get enough credit.
Immoral consequence: Peter is sad that John is being disrespectful towards his Job and is shocked at John's narrow mind.
Norm: It's rude to dismiss the teaching profession.
Situation: John meets Peter at a charity fundraiser and Peter tells John that he is a high school teacher.
Intention: John wants to respond to Peter's statement.
Moral consequence: Peter is delighted that John is so understanding of what he does every single day.
Immoral action: John scoffs at Peter and tells him that school is an evil place that instills bad liberal ideas into children's heads.
Norm: You shouldn't try to encourage your child to be violent.
Situation: Paul's son has been getting bullied at school by a student in his class.
Intention: Paul wants his son's bully to see consequences for his bullying.
Moral action: Paul asks the bully's parents and teacher to take action about the bullying.
Immoral consequence: Paul's son punches the bully and gets in trouble for it at school.
Norm: You shouldn't try to encourage your child to be violent.
Situation: Paul's son has been getting bullied at school by a student in his class.
Intention: Paul wants his son's bully to see consequences for his bullying.
Moral consequence: The bully is punished for his actions by his parents and teacher and Paul's son is not bothered after that.
Immoral action: Paul tells his son that the next time his bully bothers him he should punch the bully in the nose.
Norm: It is nice to reward people for good behavior
Situation: Jim is the manager of a company overseeing many salespeople.
Intention: Jim wants to give out bonuses to those with high sales volumes.
Moral action: Jim rewards only the salespeople who performed well while maintaining ethical standards.
Immoral consequence: The salespersons are encouraged to do the wrong thing in order to get paid more.
Norm: It is nice to reward people for good behavior
Situation: Jim is the manager of a company overseeing many salespeople.
Intention: Jim wants to give out bonuses to those with high sales volumes.
Moral consequence: The salespersons are encouraged to both work hard while maintaining a moral standard.
Immoral action: Jim rewards high performing salespeople who clearly used underhanded methods to reach those numbers.
Norm: It's bad to take animals out of their natural environment.
Situation: Matt is hiking through the forest.
Intention: Matt wants to respect nature.
Moral action: Matt picks up garbage along the trail left by other hikers.
Immoral consequence: Matt is berated by the vet because the fawn will not survive without it's mother.
Norm: It's bad to take animals out of their natural environment.
Situation: Matt is hiking through the forest.
Intention: Matt wants to respect nature.
Moral consequence: Matt is thanked by the park rangers for making the nature preserve look nicer.
Immoral action: Matt picks up a fawn that he sees lying in the woods and brings it to the vet.
Norm: It is irresponsible to start a riot.
Situation: John is in downtown Portland taking part in a protest against recent police brutality.
Intention: John wants to energize the crowd.
Moral action: John grabs the megaphone and tells the crowd that they should sing amazing grace as they march through the streets.
Immoral consequence: The other protesters dismiss John as a lunatic and begin to fear that he is diluting their message and distracting from their mission.
Norm: It is irresponsible to start a riot.
Situation: John is in downtown Portland taking part in a protest against recent police brutality.
Intention: John wants to energize the crowd.
Moral consequence: The crowd is happy to sing a song of solidarity together that symbolizes their struggle.
Immoral action: John grabs the megaphone and tells the crowd to attack the police and destroy all the symbols of capitalism around them.
Norm: It's nice to walk someone home to ensure their safety.
Situation: John is walking towards his house when he sees a small boy on the street.
Intention: John wants to know about the boy.
Moral action: John learns that the boy lives near his house, so he walks the boy to his house.
Immoral consequence: the boy cries because of John's scolding.
Norm: It's nice to walk someone home to ensure their safety.
Situation: John is walking towards his house when he sees a small boy on the street.
Intention: John wants to know about the boy.
Moral consequence: the boy is happy to be with his parents who are frantically searching for him.
Immoral action: John learns that the boy is lost and can't get home by himself but John walks away after scolding the boy for being careless.
Norm: You shouldn't take your friend's money.
Situation: Jim and some friends are at a hotel for the night.
Intention: Jim wants to rent a movie on his phone.
Moral action: Jim uses his own money to rent the movie.
Immoral consequence: Jim's friend sees the transaction on his statement and gets angry with Jim.
Norm: You shouldn't take your friend's money.
Situation: Jim and some friends are at a hotel for the night.
Intention: Jim wants to rent a movie on his phone.
Moral consequence: Jim watches the movie guilt-free.
Immoral action: Jim takes one of his friends wallets and uses his credit card to rent the movie.
Norm: It is wrong to ruin someone else's party.
Situation: Hank is working on a major project at work and needs help, while Steve is celebrating his birthday.
Intention: Hank wants to get a subordinate to help him.
Moral action: Hank finds someone who is bored and orders him to come in.
Immoral consequence: Steve is angry with Hank for ruining his birthday.
Norm: It is wrong to ruin someone else's party.
Situation: Hank is working on a major project at work and needs help, while Steve is celebrating his birthday.
Intention: Hank wants to get a subordinate to help him.
Moral consequence: Steve enjoys his birthday party.
Immoral action: Hank contacts Steve and orders him to come in or else be fired.
Norm: Everyone should have a say in a shared living space.
Situation: Dave lives in an apartment with roommates, and they're all discussing what color the walls should be when one of the roommates asks Dave what he thinks.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the roommate's request.
Moral action: Dave tells everyone he prefers Black but that if the others outvote him he won't make a fuss about it.
Immoral consequence: The roommates are all shocked that Dave is so callous and the roommate who hates black in particular feels disrespected.
Norm: Everyone should have a say in a shared living space.
Situation: Dave lives in an apartment with roommates, and they're all discussing what color the walls should be when one of the roommates asks Dave what he thinks.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the roommate's request.
Moral consequence: The roommates are happy that Dave is being flexible with his color choice.
Immoral action: Dave tells the roommate that he wants Black walls which he knows one of the roommates doesn't like, but that he doesn't care about their opinon.
Norm: It's wrong to not pay for food.
Situation: Jasper is standing near the pick up counter at a local burger shop, but hasn't ordered any food.
Intention: Jasper wants to get some lunch.
Moral action: Jasper approaches the ordering counter and redeems a coupon for a free meal.
Immoral consequence: Jasper is stopped nearby after having eaten the food and is arrested for theft.
Norm: It's wrong to not pay for food.
Situation: Jasper is standing near the pick up counter at a local burger shop, but hasn't ordered any food.
Intention: Jasper wants to get some lunch.
Moral consequence: Jasper sits in the restaurant and enjoys the lunch.
Immoral action: Jasper waits until someone's food is put on the pick up counter and grabs it, pretending to have been waiting for it.
Norm: You shouldn't intentionally break rules.
Situation: Corey has moved to a new town and is looking at books in the library, despite not having a library card.
Intention: Corey wants to bring a book about programming home with him.
Moral action: Corey fills out the paperwork for a library card and checks the book out.
Immoral consequence: A librarian notices missing books and reviews security tapes, resulting in Corey being banned from the library.
Norm: You shouldn't intentionally break rules.
Situation: Corey has moved to a new town and is looking at books in the library, despite not having a library card.
Intention: Corey wants to bring a book about programming home with him.
Moral consequence: Corey is able to study programming and get more books when he needs them.
Immoral action: Corey walks to a back corner of the library and puts the book in his backpack.
Norm: It's wrong to get someone fired.
Situation: Joe is having dinner at a restaurant where their waiter's service is poor.
Intention: Joe wants the waiter to know Joe is upset.
Moral action: Joe leaves a 5 percent tip for the waiter on his check.
Immoral consequence: The waiter is unable to provide for his family now.
Norm: It's wrong to get someone fired.
Situation: Joe is having dinner at a restaurant where their waiter's service is poor.
Intention: Joe wants the waiter to know Joe is upset.
Moral consequence: The waiter vows to do better in the future, so he can increase his earnings.
Immoral action: Joe complains to the waiter's manager who terminates the waiter.
Norm: It's rude to leave class before it's finished.
Situation: Kenny is in his last class of the day when he starts to feel a bit nauseous and feverish.
Intention: Kenny wants to feel better.
Moral action: Kenny sips some water and sticks it out until the end of the class to avoid causing a disruption.
Immoral consequence: Kenny's professor sees him leave, loses his concentration, and is flustered for the rest of the lecture.
Norm: It's rude to leave class before it's finished.
Situation: Kenny is in his last class of the day when he starts to feel a bit nauseous and feverish.
Intention: Kenny wants to feel better.
Moral consequence: Kenny's professor finishes the rest of the lecture smoothly.
Immoral action: Kenny quietly gets up and leaves class to visit the bathroom.
Norm: It's bad to drive too fast.
Situation: Rob just purchased a brand new Tesla and is anxious to see how well it handles.
Intention: Rob wants to see how fast the car can go.
Moral action: Rob contacts the owner of a local race track and makes arrangements to try the car out under safe and legal conditions.
Immoral consequence: Rob is pulled over for driving 100 mps in a 15 mph school zone and the officer cites him and suspends Rob's license.
Norm: It's bad to drive too fast.
Situation: Rob just purchased a brand new Tesla and is anxious to see how well it handles.
Intention: Rob wants to see how fast the car can go.
Moral consequence: Rob has a great time, pushing the car to its limits on the smooth racetrack.
Immoral action: Rob drives to a winding road in a residential area and begins to drive very fast.