CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to kill things.
Situation: Mary sees a mouse run across her kitchen and is very frightened.
Intention: Mary wants to get the mouse out of her house.
Moral consequence: Mary is relieved the mouse is gone and feels happy she didn't have to kill it.
Immoral action: Mary kills the mouse before removing it.
Norm: It's nice to have visitors.
Situation: Tim visits his grandmother at the nursing home on a weekly basis, where he often notices a man who is always alone.
Intention: Tim wants to know more about the lonely man.
Moral action: Tim walks up to the lonely man and asks him how his day is going.
Immoral consequence: The lonely man sees Tim and the staff looking at him and pointing, and retreats to his room feeling picked on.
Norm: It's nice to have visitors.
Situation: Tim visits his grandmother at the nursing home on a weekly basis, where he often notices a man who is always alone.
Intention: Tim wants to know more about the lonely man.
Moral consequence: The man tells Tim that it is nice to have someone to talk to, and they become great friends over time.
Immoral action: Tim asks the nursing home staff about the lonely man.
Norm: It's nice to communicate with family.
Situation: Joe sees that he has an incoming call from his mother.
Intention: Joe wants to work on his car.
Moral action: Joe answers the phone and talks to his mother using a headset while working on his car.
Immoral consequence: Joe's mother feels abandoned by her son when he doesn't answer to her call.
Norm: It's nice to communicate with family.
Situation: Joe sees that he has an incoming call from his mother.
Intention: Joe wants to work on his car.
Moral consequence: Joe's mother is happy that her son takes some time to talk to her.
Immoral action: Joe doesn't answer his mother's call and starts working on his car.
Norm: You should be grateful for friends that help you out.
Situation: Justin is moving homes and needs help moving his furniture.
Intention: Justin wants his friends to help him move.
Moral action: Justin constantly thanks his friends for their help and buys them pizza at the end of the day.
Immoral consequence: Justin's friends grow sick of his abuse and leave him to move his things alone.
Norm: You should be grateful for friends that help you out.
Situation: Justin is moving homes and needs help moving his furniture.
Intention: Justin wants his friends to help him move.
Moral consequence: Justin's friends feel glad to help, and they get the move done seamlessly.
Immoral action: Justin is rude and demanding to his friends as they help him move.
Norm: It's wrong to do disturbing things to others.
Situation: John and Dave are two friends who are walking down the street together after school.
Intention: John wants to surprise Dave with something outrageous.
Moral action: John runs out in front of Dave and rips his own shorts off exposing himself to the world and screaming funny words.
Immoral consequence: Dave is utterly embarrassed and feels angry and humiliated for being exposed like that.
Norm: It's wrong to do disturbing things to others.
Situation: John and Dave are two friends who are walking down the street together after school.
Intention: John wants to surprise Dave with something outrageous.
Moral consequence: Dave is amused by his friend's crazy antics and is glad John's the nude one drawing all the attention and not him.
Immoral action: without warning, John grabs Dave's shorts and pulls them down together with his underwear exposing Dave's naked body to the world.
Norm: It's good to give an animal a home.
Situation: Jamie lives alone and thinks a dog would be nice to have for companionship.
Intention: Jamie wants to get a new dog.
Moral action: Jamie goes to the shelter to adopt a dog.
Immoral consequence: The dog is scared and upset, and Jamie ends up going to jail when her neighbors find out.
Norm: It's good to give an animal a home.
Situation: Jamie lives alone and thinks a dog would be nice to have for companionship.
Intention: Jamie wants to get a new dog.
Moral consequence: The dog is rescued from being put down, and Jamie has a new friend.
Immoral action: Jamie abducts her neighbors’ dog from their home.
Norm: Being upfront with someone about your intentions is honorable.
Situation: Bill is on a date with Sally when Sally flat out asks Bill if he was planning on them sleeping together that night.
Intention: Bill wants to respond to Sally's question.
Moral action: Bill tells Sally that as embarrassing as it is to admit it that he definitely was hoping they'd end up in bed.
Immoral consequence: Sally thinks less of Bill because she knows he's lying, and she doesn't appreciate being toyed with and patronized.
Norm: Being upfront with someone about your intentions is honorable.
Situation: Bill is on a date with Sally when Sally flat out asks Bill if he was planning on them sleeping together that night.
Intention: Bill wants to respond to Sally's question.
Moral consequence: Sally is happy Bill finds her attractive and is attracted to his bluntness and honesty and vows to make his wish come true.
Immoral action: Bill tells Sally that of course not, he only wants to show her a good time and take her home like a gentleman.
Norm: It is not good to be rude to your family
Situation: Dave's parents need to go to work to earn a living and Dave needs to do house work for his parents.
Intention: Dave wants to cook a meal for his parents.
Moral action: Dave makes a very nutritional and delicious meal for his parents.
Immoral consequence: His parents feel bad and deducts allowance for Dave.
Norm: It is not good to be rude to your family
Situation: Dave's parents need to go to work to earn a living and Dave needs to do house work for his parents.
Intention: Dave wants to cook a meal for his parents.
Moral consequence: His parents thanks Dave for making a wonderful meal and agrees to take him to Disneyland next year.
Immoral action: Dave is angry and just cooks plain noodle for his parents.
Norm: You shouldn't do things against other people's wishes.
Situation: Dave is at home with his wife Judy, and he's flipping through the channels and Judy asks him to pick anything but sports.
Intention: Dave wants to choose a channel to settle on.
Moral action: Dave flips through the channels and finds a Conway Twitty concert from the 70's and decides to put that channel on.
Immoral consequence: Judy is annoyed that Dave doesn't seem to care about what she thinks and is irritated by the sports that irk her.
Norm: You shouldn't do things against other people's wishes.
Situation: Dave is at home with his wife Judy, and he's flipping through the channels and Judy asks him to pick anything but sports.
Intention: Dave wants to choose a channel to settle on.
Moral consequence: Judy is happy that Dave chose something along her guidelines and that she has a loving husband.
Immoral action: Dave flips through the channels and notices that a hockey game is on, which he likes, so he puts that channel on.
Norm: You shouldn't sabotage your ex's new relationship.
Situation: Steve and Mary divorced two years ago and Steve is now cleaning out the house.
Intention: Steve wants to return Marys favorite little black dress.
Moral action: Steve packs up the dress along with her other belongings and mails it to Mary's house.
Immoral consequence: Mary opens the box in front of her new boyfriend, he gets angry and thinks she is cheating on him.
Norm: You shouldn't sabotage your ex's new relationship.
Situation: Steve and Mary divorced two years ago and Steve is now cleaning out the house.
Intention: Steve wants to return Marys favorite little black dress.
Moral consequence: Mary is happy to get her things back and sends Steve a thank you text.
Immoral action: Steve puts the dress in a gift box along with the poem he wrote the night they first met.
Norm: It is polite to thank others.
Situation: John and his Wife Andi are dining when John is given a watch by his wife for their fifteenth wedding anniversary.
Intention: John wants to respond to the gift.
Moral action: John tells Andi that it's wonderful and thanks her for going through the trouble of getting the gift.
Immoral consequence: Andi feels sad that John doesn't like her gift and feels like she must have done something wrong.
Norm: It is polite to thank others.
Situation: John and his Wife Andi are dining when John is given a watch by his wife for their fifteenth wedding anniversary.
Intention: John wants to respond to the gift.
Moral consequence: Andi is happy John is appreciative and is glad hat he likes what she has chosen for him.
Immoral action: John tells Andi that the watch isn't quite the type he likes and that he'll probably end up returning or exchanging it.
Norm: It's rude to drive on someone's lawn.
Situation: Jack is stuck behind a line of cars on the way to work.
Intention: Jack wants to get to work.
Moral action: Jack waits patiently and calls his boss to let him know he will be late.
Immoral consequence: Jack gets a ticket and the homeowner takes down his license plate to report him.
Norm: It's rude to drive on someone's lawn.
Situation: Jack is stuck behind a line of cars on the way to work.
Intention: Jack wants to get to work.
Moral consequence: Jack arrives to work safely without damaging someone else's property.
Immoral action: Jack swerves around the line of cars and drives on someone's lawn to pass them.
Norm: It is good to learn from others.
Situation: Sarah recently struggles with her Math study and Ann is good at Math.
Intention: Sarah wants to improve her grade in Math.
Moral action: Sarah asks Ann for advice on getting a better grade in Math test and follows it through.
Immoral consequence: Sarah gets sick after the test even though she gets a good grade in the test.
Norm: It is good to learn from others.
Situation: Sarah recently struggles with her Math study and Ann is good at Math.
Intention: Sarah wants to improve her grade in Math.
Moral consequence: Sarah gets a good grade in the test without using extreme and harsh measures.
Immoral action: Sarah stayed up and did not sleep the night before the Math test in order to study more.
Norm: It's polite to tell someone before you leave.
Situation: Marge is at a party and finds out that her kids at home need help.
Intention: Marge wants to go home quickly.
Moral action: Marge hastily tells the host that she needs to leave for an emergency.
Immoral consequence: The host tries to find Marge but can't, so she thinks that Marge doesn't like her.
Norm: It's polite to tell someone before you leave.
Situation: Marge is at a party and finds out that her kids at home need help.
Intention: Marge wants to go home quickly.
Moral consequence: The host says that it's fine and understands Marge's dilemma.
Immoral action: Marge leaves the party without informing anyone.
Norm: It's expected for partners to share expenses.
Situation: Jane has be married for a decade.
Intention: Jane wants a new car.
Moral action: Jane sits down with her partner, and they openly discuss the costs of a new vehicle.
Immoral consequence: Jane's partner becomes upset with her and loses trust in her which damages the relationship.
Norm: It's expected for partners to share expenses.
Situation: Jane has be married for a decade.
Intention: Jane wants a new car.
Moral consequence: Jane and her partner's bond and trust in one another grows as they work together.
Immoral action: Jane uses her partner's money to purchase a new vehicle for herself.
Norm: It's wrong to do something rude to a coworker.
Situation: Josh is eating lunch in the break room with his coworker with eczema Sarah.
Intention: Josh wants to interact with Sarah.
Moral action: Josh tells Sarah a funny story about work.
Immoral consequence: Sarah leaves the break room crying.
Norm: It's wrong to do something rude to a coworker.
Situation: Josh is eating lunch in the break room with his coworker with eczema Sarah.
Intention: Josh wants to interact with Sarah.
Moral consequence: Sarah and Josh become good friends.
Immoral action: Josh makes a joke about Sarah's eczema.
Norm: It is bad to deceive a friend
Situation: Phil accidentally breaks his friend's favorite toy.
Intention: Phil wants to resolve the situation with his friend.
Moral action: Phil apologizes and buys his friend a new toy.
Immoral consequence: Phil's friend is sad and cries over his broken toy.
Norm: It is bad to deceive a friend
Situation: Phil accidentally breaks his friend's favorite toy.
Intention: Phil wants to resolve the situation with his friend.
Moral consequence: Phil's friend is happy and thankful.
Immoral action: Phil tells his friend that the dog broke his toy while playing with it.
Norm: It's good to do the right thing.
Situation: Ian is walking down the street and sees some money fall out of a woman's pocket.
Intention: Ian wants to do something about the money.
Moral action: Ian calls out to the woman and returns the money to her.
Immoral consequence: Ian later feels guilty about not returning the money.
Norm: It's good to do the right thing.
Situation: Ian is walking down the street and sees some money fall out of a woman's pocket.
Intention: Ian wants to do something about the money.
Moral consequence: Ian feels proud of himself for making the right choice.
Immoral action: Ian puts the money in his pocket and doesn't tell the woman.
Norm: It's rude to cancel plans you have made with someone.
Situation: On his way to a concert with John, Dave steps into a pothole and injures his ankle, prompting John to ask if Dave can still attend the concert as planned.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to John's question.
Moral action: Dave tells John that he just needs to get to his seat, and he'll be fine, he just needs some pain killers, so he'll go.
Immoral consequence: John is sad as they've planned the concert for months and now isn't so sure he wants to go either.
Norm: It's rude to cancel plans you have made with someone.
Situation: On his way to a concert with John, Dave steps into a pothole and injures his ankle, prompting John to ask if Dave can still attend the concert as planned.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to John's question.
Moral consequence: John is delighted that their plans are still intact and vows to help his friend move around if needed.
Immoral action: Dave tells John that his ankle is really painful and that there's no way he can go now, he'll have to cancel.
Norm: It is mean to give up on a friend
Situation: Bobby and Jane are discussing her recent depression and struggles that she has been going through.
Intention: Bobby wants to offer his perspective of her situation to offer insight.
Moral action: Bobby listens to Jane's problem, offering his perspective on how she can work on her depression giving her ideas to use.
Immoral consequence: Jane leaves Bobby's house and ends their friendship as she views him as toxic.
Norm: It is mean to give up on a friend
Situation: Bobby and Jane are discussing her recent depression and struggles that she has been going through.
Intention: Bobby wants to offer his perspective of her situation to offer insight.
Moral consequence: Jane is able to work through her impression with the help of Bobby.
Immoral action: Bobby offers his perspective on Jane's problems and tells her to suck it up or stop bringing her problems up.
Norm: It's good to keep others accountable for their actions
Situation: Ron is an accountability partner with Bill in their AA group.
Intention: Ron wants to be friends with Bill.
Moral action: Ron calls Bill every night when Bill admits stuggling with temptation after getting laid off.
Immoral consequence: Bill is arrested for a DWI and Ron feels guilty.
Norm: It's good to keep others accountable for their actions
Situation: Ron is an accountability partner with Bill in their AA group.
Intention: Ron wants to be friends with Bill.
Moral consequence: Ron helps Bill get through the rough patch and Bill is able to continue sobriety.
Immoral action: Ron looks the other way when Bill talks about relapsing.
Norm: It's good to help out lost or abandoned animals.
Situation: While walking home from the train station Paul spots an injured cat by the side of the road.
Intention: Paul wants to help the cat.
Moral action: Paul takes the cat to a local vet and stays to make sure the cat is ok.
Immoral consequence: Paul feels remorseful when he finds out that the cat died.
Norm: It's good to help out lost or abandoned animals.
Situation: While walking home from the train station Paul spots an injured cat by the side of the road.
Intention: Paul wants to help the cat.
Moral consequence: Paul is gratified when the cats owner later contacts him and offers a reward as a thank you.
Immoral action: Paul wants to relax at home, so he ignores the cat and heads straight home.
Norm: You should not make your partner feel uncomfortable.
Situation: John and his wife Susan are at a couples retreat attending a session with many people when John is asked to share something about his wife.
Intention: John wants to share a fact about his wife to the group.
Moral action: John tells the group that his wife is a hard working woman who is very smart and loving.
Immoral consequence: Susan's shyness and insecurity is made even worse, and she feels incredibly embarrassed about what John just shared.
Norm: You should not make your partner feel uncomfortable.
Situation: John and his wife Susan are at a couples retreat attending a session with many people when John is asked to share something about his wife.
Intention: John wants to share a fact about his wife to the group.
Moral consequence: Susan beams with a big smile as she looks at John with love and admiration and feels confident and strong.
Immoral action: John tells the group that one thing about his wife everyone should know is that she's very shy and insecure.
Norm: It is nice to invite your friend on a hike.
Situation: Jacob is camping in a natural area with his close friend.
Intention: Jacob wants to go on a nature hike.
Moral action: Jacob asks his friend to come along on a nature hike with him.
Immoral consequence: Jacob's friend feels like Jacob doesn't want to be around them.
Norm: It is nice to invite your friend on a hike.
Situation: Jacob is camping in a natural area with his close friend.
Intention: Jacob wants to go on a nature hike.
Moral consequence: Jacob's friend feels that Jacob enjoys their company because he wants to hike together.
Immoral action: Jacob goes on a hike by himself leaving his friend at the camp.
Norm: It is taboo to sleep with your cousin
Situation: Susie is attending a big family reunion and having a few drinks.
Intention: Susie wants to have sex with someone.
Moral action: Susie chats with one of the catering crew and goes home with him when he's finished working.
Immoral consequence: Susie is blackballed by her family when they hear about her incestuous behavior.
Norm: It is taboo to sleep with your cousin
Situation: Susie is attending a big family reunion and having a few drinks.
Intention: Susie wants to have sex with someone.
Moral consequence: Susie has a fun evening enjoying sex with her new found friend.
Immoral action: Susie invites her first cousin to come home with her for carnal relations.
Norm: It's unhealthy to eat too much candy
Situation: Greg goes trick-or-treating and gets a large bag of candy.
Intention: Greg wants to enjoy his candy.
Moral action: Greg eats two or three pieces of candy after lunch daily.
Immoral consequence: Greg can't sleep all night and feels sick.
Norm: It's unhealthy to eat too much candy
Situation: Greg goes trick-or-treating and gets a large bag of candy.
Intention: Greg wants to enjoy his candy.
Moral consequence: Greg enjoys his candy for several months.
Immoral action: Greg eats half of the bag of candy in two hours time.
Norm: It's wrong to want to take part in violence.
Situation: Joe sees his friends fighting with a gang of people in the park.
Intention: Joe wants to react to the fighting.
Moral action: Joe asks his friends to run and stop fighting.
Immoral consequence: Joe and his friends all get caught by the police.
Norm: It's wrong to want to take part in violence.
Situation: Joe sees his friends fighting with a gang of people in the park.
Intention: Joe wants to react to the fighting.
Moral consequence: Joe and his friends run to a safe place and are free from danger.
Immoral action: Joe joins the fighting hoping that it will help his friends.
Norm: You shouldn't uninvite your friends from your party.
Situation: Hank invites people to a party when he realizes that the location won't hold all of his friends.
Intention: Hank wants to avoid overfilling the party location.
Moral action: Hank finds a larger place to have the party so everyone can come.
Immoral consequence: The friends Hank calls think that Hank doesn't like them as much as others and get jealous.
Norm: You shouldn't uninvite your friends from your party.
Situation: Hank invites people to a party when he realizes that the location won't hold all of his friends.
Intention: Hank wants to avoid overfilling the party location.
Moral consequence: Everyone comes and enjoys the party.
Immoral action: Hank contacts some friends and tells them that there's not enough room for them to come.
Norm: It's bad to yell at your partner.
Situation: Oliver comes home from work to find his house is a mess.
Intention: Oliver wants to always have a clean house.
Moral action: Oliver understands his wife must have had a lot to do and offers to help clean the house.
Immoral consequence: Oliver's wife feels sad and doesn't talk to Oliver all night.
Norm: It's bad to yell at your partner.
Situation: Oliver comes home from work to find his house is a mess.
Intention: Oliver wants to always have a clean house.
Moral consequence: Oliver's wife feels loved and cared for.
Immoral action: Oliver raises his voice at his wife about the messy house and sits down to have a beer while she cleans the house.
Norm: You should always respect your partner's choices.
Situation: Jasmine and her partner are very hungry, she wants hamburgers but her partner is vegetarian and wants salad.
Intention: Jasmine wants to eat a hamburger.
Moral action: Jasmine goes and get's herself a hamburger and gets her partner salad.
Immoral consequence: Her partner is very upset she bought them food they won't eat and ends the relationship.
Norm: You should always respect your partner's choices.
Situation: Jasmine and her partner are very hungry, she wants hamburgers but her partner is vegetarian and wants salad.
Intention: Jasmine wants to eat a hamburger.
Moral consequence: Jasmine's partner says thank you and promises to go get food for them both next time.
Immoral action: Jasmine get's hamburgers for her and her partner.
Norm: You shouldn't exaggerate things.
Situation: John is applying for a job at a new company.
Intention: He wants his job interview to go well.
Moral action: John is honest and upfront about his past job history.
Immoral consequence: The company finds out when they call his references, and he loses the job.
Norm: You shouldn't exaggerate things.
Situation: John is applying for a job at a new company.
Intention: He wants his job interview to go well.
Moral consequence: John gets the job and is happy about his new employment.
Immoral action: John over-exaggerates his roles in his past company and is not entirely honest about his past duties.
Norm: It's wrong to take your friend's beer.
Situation: Jake and Bill are at the bar and are talking over some drinks, Jakes cup of beer is empty, Bill's is not.
Intention: Jake wants to drink more beer.
Moral action: Jake calls the bartender over and orders himself another glass of beer.
Immoral consequence: Bill is angry that Jake is spreading his germs all over his cup and taking his beer without even asking.
Norm: It's wrong to take your friend's beer.
Situation: Jake and Bill are at the bar and are talking over some drinks, Jakes cup of beer is empty, Bill's is not.
Intention: Jake wants to drink more beer.
Moral consequence: Bill continues to talk with Jake and the two of them have a fun and happy evening together.
Immoral action: Jake grabs Bill's cup and takes a big swig of Bill's beer without asking Bill first.