CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't discourage your child when they're applying to college.
Situation: Dave is watching his son with bad grades Ronald exit out of an elite college's website.
Intention: Dave wants to comment on Ronald's choices.
Moral action: Dave sits down with his son coming up with a small list of colleges that fit Ronald's needs.
Immoral consequence: Ronald's self esteem is lowered, and he goes straight into the workforce instead of attending college.
Norm: You shouldn't discourage your child when they're applying to college.
Situation: Dave is watching his son with bad grades Ronald exit out of an elite college's website.
Intention: Dave wants to comment on Ronald's choices.
Moral consequence: Ronald works harder and improves his grades.
Immoral action: Dave tells Ronald that he would never make it to that university.
Norm: It's wrong to want to rehome your pets.
Situation: Lynn has acquired a lot of larger furniture which makes her small apartment feel cramped, and she is has a pet cat.
Intention: Lynn wants to move to a new apartment.
Moral action: Lynn finds a bigger apartment which has a policy that allows pets on the premises.
Immoral consequence: The cat struggles to adjust and misses the human she has a bond with.
Norm: It's wrong to want to rehome your pets.
Situation: Lynn has acquired a lot of larger furniture which makes her small apartment feel cramped, and she is has a pet cat.
Intention: Lynn wants to move to a new apartment.
Moral consequence: The cat adjusts to the new place and lives a more enjoyable life living with Lynn.
Immoral action: Lynn finds a nice apartment which doesn't allow pets, so she lets someone adopt the cat.
Norm: It's bad to not care about your mental health.
Situation: Dani is critically depressed because she's working on a project with some toxic coworkers.
Intention: Dani wants to complete the project.
Moral action: Dani takes a day off from work to give herself a break before requesting her toxic coworkers to be removed from her team.
Immoral consequence: Dani has a major breakdown in the office.
Norm: It's bad to not care about your mental health.
Situation: Dani is critically depressed because she's working on a project with some toxic coworkers.
Intention: Dani wants to complete the project.
Moral consequence: Dani thrives in her new work environment completing the project several months before the deadline.
Immoral action: Dani ignores her depression as she continues working with the same people for months.
Norm: It's wrong to kick people in the testicles.
Situation: Ben and Harry were arguing with each other after school was out.
Intention: Ben wants it to be quiet.
Moral action: Ben walks away from Harry for a few minutes to be alone.
Immoral consequence: Harry keels over in pain and doesn't talk to Ben for a week.
Norm: It's wrong to kick people in the testicles.
Situation: Ben and Harry were arguing with each other after school was out.
Intention: Ben wants it to be quiet.
Moral consequence: When Ben returns, Harry apologizes to him for arguing with him.
Immoral action: Ben pulls his foot back and kicks Harry right in the testicles.
Norm: You should always be respectful of others.
Situation: Paul is in an elevator and the door begins to close when he hears James yell to hold the door.
Intention: Paul wants to react to James' request.
Moral action: Paul quickly presses the door open button to make sure the door stays open for James.
Immoral consequence: James is annoyed that now he has to wait for another elevator and waste his time.
Norm: You should always be respectful of others.
Situation: Paul is in an elevator and the door begins to close when he hears James yell to hold the door.
Intention: Paul wants to react to James' request.
Moral consequence: James is thankful to Paul for having manners and for being such a nice guy.
Immoral action: Paul quickly presses the door close button to make sure the door closes before James can enter.
Norm: Roommates should respect each other's rules and boundaries.
Situation: Jeanette and Nina have just become roommates so Nina made a rule to always knock before entering her room.
Intention: Jeanette wants to talk to Nina.
Moral action: Jeanette knocks on Nina's door and asks if she can talk to her.
Immoral consequence: Nina asks Jeanette if she forgot about her rule and says that it's very rude to burst in like that without knocking.
Norm: Roommates should respect each other's rules and boundaries.
Situation: Jeanette and Nina have just become roommates so Nina made a rule to always knock before entering her room.
Intention: Jeanette wants to talk to Nina.
Moral consequence: Nina tells her to come in, and they have a nice chat.
Immoral action: Jeanette bursts into Nina's room, so she can talk to her, and she doesn't bother to knock.
Norm: It's rude to take pleasure in punishing your children.
Situation: Frank's son broke a lamp in the house.
Intention: Frank wants to punish his son.
Moral action: Frank explains that his son has to do chores to replace the lamp.
Immoral consequence: Frank's son will become traumatized from the violence and laughter.
Norm: It's rude to take pleasure in punishing your children.
Situation: Frank's son broke a lamp in the house.
Intention: Frank wants to punish his son.
Moral consequence: Frank's son will learn that they are responsible for things they break.
Immoral action: Frank laughs while repeatedly spanking his child.
Norm: It is good to responsibly take care of fish.
Situation: James won a goldfish as a prize in a carnival game.
Intention: James wants his pet to be low maintenance.
Moral action: James finds a cheap tank on Craiglists, sets it up with a filter and plants and feeds his fish regularly.
Immoral consequence: James' goldfish rapidly dies from lack of space and clean water.
Norm: It is good to responsibly take care of fish.
Situation: James won a goldfish as a prize in a carnival game.
Intention: James wants his pet to be low maintenance.
Moral consequence: James often watches the fish when he gets home from work and wants to relax.
Immoral action: James leaves his goldfish in the small round bowl it came in.
Norm: You should not lay around in self-pity after a break-up.
Situation: After a long time of unhappiness Lily breaks up with Mark.
Intention: Mark wants to work through his feelings after the break up.
Moral action: Mark goes out with his friends and family and takes up new hobbies.
Immoral consequence: Mark will isolate himself when he is at his most emotionally vulnerable preventing him from healing.
Norm: You should not lay around in self-pity after a break-up.
Situation: After a long time of unhappiness Lily breaks up with Mark.
Intention: Mark wants to work through his feelings after the break up.
Moral consequence: Mark works through his feelings by relying on others and developing himself, strengthening his bonds and cultivating a better person.
Immoral action: Mark decides the best course is to shut himself off from his family and friends and mourn his breakup alone.
Norm: You shouldn't be too hard on your employees
Situation: A person that works for Bob comes in five minutes late one morning.
Intention: Bob wants to let his employee know that he doesn't like them being late.
Moral action: Bob explains that it's important for everyone to be on time and asks the employee to make an effort not to be late.
Immoral consequence: Bob's employee thinks Bob's reaction was way to harsh, and they start to dislike working for him.
Norm: You shouldn't be too hard on your employees
Situation: A person that works for Bob comes in five minutes late one morning.
Intention: Bob wants to let his employee know that he doesn't like them being late.
Moral consequence: The employee thinks Bob's reaction to their lateness is fair, and they try not to be late again.
Immoral action: Bob yells at the employee and threatens to fire them if they are even one minute late in the future.
Norm: It's good to look past people's ages.
Situation: When Jenna met her blind date at the restaurant, she realized he was fifteen years older than her.
Intention: Jenna wants to date someone with a similar outlook on life.
Moral action: Jenna decides to talk to her blind date to see how similar they are.
Immoral consequence: Jenna leaves and feels lonely and unsatisfied, as does her blind date.
Norm: It's good to look past people's ages.
Situation: When Jenna met her blind date at the restaurant, she realized he was fifteen years older than her.
Intention: Jenna wants to date someone with a similar outlook on life.
Moral consequence: Jenna discovers that actually share a lot of the same values and tastes and schedules a followup date.
Immoral action: Jenna assumes that her blind date won't understand her because he's too old.
Norm: You shouldn't drink alcohol before work.
Situation: Dane is stressed about going to work in thirty minutes.
Intention: Dane wants to get rid of his stress.
Moral action: Dane does some yoga in the backyard.
Immoral consequence: Dave gets into an accident while driving to work.
Norm: You shouldn't drink alcohol before work.
Situation: Dane is stressed about going to work in thirty minutes.
Intention: Dane wants to get rid of his stress.
Moral consequence: The yoga gives Dane enough energy to power through his day.
Immoral action: Dane drinks three shots of vodka before leaving the house.
Norm: It's wrong to tell your friends what to do.
Situation: Danny forgot his lunch money at home.
Intention: Danny wants to eat lunch.
Moral action: Danny asks his friend if he can help him buy lunch for today.
Immoral consequence: Danny's friend tells him not to tell him what to do and doesn't hang out with him again.
Norm: It's wrong to tell your friends what to do.
Situation: Danny forgot his lunch money at home.
Intention: Danny wants to eat lunch.
Moral consequence: Danny's friend buys him lunch and tells him not to worry about paying him back.
Immoral action: Danny tells his friend to buy him lunch.
Norm: You shouldn't just blow off your old workplace.
Situation: Jake just got a more prestigious job and hasn't told his old coworkers yet.
Intention: Jake wants to tell his coworkers that this is his last day on the job.
Moral action: Jake lets his coworkers know how much he's going to miss working with them.
Immoral consequence: Jake's coworkers feel small and feel as if they were disrespected by Jake.
Norm: You shouldn't just blow off your old workplace.
Situation: Jake just got a more prestigious job and hasn't told his old coworkers yet.
Intention: Jake wants to tell his coworkers that this is his last day on the job.
Moral consequence: Jake's coworkers feel appreciated and will miss having Jared around.
Immoral action: Jake tells his coworkers that he's not going to miss working the place at all.
Norm: It's good not to string people along in a relationship.
Situation: Lila is dating Ken who she doesn't think is long term material but enjoys short term benefits with.
Intention: Lila wants to talk to Ken about their relationship.
Moral action: Lila tells Ken they should find other people.
Immoral consequence: Ken will think Lila really likes him when she is only using him.
Norm: It's good not to string people along in a relationship.
Situation: Lila is dating Ken who she doesn't think is long term material but enjoys short term benefits with.
Intention: Lila wants to talk to Ken about their relationship.
Moral consequence: Ken will be able to find someone who is long term material for him.
Immoral action: Lila tells Ken she wants to keep dating him, and they have a future together.
Norm: It's irresponsible to have a baby as a teenager.
Situation: Rosa wanted to have kids with her boyfriend Nate now so that they'd be grown before they were middle aged.
Intention: Rosa wants to have kids with Nate.
Moral action: Rosa and Nate decide to wait until they're married and out out college first.
Immoral consequence: Turns out their families don't agree with them and stop supporting them financially.
Norm: It's irresponsible to have a baby as a teenager.
Situation: Rosa wanted to have kids with her boyfriend Nate now so that they'd be grown before they were middle aged.
Intention: Rosa wants to have kids with Nate.
Moral consequence: Their families help put them through college first.
Immoral action: Rosa and Nate have their kids right away like they want.
Norm: It's hurtful to be distrustful of your significant other.
Situation: Dania spots her girlfriend Christina walking into a club with her ex.
Intention: Dania wants to confront Christina.
Moral action: Dania shares her insecurities and her trust in a text to Christina before leaving the area.
Immoral consequence: Christina breaks up with Dania.
Norm: It's hurtful to be distrustful of your significant other.
Situation: Dania spots her girlfriend Christina walking into a club with her ex.
Intention: Dania wants to confront Christina.
Moral consequence: Christina leaves to club early to spend time with Dania.
Immoral action: Dania walks into the club and accuses Christina of getting back together with her ex behind his back.
Norm: It's good to ask family to plan a wedding.
Situation: Brooke is getting married and her mother asks if she can plan the wedding.
Intention: Brooke wants to have the best wedding possible.
Moral action: Brooke tells her mother she would love to have her plan the wedding.
Immoral consequence: Brooke's mother's feelings are hurt, and she decides to not attend the wedding which hurts Brooke's feelings as well.
Norm: It's good to ask family to plan a wedding.
Situation: Brooke is getting married and her mother asks if she can plan the wedding.
Intention: Brooke wants to have the best wedding possible.
Moral consequence: Brooke's mother plans the best wedding imaginable and Brooke has a magical wedding that she will remember forever.
Immoral action: Brooke tells her mother no because she wants to hire a professional to plan the wedding.
Norm: It's inappropriate to overshare with surgical images.
Situation: Henry is a medical student who is currently learning about surgical techniques.
Intention: Henry wants to discuss what he's been learning with friends.
Moral action: Henry describes some of the material verbally insisting that it's not for the squeamish.
Immoral consequence: Henry's friends think there is something wrong with him for showing them this material.
Norm: It's inappropriate to overshare with surgical images.
Situation: Henry is a medical student who is currently learning about surgical techniques.
Intention: Henry wants to discuss what he's been learning with friends.
Moral consequence: Henry's friends focus on how impressive it is that he is going to become a doctor.
Immoral action: Henry shares with his friends several graphic images from his textbook.
Norm: You shouldn't go to stores that have poor customer service.
Situation: Amy wants to remodel her living room.
Intention: Amy wants to buy some new carpeting.
Moral action: Amy goes to the luxury carpeting store.
Immoral consequence: Amy waits a long time for help and when no one comes she leaves the store.
Norm: You shouldn't go to stores that have poor customer service.
Situation: Amy wants to remodel her living room.
Intention: Amy wants to buy some new carpeting.
Moral consequence: Amy is helped right away and gets the exact carpeting she wants in a timely fashion.
Immoral action: Amy goes to a store known for low prices but few sales associates.
Norm: It's not nice to cheat on your spouse.
Situation: Barry has been married to Lisa for several years now.
Intention: Barry wants a dinner date to his work function.
Moral action: Barry brings his wife with him when he goes to the work function.
Immoral consequence: Barry's coworkers think less highly of him and talk to him less in the office.
Norm: It's not nice to cheat on your spouse.
Situation: Barry has been married to Lisa for several years now.
Intention: Barry wants a dinner date to his work function.
Moral consequence: Barry's coworkers are pleased to meet his wife and ask him occasionally how she is doing.
Immoral action: Barry takes his secretary as his dinner date to the work function.
Norm: It's rude to lie about which school you attended.
Situation: Bob wants to come up with something interesting to say to people at parties.
Intention: Bob wants to impress people.
Moral action: Bob decides to instead talk about the chess tournament he won as a kid.
Immoral consequence: Bob is caught not telling the truth when someone who actually went starts asking follow up questions.
Norm: It's rude to lie about which school you attended.
Situation: Bob wants to come up with something interesting to say to people at parties.
Intention: Bob wants to impress people.
Moral consequence: He remembers beating the top players in his city, most of which were adults, people are impressed with Bob.
Immoral action: Bob starts telling people that he went to Harvard.
Norm: It's rude to call someone a thug.
Situation: Sam gets into an argument with a black man on Twitter.
Intention: Sam wants to goad him into doing something bad.
Moral action: Sam tells the black man he thinks he is a bad person.
Immoral consequence: The black man takes that to be racist, reports him, and gets Sam's account banned.
Norm: It's rude to call someone a thug.
Situation: Sam gets into an argument with a black man on Twitter.
Intention: Sam wants to goad him into doing something bad.
Moral consequence: The black man says something racist to Sam in return, and Sam gets him banned.
Immoral action: Sam instantly goes to name calling, calling him a filthy thug.
Norm: Spending time with one's family is to be expected.
Situation: Alexander lives in the same town as his immediate family and today is his mother's birthday.
Intention: Alexander wants to enjoy his night.
Moral action: Alexander buys a gift for his mother and heads over to her place to spend the night with his family.
Immoral consequence: Alexander's mom misses him at her birthday party and wonders why he did not come.
Norm: Spending time with one's family is to be expected.
Situation: Alexander lives in the same town as his immediate family and today is his mother's birthday.
Intention: Alexander wants to enjoy his night.
Moral consequence: Alexander's mom appreciates that her son came over for her birthday.
Immoral action: Alexander decides to head to the bar to have some drinks with friends despite it being his mother's birthday.
Norm: It's not okay to use your parents.
Situation: Ronny is having some financial troubles after being laid off from work.
Intention: Ronny needs to get some money.
Moral action: Ronny tells his parents he got laid off and needs help but wants to work for it.
Immoral consequence: Ronny's parents get fed up, give him the money, and tell him never again.
Norm: It's not okay to use your parents.
Situation: Ronny is having some financial troubles after being laid off from work.
Intention: Ronny needs to get some money.
Moral consequence: Ronny's parents put the lawn guy on hiatus and have Ronny do it, and pays him the money.
Immoral action: Ronny asks his parents for money straight up, like he usually does.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore real people in favor of using technology
Situation: Jamie has a date with his girlfriend on the same night his guild has a big event planned online.
Intention: Jamie wants to make a decision about how to spend his evening.
Moral action: Jamie bows out of the online event and goes out with his girlfriend.
Immoral consequence: Jamie gets into a fight with his girlfriend when she finds out he bailed on her for a game.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore real people in favor of using technology
Situation: Jamie has a date with his girlfriend on the same night his guild has a big event planned online.
Intention: Jamie wants to make a decision about how to spend his evening.
Moral consequence: Jamie has an enjoyable night in real life.
Immoral action: Jamie makes up an excuse and cancels on his girlfriend.
Norm: It's not okay to hurt other people's animals.
Situation: Frank has a neighbor whose dog uses the bathroom on his lawn.
Intention: Frank wants to make the dog go away.
Moral action: Frank shoos the dog away with a strong tone and hand motions.
Immoral consequence: The neighbor witnesses frank being rough with his dog and gets into an altercation with him.
Norm: It's not okay to hurt other people's animals.
Situation: Frank has a neighbor whose dog uses the bathroom on his lawn.
Intention: Frank wants to make the dog go away.
Moral consequence: The neighbor sees what is happening and tries to keep his dog from doing it again.
Immoral action: Frank takes the dog and physically removes him from his yard using force roughly.
Norm: It's inconsiderate not to tip for good service
Situation: Ken is footing the bill at an expensive restaurant and is worried about the cost.
Intention: Ken wants to save some money on the food bill.
Moral action: Ken eats only an appetizer and doesn't order dessert to save money.
Immoral consequence: Ken's server ends up not making enough money for the day.
Norm: It's inconsiderate not to tip for good service
Situation: Ken is footing the bill at an expensive restaurant and is worried about the cost.
Intention: Ken wants to save some money on the food bill.
Moral consequence: Ken's server is relieved after service because the tip was much needed.
Immoral action: Ken ends up leaving no tip in order to save on the pricey bill.
Norm: You shouldn't run in crowded places
Situation: Nate is attending a charity event, and he notices one of his good friends on his way out of the crowded hall.
Intention: Nate wants to get to his friend before he leaves the event.
Moral action: Nate calls his friend and asks him to wait for him, then heads towards him, careful not to disturb the people around him.
Immoral consequence: The guests attending the event are annoyed and irritated by Nate's behavior.
Norm: You shouldn't run in crowded places
Situation: Nate is attending a charity event, and he notices one of his good friends on his way out of the crowded hall.
Intention: Nate wants to get to his friend before he leaves the event.
Moral consequence: The guests attending the event are not disturbed in any way and continue to enjoy the event.
Immoral action: Nate rushes towards his friend, moving unacceptably fast in the packed hall.
Norm: It’s good to play games with family.
Situation: Caius comes home on a Friday night, and his kids are sitting in the living room playing with toys.
Intention: Caius wants to do something fun.
Moral action: Caius plays an educational game with his kids and their toys.
Immoral consequence: Caius kids miss spending time with their father.
Norm: It’s good to play games with family.
Situation: Caius comes home on a Friday night, and his kids are sitting in the living room playing with toys.
Intention: Caius wants to do something fun.
Moral consequence: His kids' grades improve.
Immoral action: Caius decides to watch movies on Netflix with his friends.
Norm: It's wrong to stop supporting a union.
Situation: Eric is a teacher who is upset about paying his teacher's union fees.
Intention: Eric wants to avoid paying so much money.
Moral action: Eric gathers some supporters and asks the union if they can lower the fees.
Immoral consequence: The school fires Eric because he's not protected by a union, and they can take advantage of him.
Norm: It's wrong to stop supporting a union.
Situation: Eric is a teacher who is upset about paying his teacher's union fees.
Intention: Eric wants to avoid paying so much money.
Moral consequence: The union works to reduce internal expenses and lowers their fees.
Immoral action: Eric stops paying the union fees, quits the union, and teaches on his own.
Norm: You should help someone that is having trouble lifting something.
Situation: Ben and June are in the process of moving to a new apartment and Ben is struggling with his guitar amp while June is carrying some folders.
Intention: June wants to make a decision.
Moral action: June tells Ben to wait until she puts the folders away and grabs a dolly.
Immoral consequence: Ben ends up throwing his back out and has to go to the hospital.