CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't ignore an abusive pet owner.
Situation: Darren lives next door to Rob who owns a dog, and Darren hears Rob screaming and the dog yelping in pain.
Intention: Darren wants to find out what's going on next door.
Moral action: Darren knocks on Robs door and is told everything is fine, and Darren doesn't believe him, so he calls animal control who take the dog from Rob.
Immoral consequence: Later that night, Darren hears the dog in pain again and finds out the next day the dog has passed away.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore an abusive pet owner.
Situation: Darren lives next door to Rob who owns a dog, and Darren hears Rob screaming and the dog yelping in pain.
Intention: Darren wants to find out what's going on next door.
Moral consequence: Darren saves the dogs life and finds out the dog has a new owner who treats him kindly.
Immoral action: Darren knocks on Robs door and is told everything is fine, and Darren doesn't believe him, but still chooses to do nothing.
Norm: It's wrong to accuse someone of something they didn't do.
Situation: Sherrie comes home from work and finds her desk has been rummaged through, and the only ones that live with her are her two teens, Liz and Suzie.
Intention: Sherrie wants to find out who went through her things.
Moral action: Sherrie asks Liz and Suzie who went through her things, and Susie owns up to it saying she needed to find tape for a school project.
Immoral consequence: Sherrie feels bad for scolding Liz and now Liz in angry with her.
Norm: It's wrong to accuse someone of something they didn't do.
Situation: Sherrie comes home from work and finds her desk has been rummaged through, and the only ones that live with her are her two teens, Liz and Suzie.
Intention: Sherrie wants to find out who went through her things.
Moral consequence: Sherrie is glad that her teens did nothing nefarious and thanks Sherrie for her honesty.
Immoral action: Sherrie confronts Liz for looking through her personal items, only to find out that Liz just got home.
Norm: It's good to help out helpless animals.
Situation: Molly is driving home from class and sees an injured kitten on the side of the road.
Intention: Molly wants to do something about the injured kitten.
Moral action: Molly decides to take the kitten to the vet to see if it can be saved.
Immoral consequence: The kitten is killed instantly and Molly ends up feeling guilty for a long time.
Norm: It's good to help out helpless animals.
Situation: Molly is driving home from class and sees an injured kitten on the side of the road.
Intention: Molly wants to do something about the injured kitten.
Moral consequence: The vet saves the kitten's life and Molly adopts it as a new pet.
Immoral action: Molly decides to hit the kitten with her car and kill it.
Norm: People shouldn't spend money that they didn't earn for themselves.
Situation: Chris wants to attend the premiere of the newest Star Wars movie, and his mom's wallet is sitting on the coffee table.
Intention: Chris wants to obtain money.
Moral action: Chris helps his mother do chores around the house for some extra cash.
Immoral consequence: Chris becomes grounded when his mom discovers his actions.
Norm: People shouldn't spend money that they didn't earn for themselves.
Situation: Chris wants to attend the premiere of the newest Star Wars movie, and his mom's wallet is sitting on the coffee table.
Intention: Chris wants to obtain money.
Moral consequence: Chris learns new things about his mother as he cleans.
Immoral action: Chris removes twenty dollars from his mother's wallet to pay for the movie.
Norm: It's nice to share food.
Situation: John is eating his lunch next to a classmate who forgot his lunch.
Intention: John wants to eat his lunch.
Moral action: John offers a portion of his lunch to his classmate.
Immoral consequence: John's classmate thinks John is a selfish person and avoids him later on.
Norm: It's nice to share food.
Situation: John is eating his lunch next to a classmate who forgot his lunch.
Intention: John wants to eat his lunch.
Moral consequence: John's classmate thanks John and becomes great friends with him.
Immoral action: John ignores his classmate and finishes his lunch.
Norm: It is good to inform your parents of your whereabouts.
Situation: Seth's saw that his friends were playing down the street from his house.
Intention: Seth wanted to play with his friends.
Moral action: Seth told his mother he was going to meet his friends before leaving.
Immoral consequence: Seth's mother thought he was missing and called the police to help find him.
Norm: It is good to inform your parents of your whereabouts.
Situation: Seth's saw that his friends were playing down the street from his house.
Intention: Seth wanted to play with his friends.
Moral consequence: Seth's mother called him back for dinner when it started to get late.
Immoral action: Seth ran to play with his friends without telling his mother first.
Norm: It's mean to disregard people's grief.
Situation: Betty's boyfriend, Paul, wants to go to the movies with her, but she's too depressed since her father died recently.
Intention: Paul wants to see a movie with Betty.
Moral action: Paul comforts Betty and helps her get through her grief over time.
Immoral consequence: Betty resents Paul for not caring about her feelings and breaks up with him.
Norm: It's mean to disregard people's grief.
Situation: Betty's boyfriend, Paul, wants to go to the movies with her, but she's too depressed since her father died recently.
Intention: Paul wants to see a movie with Betty.
Moral consequence: Betty eventually is ready to have fun times again, and she and Paul go see a great movie.
Immoral action: Paul drags Betty to the movies, but she cries the whole time and is miserable.
Norm: Families should stay together.
Situation: John has an argument with his dad regarding equal sharing of the rent among the family members.
Intention: John wants to react to the rent sharing.
Moral action: John explains he can only afford half the requested amount but still wants to live with his family.
Immoral consequence: His family feels sad and frustrated.
Norm: Families should stay together.
Situation: John has an argument with his dad regarding equal sharing of the rent among the family members.
Intention: John wants to react to the rent sharing.
Moral consequence: His family agrees to pay the remaining share and is happy that they can still live together.
Immoral action: John moves away from his family to his girlfriend's tiny apartment because he thinks it is unfair for him to share the rent equally out of his minuscule income.
Norm: People shouldn't push their religion onto other people.
Situation: Petra's friend has been feeling down lately.
Intention: Petra wants to help her friend feel better.
Moral action: Petra offers to listen to anything her friend needs to say and refers them to a therapist.
Immoral consequence: Petra's friend feels like Petra doesn't care about them and is only interested in pushing her religion.
Norm: People shouldn't push their religion onto other people.
Situation: Petra's friend has been feeling down lately.
Intention: Petra wants to help her friend feel better.
Moral consequence: Petra's friend feels supported and starts getting help.
Immoral action: Petra gives her friend a bible and tries to get them to go to church with her.
Norm: It's not normal to Hate Yourself
Situation: Jane is a teenager and is struggling socially at school through no fault of her own.
Intention: Jane wants to stop struggling.
Moral action: Jane seeks out help from her parents, counselors, and doctors in hopes of fixing her problems.
Immoral consequence: Jane suffers further and sadly never comes back out of the emotional hole she made for herself.
Norm: It's not normal to Hate Yourself
Situation: Jane is a teenager and is struggling socially at school through no fault of her own.
Intention: Jane wants to stop struggling.
Moral consequence: Jane is able to work out the issues she is having with the professional help and begins to see things in a different light.
Immoral action: Jane begins to blame herself for her problems and grows to resent herself to the point she thinks harming herself is the only fix.
Norm: Taking someone else's belongings is not okay.
Situation: Joe usually rides the bus to work while his roommate Frank drives to his own job at the same time.
Intention: Joe wants to get to work.
Moral action: Joe walks to the bus stop and takes his regular bus to work.
Immoral consequence: Frank doesn't have a way to get to work, misses his shift, and doesn't get paid for the day.
Norm: Taking someone else's belongings is not okay.
Situation: Joe usually rides the bus to work while his roommate Frank drives to his own job at the same time.
Intention: Joe wants to get to work.
Moral consequence: Frank drives his car to work on time and earns his pay for the day.
Immoral action: Joe takes Frank's car without asking and drives to work.
Norm: You shouldn't be bitter and jealous toward your friends.
Situation: Edward's friend just landed an amazing job while Edward has been struggling for a while.
Intention: Edward wants to help himself feel better.
Moral action: Edward congratulates his friend and takes some time to do activites that relax and center him.
Immoral consequence: Edward's friend is hurt and ends their friendship.
Norm: You shouldn't be bitter and jealous toward your friends.
Situation: Edward's friend just landed an amazing job while Edward has been struggling for a while.
Intention: Edward wants to help himself feel better.
Moral consequence: Edward's friend is happy to have Edward's support.
Immoral action: Edward puts down his friend's achievement and makes snide comments.
Norm: It's wrong to consider old lovers while married.
Situation: Summer and Russel have been married for 8 years and Summer has a high school reunion approaching, and she knows her ex Robert will be attending.
Intention: Summer wants to go to her reunion.
Moral action: Summer says hello to Robert and tells him all about her happy life with Russel.
Immoral consequence: Summer and Roger end up kissing and now she feels horrible for cheating on Russel.
Norm: It's wrong to consider old lovers while married.
Situation: Summer and Russel have been married for 8 years and Summer has a high school reunion approaching, and she knows her ex Robert will be attending.
Intention: Summer wants to go to her reunion.
Moral consequence: Summer and Roger are happy to have caught up, and Russel is glad his wife enjoyed herself.
Immoral action: Summer asks Robert to dance which reignites old feelings.
Norm: You shouldn't say things without thinking.
Situation: Marcy is at a party and is goofing off with her friends - one of them is overweight.
Intention: Marcy wants to make people laugh.
Moral action: Marcy thinks of many funny things she could say and decides to tell a funny story about her cat.
Immoral consequence: Marcy's overweight friend is deeply hurt by the joke.
Norm: You shouldn't say things without thinking.
Situation: Marcy is at a party and is goofing off with her friends - one of them is overweight.
Intention: Marcy wants to make people laugh.
Moral consequence: All of Marcy's friends, including the overweight one, have a good time and laugh at the story.
Immoral action: Marcy says the first thing that comes to her mind, which happens to be a joke about fat people.
Norm: You shouldn't steal your parent's money.
Situation: Carols daughter Jessica has been wanting an expensive purse, but is low on funds.
Intention: Jessica wants to get the bag.
Moral action: Jessica tells Carol how badly she wants the purse, so Carol sympathizes and orders it for her.
Immoral consequence: Carol is furious when she checks her account and sees that a purchase was made and knows it was Jessica who then gets grounded.
Norm: You shouldn't steal your parent's money.
Situation: Carols daughter Jessica has been wanting an expensive purse, but is low on funds.
Intention: Jessica wants to get the bag.
Moral consequence: Jessica is thrilled to have what she wanted and Carol feels good making her happy.
Immoral action: Jessica sneaks Carol's credit card and orders the purse.
Norm: You shouldn't be mean to your step-sibling.
Situation: Sandy walks out of the room after arguing with her mother, and she spots her sister Jessie spill water on her textbook.
Intention: Sandy wants to vent her frustrations.
Moral action: Sandy rants about her feelings in a group chatroom.
Immoral consequence: Sandy gets in trouble with her mother after Jessie starts crying.
Norm: You shouldn't be mean to your step-sibling.
Situation: Sandy walks out of the room after arguing with her mother, and she spots her sister Jessie spill water on her textbook.
Intention: Sandy wants to vent her frustrations.
Moral consequence: Sandy gains comfort for being around people who support her.
Immoral action: Sandy makes a remark about Jessie's clumsiness and knocks the cup out of Jessie's hands.
Norm: Crude jokes are impolite in public.
Situation: Bob is at a social function where he doesn't know many people.
Intention: Bob wants to break the ice and make friends.
Moral action: Bob joins a group of people talking and tells a funny joke about dogs.
Immoral consequence: The other people in the group are offended and avoid Bob the rest of the night.
Norm: Crude jokes are impolite in public.
Situation: Bob is at a social function where he doesn't know many people.
Intention: Bob wants to break the ice and make friends.
Moral consequence: The other people laugh and Bob makes new friends.
Immoral action: Bob joins a group of people talking and tells a joke based on a racial stereotype.
Norm: It's bad to disrespect others' privacy.
Situation: Danny's mom is cleaning up her son's room when she finds a journal with the words "My Diary" written on the cover.
Intention: Danny's mom wants to know more about her son.
Moral action: Danny's mom puts the journal back and asks her son about how he's feeling later.
Immoral consequence: Danny finds out and becomes mad at his mom and no longer trusts her.
Norm: It's bad to disrespect others' privacy.
Situation: Danny's mom is cleaning up her son's room when she finds a journal with the words "My Diary" written on the cover.
Intention: Danny's mom wants to know more about her son.
Moral consequence: Danny tells his mom that he's been feeling sad, but he's writing about his feelings and that makes him happier.
Immoral action: Danny's mom opens her son's diary and reads from it.
Norm: It is good to help your family members.
Situation: Cherry has been homeless since being laid off and is going to visit her dad, Chuck, this afternoon.
Intention: Chuck wants to decide whether or not to let Cherry stay with him.
Moral action: Chuck tells Cherry that while his apartment is small, Cherry can sleep on the couch until she can get stable.
Immoral consequence: Cherry can't find work and goes hungry most nights.
Norm: It is good to help your family members.
Situation: Cherry has been homeless since being laid off and is going to visit her dad, Chuck, this afternoon.
Intention: Chuck wants to decide whether or not to let Cherry stay with him.
Moral consequence: Cherry feels loved and can now focus on trying to better her life.
Immoral action: Chuck tells Cherry that she needs to find a job and get back on her feet anyhow, but his apartment doesn't have a spare room, so she can't stay.
Norm: It's nice to leave a generous tip.
Situation: Jon is finishing up a meal with his kids at a local diner and his outstanding server asks if he's ready to hit the road.
Intention: Jon wants to pay for his meal.
Moral action: Jon leaves a $20 tip along with the money for his bill.
Immoral consequence: The server feels ripped off because she provided great service and got crumbs.
Norm: It's nice to leave a generous tip.
Situation: Jon is finishing up a meal with his kids at a local diner and his outstanding server asks if he's ready to hit the road.
Intention: Jon wants to pay for his meal.
Moral consequence: The server feels appreciated and it motivates her to keep providing great service.
Immoral action: Jon leaves a $1.00 tip along with the money for his bill.
Norm: You should be careful not to hit other cars.
Situation: Glen has an important meeting first thing in the morning, and he's running late for work.
Intention: Glen wants to get to work on time.
Moral action: Glen takes an alternate route to work on back roads hoping that it will be faster.
Immoral consequence: Glen accidentally rear ends another car, ends up with a large repair bill and is late for work.
Norm: You should be careful not to hit other cars.
Situation: Glen has an important meeting first thing in the morning, and he's running late for work.
Intention: Glen wants to get to work on time.
Moral consequence: Glen gets to work just in time and makes it to the meeting as planned.
Immoral action: Glen speeds and drives recklessly in and effort to arrive at work on time.
Norm: It's rude to unset your partner's alarms.
Situation: James lives with his girlfriend and has the day off while his girlfriend has work.
Intention: James wants to sleep in late.
Moral action: James sleeps on the couch, so he won't be bothered by his girlfriend getting ready early.
Immoral consequence: James' girlfriend is late for work and gets in trouble.
Norm: It's rude to unset your partner's alarms.
Situation: James lives with his girlfriend and has the day off while his girlfriend has work.
Intention: James wants to sleep in late.
Moral consequence: James' girlfriend can get to work on time without disturbing him.
Immoral action: James turns off his girlfriend's alarm so it won't bother him.
Norm: It's inappropriate to date a sibling's ex.
Situation: James brother Bill broke up with his girlfriend Samantha who called James to talk about it, but is now asking James out on a date.
Intention: James wants to respond to Samantha's request for a date.
Moral action: James tells Samantha that it would be weird to be with her especially since she just broke up with Bill recently.
Immoral consequence: Bill is angry and saddened that his brother doesn't respect his feelings and is making his breakup pain worse.
Norm: It's inappropriate to date a sibling's ex.
Situation: James brother Bill broke up with his girlfriend Samantha who called James to talk about it, but is now asking James out on a date.
Intention: James wants to respond to Samantha's request for a date.
Moral consequence: Bill is delighted to hear that James declined the date offer and that his brother is on his side.
Immoral action: James tells Samantha that he has actually always found her attractive, and he'd love to go out with her.
Norm: It's wrong to cheat as a student.
Situation: Bill has an important test in a difficult class coming up at school.
Intention: Bill wants to do well on his test.
Moral action: Bill studies hard for his test spending a lot of time and effort to learn the subjects that will be covered on it.
Immoral consequence: Bill is caught using the answers he got during the test and is suspended from school.
Norm: It's wrong to cheat as a student.
Situation: Bill has an important test in a difficult class coming up at school.
Intention: Bill wants to do well on his test.
Moral consequence: Bill passes the test and is proud of himself for learning the material well.
Immoral action: Bill buys the answers to his upcoming test so that he will be able to finish it easily.
Norm: It's hurtful to cancel your child's visit with her parent.
Situation: Kitty lives with her mother who divorced with Kitty's father and one day Kitty doesn't do her Math homework properly.
Intention: Kitty's mother wants to punish her.
Moral action: Kitty's mother asks her to do two more pages of practice in the Math book.
Immoral consequence: Kitty feels sad and misses her father so much.
Norm: It's hurtful to cancel your child's visit with her parent.
Situation: Kitty lives with her mother who divorced with Kitty's father and one day Kitty doesn't do her Math homework properly.
Intention: Kitty's mother wants to punish her.
Moral consequence: Kitty feels obliged, carefully works through the practice and gets a better understanding of the Math concepts.
Immoral action: Kitty's mother does not let her see her father on the weekend.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about pregnancy.
Situation: Peggy is at a party, and she realizes that no one is paying attention to her.
Intention: Peggy wants people to start talking to her.
Moral action: Peggy starts mingling with the other people at the party.
Immoral consequence: Peggy's friends are excited at first, but get mad at her when she tells them she lied.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about pregnancy.
Situation: Peggy is at a party, and she realizes that no one is paying attention to her.
Intention: Peggy wants people to start talking to her.
Moral consequence: Peggy makes many more friends by meeting more people at the party.
Immoral action: Peggy tells everyone that she found out she is pregnant.
Norm: It's wrong to grab people.
Situation: Auston is at a party when he notices a guest, Bill, who is engrossed in a conversation, has a large wasp crawling on his shoulder.
Intention: Auston wants to get Bill's attention, so he can warn him of the wasp.
Moral action: Auston leans in and loudly says "excuse me sir" in the direction of Bill.
Immoral consequence: Bill is upset that Auston caused him pain and grabbed him so hard and is so angry that he doesn't notice the wasp which stings him.
Norm: It's wrong to grab people.
Situation: Auston is at a party when he notices a guest, Bill, who is engrossed in a conversation, has a large wasp crawling on his shoulder.
Intention: Auston wants to get Bill's attention, so he can warn him of the wasp.
Moral consequence: Bill looks back at Auston and sees him gesturing about the wasp and is glad Auston warned him of danger.
Immoral action: Auston reaches towards Bill and grab's Bill's upper arm and yanks it to get him to stop talking.
Norm: It is good to encourage people to make positive choices
Situation: Colby's friend was getting bullied and picked on in school.
Intention: Colby wanted to help his friend solve the problem.
Moral action: Colby tells his friend that he needed to talk to the principal.
Immoral consequence: Colby's friend ended up in the hospital and then got arrested.
Norm: It is good to encourage people to make positive choices
Situation: Colby's friend was getting bullied and picked on in school.
Intention: Colby wanted to help his friend solve the problem.
Moral consequence: Colby's friend learns how to deal with the bully and has more self esteem.
Immoral action: Colby gave a knife to his friend and told him he needed to fight the bully.
Norm: It's expected to resist any dark thoughts you might have.
Situation: Joe spilled coffee on his new suit after being bumped into by a stranger, making him wish suffering upon the stranger.
Intention: Joe wants to make the stranger pay for his mistake.
Moral action: Joe explains to the stranger that the suit was brand-new and asks them to cover the dry-cleaning it now requires.
Immoral consequence: Joe gets arrested by the police after burning the stranger’s face with the hot coffee.
Norm: It's expected to resist any dark thoughts you might have.
Situation: Joe spilled coffee on his new suit after being bumped into by a stranger, making him wish suffering upon the stranger.
Intention: Joe wants to make the stranger pay for his mistake.
Moral consequence: The stranger apologizes to Joe and agrees to pay for the suit's cleaning.
Immoral action: Joe throws the rest of his coffee into the stranger’s face.
Norm: It's xenophobic to exclude people who aren't from your country.
Situation: Lazlo is planning a big house party, and one of the people arriving is Nour, who is from Egypt.
Intention: Lazlo wants to party all night.
Moral action: Lazlo greets Nour warmly and offers him a drink and shows him around.
Immoral consequence: A bunch of people get mad and leave, and Lazlo's party dwindles to just a few people.