CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to watch movies with your friends.
Situation: Rebecca has finished her classwork, and she misses her friends.
Intention: Rebecca wants to do something fun.
Moral consequence: Rebecca's friends introduce her to a cute guy at the theater.
Immoral action: Rebecca spends her time playing her favorite game on her mobile phone.
Norm: It's good to show respect for soldiers.
Situation: Jane hears there's a military parade around her house, but the parade requires absolute silence from the audience.
Intention: Jane wants to participate in the military parade up close.
Moral action: Jane goes to the parade and is silent during it.
Immoral consequence: Jane is escorted by security away from the parade for making noise, and Jane feels humiliated.
Norm: It's good to show respect for soldiers.
Situation: Jane hears there's a military parade around her house, but the parade requires absolute silence from the audience.
Intention: Jane wants to participate in the military parade up close.
Moral consequence: Jane is able to watch the full parade, walk at their speed, and enjoys every second of it.
Immoral action: Jane goes to the military parade and shouts in glee during it.
Norm: You should return someone's wandering pets.
Situation: Jenny is walking through her neighborhood when she notices a groomed looking cat with a collar wandering up to her from the street.
Intention: Jenny wants to do something about the cat being on the street.
Moral action: Jenny takes the cat and looks at the collar and sees a phone number, which she calls and tells the people to get their cat.
Immoral consequence: The cat is entrapped in a strange yard that it doesn't belong in and is in a panic to try to get out.
Norm: You should return someone's wandering pets.
Situation: Jenny is walking through her neighborhood when she notices a groomed looking cat with a collar wandering up to her from the street.
Intention: Jenny wants to do something about the cat being on the street.
Moral consequence: The cat is delighted to see it's owners come once they arrive and is happy to be taken back home.
Immoral action: Jenny takes the cat and walks it over to the nearest yard and drops it into the enclosed, fenced off yard to keep it off the street.
Norm: You shouldn't accuse your friends.
Situation: Jim's friend is visiting Jim and Jim notices that there is money missing from his wallet.
Intention: Jim wants to talk to his friend about the missing money.
Moral action: Jim asks his friend if they saw anybody else around his wallet because some money is missing.
Immoral consequence: Jim's friend is hurt that Jim would think that they would steal from him.
Norm: You shouldn't accuse your friends.
Situation: Jim's friend is visiting Jim and Jim notices that there is money missing from his wallet.
Intention: Jim wants to talk to his friend about the missing money.
Moral consequence: Jim's friend is glad that Jim doesn't think they would take money from Jim.
Immoral action: Jim confronts his friend and says that they took the money from his wallet.
Norm: It's rude not to tell somebody your name
Situation: Betsy is greeting her stressed out coworker for the first time.
Intention: Betsy wants to make her coworker feel better.
Moral action: Betsy shows coworker around the office and gives them her contact information.
Immoral consequence: Her coworker feels foolish in front of others when they ask questions using the fake name.
Norm: It's rude not to tell somebody your name
Situation: Betsy is greeting her stressed out coworker for the first time.
Intention: Betsy wants to make her coworker feel better.
Moral consequence: Betsy's coworker makes it to the office without help the next day due to Betsy's directions.
Immoral action: Betsy tells her coworker a joke about her name.
Norm: It's rude to gossip about your neighbors.
Situation: Yolanda lives next to Tracy and is frustrated by her dog which barks every morning.
Intention: Yolanda wants to react to the barking.
Moral action: Yolanda talks to Tracy directly about her dog barking every morning.
Immoral consequence: Tracy feels embarrassed and bad.
Norm: It's rude to gossip about your neighbors.
Situation: Yolanda lives next to Tracy and is frustrated by her dog which barks every morning.
Intention: Yolanda wants to react to the barking.
Moral consequence: Tracy feels sorry and apologizes to Yolanda.
Immoral action: Yolanda complained Tracy's dog to her other neighbor, who later tells Tracy about the complaint.
Norm: You shouldn't break up with someone you've gotten pregnant.
Situation: Chris got his girlfriend pregnant and is afraid for the future, as he doesn't make much money.
Intention: Chris wants to avoid going hungry.
Moral action: Chris looks for a better-paying job to support his new family.
Immoral consequence: His ex-girlfriend raises the child alone and the child feels abandoned by Chris.
Norm: You shouldn't break up with someone you've gotten pregnant.
Situation: Chris got his girlfriend pregnant and is afraid for the future, as he doesn't make much money.
Intention: Chris wants to avoid going hungry.
Moral consequence: Chris finds a job and is able to support his girlfriend and their new child.
Immoral action: Chris leaves his girlfriend and focuses on protecting himself.
Norm: It's not okay to become a racist in life.
Situation: Dan is an employer and has to choose from three very qualified black men and one talent-less white friend of his.
Intention: Dan wants to decide who to hire.
Moral action: Dan decides to pick the most qualified person, which is one of the black men.
Immoral consequence: Dan is sued in court for racial discrimination by a black applicant and Dan feels very sorry.
Norm: It's not okay to become a racist in life.
Situation: Dan is an employer and has to choose from three very qualified black men and one talent-less white friend of his.
Intention: Dan wants to decide who to hire.
Moral consequence: The new employee does well and Dan feels proud of his choice.
Immoral action: Dan decides to pick his white friend for this job, ignoring the credentials of the black applicants.
Norm: It's never okay to cheat on your significant other.
Situation: Maggie's fiance Kevin is away on a business trip and there is a good band playing at her favorite venue.
Intention: Maggie wants to go out and have a good time without her fiance.
Moral action: Maggie goes to the concert and ignores any guy that tries to flirt with her.
Immoral consequence: Maggie feels extremely guilty and dreads the thought of Kevin finding out.
Norm: It's never okay to cheat on your significant other.
Situation: Maggie's fiance Kevin is away on a business trip and there is a good band playing at her favorite venue.
Intention: Maggie wants to go out and have a good time without her fiance.
Moral consequence: Maggie discovers the liberation of having fun while alone and awaits Kevin's return.
Immoral action: Maggie goes to the concert and ends up making out with a guy after a few drinks.
Norm: You're expected to support your husband.
Situation: Bane is watching his husband's baseball game when his stomach growls.
Intention: Bane wants to get food.
Moral action: Bane buys a hot dog from the nearby food cart as he chants his husband's name.
Immoral consequence: Bane's husband becomes hurt when he finds out about Bane's actions.
Norm: You're expected to support your husband.
Situation: Bane is watching his husband's baseball game when his stomach growls.
Intention: Bane wants to get food.
Moral consequence: Hearing Bane's voice inspires Bane's husband to make several home runs.
Immoral action: Bane leaves the stadium to get fast food which results in him missing the rest of his husband's game.
Norm: It's wrong for parents to mistreat their kids.
Situation: Hank was upset with his son Bobby for his report card.
Intention: Hank wants Bobby to learn something.
Moral action: Hank decides to get Bobby a tutor for school and make him study.
Immoral consequence: Bobby's grades do improve but Bobby doesn't wanna talk to Hank.
Norm: It's wrong for parents to mistreat their kids.
Situation: Hank was upset with his son Bobby for his report card.
Intention: Hank wants Bobby to learn something.
Moral consequence: Bobby's grades improve over time as he learns more about the subjects.
Immoral action: Hank locks Bobby in his room until his grades improve.
Norm: You shouldn't cancel on someone's wedding at the last minute.
Situation: Christine is a photographer who has agreed to photograph her best friend Judy's wedding on Valentine's day.
Intention: Christine wants to celebrate Valentine's day with her boyfriend.
Moral action: Christine invites her boyfriend to Judy's wedding where they can dance and have dinner for Valentine's day.
Immoral consequence: Judy has no photographs to remember her wedding day by.
Norm: You shouldn't cancel on someone's wedding at the last minute.
Situation: Christine is a photographer who has agreed to photograph her best friend Judy's wedding on Valentine's day.
Intention: Christine wants to celebrate Valentine's day with her boyfriend.
Moral consequence: Christine is able to work and enjoy being a guest at Judy's wedding at the same time.
Immoral action: Christine decides to have a romantic night out with her boyfriend, skipping Judy's wedding entirely.
Norm: You shouldn't waste food.
Situation: Craig is tired of always eating at the same restaurants.
Intention: Craig wants to try the new buffet restaurant in town.
Moral action: Craig is mindful of how much he can eat at the buffet and takes only the amount he knows he can finish.
Immoral consequence: Craig feels bad for taking more than he was able to eat and wasting food.
Norm: You shouldn't waste food.
Situation: Craig is tired of always eating at the same restaurants.
Intention: Craig wants to try the new buffet restaurant in town.
Moral consequence: Craig is happy that her tried the new buffet restaurant.
Immoral action: Craig repeatedly loads his plate with food at the buffet, but then he's too full to finish it all, so he throws the rest out.
Norm: You shouldn't trust strangers.
Situation: Sara is returning to work after maternity leave and needs to find a nanny to take care of her infant.
Intention: Sara wants to find a caretaker for her child.
Moral action: Sara interviews numerous candidates, checks their references and makes sure they have CPR training.
Immoral consequence: The babysitter ends up neglecting her child, and she has to take off work again to replace her.
Norm: You shouldn't trust strangers.
Situation: Sara is returning to work after maternity leave and needs to find a nanny to take care of her infant.
Intention: Sara wants to find a caretaker for her child.
Moral consequence: The babysitter is a positive influence and caretaker of the child and Sara is able to work without any concern for her child's safety.
Immoral action: Sara puts an ad in the paper for a babysitter and hires the first one she interviews, that doesn't have experience.
Norm: It's rude to flip someone off.
Situation: Birch and his wife Agatha are stuck in traffic when another car almost runs into them.
Intention: Birch wants to express his emotions.
Moral action: Birch laughs at the other drive and plays the song Highway to Hell.
Immoral consequence: Agatha is embarrassed by her husband's behavior.
Norm: It's rude to flip someone off.
Situation: Birch and his wife Agatha are stuck in traffic when another car almost runs into them.
Intention: Birch wants to express his emotions.
Moral consequence: Agatha has a fun time singing along to one of her favorite songs.
Immoral action: Birch honks his horn at the other driver and makes and obscene gesture at them.
Norm: It is rude to make classmates do your work.
Situation: Noah has been assigned to work on a group project with the best students in his class.
Intention: Noah wants to get a good grade.
Moral action: Noah works hard on his part of the project and asks his group members for help when he needs it.
Immoral consequence: Noah doesn't learn anything from the project and his classmates resent him for not doing his part.
Norm: It is rude to make classmates do your work.
Situation: Noah has been assigned to work on a group project with the best students in his class.
Intention: Noah wants to get a good grade.
Moral consequence: Noah does a good job on his part and learns a lot from the experience.
Immoral action: Noah lets his group members do the whole project because they are better at it than he is.
Norm: It's not necessary to always invite all your friends
Situation: Jim has moved into a small apartment.
Intention: Jim wants to have a house warming party.
Moral action: Jim invites a handful of his closest friends.
Immoral consequence: Too many people attend the party and the guests can't move around.
Norm: It's not necessary to always invite all your friends
Situation: Jim has moved into a small apartment.
Intention: Jim wants to have a house warming party.
Moral consequence: The guests enjoy their time at the party.
Immoral action: Jim invites every person he considers a friend from work, hobbies, and childhood.
Norm: It's good to have friends in your life.
Situation: Vivian feels stressed due to heavy workload recently and her friend Maisy invites her for a hangout tonight.
Intention: Vivian wants to respond to Maisy's invitation.
Moral action: Vivian agrees to go to dinner with Maisy.
Immoral consequence: Vivian feels exhausted and sad for her increased stress.
Norm: It's good to have friends in your life.
Situation: Vivian feels stressed due to heavy workload recently and her friend Maisy invites her for a hangout tonight.
Intention: Vivian wants to respond to Maisy's invitation.
Moral consequence: Vivian vents her frustration in her work to Maisy and feels much better.
Immoral action: Vivian decides to work overtime and turns down Maisy's invitation.
Norm: It is rude to tell everyone about private messages.
Situation: Sally gets a private text message from her husband while she is visiting her friend.
Intention: Sally wants to make conversation with her friend.
Moral action: Sally talks to her friend about topics of mutual interest but doesn't bring up the text.
Immoral consequence: Sally's husband is upset when he finds out that she told her friend about what was meant to be a private matter.
Norm: It is rude to tell everyone about private messages.
Situation: Sally gets a private text message from her husband while she is visiting her friend.
Intention: Sally wants to make conversation with her friend.
Moral consequence: Sally's husband asks her if she told her friend about his text and is happy when she says she didn't.
Immoral action: Sally tells her friend what her husband wrote to her in the private text message.
Norm: It's bad to drug someone so you can rape them.
Situation: Ronald hasn't had sex in a while, and is very attracted to his new co-worker.
Intention: Ronald wants to have sex with her.
Moral action: Ronald speaks his interest in his coworker to her, and asks if she'd be down for a one night stand.
Immoral consequence: The co-worker comes to after, and files charges, getting Ronald arrested.
Norm: It's bad to drug someone so you can rape them.
Situation: Ronald hasn't had sex in a while, and is very attracted to his new co-worker.
Intention: Ronald wants to have sex with her.
Moral consequence: The coworker happily agrees, being attracted to Ronald as well.
Immoral action: Ronald invites the co-worker to his place and drugs her, so he can rape her.
Norm: It is good to talk about experiences.
Situation: Caleb is in the break room at work making coffee when a new employee walks in and asks Caleb for advice.
Intention: Caleb wants to get back to his office.
Moral action: Caleb tells the new employee to send him an email about it, and he'll respond soon.
Immoral consequence: The new employee thinks Caleb doesn't like him and never initiates another conversation with him.
Norm: It is good to talk about experiences.
Situation: Caleb is in the break room at work making coffee when a new employee walks in and asks Caleb for advice.
Intention: Caleb wants to get back to his office.
Moral consequence: The new employee trusts Caleb and sends him a detailed email about an hour later.
Immoral action: Caleb tells the new employee that he can't talk right now because he has to get back to working.
Norm: People shouldn't need to qualify their gender to others.
Situation: Mary sees Jake approaching multiple single stall bathrooms and needs to go at the same time Jake is.
Intention: Mary wants to know which bathroom Jake is going into.
Moral action: Mary asks which bathroom Jake is going into directly instead of asking about gender, and Jake tells her.
Immoral consequence: Jake becomes mad at Mary for asking about their gender.
Norm: People shouldn't need to qualify their gender to others.
Situation: Mary sees Jake approaching multiple single stall bathrooms and needs to go at the same time Jake is.
Intention: Mary wants to know which bathroom Jake is going into.
Moral consequence: Jake appreciates Mary's courtesy and doesn't make Mary wait long.
Immoral action: Mary asks Jake what his gender is to determine which bathroom they will enter, and Jake says which one.
Norm: It is good to smoke outside instead of inside.
Situation: Greg is an occasional smoker who is hanging out at a friend's house and having a few beers.
Intention: Greg wants to have a cigarette.
Moral action: Greg steps outside onto the back porch to have a smoke.
Immoral consequence: Greg's smoking causes an unpleasant smell and his friends yell at him for smoking inside.
Norm: It is good to smoke outside instead of inside.
Situation: Greg is an occasional smoker who is hanging out at a friend's house and having a few beers.
Intention: Greg wants to have a cigarette.
Moral consequence: Greg enjoys his brief cigarette break before returning inside to his friends.
Immoral action: Greg lights up and begins to smoke a cigarette in the living room.
Norm: Health professionals are expected to maintain a level of professionalism.
Situation: Danny is a nurse who has been working late and has been dealing with unruly patients.
Intention: Danny wants to vent his frustrations.
Moral action: Danny talks about his problems with the other patients and asks advice from the other nurses.
Immoral consequence: The charge nurse chastises Danny for gossiping about the patients during his break.
Norm: Health professionals are expected to maintain a level of professionalism.
Situation: Danny is a nurse who has been working late and has been dealing with unruly patients.
Intention: Danny wants to vent his frustrations.
Moral consequence: The other nurses give Danny their support and help him in dealing with the patients.
Immoral action: Danny gossips about his patients with the other nurses and nursing assistants during his break.
Norm: It's good to share food with your sibling.
Situation: Carina stays at home with her little sister Jenny and it is lunch time now.
Intention: Carina wants to have lunch.
Moral action: Carina cooks spaghetti for both herself and Jenny.
Immoral consequence: Jenny feels bad and not cared for.
Norm: It's good to share food with your sibling.
Situation: Carina stays at home with her little sister Jenny and it is lunch time now.
Intention: Carina wants to have lunch.
Moral consequence: Jenny thanks Carina for her food and helps washing the dishes after lunch.
Immoral action: Carina makes a noodle just for herself and Jenny needs to order food delivery since she does not know how to cook.
Norm: It's good to give your friends gifts.
Situation: Ted's friends move into a new house and invite him to a housewarming party.
Intention: Ted wants to attend his friends' housewarming party.
Moral action: Ted brings a nice wine and cheese basket for his friends when he goes to their housewarming.
Immoral consequence: Ted's friends think he is socially inept for not getting them anything for their housewarming.
Norm: It's good to give your friends gifts.
Situation: Ted's friends move into a new house and invite him to a housewarming party.
Intention: Ted wants to attend his friends' housewarming party.
Moral consequence: Ted's friends enjoy the wine and cheese and think it is an appropriate gift for their housewarming party.
Immoral action: Ted goes to his friends housewarming party but doesn't bring a gift for the occasion.
Norm: It's good to spend time with your significant other.
Situation: Dan has an extra ticket to a romance movie and his friends and family are all available to come.
Intention: Dan wants to go to the movies with someone.
Moral action: Dan decided to pick his wife to go with him to the movie, and they go.
Immoral consequence: Dan's friend is weirded out at the movie choice and Dan feel humiliated during the movie.
Norm: It's good to spend time with your significant other.
Situation: Dan has an extra ticket to a romance movie and his friends and family are all available to come.
Intention: Dan wants to go to the movies with someone.
Moral consequence: Dan's wife enjoys the type of movie that is playing and Dan feels proud he picked the right movie.
Immoral action: Dan goes with a non-family friend to the movies, who he is not otherwise intimate with Dan.
Norm: It is good to clean up spilled syrup.
Situation: Jillian accidentally drops a bottle of maple syrup on the ground and it breaks.
Intention: Jillian doesn't want the floor to be sticky.
Moral action: Jillians wipes up the spilled syrup.
Immoral consequence: The kitchen mat absorbs some syrup and becomes even harder to clean up later.
Norm: It is good to clean up spilled syrup.
Situation: Jillian accidentally drops a bottle of maple syrup on the ground and it breaks.
Intention: Jillian doesn't want the floor to be sticky.
Moral consequence: The floor is clean and no extra work is needed.
Immoral action: Jillian picks up the kitchen mat, puts it over the puddle of syrup, and leaves it there.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt a kitten.
Situation: A stray kitten has begun hanging around Brad's porch, begging for food and attention.
Intention: Brad doesn't like cats, and wants the kitten to go away.
Moral action: Brad calls the Animal Rescue group, and asks them to take the kitten away.
Immoral consequence: Brad's neighbors see him kicking the kitten and call the police and Animal Rescue.
Norm: It's wrong to hurt a kitten.
Situation: A stray kitten has begun hanging around Brad's porch, begging for food and attention.
Intention: Brad doesn't like cats, and wants the kitten to go away.
Moral consequence: The kitten finds a good home, and Brad is not bothered by it again.
Immoral action: Brad literally kicks the kitten off the porch, in full view of the neighbors.
Norm: It's wrong to shame people for being fat.
Situation: Teddy is at a party with a bunch of friends and is introduced to an overweight girl.
Intention: Teddy wants to feel good about himself.
Moral action: Teddy starts talking about how much he loves cooking and exchanges healthy recipes with the overweight girl.
Immoral consequence: The overweight girl is ashamed at being called out as having low self control.
Norm: It's wrong to shame people for being fat.
Situation: Teddy is at a party with a bunch of friends and is introduced to an overweight girl.
Intention: Teddy wants to feel good about himself.
Moral consequence: The overweight girl loves talking with Teddy and feels excited about trying new recipes.
Immoral action: Teddy starts talking about how he stays fit and directly tells the girl how great it feels to have good self control.
Norm: You should not pour cooking oil in someone's gas tank.
Situation: Dave and his friends are thinking of practical jokes to play on their friend Tom.
Intention: Dave wants to suggest something they can do to Tom's car.
Moral action: Dave suggests writing funny messages on Tom's car windows.
Immoral consequence: Tom has to drain the gas tank and get it cleaned out so the car can work properly.