CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's bad to make people feel unsafe.
Situation: Jason is bored and decides to prank one of his friends.
Intention: Jason wants to have fun.
Moral action: Jason waits in a bush for his friend on a hot day, squirting him with a water gun.
Immoral consequence: Jason's friend freaks out and is angry with Jason for giving him a panic attack.
Norm: It's bad to make people feel unsafe.
Situation: Jason is bored and decides to prank one of his friends.
Intention: Jason wants to have fun.
Moral consequence: Jason's friend laughs and grabs another water gun as they proceed to have a water gun fight.
Immoral action: Jason tells his friend as they are driving that the car has no brakes, and they will crash.
Norm: It's good to feed the people you love.
Situation: Clarissa is getting ready for work while her son, who has a big test today, gets ready for school.
Intention: Clarissa wants her son to get to school on time.
Moral action: Clarissa cooks her son a complete breakfast and then drives him to school.
Immoral consequence: Clarissa's son can't concentrate at school because he's so hungry, and he does poorly on his test.
Norm: It's good to feed the people you love.
Situation: Clarissa is getting ready for work while her son, who has a big test today, gets ready for school.
Intention: Clarissa wants her son to get to school on time.
Moral consequence: Clarissa's son has plenty of energy and a clear head at school and ends up doing well on his test.
Immoral action: Clarissa pushes her son out the door before he's had breakfast to make sure he doesn't miss the bus.
Norm: It is important to not betray a friend's trust.
Situation: Paul's friend Sam revealed to him in confidence that he is having doubts about his marriage.
Intention: Paul wants to make an interesting conversation with another friend.
Moral action: Paul talks about the recent coronavirus situation.
Immoral consequence: Sam hears that Paul told others about his secret and breaks off the relationship.
Norm: It is important to not betray a friend's trust.
Situation: Paul's friend Sam revealed to him in confidence that he is having doubts about his marriage.
Intention: Paul wants to make an interesting conversation with another friend.
Moral consequence: Paul learns more about how his friends have dealt with Covid-19.
Immoral action: Paul tells another friend that Sam is uncomfortable with his marriage.
Norm: It's nice to let someone know you care.
Situation: Frank has been dating Carol for a year but his work schedule makes it hard for them to spend time together lately.
Intention: Frank wants to be successful at his job.
Moral action: Frank works hard to maintain a healthy work/love balance and showers Carol with affection as often as possible.
Immoral consequence: Frank is left alone and forlorn when Carol leaves him for a more affectionate partner.
Norm: It's nice to let someone know you care.
Situation: Frank has been dating Carol for a year but his work schedule makes it hard for them to spend time together lately.
Intention: Frank wants to be successful at his job.
Moral consequence: Frank enjoys a strong relationship and is soon able to propose to Carol.
Immoral action: Frank is so focused on his work that he begins to neglect Carol and fails to express his love for her.
Norm: It's rude to use something someone is already using.
Situation: Sally is shopping for a small item in Costco without a cart.
Intention: Sally wants to buy a toothpaste packet.
Moral action: After picking up toothpaste, Sally asks nearby customer if she can use their cart to load the discounted microwave.
Immoral consequence: A customer becomes upset with Sally as the cart belongs to them.
Norm: It's rude to use something someone is already using.
Situation: Sally is shopping for a small item in Costco without a cart.
Intention: Sally wants to buy a toothpaste packet.
Moral consequence: Sally gets permission to use the cart and feels glad to buy the microwave at such a low price.
Immoral action: Besides getting a toothpaste, Sally sees a huge discount on a microwave, picks it, and puts it in a nearby cart.
Norm: You should care about other people.
Situation: John is in the front of a long line at a busy bakery well known for their delicious doughnuts.
Intention: John wants to buy some doughnuts.
Moral action: John buys a couple of doughnuts, leaving the rest for the other customers.
Immoral consequence: The people in line behind him get upset and criticize John for being so selfish.
Norm: You should care about other people.
Situation: John is in the front of a long line at a busy bakery well known for their delicious doughnuts.
Intention: John wants to buy some doughnuts.
Moral consequence: The people in line behind John also get to enjoy some delicious doughnuts and the bakery gains more future repeat business.
Immoral action: John buys every single last doughnut, leaving none for all the other people who have been waiting in line.
Norm: It's wrong to get tired of being nice.
Situation: James is the most friendly person at his job and often helps his coworkers.
Intention: James feels he is b show more appreciation for helping them eing taken for granted and wants people to.
Moral action: When a coworker asks James for help,  James agrees without hesitating.
Immoral consequence: James boss notices this behavior and reprimands him for being rude.
Norm: It's wrong to get tired of being nice.
Situation: James is the most friendly person at his job and often helps his coworkers.
Intention: James feels he is b show more appreciation for helping them eing taken for granted and wants people to.
Moral consequence: James's boss notices his unselfish behavior and offers him a promotion.
Immoral action: When a coworker asks James for help, he berates them and refuses.
Norm: It's encouraged to help those in need.
Situation: Brock has a lot of free time in the summer between semesters.
Intention: Brock wants to find something to keep him busy.
Moral action: Brock volunteers at the local homeless shelter every day and helps people who are less fortunate than him.
Immoral consequence: Brock wastes a lot of time and accomplishes nothing with his summer break.
Norm: It's encouraged to help those in need.
Situation: Brock has a lot of free time in the summer between semesters.
Intention: Brock wants to find something to keep him busy.
Moral consequence: Brock is lauded in the local news for his tireless work helping out his city's indigent population.
Immoral action: Brock buys a new video game system and stays home all the time playing on it.
Norm: You shouldn't be in love with fictional characters.
Situation: Mark is a 40 year old man who loves watching cartoons, tweeting about them and blogging about them.
Intention: Mark wants to draw attention to his blog about cartoons.
Moral action: Mark tweets out a funny meme from the Flintstone's cartoon.
Immoral consequence: Mark's sister sees the tweet and tells Mark that he doesn't trust her around her children any more.
Norm: You shouldn't be in love with fictional characters.
Situation: Mark is a 40 year old man who loves watching cartoons, tweeting about them and blogging about them.
Intention: Mark wants to draw attention to his blog about cartoons.
Moral consequence: Mark's tweet goes viral and his cartoon blog becomes successful leaving him able to quit his job working the fryer at Wendy's.
Immoral action: Mark tweets out that he thinks Wilma from the Flintstones is hot and that he masturbates to her image.
Norm: Is inappropriate cheat on your spouse
Situation: Sam is invited to drinks after work by an attractive coworker.
Intention: Sam wants to respond to his coworker's invitation.
Moral action: Sam declines the offer to go out for drinks and returns home after work as normal.
Immoral consequence: Sam's wife finds out and divorces him.
Norm: Is inappropriate cheat on your spouse
Situation: Sam is invited to drinks after work by an attractive coworker.
Intention: Sam wants to respond to his coworker's invitation.
Moral consequence: Sam maintains a happy and healthy relationship with his wife.
Immoral action: Sam accepts the offer to go out for drinks and later has sex with the coworker.
Norm: You shouldn't be cruel toward your kids.
Situation: Murphy is waiting in line for a ride at Disney World with his three noisy children, Pat, Lilly, and Ryan.
Intention: Murphy wants his children to behave.
Moral action: Murphy tells the children that this ride will be the last if they don't quiet down.
Immoral consequence: The children quiet down, but a parent overhears Murphy's threat and reports him to authorities for suspected abuse.
Norm: You shouldn't be cruel toward your kids.
Situation: Murphy is waiting in line for a ride at Disney World with his three noisy children, Pat, Lilly, and Ryan.
Intention: Murphy wants his children to behave.
Moral consequence: The children are quieter and the family is able to enjoy their adventure at Disney World.
Immoral action: Murphy tells the children that he will beat them when they get home if they don't calm down.
Norm: It's wrong for an adult to abuse a child.
Situation: Chloe, Nina’s 12-year-old daughter, wants to go to a friend's house even though she has homework to do.
Intention: Nina wants Chloe to do her homework.
Moral action: Nina tells Chloe that she can leave as long as she gets her homework done first.
Immoral consequence: Chloe begins to cry and resents her mom.
Norm: It's wrong for an adult to abuse a child.
Situation: Chloe, Nina’s 12-year-old daughter, wants to go to a friend's house even though she has homework to do.
Intention: Nina wants Chloe to do her homework.
Moral consequence: Chloe completes her homework, so Nina happily takes her to her friends house.
Immoral action: Nina gives Chloe a slap and tells her she'll hit her again if she doesn't get her homework done.
Norm: It's nice to give people's comments likes.
Situation: Tom sees a Facebook comment his friend made that congratulates him on a sports win.
Intention: Tom wants to interact with his friend's Facebook comment.
Moral action: Tom gives the comment a "like" emoji because he finds it a nice comment.
Immoral consequence: Tom's friend is confused and Tom tries to explain himself later.
Norm: It's nice to give people's comments likes.
Situation: Tom sees a Facebook comment his friend made that congratulates him on a sports win.
Intention: Tom wants to interact with his friend's Facebook comment.
Moral consequence: Tom and his friend discuss the sports game in a positive manner in subsequent comments.
Immoral action: Tom gives the comment a, "sad face", emoji as a prank.
Norm: It is unacceptable not to flush after using the restroom.
Situation: Larry is at a party when he feels the call of nature.
Intention: Larry wants to return to the party quickly.
Moral action: Larry uses the rest room and flushes the toilet multiple times to make sure everything went down.
Immoral consequence: The host of the party calls Larry out on his poor manners and embarrasses him.
Norm: It is unacceptable not to flush after using the restroom.
Situation: Larry is at a party when he feels the call of nature.
Intention: Larry wants to return to the party quickly.
Moral consequence: Larry enjoys the rest of the party knowing that he was respectful in his friend's home.
Immoral action: Larry uses the toilet quickly and then leaves without flushing.
Norm: It's wrong to be disrespectful to your best friend.
Situation: Bill's friend Ted asks how his new outfit looks before going out on a first date.
Intention: Bill wants to respond to Ted's question.
Moral action: Bill tells Ted that he looks handsome and his date will love him.
Immoral consequence: Ted feels sad and goes home to find a new outfit.
Norm: It's wrong to be disrespectful to your best friend.
Situation: Bill's friend Ted asks how his new outfit looks before going out on a first date.
Intention: Bill wants to respond to Ted's question.
Moral consequence: Ted feels attractive and confident for his upcoming date.
Immoral action: Bill tells his friend that the outfit looks terrible and his date won't find him attractive.
Norm: You shouldn't push away your friends.
Situation: Betty is tired of hanging around with all of her friends.
Intention: Betty wants her friend to leave her alone.
Moral action: Betty takes a vacation, so she can just get away from everyone.
Immoral consequence: No one wants to be around Betty anymore because she is rude and nasty.
Norm: You shouldn't push away your friends.
Situation: Betty is tired of hanging around with all of her friends.
Intention: Betty wants her friend to leave her alone.
Moral consequence: Betty returns refreshed and is happy to see all her friends again.
Immoral action: Betty gets into physical fights and arguments with all of her friends.
Norm: You should avoid breaking people's hearts.
Situation: Tom is not really feelings Janice anymore as their relationship has gotten stale.
Intention: Tom wants to break up with Janice.
Moral action: Tom calmly discusses his issues with the relationship with Janice and says they are not right together.
Immoral consequence: Janice has her heart broken and she is very upset.
Norm: You should avoid breaking people's hearts.
Situation: Tom is not really feelings Janice anymore as their relationship has gotten stale.
Intention: Tom wants to break up with Janice.
Moral consequence: Though she is upset, Janice takes the breakup well and moves on.
Immoral action: Tom very harshly dumps Janice, telling her all the things about her he does not like.
Norm: It's good to prepare food for your family.
Situation: Jill's family is getting together for dinner after a busy day and wants to eat.
Intention: Jill needs to get dinner ready for her family.
Moral action: Jill prepares a delicious home-cooked dinner for her family.
Immoral consequence: Jill's family is disappointed at the poor meal they eat for dinner.
Norm: It's good to prepare food for your family.
Situation: Jill's family is getting together for dinner after a busy day and wants to eat.
Intention: Jill needs to get dinner ready for her family.
Moral consequence: Jill's family enjoys the meal and thank her for her hard work.
Immoral action: Jill orders cheap Chinese takeout for her family for dinner.
Norm: It's immoral to steal from a company
Situation: Tom has worked for the same company for the past thirty years.
Intention: Tom needs more money to get a new car.
Moral action: Tom has a meeting with his boss to ask if he can get a raise.
Immoral consequence: Tom is caught on camera taking the money and is promptly arrested.
Norm: It's immoral to steal from a company
Situation: Tom has worked for the same company for the past thirty years.
Intention: Tom needs more money to get a new car.
Moral consequence: Tom's boss recognizes his hard work and bumps up his pay considerably.
Immoral action: Tom starts taking money from the safe everyday when everyone is out of the office.
Norm: You shouldn't throw rocks.
Situation: Barry wants to practice pitching for the baseball team, but doesn't have a ball.
Intention: Barry wants to improve his throw,.
Moral action: Barry ignores the stone and instead goes to a neighbor to ask to borrow a baseball.
Immoral consequence: Barry can't play on the team with an injury.
Norm: You shouldn't throw rocks.
Situation: Barry wants to practice pitching for the baseball team, but doesn't have a ball.
Intention: Barry wants to improve his throw,.
Moral consequence: Barry practices his throw all afternoon and performs great at his next team practice.
Immoral action: Barry uses a stone as a baseball and when he throws it he pulls a muscle.
Norm: It's rude to treat someone badly because they are overweight.
Situation: Tony's sitting with his daughter whom is overweight, she asks him if she can have some chips.
Intention: Tony wants his daughter to achieve a healthy weight.
Moral action: Tony gently tells his daughter he is worried about her weight, but respects her freedom and offers her some chips.
Immoral consequence: Tony's daughter runs to her room and cries and sneaks into the kitchen later and snacks in order to feel better.
Norm: It's rude to treat someone badly because they are overweight.
Situation: Tony's sitting with his daughter whom is overweight, she asks him if she can have some chips.
Intention: Tony wants his daughter to achieve a healthy weight.
Moral consequence: Tony's daughter eats a couple of chips but thinking about what he said decides to stop and hands them back to him.
Immoral action: Tony tells his daughter that she is too fat and will get even uglier if she keeps eating, so she can't have any chips.
Norm: It's wrong to brag about your things.
Situation: James and Nick are talking about who has the better collection of video games.
Intention: James wants to win the argument.
Moral action: James talks about his rarest game, Nintendo world Championships.
Immoral consequence: Nick's feelings are hurt, and he runs out of the argument and stops talking to James.
Norm: It's wrong to brag about your things.
Situation: James and Nick are talking about who has the better collection of video games.
Intention: James wants to win the argument.
Moral consequence: James and Nick keep talking about their games into the night.
Immoral action: James brags about the big house he can store all of his games in while Nick has to jam all his into a walk-in closet.
Norm: You should not enter someone's personal space uninvited.
Situation: John is tossing a ball around with his brother and accidentally throws it into his neighbor's backyard.
Intention: John wants to get back the ball.
Moral action: John knocks at his neighbor's door and asks if he can retrieve his ball.
Immoral consequence: His neighbor blames him for trespassing.
Norm: You should not enter someone's personal space uninvited.
Situation: John is tossing a ball around with his brother and accidentally throws it into his neighbor's backyard.
Intention: John wants to get back the ball.
Moral consequence: His neighbor is happy to help and give him back the ball right away.
Immoral action: John climbs over a fence to get into his neighbor's backyard to retrieve the ball.
Norm: It's wrong to start a marriage on false pretenses.
Situation: Mary is engaged to a police officer named Jack, who doesn’t know that Mary is a drug dealer.
Intention: Mary wants to marry Jack.
Moral action: Mary tells Jack she has been dealing drugs but is going to stop.
Immoral consequence: Jack is put on leave as the police department is suspicious of his involvement with Mary.
Norm: It's wrong to start a marriage on false pretenses.
Situation: Mary is engaged to a police officer named Jack, who doesn’t know that Mary is a drug dealer.
Intention: Mary wants to marry Jack.
Moral consequence: Jack helps her find a reputable job, and they live happily from then on.
Immoral action: Mary weds Jack without telling him her secret and ends up being apprehended in a drug bust.
Norm: You shouldn't disrespect your parents.
Situation: Katherine makes dinner every night for her daughter Janine who thinks that Katherin’s food is bland.
Intention: Janine wants to let her mom know that her food is bad.
Moral action: Janine gifts Katherine a loaded spice rack.
Immoral consequence: Katherine feels hurt and disrespected.
Norm: You shouldn't disrespect your parents.
Situation: Katherine makes dinner every night for her daughter Janine who thinks that Katherin’s food is bland.
Intention: Janine wants to let her mom know that her food is bad.
Moral consequence: Katherine starts experimenting with the spices, and her food quality improves.
Immoral action: After being served a plate of food by Katherine, Janine dumps the food in the trash.
Norm: Pet owners are not expected to abuse their pets.
Situation: Brian is behind on rent and has a pet Rottweiler named Buster.
Intention: Brian needs to make money to pay rent.
Moral action: Brian decides to train Buster to be a service dog and rent him out.
Immoral consequence: Buster is terribly injured in the ensuing fights and has to be put down.
Norm: Pet owners are not expected to abuse their pets.
Situation: Brian is behind on rent and has a pet Rottweiler named Buster.
Intention: Brian needs to make money to pay rent.
Moral consequence: Buster enjoys all the attention and treats given to him by those Buster helps.
Immoral action: Brian enrolls Buster in an underground dog fighting circuit.
Norm: People shouldn't be violent towards one another.
Situation: Jake and John are having a heated argument at the bar about whose sports team is better.
Intention: Jake wants to end the argument.
Moral action: Jake provides a detailed statistical breakdown about why his team is superior to John's.
Immoral consequence: Jake is thrown out of the bar for his actions and is later arrested.
Norm: People shouldn't be violent towards one another.
Situation: Jake and John are having a heated argument at the bar about whose sports team is better.
Intention: Jake wants to end the argument.
Moral consequence: Jake ends up winning the argument and is happy he proved his point.
Immoral action: Jake gets so mad at John not agreeing with him that he knocks John out.
Norm: It's good to stand up for people who are suicidal.
Situation: Mary's friend, Ken, has become depressed due to the recent breakup with his girlfriend and thinks that life is hopeless.
Intention: Mary wants to react to Ken's thought.
Moral action: Mary encourages Ken to meet more new friends to enrich his social life, which will improve his mental health.
Immoral consequence: Ken feels gloomy and helpless about life, so he kills himself with a gun.
Norm: It's good to stand up for people who are suicidal.
Situation: Mary's friend, Ken, has become depressed due to the recent breakup with his girlfriend and thinks that life is hopeless.
Intention: Mary wants to react to Ken's thought.
Moral consequence: Ken joins some social groups and meets cheerful people, which makes him feel much better.
Immoral action: Mary tells Ken that she is also not hopeful about life due to her own financial problems.
Norm: You should apologize when someone catches you doing unpleasant things.
Situation: Luke, who hates his ex-girlfriend, is letting the air out of her car tires when he's discovered by his friend Max.
Intention: Luke wants to explain himself.
Moral action: Luke tells Max that he lost control of his temper and is sorry, then offers to put air back in the tires.
Immoral consequence: Max tells Luke's ex-girlfriend, who calls the police on Luke.
Norm: You should apologize when someone catches you doing unpleasant things.
Situation: Luke, who hates his ex-girlfriend, is letting the air out of her car tires when he's discovered by his friend Max.
Intention: Luke wants to explain himself.
Moral consequence: Max helps Luke fix Luke's ex-girlfriend's car tires.
Immoral action: Luke tells Max that she deserves this for what she did to him, then keeps letting out the air.
Norm: You shouldn't miss your partner's birthday.
Situation: Rover is putting in extra hours every week at work, but next Tuesday is his wife's birthday.
Intention: Rover wants to put in 60 hours this week.
Moral action: Rover takes the day off Tuesday and decides to work on Saturday instead.
Immoral consequence: Rover's wife is furious at him for missing her birthday, you might say he's in the doghouse.
Norm: You shouldn't miss your partner's birthday.
Situation: Rover is putting in extra hours every week at work, but next Tuesday is his wife's birthday.
Intention: Rover wants to put in 60 hours this week.
Moral consequence: Rover works all of his hours and still gets to spend time with his wife on her birthday.
Immoral action: Rover works a 12 hour shift on tuesday and misses his wife's birthday.
Norm: It's wrong to try to be someone you are not.
Situation: Jill ran the wrong way and scored a safety against her own team, thus she dreads going to school the next day.
Intention: Jill wants to avoid embarrassment for her mistake.
Moral action: Jill decides to practice in the gym all day to avoid the cafeteria and the playground.
Immoral consequence: Jill is eventually found out and is far more embarrassed with this then the original mistake.