CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to sneak into places.
Situation: Once he got home after attending a party at the house of one of his coworkers, Bob realizes he had forgotten his favorite cap there.
Intention: Bob wants to get his favorite cap back.
Moral action: Bob waits until the next day and calls his coworker in advance before stopping by her place to get his cap.
Immoral consequence: Bob's coworker wakes up from the noise, thinks there's an intruder in the house and gets extremely scared.
Norm: It's wrong to sneak into places.
Situation: Once he got home after attending a party at the house of one of his coworkers, Bob realizes he had forgotten his favorite cap there.
Intention: Bob wants to get his favorite cap back.
Moral consequence: Bob's coworker gets a good night sleep and is not bothered by Bob's behavior.
Immoral action: Bob returns to his coworker's place and since the lights are off decides to enter the house through the back door and find his cap.
Norm: It is kind to adopt someone.
Situation: Robert's student Tammy has no living relatives after her parents died.
Intention: Robert wants Tammy to have a family.
Moral action: Robert volunteers to take Tammy in.
Immoral consequence: Tammy waits for someone to adopt her, but never gets a guardian.
Norm: It is kind to adopt someone.
Situation: Robert's student Tammy has no living relatives after her parents died.
Intention: Robert wants Tammy to have a family.
Moral consequence: Tammy moves in with Robert and is grateful.
Immoral action: Robert calls Child Protective Services to find a foster home for Tammy.
Norm: You shouldn't refuse to talk to your sibling.
Situation: Tina and her sister got into a real bad fight recently after Tina's sister insulted her and treated her poorly.
Intention: Tina wants to live a life free of drama.
Moral action: Tina has a good conversation with her sister to tell her how she feels and convinces her to be more respectful in the future.
Immoral consequence: Tina's mother feels that her family is a mess and feels guilty about it.
Norm: You shouldn't refuse to talk to your sibling.
Situation: Tina and her sister got into a real bad fight recently after Tina's sister insulted her and treated her poorly.
Intention: Tina wants to live a life free of drama.
Moral consequence: Tina's mother is happy to see her daughters talking again.
Immoral action: Tina decides to stop talking to her sister.
Norm: It's good to be happy about good news.
Situation: After trying for months, Lisa tells her husband, John, that she is pregnant.
Intention: John wants to respond to Lisa's news.
Moral action: John hugs his wife and smiles.
Immoral consequence: Lisa feels that John is upset over her pregnancy and loses any excitement she had over it.
Norm: It's good to be happy about good news.
Situation: After trying for months, Lisa tells her husband, John, that she is pregnant.
Intention: John wants to respond to Lisa's news.
Moral consequence: John and Lisa begin planning for the arrival of their baby.
Immoral action: John looks at Lisa with a blank face and simply says "Oh".
Norm: it is bad to betray a friend.
Situation: Steve and his friend Arnold bumped into an angry drunk stranger who started aggressively moving towards Arnold.
Intention: Steve wants to decide on his course of action.
Moral action: Steve actively tries to support Arnold in dealing with the drunk stranger.
Immoral consequence: Arnold gets injured and no longer considers Steve as a friend.
Norm: it is bad to betray a friend.
Situation: Steve and his friend Arnold bumped into an angry drunk stranger who started aggressively moving towards Arnold.
Intention: Steve wants to decide on his course of action.
Moral consequence: Steve and Arnold improves their friendship after they successfully calm down the drunk stranger together.
Immoral action: Steve runs away and leaves Arnold to deal with the drunk stranger himself.
Norm: It's not wise to spend one's retirement money on vacations.
Situation: George is an older man who is near retirement age but doesn't have quite enough money saved to live the lifestyle he wants.
Intention: George wants to have a relaxing week off of work.
Moral action: George decides to take a road trip to visit his children's families.
Immoral consequence: George has to work a couple years longer in order to have enough money to retire.
Norm: It's not wise to spend one's retirement money on vacations.
Situation: George is an older man who is near retirement age but doesn't have quite enough money saved to live the lifestyle he wants.
Intention: George wants to have a relaxing week off of work.
Moral consequence: George saves money and is able to spend time with his grandchildren.
Immoral action: George decides to take a cruise to the Bahamas.
Norm: It's rude to embarrass people.
Situation: John was bored from sitting in Miss Parker's English class.
Intention: John wants to get out of class.
Moral action: John raises his hand and asks if he can go to the restroom.
Immoral consequence: Miss Parker sends John to the office, and he is given detention after school.
Norm: It's rude to embarrass people.
Situation: John was bored from sitting in Miss Parker's English class.
Intention: John wants to get out of class.
Moral consequence: Miss Parker gives John the hall pass, and he is able to leave the classroom for a few minutes.
Immoral action: John starts calling the teacher names and mocking and laughing at her.
Norm: It's wrong to ignore your coworkers.
Situation: Mike is working with his friend James in a factory.
Intention: Mike wants to listen to his music on his phone.
Moral action: Mike sees his friend wants to talk and chats with him before he puts on his headphones.
Immoral consequence: Mikes friend feels ignored and irritated.
Norm: It's wrong to ignore your coworkers.
Situation: Mike is working with his friend James in a factory.
Intention: Mike wants to listen to his music on his phone.
Moral consequence: Mikes friend feels happy and accepted.
Immoral action: Mike sees his friend James wants to talk about something but puts on his headphones.
Norm: You should not demand things from others.
Situation: Paul is unable to drive and depends on his friends.
Intention: Paul wants to get rides to where he needs to go.
Moral action: Paul offers gas money and always remembers not to take his friends help for granted.
Immoral consequence: Some of his friends stop responding and Paul has a hard time getting rides.
Norm: You should not demand things from others.
Situation: Paul is unable to drive and depends on his friends.
Intention: Paul wants to get rides to where he needs to go.
Moral consequence: Paul finds it easier to get rides and is able to make for functions as a result.
Immoral action: Paul calls his friends daily and requests the rides in a demanding tone.
Norm: It's wrong to try to harm others.
Situation: Alan is competing in a big race soon against some of his long-time rivals.
Intention: Alan wants to win the race.
Moral action: Alan intensifies his training routine and takes particular care of his body in the days leading up to the race.
Immoral consequence: Alan is caught and disqualified from the race.
Norm: It's wrong to try to harm others.
Situation: Alan is competing in a big race soon against some of his long-time rivals.
Intention: Alan wants to win the race.
Moral consequence: Alan improves his physical condition, so he is able to outrun his rivals.
Immoral action: Alan tries to sabotage his rivals by tampering with their drinks.
Norm: It's wrong to put things off until the last minute.
Situation: Tim had a big exam next week that will determine if he will pass the class.
Intention: Tim wants to study for the exam.
Moral action: Tim does plenty of studying the week before the exam in order to be ready.
Immoral consequence: Tim does poorly on the exam and ends up failing the class.
Norm: It's wrong to put things off until the last minute.
Situation: Tim had a big exam next week that will determine if he will pass the class.
Intention: Tim wants to study for the exam.
Moral consequence: Tim aces the exam, and his teach congratulates him for doing so well.
Immoral action: Tim only studies for the exam an hour before the class starts.
Norm: It's rude to cheat when playing a game.
Situation: Billy sets up a game night with friends.
Intention: Billy wants to win at scrabble.
Moral action: Billy studies a dictionary before playing scrabble and wins.
Immoral consequence: Billy's friends notice the extra letters after and tell Billy they won't play games with him anymore.
Norm: It's rude to cheat when playing a game.
Situation: Billy sets up a game night with friends.
Intention: Billy wants to win at scrabble.
Moral consequence: Billy's friends have fun and are amazed as his knowledge.
Immoral action: Billy has hidden extra letters up his sleeve during scrabble and wins.
Norm: It's good to be honest with your parents.
Situation: Liza is off at college, and she has decided to start a page on the internet with dirty pictures as a job.
Intention: Liza wants to earn money for her college years.
Moral action: Liza tells her parents about her unconventional job when they ask if she has found work.
Immoral consequence: Liza's parents find out about her webpage from a friend of the family, and they are very upset with Liza.
Norm: It's good to be honest with your parents.
Situation: Liza is off at college, and she has decided to start a page on the internet with dirty pictures as a job.
Intention: Liza wants to earn money for her college years.
Moral consequence: Liza's parents are glad she has told them about this, and they have a chance to talk to her about it.
Immoral action: Liza tells her parents she is working at a pizza restaurant and does not mention her webpage.
Norm: It's mean to get someone fired from their job.
Situation: Dean was a customer waiting in a long line at the grocery store.
Intention: Dean wanted to tell the manager how the clerk was doing.
Moral action: Dean told the manager that the clerk was working very hard at their job.
Immoral consequence: The manager fired the clerk right after he talked to Dean.
Norm: It's mean to get someone fired from their job.
Situation: Dean was a customer waiting in a long line at the grocery store.
Intention: Dean wanted to tell the manager how the clerk was doing.
Moral consequence: The manager gave the clerk a raise and more time off after talking to Dean.
Immoral action: Dean told the manager that the clerk was way too slow and that he was never going to shop there again.
Norm: It's good to bring a snack to someone else's party.
Situation: Misty was invited to her friend Kit's birthday celebration, but Kit forgot to buy food.
Intention: Misty wants to bring an item to the celebration.
Moral action: Misty brings a bottle of champagne and some pretzels.
Immoral consequence: The people in attendance drink the champagne, but get upset stomachs from not having anything to eat with it.
Norm: It's good to bring a snack to someone else's party.
Situation: Misty was invited to her friend Kit's birthday celebration, but Kit forgot to buy food.
Intention: Misty wants to bring an item to the celebration.
Moral consequence: The guests are pleased because they can eat the pretzels to take away some of the acidity of the champagne.
Immoral action: Misty brings a bottle of champagne to Kit's celebration.
Norm: You should be sympathetic towards others.
Situation: Paul's friend Jill is crying over the loss of her grandmother.
Intention: Paul wants Jill to stop crying.
Moral action: Paul hugs Jill and tells her everything will be fine.
Immoral consequence: Jill becomes angry with Paul and stops being friends with him.
Norm: You should be sympathetic towards others.
Situation: Paul's friend Jill is crying over the loss of her grandmother.
Intention: Paul wants Jill to stop crying.
Moral consequence: Jill thanks Paul for consoling her.
Immoral action: Paul tells Jill to stop because crying makes her look weak.
Norm: Hurting other people's feelings is wrong.
Situation: Caleb is helping his younger brother do his homework one afternoon.
Intention: Caleb wants to give his brother feedback on his progress.
Moral action: Caleb encourages his brother and tells him that he can get the answers himself.
Immoral consequence: Caleb's brother begins to cry and stops trying to work on the material.
Norm: Hurting other people's feelings is wrong.
Situation: Caleb is helping his younger brother do his homework one afternoon.
Intention: Caleb wants to give his brother feedback on his progress.
Moral consequence: Caleb's brother starts to understand the material that they are working on.
Immoral action: Caleb tells his brother that he is stupid, and he should know all the answers by now.
Norm: You should discuss issues in a calm manner.
Situation: Don and Sam are having a debate over healthcare policy in the US.
Intention: Don wants to voice his views.
Moral action: Don listens to Sam and voices his disagreements when it's his turn to speak.
Immoral consequence: Don looks childish for not having a civilized conversation and fails to truly understand Sams point.
Norm: You should discuss issues in a calm manner.
Situation: Don and Sam are having a debate over healthcare policy in the US.
Intention: Don wants to voice his views.
Moral consequence: Don is able to see where he and Sam agree and disagree and come to a mutual understanding.
Immoral action: Don begins yelling over Sam because he disagrees with his position.
Norm: It's rude to destroy someone's glasses.
Situation: John is going to the movies with his mom.
Intention: John wants to get a good seat in the theater.
Moral action: John sees that the couple in front of him has better seats, so he asks if he can pay to trade seats and they agree.
Immoral consequence: Johns mother is very mad at him, and she goes home.
Norm: It's rude to destroy someone's glasses.
Situation: John is going to the movies with his mom.
Intention: John wants to get a good seat in the theater.
Moral consequence: John has a great time at the theater with his mom.
Immoral action: The couple in front of John gets better seats than him, so he breaks the mans glasses they are upset and leave, John takes there seats.
Norm: It's good to move in with your fiance.
Situation: Steve was engaged to Callie who had her own apartment on the other side of town.
Intention: Steve wanted to move to the other side of town.
Moral action: Steve moved in with Callie in her apartment that she was already living in.
Immoral consequence: Steve couldn't afford to pay the rent on the apartment and fell behind on his bills.
Norm: It's good to move in with your fiance.
Situation: Steve was engaged to Callie who had her own apartment on the other side of town.
Intention: Steve wanted to move to the other side of town.
Moral consequence: Steve and Callie saved money because they were able to split the cost of rent.
Immoral action: Steve gets his own apartment a couple blocks away from Callie's apartment.
Norm: It's kind to help other people pay for things.
Situation: Leroy is at a coffee shop with extra money, and his friend has forgotten his wallet.
Intention: Leroy wants to help his friend purchase food.
Moral action: Leroy decides to use his extra cash instead of asking others, in order to purchase something for his friend.
Immoral consequence: Leroy's friend gets angry at Leroy for making a scene and Leroy apologizes.
Norm: It's kind to help other people pay for things.
Situation: Leroy is at a coffee shop with extra money, and his friend has forgotten his wallet.
Intention: Leroy wants to help his friend purchase food.
Moral consequence: Leroy's friend thinks Leroy is generous and Leroy gets a confidence boost.
Immoral action: Leroy asks other patrons of the store if they have cash he can use to purchase something from his friend.
Norm: It's okay to focus on your family.
Situation: Chris has a busy work-life and is equally busy at home, since he wants to help his wife with taking care of their newborn baby as much as he can.
Intention: Chris is tired of multitasking and wants to be able to focus his efforts.
Moral action: Chris chooses to spend more time with his family and to focus less on work.
Immoral consequence: Chris' wife feels overwhelmed and tired taking care of everything at home.
Norm: It's okay to focus on your family.
Situation: Chris has a busy work-life and is equally busy at home, since he wants to help his wife with taking care of their newborn baby as much as he can.
Intention: Chris is tired of multitasking and wants to be able to focus his efforts.
Moral consequence: Chris' wife feels supported and enjoys the way their home life unfolds.
Immoral action: Chris decides to focus on his work and devotes less time to his family.
Norm: It's fine to take off work if you're sick.
Situation: Felicity is not feeling well, but she feels she has to go to work.
Intention: Felicity wants to make sure that the report she was working on gets finished.
Moral action: Felicity calls her boss to tell him she won't be in because she's sick and asks if someone can finish her report.
Immoral consequence: Felicity spreads her illness to other coworkers, and then they get sick.
Norm: It's fine to take off work if you're sick.
Situation: Felicity is not feeling well, but she feels she has to go to work.
Intention: Felicity wants to make sure that the report she was working on gets finished.
Moral consequence: Her boss tells her that won't be a problem and that he hopes she feels better.
Immoral action: Felicity goes to work sick to finish working on her report.
Norm: It's wrong to be intimate with family.
Situation: Max has a birthday today and his sister just gave him a gift that Max loves.
Intention: Max wants to hug his sister for the present.
Moral action: Max hugs his sister lightly and for not too long after receiving his gift.
Immoral consequence: Max's sister feels Max is overstepping boundaries and Max tells his sister he is sorry.
Norm: It's wrong to be intimate with family.
Situation: Max has a birthday today and his sister just gave him a gift that Max loves.
Intention: Max wants to hug his sister for the present.
Moral consequence: Max and his sister open more presents and have a pleasant time together.
Immoral action: Max hugs his sister very tightly and intimately after he receives his gift.
Norm: It's good to help out your partner financially.
Situation: Phil's girlfriend recently had her work hours reduced, and she is struggling to make her monthly car payments.
Intention: Phil wants his girlfriend to be able to make her car payments.
Moral action: Phil helps out his girlfriend by paying part of her car payments for a few months.
Immoral consequence: Phil's girlfriend is unable to produce the cash needed to make her payments, and she falls into debt.
Norm: It's good to help out your partner financially.
Situation: Phil's girlfriend recently had her work hours reduced, and she is struggling to make her monthly car payments.
Intention: Phil wants his girlfriend to be able to make her car payments.
Moral consequence: Phil's girlfriend is able to make her payments in full and avoid going into debt.
Immoral action: Phil tells his girlfriend to borrow some money from her parents or get a second job.
Norm: It's good to give your buddy a high five.
Situation: Bobby is studying hard at school when his friend Joseph walks in.
Intention: Bobby wants to keep studying.
Moral action: Bobby high fives Joseph before returning to studying as before.
Immoral consequence: Joseph feels down and upset for the rest of the school day.
Norm: It's good to give your buddy a high five.
Situation: Bobby is studying hard at school when his friend Joseph walks in.
Intention: Bobby wants to keep studying.
Moral consequence: Joseph is cheered up by the high five from his friend Bobby.
Immoral action: Bobby ignores Joseph to keep studying and get his homework done early.
Norm: It's bad to plagiarize other people's work.
Situation: Kara is reading through articles for her research paper for her history class and finds an obscure website with thoroughly-written articles.
Intention: Kara wants to finish writing her research paper.
Moral action: Kara uses the website in her research paper and properly cites it as a material source.
Immoral consequence: The professor runs Kara's paper through a program and finds that she copied it from the website without citing it, and fails Kara for academic dishonesty.
Norm: It's bad to plagiarize other people's work.
Situation: Kara is reading through articles for her research paper for her history class and finds an obscure website with thoroughly-written articles.
Intention: Kara wants to finish writing her research paper.
Moral consequence: The professor praises Kara's paper and gives her an A for the class.
Immoral action: Kara copies some paragraphs from the website to her final research paper and submits it.
Norm: It's weird to tell your mother about your sex life.
Situation: Mary has just started to date David, and she is in love with him.
Intention: Mary wants to tell someone about her sex life with David.
Moral action: Mary calls her best friend to tell her all about her sex life with David.
Immoral consequence: Mary's mother excuses herself and leaves from the restaurant earlier than planned.
Norm: It's weird to tell your mother about your sex life.
Situation: Mary has just started to date David, and she is in love with him.
Intention: Mary wants to tell someone about her sex life with David.
Moral consequence: Mary and her friend laugh and talk about their sex life for hours.
Immoral action: Mary starts gushing to her mother about her and David's sex life while on a lunch date.
Norm: It's good to support things you love.
Situation: Carla loves to listen to the free band concerts in the park on Friday nights.
Intention: Carla wants to enjoy the Friday concerts.
Moral action: Carla always drops a couple of dollars in the donation boxes.
Immoral consequence: The band starts a policy of pausing after the first half hour and asking for contributions from the audience.
Norm: It's good to support things you love.
Situation: Carla loves to listen to the free band concerts in the park on Friday nights.
Intention: Carla wants to enjoy the Friday concerts.
Moral consequence: The band plays the full concert without having to ask for donations.
Immoral action: Carla consistently walks past the donation boxes without contributing anything.
Norm: It's good to want what is best for your kids.
Situation: Mary found out her daughter is going to college and her daughter needs help finding a college.
Intention: Mary wants to help pick a college for her daughter.
Moral action: Mary picks the best school she can afford, which is a nice out-of-state, private school.
Immoral consequence: Mary's daughter has a horrible time at the school and Mary feels negative energy from her daughter.
Norm: It's good to want what is best for your kids.
Situation: Mary found out her daughter is going to college and her daughter needs help finding a college.
Intention: Mary wants to help pick a college for her daughter.
Moral consequence: Mary's daughter learns a lot from her college, and her mom feels proud of Mary.
Immoral action: Mary picks the cheapest school for her daughter even though it is the worst school in the state.
Norm: You should share your things with your little brother.
Situation: Jimmy and Wilson are brothers, and they are staying at home on a Saturday.
Intention: Jimmy wants to pass the time.
Moral action: Jimmy plays his new video game with Wilson.
Immoral consequence: Jimmy feels bored with no one to share the happiness.
Norm: You should share your things with your little brother.
Situation: Jimmy and Wilson are brothers, and they are staying at home on a Saturday.
Intention: Jimmy wants to pass the time.
Moral consequence: Jimmy feels excited and satisfied having a companion to play with.
Immoral action: Jimmy watches a movie on his own in his bedroom.