CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You should help someone that is having trouble lifting something.
Situation: Ben and June are in the process of moving to a new apartment and Ben is struggling with his guitar amp while June is carrying some folders.
Intention: June wants to make a decision.
Moral consequence: Ben gets his amplifier in safely and avoids any discomfort.
Immoral action: June let's Ben handle the amplifier because she wants to get her folders put away.
Norm: It's nice to pay for your child's tuition.
Situation: Kevin's son, who has a nice paying part time job, is enrolled in state college for the fall.
Intention: Kevin wants his son to know the value of money.
Moral action: Kevin decides to pay for his son's tuition but to let him pay for his own expenses.
Immoral consequence: Kevin's son is barely able to subsist and has a hard time all semester.
Norm: It's nice to pay for your child's tuition.
Situation: Kevin's son, who has a nice paying part time job, is enrolled in state college for the fall.
Intention: Kevin wants his son to know the value of money.
Moral consequence: Kevin's son enjoys a comfortable semester, without panicking about money.
Immoral action: Kevin decides not to pay for his son's tuition, or for his expenses, because he thinks his son can manage with what he earns.
Norm: It's good to wear glasses when your vision is bad.
Situation: Gloria has checked her fridge and realized she has no food in it.
Intention: Gloria needs to go get groceries from the supermarket.
Moral action: Gloria puts on her glasses and drives to the supermarket.
Immoral consequence: Gloria doesn't see the lights change and gets into an accident.
Norm: It's good to wear glasses when your vision is bad.
Situation: Gloria has checked her fridge and realized she has no food in it.
Intention: Gloria needs to go get groceries from the supermarket.
Moral consequence: Gloria safety gets back and forth from the supermarket with out incident.
Immoral action: Gloria doesn't like to wear her glasses and drives to the supermarket with out them.
Norm: Making up lies about someone cheating is immature.
Situation: Mary is mad at her sister who took Mary's favorite dress without asking and got it stained with red wine.
Intention: Mary wants to react to what her sister has done.
Moral action: Mary has a serious conversation with her sister, explaining how angry she is with her for ruining her favorite dress.
Immoral consequence: Mary's sister has a huge fight with her boyfriend which puts a strain on their relationship.
Norm: Making up lies about someone cheating is immature.
Situation: Mary is mad at her sister who took Mary's favorite dress without asking and got it stained with red wine.
Intention: Mary wants to react to what her sister has done.
Moral consequence: Mary's sister takes responsibility for her actions, apologizes to Mary and buys her a new dress.
Immoral action: Mary tells her sister's boyfriend a made-up story about her sister having an affair with her best male friend.
Norm: It's rude to take all the credit from your partner.
Situation: Zelda and her husband worked hard to get rid of the roaches in the old house.
Intention: Zelda wants to talk about the acomplishment.
Moral action: Zelda talked about the ideas she came up with and the ones her husband did.
Immoral consequence: Her husband gets upset because she's not giving him any credit.
Norm: It's rude to take all the credit from your partner.
Situation: Zelda and her husband worked hard to get rid of the roaches in the old house.
Intention: Zelda wants to talk about the acomplishment.
Moral consequence: They both get credit for the termination of the roach infestation.
Immoral action: Zelda tells people how she came up with the ideas and took the roaches down herself.
Norm: It's ineffectual to withhold necessary information.
Situation: Dr. Jones was being paid by a pharmaceutical company to prescribe their opioid drug more, but the drug is effective.
Intention: Dr. Jones wants to help his patients.
Moral action: Dr. Jones tells his patients that he's being paid by the company before prescribing the drug.
Immoral consequence: Dr. Jones gets in trouble for taking money to prescribe a drug without disclosing that.
Norm: It's ineffectual to withhold necessary information.
Situation: Dr. Jones was being paid by a pharmaceutical company to prescribe their opioid drug more, but the drug is effective.
Intention: Dr. Jones wants to help his patients.
Moral consequence: Dr. Jones is following the laws required by doctors, and his patients trust him more.
Immoral action: Dr. Jones prescribes the opioid drug to his patients in pain without disclosing that he's getting paid.
Norm: It's bad to molest people who are asleep.
Situation: Fred wakes up feeling aroused when he comes across his roommate Grace passed out on the couch.
Intention: Fred wants to relieve his arousal.
Moral action: Fred goes to the bathroom to relieve his erection.
Immoral consequence: Fred feels lke a creep when he later contemplates his actions.
Norm: It's bad to molest people who are asleep.
Situation: Fred wakes up feeling aroused when he comes across his roommate Grace passed out on the couch.
Intention: Fred wants to relieve his arousal.
Moral consequence: Fred's relationship with Grace is not jeopardized.
Immoral action: Fred lies on top of Grace and rubs his penis against her until he is satisfied.
Norm: You shouldn't hurt your dog.
Situation: Marv walks into his bedroom and realizes that his dog peed on his bed.
Intention: Marv wants his dog to learn not to pee on the bed.
Moral action: Marv starts bringing the dog out for walks more often.
Immoral consequence: Marv's dog runs away and Marv never sees it again.
Norm: You shouldn't hurt your dog.
Situation: Marv walks into his bedroom and realizes that his dog peed on his bed.
Intention: Marv wants his dog to learn not to pee on the bed.
Moral consequence: Marv's dog starts to use the restroom outside rather than in the house.
Immoral action: Marv takes off his belt and beats his dog with it.
Norm: You shouldn't let people eat out of your garbage cans.
Situation: Callie notices a homeless person digging a hamburger tossed out of her trashcan.
Intention: Callie wants the homeless person to have food.
Moral action: Callie cooks dinner for herself and the homeless person.
Immoral consequence: The homeless person gets sick from the germs in Callie's trash can.
Norm: You shouldn't let people eat out of your garbage cans.
Situation: Callie notices a homeless person digging a hamburger tossed out of her trashcan.
Intention: Callie wants the homeless person to have food.
Moral consequence: The homeless person talks Callie into hiring her for doing odd jobs for her in exchange for food.
Immoral action: Callie enters her apartment allowing the homeless person to continue digging through her trash.
Norm: It's good to hug someone you love.
Situation: Emily hasn't visited her grandma for quite a while and her grandma misses her.
Intention: Emily wants to get in touch with her grandma.
Moral action: Emily visits her grandma, and they cuddle together in a couch while watching a movie.
Immoral consequence: Her grandma feels inadequate because she wants to see Emily physically.
Norm: It's good to hug someone you love.
Situation: Emily hasn't visited her grandma for quite a while and her grandma misses her.
Intention: Emily wants to get in touch with her grandma.
Moral consequence: Her grandma feels loved and warm.
Immoral action: Emily calls her grandma to chat.
Norm: It is good to achieve things independently.
Situation: Nadia is working on an project for a school contest that's due tomorrow.
Intention: Nadia wants to win the contest.
Moral action: Nadia spends all afternoon and evening working on the project, making sure she pays attention to every little detail.
Immoral consequence: Nadia wins the contest but doesn't learn very much since she didn't do a lot of the work herself.
Norm: It is good to achieve things independently.
Situation: Nadia is working on an project for a school contest that's due tomorrow.
Intention: Nadia wants to win the contest.
Moral consequence: Nadia wins the contest and feels a sense of fulfillment and accomplishment since the work reflected her own efforts.
Immoral action: Nadia asks her parents for help to make the project extra special so that she can win.
Norm: Stealing from the elderly is wrong.
Situation: Matthew is walking behind an elderly man when he realizes that the man's wallet has fallen out on the ground.
Intention: Matthew wants to return the wallet.
Moral action: Matthew picks up the wallet and hands it to the man.
Immoral consequence: The man is very sad when he later realizes that all of his money is gone.
Norm: Stealing from the elderly is wrong.
Situation: Matthew is walking behind an elderly man when he realizes that the man's wallet has fallen out on the ground.
Intention: Matthew wants to return the wallet.
Moral consequence: The man is very thankful that Matthew returned the wallet.
Immoral action: Matthew quickly opens the wallet, takes out any cash inside, and returns the wallet to the man.
Norm: It's not okay to stalk people over the internet.
Situation: James recently broke up with his ex, who blocked him on all her social media accounts.
Intention: James wants to be in a relationship again.
Moral action: James creates an account on a dating site and tries to meet someone new.
Immoral consequence: The ex eventually recognizes James' writing, blocks him again, and complains about him to all their mutual friends.
Norm: It's not okay to stalk people over the internet.
Situation: James recently broke up with his ex, who blocked him on all her social media accounts.
Intention: James wants to be in a relationship again.
Moral consequence: James eventually finds a new girlfriend who makes him forget all about his ex.
Immoral action: James creates numerous fake accounts to follow his ex on social media.
Norm: It's bad to stab people.
Situation: James is drunk in a bar and the man sitting next to him just insulted his masculinity.
Intention: James wants to get rid of the other man.
Moral action: James insults the other man back, and dodges when he attempts to punch James.
Immoral consequence: James is subdued by the bouncers and turned over to the local police.
Norm: It's bad to stab people.
Situation: James is drunk in a bar and the man sitting next to him just insulted his masculinity.
Intention: James wants to get rid of the other man.
Moral consequence: The bouncers throw the other man out and James is able to continue drinking in peace.
Immoral action: James pulls out a switchblade and plunges it into the man's neck.
Norm: It is taboo to be attracted to your relatives.
Situation: Dan is sitting beside his cousin Lisa on a living room couch.
Intention: Dan wants to express that Dan thinks Lisa is good looking.
Moral action: Dan tells Lisa that Lisa has a strong fashion sense and chooses flattering outfits.
Immoral consequence: Lisa feels violated because Dan is suggesting an act that will pollute potential offspring's gene pool.
Norm: It is taboo to be attracted to your relatives.
Situation: Dan is sitting beside his cousin Lisa on a living room couch.
Intention: Dan wants to express that Dan thinks Lisa is good looking.
Moral consequence: Lisa appreciates the compliment and feels validated that her unique style is noticed.
Immoral action: Dan admits to Lisa that Lisa is exactly the type of woman Dan would like to have sex with.
Norm: You shouldn't ruin your family's Christmas.
Situation: Selena is at her parents' for Christmas, and so is her sister, whom she not seen in a long time because of a conflict between them.
Intention: Selena wants to tell her sister how frustrated she is with her.
Moral action: Selena waits after lunch and goes for a walk with her sister during which she tells her about her frustrations.
Immoral consequence: The family's Christmas lunch is ruined and everyone is disappointed.
Norm: You shouldn't ruin your family's Christmas.
Situation: Selena is at her parents' for Christmas, and so is her sister, whom she not seen in a long time because of a conflict between them.
Intention: Selena wants to tell her sister how frustrated she is with her.
Moral consequence: The family's Christmas lunch goes well and people are in a good mood.
Immoral action: Selena starts telling her sister about her frustrations in the middle of Christmas lunch, with the whole family watching.
Norm: It's bad to snoop on your neighbor's correspondence.
Situation: Deloris and her husband Ned offered to help out their neighbor while she's away on vacation.
Intention: Deloris needs to pick up their neighbor's mail every day.
Moral action: Deloris picks up all her neighbor's mail and puts it in a pile without looking at any letters.
Immoral consequence: Ned sees Deloris looking at the neighbor's letters and tells her she shouldn't be so nosy.
Norm: It's bad to snoop on your neighbor's correspondence.
Situation: Deloris and her husband Ned offered to help out their neighbor while she's away on vacation.
Intention: Deloris needs to pick up their neighbor's mail every day.
Moral consequence: Ned tells Deloris that it's good she's picking up the neighbor's mail every day.
Immoral action: When Deloris picks up her neighbor's mail she looks her letters to see who writing to her.
Norm: It's not okay to not finish what you start.
Situation: Jim is exhausted from working on a labor intensive project all day.
Intention: Jim wants to go to bed to rest his body.
Moral action: Jim chooses to get some rest and start again fresh in the morning.
Immoral consequence: Jim feels regret for spending so much time on the project in vain.
Norm: It's not okay to not finish what you start.
Situation: Jim is exhausted from working on a labor intensive project all day.
Intention: Jim wants to go to bed to rest his body.
Moral consequence: Jim is well rested and has more energy to complete the project.
Immoral action: Jim decides to quit on the project due to how much labor it requires and turns in for the night.
Norm: It's rude to fart loudly in class.
Situation: Jim has eaten a lot of beans for lunch and is feeling extremely gassy in his next class.
Intention: Jim wants to release the extra gas build up.
Moral action: Jim asks to be excused to go to the bathroom.
Immoral consequence: Jim is embarrassed when everyone reacts to his bodily functions.
Norm: It's rude to fart loudly in class.
Situation: Jim has eaten a lot of beans for lunch and is feeling extremely gassy in his next class.
Intention: Jim wants to release the extra gas build up.
Moral consequence: Jim gets to fart in the bathroom without anyone else noticing it.
Immoral action: Jim lets it rip while sitting in the middle of his class.
Norm: You shouldn't force your family to do things.
Situation: Margaret is looking into schools to send her son to.
Intention: Margaret wants her son to go to a school that will help him be successful in the future.
Moral action: Margaret asks her son what kind of school he would like to attend.
Immoral consequence: Her son hates the school, he doesn't want to do this type of work and eventually drops out.
Norm: You shouldn't force your family to do things.
Situation: Margaret is looking into schools to send her son to.
Intention: Margaret wants her son to go to a school that will help him be successful in the future.
Moral consequence: Her son tells her he would like to go to a law school and subsequently gets into one and does extremely well.
Immoral action: Margaret applies to the school for her son and forces him to go there when she finds out hes been accepted.
Norm: It's good to be honest during an exit interview.
Situation: William is in the middle of an exit interview and is asked his opinion on the issues in the department he worked in.
Intention: William wants to make a good impression on the interviewer.
Moral action: William decides to tell the truth in a nuanced and balanced way.
Immoral consequence: William feels he is letting down his ex coworkers by minimizing issues he witnessed.
Norm: It's good to be honest during an exit interview.
Situation: William is in the middle of an exit interview and is asked his opinion on the issues in the department he worked in.
Intention: William wants to make a good impression on the interviewer.
Moral consequence: William feels he did his share to help expose issues affecting his ex coworkers.
Immoral action: William tells the interviewer what he thinks the interviewer wants to hear, which is very misleading.
Norm: It is unacceptable to criticize the way another woman looks.
Situation: Karen and Cathy are friends and are on a double date at a restaurant.
Intention: Karen wants to make her date laugh.
Moral action: Karen tells a story from work about something she messed up in a funny way.
Immoral consequence: Cathy shoots Karen an ugly look, and stops being Karen's friend.
Norm: It is unacceptable to criticize the way another woman looks.
Situation: Karen and Cathy are friends and are on a double date at a restaurant.
Intention: Karen wants to make her date laugh.
Moral consequence: Karen's date laughs, and Karen and Cathy have fun on their double date.
Immoral action: Karen makes a joke about the way Cathy's hair is styled.
Norm: It's good to help someone who is choking on food.
Situation: Robert sees a stranger choking on food at a restaurant and is considering using the heimlich maneuver on him.
Intention: Robert wants to decide if he wants to help the stranger out or not.
Moral action: Robert quickly moves to the stranger and uses the heimlich maneuver to save the stranger.
Immoral consequence: No one steps up to use the heimlich maneuver on the stranger, so he dies from the lack of oxygen.
Norm: It's good to help someone who is choking on food.
Situation: Robert sees a stranger choking on food at a restaurant and is considering using the heimlich maneuver on him.
Intention: Robert wants to decide if he wants to help the stranger out or not.
Moral consequence: The food gets dislodged from the stranger's throat and his life is saved.
Immoral action: Robert sits back and waits for someone else to use the heimlich maneuver on the stranger.
Norm: It's good to spend time with your spouse.
Situation: Derek and Julie are married and work long hours apart, but both have taken a week of vacation at the same time.
Intention: Derek wants to go on a trip.
Moral action: Derek takes Julie on a cruise to the Caribbean, where she's never been before.
Immoral consequence: Julie wonders what she has in common with Derek and contacts a divorce lawyer.
Norm: It's good to spend time with your spouse.
Situation: Derek and Julie are married and work long hours apart, but both have taken a week of vacation at the same time.
Intention: Derek wants to go on a trip.
Moral consequence: Julie has fun in the Caribbean and thanks Derek with passionate sex while on the cruise.
Immoral action: Derek goes to Las Vegas with his male friends and enjoys gambling and drinking.
Norm: One should keep their belongings neatly organized.
Situation: John is writing a research paper and needs to bring his research notes to school.
Intention: John wants to pack his research notes.
Moral action: John spends 15 minutes putting paper clips on his note sections, then puts them all in his backpack.
Immoral consequence: When John pulls out his notes, he can't figure out where he placed anything.
Norm: One should keep their belongings neatly organized.
Situation: John is writing a research paper and needs to bring his research notes to school.
Intention: John wants to pack his research notes.
Moral consequence: John has no trouble finding the proper sections and locating the papers that he needs.
Immoral action: John puts his research notes into a big pile and places them into his backpack.
Norm: You're a vile person if you murder someone.
Situation: Jim sees a robber run out of a jewelry store.
Intention: Jim wants to make the robber pay for his actions.
Moral action: Jim grabs the robber to stop him from moving, and waits for police, who bring the robber to jail.
Immoral consequence: The shop owner rejects the stolen goods, calling Jim a monster for overreacting.
Norm: You're a vile person if you murder someone.
Situation: Jim sees a robber run out of a jewelry store.
Intention: Jim wants to make the robber pay for his actions.
Moral consequence: Jim is thanked for taking non-violent action and the robber is sad.
Immoral action: Jim shoots the robber in the head, and then brings the jewels back to the shop.
Norm: It's important to accommodate the needs of everyone.
Situation: Bob is an architect and is designing a building when his manager Rick asks him where he intends to put the wheelchair ramps.
Intention: Bob wants to respond to Rick's question.
Moral action: Bob tells Rick that the wheelchair ramps will fan out in both directions from each entrance symmetrically.
Immoral consequence: Rick is concerned that Bob doesn't understand reality and is rather disgusted how little thought Bob has for disabled people.
Norm: It's important to accommodate the needs of everyone.
Situation: Bob is an architect and is designing a building when his manager Rick asks him where he intends to put the wheelchair ramps.
Intention: Bob wants to respond to Rick's question.
Moral consequence: Rick is pleased that Bob has put so much thought into every detail of the design.
Immoral action: Bob tells Rick that he won't put in any wheelchair ramps since they're ugly and will ruin his beautiful design.
Norm: A good landlord takes care of rodent problems.
Situation: Tiffany informs her landlord with financial issues Caden about the rats in the common room.
Intention: Caden wants to save money.
Moral action: Caden makes a deal with an exterminator for discounted services.
Immoral consequence: Tiffany's rat problems get worse.
Norm: A good landlord takes care of rodent problems.
Situation: Tiffany informs her landlord with financial issues Caden about the rats in the common room.
Intention: Caden wants to save money.
Moral consequence: Tiffany and the exterminator hit it off, and go on a date after he cleans the common area.
Immoral action: Caden tells Tiffany that he will take care of the problem, but he doesn't do anything.
Norm: It's important to care for your pets.
Situation: Cathy is late for her date with Joe, but she needs to change the litter box for her cat.
Intention: Cathy wants to make a decision.
Moral action: Cathy calls Joe to say she's running late, but to wait for her while she chnges the cats litter box.
Immoral consequence: Cathy's cat urinates outside of the litter box and now she's annoyed because her house smells terrible.
Norm: It's important to care for your pets.
Situation: Cathy is late for her date with Joe, but she needs to change the litter box for her cat.
Intention: Cathy wants to make a decision.
Moral consequence: Cathy's cat is able to properly use the litter box which gives Cathy peace of mind.
Immoral action: Cathy just gets in her car figuring she can change the litter box later.
Norm: Don't interject yourself into the romantic relations of others.
Situation: Karen sees her best friends's boyfriend talking with another girl.
Intention: Karen wants to be a good friend.
Moral action: Karen thinks there must be a reason for him talking to another girl and minds her own business.
Immoral consequence: Karen's best friend screams and yells at her boyfriend and their relationship is damaged.
Norm: Don't interject yourself into the romantic relations of others.
Situation: Karen sees her best friends's boyfriend talking with another girl.
Intention: Karen wants to be a good friend.
Moral consequence: Karen finds out that the friend's boyfriend was just talking to his sister and doesn't cause problems in her friend's relationship.
Immoral action: Karen thinks her best friend's boyfriend is flirting with the girl and calls her best friend right away to inform her.