CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to cheat on your partner.
Situation: Jeff, a married man, has been working with a very attractive coworker.
Intention: Jeff wants to get to know his coworker better.
Moral consequence: Jeff leads a happy life with his wife and is also successful at his work.
Immoral action: Jeff decides to start an intimate relationship with his coworker.
Norm: It's wrong to throw people off things.
Situation: Joe is walking with his girlfriend on a boardwalk next to the ocean.
Intention: Joe wants to have a laugh at his girlfriend's expense.
Moral action: Joe tricks his girlfriend into walking into a men's restroom, she runs out of it embarrassed and red in the face.
Immoral consequence: Joe's girlfriend is angry that her clothes are soaking wet and demands they go home.
Norm: It's wrong to throw people off things.
Situation: Joe is walking with his girlfriend on a boardwalk next to the ocean.
Intention: Joe wants to have a laugh at his girlfriend's expense.
Moral consequence: Joe's girlfriend is angry at first, but soon finds it kind of funny, and they laugh about the joke together while they continue walking.
Immoral action: Joe throws his girlfriend over the railing into the shallow water, laughing at the way she freaked out.
Norm: You should not copy others.
Situation: David is taking an exam in his calculus class that he didn't study for.
Intention: David wants to pass the exam.
Moral action: David takes the exam to the best of his ability and leaves comments to his teacher on the items he doesn't understand.
Immoral consequence: David's teacher catches him cheating and ends up failing David on the exam.
Norm: You should not copy others.
Situation: David is taking an exam in his calculus class that he didn't study for.
Intention: David wants to pass the exam.
Moral consequence: David's teacher is sympathetic and allows David to retake the exam.
Immoral action: David copies exam answers from the student sitting next to him.
Norm: It's wrong to pressure children
Situation: Dave is explaining to his son, Max what it means to be in a sports team.
Intention: Dave wants to iterate to Max that it's important to play on a team.
Moral action: Dave tells Max that team sports build teamwork skills and coping skills as well as keep you healthy.
Immoral consequence: Max feels overwhelmed and is terrified of how this whole experience will go.
Norm: It's wrong to pressure children
Situation: Dave is explaining to his son, Max what it means to be in a sports team.
Intention: Dave wants to iterate to Max that it's important to play on a team.
Moral consequence: Max starts to understand why his father thinks team sports are important and is happy to try them.
Immoral action: Dave tells Max that he's weak and useless if he's not on a team and that he'll think less of him if he refuses to sign up.
Norm: You shouldn't pretend to be people online.
Situation: Joan joins an online dating site but is very nervous, so she uses a friends photo for her profile.
Intention: Joan wants to meet one of the guys she has been chatting with.
Moral action: Joan explains about her wrong profile photo beforehand and puts up the correct photo.
Immoral consequence: Joan is hurt when her match cuts the date short because of her deception.
Norm: You shouldn't pretend to be people online.
Situation: Joan joins an online dating site but is very nervous, so she uses a friends photo for her profile.
Intention: Joan wants to meet one of the guys she has been chatting with.
Moral consequence: Joan is able to make dates with men who are interested in her true self.
Immoral action: Joan arranges to meet with her match but doesn't explain the issue with the photo.
Norm: You should be careful with other people's belongings.
Situation: Mary wants to cut her son's hair and knows that her friend Lisa has a nice pair of barber-quality clippers.
Intention: Mary wants to borrow Lisa's clippers.
Moral action: Mary carries Lisa's loaned clippers with caution before and after use.
Immoral consequence: The clippers miss the table and break apart.
Norm: You should be careful with other people's belongings.
Situation: Mary wants to cut her son's hair and knows that her friend Lisa has a nice pair of barber-quality clippers.
Intention: Mary wants to borrow Lisa's clippers.
Moral consequence: Mary's son gets a nice haircut and Lisa's clippers are returned to her in the same condition.
Immoral action: Lisa loans Mary her clippers and Mary throws them onto the kitchen table when she returns home.
Norm: It's kind to accommodate your guests' wishes.
Situation: James planned to serve his in-laws beef ragout for dinner, but when his mother-in-law arrived she said she was vegan.
Intention: James wants his in-laws to try his famous tomato sauce.
Moral action: James makes a double batch of marinara sauce and only adds the beef to half.
Immoral consequence: James' mother-in-law realizes the lie after two bites and leaves the dinner table in tears.
Norm: It's kind to accommodate your guests' wishes.
Situation: James planned to serve his in-laws beef ragout for dinner, but when his mother-in-law arrived she said she was vegan.
Intention: James wants his in-laws to try his famous tomato sauce.
Moral consequence: All of James' in-laws are delighted with his amazing Italian food.
Immoral action: James tells his mother-in-law that the beef ragout is actually vegan with Beyond Beef.
Norm: It's gross to masturbate in a public location.
Situation: Bob is aroused by actress that he sees when he in the movie theater.
Intention: Bob wants to blow off some steam to clam the urge.
Moral action: Bob resists the urge, but rubs one out at home after the movie is over.
Immoral consequence: The cops are called and Bob is arrested for indecent exposure.
Norm: It's gross to masturbate in a public location.
Situation: Bob is aroused by actress that he sees when he in the movie theater.
Intention: Bob wants to blow off some steam to clam the urge.
Moral consequence: Bob feels better and know one else knows what Bob has done.
Immoral action: Bob pulls his penis out while sitting in the theater and starts masturbating.
Norm: It's important to be responsible with your own personal finances.
Situation: James has a tight budget because he works part-time while going to school.
Intention: James wants to have fun on the weekends.
Moral action: James goes hiking and fishing and cooks the fish for his dinner.
Immoral consequence: James runs up enormous credit card debt and ends up dropping out of school to work full time.
Norm: It's important to be responsible with your own personal finances.
Situation: James has a tight budget because he works part-time while going to school.
Intention: James wants to have fun on the weekends.
Moral consequence: James saves up enough to have a big party for his birthday without using credit cards.
Immoral action: James goes out to restaurants and bars and orders lots of lavish food and drink.
Norm: It is rude to disturb someone who is studying.
Situation: Dave's brother Kyle is in his bedroom studying when Dave finds out a band he likes is coming to town.
Intention: Dave wants to tell someone about his excitement for the upcoming concert.
Moral action: Dave calls up one of his friends on the phone and tells him all about his excitement for the show.
Immoral consequence: Kyle is annoyed that Dave has broken his concentration and is wasting his time for something so trivial.
Norm: It is rude to disturb someone who is studying.
Situation: Dave's brother Kyle is in his bedroom studying when Dave finds out a band he likes is coming to town.
Intention: Dave wants to tell someone about his excitement for the upcoming concert.
Moral consequence: Kyle continues to study uninterrupted in his room and does very well in his classes.
Immoral action: Dave runs into Kyle's room and tells him all about the concert and how he can't wait to go.
Norm: It's wrong to curse at people in front of others.
Situation: Bob is coaching a little league baseball team and the short-stop just dropped a fly ball allowing a runner to score.
Intention: Bob wants to motivate the player to do better.
Moral action: Bob talks calmly to the player and gives her advice on how to improve her feilding.
Immoral consequence: The player works hard and improves a lot, but she hates Bob eventually quits to join another team.
Norm: It's wrong to curse at people in front of others.
Situation: Bob is coaching a little league baseball team and the short-stop just dropped a fly ball allowing a runner to score.
Intention: Bob wants to motivate the player to do better.
Moral consequence: The player feels better about making the error and is detemined to become a better short stop.
Immoral action: Bob curses at the player about the fielding error.
Norm: It's wrong to dirty your friend's car.
Situation: Sypha is driving Sonja's car down the street, she had to borrow it because her own is in the shop.
Intention: Sypha wants to get her errands done.
Moral action: Sypha waits until she gets home and uses an app to order the food.
Immoral consequence: Sonja is mad at Sypha because now she has to have the car cleaned again.
Norm: It's wrong to dirty your friend's car.
Situation: Sypha is driving Sonja's car down the street, she had to borrow it because her own is in the shop.
Intention: Sypha wants to get her errands done.
Moral consequence: Sypha eats the food in her living room and enjoys the meal.
Immoral action: On the way home Sypha orders drive through and spills the drink on the floor.
Norm: It's good to surprise people for their birthdays
Situation: Bill is going to the birthday party of his friend, Jack, but he is too busy recently to shop for birthday gift.
Intention: Bill wants to celebrate Jack's birthday.
Moral action: Bill asks his mother to make him a dog-like  costume, and he wears it to Jack's birthday.
Immoral consequence: Jack feels disappointed and does not react to the T-shirt  much.
Norm: It's good to surprise people for their birthdays
Situation: Bill is going to the birthday party of his friend, Jack, but he is too busy recently to shop for birthday gift.
Intention: Bill wants to celebrate Jack's birthday.
Moral consequence: Jack is impressed by Bill's costume and thanks Bill for his good idea.
Immoral action: Bill spends 15 minutes shopping and buys a regular T-shirt for Jack as a birthday gift.
Norm: It is good to leave peoples privacy alone.
Situation: Gina is dating someone new.
Intention: Gina wants to get to know her new partner better.
Moral action: Gina offers stories about herself to her partner and asks them about themselves.
Immoral consequence: Gina breaks her partner's trust and the relationship ends.
Norm: It is good to leave peoples privacy alone.
Situation: Gina is dating someone new.
Intention: Gina wants to get to know her new partner better.
Moral consequence: Gina and her partner get to know each other better and strengthen their relationship.
Immoral action: Gina looks through her partner's phone to find out more information about them.
Norm: It is unacceptable to kill animals.
Situation: Ollie finds a cat sitting in his backyard eating the food scraps he left out.
Intention: Ollie wants the cat to stay out of his yard.
Moral action: Ollie started to put his scraps in the garbage disposal in the sink.
Immoral consequence: Ollie ends up in jail after the cat owner found out what he did.
Norm: It is unacceptable to kill animals.
Situation: Ollie finds a cat sitting in his backyard eating the food scraps he left out.
Intention: Ollie wants the cat to stay out of his yard.
Moral consequence: The cat doesn't have anything to eat in Ollie's yard so it stays away.
Immoral action: Ollie poisons the cat by putting a chemical in the scraps.
Norm: It's nice to welcome family to your home.
Situation: Peter is surprised to get a call from his buildings security telling him hus parents are there to see him.
Intention: Peter wants to enjoy a rare day off alone.
Moral action: Peter welcomes his parents but explains that he was looking forward to some down time.
Immoral consequence: Peter's parents are hurt when they see his car in the parking lot.
Norm: It's nice to welcome family to your home.
Situation: Peter is surprised to get a call from his buildings security telling him hus parents are there to see him.
Intention: Peter wants to enjoy a rare day off alone.
Moral consequence: Peter's parents are understanding and leave after a brief visit.
Immoral action: Peter tells the guard to tell his parents that he is not home.
Norm: It's nice to offer work for others in need.
Situation: James' neighbor has the coronavirus and feels too sick to cook.
Intention: James wants to make sure he doesn't catch coronavirus.
Moral action: James buys the neighbor a delivery food gift card as a present.
Immoral consequence: James has a nightmare that night about starving to death because he was too sick to get out of bed.
Norm: It's nice to offer work for others in need.
Situation: James' neighbor has the coronavirus and feels too sick to cook.
Intention: James wants to make sure he doesn't catch coronavirus.
Moral consequence: James and the neighbor become friends and talk over Zoom.
Immoral action: James ignores his neighbor's struggles and orders delivery food to his own apartment.
Norm: It's wrong to ignore your significant other.
Situation: Bobby and Grace have been working from home since quarantine started, and Grace made it a habit to tell Bobby that she loves him every other hour.
Intention: Bobby wants to get his work done.
Moral action: Bobby takes a moment to embrace Grace and tell her that he loves her too before returning to work.
Immoral consequence: Grace feels unloved and decides to break up with Bobby and move in with a friend.
Norm: It's wrong to ignore your significant other.
Situation: Bobby and Grace have been working from home since quarantine started, and Grace made it a habit to tell Bobby that she loves him every other hour.
Intention: Bobby wants to get his work done.
Moral consequence: Grace and Bobby continue to build upon their relationship through quarantine and grow closer.
Immoral action: Bobby replies to Grace by saying "thanks" without looking away from his screen.
Norm: It's good to not bother others.
Situation: Maggie walks into her apartment after a long day of class, and sees her roommate doing his taxes.
Intention: Maggie wants to do something fun.
Moral action: Maggie dresses up and spends the evening at a bar.
Immoral consequence: Maggie is roasted by Josh's friends after Josh tells them about Maggie's actions.
Norm: It's good to not bother others.
Situation: Maggie walks into her apartment after a long day of class, and sees her roommate doing his taxes.
Intention: Maggie wants to do something fun.
Moral consequence: She ends up making new friends that evening.
Immoral action: Maggie asks Josh multiple times to spend time with her.
Norm: Leaving a family heirloom with your child is meaningful
Situation: Audrey's daughter Candace is getting married and moving to Germany with her and her soon to be husbands new child.
Intention: Audrey wants to give a gift to Candace.
Moral action: Audrey gives Candace her great grandmothers pearl necklace that's been passed down from generation to generation.
Immoral consequence: Candace takes the flowers with her to Germany, but they die within a week.
Norm: Leaving a family heirloom with your child is meaningful
Situation: Audrey's daughter Candace is getting married and moving to Germany with her and her soon to be husbands new child.
Intention: Audrey wants to give a gift to Candace.
Moral consequence: Candace treasures the necklace and plans to give it to her child one day to keep the tradition.
Immoral action: Audrey buys a bouquet of flowers and gives it to Candace.
Norm: It's wrong to steal a car.
Situation: Ben and his pregnant wife are shopping downtown when his wife goes into labor.
Intention: Ben wants to get his wife to the hospital right away.
Moral action: Ben calls 911 from his cell phone and sits with his wife calmly until the ambulance arrives.
Immoral consequence: Ben is pulled over by the police, and he is arrested and put in jail.
Norm: It's wrong to steal a car.
Situation: Ben and his pregnant wife are shopping downtown when his wife goes into labor.
Intention: Ben wants to get his wife to the hospital right away.
Moral consequence: Ben and his wife arrive at the hospital in time to have their baby.
Immoral action: Ben notices a parked car that is running, so he puts his wife in the car and drives it away.
Norm: It's rude to ban your child's friend from seeing them.
Situation: Jill has very strict controls on what type of movies her son is allowed to watch, and his friends' parents are more lenient.
Intention: Jill wants to make sure her son only watches G-rated movies.
Moral action: Jill insists that her son's friends always come over to her house to play.
Immoral consequence: Jill's son never develops any social skills and becomes a miserable recluse.
Norm: It's rude to ban your child's friend from seeing them.
Situation: Jill has very strict controls on what type of movies her son is allowed to watch, and his friends' parents are more lenient.
Intention: Jill wants to make sure her son only watches G-rated movies.
Moral consequence: Jill's son has several close friends, despite their complaining about Jill's strictness.
Immoral action: Jill disrupts every friendship her son starts to form because she doesn't trust the other parents to enforce her rules.
Norm: It is abnormal for a human to eat tadpoles.
Situation: John and his son Timmy were fishing at the local pond and noticed tadpoles swimming in the water.
Intention: Timmy wanted to know what tadpoles tasted like.
Moral action: Timmy asked his Dad what tadpoles tasted like.
Immoral consequence: Timmy got sick from eating the tadpole his dad had to take Timmy to the hospital.
Norm: It is abnormal for a human to eat tadpoles.
Situation: John and his son Timmy were fishing at the local pond and noticed tadpoles swimming in the water.
Intention: Timmy wanted to know what tadpoles tasted like.
Moral consequence: Timmy's dad told him that tadpoles were poisonous, and they went on to have a great day of catching fish.
Immoral action: Timmy reached into the water, grabbed a tadpole and took a bite out of it.
Norm: Keeping information from a partner is not considered good behavior.
Situation: Jim is married and his father passed away and left him an inheritance.
Intention: Jim wants to buy a second home.
Moral action: Jim and his wife buy a vacation home together.
Immoral consequence: Jim's wife will divorce him when she finds out he's cheating on her.
Norm: Keeping information from a partner is not considered good behavior.
Situation: Jim is married and his father passed away and left him an inheritance.
Intention: Jim wants to buy a second home.
Moral consequence: Jim's wife will be happy and feel appreciated by Jim.
Immoral action: Jim buys a second home as a bachelor pad to bring dates back to and doesn't tell his wife.
Norm: It is rude to date someone while dating another person.
Situation: Dave who has a girlfriend is out with friends at a mall when he's asked on a date for that night by another woman.
Intention: Dave wants to answer the woman's proposal.
Moral action: Dave tells the woman that he's taken, and he cannot go out with her even if she's pretty.
Immoral consequence: Dave's friends tell Dave's girlfriend who is shocked that he hurt her so much and cheated on her.
Norm: It is rude to date someone while dating another person.
Situation: Dave who has a girlfriend is out with friends at a mall when he's asked on a date for that night by another woman.
Intention: Dave wants to answer the woman's proposal.
Moral consequence: Dave's friends tell Dave's girlfriend who is happy to find out Dave is capable of being faithful.
Immoral action: Dave tells the woman that he'd be glad to take her out that night and gives her his phone number.
Norm: It's good to make donations to charity.
Situation: Tim just started dating a new woman who works as a marine biologist.
Intention: Tim wants to show his new girlfriend that he loves manatees.
Moral action: Tim makes a donation to the Save the Manatee Foundation.
Immoral consequence: Tim's new girlfriend breaks up with him and tells him that harassing manatees is illegal.
Norm: It's good to make donations to charity.
Situation: Tim just started dating a new woman who works as a marine biologist.
Intention: Tim wants to show his new girlfriend that he loves manatees.
Moral consequence: Tim's new girlfriend loves that Tim is so passionate about manatees.
Immoral action: Tim goes to the river and takes a picture of himself riding on a manatee.
Norm: You shouldn't be ungrateful toward your partner.
Situation: George is excited about the restaurant he picked for date night with his wife Wendy.
Intention: Wendy wants to comment on the food.
Moral action: Wendy thanks George for picking a place that serves steak since it' one of her favorite foods.
Immoral consequence: George feels inadequate and stops planning date nights with Wendy.
Norm: You shouldn't be ungrateful toward your partner.
Situation: George is excited about the restaurant he picked for date night with his wife Wendy.
Intention: Wendy wants to comment on the food.
Moral consequence: George feels confidant in his pick and tries to pick an even better place next time.
Immoral action: Wendy tells George he doesn't know how to picked a good restaurant since the steak is dry.
Norm: It’s wrong to cheat.
Situation: Greg has an important math test the next day in school that he isn't well prepared for.
Intention: Greg wants to get a good grade on the test.
Moral action: Greg studies hard late into the evening and goes into the test well prepared.
Immoral consequence: Greg is caught cheating by the teacher and given a failing grade.
Norm: It’s wrong to cheat.
Situation: Greg has an important math test the next day in school that he isn't well prepared for.
Intention: Greg wants to get a good grade on the test.
Moral consequence: Greg gets an A+ on the test and is very proud.
Immoral action: Greg writes unauthorized crib notes on a small sheet of paper which he uses during the test.
Norm: It's bad to hit your wife.
Situation: Matt is having an argument with his wife about how much he drinks.
Intention: Matt wants to win the argument with his wife.
Moral action: Matt explains to his wife that a couple of drinks after work does wonders for his stress level.
Immoral consequence: Matt is arrested for domestic battery when his wife calls the police.
Norm: It's bad to hit your wife.
Situation: Matt is having an argument with his wife about how much he drinks.
Intention: Matt wants to win the argument with his wife.
Moral consequence: Matt comes to an understanding with his wife about his drinking.
Immoral action: Matt smacks his wife in the face for calling him a drunkard.
Norm: It's bad to let kids rule the house.
Situation: Jane has just a single child whom she adores.
Intention: Jane wants her child to be happy.
Moral action: Jane makes time for her child whenever possible to teach it all that is right and wrong as well as explore its interests.
Immoral consequence: The child becomes a spoiled brat who is in no way prepared for life and struggles to make any friends.
Norm: It's bad to let kids rule the house.
Situation: Jane has just a single child whom she adores.
Intention: Jane wants her child to be happy.
Moral consequence: The child grows up well loved, well adjusted and properly motivated.
Immoral action: Jane breaks and bends to satisfy her child's every whim without every considering saying no to it.
Norm: It's immoral to masturbate onto or into other people's things.
Situation: James is very unhappy in his low-paid, dead-end job at Subway with a vindictive manager.
Intention: James wants to get revenge on his manager.
Moral action: James waits until the store has a massive catering order and walks off the job.
Immoral consequence: James is caught on the store's security cameras and immediately fired, as is his manager.