CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's not okay to let your studies go.
Situation: Adam is tired of studying so hard for his college classes and needs a break.
Intention: Adam wants to take some time to relax.
Moral consequence: Adam finds a perfect balance between studying and being relaxed.
Immoral action: Adam stops studying entirely and spends his all of his time relaxing.
Norm: It's good to be sensitive to other cultures.
Situation: Hank is over at his Jewish friend's house for dinner and is told there won't be pork chops.
Intention: Hank wants to comment about the lack of pork chops.
Moral action: Hank asks his friend why they don't eat pork chops.
Immoral consequence: Hank's friend will not want Hank around at their house.
Norm: It's good to be sensitive to other cultures.
Situation: Hank is over at his Jewish friend's house for dinner and is told there won't be pork chops.
Intention: Hank wants to comment about the lack of pork chops.
Moral consequence: Hank's friend will explain to Hank about their dietary restrictions.
Immoral action: Hank tells his friend that their religion is lousy if they can't eat pork chops.
Norm: It is good to try to warn people.
Situation: Pete is driving on a busy road when he notices a truck driving too quickly in his rear view mirror.
Intention: Pete wants to react to the truck.
Moral action: Pete changes lanes and honks his horn to get the attention of other drivers.
Immoral consequence: Pete gets out of the way but other drivers are still in the way of the truck.
Norm: It is good to try to warn people.
Situation: Pete is driving on a busy road when he notices a truck driving too quickly in his rear view mirror.
Intention: Pete wants to react to the truck.
Moral consequence: Pete and the other drivers get out of the way of the truck.
Immoral action: Pete changes lanes to get out of the way of the truck.
Norm: Is it wrong to date married people
Situation: Murphy has been going out and getting flirty with her coworker, Ed, who is married.
Intention: Murphy wants to talk to Ed about his marriage.
Moral action: Murphy tells Ed if he doesn't leave his wife, she can no longer continue to see him.
Immoral consequence: Murphy feels like a second choice to Ed.
Norm: Is it wrong to date married people
Situation: Murphy has been going out and getting flirty with her coworker, Ed, who is married.
Intention: Murphy wants to talk to Ed about his marriage.
Moral consequence: Murphy and Ed end their fling, and she starts seeing someone who is unattached.
Immoral action: Murphy talks to Ed about his relationship status and when he says he will stay with his wife, she continues to see him.
Norm: You shouldn't take credit for someone else's work
Situation: Devon and his team have been complimented by their boss on doing a good job on their team project.
Intention: Devon wants to respond to his boss.
Moral action: Devon says that everyone in the team did their part in making the project.
Immoral consequence: Devon's team will think he's selfish and ungrateful.
Norm: You shouldn't take credit for someone else's work
Situation: Devon and his team have been complimented by their boss on doing a good job on their team project.
Intention: Devon wants to respond to his boss.
Moral consequence: Devon's team will think he's a fair and honorable person.
Immoral action: Devon says that he did most of the work and deserves the credit.
Norm: It is wrong to perform a medical procedure without consent.
Situation: Dr. Doom recommended a few surgeries be preformed on the patient, but they declined some of them.
Intention: Dr. Doom wants the patient to live.
Moral action: Dr. Doom recommends other treatments for the issues if the patient doesn't want surgery.
Immoral consequence: Dr. Doom ends up defending against a malpractice lawsuit.
Norm: It is wrong to perform a medical procedure without consent.
Situation: Dr. Doom recommended a few surgeries be preformed on the patient, but they declined some of them.
Intention: Dr. Doom wants the patient to live.
Moral consequence: The patient is willing to try some of the other treatments recommended by the doctor.
Immoral action: Dr. Doom preforms all the surgeries he reccomends anyway.
Norm: It's wrong to not be considerate to the disabled.
Situation: Haley is approaching a building she wants to go into when she sees that a man in a wheel chair is behind her.
Intention: Haley wants to enter the building.
Moral action: Haley holds the door open for the man in the wheel chair then enters after him.
Immoral consequence: The man in the wheel chair will have a difficult time entering the building.
Norm: It's wrong to not be considerate to the disabled.
Situation: Haley is approaching a building she wants to go into when she sees that a man in a wheel chair is behind her.
Intention: Haley wants to enter the building.
Moral consequence: The man in the wheel chair will have an easier time entering the building.
Immoral action: Haley enters the building and closes the door behind her before the man in the wheel chair can enter.
Norm: You're expected to put extra effort into long distance relationships.
Situation: Mike, who has a girlfriend, is going to Honduras for a year but intends to stay with his girlfriend.
Intention: Mike wants to call his girlfriend.
Moral action: Mike calls his girlfriend every night and talks with her about deep, personal issues.
Immoral consequence: Mike's girlfriend feels unsatisfied and grows more and more distant from Mike, eventually separating from him.
Norm: You're expected to put extra effort into long distance relationships.
Situation: Mike, who has a girlfriend, is going to Honduras for a year but intends to stay with his girlfriend.
Intention: Mike wants to call his girlfriend.
Moral consequence: Mike's girlfriend feels like a part of Mike's life and maintains a connection with him while he's away.
Immoral action: Mike calls his girlfriend once a week and talks with her for an hour to catch up on the week's events.
Norm: It's bad to lose track of your pets.
Situation: Vince has a dog who loves to run around town and is in a store looking to buy him a collar.
Intention: Vince wants to choose the right collar for his dog.
Moral action: Vince gets a GPS monitoring collar to find his dog when he runs off on his own.
Immoral consequence: Vince's dog runs off and is shot by a man who thinks that the dog is a vicious stray.
Norm: It's bad to lose track of your pets.
Situation: Vince has a dog who loves to run around town and is in a store looking to buy him a collar.
Intention: Vince wants to choose the right collar for his dog.
Moral consequence: Vince's dog runs off but is quickly found by Vince and greets him happily.
Immoral action: Vince gets one of those spiked bulldog collars, thinking that his dog will look scary and cool with it.
Norm: It's rude to delete other people's data.
Situation: Charlie was working on his brother's computer for a class assignment.
Intention: Charlie needs more space to save his work.
Moral action: Charlie gets a thumb drive to save his class project on.
Immoral consequence: Charlie's brother is enraged and never lets him use his computer again.
Norm: It's rude to delete other people's data.
Situation: Charlie was working on his brother's computer for a class assignment.
Intention: Charlie needs more space to save his work.
Moral consequence: Charlie's brother lets him use the computer again anytime that he needs it.
Immoral action: Charlie deletes some of the files from his brother's computer.
Norm: It's wrong to contact your ex's partner.
Situation: Valerie is dating Will and is considering moving in with him.
Intention: Valerie wants to know more about how Will is as a roommate.
Moral action: Valerie messages Will's college roommate and friend to ask how he is as a rommate.
Immoral consequence: Valerie will get a skewed perspective because Will's ex might bear a grudge.
Norm: It's wrong to contact your ex's partner.
Situation: Valerie is dating Will and is considering moving in with him.
Intention: Valerie wants to know more about how Will is as a roommate.
Moral consequence: Valerie will get a fair perspective because Will's roommate has no grudge against Will.
Immoral action: Valerie messages Will's ex-girlfriend to ask how he is as a roommate.
Norm: People shouldn't be loudly proud of minor achievements.
Situation: James managed to bring his grade in history up from a D to a C.
Intention: James wants to feel better about himself.
Moral action: James continues to work hard and manages to bring his grade up to an A.
Immoral consequence: When James is out of earshot, his friends say he really needs to reassess his life.
Norm: People shouldn't be loudly proud of minor achievements.
Situation: James managed to bring his grade in history up from a D to a C.
Intention: James wants to feel better about himself.
Moral consequence: James' parents and teachers give him lots of praise and recognition.
Immoral action: James tells everyone he knows about how he's now getting a C in history.
Norm: It's unacceptable to forbid your significant other to do something.
Situation: Anne has plans to go hang gliding alone, but her husband Frank is against the idea.
Intention: Frank wants to keep his wife from hang gliding alone.
Moral action: Frank tells Anne that he wants to go hang gliding with her.
Immoral consequence: Anne tells Frank that she can do whatever she wants and goes anyway.
Norm: It's unacceptable to forbid your significant other to do something.
Situation: Anne has plans to go hang gliding alone, but her husband Frank is against the idea.
Intention: Frank wants to keep his wife from hang gliding alone.
Moral consequence: Anne thinks it's a good idea, and she goes hang gliding with Frank.
Immoral action: Frank tells his wife that he won't allow her to go hang glidng alone.
Norm: It's especially wrong to hurt children.
Situation: Gary's son Larry tells him that he broke Gary's expensive guitar because he was kicking a ball indoors which he was told not to do.
Intention: Gary wants to punish Larry.
Moral action: Gary tells Larry that he was told not to kick a ball around inside and will be grounded for a month for this.
Immoral consequence: Larry is traumatized and terrified as he endures the physical pain of the beating.
Norm: It's especially wrong to hurt children.
Situation: Gary's son Larry tells him that he broke Gary's expensive guitar because he was kicking a ball indoors which he was told not to do.
Intention: Gary wants to punish Larry.
Moral consequence: The idea that he should follow the instructions of the adults around him sinks in to Larry, and he vows to better his behavior.
Immoral action: Gary slaps Larry across the face and shoves him to the ground as he yells obscenities at him.
Norm: It's wrong to cause stress at a family function.
Situation: Henry is celebrating Christmas at a large family gathering and his bother has made a disrespectful comment towards him.
Intention: Henry wants to give his brother a piece of his mind.
Moral action: Henry decides to wait until after Christmas to bring up the issue to his brother.
Immoral consequence: Henry's family is disturbed by the fight that they are having.
Norm: It's wrong to cause stress at a family function.
Situation: Henry is celebrating Christmas at a large family gathering and his bother has made a disrespectful comment towards him.
Intention: Henry wants to give his brother a piece of his mind.
Moral consequence: Henry's family end up having a nice Christmas celebration overall.
Immoral action: Henry starts getting into it with his brother immediately at the gathering.
Norm: It's good to teach people to swim.
Situation: Charles takes his son Jack to the beach to swim but Jack does not know how to swim.
Intention: Charles wants to react to Jack's inability to swim.
Moral action: Charles demonstrates to Jack how to do free-style swim and asks him to try to do it.
Immoral consequence: Jack does not have fun being stuck inside a life jacket.
Norm: It's good to teach people to swim.
Situation: Charles takes his son Jack to the beach to swim but Jack does not know how to swim.
Intention: Charles wants to react to Jack's inability to swim.
Moral consequence: Jack feels interested and is able to swim several strokes after practicing for an hour.
Immoral action: Charles asks Jack to wear a life jacket to keep him safe.
Norm: It's wrong to harm others with a car.
Situation: Jeff, who suspects that his girlfriend is cheating on him, follows her and sees her being affectionate with another man.
Intention: Jeff wants to get even.
Moral action: Jeff finds some condoms that his girlfriend keeps and soaks them in hot sauce for the other man.
Immoral consequence: Both his girlfriend and the other man are seriously wounded and spend lots of money on recovery.
Norm: It's wrong to harm others with a car.
Situation: Jeff, who suspects that his girlfriend is cheating on him, follows her and sees her being affectionate with another man.
Intention: Jeff wants to get even.
Moral consequence: Both the girlfriend and the other man suffer without getting seriously injured.
Immoral action: Jeff waits until they are in an open area at night, then takes his car and runs them both down, injuring them.
Norm: Theft is wrong.
Situation: Vanessa is looking around in the mall when she sees a shirt she likes.
Intention: Vanessa wants to take the shirt home.
Moral action: Vanessa takes the shirt and brings it to the register to pay for it.
Immoral consequence: Vanessa is stopped by the mall security when the store's alarm goes off.
Norm: Theft is wrong.
Situation: Vanessa is looking around in the mall when she sees a shirt she likes.
Intention: Vanessa wants to take the shirt home.
Moral consequence: Vanessa is able to wear the shirt to a party the next day.
Immoral action: Vanessa tries on the shirt and walks out the store without paying.
Norm: It is wrong to wish for destruction.
Situation: Steve was about to be thrown out by rising rents but the pandemic pushed rents back down to where he could afford it.
Intention: Steve wants his life to improve.
Moral action: Steve hope that things get better for everyone over time.
Immoral consequence: Half of Steve's neighbors get evicted but Steve himself remains safe.
Norm: It is wrong to wish for destruction.
Situation: Steve was about to be thrown out by rising rents but the pandemic pushed rents back down to where he could afford it.
Intention: Steve wants his life to improve.
Moral consequence: After the disaster ends, Steve's rent once again climbs too high, and he's forced to move.
Immoral action: Steve hopes the pandemic keeps ruining the economy so that his rent will stay low.
Norm: It's good to support local businesses.
Situation: Jeff's is baking a pie from his mother's recipe and realizes he doesn't have apples.
Intention: Jeff wants to buy apples.
Moral action: Jeff drives to the farmer's market in town and buys a few apples.
Immoral consequence: The apples turn out to not be as sweet as Jeff wanted because they came from three states away.
Norm: It's good to support local businesses.
Situation: Jeff's is baking a pie from his mother's recipe and realizes he doesn't have apples.
Intention: Jeff wants to buy apples.
Moral consequence: The apples are the sweetest that Jeff has ever had because they are so fresh.
Immoral action: Jeff goes to the national chain grocery store and buys a bag of apples.
Norm: You shouldn't spam the internet.
Situation: Mark is running for mayor of his town.
Intention: Mark wants to get more people to know who he is and that he is running.
Moral action: Mark goes door to door letting people know he is running.
Immoral consequence: People are annoyed by the spam and do not vote for him.
Norm: You shouldn't spam the internet.
Situation: Mark is running for mayor of his town.
Intention: Mark wants to get more people to know who he is and that he is running.
Moral consequence: Many people that talked to him end up voting for him.
Immoral action: Mark posts requests for people to vote for him to every message board he can find and sends email to an address list from his work.
Norm: It's not okay to lie to someone.
Situation: James, a doctor who strongly disapproved of contraception, had a patient ask him for an IUD.
Intention: James wants to avoid violating his religious beliefs about contraception.
Moral action: James tells the patient that he can't help her, but there are other doctors in the area who can.
Immoral consequence: When the patient finds another doctor who agrees to her request, she files a complaint against James.
Norm: It's not okay to lie to someone.
Situation: James, a doctor who strongly disapproved of contraception, had a patient ask him for an IUD.
Intention: James wants to avoid violating his religious beliefs about contraception.
Moral consequence: The patient goes to another doctor who's willing to insert the IUD.
Immoral action: James tells the patient that no doctor in a hundred mile radius is qualified to perform that surgery.
Norm: It's wrong to bribe your kids.
Situation: Josh has a migraine, and he has a long drive with his kids ahead of him.
Intention: Josh wants his kids to be quiet on the way back home.
Moral action: Josh asserts his authority as the father and warns his kids that there will be consequences if they do not keep quiet.
Immoral consequence: Josh's kids are encouraged to behave badly in order to rewarded to stop.
Norm: It's wrong to bribe your kids.
Situation: Josh has a migraine, and he has a long drive with his kids ahead of him.
Intention: Josh wants his kids to be quiet on the way back home.
Moral consequence: Josh's kids learn not to push the boundaries with their parents too far.
Immoral action: Josh promises to buy his kids a new video game if they are quiet on the way home.
Norm: It's wrong to like hearing kids cry.
Situation: Sammy is working tonight at a haunted house as a zombie, and his job involves chasing certain targets to scare them.
Intention: Sammy wants to do his job well.
Moral action: Sammy observes groups from afar before attacking the person most nervous in the group.
Immoral consequence: Sammy's pay is docked when customers complain about his performance.
Norm: It's wrong to like hearing kids cry.
Situation: Sammy is working tonight at a haunted house as a zombie, and his job involves chasing certain targets to scare them.
Intention: Sammy wants to do his job well.
Moral consequence: Sammy is invited to work at the haunted house next year.
Immoral action: Sammy only targets children because he enjoys scaring them.
Norm: You shouldn't dictate what people get for themselves.
Situation: Ryan was taking his wife to the store because it was her birthday.
Intention: Ryan wants his wife to get something nice.
Moral action: Ryan tells his wife she can get whatever she wanted.
Immoral consequence: Ryan's wife is disappointed because she wanted a new blouse.
Norm: You shouldn't dictate what people get for themselves.
Situation: Ryan was taking his wife to the store because it was her birthday.
Intention: Ryan wants his wife to get something nice.
Moral consequence: Ryan's wife is thrilled to be able to choose her gift herself.
Immoral action: Ryan tells his wife that she has to get a dress.
Norm: It is good to help others with your experience.
Situation: Fiona is a senior executive at a company and is meeting a group of new employees.
Intention: Fiona wants to tell the new employees something.
Moral action: Fiona tells the new employees tips on how she got to her position.
Immoral consequence: The new employees will not be comfortable at the company.
Norm: It is good to help others with your experience.
Situation: Fiona is a senior executive at a company and is meeting a group of new employees.
Intention: Fiona wants to tell the new employees something.
Moral consequence: The new employees will have a path to success.
Immoral action: Fiona tells the new employees that some of them won't last a year.
Norm: It's good to communicate your feelings with your roommate.
Situation: Keara lives in a shared apartment with a roommate who is extremely messy.
Intention: Keara wants her apartment space to be tidy.
Moral action: Keara talks to her roommate and points out how messy the place looks.
Immoral consequence: Keara's roommate is encouraged to think his messiness is acceptable.
Norm: It's good to communicate your feelings with your roommate.
Situation: Keara lives in a shared apartment with a roommate who is extremely messy.
Intention: Keara wants her apartment space to be tidy.
Moral consequence: Keara's roommate feels guilty about it and starts to clean up more often.
Immoral action: Keara decides to clean up the mess that her roommate has made herself.
Norm: It's wrong to take death lightly.
Situation: Liam is sitting at home with his wife Pam when Liam gets a call that his mom died.
Intention: Liam wants to tell his wife that his mother is dead.
Moral action: Liam tells his wife that his mother died and begins to cry uncontrollably in front of her.
Immoral consequence: Pam is shocked that Liam is not expressing any grief and worries if he's in the right mental state.
Norm: It's wrong to take death lightly.
Situation: Liam is sitting at home with his wife Pam when Liam gets a call that his mom died.
Intention: Liam wants to tell his wife that his mother is dead.
Moral consequence: Pam is understanding as to why  Liam is reacting this way and goes over to comfort him.
Immoral action: Liam tells his wife that his mom just died but that's OK because everyone dies so no big deal.
Norm: You should never lie about being sick to avoid work.
Situation: William, a head chef at a Italian restaurant, is about to have a panic attack because inspectors are supposed to look over his kitchen today.
Intention: William wants his anxiety to go away.
Moral action: William does some deep breathing exercises before he enters the kitchen.
Immoral consequence: Without their head chef, the chefs are unable to prepare good food for the inspectors.
Norm: You should never lie about being sick to avoid work.
Situation: William, a head chef at a Italian restaurant, is about to have a panic attack because inspectors are supposed to look over his kitchen today.
Intention: William wants his anxiety to go away.
Moral consequence: The inspectors compliment William and the other chefs for their clean kitchen.
Immoral action: William calls his manager saying that he needs to stay home because he has the flu.
Norm: It's rude to make fun of someone's accent.
Situation: Joe meets a new classmate from a different country who speaks with an accent Joe is unfamiliar with.
Intention: Joe wants to react to the classmate's accent.
Moral action: Joe says that his classmate's accent is interesting and commends them for learning more than one language.
Immoral consequence: The classmate feels that they are being made to look foolish for how they speak.
Norm: It's rude to make fun of someone's accent.
Situation: Joe meets a new classmate from a different country who speaks with an accent Joe is unfamiliar with.
Intention: Joe wants to react to the classmate's accent.
Moral consequence: Joe's classmate feels included by Joe even though they speak a little differently.
Immoral action: Joe mimics the classmate's accent and makes jokes about how they speak.
Norm: You should never hate anyone that is autistic.
Situation: Jared got into a big argument with his friend Austin.
Intention: Jared wants to tell Austin why he's upset.
Moral action: Jared was upset because Austin broke the rules in a game they were playing.
Immoral consequence: Austin shout at Jared and ejects him from his house.
Norm: You should never hate anyone that is autistic.
Situation: Jared got into a big argument with his friend Austin.
Intention: Jared wants to tell Austin why he's upset.
Moral consequence: Austin misinterpreted the rules and thought what he did was ok, and they work it out.
Immoral action: Jared tells Austin he's upset because Austin is autistic.