CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's not okay to be deceitful to children.
Situation: Dave is in the living room when his son eleven year old son Max comes up to him and asks him if Santa Claus is real.
Intention: Dave wants to answer Max's question.
Moral consequence: Max grows up to understand truths and white lies and how to discern the difference between the two.
Immoral action: Dave tells Max that of course Santa is real, if he wasn't who would bring him presents every year?
Norm: It's bad to try to seek revenge on people.
Situation: Jorge and Mark got into an argument when Jorge accidentally rear ended Mark.
Intention: Mark wanted to make Jorge know how mad he was.
Moral action: Mark sends a badly worded letter to Jorge to vent his frustrations.
Immoral consequence: Mark get charged with a crime and further damages his car.
Norm: It's bad to try to seek revenge on people.
Situation: Jorge and Mark got into an argument when Jorge accidentally rear ended Mark.
Intention: Mark wanted to make Jorge know how mad he was.
Moral consequence: No one is physically harmed this way.
Immoral action: Mark crashes his car into Jorge's on purpose to show him what its like.
Norm: You should always have savings for a rainy day.
Situation: Robert receives his stimulus money in the mail.
Intention: Robert wants to do something with his money.
Moral action: Robert deposits the money into his bank and invests some of it in stable stocks.
Immoral consequence: Robert is unable to afford to pay for an unexpected expensive trip to the doctor later in the month.
Norm: You should always have savings for a rainy day.
Situation: Robert receives his stimulus money in the mail.
Intention: Robert wants to do something with his money.
Moral consequence: Robert is to cover his rent payment in half a year after his boss cuts his hours.
Immoral action: Robert spends all of the money on luxury items.
Norm: It is bad to ambush or corner people
Situation: Fred has a crush on his coworker Thelma.
Intention: Fred wants to ask Thelma out.
Moral action: Fred asks Thelma to join him for lunch and while they are eating he asks her out on a date.
Immoral consequence: Fred is fired after Thelma reports him for sexual harassment.
Norm: It is bad to ambush or corner people
Situation: Fred has a crush on his coworker Thelma.
Intention: Fred wants to ask Thelma out.
Moral consequence: Fred gets to go out on a properdate with his crush.
Immoral action: Fred waits by Thelma's car after work and won't let her leave until she agrees to go out with him.
Norm: It is wrong to live outside your means.
Situation: Sam gets a new job in the big city.
Intention: Sam wants to reward himself for his achievment.
Moral action: Sam buys himself a nice steak dinner to celebrate.
Immoral consequence: Sam runs out of money and has to move in with his parents.
Norm: It is wrong to live outside your means.
Situation: Sam gets a new job in the big city.
Intention: Sam wants to reward himself for his achievment.
Moral consequence: Sam lives happily and is able to save money for the future.
Immoral action: Sam spends his money lavishly on cars and an expensive apartment.
Norm: You should always finish your homework.
Situation: Don has just finished eating his dinner and goes up to his room.
Intention: Don wants to get ready for school the next day.
Moral action: Don opens his textbooks and studies them, then completes his homework assignments for the week.
Immoral consequence: Don forgets to do his homework and gets a low mark from his teacher.
Norm: You should always finish your homework.
Situation: Don has just finished eating his dinner and goes up to his room.
Intention: Don wants to get ready for school the next day.
Moral consequence: Don gets a good grade in all his classes.
Immoral action: Don starts going thru is his clothing to pick out the perfect matching outfit to wear to school.
Norm: It's bad to make homemade poison.
Situation: Lisa walks into the kitchen finding it infested with ants.
Intention: Lisa wants to get rid of the ants.
Moral action: Lisa hire an exterminator to get rid of the ants.
Immoral consequence: Lisa's creation has a bad reaction filling the kitchen with toxic gas.
Norm: It's bad to make homemade poison.
Situation: Lisa walks into the kitchen finding it infested with ants.
Intention: Lisa wants to get rid of the ants.
Moral consequence: Lisa learns more about pest control as the exterminator tells her what he will do to her house.
Immoral action: Lisa makes her own ant bait to get rid of the creatures.
Norm: You shouldn't want to quit your job.
Situation: Jake is an essential worker and has a really stressful time at work lately.
Intention: Jake wants to be less stressed out.
Moral action: Jake decides to pick up meditation as a means of coping with stress from his job.
Immoral consequence: Jake ends up being unemployed for a while as the economy is in bad shape.
Norm: You shouldn't want to quit your job.
Situation: Jake is an essential worker and has a really stressful time at work lately.
Intention: Jake wants to be less stressed out.
Moral consequence: Jake returns to his place of employment with newfound energy and enthusiasm.
Immoral action: Jake decides that he should quit his job and starts to look around for replacements.
Norm: It's good to make money doing something.
Situation: Bob has just graduated from college.
Intention: Bob wants to do something meaningful and fulfilling.
Moral action: Bob pursues a career in his field of study.
Immoral consequence: Bob runs out of money and becomes homeless.
Norm: It's good to make money doing something.
Situation: Bob has just graduated from college.
Intention: Bob wants to do something meaningful and fulfilling.
Moral consequence: Bob becomes happy and successful.
Immoral action: Bob decides to travel the world.
Norm: It's fun to travel new and unfamiliar places.
Situation: Noah is looking through a stack of travel magazines while waiting for his dentist appointment.
Intention: Van wants to find a place to go on vacation.
Moral action: Van books a trip to Thailand.
Immoral consequence: Van has a very boring vacation.
Norm: It's fun to travel new and unfamiliar places.
Situation: Noah is looking through a stack of travel magazines while waiting for his dentist appointment.
Intention: Van wants to find a place to go on vacation.
Moral consequence: Van has an exhilarating vacation learning about a new culture to him.
Immoral action: Van decides to set up a tent in his backyard for his vacation.
Norm: It's wrong to enable your friend to be a bully.
Situation: Jim sees his friend pick on and abuse a smaller boy.
Intention: Jim wants to react to his friend's behavior.
Moral action: Jim tells his friend that he is a coward for picking on the smaller child.
Immoral consequence: The smaller child is left with painful memories of being bullied.
Norm: It's wrong to enable your friend to be a bully.
Situation: Jim sees his friend pick on and abuse a smaller boy.
Intention: Jim wants to react to his friend's behavior.
Moral consequence: The smaller child feels good that somebody stuck up for them.
Immoral action: Jim laughs at the smaller child and tells his friend to keep picking on them.
Norm: You shouldn't be cruel to animals
Situation: Tom is walking in the woods with his friends when they come across a deer who has been injured.
Intention: Tom wants to impress his friends.
Moral action: Tom calls the police to contact animal control to help the deer.
Immoral consequence: Tom hurts the deer and may kill it.
Norm: You shouldn't be cruel to animals
Situation: Tom is walking in the woods with his friends when they come across a deer who has been injured.
Intention: Tom wants to impress his friends.
Moral consequence: The deer gets helped by animal control.
Immoral action: Tom starts to poke at the deer's wounds, hurting it more, trying to make his friends laugh.
Norm: It's annoying to be around people who seek attention.
Situation: May works in a cubicle that is located next to her coworker Joan.
Intention: May wants to get along with her coworkers.
Moral action: May curbs her boisterous personality during work hours.
Immoral consequence: Joan is frustrated with the constant interruptions and complains to HR about May.
Norm: It's annoying to be around people who seek attention.
Situation: May works in a cubicle that is located next to her coworker Joan.
Intention: May wants to get along with her coworkers.
Moral consequence: Joan is able to concentrate on work with few distractions.
Immoral action: May tells loud obnoxious stories to anyone who walks by her desk.
Norm: Its wrong to grope people without their permission
Situation: Troy and Kail are getting close at a house party, and Troy is curios about how Kail is feeling.
Intention: Troy wants to know if Kail is into him or not.
Moral action: Troy asks Kail if she wants to go somewhere more private and waits for her answer.
Immoral consequence: Kail is freaked out and backs away from Troy.
Norm: Its wrong to grope people without their permission
Situation: Troy and Kail are getting close at a house party, and Troy is curios about how Kail is feeling.
Intention: Troy wants to know if Kail is into him or not.
Moral consequence: Kail agrees and head somewhere secluded with Troy.
Immoral action: Troy grabs Kail by the waist and tries to lead her to somewhere more secluded.
Norm: One should drive carefully to avoid crashes.
Situation: Jack is driving down a very narrow street as another car is approaching.
Intention: Jack wants to finish his drive.
Moral action: Jack pulls over and lets the other car pass.
Immoral consequence: Jack clips the other car and sends it tumbling into the woods.
Norm: One should drive carefully to avoid crashes.
Situation: Jack is driving down a very narrow street as another car is approaching.
Intention: Jack wants to finish his drive.
Moral consequence: Both cars proceed on their route safely.
Immoral action: Jack does not pull over and tries to drive past the other car.
Norm: It is bad to stalk or creep on people online
Situation: Mark has a crush on his classmate, and he finds her on Facebook.
Intention: Mark wants to see what she is up to.
Moral action: Mark sends her a message and asks if she wants to catch up.
Immoral consequence: Mark is seen as creepy as he becomes obsessed, scaring people away.
Norm: It is bad to stalk or creep on people online
Situation: Mark has a crush on his classmate, and he finds her on Facebook.
Intention: Mark wants to see what she is up to.
Moral consequence: If his classmate says yes, Mark may have a date, but he won’t be seen as creepy if she doesn’t.
Immoral action: Mark follows her every move online and obsesses over every post.
Norm: It's important to be accepting of your child's lifestyle.
Situation: John's daughter comes out to him as gay.
Intention: John wants to respond to his daughter.
Moral action: John tells his daughter he loves and accepts her no matter what.
Immoral consequence: John's daughter becomes homeless.
Norm: It's important to be accepting of your child's lifestyle.
Situation: John's daughter comes out to him as gay.
Intention: John wants to respond to his daughter.
Moral consequence: John's daughter feels loves and accepted.
Immoral action: John disowns his daughter and kicks her out of the house.
Norm: It is wrong to control what another person does.
Situation: Dave's wife Amy tells Dave that she is about to go out and do some shopping with her friends.
Intention: Dave wants to remind Amy they're on a budget.
Moral action: Dave tells Amy that she should have fun but gently reminds her that the family isn't in a great financial place right now.
Immoral consequence: Amy is shocked that Dave is being controlling and not allowing her to spend her share of their money and is scared of Dave.
Norm: It is wrong to control what another person does.
Situation: Dave's wife Amy tells Dave that she is about to go out and do some shopping with her friends.
Intention: Dave wants to remind Amy they're on a budget.
Moral consequence: Amy is happy to see Dave cares about the family finances and tells him not to worry so much.
Immoral action: Dave tells Amy that she absolutely cannot go shopping since they can't afford it due to their budget, and she is to stay home.
Norm: It's kind to buy things for others.
Situation: John's friend has a birthday the following day.
Intention: John wants to acknowledge his friend's birthday.
Moral action: John buys his friend a thoughtful gift.
Immoral consequence: John's friend is a bit disappointed.
Norm: It's kind to buy things for others.
Situation: John's friend has a birthday the following day.
Intention: John wants to acknowledge his friend's birthday.
Moral consequence: John's friend feels happy and appreciative.
Immoral action: John calls his friend on the phone and tells him happy birthday.
Norm: Being hateful to someone over their sexual orientation is wrong.
Situation: Sam has just found out that a co-worker named Bobbie is gay.
Intention: Sam doesn't want Bobbie on his work group.
Moral action: Sam goes to Human Resources, and requests a transfer to another team, because of 'personality differences'.
Immoral consequence: Sam is called into the Human Resources office and given a written warning, then transferred to another shift.
Norm: Being hateful to someone over their sexual orientation is wrong.
Situation: Sam has just found out that a co-worker named Bobbie is gay.
Intention: Sam doesn't want Bobbie on his work group.
Moral consequence: Sam gets the transfer without any negative consequences.
Immoral action: Sam starts making hateful comments about Bobbie being gay where everyone can hear.
Norm: It's frowned upon starting relationships with people you work with.
Situation: Dave who is an office manager is asked on a date by Cindy his coworker, in front of the other office workers.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Cindy's proposal of a date.
Moral action: Dave tells Cindy that while she's nice he does not mix professional and personal lives, so he has to decline.
Immoral consequence: The other employees are insecure about their standing in the company and worry Dave cannot be objective any more.
Norm: It's frowned upon starting relationships with people you work with.
Situation: Dave who is an office manager is asked on a date by Cindy his coworker, in front of the other office workers.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Cindy's proposal of a date.
Moral consequence: The other employees gain respect for Dave and feel secure that they have a good boss.
Immoral action: Dave tells Cindy that he would love to take her out since she is such a pretty girl.
Norm: It's bad to be narcissistic.
Situation: A project led by Peter recently won in a competition.
Intention: Peter wants people to admire his success.
Moral action: Peter talks a lot about how the project was a group effort and how he was lucky to lead such a great team, which won that great award.
Immoral consequence: People who worked on the project feel ignored.
Norm: It's bad to be narcissistic.
Situation: A project led by Peter recently won in a competition.
Intention: Peter wants people to admire his success.
Moral consequence: People who worked on the project with Peter feel empowered and valued.
Immoral action: Peter keeps on telling everyone how the project won because of how brilliant his own ideas were.
Norm: You should do chores right away.
Situation: Len is having people over to his home for a movie night.
Intention: Len wants to straighten up his home.
Moral action: Len pulls out the vacuum and tidies up his home.
Immoral consequence: Len is embarrassed at the state of his home when his friends show up earlier than he expected.
Norm: You should do chores right away.
Situation: Len is having people over to his home for a movie night.
Intention: Len wants to straighten up his home.
Moral consequence: Len is complemented by his friends on his tidy home.
Immoral action: Len decides to go for walk before cleaning the house.
Norm: It's rude to expect your siblings to do your chores.
Situation: Taylor and Joe are doing their weekly chores and Taylor begins to feel tired and bored.
Intention: Taylor wants to find a way to get out of her chores.
Moral action: Taylor makes a deal with Joe to do his chores the following week if he does her chores today.
Immoral consequence: Joe is left to pick up the slack of Taylor.
Norm: It's rude to expect your siblings to do your chores.
Situation: Taylor and Joe are doing their weekly chores and Taylor begins to feel tired and bored.
Intention: Taylor wants to find a way to get out of her chores.
Moral consequence: Taylor is able to get out of doing her chores for the day.
Immoral action: Taylor tells Joe that the rest of the list is for him and walks out of the room.
Norm: You shouldn't do shady things for your neighbors.
Situation: Charlie is sitting on his porch having a friendly chat with his next-door day neighbor.
Intention: Charlie wants to bond with his neighbor.
Moral action: Charlie invites his neighbor and his family over for a dinner party.
Immoral consequence: Charlie is arrested and jailed when his neighbor is taken down by the FBI.
Norm: You shouldn't do shady things for your neighbors.
Situation: Charlie is sitting on his porch having a friendly chat with his next-door day neighbor.
Intention: Charlie wants to bond with his neighbor.
Moral consequence: Charlie learns a lot about his neighbor, and they have a pleasant evening.
Immoral action: Charlie agrees to open a shell company to help his neighbor launder money for a drug cartel.
Norm: People who idolize the Nazis are considered vile by society.
Situation: John is a young man that is searching the internet for entertainment.
Intention: John wants to find a new community to be a part of.
Moral action: John notices that many people are online are following a Nazi personality and decides to try to motivate them to stop.
Immoral consequence: John is indoctrinated into a dangerous belief system that leaves him a danger to the public.
Norm: People who idolize the Nazis are considered vile by society.
Situation: John is a young man that is searching the internet for entertainment.
Intention: John wants to find a new community to be a part of.
Moral consequence: John becomes the founder of a group that helps tutor and mentor young men about the dangers of Nazi ideology.
Immoral action: John finds and begins to frequent a website where fans of a Nazi personality socialize and watch his videos.
Norm: You shouldn't scare someone's cat.
Situation: Bea is visiting the home of her friend who's an avid pet lover.
Intention: Bea wants to pet one of her friend's animals.
Moral action: Bea asks her friend to set her puppy in her lap so that she can pet it.
Immoral consequence: Bea gets a bunch of painful cuts when the startled cat freaks out and scratches her.
Norm: You shouldn't scare someone's cat.
Situation: Bea is visiting the home of her friend who's an avid pet lover.
Intention: Bea wants to pet one of her friend's animals.
Moral consequence: Bea gets lots of kisses from the excited pup that she is petting.
Immoral action: Bea sneaks up behind her friend's cat and picks it up suddenly.
Norm: You should not copy someone else's work.
Situation: Claire and Colt are taking an exam in a classroom together and are within eyesight of each other's desks.
Intention: Colt wants to do well on his exam.
Moral action: Colt uses study strategies he has learned to recall the information he needs most on his test.
Immoral consequence: Claire notices Colt cheating during the test and calls him out at lunch time for it, embarrassing him.
Norm: You should not copy someone else's work.
Situation: Claire and Colt are taking an exam in a classroom together and are within eyesight of each other's desks.
Intention: Colt wants to do well on his exam.
Moral consequence: Colt feels accomplished when he gets his test grade back, and Claire congratulates him on doing well.
Immoral action: Colt looks over at Claire's exam paper a few times during the test to get the correct answers.
Norm: It's wrong to resort to violence
Situation: John is being harassed in his yard by some teenage neighbors.
Intention: John wants to avoid being bullied.
Moral action: John stands his ground in a verbal non confrontational way and talks them down.
Immoral consequence: John is arrested and convicted of assault foricing him to serve jail time.
Norm: It's wrong to resort to violence
Situation: John is being harassed in his yard by some teenage neighbors.
Intention: John wants to avoid being bullied.
Moral consequence: The teens gain respect for him and leave him alone going forward.
Immoral action: John grabs a bat from his garage and assaults a couple of the teens.
Norm: You shouldn't go shirtless if it makes other people uncomfortable.
Situation: John is at a summertime cocktail party outdoors.
Intention: John is really hot and wants to cool off.
Moral action: John goes to the bar and orders a frozen margarita to sip on.
Immoral consequence: John has a hard time socializing since the other guests are uncomfortable and avoid being around him.
Norm: You shouldn't go shirtless if it makes other people uncomfortable.
Situation: John is at a summertime cocktail party outdoors.
Intention: John is really hot and wants to cool off.
Moral consequence: John finds the delicious drink very refreshing and cooling, and he spends the rest of his time mingling with the other guests.
Immoral action: John takes of his shirt.
Norm: It's bad to make impulsive decisions.
Situation: Kris is out shopping for a car at a used-car lot.
Intention: Kris wants to buy a different car.
Moral action: Kris checks out the CarFax report of a car that she likes to see it's maintenance history.
Immoral consequence: Kris spends a lot of money repairing the lemon that she bought.
Norm: It's bad to make impulsive decisions.
Situation: Kris is out shopping for a car at a used-car lot.
Intention: Kris wants to buy a different car.
Moral consequence: Kris enjoys driving her new car for many trouble-free years.
Immoral action: Kris walks up to the first car that catches her eye and agrees to buy it on the spot.
Norm: It is wrong to text and drive.
Situation: Sally is on her way to a job interview, and she gets stuck in traffic.
Intention: Sally wants to notify the interviewer that she will be late.
Moral action: Sally uses her voice assistant to dial the interviewer hands free while driving in the traffic.
Immoral consequence: Sally almost causes another accident because she is not looking at the road.
Norm: It is wrong to text and drive.
Situation: Sally is on her way to a job interview, and she gets stuck in traffic.
Intention: Sally wants to notify the interviewer that she will be late.
Moral consequence: Sally drives safely and does not endanger the other drivers.
Immoral action: Sally texts the interviewer while she is driving in the traffic.
Norm: You shouldn't eat things that aren't meant to be eaten.
Situation: Samuel is hiking along a mountain trail when he suddenly feels hungry.
Intention: He wants to eat something.
Moral action: Samuel reaches into his backpack and pulls out some trail mix to eat.
Immoral consequence: Samuel gets a terrible stomachache and is sick for three days when it turns out the berries are poisonous.
Norm: You shouldn't eat things that aren't meant to be eaten.
Situation: Samuel is hiking along a mountain trail when he suddenly feels hungry.
Intention: He wants to eat something.
Moral consequence: Samuel satisfies his hunger with the trail mix and continues on his hike.
Immoral action: Samuel picks some berries from a nearby tree to eat even though he doesn't know anything about them.
Norm: It's wrong to play with someone else's mental health.
Situation: Amber and Colt share an apartment where they each keep their prescriptions on the kitchen table.
Intention: Amber wants to prank Colt.
Moral action: Amber hides Colt's TV remote in the morning before he wakes up.
Immoral consequence: Colt has a panic attack upon being fooled into thinking he was out of his medication and is angry when he finds that it was a joke.