CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to look after your younger siblings.
Situation: Mike is stuck at home with his little brother, Eddie, while his parents are out of town.
Intention: Mike wants to hang out with his friends.
Moral consequence: They all have fun together and have a large pizza delivered.
Immoral action: Mike leaves Eddie home alone while going to play baseball in the park with his friends.
Norm: You shouldn't threaten your friendship.
Situation: Dave enjoys watching basketball with his friend Marty and there are tickets available but Marty is busy.
Intention: Dave wants to go to a basketball game with Marty.
Moral action: Dave asks Marty when he is free, so they can go to a basketball game together.
Immoral consequence: Marty will think Dave is pushy and a difficult person.
Norm: You shouldn't threaten your friendship.
Situation: Dave enjoys watching basketball with his friend Marty and there are tickets available but Marty is busy.
Intention: Dave wants to go to a basketball game with Marty.
Moral consequence: Marty will think Dave is an accommodating and reasonable friend.
Immoral action: Dave tells Marty that they can't be friends if Marty doesn't go to the game.
Norm: It's rude to expect people to pay for your food.
Situation: Jenny is out on a dinner date with James.
Intention: Jenny needs to pay her half of the bill.
Moral action: Jenny gets out her wallet and pays for her food.
Immoral consequence: He agrees to pay but is so annoyed that he doesn't ask her out again.
Norm: It's rude to expect people to pay for your food.
Situation: Jenny is out on a dinner date with James.
Intention: Jenny needs to pay her half of the bill.
Moral consequence: Jenny and James have a fun night.
Immoral action: Jenny asks James to pay for her food since he asked her out.
Norm: You shouldn't keep people from their friends.
Situation: Mary is worried about her daughters friendship with a wild girl in their neighborhood.
Intention: Mary doesn't want her daughter to follow her friend into trouble.
Moral action: Mary reminds her daughter of the values she has been raised with and trusts her to make the right choices.
Immoral consequence: Mary's daughter grows resentful of her mothers highhanded approach.
Norm: You shouldn't keep people from their friends.
Situation: Mary is worried about her daughters friendship with a wild girl in their neighborhood.
Intention: Mary doesn't want her daughter to follow her friend into trouble.
Moral consequence: Mary's daughter gains confidence from being given responsibility to make her own decisions.
Immoral action: Mary turns the girl away whenever she comes to she her daughter.
Norm: It's bad to compare people based on appearances.
Situation: Sarah's mother asks Sarah to compare two of her friends in terms of which one is a better friend.
Intention: Sarah wants to compare her two friends.
Moral action: Sarah says that the friend who is kinder and more generous is a better friend because they set a good example for Sarah.
Immoral consequence: Sarah's mother is disappointed in Sarah for judging her friends based on shallow criteria.
Norm: It's bad to compare people based on appearances.
Situation: Sarah's mother asks Sarah to compare two of her friends in terms of which one is a better friend.
Intention: Sarah wants to compare her two friends.
Moral consequence: Sarah's mother is proud of Sarah for judging her friends on important qualities.
Immoral action: Sarah says that the friend who is skinnier and prettier is a better friend because she's just more attractive and popular.
Norm: It's bad to date someone a friend has dated.
Situation: John is single and knows his best friend Matt just broke up with his girlfriend Mona, who John has always been attracted to, and John and Mona still talk.
Intention: John wants to get in a relationship.
Moral action: John decides to ask Mona if she has any single friends she could recommend him to.
Immoral consequence: Matt stops talking to John after he finds out John is dating his ex.
Norm: It's bad to date someone a friend has dated.
Situation: John is single and knows his best friend Matt just broke up with his girlfriend Mona, who John has always been attracted to, and John and Mona still talk.
Intention: John wants to get in a relationship.
Moral consequence: Mona sets John up with a friend of hers and the two start dating.
Immoral action: John decides to ask Mona out on a date which goes well, and the two start seeing each other regularly.
Norm: You shouldn't criticize your family's religion.
Situation: Mark's family is religious and asks him if he wants to attend Church with them.
Intention: Mark wants to respond to his family's request.
Moral action: Mark tells his family he respects their beliefs, but they are not his beliefs.
Immoral consequence: Mark's family will be offended and not want to spend time with Mark.
Norm: You shouldn't criticize your family's religion.
Situation: Mark's family is religious and asks him if he wants to attend Church with them.
Intention: Mark wants to respond to his family's request.
Moral consequence: Mark's family will try to be understanding towards him.
Immoral action: Mark tells his family that what they believe is not true and causes bad results for people.
Norm: It’s bad to let your curiosity lead to danger.
Situation: Ted is a boy that finds electric outlets interesting.
Intention: Ted wants to find out how electrical outlets work.
Moral action: Ted looks up how electrical outlets work on the internet.
Immoral consequence: Ted gets shocked by the electrical outlet.
Norm: It’s bad to let your curiosity lead to danger.
Situation: Ted is a boy that finds electric outlets interesting.
Intention: Ted wants to find out how electrical outlets work.
Moral consequence: Ted learns about electrical outlets by reading articles online.
Immoral action: Ted plays with the electrical outlet in his room.
Norm: You shouldn't dig up your partner's past against their will.
Situation: Beth is dating Lou and Lou told her not to look at his old dating profiles.
Intention: Beth wants to learn more about Lou's life before they dated.
Moral action: Beth will ask Lou to tell her about his life before they dated.
Immoral consequence: Lou will not trust Beth and think she doesn't listen.
Norm: You shouldn't dig up your partner's past against their will.
Situation: Beth is dating Lou and Lou told her not to look at his old dating profiles.
Intention: Beth wants to learn more about Lou's life before they dated.
Moral consequence: Lou will be open and tell Beth about his life before they dated.
Immoral action: Beth looks up Lou's old dating profiles.
Norm: It is mean to stop talking to your mother
Situation: Phil was grounded by his mother for his report card, which Phil claims was wrong.
Intention: Phil wants to get revenge on his mother for the unfair punishment.
Moral action: Phil continues to insist that the report card was wrong and refuses any punishement.
Immoral consequence: Phil succeeded in hurting his mother's feelings but that only keeps him grounded longer.
Norm: It is mean to stop talking to your mother
Situation: Phil was grounded by his mother for his report card, which Phil claims was wrong.
Intention: Phil wants to get revenge on his mother for the unfair punishment.
Moral consequence: Sure enough, the school calls to inform his mother that his report card was for another student named Phil.
Immoral action: Phil refused to talk to his mother at all, only giving silence and listening to instructions other than "talk".
Norm: It is important to have trust in a relationship.
Situation: Mark's girlfriend of 4 years, Hannah, has plans to have a girls-night-out tonight with some friends.
Intention: Mark wants to have confidence Hannah isn't cheating on him.
Moral action: Mark realizes Hannah hasn't cheated on him in 4 years and realizes she wouldn't begin to now.
Immoral consequence: Hannah see's his jealousy as annoying and breaks up with him.
Norm: It is important to have trust in a relationship.
Situation: Mark's girlfriend of 4 years, Hannah, has plans to have a girls-night-out tonight with some friends.
Intention: Mark wants to have confidence Hannah isn't cheating on him.
Moral consequence: Hannah thinks Mark's trust of her is appealing, and she loves him more.
Immoral action: Mark asks Hannah if she promises not to sleep around on him while she's out.
Norm: It is phony to act differently online and in person.
Situation: Emily is answering an online dating ad from Sam, a paralegal, whom she finds interesting.
Intention: Sam wants to meet Emily in person.
Moral action: Sam acts the same way online that he does in real life, and is honest about his work.
Immoral consequence: Emily finds out Sam is only a paralegal, not the suave lawyer he seems, and rejects him after one date.
Norm: It is phony to act differently online and in person.
Situation: Emily is answering an online dating ad from Sam, a paralegal, whom she finds interesting.
Intention: Sam wants to meet Emily in person.
Moral consequence: Emily finds Sam likeable and charming when they meet in real life, and she agrees to go out with him again.
Immoral action: Sam pretends he is a lawyer online, and looks things up on the internet to make it seem like he is more knowledgeable than he really is.
Norm: It's bad to hit on a friend's wife.
Situation: Thomas is out to dinner with his friend Phil and Phil's wife Susan.
Intention: Thomas wants to spend more time with Susan.
Moral action: Thomas tells Phil and Susan he enjoys hanging out with them as friends, and they should more often.
Immoral consequence: Susan tells Phil what happened when Phil gets back and Phil ends his friendship with Thomas.
Norm: It's bad to hit on a friend's wife.
Situation: Thomas is out to dinner with his friend Phil and Phil's wife Susan.
Intention: Thomas wants to spend more time with Susan.
Moral consequence: Susan thinks Thomas is polite and hangs out with him more.
Immoral action: Thomas waits for Phil to go to the bathroom and then tells Susan they should go on a date.
Norm: You shouldn't assault your partner.
Situation: Sam is a fiery woman who has just been infuriated by her partner's rude comments.
Intention: Sam wants to set her partner straight.
Moral action: Sam refuses to talk to her partner for a long time unless he apologizes.
Immoral consequence: Sam's partner feels like he is stuck in an abusive relationship.
Norm: You shouldn't assault your partner.
Situation: Sam is a fiery woman who has just been infuriated by her partner's rude comments.
Intention: Sam wants to set her partner straight.
Moral consequence: Sam's partner realizes how serious she is being and approaches her to make peace.
Immoral action: Sam puts her hands on her partner getting physical with him to get her point across.
Norm: You shouldn't always expect your friends to help you out.
Situation: Steve, who has a mechanic friend, is driving home when he sees a tire pressure warning light and realizes that he has a flat tire.
Intention: Steve wants to get his car fixed.
Moral action: Steve calls a mobile repair service and asks them to come out and help him.
Immoral consequence: The mechanic is out on vacation and can't help Steve with his problem.
Norm: You shouldn't always expect your friends to help you out.
Situation: Steve, who has a mechanic friend, is driving home when he sees a tire pressure warning light and realizes that he has a flat tire.
Intention: Steve wants to get his car fixed.
Moral consequence: The mobile repair service comes out and has Steve back on the road within half an hour.
Immoral action: Steve calls his mechanic friend and asks him to come out and fix his car.
Norm: It's bad behavior to drive when you've been drinking.
Situation: Joe has been drinking at the bar and is ready to go back to his house.
Intention: Joe wants to go home.
Moral action: Joe calls a cab to pick him up from the bar.
Immoral consequence: Joe is stopped by a police officer and given a sobriety test.
Norm: It's bad behavior to drive when you've been drinking.
Situation: Joe has been drinking at the bar and is ready to go back to his house.
Intention: Joe wants to go home.
Moral consequence: Joe makes it back home and tips the cab driver.
Immoral action: Joe gets in his car and tries to drive home.
Norm: It is wrong to ghost your loved ones
Situation: Tiarah is bored of her relationship with Josh and wants to end things.
Intention: Tiarah wants to end the relationship without confrontation.
Moral action: Tiarah decides to write Josh a long e-mail apologizing and letting him know she think's they'd be better off seeing other people.
Immoral consequence: Josh repeatedly tries to contact her but to no avail, and becomes really worried and depressed.
Norm: It is wrong to ghost your loved ones
Situation: Tiarah is bored of her relationship with Josh and wants to end things.
Intention: Tiarah wants to end the relationship without confrontation.
Moral consequence: Josh is upset but understands, and moves on from the breakup pretty quickly.
Immoral action: Tiarah decides to just stop responding to Josh's texts or answering his phone calls.
Norm: It's harmful to spread fake news as truth.
Situation: Anton is a manager for a large firm and his employee's productivity has started to suffer.
Intention: Anton wants his employee's to be productive.
Moral action: Anton sets up additional paid training for his employee's.
Immoral consequence: Anton's boss finds out that he spread a fake news story and fires him.
Norm: It's harmful to spread fake news as truth.
Situation: Anton is a manager for a large firm and his employee's productivity has started to suffer.
Intention: Anton wants his employee's to be productive.
Moral consequence: Anton's employee's benefit greatly from the training and the firms overall productivity skyrockets.
Immoral action: Anton spreads a fake story that his company will be firing unproductive employee's.
Norm: It's rude to swear at your neighbors.
Situation: Maddie's neighbor often walks their dog through Maddie's lawn and doesn't pick up the dog's poop.
Intention: Maddie wants her neighbor to clean up after their dog.
Moral action: Maddie asks her neighbor to please pick up her dog's poop.
Immoral consequence: Maddie's neighbor is offended and tells the neighborhood that Maddie is hostile.
Norm: It's rude to swear at your neighbors.
Situation: Maddie's neighbor often walks their dog through Maddie's lawn and doesn't pick up the dog's poop.
Intention: Maddie wants her neighbor to clean up after their dog.
Moral consequence: Maddie's neighbor apologizes for not cleaning up after her dog.
Immoral action: Maddie yells at her neighbor to "pick up her dog's shit".
Norm: You shouldn't talk to your partner's ex.
Situation: Jack's girlfriend is attending an event while Jack watches a football game on tv.
Intention: Jack wants to call someone to discuss the football game.
Moral action: Jack calls his friend Bo and discusses the game.
Immoral consequence: Jack's girlfriend is furious.
Norm: You shouldn't talk to your partner's ex.
Situation: Jack's girlfriend is attending an event while Jack watches a football game on tv.
Intention: Jack wants to call someone to discuss the football game.
Moral consequence: Jack and Bo have a good conversation.
Immoral action: Jack calls his girlfriend's ex and discusses the game.
Norm: It's wrong to want your partner to lose their job.
Situation: Sarah accepted a post-doctoral position in a different state but her partner has his dream job in the state they currently live in.
Intention: Sarah wants to take the position and stay with her partner.
Moral action: Sarah and her partner live apart for a year, keeping the relationship long distance.
Immoral consequence: Sarah's partner feels very unsupported.
Norm: It's wrong to want your partner to lose their job.
Situation: Sarah accepted a post-doctoral position in a different state but her partner has his dream job in the state they currently live in.
Intention: Sarah wants to take the position and stay with her partner.
Moral consequence: Sarah's partner loves the relationship even more because they both have the space to pursue their dreams.
Immoral action: Sarah hopes every time her partner tells her he got in trouble at work it means he is closer to getting fired.
Norm: You should call the police if someone is injured.
Situation: Kim sees someone in the street get hit by a car which drives away.
Intention: Kim wants to decide if she should call 911.
Moral action: Kim calls 911 on her phone right away to help the injured man.
Immoral consequence: Everyone else does the same thing as Kim and the injured man gets no help.
Norm: You should call the police if someone is injured.
Situation: Kim sees someone in the street get hit by a car which drives away.
Intention: Kim wants to decide if she should call 911.
Moral consequence: An ambulance arrives to help the injured man 3 minutes later.
Immoral action: Kim walks away assuming someone else will call the 911.
Norm: It's not okay to not eat in a healthy way.
Situation: Jed's doctor had told him that he needed to lose some weight.
Intention: Jed wants to eat out with his wife.
Moral action: Jed orders a turkey sandwich and a side salad at the restaurant.
Immoral consequence: Jed continues to gain weight and his doctor has to put him on blood pressure medicine.
Norm: It's not okay to not eat in a healthy way.
Situation: Jed's doctor had told him that he needed to lose some weight.
Intention: Jed wants to eat out with his wife.
Moral consequence: Jed starts to lose weight and the doctor tells him that he is in better shape the next time he sees him.
Immoral action: Jed orders a double bacon cheeseburger and a double order of fries at the restaurant.
Norm: It is bad to intentional try to kick out someone.
Situation: Kat just joined a political organization, and there is a very arrogant man in it.
Intention: Kat wants to talk about the man to the organization leader.
Moral action: Kat asks the leader to tell her more about the man so that she doesn't wrongly judge him.
Immoral consequence: Kat ruins the man's reputation, and he might get kicked out.
Norm: It is bad to intentional try to kick out someone.
Situation: Kat just joined a political organization, and there is a very arrogant man in it.
Intention: Kat wants to talk about the man to the organization leader.
Moral consequence: Others become more aware of the man and his perspective.
Immoral action: Kat tells the leader that the man has been flirting with her on social media.
Norm: It is disrespectful to make advances on someone else's spouse.
Situation: Tyler is having some drinks out at a bar with his friend Tom and his spouse.
Intention: Tyler wants to flirt with a pretty girl.
Moral action: Tyler, feeling loose after a few drinks, decides to flirt with the bartender.
Immoral consequence: Tom and his spouse feel disrespected by the comments he made.
Norm: It is disrespectful to make advances on someone else's spouse.
Situation: Tyler is having some drinks out at a bar with his friend Tom and his spouse.
Intention: Tyler wants to flirt with a pretty girl.
Moral consequence: The bartender playfully flirts back with Tom who enjoys the attention.
Immoral action: Tyler, feeling less inhibitions because of the alcohol, makes some suggestive comments to his friend's spouse.
Norm: You shouldn't flirt with people online if you're married.
Situation: Dan is married to Jenny but spends a lot of time online talking to women about gardening, which he loves.
Intention: Dan wants to talk to a woman online about gardening.
Moral action: Dan talks to a woman online about the fruits and vegetables he's going to try to grow next.
Immoral consequence: Jenny finds Dan's suggestive online chat, feels betrayed, and makes him sleep on the couch for a week.
Norm: You shouldn't flirt with people online if you're married.
Situation: Dan is married to Jenny but spends a lot of time online talking to women about gardening, which he loves.
Intention: Dan wants to talk to a woman online about gardening.
Moral consequence: Jenny finds Dan's online chat and buys him seeds for the fruits and vegetables he wants to try to grow next.
Immoral action: Dan talks to a woman online about gardening and makes many suggestive comments about how their body parts resemble different fruits and vegetables.
Norm: It's rude to show disappointment with gift.
Situation: Matt's mom bought him an expensive gift that he did not want.
Intention: Matt wants to return the gift and get something else.
Moral action: Matt thanks his mom but later returns the gift to the store and receives store credit which he uses to buy something else.
Immoral consequence: Matt's mom thinks that he is being ungrateful about the gift.
Norm: It's rude to show disappointment with gift.
Situation: Matt's mom bought him an expensive gift that he did not want.
Intention: Matt wants to return the gift and get something else.
Moral consequence: Matt's mom is happy because she thinks he likes the gift.
Immoral action: Matt expresses how he feels about the gift and asks for the receipt.
Norm: It's bad to move away from your partner.
Situation: Ryan was offered a better position within his company, but it requires him to relocate away from his girlfriend Samantha to a big city.
Intention: Ryan wants to accept the job.
Moral action: Ryan tells Samantha what a good opportunity the job is, and asks her to move with him.
Immoral consequence: The long distance puts a strain on their relationship, so Ryan and Samantha break up.
Norm: It's bad to move away from your partner.
Situation: Ryan was offered a better position within his company, but it requires him to relocate away from his girlfriend Samantha to a big city.
Intention: Ryan wants to accept the job.
Moral consequence: Samantha gladly accepts and their relationship flourishes in the new city.
Immoral action: Ryan tells his boss he will take the position and tells Samantha that he will fly in every weekend to see her.
Norm: It's wrong to do something that will hurt a sibling
Situation: Jane sees her brother Mark eat the last cookie.
Intention: Jane wants to teach Mark a lesson.
Moral action: Jane explains to Mark why this was rude.
Immoral consequence: Mark's arm is hurt, and he is mad at his sister.
Norm: It's wrong to do something that will hurt a sibling
Situation: Jane sees her brother Mark eat the last cookie.
Intention: Jane wants to teach Mark a lesson.
Moral consequence: Mark feels sorry for not asking if anyone else wanted the cookie.
Immoral action: Jane punches Mark.
Norm: It's frustrating when customers use goods or services without paying.
Situation: Nate was in a grocery store, and he noticed that they just recently brought in mangoes.
Intention: Nate wants to try a mango.
Moral action: Nate grabs a bunch of mangoes and puts them in a bag so that he can take them home.
Immoral consequence: The store doesn't get compensated for the mango that Nate stole.
Norm: It's frustrating when customers use goods or services without paying.
Situation: Nate was in a grocery store, and he noticed that they just recently brought in mangoes.
Intention: Nate wants to try a mango.
Moral consequence: The store gets properly compensated for all of the mangoes that Nate took.
Immoral action: Nate grabs a mango and eats it in a way so that no employees can see him.
Norm: It's frowned upon to downvote someone's posts on social media.
Situation: Stephanie reads someone's post on a paring she hates in a show on an online fan forum with an annoyed expression.
Intention: Stephanie wants to interact with the post.
Moral action: Stephanie reads the post several times before asking questions about the person's views.
Immoral consequence: Stephanie is called out by the other members of the forum for her behavior.
Norm: It's frowned upon to downvote someone's posts on social media.
Situation: Stephanie reads someone's post on a paring she hates in a show on an online fan forum with an annoyed expression.
Intention: Stephanie wants to interact with the post.
Moral consequence: Stephanie walks away with a deeper understanding of the characters in the show.
Immoral action: Stephanie presses the dislike button on the post and responds with pictures of her favorite couple.