CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't post awkward pictures of people.
Situation: James recently took a picture of his friend throwing up on James' shoes at a party.
Intention: James wants to get back at his friend for puking on James' shoes.
Moral action: James calls his friend Barfy McLightweight every time they talk privately for the next two weeks.
Immoral consequence: James' friend group accuses him of being a bad friend and refuses to talk to him for a week.
Norm: You shouldn't post awkward pictures of people.
Situation: James recently took a picture of his friend throwing up on James' shoes at a party.
Intention: James wants to get back at his friend for puking on James' shoes.
Moral consequence: James' friend is grateful James kept his secret and is more careful about where he throws up in the future.
Immoral action: James posts the picture of his drunk, vomiting friend on every social media account.
Norm: You should look your best for important events.
Situation: Susan is invited to her friend's wedding.
Intention: Susan wants to support her friend on a special day.
Moral action: Susan picks out a beautiful outfit to wear to the wedding.
Immoral consequence: Susan's friend is hurt and says she ruined her special day.
Norm: You should look your best for important events.
Situation: Susan is invited to her friend's wedding.
Intention: Susan wants to support her friend on a special day.
Moral consequence: Susan takes many group pictures with her friend and makes good memories of a special day.
Immoral action: Susan shows up to the wedding hung over in clothes from the night before.
Norm: It's wrong to lie to the police about a crime.
Situation: Jason steals a candy bar from a convenience store because he's hungry, and is caught by the owner who calls the cops.
Intention: Jason wants to discuss the matter with the authorities.
Moral action: Jason explains to the cops and owner that he's hungry and had no money.
Immoral consequence: The police find the items in Jason's pocket, and he gets arrested.
Norm: It's wrong to lie to the police about a crime.
Situation: Jason steals a candy bar from a convenience store because he's hungry, and is caught by the owner who calls the cops.
Intention: Jason wants to discuss the matter with the authorities.
Moral consequence: The police ask the owner if he wants to press charges, but feels sorry for Jason, says no, and Jason goes home free.
Immoral action: Jason tells the cops it wasn't him and blames a random shopper.
Norm: It's wrong to shame people in public.
Situation: Nancy notices her friend has toilet paper on her shoe.
Intention: Nancy wants to tell her friend.
Moral action: Nancy pulls her friend aside and quietly tells her about the problem.
Immoral consequence: Nancy's friend becomes embarrassed and refuses to speak to her after.
Norm: It's wrong to shame people in public.
Situation: Nancy notices her friend has toilet paper on her shoe.
Intention: Nancy wants to tell her friend.
Moral consequence: Nancy's friend thanks her for her discretion.
Immoral action: Nancy loudly points out the toilet paper and laughs.
Norm: It's good to treat your pets nicely.
Situation: Janice is trying to train her new puppy to go potty in the backyard.
Intention: Janice wants to stop the puppy from pooping in the house.
Moral action: Janice takes the puppy outside periodically and pets the puppy while praising it when it poops outside.
Immoral consequence: Janice's neighbors think Janice can't handle having a puppy and worry about the effect this has on the puppy.
Norm: It's good to treat your pets nicely.
Situation: Janice is trying to train her new puppy to go potty in the backyard.
Intention: Janice wants to stop the puppy from pooping in the house.
Moral consequence: Janice's neighbors feel Janice is going to have a well adjusted dog once the puppy grows up.
Immoral action: After Janice catches her puppy pooping in the living room, she pulls him outside by the collar while screaming at him and smacking him.
Norm: You shouldn't destroy someone's property.
Situation: Fred hears shouting over at the neighbor's place and suspects that they are fighting.
Intention: Fred wants to stop the fight.
Moral action: Fred shouts through the door if his neighbors need any helpl.
Immoral consequence: His neighbors get angry at Fred for destroying their door.
Norm: You shouldn't destroy someone's property.
Situation: Fred hears shouting over at the neighbor's place and suspects that they are fighting.
Intention: Fred wants to stop the fight.
Moral consequence: The neighbors open the door and explain the situation, thanking Fred for caring.
Immoral action: Fred kicks down his neighbor's door, ready to help with any trouble.
Norm: You shouldn't threaten your roommates.
Situation: Paul's roommate leaves his dirty clothes everywhere in the room.
Intention: Paul wants his roommate to stop leaving the room a mess.
Moral action: Paul asks his roommate to pick up after himself and offers to help.
Immoral consequence: Paul's roommate steals some things out of spite while Paul is away and leaves the apartment.
Norm: You shouldn't threaten your roommates.
Situation: Paul's roommate leaves his dirty clothes everywhere in the room.
Intention: Paul wants his roommate to stop leaving the room a mess.
Moral consequence: His roommate slowly learns to keep his area clean.
Immoral action: Paul threatens to get his roommate kicked out by the police if he doesn't pick up after himself.
Norm: It is rude to be loud and disturbing others.
Situation: Bob is at a restaurant and gets into a disagreement with a friend.
Intention: Bob wants to argue with his friend.
Moral action: Bob and his friend go outside and argue in the parking lot.
Immoral consequence: The other guests get annoyed and the employees ask them to leave.
Norm: It is rude to be loud and disturbing others.
Situation: Bob is at a restaurant and gets into a disagreement with a friend.
Intention: Bob wants to argue with his friend.
Moral consequence: The guests don't hear the argument and enjoy their meal.
Immoral action: Bob stand up and argues with his friend in the restaurant.
Norm: Is good for brothers to be nice to their sister
Situation: Sam's sister Mary asks him for help mowing the lawn.
Intention: Sam wants to respond to Mary.
Moral action: Sam agrees to help his sister mow the lawn.
Immoral consequence: Mary is sad that her brother won't help her.
Norm: Is good for brothers to be nice to their sister
Situation: Sam's sister Mary asks him for help mowing the lawn.
Intention: Sam wants to respond to Mary.
Moral consequence: Mary is happy and feels supported.
Immoral action: Sam refuses to help his sister and watches TV instead.
Norm: You shouldn't ask your siblings to pay you.
Situation: Greg and his brother Frank are going to the movies.
Intention: Greg wants to have fun with his brother and spend time with him.
Moral action: Greg doesn’t ask for reimbursement and decides it was nice to treat his brother for this movie.
Immoral consequence: Frank feels like Greg shouldn’t have asked if he wasn’t going to pay and feels upset.
Norm: You shouldn't ask your siblings to pay you.
Situation: Greg and his brother Frank are going to the movies.
Intention: Greg wants to have fun with his brother and spend time with him.
Moral consequence: Greg and Frank go out to eat and Frank decides to pay the bill this time.
Immoral action: Greg pays for the movie but afterwards asks his brother to pay him back for the cost.
Norm: Friends are expected not to hurt each other's feelings.
Situation: Tom's friend asks him what he thinks of their new tattoo which Tom thinks is really bad.
Intention: Tom wants to respond to his friend about the tattoo.
Moral action: Tom tells his friend that the tattoo really adds character to their look.
Immoral consequence: Tom's friend is deeply hurt and insulted and questions their friendship.
Norm: Friends are expected not to hurt each other's feelings.
Situation: Tom's friend asks him what he thinks of their new tattoo which Tom thinks is really bad.
Intention: Tom wants to respond to his friend about the tattoo.
Moral consequence: Tom's friend's confidence in himself and their friendship is improved.
Immoral action: Tom tells his friend that the tattoo is really stupid and makes them look trashy.
Norm: It's rude to break up with someone over text.
Situation: Bill and his girlfriend Jane have arguing intensely for months.
Intention: Bill wants to end the relationship with Jane.
Moral action: Bill meets with Jane and tells her that he wants to break up.
Immoral consequence: Jane becomes mad at Bill for not breaking up with her in person.
Norm: It's rude to break up with someone over text.
Situation: Bill and his girlfriend Jane have arguing intensely for months.
Intention: Bill wants to end the relationship with Jane.
Moral consequence: Jane agrees to an amicable split from Bill.
Immoral action: Bill sends a text to Jane that he wants to break up.
Norm: It's wrong to talk about sex with minors.
Situation: Mike spends every saturday with his nephews and nieces for dinner.
Intention: Mike wants to appear fun and entertaining to the kids.
Moral action: Mike tells funny age appropriate jokes and plays board games with the kids.
Immoral consequence: The kids feels uncomfortable and tell the parents who stop inviting Mike over.
Norm: It's wrong to talk about sex with minors.
Situation: Mike spends every saturday with his nephews and nieces for dinner.
Intention: Mike wants to appear fun and entertaining to the kids.
Moral consequence: Mike is loved by the kids and is still friends with them to this day.
Immoral action: Mike cracks graphic jokes and makes sexual comments to the kids.
Norm: It's wrong to flirt with your parent's friends.
Situation: Sandra's dad is having his friend over for dinner.
Intention: Sandra wants to see the man because he is very handsome.
Moral action: Sandra joins her dad and his friend at the dinner table, admires the man's good features, and enjoys a nice dinner.
Immoral consequence: Sandra's dad's friend is shocked and leaves the house immediately.
Norm: It's wrong to flirt with your parent's friends.
Situation: Sandra's dad is having his friend over for dinner.
Intention: Sandra wants to see the man because he is very handsome.
Moral consequence: Sandra's dad's friend has a good time and hopes to be invited back in the future.
Immoral action: Sandra joins her dad and his friend at the dinner table and rubs his leg with her foot under the table.
Norm: You should walk the dog sometimes.
Situation: John's wife asks him to walk the dog.
Intention: John wants to respond to his wife's request.
Moral action: John agrees and walks the dog.
Immoral consequence: John's wife gets upset with him for not taking care of the dog.
Norm: You should walk the dog sometimes.
Situation: John's wife asks him to walk the dog.
Intention: John wants to respond to his wife's request.
Moral consequence: John's wife is pleased with him helping out.
Immoral action: John tells her he doesn't feel like walking the dog.
Norm: It's despicable to stab a hamster.
Situation: Moe is in his friends room when his friend's hamster crawls on him.
Intention: Moe wants the hamster off of him.
Moral action: Moe gently removes the hamster and hands it to his friend.
Immoral consequence: Moe's friend calls the police and Moe is arrested.
Norm: It's despicable to stab a hamster.
Situation: Moe is in his friends room when his friend's hamster crawls on him.
Intention: Moe wants the hamster off of him.
Moral consequence: Moe's friend puts the hamster in the cage, and they resume their visit.
Immoral action: Moe stabs the hamster with a pencil.
Norm: It's frowned upon to lie to family.
Situation: Abe is invited to a family gathering, but is very tired.
Intention: Abe wants to get out of going to the gathering.
Moral action: Abe tells his family that he's exhausted and will come next time.
Immoral consequence: A family member sees Abe walking the next day and calls him out on his lie.
Norm: It's frowned upon to lie to family.
Situation: Abe is invited to a family gathering, but is very tired.
Intention: Abe wants to get out of going to the gathering.
Moral consequence: His family understands and saves him some food to eat.
Immoral action: Abe makes up a story about how he broke his leg and can't come.
Norm: It's bad to slash someone's tires.
Situation: Sue's boyfriend breaks up with her.
Intention: Sue wants to get back at him.
Moral action: Sue gets a makeover and starts going out and having fun.
Immoral consequence: Sue is caught on security camera and arrested.
Norm: It's bad to slash someone's tires.
Situation: Sue's boyfriend breaks up with her.
Intention: Sue wants to get back at him.
Moral consequence: Sue meets many new people and feels better about herself.
Immoral action: Sue hides outside his work and slashes his tires.
Norm: It's wrong to feel superior to others.
Situation: Jim is a black belt in karate and recently won a gold trophy at a martial arts tournament.
Intention: Jim wants to let his friends know what happened.
Moral action: Jim brings up the tournament while hanging out with his friends, and mentions offhand that he won a trophy but still has much to learn.
Immoral consequence: Jim's friends can't stand the way he's acting and avoid him.
Norm: It's wrong to feel superior to others.
Situation: Jim is a black belt in karate and recently won a gold trophy at a martial arts tournament.
Intention: Jim wants to let his friends know what happened.
Moral consequence: Jim's friends appreciate his modesty and ask him several follow-up questions about the tournament.
Immoral action: Jim carries the trophy around all day, waving it in his friend's faces and talking about how good at karate he is.
Norm: It is good to invest time in your friendships.
Situation: Steve has a weekend off and is looking to make plans.
Intention: Steve wants to have fun this weekend.
Moral action: Steve calls up his friends, and they have a blast together.
Immoral consequence: His friends don’t call him as much either and their friendship wanes.
Norm: It is good to invest time in your friendships.
Situation: Steve has a weekend off and is looking to make plans.
Intention: Steve wants to have fun this weekend.
Moral consequence: Steve’s friends make plans for another weekend and Steve has something to look forward to.
Immoral action: Steve spends time alone and doesn’t call any of his friends.
Norm: It is bad to talk to strangers.
Situation: Ash has gone the wrong way and become quite lost in a new area of town.
Intention: Ash wants to get directions to the original destination.
Moral action: Ash uses google maps to look up the correct directions before proceeding.
Immoral consequence: Ash risks getting themselves into a bad situation.
Norm: It is bad to talk to strangers.
Situation: Ash has gone the wrong way and become quite lost in a new area of town.
Intention: Ash wants to get directions to the original destination.
Moral consequence: Ash stays safe and sound in their car.
Immoral action: Ash walks up to a complete stranger to ask them where to go.
Norm: It is rude to disrespect your parents.
Situation: Randal learns about a concert at midnight from a radio ad, but his parents don't want him out past 9pm by himself.
Intention: Randal wants to go to the concert.
Moral action: Randal asks his parents to go with him to the concert.
Immoral consequence: Randal's parents find out that he snuck out and punish him.
Norm: It is rude to disrespect your parents.
Situation: Randal learns about a concert at midnight from a radio ad, but his parents don't want him out past 9pm by himself.
Intention: Randal wants to go to the concert.
Moral consequence: Randal's parents agree, and they have a good time.
Immoral action: Randal sneaks out of the house to go to the concert alone.
Norm: It's good to get permission before you do something.
Situation: Jimmy finds out about an exciting new concert that is coming to town but his parents are very overprotective.
Intention: Jimmy wants to go to the concert.
Moral action: Jimmy demonstrates to his parents how the event will be safe and promises to be on his best behavior.
Immoral consequence: Jimmy's parents find out and ground him for lying.
Norm: It's good to get permission before you do something.
Situation: Jimmy finds out about an exciting new concert that is coming to town but his parents are very overprotective.
Intention: Jimmy wants to go to the concert.
Moral consequence: Jimmy's parents are glad he is honest and are impressed enough to let him go.
Immoral action: Jimmy tells his parents that he’s going to a friend’s house, but attends the concert, instead.
Norm: It's good to be up front when ending a relationship.
Situation: Jake and Lisa had been dating each other for several months.
Intention: Jake wanted to date another woman.
Moral action: Jake explains that he the relationship isn't going anywhere.
Immoral consequence: Lisa sees Jake out with another woman and yells at him.
Norm: It's good to be up front when ending a relationship.
Situation: Jake and Lisa had been dating each other for several months.
Intention: Jake wanted to date another woman.
Moral consequence: Lisa is sad, but understands and the two are able to remain friends.
Immoral action: Jake starts a dating profile and starts meeting different women.
Norm: It is bad to lose your patience with your mother.
Situation: Kirby's toy broke due to being worn down from use, but Kirby's mother thinks Kirby broke it by being irresponsible.
Intention: Kirby wants to explain to his mother that he needs a new toy.
Moral action: Kirby calmly explains that the toy wore out from being played with so much.
Immoral consequence: Kirby gets the new toy, but he's grounded for a week and thus can't actually play with it.
Norm: It is bad to lose your patience with your mother.
Situation: Kirby's toy broke due to being worn down from use, but Kirby's mother thinks Kirby broke it by being irresponsible.
Intention: Kirby wants to explain to his mother that he needs a new toy.
Moral consequence: Kirby's mother replaces the worn out toy at the store.
Immoral action: Kirby reacts poorly under pressure and screams that it wasn't his fault.
Norm: You shouldn't judge others by their weight.
Situation: Robert is interviewing job candidates.
Intention: Robert needs to hire a new assistant for his company.
Moral action: Robert hires the most qualified candidate who happens to be overweight.
Immoral consequence: Robert hires a less qualified person which hurts his business.
Norm: You shouldn't judge others by their weight.
Situation: Robert is interviewing job candidates.
Intention: Robert needs to hire a new assistant for his company.
Moral consequence: The new hire does a great job and helps Robert's business grow.
Immoral action: Robert denies the job to a qualified applicant because she is overweight.
Norm: It's wrong to cause harm to animals.
Situation: John's dog is barking in the backyard.
Intention: John wants his dog to be quiet.
Moral action: John takes his dog for a walk.
Immoral consequence: John is reported for animal abuse and arrested.
Norm: It's wrong to cause harm to animals.
Situation: John's dog is barking in the backyard.
Intention: John wants his dog to be quiet.
Moral consequence: John enjoys the exercise and time spent with his pet.
Immoral action: John yells at his dog and kicks it.
Norm: It is unprofessional to cry at work.
Situation: Dave is a grocery store clerk who is restocking a shelf when he gets a text that his wife is dead, and he immediately has an urge to cry.
Intention: Dave wants to find a place to cry.
Moral action: Dave sneaks outside by the loading dock at the back of the store and finds a place between two parked semi trucks to cry in private.
Immoral consequence: The customers all feel pity on Dave and are saddened by his public display of sorrow and start to cry too.
Norm: It is unprofessional to cry at work.
Situation: Dave is a grocery store clerk who is restocking a shelf when he gets a text that his wife is dead, and he immediately has an urge to cry.
Intention: Dave wants to find a place to cry.
Moral consequence: The customers go on shopping without any clue that there is a man outside whose life has been torn to pieces.
Immoral action: Dave gets up from the floor where he was stocking and wanders into the cashier area where he begins to bawl his eyes out.
Norm: It's bad to do things out of spite.
Situation: Sherry is fighting with her boyfriend.
Intention: Sherry wants her boyfriend to know she is upset.
Moral action: Sherry sits down and calmly explains her feelings to her boyfriend.
Immoral consequence: Sherry is found out and her boyfriend breaks up with her.
Norm: It's bad to do things out of spite.
Situation: Sherry is fighting with her boyfriend.
Intention: Sherry wants her boyfriend to know she is upset.
Moral consequence: Sherry and her boyfriend have a long talk and make a plan to make their relationship better.
Immoral action: Sherry goes to the club and hits on random guys, sleeping with one of them.
Norm: You shouldn't marry your family members.
Situation: James fell in love with his cousin as soon as he saw her at a family reunion.
Intention: James wants to marry someone with whom he's in love.
Moral action: James avoids his cousin, so he won't feel tempted, and instead starts wooing an old friend from high school.
Immoral consequence: The cousin gets pregnant with a baby with serious genetic defects, and James has to pay for a therapeutic abortion.
Norm: You shouldn't marry your family members.
Situation: James fell in love with his cousin as soon as he saw her at a family reunion.
Intention: James wants to marry someone with whom he's in love.
Moral consequence: James gradually forgets his cousin, falls in love with his friend, marries her and has a healthy child.
Immoral action: James proposes to his cousin and marries her despite the objections of their family.
Norm: It's mean to lock your kids in their rooms.
Situation: Dave's children Tom and Sandy have made a huge mess by leaving their things everywhere.
Intention: Dave wants to punish his children.
Moral action: Dave decides to tell his children they won't be allowed to watch television that night as a punishment.
Immoral consequence: Tom and Sandy are both traumatized as they feel caged in and lonely since they can't call for help.
Norm: It's mean to lock your kids in their rooms.
Situation: Dave's children Tom and Sandy have made a huge mess by leaving their things everywhere.
Intention: Dave wants to punish his children.
Moral consequence: Tom and Sandy grow up to realize what their chores and duties are and why it's important to do them.
Immoral action: Dave decides to put both Tom and Sandy in their respective rooms and to lock them in there for the rest of the day.
Norm: It's rude to call someone dumb.
Situation: Joe is sitting in a large auditorium with his classmates for their history lecture.
Intention: Joe wants to chat with the student next to him.
Moral action: Joe inquires how the person next to him is liking the class they are taking.
Immoral consequence: Joe is called out by those around him for being disrespectful and mean.
Norm: It's rude to call someone dumb.
Situation: Joe is sitting in a large auditorium with his classmates for their history lecture.
Intention: Joe wants to chat with the student next to him.
Moral consequence: Joe makes a new friend and study partner.
Immoral action: Another student misses a question the professor asks and Joe comments about what a dummy they are to the person next to him.
Norm: Being honest is considered good.
Situation: Chris's friend John called to say he'd be in town and asked to hang out, but Chris has a date that night.
Intention: Chris wants to respond to John.
Moral action: Chris tells John that he already made plans with a pretty woman to go out that night.
Immoral consequence: John finds out Chris's sister is just fine and now he looks like a liar.
Norm: Being honest is considered good.
Situation: Chris's friend John called to say he'd be in town and asked to hang out, but Chris has a date that night.
Intention: Chris wants to respond to John.
Moral consequence: John totally understands and tells Chris he will catch him next time and to have fun.
Immoral action: Chris tells John his sister is sick, so he can't come.