CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's bad to have sex with your friends' significant others.
Situation: Tom is hanging out with his friend Bill and his wife Susie and realizes he enjoys her company.
Intention: Tom wants to be around Jill more.
Moral action: Tom tells Bill and Susie he enjoys their company as good friends.
Immoral consequence: Bill finds out and is angry at Susie and ends his friendship with Tom.
Norm: It's bad to have sex with your friends' significant others.
Situation: Tom is hanging out with his friend Bill and his wife Susie and realizes he enjoys her company.
Intention: Tom wants to be around Jill more.
Moral consequence: Bill and Susie are flattered and hang out with Tom more often.
Immoral action: Tom asks Susie to sleep with him later that night when Bill isn't around.
Norm: You should compliment someone when you like their dress.
Situation: Kyle is at home when his wife Claire comes home in a new fancy dress she just got which Kyle loves at first sight.
Intention: Kyle wants to make a comment about the dress.
Moral action: Kyle tells Claire that the dress is amazing and that she looks breathtakingly beautiful in it.
Immoral consequence: Claire is annoyed that Kyle is focusing on money and not her and her self confidence takes a dip.
Norm: You should compliment someone when you like their dress.
Situation: Kyle is at home when his wife Claire comes home in a new fancy dress she just got which Kyle loves at first sight.
Intention: Kyle wants to make a comment about the dress.
Moral consequence: Claire is so happy to hear that Kyle loves the dress and that she thinks he's beautiful and is all smiles.
Immoral action: Kyle tells Claire that she shouldn't have spen their money on such fancy new clothes.
Norm: You should always be kind to people on the internet
Situation: Marc makes videos on YouTube for a living, and his viewers didn't like his last video.
Intention: Marc wants to respond to his viewers.
Moral action: Marc tells his viewers that he made a mistake and that he'll listen to them more.
Immoral consequence: Marc loses subscribers, and he hurts the feelings of his supporters.
Norm: You should always be kind to people on the internet
Situation: Marc makes videos on YouTube for a living, and his viewers didn't like his last video.
Intention: Marc wants to respond to his viewers.
Moral consequence: Marc's supporters feel closer to him, and Marc feels more humble.
Immoral action: Marc tells his viewers that there's a reason they're not successful.
Norm: It's rude to make your child's life annoying.
Situation: Ben hates taking karate class, so he asks his father if he can quit.
Intention: Ben's father wants him in an extracurricular activity.
Moral action: Ben's father takes him out of the karate class and enrolls him in an art class instead.
Immoral consequence: Ben starts to act out and skips the class when his father isn't there.
Norm: It's rude to make your child's life annoying.
Situation: Ben hates taking karate class, so he asks his father if he can quit.
Intention: Ben's father wants him in an extracurricular activity.
Moral consequence: Ben's is grateful that he doesn't have to do something he doesn't want to anymore.
Immoral action: Ben's father tells him to suck it up and makes him go to karate class.
Norm: You shouldn't let your kids smoke cigarettes.
Situation: Jim is a pack a day smoker with a child named Roger, who has expressed interest in trying smoking.
Intention: Jim wants to teach Roger a lesson about smoking.
Moral action: Jim tells Roger about the various adverse health consequences of smoking.
Immoral consequence: Roger ends up enjoying the cigarette and later starts smoking daily.
Norm: You shouldn't let your kids smoke cigarettes.
Situation: Jim is a pack a day smoker with a child named Roger, who has expressed interest in trying smoking.
Intention: Jim wants to teach Roger a lesson about smoking.
Moral consequence: Roger is scared off by all the side effects Jim tells him about and decides he doesn't want to try smoking any more.
Immoral action: Jim lets Roger try a cigarette, figuring he'll be disgusted by it and stop being interested.
Norm: It's good to not like gambling.
Situation: Adam is at the store buying some snacks with his friend Ivan when Ivan asks him to play the lottery.
Intention: Adam wants to respond to Ivan's suggestion that he play the lottery.
Moral action: Adam tells Ivan that the lottery is like a tax on stupidity and that only an idiot would waste money on it.
Immoral consequence: Adam finds out the next morning that he didn't win anything and regrets throwing money down the drain.
Norm: It's good to not like gambling.
Situation: Adam is at the store buying some snacks with his friend Ivan when Ivan asks him to play the lottery.
Intention: Adam wants to respond to Ivan's suggestion that he play the lottery.
Moral consequence: Adam finds out the next morning that no one won and the draw carried over and that makes him smile.
Immoral action: Adam tells Ivan that it's a great idea since there's a chance he could win a lot of money.
Norm: It is rude to purposefully upset another person
Situation: Samantha is about to face off against someone in a public debate, and her opponent recently had a miscarriage.
Intention: Samantha wants to win the debate.
Moral action: Samantha reads some tips on how to be an effective public speaker before entering the stage.
Immoral consequence: Her opponent starts crying.
Norm: It is rude to purposefully upset another person
Situation: Samantha is about to face off against someone in a public debate, and her opponent recently had a miscarriage.
Intention: Samantha wants to win the debate.
Moral consequence: Her opponent is happy that she's debating a challenging opponent.
Immoral action: Samantha tells her opponent that her actions led to the miscarriage.
Norm: Calling women whores is bad behavior.
Situation: Frank suspects his girlfriend June is cheating on him with her personal trainer.
Intention: Frank wants to confront June.
Moral action: Frank shares his concerns with June and asks her to see another trainer.
Immoral consequence: June breaks up with Frank for his boorish behavior.
Norm: Calling women whores is bad behavior.
Situation: Frank suspects his girlfriend June is cheating on him with her personal trainer.
Intention: Frank wants to confront June.
Moral consequence: June takes steps to make Frank feel more secure in their relationship.
Immoral action: Frank accuses June of sleeping with her personal trainer and calls her a whore.
Norm: You should take your partner out to dinner sometimes.
Situation: Levi has the entire day free, and his girlfriend is also not busy.
Intention: Levi wants to do something fun.
Moral action: Levi asks his girlfriend out on a date at their favorite restaurant.
Immoral consequence: Levi misses his girlfriend.
Norm: You should take your partner out to dinner sometimes.
Situation: Levi has the entire day free, and his girlfriend is also not busy.
Intention: Levi wants to do something fun.
Moral consequence: Levi enjoys eating the restaurant's new dish.
Immoral action: Levi spends his free time walking around the park.
Norm: It is good to be honest with others.
Situation: Jonah promised his mom, Sarah, than he would sign up for dance classes, but he doesn't really want to do it.
Intention: Jonah wants to talk to Sarah.
Moral action: Jonah tells Sarah that he decided he doesn't want to be a dancer.
Immoral consequence: Jonah ends up feeling miserable because he's not into dancing.
Norm: It is good to be honest with others.
Situation: Jonah promised his mom, Sarah, than he would sign up for dance classes, but he doesn't really want to do it.
Intention: Jonah wants to talk to Sarah.
Moral consequence: Jonah feels better because he was honest with Sarah.
Immoral action: Jonah tell's Sarah that he can't wait to go, and he reluctantly takes the classes.
Norm: You shouldn't get mad at your partner for petty things.
Situation: Will sees his wife Gloria spill milk on the kitchen floor.
Intention: Will wants to mention the spill to Gloria.
Moral action: Will tells Gloria about the spilled milk while making a joke.
Immoral consequence: Gloria is shocked by the outburst and starts to cry.
Norm: You shouldn't get mad at your partner for petty things.
Situation: Will sees his wife Gloria spill milk on the kitchen floor.
Intention: Will wants to mention the spill to Gloria.
Moral consequence: Gloria laughs and gets a paper towel to wipe up the milk.
Immoral action: Will raises his voice at Gloria as he tells her about the spill.
Norm: Children should not swear.
Situation: Josh is in the third grade and is frustrated with the way his teacher is explaining a subject.
Intention: Josh wants to let his teacher know he is frustrated.
Moral action: Josh explains to his teacher that he is having a hard time and asks the teacher to explain things again.
Immoral consequence: Josh's teacher is offended by his swearing and some of the other students are badly influenced by it.
Norm: Children should not swear.
Situation: Josh is in the third grade and is frustrated with the way his teacher is explaining a subject.
Intention: Josh wants to let his teacher know he is frustrated.
Moral consequence: Josh's teacher is happy to help and some of the other students benefit from the subject being explained again too.
Immoral action: Josh uses unacceptable language towards his teacher in front of the rest of the class.
Norm: It's good to deliver on promises that you make.
Situation: Ian told his son Danial that they would go on a vacation to the beach, but Ian's salary got cut.
Intention: Ian wants to have fun with his son.
Moral action: Ian contacts a vacation rental property, and he is able to pay the rent fee in low monthly installment payments.
Immoral consequence: Danial spends the trip in a bad mood because he didn't want to go camping.
Norm: It's good to deliver on promises that you make.
Situation: Ian told his son Danial that they would go on a vacation to the beach, but Ian's salary got cut.
Intention: Ian wants to have fun with his son.
Moral consequence: Danial has fun exploring the beach with his dad.
Immoral action: Ian takes his son to a free overnight camping event on a playground.
Norm: It's good to look nice for your important events.
Situation: Kelly has to attend her husbands work function right after having a huge argument with him.
Intention: Kelly wants to teach her husband a lesson.
Moral action: Kelly makes her husband sleep on the couch after the event.
Immoral consequence: Kelly winds up feeling more embarrassed than her husband when people keep staring at her.
Norm: It's good to look nice for your important events.
Situation: Kelly has to attend her husbands work function right after having a huge argument with him.
Intention: Kelly wants to teach her husband a lesson.
Moral consequence: Kelly calms down after spending time away from her husband.
Immoral action: Kelly decides to embarrass her husband by dressing sloppily for the event.
Norm: You shouldn't enter the opposite sex's restroom.
Situation: Rob is at an outdoor concert and has to go to the bathroom really badly.
Intention: Rob needs to find a restroom very quickly.
Moral action: Rob waits for the men's bathroom, as difficult as it is for him to do that.
Immoral consequence: He finds that there are people trying to use the bathroom who are appalled by his presence, and he still doesn't get to use the bathroom.
Norm: You shouldn't enter the opposite sex's restroom.
Situation: Rob is at an outdoor concert and has to go to the bathroom really badly.
Intention: Rob needs to find a restroom very quickly.
Moral consequence: Rob gets to use the restroom, and he doesn't cause any problems for other people.
Immoral action: Rob can't find a place to go quickly, so he walks into the women's bathroom.
Norm: It's frowned upon to commit suicide.
Situation: Jason has been suffering from severe depression since his divorce.
Intention: Jason wants to stop feeling so bad.
Moral action: Jason seeks professional help for his depression.
Immoral consequence: Jason's friends and family are devastated and angry at his choice.
Norm: It's frowned upon to commit suicide.
Situation: Jason has been suffering from severe depression since his divorce.
Intention: Jason wants to stop feeling so bad.
Moral consequence: Jason's counseling and medication help him get better.
Immoral action: Jason decides to end his life.
Norm: It's good to help someone stop using illegal drugs.
Situation: Millie's friend, Vicky, has been asking her for money lately and Millie finds out that Vicky's using it to buy cocaine.
Intention: Millie wants to stop enabling her friend's bad habits.
Moral action: Millie stops giving Vicky money and encourages her to seek treatment to help her break her addiction.
Immoral consequence: Millie finds out through a mutual friend that Vicky went elsewhere for money and ended up overdosing.
Norm: It's good to help someone stop using illegal drugs.
Situation: Millie's friend, Vicky, has been asking her for money lately and Millie finds out that Vicky's using it to buy cocaine.
Intention: Millie wants to stop enabling her friend's bad habits.
Moral consequence: Vicky feels empowered by Millie's support and starts to go to an addiction treatment center.
Immoral action: Millie cuts off all contact with Vicky, hoping that it will force her to seek help for her problem.
Norm: It's immoral to treat people like commodities.
Situation: Barry owns a factory and needs to close the current facility and build a bigger facility.
Intention: Barry wants to build a bigger facility.
Moral action: Barry builds a bigger facility close to the current facility.
Immoral consequence: Barry's current workers will be fired or have to uproot their lives and Barry will lose skilled people.
Norm: It's immoral to treat people like commodities.
Situation: Barry owns a factory and needs to close the current facility and build a bigger facility.
Intention: Barry wants to build a bigger facility.
Moral consequence: Barry's current workers will keep their jobs and Barry will retain skilled people.
Immoral action: Barry builds a bigger facility on the other side of the country.
Norm: You shouldn't expect someone to always stick with their diet.
Situation: Sandra's husband Vince is tired of being overweight and has started a new diet to get healthy.
Intention: Sandra wants to support Vince.
Moral action: Sandra helps Vince plan his meals including cheat meals when he chooses to indulge.
Immoral consequence: Vince gets annoyed with Sandra's micro-managing and quickly gets discouraged from his diet.
Norm: You shouldn't expect someone to always stick with their diet.
Situation: Sandra's husband Vince is tired of being overweight and has started a new diet to get healthy.
Intention: Sandra wants to support Vince.
Moral consequence: Vince has the support he needs from Sandra to stick to his diet and successfully lose weight.
Immoral action: Sandra constantly keeps track of what Vince is eating and chimes in with the calorie counts whenever she thinks he might go too far.
Norm: You shouldn't laugh at your coworkers.
Situation: Joey is working construction with his coworker who keeps making mistakes.
Intention: Joey wants to enjoy his time with his coworker.
Moral action: Joey shows his coworker how to correct their mistakes so that the both of them can work more smoothly and have more break time to enjoy.
Immoral consequence: Joey's coworker get fuming anger at consistently being laughed at.
Norm: You shouldn't laugh at your coworkers.
Situation: Joey is working construction with his coworker who keeps making mistakes.
Intention: Joey wants to enjoy his time with his coworker.
Moral consequence: Joey's coworker appreciates the tips and feels more confident about their own work going forward.
Immoral action: At the expensive of his coworker's mistakes Joey is entertained by the coworker chuckling at every misstep.
Norm: It's not okay to deceive others.
Situation: Phil is out shopping when a customer stops him and asks if a $100 bill they found on the floor belongs to Phil, which it doesn't.
Intention: Phil needs to decide how to respond.
Moral action: Phil says the bill is not his and offers to help find the person it belongs to.
Immoral consequence: The person who actually owned the 100$ is standing right behind Phil and yells at him.
Norm: It's not okay to deceive others.
Situation: Phil is out shopping when a customer stops him and asks if a $100 bill they found on the floor belongs to Phil, which it doesn't.
Intention: Phil needs to decide how to respond.
Moral consequence: The person the bill belongs to thanks Phil for helping him find his lost money.
Immoral action: Phil thanks the customer for finding his lost money and pockets it.
Norm: You should always return things to their rightful owner.
Situation: Mike is an Uber driver, and his last passenger left their wallet in his car.
Intention: Mike has to decide whether to give the wallet back.
Moral action: Mike drives all the way to the passenger's house to give the wallet back.
Immoral consequence: The passenger has to wait to get another licence and loses any money in it.
Norm: You should always return things to their rightful owner.
Situation: Mike is an Uber driver, and his last passenger left their wallet in his car.
Intention: Mike has to decide whether to give the wallet back.
Moral consequence: The passenger feels grateful and no longer has to worry about it.
Immoral action: Mike decides to keep the wallet and tells the passenger he didn't find it.
Norm: It's bad to be late for an engagement.
Situation: Maria has a very important business meeting with a client.
Intention: Maria wants to attend the meeting.
Moral action: Maria thinks showing up earlier than scheduled will make her seem prepared.
Immoral consequence: Maria's client thinks Maria is irresponsible and chooses a new person to work with.
Norm: It's bad to be late for an engagement.
Situation: Maria has a very important business meeting with a client.
Intention: Maria wants to attend the meeting.
Moral consequence: Maria's client thinks Maria is responsible and enjoys working with her.
Immoral action: Maria thinks showing up past the scheduled time will make her seem more important.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of someone's likes.
Situation: Susan loves painting ceramic frogs, but her husband David finds it to be a very boring hobby.
Intention: David wants Susan to pick a hobby that he would enjoy doing with her.
Moral action: David asks Susan if she would be willing to try something new, with him, that they could do in their spare time together.
Immoral consequence: Susan is offended by David's remarks, and she is unwilling to switch to a new hobby that they can do together.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of someone's likes.
Situation: Susan loves painting ceramic frogs, but her husband David finds it to be a very boring hobby.
Intention: David wants Susan to pick a hobby that he would enjoy doing with her.
Moral consequence: Susan thinks of some things that they might like to do together and David likes some of them very much, and they spend more time together.
Immoral action: David tells Susan directly that he finds her choice of hobbies to be beneath her and ridiculous, that it's boring, and he wants her to find something else to do.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to your partner about your sexual orientation.
Situation: Bob is engaged to Debbie but is secretly gay.
Intention: Bob wants to be married and have a family.
Moral action: Bob tells Debbie the truth, breaks up with her and marries a nice man and adopts kids with him.
Immoral consequence: Debbie eventually finds out and is sad and divorces Bob and Bob becomes miserable.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to your partner about your sexual orientation.
Situation: Bob is engaged to Debbie but is secretly gay.
Intention: Bob wants to be married and have a family.
Moral consequence: Debbie is less hurt than she would've been and Bob finds happiness.
Immoral action: Bob continues to make love to Debbie despite his misgivings and gets married to her.
Norm: It's petty to wish for someone to go to prison.
Situation: James, who deeply disliked country music, lived next to a neighbor who played it at top volume every night.
Intention: James wants his neighbor to turn down the late-night music.
Moral action: James starts blasting heavy metal music at his neighbor's house until his neighbor comes over to complain.
Immoral consequence: The police ransack James' neighbor's house and arrest him, but are forced to let him go due to lack of evidence.
Norm: It's petty to wish for someone to go to prison.
Situation: James, who deeply disliked country music, lived next to a neighbor who played it at top volume every night.
Intention: James wants his neighbor to turn down the late-night music.
Moral consequence: James and his neighbor come to a detente and stop playing music at night.
Immoral action: James calls the cops and tells them that he thinks his neighbor is selling prohibited pharmaceuticals.
Norm: It's good to own up to your past mistakes.
Situation: Bill is at work talking with his boss who is giving him a performance review.
Intention: Bill wants to look good in front of his boss.
Moral action: Bill's boss asks about a mistake Bill made during the last year and Bill uses the opportunity to explain what he learned from making that mistake to his boss.
Immoral consequence: Bill's boss is disappointed that Bill is not honest with him and is forced to give Bill a bad performance review.
Norm: It's good to own up to your past mistakes.
Situation: Bill is at work talking with his boss who is giving him a performance review.
Intention: Bill wants to look good in front of his boss.
Moral consequence: Bill's boss is impressed that Bill owned up to the mistake turning it into a positive learning experience and gives Bill a good review.
Immoral action: Bill's boss asks Bill about a mistake he made and as to look better, Bill blamed others for the event.
Norm: It is nice to give gifts to friends.
Situation: Thomas' best friend Richard invited him to his birthday party.
Intention: Thomas wants to save his money.
Moral action: Thomas spends a little within his budget on a gift for Richard and saves the rest.
Immoral consequence: Richard is sad and wonders if Thomas really likes him.
Norm: It is nice to give gifts to friends.
Situation: Thomas' best friend Richard invited him to his birthday party.
Intention: Thomas wants to save his money.
Moral consequence: Richard is happy to get a gift and feels closer to Thomas.
Immoral action: Thomas goes to the birthday party empty-handed and then leaves.
Norm: You should not let your appearance control your life.
Situation: Nick is obese, so he hates going outside, but he has to go see a doctor for an issue.
Intention: Nick has to decide whether to go to the doctor.
Moral action: Nick decides that he cares more about his issue than his weight, so he goes to see his doctor.
Immoral consequence: Nick is not able to get help for his issue and suffers.
Norm: You should not let your appearance control your life.
Situation: Nick is obese, so he hates going outside, but he has to go see a doctor for an issue.
Intention: Nick has to decide whether to go to the doctor.
Moral consequence: Nick becomes more okay with going outside and gets help with his issue.
Immoral action: Nick doesn't want people looking at him, so he decides to stay at home.
Norm: It is irresponsible to speed in a parking lot.
Situation: John is looking to park his car at a grocery store.
Intention: John wants to go shopping quickly.
Moral action: John drives carefully through the lot, finds his spot and then shops quickly inside the store.
Immoral consequence: Pedestrians walking in the parking lot are alarmed and resent John.
Norm: It is irresponsible to speed in a parking lot.
Situation: John is looking to park his car at a grocery store.
Intention: John wants to go shopping quickly.
Moral consequence: Pedestrians in the parking lot appreciate John's care and like him.
Immoral action: John drives fast through the parking lot trying to find a space.