CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't put rinse water in someone's coffee.
Situation: Greg is making coffee for everyone for a client meeting at work, when he finds out that the sink isn't working.
Intention: Greg wants to find water to make coffee with.
Moral action: Greg apologizes to the clients and offers to run and grab some coffee from a nearby shop.
Immoral consequence: The clients are disgusted by the coffee, which ruins their mood and causes the meeting to go poorly.
Norm: You shouldn't put rinse water in someone's coffee.
Situation: Greg is making coffee for everyone for a client meeting at work, when he finds out that the sink isn't working.
Intention: Greg wants to find water to make coffee with.
Moral consequence: The clients appreciate Greg's efforts, and their good mood affects their decision to continue working with the company.
Immoral action: Greg collects the water from the dish rack and uses it to make a pot of coffee.
Norm: It's frowned upon to be a dictator.
Situation: John's boss has put him in charge of an important project with several of his other coworkers.
Intention: John wants to lead his team.
Moral action: John moves everyone into the same office dividing the tasks evenly among everyone, and he asks anyone who has problems to come to him directly.
Immoral consequence: His teammates reports John to human resources about his behavior, and John is taken off the project.
Norm: It's frowned upon to be a dictator.
Situation: John's boss has put him in charge of an important project with several of his other coworkers.
Intention: John wants to lead his team.
Moral consequence: John and his team work together quickly finishing the job early, and they continue working together in the future.
Immoral action: John insists that his teammates follow tight guidelines and frequently checks on his coworkers three times an hour.
Norm: It is expected that you save food for other people
Situation: Cindy is at a restaurant waiting for her friends to arrive.
Intention: Cindy wants to eat food.
Moral action: Cindy orders food and eats a portion of it, saving the rest for her friends.
Immoral consequence: Her friends are upset that Cindy didn't save them any food.
Norm: It is expected that you save food for other people
Situation: Cindy is at a restaurant waiting for her friends to arrive.
Intention: Cindy wants to eat food.
Moral consequence: Her friends are delighted to have food ready as soon as they arrive.
Immoral action: Cindy orders food and eats all of it before her friends arrive.
Norm: It's bad to throw tantrums.
Situation: Prince has a birthday party and doesn't get the present that he really wanted.
Intention: Prince wants to get the desired gift.
Moral action: Prince offers to trade some of his presents for the gift that he wanted.
Immoral consequence: Prince's friends get disgusted and leave the party.
Norm: It's bad to throw tantrums.
Situation: Prince has a birthday party and doesn't get the present that he really wanted.
Intention: Prince wants to get the desired gift.
Moral consequence: A friend who owns the desired gift trades some gifts with Prince, and both of them are happy.
Immoral action: Prince throws himself on the floor and shouts that he wants the desired gift.
Norm: Babies should never be treated poorly regardless of their behavior.
Situation: Nancy is awakened by her screaming baby.
Intention: Nancy wants to sleep.
Moral action: Nancy changes and feeds the baby getting it back to sleep.
Immoral consequence: Nancy is arrested for child abuse and her baby is taken away.
Norm: Babies should never be treated poorly regardless of their behavior.
Situation: Nancy is awakened by her screaming baby.
Intention: Nancy wants to sleep.
Moral consequence: Nancy returns to bed and sleeps well knowing that her baby is cared for.
Immoral action: Nancy grabs the baby and hits it to make it stop crying.
Norm: It's great to have a close relationship with older relatives.
Situation: Jack's grandma lives on her own and sometimes feels lonely.
Intention: Jack wants to respond to his grandma's situation.
Moral action: Jack is empathetic to his grandma and visits her once every week.
Immoral consequence: His grandma feels very lonely and develops into a depression.
Norm: It's great to have a close relationship with older relatives.
Situation: Jack's grandma lives on her own and sometimes feels lonely.
Intention: Jack wants to respond to his grandma's situation.
Moral consequence: His grandma feels very happy and makes a delicious meal for Jack every time he comes to her home.
Immoral action: Jack thinks that old people are annoying and troublesome, so he never contacts his grandma.
Norm: It's wrong to steal a kid's toy.
Situation: Kyle is at the park and is looking at a friend's baby playing with a toy.
Intention: Kyle wants to play around with the baby.
Moral action: Kyle makes funny faces at the baby.
Immoral consequence: The baby gets upset and starts screaming.
Norm: It's wrong to steal a kid's toy.
Situation: Kyle is at the park and is looking at a friend's baby playing with a toy.
Intention: Kyle wants to play around with the baby.
Moral consequence: The baby smiles and laughs at Kyle.
Immoral action: Kyle takes the baby's toy as a joke.
Norm: You shouldn't steal things from your friends.
Situation: It's the first of the month and Steffie needs to pay her part of the rent, but she's low on cash.
Intention: Steffie wants to get some some quickly.
Moral action: Steffie takes her TV to the pawn shop and gets a loan on it.
Immoral consequence: Steffie loses Brad as a friend when he finds out she has stolen money from him.
Norm: You shouldn't steal things from your friends.
Situation: It's the first of the month and Steffie needs to pay her part of the rent, but she's low on cash.
Intention: Steffie wants to get some some quickly.
Moral consequence: Steffie is able to pay her rent on time.
Immoral action: Steffie goes in her friend Brad's wallet and takes $200 without telling him.
Norm: It's bad to end a relationship for an irrational reason.
Situation: Brandon notices his girlfriend Carla talking to another boy and having a good time.
Intention: Brandon wants to address this with Carla.
Moral action: Brandon nonchalantly asks Carla about the boy she was talking to.
Immoral consequence: Brandon later feels regret when he discovers the other boy is Carla's cousin.
Norm: It's bad to end a relationship for an irrational reason.
Situation: Brandon notices his girlfriend Carla talking to another boy and having a good time.
Intention: Brandon wants to address this with Carla.
Moral consequence: Brandon finds out that the boy is Carla's cousin and is happy he didn't overreact.
Immoral action: Brandon accuses Carla of not being faithful to him and breaks up with her.
Norm: You shouldn't be gluttonous.
Situation: Len takes his date to the Chinese buffet for dinner.
Intention: Len wants to experience as many different dishes as possible.
Moral action: Len takes a couple of small bites of many different dishes from the buffet.
Immoral consequence: Len is thought of poorly by his date for his overeating, and she doesn't go out with him again.
Norm: You shouldn't be gluttonous.
Situation: Len takes his date to the Chinese buffet for dinner.
Intention: Len wants to experience as many different dishes as possible.
Moral consequence: Len and his date have a nice meal discussing all the different flavors they have enjoyed that night.
Immoral action: Len heaps large amounts of every dish on the buffet on multiple plates and makes many trips back to get more food.
Norm: You should never scam anyone out of their money
Situation: Bobby finds himself running out of money after losing his job with his rent coming due.
Intention: Bobby wants to attain some money in order to pay his bills.
Moral action: Bobby sells his laptop on Craigslist and puts away the money in his bank account.
Immoral consequence: The buyer reports Bobby's license plate to the police, and he is arrested.
Norm: You should never scam anyone out of their money
Situation: Bobby finds himself running out of money after losing his job with his rent coming due.
Intention: Bobby wants to attain some money in order to pay his bills.
Moral consequence: Bobby is able to pay his rent with the proceeds from selling his laptop.
Immoral action: Bobby decides to sell items on craigslist and and as he is meeting somebody to sell his laptop he snatches the money and drives off.
Norm: You should not judge others eating habits.
Situation: Bill and Peter are at the restaurant and are ordering food when Peter orders french fries soaked in gravy.
Intention: Bill wants to comment on Peter's order.
Moral action: Bill tells Peter that his choice sounds delicious and tempting and that he'll order that next time.
Immoral consequence: Peter is annoyed that Bill is judging him and now feels self conscious about what he's going to eat.
Norm: You should not judge others eating habits.
Situation: Bill and Peter are at the restaurant and are ordering food when Peter orders french fries soaked in gravy.
Intention: Bill wants to comment on Peter's order.
Moral consequence: Peter is happy that his friend has validated his choice in what to eat that day.
Immoral action: Bill tells Peter his choice of appetizer was gross and unhealthy and that he'll die eating stuff like that.
Norm: It's good to appreciate gifts.
Situation: Bob's wife gives him a gift for Christmas.
Intention: Bob wants to respond to his wife's present.
Moral action: Bob thanks her for the gift and gives her a hug.
Immoral consequence: Bob's wife is sad.
Norm: It's good to appreciate gifts.
Situation: Bob's wife gives him a gift for Christmas.
Intention: Bob wants to respond to his wife's present.
Moral consequence: Bob's wife feels happy, loved, and appreciated.
Immoral action: Bob tells her it isn't what he wanted.
Norm: It's wrong to cheat on your school assignments.
Situation: Marie was not doing well in her math class.
Intention: Marie wants to get good grades.
Moral action: Marie asks a friend to help tutor her in the subject.
Immoral consequence: The test answers she found were for a different test and Marie failed.
Norm: It's wrong to cheat on your school assignments.
Situation: Marie was not doing well in her math class.
Intention: Marie wants to get good grades.
Moral consequence: Marie learns the material and does well in the course.
Immoral action: Marie finds copies of the test answers and memorizes them.
Norm: It's good to invite your friends over to play.
Situation: Jared is lonely and has been talking with his friends they all have a free schedule.
Intention: Jared wants to hang out with his friends today.
Moral action: Jared invites his friends over to his house, and they all hang out together.
Immoral consequence: Jared's friends think Jared is being pushy, and they feel manipulated while hanging out.
Norm: It's good to invite your friends over to play.
Situation: Jared is lonely and has been talking with his friends they all have a free schedule.
Intention: Jared wants to hang out with his friends today.
Moral consequence: Jared's friends are happy they get to go to Jared's house and don't have to clean their house.
Immoral action: Jared insists that he go to his friends house instead of inviting them over to his house, and they hang out.
Norm: It's frowned upon to get drunk.
Situation: Tim is at a bar with his friends, and wants to have a fun time with them.
Intention: Tim wants to order drinks and drink them.
Moral action: Tim drinks responsibly and does not get drunk, and talks with his friends.
Immoral consequence: Tim has to be driven home and his friends think less of him for it.
Norm: It's frowned upon to get drunk.
Situation: Tim is at a bar with his friends, and wants to have a fun time with them.
Intention: Tim wants to order drinks and drink them.
Moral consequence: Tim's friends are happy Tim is safe, and he drives home.
Immoral action: Tim drinks too much and gets drunk to the point of almost blacking out.
Norm: It's not okay to of caused yourself harm.
Situation: Laura is suffering emotional abuse at home from her mother.
Intention: Laura wants to make the mental pain go away.
Moral action: Laura sees a school counselor and talks with her about her problems.
Immoral consequence: Laura's cutting becomes a habit but doesn't help her overcome her suffering.
Norm: It's not okay to of caused yourself harm.
Situation: Laura is suffering emotional abuse at home from her mother.
Intention: Laura wants to make the mental pain go away.
Moral consequence: Laura learns coping techniques and gets support from the counselor.
Immoral action: Laura cuts herself to distract her mind from the emotional suffering.
Norm: It's rude to ignore an old friend.
Situation: Missy is walking to an appointment when she sees an old friend.
Intention: Missy wants to get to her appointment on time.
Moral action: Missy waves to her friend and calls out that she is in a hurry but will call them later.
Immoral consequence: Missy's friend is angry with her and tells everyone that she is stuck up.
Norm: It's rude to ignore an old friend.
Situation: Missy is walking to an appointment when she sees an old friend.
Intention: Missy wants to get to her appointment on time.
Moral consequence: Missy gets to her appointment on time without hurting her friend's feelings.
Immoral action: Missy ducks her head and ignores her friend when they call her name.
Norm: It's good to visit your mother.
Situation: The holidays are approaching and John has vacation time to spare.
Intention: John wants to create memorable moments during his vacation.
Moral action: John chooses to head back to his home town for the holiday vacation to see family.
Immoral consequence: John's mother misses him over the holidays, and they grow more distant.
Norm: It's good to visit your mother.
Situation: The holidays are approaching and John has vacation time to spare.
Intention: John wants to create memorable moments during his vacation.
Moral consequence: John's mother reconnects with him, and she enjoys the quality time together before her passing in the next year.
Immoral action: John chooses to spend his holiday vacation alone at a far away resort.
Norm: It's wrong to sell things that don't belong to you.
Situation: Sue and her housemates are having a yard sale together.
Intention: Sue wants to make a lot of money.
Moral action: Sue puts out a lot of her unwanted items and works hard to sell them all.
Immoral consequence: Sue has to buy a new book at full price to make to satisfy her angry housemate and loses money.
Norm: It's wrong to sell things that don't belong to you.
Situation: Sue and her housemates are having a yard sale together.
Intention: Sue wants to make a lot of money.
Moral consequence: Sue makes a good amount of extra money for her efforts.
Immoral action: Sue sells a book that belongs to one of her housemates.
Norm: It's wrong to break up with people for their appearance.
Situation: Steve is being flirted with by a girl at work who is prettier than his girlfriend.
Intention: Steve wants to get to know the girl at work.
Moral action: Steve hangs out with the girl at work at lunchtime.
Immoral consequence: Steve soon learns that the girl at work is boring, and he misses his old girlfriend.
Norm: It's wrong to break up with people for their appearance.
Situation: Steve is being flirted with by a girl at work who is prettier than his girlfriend.
Intention: Steve wants to get to know the girl at work.
Moral consequence: Steve learns that the girl at work is boring, and he is glad that he is still with his girlfriend.
Immoral action: Steve breaks up with his girlfriend because she is not as pretty and begins dating the girl at work.
Norm: It's good to want to take people's mental conditions seriously.
Situation: John and Mary just had a baby but Mary has been depressed since the birth.
Intention: John wants Mary to get back to her normal self.
Moral action: John persuades Mary to seek professional help and takes on more responsibility caring for their child.
Immoral consequence: John is dismayed when Mary leaves him and the child in order to get help for herself.
Norm: It's good to want to take people's mental conditions seriously.
Situation: John and Mary just had a baby but Mary has been depressed since the birth.
Intention: John wants Mary to get back to her normal self.
Moral consequence: John is relieved when Mary's counselling helps her deal with her depression.
Immoral action: John ignores Mary's growing depression and assumes she'll "snap out of it" eventually.
Norm: It's wrong to try to interfere with a wedding.
Situation: Elise is getting married in two days, and she tells her friend Miranda that she's stressed about a light figure not working right.
Intention: Miranda wants support Elise.
Moral action: Miranda hugs her friend and offers her words of encouragement.
Immoral consequence: Miranda's modifications end up breaking some lights which delays the wedding for a week.
Norm: It's wrong to try to interfere with a wedding.
Situation: Elise is getting married in two days, and she tells her friend Miranda that she's stressed about a light figure not working right.
Intention: Miranda wants support Elise.
Moral consequence: Miranda receives a thank you card from Elise for her support through the wedding.
Immoral action: Miranda, to relieve Elise's stress, makes modifications to the light fixture after Elise leaves the room.
Norm: It's good to think people should be in better health.
Situation: Jared is in charge of nutrition for a high school, and has to make important decisions.
Intention: Jared wants to pick out a meal plan for his students.
Moral action: Jared decides to give his students a healthy diet comprised of various fruits and vegetables.
Immoral consequence: Jared's students gain weight, become less healthy, and Jared gets in trouble.
Norm: It's good to think people should be in better health.
Situation: Jared is in charge of nutrition for a high school, and has to make important decisions.
Intention: Jared wants to pick out a meal plan for his students.
Moral consequence: Jared's students are pleased with Jared and have more energy during the day.
Immoral action: Jared decides to give his students a diet of processed foods, including various fried and unhealthy foods.
Norm: Bullying people is wrong.
Situation: Ken is out on the school playground when he is greeted by a slightly overweight girl named Becky.
Intention: Ken wants to respond to Becky.
Moral action: Ken says hello to Becky and invites her to a birthday party later that week.
Immoral consequence: Becky feels humiliated and cries the rest of the day.
Norm: Bullying people is wrong.
Situation: Ken is out on the school playground when he is greeted by a slightly overweight girl named Becky.
Intention: Ken wants to respond to Becky.
Moral consequence: Becky is really excited about the invite and thinks Ken is a great guy.
Immoral action: Ken tells Becky she is fat and convinces others to join in laughing at her.
Norm: It is bad to beat a kid.
Situation: Richard is at home alone with his teenage son Greg, and they are arguing about his grades.
Intention: Richard wants Greg to understand how important it is to have good grades.
Moral action: Richard sits Greg down and shows him the kind of grades and schooling he will need in order to become a lawyer like he wants.
Immoral consequence: Richard will lose further control of Greg and his grades because he makes friends with kids who are bad influences just to spite his father.
Norm: It is bad to beat a kid.
Situation: Richard is at home alone with his teenage son Greg, and they are arguing about his grades.
Intention: Richard wants Greg to understand how important it is to have good grades.
Moral consequence: Richard will be proud when Greg gets accepted into law school because of his great academic performance,.
Immoral action: Richard punches Greg after he yells that school is stupid.
Norm: It's rude to expect gifts from others.
Situation: John's mother just returned from a business trip abroad.
Intention: John wants to greet his mother.
Moral action: John runs up to his mother, hugs her and asks her how her trip was.
Immoral consequence: John's mother tells him that she didn't have time to go shopping and now she feels very guilty.
Norm: It's rude to expect gifts from others.
Situation: John's mother just returned from a business trip abroad.
Intention: John wants to greet his mother.
Moral consequence: John's mother is very touched that he was so glad to see her and that he was curious about her trip.
Immoral action: John runs up to his mother, hugs her and asks her what she brought him from abroad.
Norm: It is polite to greet someone happily.
Situation: Rod stops at the same bodega every morning on his way to work for a bagel.
Intention: Rod wants to greet the bodega worker.
Moral action: Rod enthusiastically says "good morning" with a big smile as he pays for his bagel.
Immoral consequence: The bodega worker thinks Rod is a very rude person and gives him slow service.
Norm: It is polite to greet someone happily.
Situation: Rod stops at the same bodega every morning on his way to work for a bagel.
Intention: Rod wants to greet the bodega worker.
Moral consequence: The bodega worker thinks Rod is a nice man and gives him a free bagel once in while.
Immoral action: Rod nods at the worker without saying a word and leaves with his bagel.
Norm: It's bad to destroy property for no reason.
Situation: John asks to borrow his brother's luxury car that he received as a graduation gift from their parents because John doesn't have one since he didn't graduate.
Intention: John needs transportation, so he can take him and his friends on a trip to Vegas.
Moral action: John drives the car to transport himself and his friends to Vegas and returns it to his brother in perfect condition.
Immoral consequence: John's brother is very upset  because it's expensive to repair, and he never lets John use the car again.
Norm: It's bad to destroy property for no reason.
Situation: John asks to borrow his brother's luxury car that he received as a graduation gift from their parents because John doesn't have one since he didn't graduate.
Intention: John needs transportation, so he can take him and his friends on a trip to Vegas.
Moral consequence: John's brother is satisfied with the car's care and tells John he can borrow it anytime he needs it.
Immoral action: John uses his brother's car for the trip but intentionally breaks the windshield out of jealousy.
Norm: You shouldn't spoil things for others.
Situation: Trevor just saw an exciting new movie at his local cinema.
Intention: Trevor wants to talk about the movie he just saw.
Moral action: Trevor refrains from talking about the movie to his friend who hasn't seen it and talks about it with a person who has seen it instead.
Immoral consequence: Trevor's friend feels that the movie has been ruined for them now.
Norm: You shouldn't spoil things for others.
Situation: Trevor just saw an exciting new movie at his local cinema.
Intention: Trevor wants to talk about the movie he just saw.
Moral consequence: Trevor's friend enjoys the movie without knowing how it turns out before hand.
Immoral action: Trevor tells a friend who has not seen the movie all about it.
Norm: You shouldn't punch teenagers.
Situation: Mrs. Jones is teaching a class, and Chris keeps interrupting her.
Intention: Mrs. Jones wants Chris to quiet down and let her teach.
Moral action: Mrs. Jones threatens Chris with a detention if he doesn't quiet down.
Immoral consequence: Chris doesn't speak for the rest of the class, but reports Mrs. Jones for abuse and gets her fired.
Norm: You shouldn't punch teenagers.
Situation: Mrs. Jones is teaching a class, and Chris keeps interrupting her.
Intention: Mrs. Jones wants Chris to quiet down and let her teach.
Moral consequence: Chris stops acting up in class because he doesn't want to get in trouble at home for his behavior.
Immoral action: Mrs. Jones approaches Chris's desk and punches him hard in the arm.