CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to tell someone to pound sand.
Situation: David is driving his friend home from school, but they are arguing about something.
Intention: David wants to end the argument.
Moral consequence: David's friend is understanding, and they hash out their issues before the end of the ride.
Immoral action: David pulls the car over to the side of the road a long ways from his friend's house and insists they get out and walk home.
Norm: It's bad to act childish if you're an adult.
Situation: John and Mindy are thinking of watching a movie tonight in their house and Mindy has picked one.
Intention: John wants Mindy to watch the movie he picked.
Moral action: John asks Mindy if after they watch her movie she would like to watch his.
Immoral consequence: Mindy loves John less and feels he is immature and feels depressed.
Norm: It's bad to act childish if you're an adult.
Situation: John and Mindy are thinking of watching a movie tonight in their house and Mindy has picked one.
Intention: John wants Mindy to watch the movie he picked.
Moral consequence: Mindy feels respected and loved and gladly obliges to watch both films.
Immoral action: John whines at Mindy and cries out that they should watch his movie and says he won't watch anything otherwise.
Norm: It's not okay to falsify school grades.
Situation: Reese has been struggling in many classes at school and works in the school's office.
Intention: Reese wants to get better grades.
Moral action: Reese puts his nose to the grindstone and starts working harder in the classes he is struggling in before it is too late.
Immoral consequence: Reese is eventually caught by the school and is suspended with his grades changed to failures.
Norm: It's not okay to falsify school grades.
Situation: Reese has been struggling in many classes at school and works in the school's office.
Intention: Reese wants to get better grades.
Moral consequence: Reese is able to raise his grades to an acceptable level in all the classes he was having trouble with.
Immoral action: Reese uses his office access to adjust his school records to reflect better grades than he earned.
Norm: It is wrong to endanger people's lives and well being
Situation: Edgar is stuck in traffic with some nearby side roads and sees that a nearby sidewalk is wide enough for his car.
Intention: Edgar wants to get out of traffic.
Moral action: Edgar tries driving down one of the side streets to get around traffic.
Immoral consequence: Edgar hits a pedestrian, causing major injuries and ruining that person's life.
Norm: It is wrong to endanger people's lives and well being
Situation: Edgar is stuck in traffic with some nearby side roads and sees that a nearby sidewalk is wide enough for his car.
Intention: Edgar wants to get out of traffic.
Moral consequence: Edgar manages to shave ten minutes off of his travel time and starts using the street regularly.
Immoral action: Edgar drives onto the sidewalk and uses it as an extra car lane, bypassing traffic.
Norm: It's frowned upon to share political views at work.
Situation: Tony is sitting with his coworkers in the break room at work.
Intention: Tony wants to talk to his coworkers.
Moral action: Tony starts a conversation with his coworkers about the project they are working on.
Immoral consequence: Tony's coworkers don't agree with his views, and they ignore him for the rest of the week.
Norm: It's frowned upon to share political views at work.
Situation: Tony is sitting with his coworkers in the break room at work.
Intention: Tony wants to talk to his coworkers.
Moral consequence: Tony and his coworkers brainstorm about a better way to do the project.
Immoral action: Tony starts a conversation with his coworkers about the politics of the nation.
Norm: It's not okay to put extra stress on your kid.
Situation: Ken is a father of a bright child, and he is helping him with homework.
Intention: Ken wants his child to excel at school.
Moral action: Ken goes out of his way to explain the home work in an interesting manner for his child before moving on to leisure activities with the child.
Immoral consequence: Ken's child becomes obsessed with school work and stops having fun as a child should.
Norm: It's not okay to put extra stress on your kid.
Situation: Ken is a father of a bright child, and he is helping him with homework.
Intention: Ken wants his child to excel at school.
Moral consequence: Ken's child stays interested in school while also just being a kid.
Immoral action: Ken emphasizes to his child the importance of getting every answer right on every test and pushes the idea of perfection on the child.
Norm: It's bad to talk on the phone while you're driving.
Situation: John is driving down the road and realizes he left some important papers at Betty's house.
Intention: John needs to call Betty and tell her.
Moral action: John pulled over to the side of the road, for safety, and called Betty.
Immoral consequence: John swerved and almost hit an oncoming cara.
Norm: It's bad to talk on the phone while you're driving.
Situation: John is driving down the road and realizes he left some important papers at Betty's house.
Intention: John needs to call Betty and tell her.
Moral consequence: John was a safe driver and still able to talk to Betty.
Immoral action: John grabbed his cell phone and called Betty.
Norm: You shouldn't get drunk and pass out.
Situation: Tami just found out her long time friends are in town visiting.
Intention: Tami wants to have some drinks with her friends.
Moral action: Tami has only enough drinks to start feeling a slight buzz.
Immoral consequence: Tami's friends are worried that she may have a drinking problem.
Norm: You shouldn't get drunk and pass out.
Situation: Tami just found out her long time friends are in town visiting.
Intention: Tami wants to have some drinks with her friends.
Moral consequence: Tami's friends enjoy spending the night with her and plan to visit again soon.
Immoral action: Tami drinks so much that she loses consciousness in front of her friends.
Norm: You shouldn't fake mental illness.
Situation: Joe, who forgot to bring his wallet to the store, sees a mentally ill man pan handling on the sidewalk.
Intention: Joe wants to earn some money for the store.
Moral action: Joe does some back flips and break dances on the sidewalk.
Immoral consequence: Joe gets called out and booed by strangers who notice that he's faking.
Norm: You shouldn't fake mental illness.
Situation: Joe, who forgot to bring his wallet to the store, sees a mentally ill man pan handling on the sidewalk.
Intention: Joe wants to earn some money for the store.
Moral consequence: Joe gets money from strangers who are amazed by his dancing skills.
Immoral action: Joe panhandles while prentending that the has a personality disorder.
Norm: It's wrong to reject people based on their weight.
Situation: Paul has dinner with his friend Angie, and she expresses romantic feelings for him, and he feels the same way but finds her weight to be a problem.
Intention: Paul needs to decide if he wants to reciprocate and tell Angie that he has romantic feelings for her too.
Moral action: Paul tells Angie that spending time with her is one of his favorite things, and he isn't sure about romance, but would be willing to explore the idea with her.
Immoral consequence: Paul regrets not being more honest and open with his friend and Angie suspects that he is being disingenuous in his response to her, which causes tension in their relationship.
Norm: It's wrong to reject people based on their weight.
Situation: Paul has dinner with his friend Angie, and she expresses romantic feelings for him, and he feels the same way but finds her weight to be a problem.
Intention: Paul needs to decide if he wants to reciprocate and tell Angie that he has romantic feelings for her too.
Moral consequence: Angie ultimately decides that she deserves better than an exploration of romance and doesn't date Paul, but he does not regret being honest with her.
Immoral action: Paul tells Angie that he doesn’t have time right now to pursue a new, romantic relationship with her, but the truth is that he finds her extra weight unattractive.
Norm: It's good to reconcile your differences with your significant other.
Situation: Mandy and her partner are not on good terms because of a recent and nasty argument.
Intention: Mandy wants to avoid fighting over this issue again.
Moral action: Mandy extends an olive branch to her partner, and they talk it out.
Immoral consequence: Mandy's partner is heartbroken that she left him over the fight they had.
Norm: It's good to reconcile your differences with your significant other.
Situation: Mandy and her partner are not on good terms because of a recent and nasty argument.
Intention: Mandy wants to avoid fighting over this issue again.
Moral consequence: Mandy's partner is happy to move past the fight that they had and fix things with her.
Immoral action: Mandy decides to hold it against her partner and ends up leaving him.
Norm: It's good to get surgery when you need it.
Situation: Timmy has been dealing with a tooth infection and has a very low pain tolerance.
Intention: Timmy wants to avoid a painful surgery.
Moral action: Timmy elects to have the surgery but chooses to be put under during the procedure.
Immoral consequence: Timmy's tooth becomes worse and the infection spreads to other parts of his body.
Norm: It's good to get surgery when you need it.
Situation: Timmy has been dealing with a tooth infection and has a very low pain tolerance.
Intention: Timmy wants to avoid a painful surgery.
Moral consequence: Timmy's symptoms are alleviated, and he feels nothing while hes under anesthesia.
Immoral action: Timmy puts off going to a oral surgeon to deal with the tooth.
Norm: You shouldn't expect others to do all of the cleaning.
Situation: Will's wife, who typically does the house cleaning, is working on a Masters degree and is pressed for time.
Intention: Will wants the house to get cleaned.
Moral action: Will offers to do the house cleaning while his wife is busy finishing her Masters degree.
Immoral consequence: Will's wife loses time on her projects and jeopardizes her grades in her classes.
Norm: You shouldn't expect others to do all of the cleaning.
Situation: Will's wife, who typically does the house cleaning, is working on a Masters degree and is pressed for time.
Intention: Will wants the house to get cleaned.
Moral consequence: Will's wife is grateful to Will and finishes the degree with straight A's.
Immoral action: Will tells his wife that she needs to keep up on her duties and clean the house.
Norm: You shouldn't play favorites with your kids.
Situation: Tara has two children and one of them is a lot less of a hassle than the other.
Intention: Tara wants to buy presents for her kids.
Moral action: Tara makes sure to give both of her children gifts that they want because she cares for them both.
Immoral consequence: Tara's children recognize she has a favorite and it affects both of their attitudes negatively as they grow up.
Norm: You shouldn't play favorites with your kids.
Situation: Tara has two children and one of them is a lot less of a hassle than the other.
Intention: Tara wants to buy presents for her kids.
Moral consequence: Tara's children both grow up knowing their mother loves them and it increases their odds of being well adjusted.
Immoral action: Tara always buys nicer presents for the kid that gives her less trouble.
Norm: It's hurtful to reject someone due to a mental illness.
Situation: Josh lives in an apartment with his friend Frank who recently was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and it's time to renew their lease.
Intention: Josh wants to decide whether to continue living in the apartment.
Moral action: Josh decides to renew the lease with Frank and stay for another year.
Immoral consequence: Frank feels like he's all alone now and has nobody to live with.
Norm: It's hurtful to reject someone due to a mental illness.
Situation: Josh lives in an apartment with his friend Frank who recently was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and it's time to renew their lease.
Intention: Josh wants to decide whether to continue living in the apartment.
Moral consequence: Frank appreciates Josh sticking with him, and spends the next year getting treatment for his disorder.
Immoral action: Josh decides he'd feel safer moving out and finding an apartment for just himself.
Norm: It’s rude to be negative at a party.
Situation: Brianna just had a horrible day at work and is in a bad mood, but it's her friend Marie's birthday party which she promised she'd attend.
Intention: Brianna wants to fulfill her promise to Marie.
Moral action: Brianna shows up at the party and puts on a happy face for Marie's sake even though deep down she still feels very frustrated.
Immoral consequence: Marie regrets inviting Brianna and vows to never invite her over again.
Norm: It’s rude to be negative at a party.
Situation: Brianna just had a horrible day at work and is in a bad mood, but it's her friend Marie's birthday party which she promised she'd attend.
Intention: Brianna wants to fulfill her promise to Marie.
Moral consequence: Marie is very glad that Brianna attended the party and expresses her gratitude towards her.
Immoral action: Brianna attends the party and spends the entire time sulking and complaining.
Norm: It is bad to be egotistical and narcissistic
Situation: Ryan just hit the game winning shot for his basketball team, so he's now being interviewed.
Intention: Ryan has to respond to the interviewer.
Moral action: Ryan says that he wouldn't be where he is without his teammates.
Immoral consequence: Ryan's teammates feel that he is a jerk and want to pass the ball to him less.
Norm: It is bad to be egotistical and narcissistic
Situation: Ryan just hit the game winning shot for his basketball team, so he's now being interviewed.
Intention: Ryan has to respond to the interviewer.
Moral consequence: Ryan's teammates feel appreciative of him and feel more motivated to win games.
Immoral action: Ryan credits himself for winning the game and doesn't mention his teammates.
Norm: It is kind to help your neighbors.
Situation: Joe is relaxing on his patio, and he sees that his neighbor, Ryan, is having trouble starting his lawnmower.
Intention: Joe wants to react to the situation.
Moral action: Joe offers his help to start Ryan's lawnmower and is able to get it running.
Immoral consequence: Ryan frowns and tells Joe that he's not being very helpful.
Norm: It is kind to help your neighbors.
Situation: Joe is relaxing on his patio, and he sees that his neighbor, Ryan, is having trouble starting his lawnmower.
Intention: Joe wants to react to the situation.
Moral consequence: Ryan thanks Joe for his help and begins mowing his lawn.
Immoral action: Joe tells Ryan that it looks like he's not going to be able to mow his lawn today since his lawnmower won't start.
Norm: You should be generous towards your family.
Situation: Al just cashed in a scratch ticket on which he won a significant amount of money.
Intention: Al wants to spend his newfound money.
Moral action: Al uses the winnings to surprise his wife and kids by taking them on a long vacation.
Immoral consequence: Al's wife is offended that he didn't share the winnings with her and their relationship deteriorates.
Norm: You should be generous towards your family.
Situation: Al just cashed in a scratch ticket on which he won a significant amount of money.
Intention: Al wants to spend his newfound money.
Moral consequence: Al's wife is thrilled and touched by his thoughtfulness and generosity.
Immoral action: Al uses the money to buy himself a brand new motorcycle.
Norm: It's bad to buy a car you can't afford
Situation: Christian drives an old car and is sick of his coworkers making fun of him for it.
Intention: Christian wants to buy a new car.
Moral action: Christian purchases a mid-range car with monthly payments that are within his budget.
Immoral consequence: Unable to keep up with the high payments, Christian's new car is reposessed.
Norm: It's bad to buy a car you can't afford
Situation: Christian drives an old car and is sick of his coworkers making fun of him for it.
Intention: Christian wants to buy a new car.
Moral consequence: Christian's coworkers stop teasing him about his car.
Immoral action: Christian purchases a top-of-the-line car that is out of his price range.
Norm: It's rude to to be anti-social.
Situation: Eric, a new employee, sits alone in the lunch room, unsure of how to approach anyone or who he should talk to.
Intention: Eric wants to meet someone to talk to at work.
Moral action: Eric decides to take a chance, and he makes eye contact and sociable gestures toward a crowded table of his new coworkers.
Immoral consequence: The other people in the lunchroom are unsure how to approach Eric, who doesn't look very friendly, and Eric feels isolated.
Norm: It's rude to to be anti-social.
Situation: Eric, a new employee, sits alone in the lunch room, unsure of how to approach anyone or who he should talk to.
Intention: Eric wants to meet someone to talk to at work.
Moral consequence: One of the people sitting at the crowded table feels encouraged and comes over to introduce themselves, initiating Eric into the office social network.
Immoral action: Eric is paralyzed by uncertainty and doesn't make eye contact with anyone, or start any conversations.
Norm: It is kind to donate things to the less fortunate.
Situation: Helga is cleaning out her house and has collected many possessions she no longer wants or needs.
Intention: Helga wants to get rid of the possessions she no longer wants or needs.
Moral action: Helga finds a secondhand store that she can bring the items to as somebody else may have a use for them.
Immoral consequence: Helga's wastefulness adds to the larger trash problem of her society.
Norm: It is kind to donate things to the less fortunate.
Situation: Helga is cleaning out her house and has collected many possessions she no longer wants or needs.
Intention: Helga wants to get rid of the possessions she no longer wants or needs.
Moral consequence: Helga's donation of the items helps her society give those with economic disadvantages a way of procuring products at a less harmful price.
Immoral action: Helga throws everything she doesn't desire into her trash to be rid of it for good.
Norm: It's good to put your profits in a savings account.
Situation: Lynn bet on the horse races and ended up winning a large sum of money.
Intention: Lynn wants to deposit the money in her bank.
Moral action: Lynn, wanting to be responsible, takes the money and puts it all into a high yield savings fund.
Immoral consequence: Lynn ends up spending a large portion of her earnings and is disappointed with herself.
Norm: It's good to put your profits in a savings account.
Situation: Lynn bet on the horse races and ended up winning a large sum of money.
Intention: Lynn wants to deposit the money in her bank.
Moral consequence: Lynn ends up with more money than she put in at the end of the year and is feeling proud.
Immoral action: Lynn goes to cash the check at her local branch and puts it into her checking account.
Norm: It is rude to hang up on your mother.
Situation: Tara is on the phone with her mother, and they get into a heated argument over a current issue.
Intention: Tara wants to stop talking about the issue.
Moral action: Tara refuses to discuss the issue further and changes the subject.
Immoral consequence: Tara's mother thinks she is being rude and has little respect for her.
Norm: It is rude to hang up on your mother.
Situation: Tara is on the phone with her mother, and they get into a heated argument over a current issue.
Intention: Tara wants to stop talking about the issue.
Moral consequence: Tara's mother thinks she is rational for moving the discussion along.
Immoral action: Tara presses the end call button because she is so frustrated.
Norm: You shouldn't brag about what you own.
Situation: King Rick, who has a lavish treasure room, is receiving a group of royal ambassadors from another country.
Intention: King Rick wants to impress the ambassadors.
Moral action: King Rick shows the ambassadors around a bit and talks about the honorable subjects under his rule.
Immoral consequence: The ambassadors let their country know that King Rick is rich, leading the country to send an army and plunder his kingdom.
Norm: You shouldn't brag about what you own.
Situation: King Rick, who has a lavish treasure room, is receiving a group of royal ambassadors from another country.
Intention: King Rick wants to impress the ambassadors.
Moral consequence: The ambassadors are impressed by the visit and the happiness of the people, giving a good report to their master.
Immoral action: King Rick gives the ambassadors a tour of his treasure room, detailing what everything is an how much it is worth.
Norm: You shouldn't waste your parent's money on things.
Situation: Tom gives his son Billy a twenty dollar bill to get a gallon of milk at the store.
Intention: Billy wants to get a gallon of milk.
Moral action: Billy buys the gallon of milk and takes the change straight home to his father.
Immoral consequence: Tom yells at Billy for not bringing back all of his change.
Norm: You shouldn't waste your parent's money on things.
Situation: Tom gives his son Billy a twenty dollar bill to get a gallon of milk at the store.
Intention: Billy wants to get a gallon of milk.
Moral consequence: Tom gives Billy five dollars for going to the store for him.
Immoral action: Billy buys the gallon of milk and uses the rest of the change on junk food for himself.
Norm: It's bad to get your friend in trouble.
Situation: Bobby pulls the fire alarm, and he wasn't seen but the principal thinks it was him.
Intention: Bobby wants to get out of trouble.
Moral action: Bobby insists he was nowhere near the fire alarm, and he's got nothing more to say.
Immoral consequence: Due to Luigi's spotty record he gets expelled for pulling the alarm.
Norm: It's bad to get your friend in trouble.
Situation: Bobby pulls the fire alarm, and he wasn't seen but the principal thinks it was him.
Intention: Bobby wants to get out of trouble.
Moral consequence: Without any actual evidence the Principal is forced to let Bobby go.
Immoral action: Bobby tells the principal that it was Luigi who pulled the fire alarm.
Norm: It's good to intern for things and gain experience.
Situation: Courtney is in college and it is time for summer break.
Intention: Courtney wants to do something during the summer.
Moral action: Courtney applies for an internship and interns during the summer.
Immoral consequence: Courtney spends money and does not learn anything.
Norm: It's good to intern for things and gain experience.
Situation: Courtney is in college and it is time for summer break.
Intention: Courtney wants to do something during the summer.
Moral consequence: Courtney learns how to operate in a working environment.
Immoral action: Courtney spends her time shopping at the mall during the summer.
Norm: You don't have to help everyone that asks for it
Situation: Grant is running late for work when his neighbor asks him if he can help him get the mail.
Intention: Grant wants to respond to his neighbor.
Moral action: Grant tells his neighbor he needs to go to work as he is late.
Immoral consequence: Grant will be late for work and reprimanded.
Norm: You don't have to help everyone that asks for it
Situation: Grant is running late for work when his neighbor asks him if he can help him get the mail.
Intention: Grant wants to respond to his neighbor.
Moral consequence: Grant will get to work on time and not get in trouble.
Immoral action: Grant gets the mail for his neighbor.
Norm: It is rude to point out their weight problem constantly.
Situation: Randy watches his overweight friend Marshall eats a big tub of ice cream.
Intention: Randy wants Marshall to lose weight.
Moral action: Randy suggests that they go jogging after Marshall eats his ice cream.
Immoral consequence: Marshall feels stressed and eats the entire tub of ice cream.