CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You should not back out on your commitments.
Situation: Charles pledged money for a community construction project and needs to pay it, but has fallen on hard times.
Intention: Charles wants to have enough money to survive.
Moral consequence: The community project is able to continue right away and is quickly finished.
Immoral action: Charles tells the community project leaders that he won't be able to fulfill his pledge.
Norm: It is bad to keep money from others.
Situation: Gloria being rich is the grandma of Alice who needs financial support to pay her college fees.
Intention: Gloria wants to react to Alice's financial needs.
Moral action: Gloria has set up a college fund for Alice and regularly deposits money to make the fund grow.
Immoral consequence: Alice feels stressed and helpless about her huge college fees.
Norm: It is bad to keep money from others.
Situation: Gloria being rich is the grandma of Alice who needs financial support to pay her college fees.
Intention: Gloria wants to react to Alice's financial needs.
Moral consequence: Alice feels hopeful about her college dream and thanks Gloria for her kindness and generosity.
Immoral action: Gloria opens an oversea bank account to save up her money and no one knows about it, and she doesn't intend to help Alice.
Norm: You shouldn't marry somebody you can't trust
Situation: Claudia is dating a salesman, who lies to his customers to make sales, and her boyfriend has just proposed to her.
Intention: Claudia wants to give him a thoughtful response.
Moral action: Claudia decides that people are consistent and that he can't be trusted with anyone, so she breaks up with him.
Immoral consequence: When they marry, Claudia's husband lies to her just like he lies to everyone else.
Norm: You shouldn't marry somebody you can't trust
Situation: Claudia is dating a salesman, who lies to his customers to make sales, and her boyfriend has just proposed to her.
Intention: Claudia wants to give him a thoughtful response.
Moral consequence: Claudia's ex-boyfriend sees that his way of living has cost him a good relationship and begins to change.
Immoral action: Claudia thinks about it and decides that her boyfriend will be honest with her, so she accepts his offer.
Norm: It's rude to expect others to pay your bill.
Situation: Stefy is on a first date with a boy at a restaurant and the waiter has just brought the bill, but the boy hasn't said anything about who pays.
Intention: Stefy wants her portion of the meal to get paid for.
Moral action: Stefy flags down the waiter and asks him to split the check, so she can pay for her part, then does so.
Immoral consequence: The boy thinks that Stefy is a money-loving manipulator and doesn't go out with her again.
Norm: It's rude to expect others to pay your bill.
Situation: Stefy is on a first date with a boy at a restaurant and the waiter has just brought the bill, but the boy hasn't said anything about who pays.
Intention: Stefy wants her portion of the meal to get paid for.
Moral consequence: The boy is impressed that Stefy is independent and willing to do her part in a relationship.
Immoral action: Stefy bats her eyelashes at the boy and thanks him for taking care of her bill and that she would appreciate it.
Norm: It is rude to give someone mean looks.
Situation: Jason is on a basketball team and thinks his teammate Leon isn't showing effort.
Intention: Jason wants to communicate with Leon about his effort.
Moral action: Jason talks to Leon and tell him he needs to play harder.
Immoral consequence: Leon will be confused and think Jason has a bad personality.
Norm: It is rude to give someone mean looks.
Situation: Jason is on a basketball team and thinks his teammate Leon isn't showing effort.
Intention: Jason wants to communicate with Leon about his effort.
Moral consequence: Leon will try to perform with more effort.
Immoral action: Jason stares down Leon during basketball practice.
Norm: You shouldn't be ignorant of things.
Situation: John is at home and hungry on a Friday night alone and is about to cook but doesn't know how or have any recipes.
Intention: John wants to make lasagna.
Moral action: John calls his mom for her lasagna recipe and writes down the instructions.
Immoral consequence: The lasagna comes out awful and John is very upset.
Norm: You shouldn't be ignorant of things.
Situation: John is at home and hungry on a Friday night alone and is about to cook but doesn't know how or have any recipes.
Intention: John wants to make lasagna.
Moral consequence: John's lasagna comes out very tasty, and he is happy.
Immoral action: John guesses what pasta to use and sauce and puts it all together on the fly.
Norm: You shouldn't do everything your partner tells you to do.
Situation: Ben's girlfriend Janice wakes him up in the middle of the night to go get her ice cream.
Intention: Ben wants to respond to Janice's request.
Moral action: Ben tells Janice he needs to sleep, and he can get ice cream in the morning.
Immoral consequence: Janice will continue to make requests of Ben that intrude on his sleep.
Norm: You shouldn't do everything your partner tells you to do.
Situation: Ben's girlfriend Janice wakes him up in the middle of the night to go get her ice cream.
Intention: Ben wants to respond to Janice's request.
Moral consequence: Janice will learn when to make requests to Ben.
Immoral action: Ben goes to get Janice ice cream in the middle of the night.
Norm: It's not okay to let yourself be taken advantage of.
Situation: Jim, who is very intelligent, goes to high school and is asked by many people for answers to their homework.
Intention: Jim wants to be helpful to others.
Moral action: Jim offers to tutor anyone who asks for answers, charging them a set amount of money per hour for the privilege.
Immoral consequence: The people learn that Jim will let them have anything and use him to get ahead in life.
Norm: It's not okay to let yourself be taken advantage of.
Situation: Jim, who is very intelligent, goes to high school and is asked by many people for answers to their homework.
Intention: Jim wants to be helpful to others.
Moral consequence: Jim turns his genius into a profitable business and others realize that Jim's time is valuable.
Immoral action: Jim gives the homework answers to whoever asks him without demanding anything in return.
Norm: It’s wrong to commit tax fraud.
Situation: It's tax season and Roy is currently preparing his own tax return.
Intention: Roy wants to save money on his taxes.
Moral action: Roy looks up every possible deduction that he can use and itemizes them all.
Immoral consequence: Roy is audited by the IRS and faces severe legal ramifications.
Norm: It’s wrong to commit tax fraud.
Situation: It's tax season and Roy is currently preparing his own tax return.
Intention: Roy wants to save money on his taxes.
Moral consequence: Roy is able to deduct a significant number of items saving him a lot of money in taxes due.
Immoral action: Roy takes some questionable deductions that will not hold up under scurtiny.
Norm: It is good to end in good terms with people.
Situation: Jake is not enjoying his relationship with his girlfriend as much as he used to.
Intention: Jake wants to break up with his girlfriend.
Moral action: Jake tells his girlfriend that they have to break up because she deserves more.
Immoral consequence: Jake's girlfriend starts hating Jake and never wants to talk to him again.
Norm: It is good to end in good terms with people.
Situation: Jake is not enjoying his relationship with his girlfriend as much as he used to.
Intention: Jake wants to break up with his girlfriend.
Moral consequence: Jake's girlfriend misses Jake, and she still thinks highly of Jake.
Immoral action: Jake tells his girlfriend that he wasted so much time with her.
Norm: It is wrong to steal school property.
Situation: Mike had a report to work on, but he didn't have a computer at home.
Intention: Mike wants to use the school computer.
Moral action: Mike asks his teacher if he can work in the computer lab during lunch.
Immoral consequence: Mike gets suspended for the removal of school property from the campus.
Norm: It is wrong to steal school property.
Situation: Mike had a report to work on, but he didn't have a computer at home.
Intention: Mike wants to use the school computer.
Moral consequence: Mike is able to finish his report on the computer in the lab.
Immoral action: Mike takes a laptop from school without permission from the staff.
Norm: It’s wrong to be violent.
Situation: Amelia asks a classmate if she could use the watercolors for her art project, and her classmate declines her request.
Intention: Amelia wants to create art.
Moral action: Amelia walks over to the pottery station, and she makes a brightly colored vase.
Immoral consequence: Amelia is given detention for her behavior.
Norm: It’s wrong to be violent.
Situation: Amelia asks a classmate if she could use the watercolors for her art project, and her classmate declines her request.
Intention: Amelia wants to create art.
Moral consequence: Amelia makes a perfect grade on her project.
Immoral action: Amelia shoves her classmate out of the way and grabs the watercolors from her hands.
Norm: It is wrong to marry someone just for their money.
Situation: Laura has been dating Bob, a wealthy CEO, and he has just proposed, but she is not in love with him.
Intention: Laura wants to answer his proposal.
Moral action: Laura tells Bob that she can't marry him because she's not in love with him.
Immoral consequence: Bob can tell that Laura really didn't want to marry him, she's only marrying him because he's rich.
Norm: It is wrong to marry someone just for their money.
Situation: Laura has been dating Bob, a wealthy CEO, and he has just proposed, but she is not in love with him.
Intention: Laura wants to answer his proposal.
Moral consequence: Bob is unhappy with Laura's answer but thanks her for being honest with him.
Immoral action: Laura decides that she can live in a marriage without love as long as she has lots of money, and accepts Bob's proposal.
Norm: It's best to be kind to animals.
Situation: Steve is at a petting zoo feeding animals when a goat takes his hat.
Intention: Steve wants to get his hat back from the goat.
Moral action: Steve waves some food in front of the goat to coax it.
Immoral consequence: The goat gets mad at Steve and rams into him.
Norm: It's best to be kind to animals.
Situation: Steve is at a petting zoo feeding animals when a goat takes his hat.
Intention: Steve wants to get his hat back from the goat.
Moral consequence: The goat drops the hat and goes after the food in Steve's hand.
Immoral action: Steve uses the back of his hand to smack the goat.
Norm: It's good to respect your elders.
Situation: Kit is at a family reunion that his grandparents are hosting.
Intention: Kit wants to enjoy himself.
Moral action: Kit asks his grandparents all sorts of questions about their lives and what things used to be like because everybody likes a good story.
Immoral consequence: Kit's grandparents are a little dismayed that their grandchild doesn't want to give them attention.
Norm: It's good to respect your elders.
Situation: Kit is at a family reunion that his grandparents are hosting.
Intention: Kit wants to enjoy himself.
Moral consequence: Kit's grandparents enjoy the attention and interest their grandson is showing in them.
Immoral action: Kit ignores his grandparents and just plays game with himself.
Norm: You shouldn't block people on your partner's phone.
Situation: Chris' girlfriend, Meg, often messages her male coworkers and it makes him jealous.
Intention: Chris wants to stop feeling jealous about Meg talking to her coworkers.
Moral action: Chris explains to Meg how he's been feeling.
Immoral consequence: Meg misses an important work update that was sent to her by a male coworker, causing her to fall behind on her work.
Norm: You shouldn't block people on your partner's phone.
Situation: Chris' girlfriend, Meg, often messages her male coworkers and it makes him jealous.
Intention: Chris wants to stop feeling jealous about Meg talking to her coworkers.
Moral consequence: Meg assures Chris that her communication with coworkers is strictly professional.
Immoral action: Chris blocks all of the male contacts in Meg's phone.
Norm: You should not touch other people's food
Situation: Nick and Leah are eating and Leah has ordered a unique looking sausage that the waiter brings her.
Intention: Nick wants to ask Leah about the sausage.
Moral action: Nick points to the sausage on Leah's plate and looks at it and asks what it is.
Immoral consequence: Leah is disgusted that Nick touched her food with his germ filled fingers and now doesn't want to eat anymore.
Norm: You should not touch other people's food
Situation: Nick and Leah are eating and Leah has ordered a unique looking sausage that the waiter brings her.
Intention: Nick wants to ask Leah about the sausage.
Moral consequence: Leah tells Nick that it's a special kind of eastern european sausage that she learned about recently.
Immoral action: Nick picks up the sausage off of Leah's plate and looks at it and asks what it is.
Norm: It's bad to pollute.
Situation: Roger has a lot of empty bottles that he needs to get out of his car to make free space.
Intention: Roger wants to get rid of the empty bottles.
Moral action: Roger drives to the nearest recycling bin and puts the bottles in it.
Immoral consequence: Roger gets a ticket from a police officer who sees him.
Norm: It's bad to pollute.
Situation: Roger has a lot of empty bottles that he needs to get out of his car to make free space.
Intention: Roger wants to get rid of the empty bottles.
Moral consequence: Roger's car is free of the bottles and now he has free space.
Immoral action: Roger throws the empty bottles out of his window while he is driving.
Norm: It is fun to do activities with other people.
Situation: Karen is a shy girl and has spare time during a Saturday afternoon, and she notices her neighbor kids are playing hide and seek outside.
Intention: Karen wants to spend her time.
Moral action: Karen goes outside and joins her neighbor kids to play hide and seek.
Immoral consequence: Karen feels bored and unmotivated.
Norm: It is fun to do activities with other people.
Situation: Karen is a shy girl and has spare time during a Saturday afternoon, and she notices her neighbor kids are playing hide and seek outside.
Intention: Karen wants to spend her time.
Moral consequence: Karen feels belonged and happy playing with the other kids.
Immoral action: Karen plays a video game at home on her own.
Norm: You shouldn't let your pets terrorize other people
Situation: Gia who owns a large dog is having guests over to her house.
Intention: Gia wants her dog to feel comfortable with guests.
Moral action: Gia uses training techniques to sway her dog every time it starts to make a guest feel uncomfortable.
Immoral consequence: Gia's guest that the dog is threatening feels very frightened and uncomfortable due to the size of the dog.
Norm: You shouldn't let your pets terrorize other people
Situation: Gia who owns a large dog is having guests over to her house.
Intention: Gia wants her dog to feel comfortable with guests.
Moral consequence: Gia's guests feel comfortable around the dog as it is showing obedience.
Immoral action: Gia's dog gets very loud and attentive towards one of the particular guests but Gia insists it is nothing to worry about.
Norm: It's not safe to drive fast
Situation: Keith was running late when he was driving to work in his car.
Intention: Keith wants to work eight hours.
Moral action: Keith arrives to work late, so he stays at work a half hour later than normal.
Immoral consequence: Keith is stopped by a police officer and gets a speeding ticket.
Norm: It's not safe to drive fast
Situation: Keith was running late when he was driving to work in his car.
Intention: Keith wants to work eight hours.
Moral consequence: Keith doesn't lose any hours on his paycheck when he gets paid.
Immoral action: Keith drives as fast as he can in order to get to work on time.
Norm: It is ok good to teach yourself things.
Situation: Sophia opens an infected email which results in her computer becoming infected with viruses, and her tech savvy brother can't help her at the moment.
Intention: Sophia wants her computer to be free of viruses.
Moral action: Sophia learns how to remove viruses from watching tutorials on youtube.
Immoral consequence: By the time he arrives, the virus has permanently harmed ten of her files.
Norm: It is ok good to teach yourself things.
Situation: Sophia opens an infected email which results in her computer becoming infected with viruses, and her tech savvy brother can't help her at the moment.
Intention: Sophia wants her computer to be free of viruses.
Moral consequence: Sophia is able to help her coworker with virus removal a week later.
Immoral action: Sophia waits for her brother to fix her computer.
Norm: You shouldn't judge yourself or others based on height.
Situation: John, who is short, runs a powerful health institution and deals with a lot of taller clients and workers.
Intention: John wants to have authority over other people.
Moral action: John uses his superior business skills and knowledge to direct people's projects wisely, helping them complete them successfully.
Immoral consequence: The taller people find John to be overbearing and controlling and decide not to work for him any more.
Norm: You shouldn't judge yourself or others based on height.
Situation: John, who is short, runs a powerful health institution and deals with a lot of taller clients and workers.
Intention: John wants to have authority over other people.
Moral consequence: John's associates come to respect John and seek his advice and counsel, listening to and obeying what he says.
Immoral action: John mounts a ruler on his office door and notes how tall each person is who enters his office, then tries to dominate the taller ones.
Norm: It's good to tell your children your feelings.
Situation: Brandon has had a tough day at work and after work his son asks him to play catch.
Intention: Brandon wants to respond to his son.
Moral action: Brandon tells his son he'd like to play catch, but he's exhausted from working all day.
Immoral consequence: Brandon's son will think Brandon is mean.
Norm: It's good to tell your children your feelings.
Situation: Brandon has had a tough day at work and after work his son asks him to play catch.
Intention: Brandon wants to respond to his son.
Moral consequence: Brandon's son will understand that Brandon is tired.
Immoral action: Brandon tells his son he doesn't want to play catch.
Norm: You shouldn't knock into others.
Situation: Jackie is on a crowded street and is late for school.
Intention: Jackie wants to get to school quickly.
Moral action: Jackie says excuse me to the people in front of him.
Immoral consequence: The other people on the street will push Jackie back thinking he's picking a fight.
Norm: You shouldn't knock into others.
Situation: Jackie is on a crowded street and is late for school.
Intention: Jackie wants to get to school quickly.
Moral consequence: The other people on the street will make way for Jackie.
Immoral action: Jackie pushes the other people on the street with his body to get past them.
Norm: It's rude to leave people out of a conversation.
Situation: Jed interrupts a conversation between someone and his friend Tazer.
Intention: Jed wants to say something important.
Moral action: Jed greets the other person and explains that he will be quick.
Immoral consequence: The other person makes a remark and Jed feels dumb and angry.
Norm: It's rude to leave people out of a conversation.
Situation: Jed interrupts a conversation between someone and his friend Tazer.
Intention: Jed wants to say something important.
Moral consequence: Jed restores his dignity and avoids guilt and confrontation.
Immoral action: Jed disregards the other person and tells Tazer what's up.
Norm: You should masturbate in private and in your own home.
Situation: Adam feels bored and misses his girlfriend who is out of town for a business trip.
Intention: Adam wants to spend his time.
Moral action: Adam watches an adult movie at home, which gives him lots of sexual pleasure, and he starts touching himself.
Immoral consequence: Adam gets caught and condemned by a woman sitting next to him.
Norm: You should masturbate in private and in your own home.
Situation: Adam feels bored and misses his girlfriend who is out of town for a business trip.
Intention: Adam wants to spend his time.
Moral consequence: Adam achieves orgasm and feels satisfied.
Immoral action: Adam goes to the beach where there are lots of girls wearing sexy bikinis, and he feels sexually aroused and rubs his penis.
Norm: It's mean to not take depression seriously.
Situation: James college roommate confessed that he'd been too depressed to get out of bed or go to class for the last two weeks.
Intention: James wants to help his friend.
Moral action: James tells his roommate that must be really hard, and asks if he's tried talking to a psychiatrist.
Immoral consequence: James' rooommate is not amused and doesn't confide in him again.
Norm: It's mean to not take depression seriously.
Situation: James college roommate confessed that he'd been too depressed to get out of bed or go to class for the last two weeks.
Intention: James wants to help his friend.
Moral consequence: James' roommate agrees to let James call a psychiatrist near campus and schedule him an appointment.
Immoral action: James tries to make a joke about how having depression is at least better than having herpes.
Norm: Leaving a young child alone in the bathroom is foolish.
Situation: Marissa is bathing her toddler son, Bradley, when the phone rings.
Intention: Marissa wants to answer the phone.
Moral action: Marissa answers the phone with one hand while continuing to bathe Bradley with the other.
Immoral consequence: Marissa returns to find Bradley choking on water.
Norm: Leaving a young child alone in the bathroom is foolish.
Situation: Marissa is bathing her toddler son, Bradley, when the phone rings.
Intention: Marissa wants to answer the phone.
Moral consequence: Marissa learns the importance of multitasking as a parent.
Immoral action: Marissa answers the phone and leaves the bathroom for a quieter area of the house.
Norm: It's wrong to get back at others.
Situation: Carla is at a restaurant when she sees her boyfriend at dinner with another woman.
Intention: Carla wants to express her anger.
Moral action: Carla confronts her boyfriend and the woman and breaks up with him.
Immoral consequence: Carla is forced to pay for the damage she did to the car.
Norm: It's wrong to get back at others.
Situation: Carla is at a restaurant when she sees her boyfriend at dinner with another woman.
Intention: Carla wants to express her anger.
Moral consequence: Carla feels better not having to worry about her boyfriend cheating anymore.
Immoral action: Carla goes outside and finds her boyfriend's car and keys the door.
Norm: It's bad to fall asleep at your desk at work.
Situation: John is at work finishing up some accounts.
Intention: John isn't feeling well and needs to rest.
Moral action: John tells his boss he's not feeling well and goes home to sleep.
Immoral consequence: His boss notices him sleeping and fires him.
Norm: It's bad to fall asleep at your desk at work.
Situation: John is at work finishing up some accounts.
Intention: John isn't feeling well and needs to rest.
Moral consequence: John's boss is caring and lets him leave.
Immoral action: John falls asleep right in his cubicle.
Norm: You should always pay back money you owe to others.
Situation: Brock borrowed a good amount of money from his friend a long time ago and his financial situation has improved significantly.
Intention: Brock wants to consider paying his friend back.
Moral action: Brock pays back his friend in full with a little extra for helping him out.
Immoral consequence: Brock's friend thinks Brock is a dishonest person and is no longer friends with Brock.