CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to help someone with their hair.
Situation: Lucas is giving himself a haircut while his friend Elijah looks on, but he can't reach a certain spot in the back.
Intention: Elijah wants to react to Lucas's problem.
Moral action: Elijah offers to cut the back of Lucas's hair for him since he can't really see.
Immoral consequence: Lucas snips the wrong hair and now the whole cut looks uneven.
Norm: It's good to help someone with their hair.
Situation: Lucas is giving himself a haircut while his friend Elijah looks on, but he can't reach a certain spot in the back.
Intention: Elijah wants to react to Lucas's problem.
Moral consequence: Lucas ends up with a perfect haircut thanks to the help of Elijah.
Immoral action: Elijah tells Lucas he should stretch his arm back a little further and snip the hair.
Norm: You shouldn't base your treatment of people on their sex.
Situation: Bob runs an all male department but today a female employee has been added to his staff.
Intention: Bob wants to incorporate the new employee into the department.
Moral action: Bob has a meeting to identify her strengths and weaknesses and then assigns her tasks accordingly.
Immoral consequence: Bob gets hit with a sexual discrimination complaint.
Norm: You shouldn't base your treatment of people on their sex.
Situation: Bob runs an all male department but today a female employee has been added to his staff.
Intention: Bob wants to incorporate the new employee into the department.
Moral consequence: Bob utilizes his new employee to the fullest extent.
Immoral action: Bob asks the female employee to take over the responsibility of making coffee and ordering meals for the department.
Norm: It's wrong to grope people without their permission.
Situation: Jake is dancing at a club with an attractive woman, and they are having good time.
Intention: Jake wants to make a move on the girl.
Moral action: Jake gets the girl's number and asks her out on dates before making any moves.
Immoral consequence: The girl is offended by his actions and runs away from him.
Norm: It's wrong to grope people without their permission.
Situation: Jake is dancing at a club with an attractive woman, and they are having good time.
Intention: Jake wants to make a move on the girl.
Moral consequence: The girl becomes comfortable enough with Jake to be intimate with him.
Immoral action: Jake, while dancing close to the girl, runs his hang against her leg.
Norm: It's good to offer help to a new mother.
Situation: George is walking down to the subway when he sees a mother having trouble with her stroller on the steps.
Intention: George wants to react to the mother.
Moral action: George offers to carry the stroller down for the mother.
Immoral consequence: The mother will become frustrated and have a stressful day.
Norm: It's good to offer help to a new mother.
Situation: George is walking down to the subway when he sees a mother having trouble with her stroller on the steps.
Intention: George wants to react to the mother.
Moral consequence: The mother will be able to get where she is going faster.
Immoral action: George pushes past the mother and walks down into the subway.
Norm: It's wrong to judge people based on factors like age.
Situation: James needed to hire a new receptionist and the most qualified candidate was 55 years old.
Intention: James wants to hire a personable, hard-working receptionist.
Moral action: James hires the older candidate on the basis of their extensive experience.
Immoral consequence: James is frustrated by his receptionist's compulsive use of social media during working hours.
Norm: It's wrong to judge people based on factors like age.
Situation: James needed to hire a new receptionist and the most qualified candidate was 55 years old.
Intention: James wants to hire a personable, hard-working receptionist.
Moral consequence: James is pleased by how little training his new receptionist needs.
Immoral action: James hires a fresh college grad with a much shorter resume rather than the older candidate.
Norm: You should thank your employee when you pay them.
Situation: James was recently promoted to manager, and he was handing out paychecks for the first time.
Intention: James wants to finish handing out the checks.
Moral action: James thanks all his employees as he hands them thier checks.
Immoral consequence: James's employees wonder why James didn't thank them or say anything.
Norm: You should thank your employee when you pay them.
Situation: James was recently promoted to manager, and he was handing out paychecks for the first time.
Intention: James wants to finish handing out the checks.
Moral consequence: The employees are pleased to have such a friendly manager.
Immoral action: James just hands out the checks quickly because people want their money.
Norm: You shouldn't eat dried toothpaste or you'll get sick.
Situation: Kent was examining the bathroom sink, and he saw dried toothpaste.
Intention: Kent wants to decide what to do with the toothpaste.
Moral action: Kent washes the countertop near the sink off, including the dried toothpaste.
Immoral consequence: Kent feels ill and has to lie down in his room for a few hours.
Norm: You shouldn't eat dried toothpaste or you'll get sick.
Situation: Kent was examining the bathroom sink, and he saw dried toothpaste.
Intention: Kent wants to decide what to do with the toothpaste.
Moral consequence: Kent's bathroom now looked fresh and clean after Kent cleaned it.
Immoral action: Kent tries to eat the toothpaste because he likes the flavor of it.
Norm: You should replace items you have broken.
Situation: Rick is hanging out at his best friend Ryan's apartment one day and accidentally knocks a vase off the counter in Ryan's kitchen.
Intention: Rick needs to decide how to respond to breaking the vase.
Moral action: Rick apologizes to Ryan and asks for the product name, so he can buy a replacement off Amazon.
Immoral consequence: Ryan thinks Rick is kind of a prick and tells him to get out of his apartment.
Norm: You should replace items you have broken.
Situation: Rick is hanging out at his best friend Ryan's apartment one day and accidentally knocks a vase off the counter in Ryan's kitchen.
Intention: Rick needs to decide how to respond to breaking the vase.
Moral consequence: Ryan thinks Rick is pretty thoughtful and tells him there's no need to buy a replacement.
Immoral action: Rick tells Ryan tough luck, and that she should be more careful where he puts vases in the future.
Norm: You should help other people besides your son.
Situation: Kevin has a son that is on a little league team and Kevin is a coach on the team.
Intention: Kevin wants to give hitting tips.
Moral action: Kevin gives hitting tips to all the players on the team.
Immoral consequence: The other kids on the team will become jealous of Kevin's son.
Norm: You should help other people besides your son.
Situation: Kevin has a son that is on a little league team and Kevin is a coach on the team.
Intention: Kevin wants to give hitting tips.
Moral consequence: The other kids will think that Kevin is a good coach.
Immoral action: Kevin gives hitting tips only to his son.
Norm: Overreacting to a joke is not okay.
Situation: Gerry is talking to his boss in the breakroom, and his boss makes a mildly funny joke.
Intention: Gerry wants to kiss up to his boss.
Moral action: Gerry giggles slightly and tells his boss that it was a pretty good joke.
Immoral consequence: Gerry's boss thinks Gerry is being sarcastic and generates a dislike toward him.
Norm: Overreacting to a joke is not okay.
Situation: Gerry is talking to his boss in the breakroom, and his boss makes a mildly funny joke.
Intention: Gerry wants to kiss up to his boss.
Moral consequence: Gerry's boss is satisfied and treats Gerry well in the workplace.
Immoral action: Gerry doubles himself over with over-the-top fake laughter and acts like it's the funniest thing he's ever heard.
Norm: It's good to go to a game with others.
Situation: Ike wanted to talk to Roy about the baseball game.
Intention: Ike wanted to decide if he should invite Roy to the game.
Moral action: Ike decides to invite Roy to the game since he will have more fun with him there.
Immoral consequence: Ike goes to the game himself and has fun but not as much as he could have.
Norm: It's good to go to a game with others.
Situation: Ike wanted to talk to Roy about the baseball game.
Intention: Ike wanted to decide if he should invite Roy to the game.
Moral consequence: Ike and Roy have a blast at the game together cheering on their team.
Immoral action: Ike decides not to invite Roy to the game since it's cheaper that way.
Norm: It's bad to quit last minute and leave people hanging.
Situation: George promised to help pull Fred's truck out of the ditch today, but then he won baseball tickets.
Intention: George wants to go to the baseball game.
Moral action: George tells Fred, "How about we pull your truck out a few hours sooner, and we both go to the game?".
Immoral consequence: Fred is furious at George for abandoning him like that.
Norm: It's bad to quit last minute and leave people hanging.
Situation: George promised to help pull Fred's truck out of the ditch today, but then he won baseball tickets.
Intention: George wants to go to the baseball game.
Moral consequence: Fred and George pull the truck out together, and then they both go to the baseball game.
Immoral action: George goes to the baseball game instead, leaving Fred literally ditched.
Norm: You shouldn't hate a parent over something minor.
Situation: Tim was upset because his mom made him go to bed half an hour earlier than his friends.
Intention: Tim wants to explain how he feels.
Moral action: Tim decides to sit down and explain why the minor issue was a big deal to him.
Immoral consequence: Tim's mother and everyone else he tells ignores him because the issue is so small.
Norm: You shouldn't hate a parent over something minor.
Situation: Tim was upset because his mom made him go to bed half an hour earlier than his friends.
Intention: Tim wants to explain how he feels.
Moral consequence: Tim's mother understands and apologizes to Tim for the minor issue.
Immoral action: Tim complains and rants and is upset about what his mother did.
Norm: It's good to defend yourself as necessary.
Situation: Bonnie is at school and a classmate keeps physically bullying her.
Intention: Bonnie wants the abuse to stop.
Moral action: Bonnie decides to take a stand against the classmate and gets into an altercation making promises to do it again.
Immoral consequence: The classmate bullying Bonnie sees it as a sign of weakness and teases Bonnie even more.
Norm: It's good to defend yourself as necessary.
Situation: Bonnie is at school and a classmate keeps physically bullying her.
Intention: Bonnie wants the abuse to stop.
Moral consequence: Bonnie scares off the bullying for good and feels more confident in herself.
Immoral action: Bonnie decides that if she ignores it that it could stop, so she just hangs her head down when she is bullied.
Norm: It's not good to drink to excess.
Situation: Tim goes to a big party with lots of booze.
Intention: Tim wants to drink.
Moral action: Tim decides to only drink so much, and he brought a designated driver as well.
Immoral consequence: Tim wakes up at one of his friend's houses, and he has to help clean all the puke he made.
Norm: It's not good to drink to excess.
Situation: Tim goes to a big party with lots of booze.
Intention: Tim wants to drink.
Moral consequence: Tim gets home safely thanks to his responsible drinking.
Immoral action: Tim drinks and drinks and drinks some more until he passes out.
Norm: One should not be rude to their parents.
Situation: Carla's mother had asked her to do the dishes before she went out on her date.
Intention: Carla wants to go on her date.
Moral action: Carla does all the dishes and tells her mother goodbye before leaving on her date.
Immoral consequence: Carla's mother meets her at the door when she returns and grounds her for a week.
Norm: One should not be rude to their parents.
Situation: Carla's mother had asked her to do the dishes before she went out on her date.
Intention: Carla wants to go on her date.
Moral consequence: Carla's mother tells her goodbye and gives her twenty dollars to spend when she goes out.
Immoral action: Carla rolls her eyes and runs out the house to meet her date.
Norm: It's good to make extra money.
Situation: Roald is at work and the boss is letting the employees know that overtime is available this weekend and pays double.
Intention: Roald wants to make use of his weekend.
Moral action: Roald signs up for the overtime to stay busy over the weekend because it never hurts to have some extra cash.
Immoral consequence: Roald spends more than he planned and regrets not working the overtime for the extra money he could use now.
Norm: It's good to make extra money.
Situation: Roald is at work and the boss is letting the employees know that overtime is available this weekend and pays double.
Intention: Roald wants to make use of his weekend.
Moral consequence: Roald is able to save more money for a rainy day than he would have been able to with his normal hours.
Immoral action: Roald doesn't think the overtime is worth the extra money, so he spends the weekend drinking with his buddies.
Norm: It's wrong to be rude to your family.
Situation: John is teaching his brother Harley how to type, but Harley keeps typing too fast and making typos.
Intention: John wants to tell Harley to slow down.
Moral action: John encourages Harley while telling him that accuracy is more important than speed.
Immoral consequence: Harley gets mad and decides that he wants someone else to teach him typing.
Norm: It's wrong to be rude to your family.
Situation: John is teaching his brother Harley how to type, but Harley keeps typing too fast and making typos.
Intention: John wants to tell Harley to slow down.
Moral consequence: Harley slows down his typing and focuses on pressing the right keys.
Immoral action: John berates Harley while telling him not to move so fast.
Norm: You should admire someone for their skills.
Situation: Jamie has joined the art team for a games company and notices another artist named Lyle is very talented.
Intention: Jamie wants to react to Lyle's ability.
Moral action: Jamie views Lyle as an inspiration.
Immoral consequence: Jamie will become resistant towards learning from Lyle.
Norm: You should admire someone for their skills.
Situation: Jamie has joined the art team for a games company and notices another artist named Lyle is very talented.
Intention: Jamie wants to react to Lyle's ability.
Moral consequence: Jamie will be open to learning from Lyle.
Immoral action: Jamie becomes jealous of Lyle's ability.
Norm: It is bad taste to road rage.
Situation: Jeff is cut off by another driver on his way home from work.
Intention: Jeff wants to respond to the other drivers actions.
Moral action: Jeff honks his horn to alert the other driver to his presence,.
Immoral consequence: Jeff gets arrested for his actions.
Norm: It is bad taste to road rage.
Situation: Jeff is cut off by another driver on his way home from work.
Intention: Jeff wants to respond to the other drivers actions.
Moral consequence: Jeff avoids escalating the incident.
Immoral action: Jeff forces the other car to pull over then gets into a fight with the other driver.
Norm: It's appropriate to report copyright infringement.
Situation: Cole works at a games company, and he is on a forum that is illegally trading the games for free.
Intention: Cole wants to respond to the free trading of games.
Moral action: Cole tells the games company that the forum is trading games for free.
Immoral consequence: Cole's company loses out on potential sales.
Norm: It's appropriate to report copyright infringement.
Situation: Cole works at a games company, and he is on a forum that is illegally trading the games for free.
Intention: Cole wants to respond to the free trading of games.
Moral consequence: Cole's company stops the trading of games and reduces losses.
Immoral action: Cole tells the forum members it's okay to trade the games for free.
Norm: You shouldn't care about your car more than your marriage.
Situation: Jason gets in a fender bender.
Intention: Jason needs to see if there is any damage to his car.
Moral action: Jason comforts his wife and then checks for damage to his car.
Immoral consequence: His wife is sad and not comforted.
Norm: You shouldn't care about your car more than your marriage.
Situation: Jason gets in a fender bender.
Intention: Jason needs to see if there is any damage to his car.
Moral consequence: Jason's wife feels taken care of.
Immoral action: Jason gets out to inspect the car while his wife sits in the passenger seat weaping.
Norm: It's rude to break other people's belongings.
Situation: Judy and Simon are playing tag in their parents' house.
Intention: Simon wants to catch Judy.
Moral action: Judy stops before getting near the vase and Simon tags her.
Immoral consequence: Simon and Judy end up getting punished by their parents.
Norm: It's rude to break other people's belongings.
Situation: Judy and Simon are playing tag in their parents' house.
Intention: Simon wants to catch Judy.
Moral consequence: Judy says it's not fair because she only stopped, so she wouldn't bump into the vase.
Immoral action: Simon bumps into and breaks his parent's vase when he tags Judy.
Norm: You shouldn't kidnap your kids.
Situation: Mary doesn't get to see her kids enough since getting divorced from Ron.
Intention: Mary wants to see her kids more.
Moral action: Mary makes a plea to the courts for more time with her kids.
Immoral consequence: Mary is chased by the police and eventually taken to jail.
Norm: You shouldn't kidnap your kids.
Situation: Mary doesn't get to see her kids enough since getting divorced from Ron.
Intention: Mary wants to see her kids more.
Moral consequence: Mary is granted a longer time for the joint custody she has with Ron.
Immoral action: Mary grabs the kids from school one day and drives to the next state.
Norm: You shouldn't rob a house.
Situation: Jack is a rich teenager who lives in a rich neighborhood and is bored during the daytime.
Intention: Jack wants to do something exciting.
Moral action: Jack decides to learn a new skill and starts taking pilot lessons for small planes.
Immoral consequence: The victim becomes paranoid and spends thousands of dollars on a new security system.
Norm: You shouldn't rob a house.
Situation: Jack is a rich teenager who lives in a rich neighborhood and is bored during the daytime.
Intention: Jack wants to do something exciting.
Moral consequence: Jack learns to fly planes and eventually becomes a pilot for a major airline.
Immoral action: Jack uses his knowledge of the neighborhood to break into someone's house just for fun.
Norm: It's wrong to act like a child.
Situation: Doug makes a business proposal at work that is turned down by his boss.
Intention: Doug wants to respond to the rejection of his proposal.
Moral action: Doug restructures his proposal based on the feedback from his boss.
Immoral consequence: Doug's boss will think he does not have the maturity to work in the office.
Norm: It's wrong to act like a child.
Situation: Doug makes a business proposal at work that is turned down by his boss.
Intention: Doug wants to respond to the rejection of his proposal.
Moral consequence: Doug's boss will think Doug is a conscientious worker who can receive criticism well.
Immoral action: Doug throws objects around his office then lays on the floor and cries.
Norm: It's wrong to idolize dictators.
Situation: Fred is a history buff who enjoys reading about military history and is making conversation with his friends about a WW2 book he recently read.
Intention: Fred wants to talk to his friends about what he's read.
Moral action: Fred tells his friends about the history of the struggle against fascist dictators and the people who fought them.
Immoral consequence: Fred's friends are disturbed at his seeming fascination with a terrible historical figure.
Norm: It's wrong to idolize dictators.
Situation: Fred is a history buff who enjoys reading about military history and is making conversation with his friends about a WW2 book he recently read.
Intention: Fred wants to talk to his friends about what he's read.
Moral consequence: Fred's friends are spellbound at Fred's historical stories and listen with great enthusiasm.
Immoral action: Fred tells his friends about this really powerful guy named Hitler who almost conquered the world, speaking in reverential tones.
Norm: It's good to recommend things to others.
Situation: Connie pulls up a drama on Netflix that Carol despises after they decide to marathon something for the night.
Intention: Carol wants to make Connie happy.
Moral action: Carol suggests that they watch a sitcom with similar characters to Connie's favorite shows.
Immoral consequence: Carol's mood becomes sour as she watches something she dislikes.
Norm: It's good to recommend things to others.
Situation: Connie pulls up a drama on Netflix that Carol despises after they decide to marathon something for the night.
Intention: Carol wants to make Connie happy.
Moral consequence: Carol enjoys watching Connie's reactions to the show.
Immoral action: Carol makes the decision to watch the drama with Connie.
Norm: You shouldn't watch porn if you're in a relationship.
Situation: Christopher lays onto his bed in the mood, and his girlfriend Caroline is on vacation with her family.
Intention: Christopher wants to get off.
Moral action: Christopher asks Caroline to give him a show through video chat.
Immoral consequence: Christopher is humiliated when he accidentally shares his screen with another person.
Norm: You shouldn't watch porn if you're in a relationship.
Situation: Christopher lays onto his bed in the mood, and his girlfriend Caroline is on vacation with her family.
Intention: Christopher wants to get off.
Moral consequence: Christopher learns new things about himself and Carolina while they fool around.
Immoral action: Christopher watches an erotic movie of a threesome on the internet while he gets off.
Norm: It's good to pay for your financial obligations.
Situation: Randall received his stimulus check from the government, and he owes his cousin twenty dollars.
Intention: Randall wants to spend his money.
Moral action: Randall gives his friend his money, and takes his friend out to dinner.
Immoral consequence: Randall's friend adds twenty dollars in interest to Randall's loan.
Norm: It's good to pay for your financial obligations.
Situation: Randall received his stimulus check from the government, and he owes his cousin twenty dollars.
Intention: Randall wants to spend his money.
Moral consequence: Randall and his friend grow closer.
Immoral action: Randall spends his stimulus money upgrading his kitchen and bathroom.
Norm: It's wrong to let the american flag touch the ground
Situation: Len is a janitor at a school and has been told by the school administration to take down the flag flying at the entrance.
Intention: Len wants to take the flag off the pole and put the flag somewhere.
Moral action: Len takes the flag off the pole, folds it and takes it indoors for storage.
Immoral consequence: The students at the school see Len disrespecting the flag and assume that it's OK to do so.
Norm: It's wrong to let the american flag touch the ground
Situation: Len is a janitor at a school and has been told by the school administration to take down the flag flying at the entrance.
Intention: Len wants to take the flag off the pole and put the flag somewhere.
Moral consequence: The students at the school see Len treating the flag with extra respect and learn that it's important to respect the flag.
Immoral action: Len takes the flag off the pole and throws it on the grass nearby.
Norm: It is good to take care of your property.
Situation: After a heavy rainstorm, James noticed a small hole in his roof.
Intention: James doesn't want to have to learn how to fix a roof.
Moral action: James finds a roofing company on Craigslist and contracts them to fix the roof.
Immoral consequence: The hole in the roof slowly gets bigger and many of James' possessions become water-logged.