CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to give someone a thoughtful birthday gift.
Situation: Sue is meeting her friend out for her birthday.
Intention: Sue wants to surprise her friend with a gift.
Moral consequence: Sues friend is elated and gives sue a big hug.
Immoral action: Sue buys a thoughtless gift with no personal meaning.
Norm: It's rude to have fun at someone else's expense.
Situation: Tim is at the playground with his friends when he sees someone trip and fall down.
Intention: Tim wants to react to the person tripping and falling.
Moral action: Tim goes over to the person who fell and helps them up.
Immoral consequence: The person who fell feels silly and embarrassed at being the butt of a joke.
Norm: It's rude to have fun at someone else's expense.
Situation: Tim is at the playground with his friends when he sees someone trip and fall down.
Intention: Tim wants to react to the person tripping and falling.
Moral consequence: The person who fell feels like Tim cares about their well-being.
Immoral action: Tim imitates the person falling in a comedic way getting a laugh from his friends.
Norm: It's wrong to be obsessed with something.
Situation: Jared, a man with a limited budget, adores his favorite television show, and a new line of figures modeled after the characters are coming out soon.
Intention: Jared wants to engage with anything related to his favorite television show.
Moral action: Jared rewatches his two episodes of his favorite show a night before going to bed.
Immoral consequence: Jared is unable to afford his electric bill at the end of the month.
Norm: It's wrong to be obsessed with something.
Situation: Jared, a man with a limited budget, adores his favorite television show, and a new line of figures modeled after the characters are coming out soon.
Intention: Jared wants to engage with anything related to his favorite television show.
Moral consequence: Jared goes to bed in a good mood.
Immoral action: Jared spends most of his upcoming paycheck on figures of all the characters.
Norm: It's good to care about the well-being of your neighbors.
Situation: Sue caught the Coronavirus and becomes mildly sick.
Intention: Sue wants to recover from the disease.
Moral action: Sue decides to self quarantine herself for 14 days in order not to spread the disease.
Immoral consequence: Her neighbors get infected by Sue and some of them need to be hospitalized.
Norm: It's good to care about the well-being of your neighbors.
Situation: Sue caught the Coronavirus and becomes mildly sick.
Intention: Sue wants to recover from the disease.
Moral consequence: Her neighbors thank Sue for self quarantining and send her family masks and disinfecting sprays to help containment of the disease in her home.
Immoral action: Sue thinks that fresh air is important in treating the disease, so she goes outside everyday for a walk without wearing a mask.
Norm: It's rude to call for a culling of men.
Situation: Portia has extreme views regarding feminism.
Intention: Portia wants to share has opinion with others.
Moral action: Portia posts a message on social media that calls for equality between the sexes.
Immoral consequence: Portia gets fired when her employers read her inflammatory post.
Norm: It's rude to call for a culling of men.
Situation: Portia has extreme views regarding feminism.
Intention: Portia wants to share has opinion with others.
Moral consequence: Portia's is gratified by the favorable response to her well thought out message.
Immoral action: Portia posts a message on social media expressing her belief that the world would benefit from a culling of the male population.
Norm: It is rude to treat mentally disabled people differently.
Situation: John is playing baseball as a pitcher when the next batter, Jim comes up and Jim has visible down syndrome.
Intention: John wants to decide what pitch to throw.
Moral action: John decides to throw his usual first pitch, a sinking curveball on the outside corner.
Immoral consequence: Jim is annoyed that John doesn't take his athletic prowess seriously and is throwing him patronizing pitches.
Norm: It is rude to treat mentally disabled people differently.
Situation: John is playing baseball as a pitcher when the next batter, Jim comes up and Jim has visible down syndrome.
Intention: John wants to decide what pitch to throw.
Moral consequence: Jim is impressed by the sink on John's curveball and is happy to try his hardest to best John.
Immoral action: John decides to throw a slow, easy underhand lob to Jim so that Jim can easily hit it.
Norm: You should not hide the fact that you're married
Situation: Jake's new female coworker has been getting close to him lately.
Intention: Jake wants to introduce his coworker to some of his friends.
Moral action: Jake invites his coworker to a party at his home with his friends.
Immoral consequence: Jake's coworker interprets the meeting as a date, and they kiss.
Norm: You should not hide the fact that you're married
Situation: Jake's new female coworker has been getting close to him lately.
Intention: Jake wants to introduce his coworker to some of his friends.
Moral consequence: Jake's wife is happy to be able to finally meet his new coworker.
Immoral action: Jake invites his coworker to a bar with his friends while his wife waits at home.
Norm: You shouldn't go to the bar too often.
Situation: Chad is in college and lives in an apartment near a bar.
Intention: Chad wants to meet more people from his college.
Moral action: Chad goes to the bar on Saturdays after the football games.
Immoral consequence: Chad doesn't have time to study, and he fails out of college.
Norm: You shouldn't go to the bar too often.
Situation: Chad is in college and lives in an apartment near a bar.
Intention: Chad wants to meet more people from his college.
Moral consequence: Chad meets people his age that love football as much as he does.
Immoral action: Chad goes to the bar everyday and stays there all night.
Norm: It is unprofessional to mix person and professional life.
Situation: Dave is an office manager and in front of the whole office Donna, his subordinate asks him on a date.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Donna's date offer.
Moral action: Dave tells Donna that he doesn't want to see her outside the office and that she must have the wrong idea about him.
Immoral consequence: The staff at the office are disgusted at Dave and fear that if they don't do something drastic Donna will acquire power at the office.
Norm: It is unprofessional to mix person and professional life.
Situation: Dave is an office manager and in front of the whole office Donna, his subordinate asks him on a date.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Donna's date offer.
Moral consequence: The staff at the office are delighted that they work for an obviously professional boss.
Immoral action: Dave tells Donna that he would love to take her out and maybe even be her boyfriend.
Norm: It is expected that you work hard.
Situation: John is given several work requests from his boss.
Intention: John wants to respond to the request.
Moral action: John works hard and completes all the work requests fully.
Immoral consequence: John's boss is not pleased with his low-effort work and fires him.
Norm: It is expected that you work hard.
Situation: John is given several work requests from his boss.
Intention: John wants to respond to the request.
Moral consequence: John's boss is pleased and gives him a raise.
Immoral action: John agrees but does a poor job, so he can be done sooner.
Norm: You should not use your workplace as your personal space.
Situation: Alex works a lot of overtime at a game development company so is at his desk a lot.
Intention: Alex wants to be able to catch up on his hobbies during his breaks.
Moral action: Alex uses his breaks to connect with others online and keep up to date on developments in his hobbies.
Immoral consequence: Alex is forced to cover the cost to repaint the desk.
Norm: You should not use your workplace as your personal space.
Situation: Alex works a lot of overtime at a game development company so is at his desk a lot.
Intention: Alex wants to be able to catch up on his hobbies during his breaks.
Moral consequence: Alex is able to organize his hobby time better, so he gets more done when he is home.
Immoral action: Alex paints minatures during his breaks and splashes paint all over his desk.
Norm: It's not good to make people feel uncomfortable
Situation: Kim just bought a new house and is hosting a house warming party.
Intention: Kim wants to get to know her new neighbors.
Moral action: Kim gets to know everyone and makes them feel welcome in her home.
Immoral consequence: The neighbor doesn’t get to know Kim, and they have awkward encounters from then on.
Norm: It's not good to make people feel uncomfortable
Situation: Kim just bought a new house and is hosting a house warming party.
Intention: Kim wants to get to know her new neighbors.
Moral consequence: The neighbors all are friendly and closer to their new neighbor Kim.
Immoral action: Kim is rude and avoids talking to a neighbor who she never met.
Norm: It is creepy to stand too close and stare.
Situation: John looks out of the window and notices his neighbor is burning something in the backyard.
Intention: John wants to find out what his neighbor is doing.
Moral action: John takes a picture of his neighbor with his cellphone and zooms in what they are doing.
Immoral consequence: His neighbor feels offended and asks John to leave his backyard.
Norm: It is creepy to stand too close and stare.
Situation: John looks out of the window and notices his neighbor is burning something in the backyard.
Intention: John wants to find out what his neighbor is doing.
Moral consequence: His neighbor is undisturbed by John and continues with the activity.
Immoral action: John immediately goes to his neighbor's open backyard so that he can see it more clearly.
Norm: You should discourage your children from drug usage.
Situation: Karen's son Billy has been using marijuana to calm down after school and Karen can smell it from his room.
Intention: Karen wants to approach Billy about his smoking.
Moral action: Karen talks to Billy about the dangers of underage cannabis use and asks him about seeing a counselor.
Immoral consequence: Billy develops a daily drug habit that causes his grades to suffer.
Norm: You should discourage your children from drug usage.
Situation: Karen's son Billy has been using marijuana to calm down after school and Karen can smell it from his room.
Intention: Karen wants to approach Billy about his smoking.
Moral consequence: Billy is open to seeing a counselor and thanks his mom for being kind about his issues.
Immoral action: Karen tells Billy that if he wants marijuana, he should get it from her for safety purposes instead of getting it from a dealer.
Norm: It's wrong not to give advance notice of plans.
Situation: John is sitting at home when he realizes he hasn't seen his friend Tony for a while.
Intention: John wants to schedule a time to see Tony.
Moral action: John calls Tony and asks when a good time would be then after they agree writes it down in his planner.
Immoral consequence: Tony is shocked to see John unannounced and is angry that John has interrupted his family time.
Norm: It's wrong not to give advance notice of plans.
Situation: John is sitting at home when he realizes he hasn't seen his friend Tony for a while.
Intention: John wants to schedule a time to see Tony.
Moral consequence: Tony is happy that John is planning an outing for the two of them and is excited to see him.
Immoral action: John decides that 10 minutes from now is a good time and goes straight over to Tony's house.
Norm: You shouldn't flaunt things in front of others.
Situation: Sue just bought a fancy new dress and spent quite a bit of money on it.
Intention: Sue wants to show off the new dress.
Moral action: Sue wears the dress to a formal event and posts pictures online.
Immoral consequence: Sue's friends think she is a snob.
Norm: You shouldn't flaunt things in front of others.
Situation: Sue just bought a fancy new dress and spent quite a bit of money on it.
Intention: Sue wants to show off the new dress.
Moral consequence: Sue's friends give her compliments and find her very beautiful.
Immoral action: Sue wears the dress around her friends who are not as well off as her.
Norm: You should not sleep the day away.
Situation: Roy has tickets to see a new movie in the evening.
Intention: Roy wants to get some rest before going to the movie.
Moral action: Roy takes a short nap.
Immoral consequence: Roy wakes up too late and misses half of the movie.
Norm: You should not sleep the day away.
Situation: Roy has tickets to see a new movie in the evening.
Intention: Roy wants to get some rest before going to the movie.
Moral consequence: Roy is well rested and gets to the movie on time.
Immoral action: Roy sleeps for most of the day.
Norm: It's bad to lie to family.
Situation: Jack recently lost his job and his father asks him to pay the electricity bill.
Intention: Jack wants to get financial help.
Moral action: Jack tells his father that he lost his job, so he is unable to pay the bill and needs financial help.
Immoral consequence: His father gets angry at his stupid financial management and refuses to help him.
Norm: It's bad to lie to family.
Situation: Jack recently lost his job and his father asks him to pay the electricity bill.
Intention: Jack wants to get financial help.
Moral consequence: His father is empathetic about Jack's situation and agrees to pay the bill on his behalf.
Immoral action: Jack makes up a story that he has lost money in his stock and and asks his father if he can pay the bill for him.
Norm: It's wrong to avoid your partner.
Situation: Joe is finished with workday and about to begin his drive home where his wife is.
Intention: Joe wants to spend some time alone to reflect on his thoughts.
Moral action: Joe drives straight home to see his wife as soon as possible, but tells her that he wants to spend some time relaxing tonight.
Immoral consequence: Joe's wife asks him why it took him so long to get home, and she makes Joe cook his own dinner.
Norm: It's wrong to avoid your partner.
Situation: Joe is finished with workday and about to begin his drive home where his wife is.
Intention: Joe wants to spend some time alone to reflect on his thoughts.
Moral consequence: Joe's wife is happy to see him and lets him have some alone time to reflect on his thoughts.
Immoral action: Joe drives around aimless for an hour while listening to music instead of going home.
Norm: It's good to plan for unseen power outages.
Situation: Amy is doing some work her vacation condo in Florida.
Intention: Amy wants to make sure the condo is ready for summer.
Moral action: Amy buys a backup generator and has it installed in the condo.
Immoral consequence: Amy has to pay for new windows when a storm breaks them.
Norm: It's good to plan for unseen power outages.
Situation: Amy is doing some work her vacation condo in Florida.
Intention: Amy wants to make sure the condo is ready for summer.
Moral consequence: Amy is able keep her food cold and charge her phone when a hurricane knocks out her power.
Immoral action: Amy buys some new curtains to block the sun.
Norm: It is wrong to break a vow to someone.
Situation: Chris feels that Becky's disability is too much for him to handle, but vowed to stay with her in sickness and in health.
Intention: Chris wants to feel less burdened by Becky and her illness.
Moral action: Chris asks Becky if she knows of resources to help spouses of disabled people care for themselves and their loved one better.
Immoral consequence: Becky is heartbroken and tells their friends and family that Chris is heartless.
Norm: It is wrong to break a vow to someone.
Situation: Chris feels that Becky's disability is too much for him to handle, but vowed to stay with her in sickness and in health.
Intention: Chris wants to feel less burdened by Becky and her illness.
Moral consequence: Chris and Becky work together to find resources that help lessen the load that Chris has to bear.
Immoral action: Chris leaves Becky, explaining that he can't take care of her anymore and is at his breaking point.
Norm: It's not okay to spy on others.
Situation: Jack is taking a shower in the gym locker room after a hard workout.
Intention: Jack wants to compare his body to another man's body.
Moral action: Jack strike up a conversation with another bodybuilder and asks him if they could compare each other's physiques.
Immoral consequence: Jack is arrested for taking illegal videos of nude people without their consent.
Norm: It's not okay to spy on others.
Situation: Jack is taking a shower in the gym locker room after a hard workout.
Intention: Jack wants to compare his body to another man's body.
Moral consequence: Jack gets some good advice from the bodybuilder on how to improve his workout routine.
Immoral action: Jack turns on his cell phone camera and records other men in the shower without them knowing.
Norm: It's bad to be toxic.
Situation: Ray and Cindy are divorced and share custody with the children, and Ray wants to have the children for an extra day during one weekend.
Intention: Cindy wants to get equal time with the children.
Moral action: Cindy works with Ray to find a compromise where she gets an extra day.
Immoral consequence: Ray becomes jaded with Cindy's lack of cooperation.
Norm: It's bad to be toxic.
Situation: Ray and Cindy are divorced and share custody with the children, and Ray wants to have the children for an extra day during one weekend.
Intention: Cindy wants to get equal time with the children.
Moral consequence: Both Cindy and Ray are happy and get equal time with the kids.
Immoral action: Cindy refuses Ray's request and completely refuses to negotiate with him about it.
Norm: It's good to help someone when they are drowning.
Situation: Laura is at the park with her friend Liam when he falls into the lake nearby and struggles to stay above the water.
Intention: Laura doesn't want to get her shoes wet.
Moral action: Laura takes her shoes off and jumps into the water to help Liam.
Immoral consequence: Help arrives, but is too late to help Liam as he does not respond to CPR.
Norm: It's good to help someone when they are drowning.
Situation: Laura is at the park with her friend Liam when he falls into the lake nearby and struggles to stay above the water.
Intention: Laura doesn't want to get her shoes wet.
Moral consequence: Laura's shoes stay dry, and she is able to keep Liam from breathing in any water.
Immoral action: Laura shouts for help while watching Liam struggle in the water.
Norm: You should not mess with people's coffee orders.
Situation: John works at Starbucks where an arrogant customer rudely orders a drink.
Intention: John wants to fulfill the customer's order.
Moral action: John calmly makes the customer their coffee just as they ordered.
Immoral consequence: The customer is displeased with the coffee and later files a complaint.
Norm: You should not mess with people's coffee orders.
Situation: John works at Starbucks where an arrogant customer rudely orders a drink.
Intention: John wants to fulfill the customer's order.
Moral consequence: The customer is happy and enjoys the coffee.
Immoral action: John adds a squirt of hot sauce in the rude customer's drink.
Norm: It's wrong to slap your best friend in the face.
Situation: Hugh is arguing with his best friend about who has the best baseball team.
Intention: Hugh wants to win the argument.
Moral action: Hugh pulls up the statistics about all the baseball teams to prove his point.
Immoral consequence: Hugh get charged with assault by his best friend who never speaks to him again.
Norm: It's wrong to slap your best friend in the face.
Situation: Hugh is arguing with his best friend about who has the best baseball team.
Intention: Hugh wants to win the argument.
Moral consequence: Hugh wins the argument because his friend can't deny the overwhelming data about Hugh's team.
Immoral action: Hugh smacks his friend in the face for saying Hugh's team is lousy.
Norm: You shouldn't drive while distracted.
Situation: Sally is driving to her friends house.
Intention: Sally wants to enjoy the ride.
Moral action: Sally puts on an audio book she'd been meaning to listen to.
Immoral consequence: Sally gets into an accident while distracted.
Norm: You shouldn't drive while distracted.
Situation: Sally is driving to her friends house.
Intention: Sally wants to enjoy the ride.
Moral consequence: Sally is entertained and stays safe.
Immoral action: Sally texts with her friend to pass the long ride.
Norm: It is creepy to masturbate in a school parking lot.
Situation: Stan is driving home and feels aroused.
Intention: Stan wants relief.
Moral action: Stan concentrates on the radio until he can get home.
Immoral consequence: Stan is caught and arrested.
Norm: It is creepy to masturbate in a school parking lot.
Situation: Stan is driving home and feels aroused.
Intention: Stan wants relief.
Moral consequence: Stan takes care of himself in the privacy of his own home.
Immoral action: Stan pulls into a school parking lot and starts pleasing himself.
Norm: It's rude to shout things at people in public.
Situation: Jared is out on a dinner date with his new girlfriend Lisa, and they need some menus.
Intention: Jared wants to get the server's attention.
Moral action: Jared calmly signals with his hand after catching his server's eye across the room.
Immoral consequence: Lisa thinks that Jared is boorish and breaks up with him shortly after.
Norm: It's rude to shout things at people in public.
Situation: Jared is out on a dinner date with his new girlfriend Lisa, and they need some menus.
Intention: Jared wants to get the server's attention.
Moral consequence: Lisa think that Jared is polite and professional and a good boyfriend.
Immoral action: Jared rudely yells across the room that he needs some service at his table.
Norm: Flirting with another women when you're married is wrong.
Situation: Jon sees a pretty woman while at the mall with his wife.
Intention: Jon wants to feel good about himself around women.
Moral action: Jon looks at the pretty woman at the mall, but tell his wife she is beautiful instead.
Immoral consequence: Jon's wife is hurt and files for divorce.
Norm: Flirting with another women when you're married is wrong.
Situation: Jon sees a pretty woman while at the mall with his wife.
Intention: Jon wants to feel good about himself around women.
Moral consequence: Jon's wife feels good about herself and gives him the attention he wants.
Immoral action: Jon tells the woman at the mall she is drop dead gorgeous in front of his wife.
Norm: It is wrong to yell at people.
Situation: Lucy's sister keeps talking her makeup and using it all.
Intention: Lucy wants to let her sister know that she doesn't like it when her sister takes her stuff.
Moral action: Lucy sits her sister down and asks her to please not take her belongings.
Immoral consequence: Lucy gets into a heated fight with her sister and their relationship suffers.
Norm: It is wrong to yell at people.
Situation: Lucy's sister keeps talking her makeup and using it all.
Intention: Lucy wants to let her sister know that she doesn't like it when her sister takes her stuff.
Moral consequence: Lucy's sister agrees to try not to take her things any more.
Immoral action: Lucy tells her sister loudly and angrily to stay away from her belongs.
Norm: It's good to establish rules.
Situation: Jen and her husband have different viewpoints on the role faith will play in raising their kids.
Intention: Jen wants her kids to learn about faith and learn about secularism.
Moral action: Jen and her husband sign an agreement detailing how much of the church's teachings their kids will be exposed to.
Immoral consequence: Jen's kids feel forced to pick sides and resent both the church and secularism.
Norm: It's good to establish rules.
Situation: Jen and her husband have different viewpoints on the role faith will play in raising their kids.
Intention: Jen wants her kids to learn about faith and learn about secularism.
Moral consequence: Jen's kids are able to experience faith and a life outside of faith equally happily.
Immoral action: Jen and her husband squabble constantly over how much is too much bible study.