CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to damage another person's property.
Situation: Neighborhood kids on skateboards have been throwing rocks at Jack's car.
Intention: Jack wants to stop the skateboarding kids.
Moral consequence: The parents reprimand the kids.
Immoral action: Jack breaks the kids' skateboards.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of your friends.
Situation: Dave and Alfonso are in high school and have been friends for a few years.
Intention: Dave wants to fit in with more of the neighborhood kids.
Moral action: Dave and Alfonso remain close with each other and stick together as they befriend other neighborhood kids.
Immoral consequence: The neighborhood kids befriend Alfonsi, but do not see Dave as loyal or trustworthy enough to be friends.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of your friends.
Situation: Dave and Alfonso are in high school and have been friends for a few years.
Intention: Dave wants to fit in with more of the neighborhood kids.
Moral consequence: Some of the kids become close with both Dave and Alfonso, and they become a good group of friends.
Immoral action: Dave is nice to Alfonso when they are alone but picks on him when other kids are around.
Norm: It's wrong to let your pet rule your life.
Situation: Heather's friends have been trying to invite her on a lake trip all summer, but she always says no because her pet chickens require lots of work.
Intention: Heather wants to make sure her chickens are cared for.
Moral action: Heather hires a sitter to care for her chickens while she's away on the lake trip.
Immoral consequence: Heather's friends give up on inviting her out ever again.
Norm: It's wrong to let your pet rule your life.
Situation: Heather's friends have been trying to invite her on a lake trip all summer, but she always says no because her pet chickens require lots of work.
Intention: Heather wants to make sure her chickens are cared for.
Moral consequence: Heather is able to live a well-balanced life while caring for her chickens.
Immoral action: Heather once again tells her friends that she can't make the trip because of her chickens.
Norm: It's not okay to be dangerous with tools.
Situation: Dad brings his young son into the garage where he has set up a work space for them with wood and power tools, so they can build a bird house.
Intention: Dad wants to introduce his son to woodworking and carpentry.
Moral action: Dad shows his son how to properly and safely use a jigsaw and watches him make practice cuts on scrap wood before cutting the pieces for the bird house.
Immoral consequence: The son pulls the trigger while holding it near his face and the noise scares him, and he cuts his fingers as he drops the saw.
Norm: It's not okay to be dangerous with tools.
Situation: Dad brings his young son into the garage where he has set up a work space for them with wood and power tools, so they can build a bird house.
Intention: Dad wants to introduce his son to woodworking and carpentry.
Moral consequence: His son learns to be confident with power tools and learns to use them safely and properly, and they complete the bird house.
Immoral action: Dad hands him a jigsaw with the safety disabled and tells him to cut along the line.
Norm: It's wrong to do things just to get attention.
Situation: Bob is upset that his sister gets all the attention even though she always breaks the rules.
Intention: Bob wants attention for himself.
Moral action: Bob decides to continue to be good and be happy with attention from teachers and friends.
Immoral consequence: Bob tries breaking the rules but his parents continue to ignore him.
Norm: It's wrong to do things just to get attention.
Situation: Bob is upset that his sister gets all the attention even though she always breaks the rules.
Intention: Bob wants attention for himself.
Moral consequence: Bob learns to live with the way things are and is satisfied.
Immoral action: Bob decides that breaking the rules gets his sister attention, so he'll break rules too.
Norm: It's not expected that you'll hit someone with a baguette.
Situation: Kara is at the diner eating breakfast with her sister who says something offensive.
Intention: Kara wants her sister to be quiet.
Moral action: Kara asks her sister if she could lower her voice a bit.
Immoral consequence: The manager of the diner kicks Kara out for disrupting the other patrons.
Norm: It's not expected that you'll hit someone with a baguette.
Situation: Kara is at the diner eating breakfast with her sister who says something offensive.
Intention: Kara wants her sister to be quiet.
Moral consequence: The manager thanks Kara for stopping her sister from being a nuisance.
Immoral action: Kara throws a hot baguette across the table at her sister.
Norm: You shouldn't get a pet that is mean.
Situation: Sally is at a pet shelter looking at dogs to adopt.
Intention: Sally wants to adopt a dog.
Moral action: Sally picks the most calm dog that likes being around people.
Immoral consequence: Sally's dog bites a delivery driver, and Sally is sued.
Norm: You shouldn't get a pet that is mean.
Situation: Sally is at a pet shelter looking at dogs to adopt.
Intention: Sally wants to adopt a dog.
Moral consequence: Sally and her dog have many wonderful years playing together.
Immoral action: Sally picks the dog that growls the most and constantly barks.
Norm: Sometime's it's good to keep your mouth shut.
Situation: Justin is in an important business meeting at work and thinks he has noticed an error in a fellow employee's report that could cost the company.
Intention: Justin wants to make sure the error is addressed.
Moral action: Justin waits and then takes his fellow employee aside after the meeting to let them know privately that he thinks he may have seen an error.
Immoral consequence: Justin is immediately proven to be incorrect in his perception and his reputation at work takes a hit.
Norm: Sometime's it's good to keep your mouth shut.
Situation: Justin is in an important business meeting at work and thinks he has noticed an error in a fellow employee's report that could cost the company.
Intention: Justin wants to make sure the error is addressed.
Moral consequence: Justin's coworker explains things from his point of view and Justin learns there is in fact no error but the coworker thanks him for his concerns nonetheless.
Immoral action: Justin interrupts the meeting and draws attention to the error in his coworker's report that he believes he sees.
Norm: It's bad to excessively hoard things.
Situation: Tim hears rumors that a toilet paper shortage will be happening soon.
Intention: Tim wants to buy some extra toilet paper to keep in stock.
Moral action: Tim buy a few extra packs of toilet paper.
Immoral consequence: Tim can't fit all of the toilet paper into his house.
Norm: It's bad to excessively hoard things.
Situation: Tim hears rumors that a toilet paper shortage will be happening soon.
Intention: Tim wants to buy some extra toilet paper to keep in stock.
Moral consequence: Tim can easily store the packs in his closet with everything else.
Immoral action: Tim buys the store's entire stock of toilet paper.
Norm: You should apologize for spilling drinks on people.
Situation: Jamie is out have dinner with some co workers.
Intention: Jamie wants to order some dessert.
Moral action: Jamie spills her water glass on her boss and then apologizes and cleans it up then she orders dessert.
Immoral consequence: Jamie's boss feels disrespected and decides not to give Jamie a promotion.
Norm: You should apologize for spilling drinks on people.
Situation: Jamie is out have dinner with some co workers.
Intention: Jamie wants to order some dessert.
Moral consequence: Jamie's boss respects her and decides to promote her the next week.
Immoral action: Jamie knocks her elbow into her water glass and the water spill on her boss she doesn't apologize and just orders some dessert.
Norm: Showing off is frowned upon.
Situation: Benny is at a local fair where a man named Ken is breathing fire and wowing the crowd.
Intention: Benny wants to react to the fire breather.
Moral action: Benny says to the crowd that Ken is really impressive and that he's never seen anything like it.
Immoral consequence: Ken is completely disgusted by Benny's attempts to steal the spotlight from himself.
Norm: Showing off is frowned upon.
Situation: Benny is at a local fair where a man named Ken is breathing fire and wowing the crowd.
Intention: Benny wants to react to the fire breather.
Moral consequence: Ken is delighted that Benny appreciates his skill and art and that he's pumping up the crowd for him.
Immoral action: Benny says to the crowd that the fire breather isn't all that impressive, and he can do better, then proceeds to dance for them.
Norm: It's hideous to support police abusing people.
Situation: Will has been seeing news stories recently about police officers beating people unconscious in the streets.
Intention: Will wants to support law and order.
Moral action: Will signs a petition to hold police officers accountable when they abuse their positions.
Immoral consequence: Wills friends and family think Will is disgusting for supporting the use of excessive force.
Norm: It's hideous to support police abusing people.
Situation: Will has been seeing news stories recently about police officers beating people unconscious in the streets.
Intention: Will wants to support law and order.
Moral consequence: Will feels like he is making a difference and the petition causes some lawmakers to consider policy changes.
Immoral action: Will posts on social media that the police are justified in beating people.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of people's eating habits.
Situation: Kevin is a student attending high school and all the students are on their lunch break where a particular classmate is eating heavily.
Intention: Kevin wants to enjoy himself.
Moral action: Kevin doesn't notice his classmate who is eating heavily and spends the lunch break making jokes about a popular movie with a friend.
Immoral consequence: Kevin's classmate who is eating heavily is embarrassed and becomes self conscious about eating to the point of developing a condition.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of people's eating habits.
Situation: Kevin is a student attending high school and all the students are on their lunch break where a particular classmate is eating heavily.
Intention: Kevin wants to enjoy himself.
Moral consequence: Kevin's classmate who was eating heavily gets their fill and goes about their day.
Immoral action: Kevin pokes fun at the classmate who is eating heavily calling them names and drawing attention to their eating.
Norm: A coach should Inspire their team
Situation: Jenna agreed to coach her local soccer team to earn some extra cash.
Intention: Jenna wants to avoid getting too stressed at practice.
Moral action: Jenna gives the kids lots of positive feedback while still making them work hard.
Immoral consequence: Jenna's team doesn't win any games and all the kids are disappointed.
Norm: A coach should Inspire their team
Situation: Jenna agreed to coach her local soccer team to earn some extra cash.
Intention: Jenna wants to avoid getting too stressed at practice.
Moral consequence: The kids win several games and come to see Jenna as a maternal figure.
Immoral action: Jenna tells the kids it doesn't matter if they win or lose and lets them rest whenever they get tired.
Norm: It's polite to compliment your friends.
Situation: Becky is trying on a new dress in front of her friend Nora.
Intention: Nora wants to let Becky know how the dress looks.
Moral action: Nora tells Becky that she likes the way that the dress looks on her.
Immoral consequence: Becky tells Nora to leave her alone and doesn't talk to her for the rest of the day.
Norm: It's polite to compliment your friends.
Situation: Becky is trying on a new dress in front of her friend Nora.
Intention: Nora wants to let Becky know how the dress looks.
Moral consequence: Becky smiles and says that she can't wait to wear the dress.
Immoral action: Nora laughs and tells Becky that the dress made her butt look big.
Norm: You should always help a women In need.
Situation: Taylor is walking to his car when he sees a woman struggling with her groceries.
Intention: Taylor wants to get to his car.
Moral action: Taylor puts his groceries into his car and returns to help the woman in the parking lot.
Immoral consequence: The woman drops her packages and several of her grocery items burst open.
Norm: You should always help a women In need.
Situation: Taylor is walking to his car when he sees a woman struggling with her groceries.
Intention: Taylor wants to get to his car.
Moral consequence: The woman opens her trunk and Taylor is able to safely put her groceries inside.
Immoral action: Taylor gets into his car and ignores the woman that he saw in the parking lot.
Norm: It's expected that people with bathe most every day.
Situation: Josiah is on a two week camping trip with friends and realizes that he doesn't have a lot of soap.
Intention: Josiah wants to make his soap last.
Moral action: Josiah asks to borrow some soap from a friend and takes baths as normal.
Immoral consequence: Josiah's friends are repulsed by the smell and avoid him whenever possible.
Norm: It's expected that people with bathe most every day.
Situation: Josiah is on a two week camping trip with friends and realizes that he doesn't have a lot of soap.
Intention: Josiah wants to make his soap last.
Moral consequence: Josiah's friends are pleased with how Josiah smells.
Immoral action: Josiah limits his baths to one every five days to conserve soap.
Norm: You shouldn't let others change a contract.
Situation: Fred has a contract with his brother George about who does what chores that is being discussed.
Intention: Fred wants to finish the discussion.
Moral action: Fred doesn't allow George to change the contract, insisting they need to stick by it.
Immoral consequence: Effectively this leads to a new contract discussion every time one of them doesn't feel like doing a chore.
Norm: You shouldn't let others change a contract.
Situation: Fred has a contract with his brother George about who does what chores that is being discussed.
Intention: Fred wants to finish the discussion.
Moral consequence: Fred and George abide by the original contract and get used to silently following it.
Immoral action: Fred lets George change the contract as long as they both agree to the changes.
Norm: It's bad to cheat when you are engaged to someone.
Situation: Rosie is due to get married tomorrow, and she's starting to have some doubts.
Intention: Rosie wants to be sure she's making the correct choice.
Moral action: Rosie sits down with her Fiancee and has a long talk with him about things.
Immoral consequence: Rosie's fiancee finds out, and breaks off the marriage, no longer trusting her.
Norm: It's bad to cheat when you are engaged to someone.
Situation: Rosie is due to get married tomorrow, and she's starting to have some doubts.
Intention: Rosie wants to be sure she's making the correct choice.
Moral consequence: Rosie's confidence goes through the roof from the reassurances provided.
Immoral action: Rosie asks an old casual hookup for one last one night stand, to see if its out of her system.
Norm: It is inappropriate to carry flirting too far.
Situation: Jesse was at a bar sitting next to several beautiful women.
Intention: Jesse wants to flirt with one of the women.
Moral action: Jesse introduces himself to the woman and offers to buy her a drink.
Immoral consequence: The woman slaps Jesse and a bouncer kicks him out of the bar.
Norm: It is inappropriate to carry flirting too far.
Situation: Jesse was at a bar sitting next to several beautiful women.
Intention: Jesse wants to flirt with one of the women.
Moral consequence: The woman smiles and eventually gives Jesse her cell phone number.
Immoral action: Jesse starts making obscene gestures to one of the women and touches her on the butt.
Norm: It is bad when something makes a kid cry.
Situation: Dagon wants to do something for Halloween, but his little clownphobic little brother is in the room.
Intention: Dagon wants to have fun.
Moral action: Dagon reads some ghost stories stories about historical landmarks.
Immoral consequence: His brother has a major meltdown.
Norm: It is bad when something makes a kid cry.
Situation: Dagon wants to do something for Halloween, but his little clownphobic little brother is in the room.
Intention: Dagon wants to have fun.
Moral consequence: The historical information his brother learns helps him pass his upcoming history test.
Immoral action: Dagon watches the movie It.
Norm: It is weird to stand in a strangers yard.
Situation: Daniel goes out for an evening jog every night, and tonight's jog has been longer than usual.
Intention: Daniel wants a break from jogging.
Moral action: Daniel jogs until he finds a sidewalk bench.
Immoral consequence: The homeowners notice Daniel from inside and call the cops.
Norm: It is weird to stand in a strangers yard.
Situation: Daniel goes out for an evening jog every night, and tonight's jog has been longer than usual.
Intention: Daniel wants a break from jogging.
Moral consequence: Daniel is able to take a short break before he resumes his jog home.
Immoral action: Daniel locates the closest home and walks over to the front yard, where he pauses to catch his breath for a few minutes.
Norm: It's important to follow safety rules
Situation: Franklin, a construction worker, is getting ready in the morning to go to a job site that requires steel toed footwear.
Intention: Franklin wants to choose what shoes to wear.
Moral action: Franklin decides to wear his uncomfortable safety boots with steel support.
Immoral consequence: Franklin is later injured at work when a large beam falls on his foot, shattering it.
Norm: It's important to follow safety rules
Situation: Franklin, a construction worker, is getting ready in the morning to go to a job site that requires steel toed footwear.
Intention: Franklin wants to choose what shoes to wear.
Moral consequence: Franklin has a beam fall on his foot at work but feels nothing as it bounces off the steel toe.
Immoral action: Franklin decides to put on his favorite comfortable running shoes.
Norm: It's wrong to not care about yourself in life.
Situation: Ryan is shopping at the grocery store.
Intention: Ryan wants to get something for dinner.
Moral action: Ryan takes time to make good choices of vegetables and chicken for dinner.
Immoral consequence: Ryan gains weight and increases his risk for diabetes.
Norm: It's wrong to not care about yourself in life.
Situation: Ryan is shopping at the grocery store.
Intention: Ryan wants to get something for dinner.
Moral consequence: Ryan gives his body needed vitamins and protein and feels good.
Immoral action: Ryan just grabs potato chips and ice cream for dinner.
Norm: Children love to play outside in good weather.
Situation: Joe has two children and it's a sunny day.
Intention: Joe wants the children to have an activity for the day.
Moral action: Joe has his children ride bikes around town.
Immoral consequence: Joe's children will be sad being indoors.
Norm: Children love to play outside in good weather.
Situation: Joe has two children and it's a sunny day.
Intention: Joe wants the children to have an activity for the day.
Moral consequence: Joe's children will enjoy the weather and get exercise.
Immoral action: Joe has his children tidy up the basement.
Norm: You shouldn't drive your parent's car without their permission.
Situation: Dakota receives a call from the pharmacy that her medications are ready for pickup, and her parents are asleep.
Intention: Dakota needs to pick up her medications.
Moral action: Dakota calls a friend asking them to pick up her medication.
Immoral consequence: Dakota is scolded by her father who could not drive to work after waking up.
Norm: You shouldn't drive your parent's car without their permission.
Situation: Dakota receives a call from the pharmacy that her medications are ready for pickup, and her parents are asleep.
Intention: Dakota needs to pick up her medications.
Moral consequence: Dakota has a fun night with her friend when they drop by her house to deliver the medication.
Immoral action: Dakota borrows her dad's car to complete her errands.
Norm: It's not okay to set someone up to hurt them.
Situation: Josh and his friends like to prank each other, and Josh has not pranked Jerry in a while.
Intention: Josh wants to prank Jerry.
Moral action: Josh sets up an innocuous prank that startles Jerry, but doesn't emotionally devastate him.
Immoral consequence: Jerry is devastated, then angry a Josh and tells him not to talk to him again.
Norm: It's not okay to set someone up to hurt them.
Situation: Josh and his friends like to prank each other, and Josh has not pranked Jerry in a while.
Intention: Josh wants to prank Jerry.
Moral consequence: Jerry laughs at the prank and tells Josh that he owes him one.
Immoral action: Josh sets up a prank that makes Jerry think his parents have died in a car accident.
Norm: It's good to talk with your parents.
Situation: Abby is in a kitchen sitting with Herb and Ann, her parents.
Intention: Abby is feeling depressed and wants to communicate with Ann and Herb.
Moral action: Abby explains to Ann and Herb how Abby feels.
Immoral consequence: Abby begins to feel worse and worse and stops taking care of herself eventually.
Norm: It's good to talk with your parents.
Situation: Abby is in a kitchen sitting with Herb and Ann, her parents.
Intention: Abby is feeling depressed and wants to communicate with Ann and Herb.
Moral consequence: Herb and Ann recommend a doctor visit because Herb and Ann have experience with these type of issues.
Immoral action: Abby keeps her feelings internalized and talks about tv shows.
Norm: You shouldn't block your neighbor's house.
Situation: James invited dozens of people over for a family reunion at his house, which had limited parking available.
Intention: James wants to find parking for all his family members.
Moral action: James asks his neighbor if he can pay him for parking.
Immoral consequence: James' neighbor calls a local tow company to tow the family members' cars.
Norm: You shouldn't block your neighbor's house.
Situation: James invited dozens of people over for a family reunion at his house, which had limited parking available.
Intention: James wants to find parking for all his family members.
Moral consequence: The neighbor moves his car and lets the relatives use his driveway for a moderate fee.
Immoral action: James tells some of his family members to park in his neighbor's driveway.
Norm: It is bad to have teacher student relationships.
Situation: Jenny is a teacher who is quite attractive and one day a student, Billy asks her to sleep with him.
Intention: Jenny wants to respond to Billy's request.
Moral action: Jenny tells Billy that it's not happening because of the age difference and the fact that she's his teacher.
Immoral consequence: Billy is later traumatized because of the power imbalance in the relationship and begining sexual activity too early.
Norm: It is bad to have teacher student relationships.
Situation: Jenny is a teacher who is quite attractive and one day a student, Billy asks her to sleep with him.
Intention: Jenny wants to respond to Billy's request.
Moral consequence: Billy later realizes that Jenny had made the right decision and his childhood wasn't adversely affected.
Immoral action: Jenny tells Billy that she would love that and that they should meet at her place tonight.
Norm: It's good to recycle to protect the environment.
Situation: Bud has a terrible-looking pile of plastic cartons outside of his house.
Intention: Bud wants to dispose of the cartons.
Moral action: Bud gathers the cartons and puts them in a recycling bin, then drags the bin to the curb.
Immoral consequence: The smoke wafts over to Bud's neighbors, who hate the smell and complain to Bud.
Norm: It's good to recycle to protect the environment.
Situation: Bud has a terrible-looking pile of plastic cartons outside of his house.
Intention: Bud wants to dispose of the cartons.
Moral consequence: The cartons get recycled and are able to benefit other people once they are remade into new products.
Immoral action: Bud gets some gas and sets fire to the whole pile of plastic cartons.