CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to judge a person by looks.
Situation: Karen is interviewing potential nannies for her child.
Intention: Karen wants the best nanny for her child.
Moral consequence: Karen chooses a great nanny that has a fresh approach to caring for her child.
Immoral action: Karen immediately cuts short an interview with a tattooed nanny despite her impressive references.
Norm: You shouldn't judge someone based solely on their looks.
Situation: Jim is meeting his neighbors Jill and Jenna for the first time and realizes he finds Jenna very attractive.
Intention: Jim wants to make new friends.
Moral action: Jim divides his attention equally between them and engages both.
Immoral consequence: Jill and Jenna decide Jim is too shallow to get to know more and end the conversation.
Norm: You shouldn't judge someone based solely on their looks.
Situation: Jim is meeting his neighbors Jill and Jenna for the first time and realizes he finds Jenna very attractive.
Intention: Jim wants to make new friends.
Moral consequence: Jill and Jenna decide they like Jim and invite him over for a get together.
Immoral action: Jim focuses his attention on solely befriending Jenna while ignoring Jill.
Norm: You should do what your partner says.
Situation: Dave’s wife has asked him to be home by 10 pm, but around 9:40 pm one of Dave's friends asks him to have one more drink at the bar.
Intention: Dave wants to reply to the offer of one more drink.
Moral action: Dave tells his friend that he ought to get home and declines another drink.
Immoral consequence: Dave's wife is angry with Dave for staying out later than he was supposed to.
Norm: You should do what your partner says.
Situation: Dave’s wife has asked him to be home by 10 pm, but around 9:40 pm one of Dave's friends asks him to have one more drink at the bar.
Intention: Dave wants to reply to the offer of one more drink.
Moral consequence: Dave's wife is delighted when he arrives home when she asked him to.
Immoral action: Dave tells his friend to go ahead and pour him another round, and he'll stay a bit longer.
Norm: It's wrong to shoot someone.
Situation: Dan notices a burglar broke through his window and is stealing his food.
Intention: Dan wants to get the burglar out of his house.
Moral action: Dan calls 911 and lets the police come and apprehend the burglar without lethal means.
Immoral consequence: Dan worries about his legal safety and what to do with a rotting corpse.
Norm: It's wrong to shoot someone.
Situation: Dan notices a burglar broke through his window and is stealing his food.
Intention: Dan wants to get the burglar out of his house.
Moral consequence: Dan is able to enjoy his day without worrying excessively about anything.
Immoral action: Dan takes out his gun and shoots the burglar 5 times until the burglar is dead.
Norm: It's not okay to disrespect someone's art.
Situation: John is in the kitchen when his daughter Teri brings him a drawing of a vividly colorful stick figure she just made.
Intention: John wants to comment on the drawing.
Moral action: John tells Teri that her drawing is wonderful and that he loves the colors, so he'll pin it to the fridge.
Immoral consequence: Teri begins to cry and is discouraged from further attempts to create art.
Norm: It's not okay to disrespect someone's art.
Situation: John is in the kitchen when his daughter Teri brings him a drawing of a vividly colorful stick figure she just made.
Intention: John wants to comment on the drawing.
Moral consequence: Teri is delighted that her dad loves the drawing and that he wants to display it for everyone to see.
Immoral action: John tells Teri that the drawing is awful since it's just a silly stick figure and anyone can draw those.
Norm: It is best to keep friendship and romance separate.
Situation: Bill and Nancy have been best friends since childhood when one day Nancy asks Bill on a romantic date.
Intention: Bill wants to respond to Nancy's request.
Moral action: Bill tells Nancy that he doesn't want to go out with her as he fears it'll ruin their friendship.
Immoral consequence: Nancy learns new things about Bill which lead to break up and the end of their friendship.
Norm: It is best to keep friendship and romance separate.
Situation: Bill and Nancy have been best friends since childhood when one day Nancy asks Bill on a romantic date.
Intention: Bill wants to respond to Nancy's request.
Moral consequence: Nancy is happy that Bill is respectful of their friendship and cherishes it enough to protect it.
Immoral action: Bill tells Nancy that he would love to take her out on a date that very night.
Norm: You shouldn't be friends with people that ridicule you.
Situation: Lily is part of a friend group where she is often the butt of the jokes.
Intention: Lily doesn't want to be lonely.
Moral action: Lily cuts the toxic friends out of her life and joins a cooking class.
Immoral consequence: Lily misses out on the opportunity to meet new and better people.
Norm: You shouldn't be friends with people that ridicule you.
Situation: Lily is part of a friend group where she is often the butt of the jokes.
Intention: Lily doesn't want to be lonely.
Moral consequence: Lily meets new people with similar interests and learns a new skill.
Immoral action: Lily stays in the friend group even though they make her feel bad.
Norm: It's wrong to serve people food you know is bad.
Situation: Sally is throwing a dinner party to celebrate her friend's birthday.
Intention: Sally wants to feed her friends without spending a lot of money.
Moral action: Sally searches for a nice recipe that will be affordable and decides to serve pasta.
Immoral consequence: Sally's guests fall ill the day after the party, and they all have to miss work.
Norm: It's wrong to serve people food you know is bad.
Situation: Sally is throwing a dinner party to celebrate her friend's birthday.
Intention: Sally wants to feed her friends without spending a lot of money.
Moral consequence: Sally's friends enjoy the pasta dinner and hope there will be another dinner soon.
Immoral action: Sally finds some discarded food in a dumpster behind the grocery store and serves it to her guests.
Norm: It is rude to end a serious relationship over text
Situation: Robert and his girlfriend Sally are experiencing a lot of conflicts in their relationship lately.
Intention: Robert wants to end the relationship with Sally.
Moral action: Robert breaks up with Sally face to face the next time they see each other.
Immoral consequence: Sally is sad and also very angry at Robert for not telling her in person.
Norm: It is rude to end a serious relationship over text
Situation: Robert and his girlfriend Sally are experiencing a lot of conflicts in their relationship lately.
Intention: Robert wants to end the relationship with Sally.
Moral consequence: Sally is initially sad but appreciates Robert's honesty and moves on.
Immoral action: Robert breaks up with Sally by sending her a text saying the relationship is over.
Norm: One is expected to return money that another person drops.
Situation: Mary is paying for her groceries when she notices a woman walking out the door drop a $50 bill.
Intention: Mary wants to make a decision.
Moral action: Mary picks up the money and hands it back to the woman.
Immoral consequence: The woman can't afford her water bill and has it shut off.
Norm: One is expected to return money that another person drops.
Situation: Mary is paying for her groceries when she notices a woman walking out the door drop a $50 bill.
Intention: Mary wants to make a decision.
Moral consequence: The woman is grateful because now she can still afford all her bills.
Immoral action: Mary picks up the cash and shoves it into her pocket.
Norm: You shouldn't start fights with your family.
Situation: Paul's sister Mary is talking loudly while he is trying to read a book.
Intention: Paul wants his sister Mary to be quiet.
Moral action: Paul asks Mary to please be quieter while he is reading.
Immoral consequence: Paul and Mary get into a fight, and they are both put in timeout by their mother.
Norm: You shouldn't start fights with your family.
Situation: Paul's sister Mary is talking loudly while he is trying to read a book.
Intention: Paul wants his sister Mary to be quiet.
Moral consequence: Mary apologizes and quiets down while Paul enjoys reading his book.
Immoral action: Paul shoves Mary and tells her to shut up and stop bothering him.
Norm: It's wrong to incite bad emotions in people.
Situation: Dave is a theater director who is coaching an actress, Tanya, who is a single mom, through a death scene.
Intention: Dave wants to explain to Tanya how to act more sad.
Moral action: Dave tells Tonya that she needs to use facial expressions more to really sell the fact that she's sad.
Immoral consequence: Tonya is disturbed by the suggestion and reflexively visualizes her child's death upsetting her greatly.
Norm: It's wrong to incite bad emotions in people.
Situation: Dave is a theater director who is coaching an actress, Tanya, who is a single mom, through a death scene.
Intention: Dave wants to explain to Tanya how to act more sad.
Moral consequence: Tonya appreciates the constructive criticism and gets a better understanding of what she needs to do.
Immoral action: Dave tells Tonya that to truly act out the part she needs to image her child is dead, so she feels properly sad.
Norm: You shouldn't bust your parent's things.
Situation: James wanted to go to a heavy metal concert, but his parents said he was grounded for poor grades.
Intention: James wants to attend the concert.
Moral action: James agreed to his parents' faces, then snuck out his bedroom window at night.
Immoral consequence: James' parents let him leave, but when he came home later that night they locked him out of the house.
Norm: You shouldn't bust your parent's things.
Situation: James wanted to go to a heavy metal concert, but his parents said he was grounded for poor grades.
Intention: James wants to attend the concert.
Moral consequence: James got to go to the concert and made it back home before his parents realized he was gone.
Immoral action: James got a baseball bat, smashed the living room TV, and threatened to destroy the house if he wasn't allowed to go to concert.
Norm: It's bad not to be on time.
Situation: Casey sitting in the cafeteria after eating his lunch.
Intention: Casey wants to get to his next class.
Moral action: Casey leaves the cafeteria and walks directly to the auditorium for his next class.
Immoral consequence: Casey arrives late to class and is locked out of the room and misses his class.
Norm: It's bad not to be on time.
Situation: Casey sitting in the cafeteria after eating his lunch.
Intention: Casey wants to get to his next class.
Moral consequence: Casey gets a good seat up front and has an easier time reading the class notes on the board.
Immoral action: Casey wonders around campus taking the long way to the building his class is in.
Norm: It's rude to publicly offend someone on the radio.
Situation: Larry listens to the Don and Mike radio show at work every afternoon.
Intention: Larry wants to call and be on the radio show.
Moral action: Larry calls on a break and tells them he is a big fan.
Immoral consequence: Others at work hear the show and Larry is fired for misconduct when it gets back to the boss.
Norm: It's rude to publicly offend someone on the radio.
Situation: Larry listens to the Don and Mike radio show at work every afternoon.
Intention: Larry wants to call and be on the radio show.
Moral consequence: Larry gets to be on his all time favorite show and hear himself later.
Immoral action: Larry calls from work and badmouths his boss on national radio.
Norm: It's bad to spend money you don't have.
Situation: Borg is leisure shopping with a friend and is financially constrained/.
Intention: Borg needs to set a max budget for this shopping spree.
Moral action: Borg sets a realistic max of $20.
Immoral consequence: The extra work doesn't come, and he falls behind his bills.
Norm: It's bad to spend money you don't have.
Situation: Borg is leisure shopping with a friend and is financially constrained/.
Intention: Borg needs to set a max budget for this shopping spree.
Moral consequence: He stays financially afloat and learns frugality.
Immoral action: Borg figures he can spend $100 and can make up for it with extra work.
Norm: It's wrong to not respect others privacy.
Situation: Jim has noticed that his sister Naomi has been acting strange lately.
Intention: Jim wants to know what's going on with Naomi.
Moral action: Jim sits down with Naomi and asks her to share what has been going on.
Immoral consequence: Jim gets in a huge fight with Naomi when he is caught reading her diary.
Norm: It's wrong to not respect others privacy.
Situation: Jim has noticed that his sister Naomi has been acting strange lately.
Intention: Jim wants to know what's going on with Naomi.
Moral consequence: Jim gains insight into his sister''s life which helps their relationship.
Immoral action: Jim sneaks into Naomi's room when she is out and reads her diary.
Norm: It's good for partners to go out together.
Situation: Ben and Nora have been dating for months, but they have been too busy to schedule time together.
Intention: Ben wants to have dinner.
Moral action: Ben makes reservations to Nora's favorite restaurant on her next day off.
Immoral consequence: Eventually, Nora has enough of not seeing Ben, and they break up.
Norm: It's good for partners to go out together.
Situation: Ben and Nora have been dating for months, but they have been too busy to schedule time together.
Intention: Ben wants to have dinner.
Moral consequence: Nora is happy to be able to see Ben for dinner that day.
Immoral action: Ben has dinner with his friends instead of going home to meet Nora.
Norm: You should not act entitled to career opportunities.
Situation: Patricia and two of her colleagues are discussing the new job posting.
Intention: Patricia wants to be considered for the managerial role.
Moral action: Patricia acts very professional at the interview and also puts in a good word for her colleagues.
Immoral consequence: Patricia is perceived as arrogant and does not get a second interview.
Norm: You should not act entitled to career opportunities.
Situation: Patricia and two of her colleagues are discussing the new job posting.
Intention: Patricia wants to be considered for the managerial role.
Moral consequence: Patricia is seen as a great leader and offered the position.
Immoral action: Patricia loudly exclaims at her interview that she is the best candidate and should get the position because she's been there the longest.
Norm: You can't be expected to pay everyone's way.
Situation: Cherry doesn't have a lot of money, and her friends are pressuring her into treating them to lunch.
Intention: Cherry wants to make everyone happy.
Moral action: Cherry offers everyone to drop by her house for a nice home cooked meal.
Immoral consequence: Cherry is unable to pay for her bills.
Norm: You can't be expected to pay everyone's way.
Situation: Cherry doesn't have a lot of money, and her friends are pressuring her into treating them to lunch.
Intention: Cherry wants to make everyone happy.
Moral consequence: Cherry and her friends become closer over eating in a quiet environment.
Immoral action: Cherry takes her friends to an expensive buffet, and she pays for the entire party with her debit card.
Norm: You shouldn't let your dog pee on people.
Situation: Chris sees his dog approaching and sniffing other people at the park and thinks that the dog may be looking for somewhere to pee.
Intention: Chris wants his dog to relieve herself, so they can go home.
Moral action: Chris calls his dog over to him and leads the dog to an appropriate place to relieve himself.
Immoral consequence: Chris doesn't see the dog lift his leg and begin peeing on another park visitor, which infuriates the visitor and causes a confrontation to occur.
Norm: You shouldn't let your dog pee on people.
Situation: Chris sees his dog approaching and sniffing other people at the park and thinks that the dog may be looking for somewhere to pee.
Intention: Chris wants his dog to relieve herself, so they can go home.
Moral consequence: The dog pees in an out of the way area and Chris is able to get him back into the car to go home.
Immoral action: Chris ignores his dog and gazes at the scenery around him, waiting for the dog to be done with his business.
Norm: You should not let others put you down.
Situation: Dave is in the library with his math tutor Jeremy, who just told Dave that he might as well quit trying to improve.
Intention: Dave wants to stop studying for the day.
Moral action: Dave tells Jeremy that he isn't being supportive, nor is he filling his role as a helpful tutor, and says he will be finding a new tutor to learn from.
Immoral consequence: Dave loses ambition to continue learning and begins to suffer a lot academically.
Norm: You should not let others put you down.
Situation: Dave is in the library with his math tutor Jeremy, who just told Dave that he might as well quit trying to improve.
Intention: Dave wants to stop studying for the day.
Moral consequence: Dave is able to find a tutor who is patient and supportive, while Jeremy loses a client because of his bad attitude.
Immoral action: Dave says that Jeremy is probably right and packs his things to go home, feeling terrible about himself.
Norm: You shouldn't treat your friends like animals.
Situation: Joey is planning a big house party but is afraid her friend Becky will get too drunk and ruin the party.
Intention: Joey wants to make sure that Becky doesn't cause a scene at the party.
Moral action: Joey pulls Becky aside before the party and asks her not to drink that night.
Immoral consequence: Becky is embarrassed at being locked up in the pen and the people at the party make fun of her.
Norm: You shouldn't treat your friends like animals.
Situation: Joey is planning a big house party but is afraid her friend Becky will get too drunk and ruin the party.
Intention: Joey wants to make sure that Becky doesn't cause a scene at the party.
Moral consequence: Becky listens to her friend's request and ends up meeting a nice woman at the party with whom she schedules a date.
Immoral action: When Joey sees Becky getting drunk at the party, she locks Becky into the dog pen and refuses to let her out.
Norm: It is wrong to create suspicion in a relationship.
Situation: Joe works late on his job a few times a week causing his wife Beck to be concerned.
Intention: Joe wants to avoid having Becky accuse him of an affair.
Moral action: Joe proactively explains why his work required more how and calls Becky whenever he works late.
Immoral consequence: Becky suspects an affair and threaten to leave if he does not stop working late.
Norm: It is wrong to create suspicion in a relationship.
Situation: Joe works late on his job a few times a week causing his wife Beck to be concerned.
Intention: Joe wants to avoid having Becky accuse him of an affair.
Moral consequence: Becky understands and Joe eventually get better working hours again.
Immoral action: Joe says it's none of her business and never returns her calls when he is working late.
Norm: It's wrong to put another's health at risk.
Situation: Jenna is in charge of food purchasing for a large elementary school, and gets an offer to buy expired meat for 90% off.
Intention: Jenna wants to save the school money.
Moral action: Jenna rejects the expired meat and starts serving a vegetarian meal once a week.
Immoral consequence: Several students develop food poisoning and Jenna is fired for endangering them.
Norm: It's wrong to put another's health at risk.
Situation: Jenna is in charge of food purchasing for a large elementary school, and gets an offer to buy expired meat for 90% off.
Intention: Jenna wants to save the school money.
Moral consequence: Several students complain, but the administration gives Jenna a bonus for saving money.
Immoral action: Jenna purchases the expired meat and serves it to the students.
Norm: People shouldn't tell offensive jokes when it makes other's uncomfortable.
Situation: Arthur is at a party where a bunch of friends are drinking beers and telling jokes.
Intention: Arthur wants to make his friends laugh at his jokes.
Moral action: Arthur tells a bunch of jokes about dumb stuff his cat does.
Immoral consequence: Most of his friends laugh, but one or two walk away, unhappy.
Norm: People shouldn't tell offensive jokes when it makes other's uncomfortable.
Situation: Arthur is at a party where a bunch of friends are drinking beers and telling jokes.
Intention: Arthur wants to make his friends laugh at his jokes.
Moral consequence: All of his friends laugh and ask for more stories.
Immoral action: Arthur tells a bunch of jokes about dumb stuff certain ethnic groups do.
Norm: It's wrong to not sympathize with a creatures death.
Situation: Jenny's dog has just recently died and Jenny tells her friend Dave about the sad news.
Intention: Dave wants to react to Jenny telling him her dog died.
Moral action: Dave tells Jenny that the news is terrible and that he feels really bad for the poor dog.
Immoral consequence: Jenny is unhappy that Dave is trivializing the loss of a loved pet and starts to get scared that Dave is a sociopath.
Norm: It's wrong to not sympathize with a creatures death.
Situation: Jenny's dog has just recently died and Jenny tells her friend Dave about the sad news.
Intention: Dave wants to react to Jenny telling him her dog died.
Moral consequence: Jenny is a little uplifted by Dave's sympathetic and kind words and feels slightly better about the situation.
Immoral action: Dave tells Jenny that it's fine since it's just a dog, not someone important like a human so not to worry about it so much.
Norm: It's nice to make food for your significant others.
Situation: Jordan is very hungry at home with his family, and has some food ready to prepare for dinner.
Intention: Jordan wants to make a meal around dinner time.
Moral action: Jordan decides to make six servings of food for dinner, which was enough for the whole family.
Immoral consequence: Jordan's family feels disappointed at Jordan and chastise him for not making extra.
Norm: It's nice to make food for your significant others.
Situation: Jordan is very hungry at home with his family, and has some food ready to prepare for dinner.
Intention: Jordan wants to make a meal around dinner time.
Moral consequence: Jordan has a great meal with his family, and they all thank him for the meal.
Immoral action: Jordan only makes one serving of food, just for himself, for dinner.
Norm: It's unacceptable to steal.
Situation: James was mad that his parents wouldn't give him money to buy candy.
Intention: James wants to eat candy.
Moral action: James asked the shopkeeper if there were any chores he could do in exchange for store credit.
Immoral consequence: James enjoyed his candy bar but felt guilty every time he went back to that store.
Norm: It's unacceptable to steal.
Situation: James was mad that his parents wouldn't give him money to buy candy.
Intention: James wants to eat candy.
Moral consequence: The shopkeeper let James start making deliveries in exchange for a small wage, allowing James to buy candy.
Immoral action: When the shopkeeper isn't looking, James sneaks the candy bar into his pocket.
Norm: You shouldn't try to steal from work.
Situation: Ross's band is playing their first show soon.
Intention: Ross wants to print out some flyers to advertise the show.
Moral action: Ross goes to a print shop and prints the flyers theres.
Immoral consequence: Ross is caught by the security cameras and fired.
Norm: You shouldn't try to steal from work.
Situation: Ross's band is playing their first show soon.
Intention: Ross wants to print out some flyers to advertise the show.
Moral consequence: Ross keeps his job and successfully advertises the show.
Immoral action: Ross takes paper and printer ink from the supply closet at work, without asking for permission, to print the flyers.