CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't try to hit people.
Situation: Lars is at the baseball game with his son Kirk and Dave is being really loud jeering behind them and being generally obnoxious.
Intention: Lars wants to get Dave to quiet down.
Moral consequence: Dave is apologetic and tells Lars he got carried away by the fandom, and he'll calm down.
Immoral action: Lars stands up, turns around and takes a few punches at Dave, landing some on Dave's face and head.
Norm: It is rude to see women as sexual objects.
Situation: Robert was recently introduced to Heather who he finds very attractive.
Intention: Robert wants Heather to be his girlfriend.
Moral action: Robert makes efforts to get to know Heather as a person and find things in common with her.
Immoral consequence: Heather is offended and tells other women in their circle that Robert is a pervert.
Norm: It is rude to see women as sexual objects.
Situation: Robert was recently introduced to Heather who he finds very attractive.
Intention: Robert wants Heather to be his girlfriend.
Moral consequence: Heather and Robert grow closer and feel affectionate towards each other.
Immoral action: Robert compliments Heather on her body and invites her to come to his home at night.
Norm: It's not okay to treat senors and elders disrespectfully.
Situation: Tonia is trying to cross the street, but there is an old woman in front of her who is walking very slowly.
Intention: Tonia wants to cross the street.
Moral action: Tonia asks the old woman if she can walk with her.
Immoral consequence: The old woman falls down and starts moaning in pain.
Norm: It's not okay to treat senors and elders disrespectfully.
Situation: Tonia is trying to cross the street, but there is an old woman in front of her who is walking very slowly.
Intention: Tonia wants to cross the street.
Moral consequence: The old woman takes Tonia by the hand, and they walk across the street together.
Immoral action: Tonia tells the old woman to move aside and pushes her out of the way.
Norm: It's wrong to argue with your mother.
Situation: Sarah bought a new outfit to wear to school but her mother tells her to wear something else because it's inappropriate.
Intention: Sarah wants to respond to her mother.
Moral action: Sarah realizes her mother is right about the outfit and tells her that she will go change.
Immoral consequence: Sarah's mother tells her not to argue with her anymore, or she'll be grounded.
Norm: It's wrong to argue with your mother.
Situation: Sarah bought a new outfit to wear to school but her mother tells her to wear something else because it's inappropriate.
Intention: Sarah wants to respond to her mother.
Moral consequence: Sarah's mother is glad she isn't going to be dressing inappropriately for school.
Immoral action: Sarah asks her mother why it's inappropriate and says that she's being too critical, this is what all her friends are wearing.
Norm: It's bad to commit crimes and wind up in prison.
Situation: Jeremy is dissatisfied with how the government operates in his town.
Intention: Jeremy wants to express his frustration with government.
Moral action: Jeremy protests against the government by holding a sign at a rally.
Immoral consequence: Jeremy gets arrested, prosecuted, then sent to prison.
Norm: It's bad to commit crimes and wind up in prison.
Situation: Jeremy is dissatisfied with how the government operates in his town.
Intention: Jeremy wants to express his frustration with government.
Moral consequence: Jeremy meets other people that have similar views.
Immoral action: Jeremy throws a Molotov cocktail at city hall.
Norm: People who are liars should not be given your understanding.
Situation: Dominick's employee Shana tells Dominick she did project work that Dominick actually did.
Intention: Dominick wants to respond to Shana's assertion.
Moral action: Dominick tells Shana that she is being let go for not telling the truth.
Immoral consequence: Shana will learn that she can take credit for others' work.
Norm: People who are liars should not be given your understanding.
Situation: Dominick's employee Shana tells Dominick she did project work that Dominick actually did.
Intention: Dominick wants to respond to Shana's assertion.
Moral consequence: Shana will learn that she should not lie about her work.
Immoral action: Dominick tells Shana that she is a competent employee.
Norm: It is wrong to tamper with people's possessions
Situation: Omar was playing video games when his game controller broke.
Intention: Omar wants to get a new game controller.
Moral action: Omar asks his roommate if he can borrow the money to get a new controller.
Immoral consequence: Omar's roommate kicks him out and tells everyone that he is a thief.
Norm: It is wrong to tamper with people's possessions
Situation: Omar was playing video games when his game controller broke.
Intention: Omar wants to get a new game controller.
Moral consequence: Omar's roommate gives him the money, and he pays him back in a week.
Immoral action: Omar opens his roommates safe to get the money to buy the controller.
Norm: It's good to take pride in your nationality.
Situation: Pedro is with his friends at a Cinco de Mayo parade in the town he lives in.
Intention: Pedro wants get the attention of a girl who's watching the parade.
Moral action: Pedro approaches the girl and asks if she knows about the battle of the Puebla, explaining that his great grandfather was in the Mexican army at the time.
Immoral consequence: The girl awkwardly smiles before saying that she needs to go.
Norm: It's good to take pride in your nationality.
Situation: Pedro is with his friends at a Cinco de Mayo parade in the town he lives in.
Intention: Pedro wants get the attention of a girl who's watching the parade.
Moral consequence: Pedro is able to start a conversation with the girl about the history of Cinco de Mayo.
Immoral action: Pedro approaches the girl and makes a joke mocking his Mexican heritage.
Norm: It's nice to get things for other people.
Situation: Seth is at home with his father when his father asks for a glass of water.
Intention: Seth wants to respond to his father's request.
Moral action: Seth tells his father he will get the glass of water.
Immoral consequence: Seth's father will think Seth is selfish and ungrateful.
Norm: It's nice to get things for other people.
Situation: Seth is at home with his father when his father asks for a glass of water.
Intention: Seth wants to respond to his father's request.
Moral consequence: Seth's father will think Seth is helpful and a good child.
Immoral action: Seth tells his father he's too busy to get the glass of water.
Norm: It's rude to tell someone they are ugly.
Situation: Simon is hanging out with some of his friends when his rival shows up in a tacky outfit and asks how he looks.
Intention: Simon wants to comment on his rival's outfit.
Moral action: Simon tells his rival that his outfit is interesting along with giving him tips on how to look better.
Immoral consequence: Simon's rival starts getting teary eyed after hearing Simon's word.
Norm: It's rude to tell someone they are ugly.
Situation: Simon is hanging out with some of his friends when his rival shows up in a tacky outfit and asks how he looks.
Intention: Simon wants to comment on his rival's outfit.
Moral consequence: Simon's rival accepts Simon's advice and changes the way he dresses.
Immoral action: Simon tells his rival that his outfit makes him look like moldy cheese.
Norm: It's not okay to crush someone's hopes.
Situation: Mark is a guidance counselor and a student, Brad, who is doing badly in school says he wants to be an engineer.
Intention: Mark wants to respond to the student, Brad.
Moral action: Mark tells Brad that he needs to improve his grades first then he can become an engineer.
Immoral consequence: Brad will abandon his dream of becoming an engineer and settle for less.
Norm: It's not okay to crush someone's hopes.
Situation: Mark is a guidance counselor and a student, Brad, who is doing badly in school says he wants to be an engineer.
Intention: Mark wants to respond to the student, Brad.
Moral consequence: Brad will try to improve his grades, so he can become an engineer.
Immoral action: Mark tells Brad that being an engineer is too difficult for him, and he is only qualified for low skill jobs.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of someone's clothes.
Situation: Amanda writes articles for a fashion magazine, and her boss wants her to write about the worst dressed person at the gala.
Intention: Amanda wants to entertain her readers.
Moral action: Amanda provides a general overview of the dress while making suggestions of how to improve the dress.
Immoral consequence: Amanda is called out on social media by the devoted fans of the dress' designer.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of someone's clothes.
Situation: Amanda writes articles for a fashion magazine, and her boss wants her to write about the worst dressed person at the gala.
Intention: Amanda wants to entertain her readers.
Moral consequence: Amanda is thanked by the designer of the dress for careful review.
Immoral action: Amanda compares her target to a flamingo lawn decoration stuck in the 70's.
Norm: It's good to save money for emergencies.
Situation: Crystal studies the money in her bank account after getting a large inheritance from her uncle.
Intention: Crystal wants to do something with her money.
Moral action: Crystal puts all of the money into a low interest saving account.
Immoral consequence: Crystal loses money after the stocks perform poorly.
Norm: It's good to save money for emergencies.
Situation: Crystal studies the money in her bank account after getting a large inheritance from her uncle.
Intention: Crystal wants to do something with her money.
Moral consequence: Crystal is able to afford her car repairs after she gets into a wreck.
Immoral action: Crystal spends all of her money on speculative stocks.
Norm: It's good to satisfy your customers.
Situation: Sally is working as a waitress at a diner when a customer tells her she brought them the wrong dring.
Intention: Sally wants to empty out the drink.
Moral action: Sally apologizes and brings the customer the correct drink right away.
Immoral consequence: The customer complains and Sally ends up being fired on the spot.
Norm: It's good to satisfy your customers.
Situation: Sally is working as a waitress at a diner when a customer tells her she brought them the wrong dring.
Intention: Sally wants to empty out the drink.
Moral consequence: The customer is impressed by Sally's attentiveness, so they leave her a tip.
Immoral action: Sally pours the drink out over the customer's head and says it was what they ordered.
Norm: It's rude to yell at your family.
Situation: Igor is relaxing and taking a nap in the living room when his nephew Clark runs through screaming and waking him up.
Intention: Igor wants to reprimand Clark for waking him up.
Moral action: Igor tells Clark that he's trying to nap so Clark should maybe go play outside.
Immoral consequence: Clark is scared by Igor's booming voice and worried that Igor might hit him since he's being so aggressive.
Norm: It's rude to yell at your family.
Situation: Igor is relaxing and taking a nap in the living room when his nephew Clark runs through screaming and waking him up.
Intention: Igor wants to reprimand Clark for waking him up.
Moral consequence: Clark is more than happy to go play outside and stops bothering Igor the rest of the day.
Immoral action: Igor screams at Clark and tells him he's exhausted and Clark should shut up and let him rest.
Norm: It's good to comfort your crying child.
Situation: Mimi is watching a movie with her young son, Benji, when a monster comes on screen and Benji begins to cry.
Intention: Mimi wants to not hear Benji's crying.
Moral action: Mimi consoles Benji and explains to him that monsters aren't real.
Immoral consequence: Benji continues to cry and grows a fear towards monsters.
Norm: It's good to comfort your crying child.
Situation: Mimi is watching a movie with her young son, Benji, when a monster comes on screen and Benji begins to cry.
Intention: Mimi wants to not hear Benji's crying.
Moral consequence: Benji learns about the reality of monsters and stops crying.
Immoral action: Mimi walks out of the room and leaves Benji to cry alone.
Norm: You shouldn't do things that you can't afford.
Situation: Ben is thinking of having a kid but him and his wife are both unemployed.
Intention: Ben has to make a decision on whether to have a kid.
Moral action: Ben decides to wait on having a kid until he can find a job.
Immoral consequence: Ben's child suffers, and Ben is overwhelmed with everything he has to do.
Norm: You shouldn't do things that you can't afford.
Situation: Ben is thinking of having a kid but him and his wife are both unemployed.
Intention: Ben has to make a decision on whether to have a kid.
Moral consequence: Ben doesn't have to worry about taking care of anyone and can focus on himself.
Immoral action: Ben and his wife decide to have the kid while they still don't have jobs.
Norm: It's good to expect family to help around the house.
Situation: Jenna's daughter just turned ten and started asking for an allowance.
Intention: Jenna wants her daughter to learn about managing money.
Moral action: Jenna tells her daughter that she can earn money by doing chores around the house.
Immoral consequence: Jenna often snaps at her children because she's frustrated and overworked.
Norm: It's good to expect family to help around the house.
Situation: Jenna's daughter just turned ten and started asking for an allowance.
Intention: Jenna wants her daughter to learn about managing money.
Moral consequence: Jenna has more free time and her daughter feels proud of her contributions to the family.
Immoral action: Jenna gives her daughter an unconditional allowance and does all the housework herself.
Norm: It's okay to move for someone.
Situation: Jeff was on a fully occupied bus when he saw an older woman get in.
Intention: Jeff wants to get to his destination.
Moral action: Jeff gets out of his seat to let the older woman sit down.
Immoral consequence: The pains and arthritis in the woman's legs get worse from standing for such a period of time.
Norm: It's okay to move for someone.
Situation: Jeff was on a fully occupied bus when he saw an older woman get in.
Intention: Jeff wants to get to his destination.
Moral consequence: The pains and aches in the woman's legs start to subside when she takes a seat.
Immoral action: Jeff continues to sit while the older woman stands in the aisle.
Norm: Being a burden on one's parents is wrong.
Situation: Donald is an adult and recently got a new job near where his retired parents live.
Intention: Donald wants to find somewhere to live.
Moral action: Donald tells his parents he will live on the same street as them, so he can visit them often.
Immoral consequence: Donald's parents will be stressed as they have to pay for his housing expenses on retirement money.
Norm: Being a burden on one's parents is wrong.
Situation: Donald is an adult and recently got a new job near where his retired parents live.
Intention: Donald wants to find somewhere to live.
Moral consequence: Donald's parents will be happy that he will be able to visit them often.
Immoral action: Donald tells his parents he will live with them, so he doesn't have to pay rent.
Norm: It's polite to tip service people who help you.
Situation: Stacy is staying at a hotel where the bellhop takes her bags up to her room.
Intention: Stacy wants to respond to the bellhop.
Moral action: Stacy gives the bellhop a few dollars for bringing up her bags.
Immoral consequence: The bellhop will not want to help Stacy with her bags when she leaves.
Norm: It's polite to tip service people who help you.
Situation: Stacy is staying at a hotel where the bellhop takes her bags up to her room.
Intention: Stacy wants to respond to the bellhop.
Moral consequence: The bellhop will want to help Stacy with her bags when she leaves.
Immoral action: Stacy tells the bellhop that she hopes nothing is broken in her bags.
Norm: It's rude not to answer someone's message.
Situation: Ken is a professor, and one of his students emailed him since they missed the last class.
Intention: Ken has to decide whether to respond to the student.
Moral action: Ken feels bad, so he decides to give the student the PowerPoint slides he used for class.
Immoral consequence: The student feels like she did something wrong and still needs help.
Norm: It's rude not to answer someone's message.
Situation: Ken is a professor, and one of his students emailed him since they missed the last class.
Intention: Ken has to decide whether to respond to the student.
Moral consequence: The students feels grateful and gets to prepare herself for any future exams.
Immoral action: Ken decides that the student should've shown up to class if they wanted help.
Norm: It's kind to cook a meal for another person.
Situation: While Susan is driving she spots a homeless man on the street corner who's holding a sign that says he's hungry.
Intention: Susan wants to watch a movie at the theatre.
Moral action: Susan drives home, fixes a nice meal and drops it off with the homeless man on her way to the theatre.
Immoral consequence: The homeless man feels rejected and spends another night hungry in pain.
Norm: It's kind to cook a meal for another person.
Situation: While Susan is driving she spots a homeless man on the street corner who's holding a sign that says he's hungry.
Intention: Susan wants to watch a movie at the theatre.
Moral consequence: The homeless man is very grateful and feels loved and no longer hungry.
Immoral action: Susan pretends she doesn't see the homeless man and drives on to the theatre.
Norm: You shouldn't tolerate a student having a crush on you.
Situation: Amanda is a teacher at a high school and one of her students has been showing her affection.
Intention: Amanda wants to be a good teacher.
Moral action: Amanda knows that this is unhealthy behavior for the student, so she has the student transferred to another class.
Immoral consequence: The student that was showing Amanda affection gets more and more clingy and obsessed with Amanda.
Norm: You shouldn't tolerate a student having a crush on you.
Situation: Amanda is a teacher at a high school and one of her students has been showing her affection.
Intention: Amanda wants to be a good teacher.
Moral consequence: The student eventually gets over their crush on Amanda and concentrates on school work in the other class they were transferred to.
Immoral action: Amanda allows the affection to continue thinking that the student will perform well in class if they like her like that.
Norm: You shouldn't judge someone who doesn't like using the internet.
Situation: Eric's with his friends and just finished helping his mom with internet issues on the phone, and she said she hates the internet.
Intention: Eric wants to look smart in front of his friends.
Moral action: Eric tells his friends it was a pleasure helping his mom as he loves her.
Immoral consequence: Eric's friends respect Eric less for dissing on his mom.
Norm: You shouldn't judge someone who doesn't like using the internet.
Situation: Eric's with his friends and just finished helping his mom with internet issues on the phone, and she said she hates the internet.
Intention: Eric wants to look smart in front of his friends.
Moral consequence: Eric's friends respect Eric and want to be around him.
Immoral action: Eric tells his friends he can't believe his mom doesn't know how to use the internet and laughs.
Norm: It's discouraged to always be silly.
Situation: Mike is a comedian who likes to make people smile, and he's about to make a speech at his uncle's funeral.
Intention: Mike wants his speech to be memorable.
Moral action: Mike tells a story about his uncle's life and accomplishments accompanied by a note about how much his uncle enriched his life.
Immoral consequence: Mike asked to leave the stage when the crowd becomes tired of his antics.
Norm: It's discouraged to always be silly.
Situation: Mike is a comedian who likes to make people smile, and he's about to make a speech at his uncle's funeral.
Intention: Mike wants his speech to be memorable.
Moral consequence: Mike is complimented after the funeral by his aunt for his speech.
Immoral action: Mike strings together a series of jokes about his uncle's personality as a tribute of sorts.
Norm: It's impolite to talk about confusing erections.
Situation: Stan woke up in the morning with a weird and worrying erection.
Intention: Stan wants to find out what is wrong with him.
Moral action: Stan goes online to find out the cause of his confusing erection.
Immoral consequence: Stan's neighbor thinks he is weird and avoids him from then on out.
Norm: It's impolite to talk about confusing erections.
Situation: Stan woke up in the morning with a weird and worrying erection.
Intention: Stan wants to find out what is wrong with him.
Moral consequence: Stan feels better having known what is causing his unfortunate problem.
Immoral action: Stan goes to his neighbor's house and tells him what is going on with his penis.
Norm: It's illegal to break the age of consent law.
Situation: Pat meets a bunch of teenaged girls at the mall that he is working at.
Intention: Pat wants to talk to the girls.
Moral action: Pat asks the girls if there is anything that he can do to help them.
Immoral consequence: Pat is later arrested for dating the girl who is under the age of consent.
Norm: It's illegal to break the age of consent law.
Situation: Pat meets a bunch of teenaged girls at the mall that he is working at.
Intention: Pat wants to talk to the girls.
Moral consequence: Pat is recognized as his boss as the employee of the month for his customer service.
Immoral action: Pat asks the girls if they want to go out on a date with him.
Norm: It's nice to be hospitable to other people.
Situation: Ben made a room of his available on Airbnb, and the person staying it in thinks it's too cold.
Intention: Ben wants to say something to the person.
Moral action: Ben tells the person that he'll change the A/C to make it hotter.
Immoral consequence: The person leaves a bad review on Ben's Airbnb profile.
Norm: It's nice to be hospitable to other people.
Situation: Ben made a room of his available on Airbnb, and the person staying it in thinks it's too cold.
Intention: Ben wants to say something to the person.
Moral consequence: The person is more willing to leave a positive review on Airbnb for Ben.
Immoral action: Ben tells the person to put more clothes on and tells them to suck it up.
Norm: It is disgusting to defecate in public.
Situation: Mike was out on his daily run when he urgently felt the need to defecate.
Intention: Mike wants to relieve himself.
Moral action: Mike runs to the gas station around the corner and uses the restroom there.
Immoral consequence: Mike is worried that the neighbor might have caught him on video camera.
Norm: It is disgusting to defecate in public.
Situation: Mike was out on his daily run when he urgently felt the need to defecate.
Intention: Mike wants to relieve himself.
Moral consequence: Mike feels better.
Immoral action: Mike runs up to a neighbor's porch, hides behind a plant, and defacates on their porch.
Norm: You should not publicize cumming into a plant.
Situation: Johnny is running for class president and has to do an interview for the school paper.
Intention: Johnny wants to tell the school paper about himself.
Moral action: Johnny tells the school paper about his past leadership positions in student government.
Immoral consequence: Johnny's classmates think Johnny is very strange and elect another candidate for class president.
Norm: You should not publicize cumming into a plant.
Situation: Johnny is running for class president and has to do an interview for the school paper.
Intention: Johnny wants to tell the school paper about himself.
Moral consequence: Johhny's classmates think Johnny would be good at getting things done in student government and elect him class president.
Immoral action: Johnny tells the school paper that his most memorable experience at school was cumming into a plant in the foyer after hours.