CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: You should treasure your family's important things.
Situation: Scott's grandmother Claire just passed away and was left her fine china set.
Intention: Scott wants to accept the glassware.
Moral consequence: Scott looks fondly at his china cabinet everyday and has good memories of Claire.
Immoral action: Scott takes the china home in a box and carelessly drops the box on his kitchen floor, shattering everything.
Norm: It's wrong to abandon your partner.
Situation: Jack is living with Jessica and Jessica is having a nervous breakdown Jack doesn't like being around.
Intention: Jack wants to leave the house while Jessica settles down.
Moral action: Jack leaves for a few minutes to let things cool down, but comes back and doesn't abandon her.
Immoral consequence: Jessica gets mad at Jack, and they both get into long arguments over the phone.
Norm: It's wrong to abandon your partner.
Situation: Jack is living with Jessica and Jessica is having a nervous breakdown Jack doesn't like being around.
Intention: Jack wants to leave the house while Jessica settles down.
Moral consequence: Jack and Jessica repair their relationship and have newfound respect for each other.
Immoral action: Jack leaves, and never ever comes back to the house where Jessica was, abandoning her.
Norm: It's good to socialize with friends.
Situation: Blanche has the weekend off of work, and she's craving companionship.
Intention: Blanche wants to do something fun this weekend.
Moral action: Blanche invites her friends to the bar with her.
Immoral consequence: Blanche feels lonely because she misses her friends.
Norm: It's good to socialize with friends.
Situation: Blanche has the weekend off of work, and she's craving companionship.
Intention: Blanche wants to do something fun this weekend.
Moral consequence: Blanche's friend introduces her to a cute guy at the bar.
Immoral action: Blanche spends her weekend playing video games.
Norm: It is unorganized to leave toys all over.
Situation: Mia is very tired and spending the evening at home with her children who left their toys all over the living room floor.
Intention: Mia wants to spend the evening on the couch, reading a book.
Moral action: Mia asks her children to pick up their toys and put them in the toy chest.
Immoral consequence: Mia's husband walks into the living room later and walks on a bunch of Legos, which hurts a lot.
Norm: It is unorganized to leave toys all over.
Situation: Mia is very tired and spending the evening at home with her children who left their toys all over the living room floor.
Intention: Mia wants to spend the evening on the couch, reading a book.
Moral consequence: Mia's husband has a safe and comfortable evening.
Immoral action: Mia decides to leave the toys all over the floor of the living room.
Norm: You should not desecrate graves.
Situation: Tommy is walking through a graveyard with friends and is bored.
Intention: Tommy wants to have a good time, even in the graveyard.
Moral action: Tommy starts looking for strange quotes among the headstones and reads them to his friends.
Immoral consequence: The families of the people's graves are horrified and very upset.
Norm: You should not desecrate graves.
Situation: Tommy is walking through a graveyard with friends and is bored.
Intention: Tommy wants to have a good time, even in the graveyard.
Moral consequence: Tommy and his friends laugh at some of the things people want written after they die.
Immoral action: Tommy starts kicking over flowers and wreaths and draws silly faces on the headstones.
Norm: You should admit it if you broke something.
Situation: Sean is using the bathroom at his friend Kevin's house when he accidentally breaks the toilet seat.
Intention: Sean wants to leave before Kevin's parents get home.
Moral action: Sean tells Kevin about what he did and leaves an apology note for Kevin's parents before heading home.
Immoral consequence: Kevin's parents come home and ground him for breaking the toilet seat and "lying" about it.
Norm: You should admit it if you broke something.
Situation: Sean is using the bathroom at his friend Kevin's house when he accidentally breaks the toilet seat.
Intention: Sean wants to leave before Kevin's parents get home.
Moral consequence: Kevin's parents forgive Sean and Kevin remains blameless.
Immoral action: Sean doesn't tell Kevin about what he did then heads home.
Norm: It is wrong to force your roommate to switch dorms.
Situation: Finn has been assigned to live with Reed who he does not get along with.
Intention: Finn wants to separate from Reed.
Moral action: Finn and Reed go to the residence hall administrator and request to be put in different rooms.
Immoral consequence: Reed is forced out and Finn develops a poor reputation in his residence hall.
Norm: It is wrong to force your roommate to switch dorms.
Situation: Finn has been assigned to live with Reed who he does not get along with.
Intention: Finn wants to separate from Reed.
Moral consequence: Finn and Reed are able to get new roommates who they tolerate better.
Immoral action: Finn stops cleaning his side of the room and behaves strangely towards Reed in order to drive Reed out of the room.
Norm: You should make sure you take medicine prescribed to you.
Situation: Joshua, who believes in natural medicine, has depression and is given a prescription to manage it.
Intention: Joshua wants to deal with his depression.
Moral action: Joshua takes the anti-depression medication on his regular schedule.
Immoral consequence: The natural methods don't work and Joshua's behavior becomes highly erratic.
Norm: You should make sure you take medicine prescribed to you.
Situation: Joshua, who believes in natural medicine, has depression and is given a prescription to manage it.
Intention: Joshua wants to deal with his depression.
Moral consequence: Joshua's mind remains sane and he thinks clearly.
Immoral action: Joshua uses natural methods to deal with his bouts of depression.
Norm: You shouldn't cook for people if you're ill.
Situation: Beatrice has the flu, but she promised to help her mother prepare supper.
Intention: Beatrice wants to avoid disappointing people.
Moral action: Beatrice orders food for her family from uber eats.
Immoral consequence: Beatrice entire family becomes sick after eating an infected meal.
Norm: You shouldn't cook for people if you're ill.
Situation: Beatrice has the flu, but she promised to help her mother prepare supper.
Intention: Beatrice wants to avoid disappointing people.
Moral consequence: Beatrice's family has a nice family bonding night as they talk while they eat.
Immoral action: Beatrice pretends to be healthy, and she helps her mother out in the kitchen.
Norm: It's wrong to flirt with your friend's partner.
Situation: Ted was hanging out with his friend and his friend's girlfriend.
Intention: Ted wants to make a joke with his friends.
Moral action: Ted tells a clean knock knock joke to his friend and his friend's girlfriend.
Immoral consequence: Ted's friend punches him in the face and doesn't talk to him in a month.
Norm: It's wrong to flirt with your friend's partner.
Situation: Ted was hanging out with his friend and his friend's girlfriend.
Intention: Ted wants to make a joke with his friends.
Moral consequence: Ted's friend and his friend's girlfriend both laugh at the joke Ted tells.
Immoral action: Ted makes a flirty joke to the girlfriend of his friend while his friend is standing there.
Norm: It's good to help out your former employees.
Situation: A person who used to work for Jake asks him if he can write them a letter of recommendation for a job they want.
Intention: Jake wants to give the person who used to work for him an answer.
Moral action: Jake agrees to help his ex employee and writes a glowing letter of recommendation for them.
Immoral consequence: The person who used to work for Jake doesn't get the job that he really wanted.
Norm: It's good to help out your former employees.
Situation: A person who used to work for Jake asks him if he can write them a letter of recommendation for a job they want.
Intention: Jake wants to give the person who used to work for him an answer.
Moral consequence: Jake's ex employee gets the job they wanted due to Jake's help.
Immoral action: Jake says he doesn't want to be responsible for recommending anybody for work and refuses to help his ex employee.
Norm: It is bad to drive recklessly
Situation: Ray is on a crowded highway and needs to get to work quickly.
Intention: Ray wants to deal with the traffic problem.
Moral action: Ray finds a detour, gets off of the highway, and takes the detour.
Immoral consequence: Other drivers get angry with Ray and attempt to block his progress.
Norm: It is bad to drive recklessly
Situation: Ray is on a crowded highway and needs to get to work quickly.
Intention: Ray wants to deal with the traffic problem.
Moral consequence: The detour has less traffic and Ray arrives at work faster.
Immoral action: Ray quickly weaves between cars and makes efforts to improve his time.
Norm: You shouldn't listen to other people's conversations.
Situation: Charlene is in the pantry and her coworkers Nancy and Grace are there chatting about their family affairs.
Intention: Charlene wants to react to her situation.
Moral action: Charlene joins the chatting and shifts the topic by inviting both Nancy and Grace to lunch.
Immoral consequence: Nancy and Grace feel uneasy and stop their chatting.
Norm: You shouldn't listen to other people's conversations.
Situation: Charlene is in the pantry and her coworkers Nancy and Grace are there chatting about their family affairs.
Intention: Charlene wants to react to her situation.
Moral consequence: Nancy and Grace thank Charlene for her invitation and agree to go to lunch with her.
Immoral action: Charlene stays in the pantry as if she is still making her coffee in order to hear more about the family affairs of both Nancy and Grace.
Norm: You shouldn't have unsafe sex.
Situation: David stays at his girlfriend's home after having dinner together.
Intention: David wants to do something fun with his girlfriend.
Moral action: David watches his favorite movie with his girlfriend until they both feel sleepy and go to bed.
Immoral consequence: His girlfriend gets pregnant and blames him for his inconsideration.
Norm: You shouldn't have unsafe sex.
Situation: David stays at his girlfriend's home after having dinner together.
Intention: David wants to do something fun with his girlfriend.
Moral consequence: His girlfriend thanks him for recommending a good movie to her and feels satisfied.
Immoral action: David has sex with his girlfriend without using a condom.
Norm: It's good to listen while your significant other vents.
Situation: Dean is working on his bike when his girlfriend Rory comes home, complaining about a rough day at work.
Intention: Dean wants to finish working on his bike.
Moral action: Dean allows Rory to vent before comforting her and asking if she'd like to help out with the bike.
Immoral consequence: Rory's rough day is furthered by Dean's cold-shoulder, and she begins to feel that she shouldn't talk to him about future issues.
Norm: It's good to listen while your significant other vents.
Situation: Dean is working on his bike when his girlfriend Rory comes home, complaining about a rough day at work.
Intention: Dean wants to finish working on his bike.
Moral consequence: Rory agrees to Dean's proposal, and they talk more as they fix his bike.
Immoral action: Dean lets Rory's words go in one ear and out the other.
Norm: It's abhorrent to keep other people as slaves.
Situation: Robert has trouble dealing with the rising costs needed to run his farm.
Intention: Robert wants to pay less for farm workers.
Moral action: Robert hires some cheap laborers to work on his farm.
Immoral consequence: Robert is caught and arrested.
Norm: It's abhorrent to keep other people as slaves.
Situation: Robert has trouble dealing with the rising costs needed to run his farm.
Intention: Robert wants to pay less for farm workers.
Moral consequence: Robert is able to run the farm while spending less.
Immoral action: Robert gets slaves to work on his farm for free.
Norm: It's good to support people in following their dreams
Situation: Steve's son comes to him asking for advice after failing to make the varsity basketball team for the second year in a row.
Intention: Steve wants to make his son feel better.
Moral action: Steve tells his son to never give up doing what he loves and to follow his dreams no matter how hard it may seem.
Immoral consequence: Steve's son initially feels better but later regrets giving up his pursuit of basketball.
Norm: It's good to support people in following their dreams
Situation: Steve's son comes to him asking for advice after failing to make the varsity basketball team for the second year in a row.
Intention: Steve wants to make his son feel better.
Moral consequence: Steve's son is inspired and after redoubling his efforts the next year he makes the team and eventually becomes a professional basketball player.
Immoral action: Steve tells his son to forget about basketball and takes him out for ice cream.
Norm: You should always help out your neighbors.
Situation: Bill is heading home when he sees his neighbors bringing many bags into their home.
Intention: Bill wants to go home.
Moral action: Bill helps his neighbors bring the bags into their house before going into his own home.
Immoral consequence: Bill's neighbors think Bill is a bad neighbor for not offering to help them with their bags.
Norm: You should always help out your neighbors.
Situation: Bill is heading home when he sees his neighbors bringing many bags into their home.
Intention: Bill wants to go home.
Moral consequence: Bill's neighbors are glad to have such a helpful neighbor as Bill.
Immoral action: Bill avoids looking at his neighbors and enters into his own home.
Norm: It's nice to try to be trustworthy.
Situation: Bill is sitting at a coffee shop when another customer asks him to watch their things which includes a purse with money inside.
Intention: Bill wants to leave the coffee shop.
Moral action: Bill watches the customer's things until they return then leaves the coffee shop.
Immoral consequence: The other customer feels stupid for trusting a stranger and misses the money Bill took.
Norm: It's nice to try to be trustworthy.
Situation: Bill is sitting at a coffee shop when another customer asks him to watch their things which includes a purse with money inside.
Intention: Bill wants to leave the coffee shop.
Moral consequence: The customer is relieved that they put their trust in somebody honorable like Bill.
Immoral action: Bill takes the money from the purse then quickly leaves the coffee shop.
Norm: It's not okay to leave someone without a home.
Situation: Dorian is a landlord to Jasmine and a father to Callie, who will soon be returning home from college.
Intention: Dorian wants Jasmine out so that he can give her space to Callie.
Moral action: Dorian gives Jasmine 60 days to move out.
Immoral consequence: With no family, money, or anywhere to go, Jasmine is left homeless.
Norm: It's not okay to leave someone without a home.
Situation: Dorian is a landlord to Jasmine and a father to Callie, who will soon be returning home from college.
Intention: Dorian wants Jasmine out so that he can give her space to Callie.
Moral consequence: Jasmine is able to find new living arrangements and Callie moves into her father's property.
Immoral action: Dorian evicts Jasmine without warning.
Norm: It's polite to clap for others' performances.
Situation: Jill's classmate is performing a dance for the class that ends with a flourish.
Intention: Jill wants to react to her classmate's performance.
Moral action: Jill joins the class in a round of applause for the dancer.
Immoral consequence: Jill's classmate thinks Jill is mean for not showing any appreciation for their dancing.
Norm: It's polite to clap for others' performances.
Situation: Jill's classmate is performing a dance for the class that ends with a flourish.
Intention: Jill wants to react to her classmate's performance.
Moral consequence: Jill's classmate is happy that the whole class showed their support for her performance.
Immoral action: Jill just stares at her classmate blankly as the rest of the class claps in appreciation.
Norm: It's good to let somebody else take charge
Situation: Kent, who doesn't have much work experience, and Edgar are deciding how to split a joint project at work.
Intention: Kent wants to impress Edgar.
Moral action: Kent offers to let Edgar take charge and promises to help in any way possible.
Immoral consequence: Kent's inexperience leads to many mistakes, making Edgar upset and resentful.
Norm: It's good to let somebody else take charge
Situation: Kent, who doesn't have much work experience, and Edgar are deciding how to split a joint project at work.
Intention: Kent wants to impress Edgar.
Moral consequence: Edgar is happy to lead to project and the project turns out great.
Immoral action: Kent volunteers to be in charge of the project to prove himself to Edgar.
Norm: You shouldn't take time off work to get a tattoo.
Situation: Lee is at lunch from work when he passes by a tattoo shop on the street.
Intention: Lee wants to get a tattoo.
Moral action: Lee waits until he gets off of work and goes down to the tattoo parlor.
Immoral consequence: Lee's boss finds out that he was skipping work and Lee gets reprimanded and demoted.
Norm: You shouldn't take time off work to get a tattoo.
Situation: Lee is at lunch from work when he passes by a tattoo shop on the street.
Intention: Lee wants to get a tattoo.
Moral consequence: Lee uses his pay from work to get a tattoo done on his shoulder.
Immoral action: Lee tells his boss that he is sick and goes to the tattoo parlor to get a tattoo.
Norm: You shouldn't make your friends sleep in the garage.
Situation: Vince invites some friends over for a sleepover in winter, only to find that his mother doesn't want them in the house to pass on germs.
Intention: Vince wants his friends to get sleep.
Moral action: Vince and his friends play in the garage, then sends them home because he can't care for them.
Immoral consequence: The winter night gets cold and Vince's friends nearly freeze before morning.
Norm: You shouldn't make your friends sleep in the garage.
Situation: Vince invites some friends over for a sleepover in winter, only to find that his mother doesn't want them in the house to pass on germs.
Intention: Vince wants his friends to get sleep.
Moral consequence: Vince and his friends all sleep in their respective warm beds and have a good night.
Immoral action: Vince and his friends play in the garage, then lets them sleep there with a cot and a blanket.
Norm: It is good to be different.
Situation: Jake is going to a restaurant with friends, and is notorious for never picking a unique meal.
Intention: Jake wants to order food at the restaurant.
Moral action: Jake orders what he likes instead of ordering what other people order.
Immoral consequence: Jake's friends verbally question if Jake has a personality, and Jake feels less confident.
Norm: It is good to be different.
Situation: Jake is going to a restaurant with friends, and is notorious for never picking a unique meal.
Intention: Jake wants to order food at the restaurant.
Moral consequence: Jake's friends congratulate Jake on his personality growth and Jake enjoys his meal more than usual.
Immoral action: Jake orders what everyone else is ordering like usual.
Norm: It is always wrong for someone to drive impaired.
Situation: Larry is drunk out of his mind and staggering home from the bar, he had parked his car nearby earlier that night.
Intention: Larry wants to decide how to get home.
Moral action: Larry decides to forget the car and calls himself a taxi, barely managing to get in when it arrives.
Immoral consequence: Larry is pulled over by the police who notice him driving erratically, and he is arrested.
Norm: It is always wrong for someone to drive impaired.
Situation: Larry is drunk out of his mind and staggering home from the bar, he had parked his car nearby earlier that night.
Intention: Larry wants to decide how to get home.
Moral consequence: Larry is taken home where he sleeps off his intoxication safely and wakes up the next day to go get his car.
Immoral action: Larry decides to go to his car and after looking for it for a while, finds it and begins to drive home.
Norm: It's mean to make someone homeless.
Situation: Gary is a landlord and has a tenant who hasn't paid rent for several months due to financial troubles.
Intention: Gary wants to evict the tenant.
Moral action: Gary gives the tenant two weeks to leave and helps the tenant find temporary shelter.
Immoral consequence: The tenant doesn't have enough time to find a home and suffers out on the streets.
Norm: It's mean to make someone homeless.
Situation: Gary is a landlord and has a tenant who hasn't paid rent for several months due to financial troubles.
Intention: Gary wants to evict the tenant.
Moral consequence: The tenant transitions to another apartment and is never suffering outside.
Immoral action: Gary gives the tenant one week to leave the apartment and follows through on it.
Norm: You should help out your classmates.
Situation: Jill's classmate asks Jill to help them with their math homework since Jill is so good at math.
Intention: Jill wants to respond to her classmate.
Moral action: Jill says she will spend some time explaining the questions in the math homework to her classmate.
Immoral consequence: Jill's class mate gets a poor mark on her homework and continues to struggle with math.
Norm: You should help out your classmates.
Situation: Jill's classmate asks Jill to help them with their math homework since Jill is so good at math.
Intention: Jill wants to respond to her classmate.
Moral consequence: Jill's classmate does better on her math homework that they have in the past and starts to improve their math skills.
Immoral action: Jill says she doesn't have the time or energy to help her classmate as she has her own homework to do.
Norm: People won't trust you if they know you're a thief.
Situation: Greg walks into the lunch room at work one day when he realizes that he forgot his lunch at home.
Intention: Greg wants to eat lunch.
Moral action: Greg orders a sandwich from a local cafe to be delivered to the office and picks it up by the front door.
Immoral consequence: Greg's coworkers find out about his lunch theft and never fully trust him again.
Norm: People won't trust you if they know you're a thief.
Situation: Greg walks into the lunch room at work one day when he realizes that he forgot his lunch at home.
Intention: Greg wants to eat lunch.
Moral consequence: Greg enjoys eating his sandwich for lunch.
Immoral action: Greg opens the fridge, finds a lunch bag belonging to another coworker, and eats its contents.
Norm: It's rude to ask personal questions of strangers.
Situation: Bob is working at a store and meets a talkative stranger.
Intention: Bob wants to carry a conversation with the stranger.
Moral action: Bob asks the stranger about what he does for work.
Immoral consequence: The stranger thinks that Bob is gay and gets creeped out.
Norm: It's rude to ask personal questions of strangers.
Situation: Bob is working at a store and meets a talkative stranger.
Intention: Bob wants to carry a conversation with the stranger.
Moral consequence: The stranger tells Bob about his job and continues the conversation.
Immoral action: Bob asks the stranger about his personal love life.
Norm: You shouldn't see prostitutes.
Situation: Steve is divorced and feels very lonely without companionship.
Intention: Steve wants to find a woman for comfort.
Moral action: Steve hunts for a potential wife and dates a nice lady.
Immoral consequence: Steve loses a lot of money and doesn't feel emotionally satisfied from the paid relationship.
Norm: You shouldn't see prostitutes.
Situation: Steve is divorced and feels very lonely without companionship.
Intention: Steve wants to find a woman for comfort.
Moral consequence: Steve finds the companionship he wants in the stable relationship.
Immoral action: Steve goes to see a prostitute for comfort, as they are always available.