CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It is expected to protect your friend from harmful relationships.
Situation: Jan's best friend Ann was just asked to go on a date with a cute guy who is known to be abusive.
Intention: Jan wants the best for Ann.
Moral consequence: Ann gets the chance to meet someone else who isn't abusive to women.
Immoral action: Jan lets Ann go on the date thinking that she will enjoy it.
Norm: It is never okay to harass someone over the phone.
Situation: Amy is annoyed by the loud music coming from her neighbor's house.
Intention: Amy wants to get her neighbor to turn off the music.
Moral action: Amy visits her neighbor and asks him to turn off the music.
Immoral consequence: Amy's neighbor winces in pain.
Norm: It is never okay to harass someone over the phone.
Situation: Amy is annoyed by the loud music coming from her neighbor's house.
Intention: Amy wants to get her neighbor to turn off the music.
Moral consequence: Amy's neighbor agrees to turn it off.
Immoral action: Amy calls her neighbor and plays loud music into the phone.
Norm: It is good to participate in democracy by voting.
Situation: There is an election coming up in Dave's home country and Dave has a large online following.
Intention: Dave wants to let people know about the election.
Moral action: Dave says he will vote in the election to have his voice count.
Immoral consequence: Dave's followers will become distrustful of voting.
Norm: It is good to participate in democracy by voting.
Situation: There is an election coming up in Dave's home country and Dave has a large online following.
Intention: Dave wants to let people know about the election.
Moral consequence: Dave's followers will be enthusiastic about voting.
Immoral action: Dave says that the election is a sham and the results are fixed.
Norm: It is important to put children first.
Situation: James is an adult professional swimmer on a crowded ferry that is sinking into the water and the captain has told everybody to abandon ship.
Intention: James wants to escape the sinking ferry.
Moral action: James uses his prowess as a swimmer to save multiple children on board the sinking ferry and swim them to safety.
Immoral consequence: Children on board the ferry were not able to swim with the same skill as James and did not escape the sinking ferry.
Norm: It is important to put children first.
Situation: James is an adult professional swimmer on a crowded ferry that is sinking into the water and the captain has told everybody to abandon ship.
Intention: James wants to escape the sinking ferry.
Moral consequence: The children are thankful to James for having been saved from the sinking ferry.
Immoral action: James disregards the children onboard and leaps into the water and swims away to safety.
Norm: You shouldn't say bad things about your parents.
Situation: Flora is having a few friends over for the evening.
Intention: Flora wants to tell a riveting story to her friends.
Moral action: Flora tells her friends about an incredible and funny adventure her parents had when they were young.
Immoral consequence: Flora's friends see Flora's parents more negatively after hearing the story.
Norm: You shouldn't say bad things about your parents.
Situation: Flora is having a few friends over for the evening.
Intention: Flora wants to tell a riveting story to her friends.
Moral consequence: Flora's friends now think Flora's parents are cool and exciting.
Immoral action: Flora decides to tell her friends about one of her parents' dark secrets.
Norm: It's wrong to break all one's possessions.
Situation: Livia feels that she is too attached to material possessions which makes her life devoid of meaning.
Intention: Livia wants to feel free.
Moral action: Livia goes through her possessions and gets rid of a lot of things she has not used in a while.
Immoral consequence: Livia feels free but destabilized and a bit lost.
Norm: It's wrong to break all one's possessions.
Situation: Livia feels that she is too attached to material possessions which makes her life devoid of meaning.
Intention: Livia wants to feel free.
Moral consequence: Livia feels free and in control of her life.
Immoral action: Livia decides to get rid of everything she owns by destroying all the possessions in her life.
Norm: It's good to have high expectations for your child.
Situation: Julie is preparing for the upcoming school year for her kid James.
Intention: Julie wants James to be successful.
Moral action: Julie puts James in classes that are at a higher level, even if it means more work and lower grades.
Immoral consequence: James loses interest in school quickly and develops behavioral problems.
Norm: It's good to have high expectations for your child.
Situation: Julie is preparing for the upcoming school year for her kid James.
Intention: Julie wants James to be successful.
Moral consequence: James feels challenged every day and becomes a very motivated student.
Immoral action: Julie enters James in the minimum number of the easiest classes, so he can easily get A's.
Norm: It's rude to make pot brownies and not tell people.
Situation: Taylor is going to a potluck work Christmas party and needs to bring a dish to pass.
Intention: Taylor wants to bring a dessert.
Moral action: Taylor bakes a batch of chocolate brownies from a recipe she found online.
Immoral consequence: Taylor is fired when multiple coworkers realize they've consumed pot and identify the source as Taylor's brownies.
Norm: It's rude to make pot brownies and not tell people.
Situation: Taylor is going to a potluck work Christmas party and needs to bring a dish to pass.
Intention: Taylor wants to bring a dessert.
Moral consequence: Taylor gets many compliments from her coworkers for the delicious chocolate brownies she brought.
Immoral action: Taylor makes pot brownies and takes them to the party with a sign reading, "Double Chocolate Brownies".
Norm: It's good to make cupcakes for people on their birthday.
Situation: Sam's friend Henry has a birthday coming up, and Sam wants to celebrate with him.
Intention: Sam wants to make Henry some birthday food.
Moral action: Sam makes a batch of carrot cake cupcakes with a rich frosting on top, with candles in each one.
Immoral consequence: Henry appreciates the food, but was really looking forward to something sweet and is disappointed.
Norm: It's good to make cupcakes for people on their birthday.
Situation: Sam's friend Henry has a birthday coming up, and Sam wants to celebrate with him.
Intention: Sam wants to make Henry some birthday food.
Moral consequence: Henry loves the cupcakes and eats every single one during his birthday.
Immoral action: Sam decides to do something different and makes Hank some birthday lasagna, complete with birthday candles.
Norm: It's disgusting to urinate in places that aren't the toilet.
Situation: Jack is attending a party at a friend's house when the urge to pee hits him.
Intention: Jack wants to relieve himself.
Moral action: Jack holds his pee while he waits in line for the restroom.
Immoral consequence: Other guests on the deck can hear Jack peeing and feel nauseated.
Norm: It's disgusting to urinate in places that aren't the toilet.
Situation: Jack is attending a party at a friend's house when the urge to pee hits him.
Intention: Jack wants to relieve himself.
Moral consequence: Other guests are unaware of Jack peeing and are unaffected.
Immoral action: Jack goes outside and pees behind the deck, since the restroom was occupied.
Norm: It's immoral to drive up prices of your own auctions.
Situation: Colin is auctioning off some old family heirlooms that have been gathering dust, and the first item is up for bids.
Intention: Colin wants money for his item.
Moral action: Colin lets the auction go on without interference.
Immoral consequence: The auction organizers find out about the scheme and ban Colin from any more auctions.
Norm: It's immoral to drive up prices of your own auctions.
Situation: Colin is auctioning off some old family heirlooms that have been gathering dust, and the first item is up for bids.
Intention: Colin wants money for his item.
Moral consequence: People bid on the item, and Colin gets some money for his item.
Immoral action: Colin has a friend bid on the item to drive up the cost.
Norm: It's rude to assume another is a criminal without proof.
Situation: There is a kidnapper on the loose, and Ray found a guy who he thinks looks suspicious.
Intention: Ray wants to help his community.
Moral action: Ray waits for more information to come out about the kidnapper before targeting anyone.
Immoral consequence: The stranger fears for his life as the police ask him questions about the crimes.
Norm: It's rude to assume another is a criminal without proof.
Situation: There is a kidnapper on the loose, and Ray found a guy who he thinks looks suspicious.
Intention: Ray wants to help his community.
Moral consequence: No innocent person has to have their rights violated for no reason.
Immoral action: Ray calls the proof just based on his opinion of him.
Norm: It's disgusting to masturbate in public.
Situation: James was sitting in math class when he spontaneously started to feel horny.
Intention: James wants to masturbate and feel less horny.
Moral action: James asks for a bathroom pass and masturbates in the boys' bathroom.
Immoral consequence: The teacher sends James to the principal, who sends him to the school psychiatrist.
Norm: It's disgusting to masturbate in public.
Situation: James was sitting in math class when he spontaneously started to feel horny.
Intention: James wants to masturbate and feel less horny.
Moral consequence: James feels calmer and more able to focus when he returns to class.
Immoral action: James begins masturbating at his desk in front of all his classmates.
Norm: It's bad to pee on your bed.
Situation: Zach is half-awake in his bed around midnight after having had a large cup of tea before bed.
Intention: Zach wants to pee.
Moral action: Zach gets up and goes to the bathroom to pee.
Immoral consequence: Zach sleeps poorly as his sheets are all wet with pee, and he has to wash them the next day.
Norm: It's bad to pee on your bed.
Situation: Zach is half-awake in his bed around midnight after having had a large cup of tea before bed.
Intention: Zach wants to pee.
Moral consequence: Zach feels relieved and goes back to bed where he sleeps soundly.
Immoral action: Zach pees in his bed before going back to sleep.
Norm: It's disgusting to hold onto used condoms.
Situation: Zach has a girlfriend and has some condoms from his last night with her.
Intention: Zach wants to put the condoms out of sight.
Moral action: Zach throws the condoms into the trash and takes the trash out.
Immoral consequence: The "organic matter" in the condoms starts to rot and smell, creating a larger mess.
Norm: It's disgusting to hold onto used condoms.
Situation: Zach has a girlfriend and has some condoms from his last night with her.
Intention: Zach wants to put the condoms out of sight.
Moral consequence: The condoms are gone and no one can smell them.
Immoral action: Zach throws the condoms into a bag and forgets about them.
Norm: It's expected to keep your pets on a leech.
Situation: James took his border collie on long walks because she was very high-energy.
Intention: James wants to wear his border collie out, so she's not hyper at home.
Moral action: James keeps his border collie on her leash and walks her for a full hour.
Immoral consequence: James' border collie jumps on another pedestrian, and they threaten to call animal control.
Norm: It's expected to keep your pets on a leech.
Situation: James took his border collie on long walks because she was very high-energy.
Intention: James wants to wear his border collie out, so she's not hyper at home.
Moral consequence: When James gets home, his border collie flops on the floor, exhausted.
Immoral action: James lets his border collie off her leash, so she can run around as he walks.
Norm: You shouldn't put off important things.
Situation: Adam has been afraid of going to the dentist since he was a little kid.
Intention: Adam wants to avoid going to the dentist as much as possible.
Moral action: Adam goes to the dentist twice a year for cleanings and a check up.
Immoral consequence: Adam ends up needing extensive dental work because of how long he has neglected his teeth.
Norm: You shouldn't put off important things.
Situation: Adam has been afraid of going to the dentist since he was a little kid.
Intention: Adam wants to avoid going to the dentist as much as possible.
Moral consequence: Adam does not need to go to the dentist outside his yearly appointments because his teeth are well-kept.
Immoral action: Adam doesn't go to the dentist even when he starts feeling tooth pain.
Norm: It's wrong to drive drunk.
Situation: James was invited to his friend's house for dinner and ended up drinking a whole bottle of wine.
Intention: James wants to get home without paying for a taxi.
Moral action: James asks his friend to drive him home because he feels too impaired to drive himself.
Immoral consequence: James drives under the speed limit, but still knocks his garbage can over pulling into his driveway.
Norm: It's wrong to drive drunk.
Situation: James was invited to his friend's house for dinner and ended up drinking a whole bottle of wine.
Intention: James wants to get home without paying for a taxi.
Moral consequence: James' friend not only drives him home, but gets his teenage son to drive James' car to his house.
Immoral action: James hides how drunk he feels at dinner and insists that he's fine to drive home.
Norm: It's not good to be racist towards anyone.
Situation: Martin works in a grocery store and notices a black customer opening different bottles of ketchup and pouring them on the floor.
Intention: Martin wants to tell the black customer to stop opening ketchup bottles.
Moral action: Martin tells the customer that opening food products is not permitted in the store unless the customer pays for them.
Immoral consequence: The black customer complains to the store manager about what Martin said, and he is fired.
Norm: It's not good to be racist towards anyone.
Situation: Martin works in a grocery store and notices a black customer opening different bottles of ketchup and pouring them on the floor.
Intention: Martin wants to tell the black customer to stop opening ketchup bottles.
Moral consequence: The black customer then leaves the store because they don't want to actually buy the ketchup.
Immoral action: Martin tells the customer that only uncivilized blacks would open and pour out ketchup bottles in a grocery store.
Norm: It's good to share your things with others.
Situation: Sally has a roommate who is getting ready for a date but has misplaced some make up.
Intention: Sally wants to recommend her favorite brand of make up.
Moral action: Sally recommends the brand she uses and lets her roommate try some of her's now.
Immoral consequence: The roommate has to go without the make up because of time constraints.
Norm: It's good to share your things with others.
Situation: Sally has a roommate who is getting ready for a date but has misplaced some make up.
Intention: Sally wants to recommend her favorite brand of make up.
Moral consequence: The roommate feels more confident on the date having all her make up on.
Immoral action: Sally tells her roommate what her favorite brand is and where to buy it.
Norm: It's inappropriate for an adult to be dating a teenager.
Situation: Amber has been texting a man named Chuck she met at a carnival a few weeks ago and is really into his personality.
Intention: Chuck wants to meet up with Amber.
Moral action: Chuck asks to meet with Amber and her parents to discuss her joining a circus act.
Immoral consequence: Chuck's age and job put him in a position of power that creates an abusive and unhealthy dynamic in their relationship.
Norm: It's inappropriate for an adult to be dating a teenager.
Situation: Amber has been texting a man named Chuck she met at a carnival a few weeks ago and is really into his personality.
Intention: Chuck wants to meet up with Amber.
Moral consequence: Amber's parents aren't thrilled with the idea but make plans to hear Chuck out at another date.
Immoral action: Chuck asks Amber if the two of them can meet alone to go on a date together.
Norm: It's not okay to hover over other people's children.
Situation: Jenna took her toddler to the playground and saw a five year old swinging on the swings by herself.
Intention: Jenna wants to make sure the five year old doesn't fall off the swings.
Moral action: Jenna watches the five year old from a park bench until she notices her call out to her mother ten feet away.
Immoral consequence: After the third time the five year old says no, her mother comes to tell Jenna to leave her alone.
Norm: It's not okay to hover over other people's children.
Situation: Jenna took her toddler to the playground and saw a five year old swinging on the swings by herself.
Intention: Jenna wants to make sure the five year old doesn't fall off the swings.
Moral consequence: Jenna is satisfied that the five year old is being adequately watched.
Immoral action: Jenna keeps asking the five year old if she wants Jenna to push her.
Norm: It's indefensible to mess with someone's beverage.
Situation: Harry is out drinking with a group of friends at the bar and it's Tom's birthday.
Intention: Harry wants Tom to really let loose.
Moral action: Harry coaxes Tom into having several rounds of shots, and they order some bar food.
Immoral consequence: Tom has a really severe hangover the following day.
Norm: It's indefensible to mess with someone's beverage.
Situation: Harry is out drinking with a group of friends at the bar and it's Tom's birthday.
Intention: Harry wants Tom to really let loose.
Moral consequence: Tom had an enjoyable time and feels fine the next day because the food absorbed some alcohol.
Immoral action: Harry spikes Tom's drinks with extra alcohol when he's not looking.
Norm: It's wrong to keep returning the things you bought.
Situation: Sabrina is very poor and doesn't have good looking clothes, but is regularly invited out on dates.
Intention: Sabrina wants to impress her friends with her sense of style.
Moral action: Sabrina goes to good will and spends a few hours putting together multiple outfits from their charity bin.
Immoral consequence: Sabrina is eventually blacklisted from every store she has returned clothes to.
Norm: It's wrong to keep returning the things you bought.
Situation: Sabrina is very poor and doesn't have good looking clothes, but is regularly invited out on dates.
Intention: Sabrina wants to impress her friends with her sense of style.
Moral consequence: Sabrina's dates all comment on how well she is dressed.
Immoral action: Every time Sabrina has a date she goes and buys new clothes, and then returns them the following day.
Norm: It's inappropriate to fall asleep when you're still at work.
Situation: Gabe has been working at his computer in the office for hours.
Intention: Gabe wants to take a nap.
Moral action: Gabe waits until his lunch break and takes a nap in his car.
Immoral consequence: Gabe is sent home when his boss sees that his isn't being productive.
Norm: It's inappropriate to fall asleep when you're still at work.
Situation: Gabe has been working at his computer in the office for hours.
Intention: Gabe wants to take a nap.
Moral consequence: Gabe feels energized and refreshed when he comes back after his lunch break.
Immoral action: Gabe puts his head on his desk and falls asleep during work hours.
Norm: Teacher are expected to maintain order in their classrooms.
Situation: Mr. Anderson is teaching a Geometry class when some students in the back began having a side conversation.
Intention: Mr. Anderson wants to respond to the misbehavior.
Moral action: Mr. Anderson walks to the back of the room near the students and firmly asks them to stop talking.
Immoral consequence: The students ignore Mr. Anderson and the misbehavior begins to spread around the classroom.
Norm: Teacher are expected to maintain order in their classrooms.
Situation: Mr. Anderson is teaching a Geometry class when some students in the back began having a side conversation.
Intention: Mr. Anderson wants to respond to the misbehavior.
Moral consequence: The students apologize and start paying attention to the lesson instead of each other.
Immoral action: Mr. Anderson quietly asks the whole class to please listen to the lesson and then goes back to writing on the board.
Norm: It is insensitive to have preference toward biological children.
Situation: Tina and her partner have reached the stage where they are ready to settle down.
Intention: Tina wants to raise children.
Moral action: Tina convinces herself that there are many children who need to be adopted into good homes.
Immoral consequence: The kids remain in foster care and live a harder life.
Norm: It is insensitive to have preference toward biological children.
Situation: Tina and her partner have reached the stage where they are ready to settle down.
Intention: Tina wants to raise children.
Moral consequence: The kids are adopted into a better home with dedicated parents.
Immoral action: Tina considers some kids in foster care but prefers to give birth to her own.
Norm: It's rude to be offensive to kids.
Situation: Paul was sitting in the park when some kids start playing near him.
Intention: Paul wants to be alone in the park.
Moral action: Paul gets up and finds a more secluded part of the park.
Immoral consequence: The parents of the children go over to Paul and beat him up.
Norm: It's rude to be offensive to kids.
Situation: Paul was sitting in the park when some kids start playing near him.
Intention: Paul wants to be alone in the park.
Moral consequence: Paul enjoys the rest of his day relaxing at the park alone.
Immoral action: Paul yells at the kids and tells them to beat it.
Norm: It's not okay to make your parents upset.
Situation: Paulo is hanging out with his friends late on a schoolnight while his parents wait for him to come home.
Intention: Paulo wants to head home.
Moral action: Paulo calls his family to let them know where he is and that he's coming home.
Immoral consequence: Paulo's parents yell at him about how worried they were and ground him.
Norm: It's not okay to make your parents upset.
Situation: Paulo is hanging out with his friends late on a schoolnight while his parents wait for him to come home.
Intention: Paulo wants to head home.
Moral consequence: Paulo comes home, and after being told he needs to come home earlier, they all go to bed.
Immoral action: Paulo arrives home after curfew without having let his parents know where he was.
Norm: It's bad to try to make someone relapse.
Situation: Reggie and Sandy are old friends, and Sandy is a recovering alcoholic.
Intention: Reggie wants to hang out with Sandy.
Moral action: Reggie acknowledges Sandy trying to get over her alcoholism and only offers her non-alcoholic drinks.
Immoral consequence: Sandy relapses and stops hanging out with Reggie because she is always too drunk.
Norm: It's bad to try to make someone relapse.
Situation: Reggie and Sandy are old friends, and Sandy is a recovering alcoholic.
Intention: Reggie wants to hang out with Sandy.
Moral consequence: Sandy stays sober, and she and Reggie hang out more often.
Immoral action: Reggie offers Sandy a drink, even though he knows about her alcoholic past.
Norm: You shouldn't dominate your kids-in-law.
Situation: Michael just married a woman whom has three children.
Intention: Michael wants the children to accept him as a father.
Moral action: Michael spends time getting to know the children, and is very forgiving at first when they break the rules.
Immoral consequence: Michael's wife disproves and ends up divorcing him.
Norm: You shouldn't dominate your kids-in-law.
Situation: Michael just married a woman whom has three children.
Intention: Michael wants the children to accept him as a father.
Moral consequence: The children begin to trust Michael and eventually start calling him father.
Immoral action: Michael is very strict and implements very draconian punishment system in hopes of earning the respect of the children.