CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It is good to clean up accidents.
Situation: Aaron is a waiter working at a restaurant and drops a tray full of drinks among the tables.
Intention: Aaron wants to deal with the mess he created.
Moral action: Aaron grabs a mop, cleans up the water, and picks up the glass, then returns to work.
Immoral consequence: Customers complain about the unsightly mess in plain view among the tables.
Norm: It is good to clean up accidents.
Situation: Aaron is a waiter working at a restaurant and drops a tray full of drinks among the tables.
Intention: Aaron wants to deal with the mess he created.
Moral consequence: The aisles are clean and the customers enjoy the clean atmosphere.
Immoral action: Aaron places a "Caution: Wet Floor" sign near the spilled drinks and broken glass, then goes back to work.
Norm: It is rude to touch other people's things.
Situation: Aubrey is visiting her friend's Jason, whom has just made a statue.
Intention: Aubrey wants to appreciate Jason's statue.
Moral action: Aubrey observes the statue up close.
Immoral consequence: The statue tips over and breaks.
Norm: It is rude to touch other people's things.
Situation: Aubrey is visiting her friend's Jason, whom has just made a statue.
Intention: Aubrey wants to appreciate Jason's statue.
Moral consequence: Aubrey is taken in by the art of the statue.
Immoral action: Aubrey touches Jason's crafted statue.
Norm: Is it good to be kind to your neighbors
Situation: Clint's neighbors are not big on yard maintenance and rarely mow the lawn in front of their house.
Intention: Clint wants his neighborhood to look neat and tidy.
Moral action: Clint encourages his neighbors to mow their lawn more regularly and gets them excited about being part of a neighborhood effort.
Immoral consequence: Clint's neighbors feels bullied and unhappy about their relationship with him.
Norm: Is it good to be kind to your neighbors
Situation: Clint's neighbors are not big on yard maintenance and rarely mow the lawn in front of their house.
Intention: Clint wants his neighborhood to look neat and tidy.
Moral consequence: Clint's neighbors feel included and proactive.
Immoral action: Clint brusquely tells his neighbors to mow their lawn and keeps at it until they do it.
Norm: It's wrong to kiss your relative.
Situation: Mark is drunk at a party with his friends and his sister.
Intention: Mark wants to kiss someone.
Moral action: Mark leans over and kisses his girlfriend who is sitting on the couch with him.
Immoral consequence: Mark's sister slaps him across the face and his friends all start to laugh at him.
Norm: It's wrong to kiss your relative.
Situation: Mark is drunk at a party with his friends and his sister.
Intention: Mark wants to kiss someone.
Moral consequence: Mark's girlfriend kisses him back and asks him if he wants to dance with her.
Immoral action: Mark leans over and tries to kiss his sister who is on the couch with him.
Norm: It's nice to help seniors.
Situation: Upon walking into the lobby of the apartment building where she lives, Amanda sees her elderly neighbor Lois struggling to pick up groceries in front of the elevator.
Intention: Amanda wants to get to her apartment.
Moral action: Amanda helps Lois pick up her groceries, and they both ride the elevator up to their floor.
Immoral consequence: Other tenets that had just entered the lobby saw Amanda avoid helping, and so they spread the word around the building about how awful she was.
Norm: It's nice to help seniors.
Situation: Upon walking into the lobby of the apartment building where she lives, Amanda sees her elderly neighbor Lois struggling to pick up groceries in front of the elevator.
Intention: Amanda wants to get to her apartment.
Moral consequence: Lois is very thankful for Amanda's help and later brings her some of her delicious homemade apple pie as a reward.
Immoral action: Amanda avoids Lois and the fallen groceries that are blocking access to the elevator and instead takes the stairs to get to her apartment.
Norm: It is bad to melt down in front of others.
Situation: Tyler is trying to impress his boss and earn a promotion at work but is having a very frustrating day.
Intention: Tyler wants to vent his frustration.
Moral action: Tyler takes a break, goes out to the privacy of his car, and screams, cries, and pounds on the steering wheel.
Immoral consequence: Tyler's boss overhears Tyler's tantrum and decides he's not mature enough to receive a promotion.
Norm: It is bad to melt down in front of others.
Situation: Tyler is trying to impress his boss and earn a promotion at work but is having a very frustrating day.
Intention: Tyler wants to vent his frustration.
Moral consequence: Tyler's boss looks at Tyler's recent work and decides he's worthy of a promotion.
Immoral action: Tyler breaks down and begins screaming and crying in his cubicle.
Norm: It's kind to show compassion to a grieving person.
Situation: Ken's neighbor Monique is distraught because her husband and child just died in a car accident.
Intention: Ken wants to visit with someone.
Moral action: Ken goes to visit Monique and talks to her about how she's feeling.
Immoral consequence: Monique is all alone and overcome with sadness, and tries to kill herself by swallowing a bottle of pills.
Norm: It's kind to show compassion to a grieving person.
Situation: Ken's neighbor Monique is distraught because her husband and child just died in a car accident.
Intention: Ken wants to visit with someone.
Moral consequence: Monique feels supported and gets catharsis from sharing with Ken how devastated she is.
Immoral action: Ken goes to see a male friend and spends the day watching sports.
Norm: It is ok to encourage people to be healthy.
Situation: Zach needs to give a beneficial talk at work and is thinking of topics to speak about.
Intention: Zach wants to choose a topic.
Moral action: Zach chooses to talk about healthy eating and how it improves work.
Immoral consequence: Zach's audience are adults and already have a good sense of who they are, so they are bored.
Norm: It is ok to encourage people to be healthy.
Situation: Zach needs to give a beneficial talk at work and is thinking of topics to speak about.
Intention: Zach wants to choose a topic.
Moral consequence: A few people decide to eat better, leading to an increase in productivity.
Immoral action: Zach chooses to talk about finding your true self.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about the quality of your food.
Situation: Jamie is out having dinner at a nice restaurant.
Intention: Jamie wants a discount on her dinner bill.
Moral action: Jamie asks the waiter if the restaurant offers any discounts.
Immoral consequence: The restaurant involves the police, who make Jamie pay her bill.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about the quality of your food.
Situation: Jamie is out having dinner at a nice restaurant.
Intention: Jamie wants a discount on her dinner bill.
Moral consequence: The waiter signs Jamie up for their email list which allows a discount on your first meal.
Immoral action: After finishing dinner, Jamie tells the waiter that the food was terrible and refuses to pay her bill.
Norm: You shouldn't like being used.
Situation: Mike, who often hits up Frank for favors and never repays him asks Frank once again to drive him to the next town over.
Intention: Frank wants to respond to Mike's request.
Moral action: Frank tells Mike that he's had enough and that if Mike wants a ride he can either pay him a couple hundred bucks or take a bus.
Immoral consequence: Mike continues to use Frank and never learns that he's actually a horrible element in Frank's otherwise good life.
Norm: You shouldn't like being used.
Situation: Mike, who often hits up Frank for favors and never repays him asks Frank once again to drive him to the next town over.
Intention: Frank wants to respond to Mike's request.
Moral consequence: Mike is shocked but realizes he's been abusing his friendship with Frank and taking advantage of him and vows to stop.
Immoral action: Frank tells Mike that it's no problem as usual and that he'd be glad to drop him off wherever he wants.
Norm: It's good to look beautiful for your prom.
Situation: Brenda wants to attend the prom, but she can't afford a nice dress.
Intention: Brenda needs a dress.
Moral action: Brenda buys some materials at a craft store transforming one of her plain black dresses into something fancy.
Immoral consequence: Brenda is made fun of by the other teens for her dated fashion.
Norm: It's good to look beautiful for your prom.
Situation: Brenda wants to attend the prom, but she can't afford a nice dress.
Intention: Brenda needs a dress.
Moral consequence: Brenda's outfit makes her win the best dressed award at the end of the school year.
Immoral action: Brenda borrows her mother's old prom dress.
Norm: It's good to make sure you don't upset your partner.
Situation: Lisa loves dogs and cats, but her girlfriend Sandra is allergic to pet dander.
Intention: Lisa wants to get a dog as a pet.
Moral action: Lisa tells Sandra she wants to get a dog, but she understands if Sandra does not want to get one.
Immoral consequence: Sandra's allergies flare up and the two argue about the dog.
Norm: It's good to make sure you don't upset your partner.
Situation: Lisa loves dogs and cats, but her girlfriend Sandra is allergic to pet dander.
Intention: Lisa wants to get a dog as a pet.
Moral consequence: Lisa and Sandra look up hypoallergenic dog breeds and find a reputable dog breeder together.
Immoral action: Lisa secretly adopts a golden retriever from the local pound and surprises Sandra.
Norm: Putting restrictions on what a roommate can cook is dramatic.
Situation: Blackwell hates the smell of cooked pepers, and he notices Amanda about to cook them.
Intention: Blackwell wants to escape the smell.
Moral action: Blackwell spends the afternoon outside in the park.
Immoral consequence: Blackwell has a headache when Amanda cooks more peppers to spite him.
Norm: Putting restrictions on what a roommate can cook is dramatic.
Situation: Blackwell hates the smell of cooked pepers, and he notices Amanda about to cook them.
Intention: Blackwell wants to escape the smell.
Moral consequence: Blackwell feels closer to nature after a long walk.
Immoral action: Blackwell demands that Amanda cook something else as he tosses the peppers in the trash.
Norm: It's wrong to date your therapist.
Situation: Bill is a married man who starts to develop romantic feelings for his therapist.
Intention: Bill wants to decide what to do about his feelings.
Moral action: Bill thanks his therapist for her service and begins using a different one going forward.
Immoral consequence: Bill's wife eventually finds out about his affair with the therapist and divorces him.
Norm: It's wrong to date your therapist.
Situation: Bill is a married man who starts to develop romantic feelings for his therapist.
Intention: Bill wants to decide what to do about his feelings.
Moral consequence: Bill gets over his past feelings and maintains a strong and loving relationship with his wife.
Immoral action: Bill confesses his feelings to his therapist, and they begin a secret romantic relationship.
Norm: It's okay to have dreams.
Situation: Charlie is having nightmares about doing horrible things to people and is upset by them.
Intention: Charlie wants to avoid the emotional pain from the nightmares.
Moral action: Charlie sees a therapist about the nightmares, who teaches him that dreams don't affect us.
Immoral consequence: Charlie falls asleep at random points in the day and his work suffers.
Norm: It's okay to have dreams.
Situation: Charlie is having nightmares about doing horrible things to people and is upset by them.
Intention: Charlie wants to avoid the emotional pain from the nightmares.
Moral consequence: Charlie has the nightmares but can now deal with them properly.
Immoral action: Charlie refuses to sleep so that he doesn't have dreams or nightmares to worry about.
Norm: It is good to think before you act.
Situation: Henry wants to change his job because he does not like his supervisor, but the job market is bad.
Intention: Henry wants to make a decision regarding his job.
Moral action: Henry admits his mistake and agrees to improve while at the same time searching for a new job for a change.
Immoral consequence: Henry is stuck at not being able to find a new job for a long time.
Norm: It is good to think before you act.
Situation: Henry wants to change his job because he does not like his supervisor, but the job market is bad.
Intention: Henry wants to make a decision regarding his job.
Moral consequence: Henry feels secure and does not need to worry about financial instability.
Immoral action: Henry resigns from his job immediately after being blamed for a work mistake by his supervisor.
Norm: It is good to stand up for your pets.
Situation: Jacky is petting her dog while her roommate Arnold insists that the dog chewed on shoes.
Intention: Jacky wants to make Arnold happy.
Moral action: Jacky makes a joke about her dog being unable to chew on things left in Andrew's room.
Immoral consequence: Andrew continues to blame Jacky's dog for everything wrong in the house.
Norm: It is good to stand up for your pets.
Situation: Jacky is petting her dog while her roommate Arnold insists that the dog chewed on shoes.
Intention: Jacky wants to make Arnold happy.
Moral consequence: Andrew realizes that Jacky is right, and he offers to start taking the dog out on walks.
Immoral action: Jacky scolds her dog and agrees to keep her dog in a kennel while she's not in the room.
Norm: It's wrong to joke about 9/11.
Situation: Bambi is about to perform a dark comedy routine at a club.
Intention: Bambi wants to make people laugh.
Moral action: Bambi tells a satiric story about fighting over her grandmother's will with her distant relatives.
Immoral consequence: Bambi is roasted on social media for her off base humor.
Norm: It's wrong to joke about 9/11.
Situation: Bambi is about to perform a dark comedy routine at a club.
Intention: Bambi wants to make people laugh.
Moral consequence: The owner gives Bambi a bonus payment for her creativity.
Immoral action: Bambi creates a knock knock joke about terrorism and the world trade center.
Norm: It's bad not to wear a swimsuit to the pool
Situation: It's ninety degrees outside, and an overheated Beth is picking up her sister at the pool.
Intention: Beth wants to cool off.
Moral action: Beth buys a cold bottle of water and some ice cream from the food court.
Immoral consequence: Beth's clothes turn weird colors from the pool water.
Norm: It's bad not to wear a swimsuit to the pool
Situation: It's ninety degrees outside, and an overheated Beth is picking up her sister at the pool.
Intention: Beth wants to cool off.
Moral consequence: Beth befriends attractive person making her ice cream.
Immoral action: Beth jumps into the pool in her normal attire.
Norm: It's immoral to betray your partner's trust.
Situation: Jack's friends invite him to go on a guys' night out and his girlfriend admonishes him not to do something that would damage their relationship.
Intention: Jack wants to go out with his friends.
Moral action: Jack goes out with his friends but doesn't pursue any women while they're out.
Immoral consequence: Jack's girlfriend is devastated when she learns that he kissed another girl.
Norm: It's immoral to betray your partner's trust.
Situation: Jack's friends invite him to go on a guys' night out and his girlfriend admonishes him not to do something that would damage their relationship.
Intention: Jack wants to go out with his friends.
Moral consequence: Jack's girlfriend is happy that she can trust Jack to be true to her.
Immoral action: Jack goes to a bar with his friends and ends up making out with a girl he met there.
Norm: You should always help out your boss.
Situation: Tom has been working for his company a few years and has not yet received a promotion.
Intention: Tom wants to impress his boss.
Moral action: Tom works extra hard and helps his boss out whenever there is an opportunity to do so.
Immoral consequence: Despite his efforts Tom's boss is not impressed and Tom is not promoted.
Norm: You should always help out your boss.
Situation: Tom has been working for his company a few years and has not yet received a promotion.
Intention: Tom wants to impress his boss.
Moral consequence: Tom's boss recognizes his hard work and determination and rewards Tom with a promotion.
Immoral action: Tom starts dressing very nicely and showering his boss with compliments whenever possible.
Norm: It's good to water your plants.
Situation: Tamlin is trying to grow some roses in her flower bed.
Intention: Tamlin wants to give her mother roses for her birthday.
Moral action: Tamlin waters and weeds the plants in her flowerbed, and the roses grow strong and beautiful.
Immoral consequence: Tamlin has to buy roses from a florist for her mother's birthday.
Norm: It's good to water your plants.
Situation: Tamlin is trying to grow some roses in her flower bed.
Intention: Tamlin wants to give her mother roses for her birthday.
Moral consequence: Tamlin give her mother a brithday present of dozen roses that she grew herself.
Immoral action: Tamlin forgets to water the flower bed, and the plants droop and look sickly.
Norm: It's not okay to be obsessed with doing childish things.
Situation: Before going to the grocery store, Bill goes to the toy store to look for action figures to add to his toy collection.
Intention: Bill wants to buy some new action figures.
Moral action: Bill only buys two action figures at the toy store.
Immoral consequence: Bill has no money left for food.
Norm: It's not okay to be obsessed with doing childish things.
Situation: Before going to the grocery store, Bill goes to the toy store to look for action figures to add to his toy collection.
Intention: Bill wants to buy some new action figures.
Moral consequence: Bill has money left over to spend at the grocery store.
Immoral action: Bill spends his entire paycheck at the toy store.
Norm: It's wrong to dictate how people should organize their wedding.
Situation: Miranda is helping her daughter Natasha plan her wedding.
Intention: Miranda wants Natasha's wedding to be special.
Moral action: Miranda acts as Natasha's assistant giving her tips along the way.
Immoral consequence: While Natasha's wedding is spectacular, Natasha is unhappy with the results.
Norm: It's wrong to dictate how people should organize their wedding.
Situation: Miranda is helping her daughter Natasha plan her wedding.
Intention: Miranda wants Natasha's wedding to be special.
Moral consequence: Natasha shares a tearful thank you hug with Miranda before the wedding.
Immoral action: Miranda micromanages the entire process and invites a musical act Natasha hates to perform at the reception.
Norm: Its not okay to be a bad friend.
Situation: Jeff's friend needed some money for lunch since his family has been struggling.
Intention: Jeff wanted to help his friend in some way.
Moral action: Jeff gave his friend all of the money on him and asked others for money as well.
Immoral consequence: Jeff's friend likes Jeff less, and he has to starve for the rest of the day.
Norm: Its not okay to be a bad friend.
Situation: Jeff's friend needed some money for lunch since his family has been struggling.
Intention: Jeff wanted to help his friend in some way.
Moral consequence: Jeff's friend gains trust in Jeff, and he doesn't have to starve.
Immoral action: Jeff promises his friend that he could have Jeff's leftovers, but Jeff never had any.
Norm: You shouldn't call your parents racist.
Situation: Sally is watching TV news with her parents and the news mentions BLM and Sally's dad says they're misguided people.
Intention: Sally wants to respond to her dad's statement about BLM.
Moral action: Sally tells her dad that they're not misguided and that he can't understand them if he's not black.
Immoral consequence: Sally's dad is stunned that she's accusing him of such evil just because he said one thing.
Norm: You shouldn't call your parents racist.
Situation: Sally is watching TV news with her parents and the news mentions BLM and Sally's dad says they're misguided people.
Intention: Sally wants to respond to her dad's statement about BLM.
Moral consequence: Sally's father backs off from his statement and tells her that she's right and that he has a lot to learn still.
Immoral action: Sally stands up and shouts at her dad that he's a racist idiot and that she can't be around him anymore and leaves.
Norm: It's reprehensible to want to own slaves.
Situation: Mr. Tucket owned a large plantation with many cabins and shelters and often lost money because of labor shortages.
Intention: Mr. Tucket wants to find a reliable labor source.
Moral action: Mr. Tucket decides to rent the cabins and shelters each would have a person working year round for rent.
Immoral consequence: The community shuns Mr. Tucket, and he loses more money because no one will buy, sell or trade with him now.
Norm: It's reprehensible to want to own slaves.
Situation: Mr. Tucket owned a large plantation with many cabins and shelters and often lost money because of labor shortages.
Intention: Mr. Tucket wants to find a reliable labor source.
Moral consequence: Mr. Tucket is seen  as progressive and compassionate gaining him a say in town matters.
Immoral action: Mr. Tucket decides to buy slaves they would have to stay and work with no pay.
Norm: It's good to try to fix something that is broken.
Situation: Ron is working on his laptop when the screen suddenly goes blank.
Intention: Ron wants to have a working laptop.
Moral action: Ron gets some tools and a new screen, then repairs the laptop himself.
Immoral consequence: Ron has to pay $800 for the new laptop.
Norm: It's good to try to fix something that is broken.
Situation: Ron is working on his laptop when the screen suddenly goes blank.
Intention: Ron wants to have a working laptop.
Moral consequence: Ron gets the computer working and only spends $150.
Immoral action: Ron junks the laptop and buys a new one.
Norm: It's good to read books that you enjoy.
Situation: On her lunch break Addison walks into the break room with a book in her hands.
Intention: Addison wants to do something fun on her lunch break.
Moral action: Addison reads a couple of chapters in her favorite book.
Immoral consequence: Addison goes to work lacking intellectual stimulation.
Norm: It's good to read books that you enjoy.
Situation: On her lunch break Addison walks into the break room with a book in her hands.
Intention: Addison wants to do something fun on her lunch break.
Moral consequence: Addison befriends another one of her coworkers after they make a comment on her book.
Immoral action: Addison plays some games on her favorite games on her mobile phone.
Norm: It's wrong to worry your partner.
Situation: Janet went out shopping, and she told her husband Dan she will be home before 7:00.
Intention: Janet wants to continue shopping past 7:00.
Moral action: Janet calls Dan and tells him that she will be a little late, then she continues shopping.
Immoral consequence: Dan is at home worried since Janet is not on time.
Norm: It's wrong to worry your partner.
Situation: Janet went out shopping, and she told her husband Dan she will be home before 7:00.
Intention: Janet wants to continue shopping past 7:00.
Moral consequence: Dan tells Janet thanks for letting him know because he would be worried.
Immoral action: Janet keeps shopping and doesn't let Dan know she'll be late.
Norm: You shouldn't share your deepest and darkest secrets online.
Situation: Ed is in a chatroom and is chatting with some of the other people there.
Intention: Ed wants to share some personal details of his life.
Moral action: Ed shares about his love for raising chickens, a strange hobby for a man, and shows photos.
Immoral consequence: One person in the chatroom records the conversation and notifies the police, who track Ed down.
Norm: You shouldn't share your deepest and darkest secrets online.
Situation: Ed is in a chatroom and is chatting with some of the other people there.
Intention: Ed wants to share some personal details of his life.
Moral consequence: Other people in the chatroom get an appreciation for raising chickens.
Immoral action: Ed shares the fact that he's committed several crimes and yet was never caught.