CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to downvote posts just because they are new.
Situation: Stacy posted an awesome selfie on a subreddit but people are ignoring it in favor of newer posts.
Intention: Stacy wants people to see her post on the subreddit.
Moral action: Stacy start linking her Reddit post outside of Reddit so more people see it.
Immoral consequence: Reddit suspends Stacy for vote manipulation and Stacy feels ashamed.
Norm: It's wrong to downvote posts just because they are new.
Situation: Stacy posted an awesome selfie on a subreddit but people are ignoring it in favor of newer posts.
Intention: Stacy wants people to see her post on the subreddit.
Moral consequence: Stacy's post gets more views and Stacy feels satisfied.
Immoral action: Stacy starts downvoting newer posts so that her post is seen.
Norm: It's good to give a traumatized child a loving home.
Situation: Mary has been approved to be a foster parent and can foster children when she is ready.
Intention: Mary wants to decide if she is ready.
Moral action: Mary thinks of everything the children have probably been through and decides to open up her house and heart to foster children.
Immoral consequence: The children Mary would have provided a home to have to remain in an overcrowded group home.
Norm: It's good to give a traumatized child a loving home.
Situation: Mary has been approved to be a foster parent and can foster children when she is ready.
Intention: Mary wants to decide if she is ready.
Moral consequence: The children Mary fosters have a stable home for the first time in their lives.
Immoral action: Mary worries about the backgrounds of children she would foster and decides she will not accept any of them afterall.
Norm: It important to stay alive for your children.
Situation: Gale is an ill parent with cancer, and she's in great pain.
Intention: Gale wants her pain to go away.
Moral action: Gale asks the doctor to be put on stronger pain medications.
Immoral consequence: Gale's children are forced to live in foster care.
Norm: It important to stay alive for your children.
Situation: Gale is an ill parent with cancer, and she's in great pain.
Intention: Gale wants her pain to go away.
Moral consequence: Gale's children get to spend more time with their mother.
Immoral action: Gale gets into a car wreck without wearing a seat belt killing herself.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore your friends when they are over.
Situation: Hiroki is playing a trading card game with his friends when his mom in the other room asks him to help with some chores.
Intention: Hiroki wants to help his mom.
Moral action: Hiroki asks his friends to help him with the chores real quick.
Immoral consequence: Hiroki's friends take Hiroki's valuable trading cards and pretend to know nothing.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore your friends when they are over.
Situation: Hiroki is playing a trading card game with his friends when his mom in the other room asks him to help with some chores.
Intention: Hiroki wants to help his mom.
Moral consequence: Hiroki and his friends combine forces to get the chores done quickly.
Immoral action: Hiroki leaves his friends in the room and goes to help his mom with the chores.
Norm: It's unexpected that you'll yank someone's hair.
Situation: Luke is a fifth-grader with a big crush on his class' prettiest girl.
Intention: Luke wants his crush to notice him.
Moral action: Luke starts talking with his crush and tells her funny and surprising stories.
Immoral consequence: Luke's crush thinks he is an idiot.
Norm: It's unexpected that you'll yank someone's hair.
Situation: Luke is a fifth-grader with a big crush on his class' prettiest girl.
Intention: Luke wants his crush to notice him.
Moral consequence: Luke's crush thinks he is interesting and charming.
Immoral action: At recess, Luke approaches his crush and suddenly yanks her hair.
Norm: It is not okay to shame someone's mental health issues.
Situation: Gage is at a party with his bipolar friend Suzy.
Intention: Gage wants to entertain people.
Moral action: Gage asks Suzy to help him perform a comedy skit for everyone.
Immoral consequence: Suzy feels humiliated in front of strangers.
Norm: It is not okay to shame someone's mental health issues.
Situation: Gage is at a party with his bipolar friend Suzy.
Intention: Gage wants to entertain people.
Moral consequence: Suzy is approached by a director who was impressed by her acting in the skit.
Immoral action: Gage makes a joke about Suzy's bipolar disorder.
Norm: It's wrong to write people's essays for them.
Situation: Amy just started as a teacher at a new high school.
Intention: Amy wants her students to succeed.
Moral action: Amy encourages James to take time after school for extra help with his essay writing.
Immoral consequence: James passes the class unprepared and does not pass the next year.
Norm: It's wrong to write people's essays for them.
Situation: Amy just started as a teacher at a new high school.
Intention: Amy wants her students to succeed.
Moral consequence: James learns to write essays and passes all his writing classes through high school.
Immoral action: Amy re-writes James' essay for him since he will not pass if he does it himself.
Norm: It's wrong to be attracted to your future sister-in-law.
Situation: Jay is about to get married, but he thinks his fiance's sister is really attractive.
Intention: Jay wants to figure out how to handle this situation.
Moral action: Jay decides to leave his fiance's sister alone since he's in love with his fiance.
Immoral consequence: Jay could ruin his relationship with his fiance if she ever finds out.
Norm: It's wrong to be attracted to your future sister-in-law.
Situation: Jay is about to get married, but he thinks his fiance's sister is really attractive.
Intention: Jay wants to figure out how to handle this situation.
Moral consequence: Jay gets his priorities in order and focuses on what's important.
Immoral action: Jay decides to secretly have an affair with his fiance's sister.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore your neighbors.
Situation: Juliet is checking her mail when a neighbor waves at her.
Intention: Juliet wants to get her mail inside.
Moral action: Juliet waves and smiles at her neighbor before grabbing her mail and going back inside.
Immoral consequence: Juliet develops a reputation of being a rude person among the neighbors.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore your neighbors.
Situation: Juliet is checking her mail when a neighbor waves at her.
Intention: Juliet wants to get her mail inside.
Moral consequence: Juliet is seen as a friendly neighbor and her neighbor.
Immoral action: Juliet pretends she does not notice her neighbor's wave and just grabs her mail and goes back inside.
Norm: It's unusual to surround yourself with hate.
Situation: Ted is at a university club fair checking out the different clubs.
Intention: Ted wants to join a club.
Moral action: Ted joins a club whose mission is to tutor others students.
Immoral consequence: Ted becomes spiteful in dealing with other students.
Norm: It's unusual to surround yourself with hate.
Situation: Ted is at a university club fair checking out the different clubs.
Intention: Ted wants to join a club.
Moral consequence: Ted becomes a helpful tutor for other students.
Immoral action: Ted joins a club whose mission is to spread falsehoods about other student groups.
Norm: It's wise to check a hotel bed for bed bugs.
Situation: After a long late check in, Charles has just wheeled his suitcase into his hotel room in Las Vegas.
Intention: Charles wants to go to sleep.
Moral action: Charles takes the sheets off the bed and inspects the mattress before getting into bed.
Immoral consequence: Charles wakes up in the morning with bug bites all over his legs.
Norm: It's wise to check a hotel bed for bed bugs.
Situation: After a long late check in, Charles has just wheeled his suitcase into his hotel room in Las Vegas.
Intention: Charles wants to go to sleep.
Moral consequence: Charles has a good nights sleep and wakes up refreshed.
Immoral action: Charles get into his pajamas, pulls back the cover and crawls into bed.
Norm: It is attractive to use makeup to improve your appearance.
Situation: Holly is preparing for a date when she notices a huge breakout on her cheek.
Intention: Holly wants to look good for her date.
Moral action: Holly uses makeup to smooth out her appearance before getting ready.
Immoral consequence: Holly's self esteem plummets when she sees her breakout in the bright light of her car.
Norm: It is attractive to use makeup to improve your appearance.
Situation: Holly is preparing for a date when she notices a huge breakout on her cheek.
Intention: Holly wants to look good for her date.
Moral consequence: Holly is asked for another date next weekend.
Immoral action: Holly does her hair and puts on a nice dress before meeting her date.
Norm: It's wrong to date underage people.
Situation: Jeff was scrolling through potential dates on a dating app that he had just downloaded.
Intention: Jeff wants to get a date.
Moral action: Jeff asks a woman in her thirties if she would like to meet him for dinner.
Immoral consequence: Jeff is arrested and sent to jail for dating a minor.
Norm: It's wrong to date underage people.
Situation: Jeff was scrolling through potential dates on a dating app that he had just downloaded.
Intention: Jeff wants to get a date.
Moral consequence: The woman accepts Jeff's proposal, and they meet at a local restaurant.
Immoral action: Jeff asks a sixteen year old that he finds on the app if she wants to meet him.
Norm: It's wrong to criticize someone based on mental illness.
Situation: Mark is listening to a lecture and the professors asks what people think about a patient in a case study that suffers from anxiety.
Intention: Mark wants to answer the question.
Moral action: Mark comments that the patient should be accepted and helped.
Immoral consequence: The whole class is shocked that Mark is so rude.
Norm: It's wrong to criticize someone based on mental illness.
Situation: Mark is listening to a lecture and the professors asks what people think about a patient in a case study that suffers from anxiety.
Intention: Mark wants to answer the question.
Moral consequence: The class and professor know that Mark is an accepting person.
Immoral action: Mark says that the patient is a lazy person that just wants sympathy.
Norm: You should respect the schedules and privacy of neighbors.
Situation: It's midnight and Rachel's neighbors are sleeping, but she can't seem to herself, so she wants to exercise.
Intention: Rachel wants to play music.
Moral action: Rachel turns on her workout playlist  and listens in her headphones.
Immoral consequence: Rachel's neighbors wake up and pound on her door for her to knock off the racket.
Norm: You should respect the schedules and privacy of neighbors.
Situation: It's midnight and Rachel's neighbors are sleeping, but she can't seem to herself, so she wants to exercise.
Intention: Rachel wants to play music.
Moral consequence: Rachel's neighbors are able to sleep, and she is able to tire herself out.
Immoral action: Rachel turns on her workout playlist  through the speakers on her home theater.
Norm: It's helpful to provide assistance to a sibling.
Situation: Will wants his brother Carlton to help him move boxes while the soccer game is happening.
Intention: Carlton wants to keep up with the soccer game scores.
Moral action: Carlton listens to the game on the radio while he helps Will.
Immoral consequence: Will has to move the boxes all by himself all day long.
Norm: It's helpful to provide assistance to a sibling.
Situation: Will wants his brother Carlton to help him move boxes while the soccer game is happening.
Intention: Carlton wants to keep up with the soccer game scores.
Moral consequence: Will moves the boxes in only an hour with Carlton's help.
Immoral action: Carlton stays at home and watches the soccer game.
Norm: Spraying air freshener in someone else's space is rude.
Situation: Gary notices that his roommate in his apartment has some really bad breath.
Intention: Gary wants to help his roommate to have better breath.
Moral action: Gary offers a stick of cinnamon flavored gum to his roommate.
Immoral consequence: The air freshener burns the face and eyes of Gary's roommate.
Norm: Spraying air freshener in someone else's space is rude.
Situation: Gary notices that his roommate in his apartment has some really bad breath.
Intention: Gary wants to help his roommate to have better breath.
Moral consequence: Gary's roommate chews the gum and his breath starts to smell better.
Immoral action: Gary gets a can of air freshener and sprays it in his roommates face.
Norm: It's wrong to imprison a creature in a jar.
Situation: Kat is in her backyard and catches a lizard with her hands.
Intention: Kat wants to look at the lizard.
Moral action: Kat is gentle with the lizard and slowly opens her hands to look at it.
Immoral consequence: The lizard does not last long inside the jar and perishes.
Norm: It's wrong to imprison a creature in a jar.
Situation: Kat is in her backyard and catches a lizard with her hands.
Intention: Kat wants to look at the lizard.
Moral consequence: Kat gets a good look at the lizard before it jumps from her hand and scurries away to live out its life in the wild.
Immoral action: Kat grabs a jar and puts the lizard inside of it, so she can stare at it whenever she wants.
Norm: You shouldn't marry someone you aren't attracted to.
Situation: Joey is thinking about marrying Misty because of what her status would mean for his family.
Intention: Joey wants to decide to marry Misty or not.
Moral action: Joey decides that he wants to marry the girl he's actually attracted to.
Immoral consequence: Joey's family is happy for the connections but Joey himself is not.
Norm: You shouldn't marry someone you aren't attracted to.
Situation: Joey is thinking about marrying Misty because of what her status would mean for his family.
Intention: Joey wants to decide to marry Misty or not.
Moral consequence: Joey's family is upset but Joey couldn't be happier.
Immoral action: Joey decides to marry Misty for her status and importance regardless of attractiveness.
Norm: It is wrong to swear at someone.
Situation: Tyler goes around swearing at everyone because swearing is "cool".
Intention: Tyler wants to be "cool".
Moral action: Tyler decides that stuff that's cool on TV isn't necessarily cool in real life.
Immoral consequence: People don't like Tyler because he keeps swearing at them all.
Norm: It is wrong to swear at someone.
Situation: Tyler goes around swearing at everyone because swearing is "cool".
Intention: Tyler wants to be "cool".
Moral consequence: Tyler starts swearing a lot less at people.
Immoral action: Tyler keeps on swearing because that's what TV and the internet do.
Norm: It is good to be extremely educated and knowledgeable.
Situation: Hachi is in the doctor's office waiting for the results of her lab.
Intention: Hachi wants to do something.
Moral action: Haichi does research about her condition by reading magazines in the office.
Immoral consequence: Hachi struggles to understand what her doctor is telling her.
Norm: It is good to be extremely educated and knowledgeable.
Situation: Hachi is in the doctor's office waiting for the results of her lab.
Intention: Hachi wants to do something.
Moral consequence: Haichi is able to suggest cheaper treatment options to her doctor upon seeing her lab results.
Immoral action: Hachi plays games on her cell phone to pass the time.
Norm: You should always pay for things you buy.
Situation: Jack is at the electronics store and sees a graphics card he'd like to have.
Intention: Jack wants to acquire the graphics card.
Moral action: Jack takes the graphics card to the cashier and pays for it.
Immoral consequence: Jack will be banned from returning to the store.
Norm: You should always pay for things you buy.
Situation: Jack is at the electronics store and sees a graphics card he'd like to have.
Intention: Jack wants to acquire the graphics card.
Moral consequence: Jack will be able to use the graphics card in his computer.
Immoral action: Jack takes the graphics card and runs out of the store without paying for it.
Norm: It's is illegal to cruelly kill animals.
Situation: Hillary is laying in bed trying to go to sleep but can't because of the neighbor's dog barking.
Intention: Hillary wants to quieten the dog.
Moral action: Hillary gives her neighbors a call about the noisy dog, and they bring the dog inside their home.
Immoral consequence: Hillary is arrested for animal cruelty and sent to jail for her crime.
Norm: It's is illegal to cruelly kill animals.
Situation: Hillary is laying in bed trying to go to sleep but can't because of the neighbor's dog barking.
Intention: Hillary wants to quieten the dog.
Moral consequence: Hillary gets some much needed beauty sleep in the peaceful night.
Immoral action: Hillary pulls out her pistol from the nightstand and goes outside and shoots the noisy dog.
Norm: People should be able to govern themselves as they choose.
Situation: George is the leader of a country and at a government meeting.
Intention: George wants to decide how to lead his people.
Moral action: George decides his only purpose should be to ensure the will of the people is upheld.
Immoral consequence: George's people grow to resent him and eventually rebel.
Norm: People should be able to govern themselves as they choose.
Situation: George is the leader of a country and at a government meeting.
Intention: George wants to decide how to lead his people.
Moral consequence: The people of George's country prosper, and he is held in high regard.
Immoral action: George decides that his people just comply with his every whim.
Norm: Celebrating with family is encouraged to keep familial bonds strong.
Situation: Bradley wrote a book and received a prestigious award for it.
Intention: Bradley wants to celebrate his award.
Moral action: Bradley goes out to dinner at a restaurant with family members.
Immoral consequence: Bradley will have no one to talk to about his award.
Norm: Celebrating with family is encouraged to keep familial bonds strong.
Situation: Bradley wrote a book and received a prestigious award for it.
Intention: Bradley wants to celebrate his award.
Moral consequence: Bradley will be able to talk about his award with his family members.
Immoral action: Bradley goes out to dinner at a restaurant by himself.
Norm: It's foolish to press your luck.
Situation: Sam is having a good time gambling at the local casino and is on quite a roll at the roulette table.
Intention: Sam wants to bring home some winnings from the casino.
Moral action: Sam cashes in half of his chips and continues to play with the other half of them.
Immoral consequence: Sam eventually loses a round and all of his money is gone.
Norm: It's foolish to press your luck.
Situation: Sam is having a good time gambling at the local casino and is on quite a roll at the roulette table.
Intention: Sam wants to bring home some winnings from the casino.
Moral consequence: Sam banks a decent amount of money from his night at the casino gambling.
Immoral action: Sam continues to place bet after bet with all the chips he has in front of him.
Norm: Its wrong to physically hit a relative.
Situation: Jonah is at his brother Al's house in the summer and Al pulls a prank on Jonah by soaking him with a water balloon.
Intention: Jonah wants to react to being soaked.
Moral action: Jonah tells Al that he got him this time but that he better watch out Jonah will get him back.
Immoral consequence: Al is shocked that Jonah would resort to violence and cowers in fear of being hit again.
Norm: Its wrong to physically hit a relative.
Situation: Jonah is at his brother Al's house in the summer and Al pulls a prank on Jonah by soaking him with a water balloon.
Intention: Jonah wants to react to being soaked.
Moral consequence: Al laughs along with Jonah and tells him that he looks forward to seeing what Jonah will come up with in retaliation.
Immoral action: Jonah runs up to Al and swings his fist into Al's face, knocking Al to the ground.
Norm: It is rude to smoke in someone's home.
Situation: Jeremy is over at his friend Nick's house when he feels a craving for nicotine.
Intention: Jeremy wants to smoke a cigarette.
Moral action: Jeremy tells Nick he has to go outside to have a cigarette.
Immoral consequence: Nick will kick Jeremy out of his house and tell him he smells.
Norm: It is rude to smoke in someone's home.
Situation: Jeremy is over at his friend Nick's house when he feels a craving for nicotine.
Intention: Jeremy wants to smoke a cigarette.
Moral consequence: Nick will think Jeremy is considerate of his house and space.
Immoral action: Jeremy lights up a cigarette in his friend Nick's house.
Norm: It's rude to try to make customers leave.
Situation: Rudy is the manager of a Costco, and people want to come into the store without wearing masks.
Intention: Rudy wants to come up with a compromise.
Moral action: Rudy buys a bunch of masks that he can give to customers that arrive without a mask.
Immoral consequence: The customers will be less likely to ever come back to the store.
Norm: It's rude to try to make customers leave.
Situation: Rudy is the manager of a Costco, and people want to come into the store without wearing masks.
Intention: Rudy wants to come up with a compromise.
Moral consequence: The customers cannot be mad if they're not allowed inside when they're given a mask.
Immoral action: Rudy tells the customers to go home if they're not willing to put on a mask.
Norm: It's good to tip well.
Situation: Jim finishes at a restaurant and is ready to pay.
Intention: Jim wants to pay and tip at the restruant.
Moral action: Jim tips a rather large amount of money for his meal.
Immoral consequence: Jim comes back and receives pretty much the same service he did before.
Norm: It's good to tip well.
Situation: Jim finishes at a restaurant and is ready to pay.
Intention: Jim wants to pay and tip at the restruant.
Moral consequence: Jim comes back and receives much better service than he did before.
Immoral action: Jim tips $1 seeing as how he only ordered a $10 meal.