CHAMP12154/moral_stories huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's disgusting to spy on people.
Situation: Kyle has a big crush on a girl in his neighborhood, but she doesn't know yet.
Intention: Kyle wants to get closer to the girl.
Moral consequence: The girl likes Kyle immediately and feels closer to him.
Immoral action: Kyle spies on the girl and tracks her every movement to learn more about her.
Norm: You should always support your aging parents.
Situation: Quinton is always tired after work, but his parents need to have their lawn mowed because they are too old to do it themselves.
Intention: Quinton wants to take a rest.
Moral action: Quinton hires someone to mow his parents' lawn, so he can rest.
Immoral consequence: The lawn grows out of control, and Quinton's parents have to hire a landscaper.
Norm: You should always support your aging parents.
Situation: Quinton is always tired after work, but his parents need to have their lawn mowed because they are too old to do it themselves.
Intention: Quinton wants to take a rest.
Moral consequence: Quinton's parents' lawn gets cut, they don't have to pay for it, and Quinton can still rest after work.
Immoral action: Quinton takes a nap and watches TV shows after work.
Norm: You shouldn't live your life pleasing people.
Situation: Jeff is exhausted after working an extra shift when his friend asks him to come and help move furniture.
Intention: Jeff wants to respond to his friends request.
Moral action: Jeff explains how tired he is and offers to help another day.
Immoral consequence: Jeff is so tired he has a hard time focusing at work the following day.
Norm: You shouldn't live your life pleasing people.
Situation: Jeff is exhausted after working an extra shift when his friend asks him to come and help move furniture.
Intention: Jeff wants to respond to his friends request.
Moral consequence: Jeff is able to get some much needed rest.
Immoral action: Jeff doesn't want to disappoint his friend, so he agress to help with the furniture move.
Norm: It's wrong to exclude your friends from outings.
Situation: Sam decided to plan for a trip to Disney World with friends.
Intention: Sam wants to decide on who to invite.
Moral action: Sam chooses to invite every single one of his friend to the Disney World trip and does not fail.
Immoral consequence: The one friend that Sam forgot to invite is peeved and takes it up with Sam.
Norm: It's wrong to exclude your friends from outings.
Situation: Sam decided to plan for a trip to Disney World with friends.
Intention: Sam wants to decide on who to invite.
Moral consequence: Sam has an absolute blast at Disney World with his friends.
Immoral action: Sam decides to invite all of his friends but forgets to invite one.
Norm: Social media is expected to be misleading.
Situation: Matt heard something about a bombing in Pakistan and wanted to learn more about it.
Intention: Matt wanted to know who or what caused the bomb.
Moral action: Matt opens the New York Times website and looks for an article on it.
Immoral consequence: Matt still doesn't know what happened and doesn't know what's true and what's not.
Norm: Social media is expected to be misleading.
Situation: Matt heard something about a bombing in Pakistan and wanted to learn more about it.
Intention: Matt wanted to know who or what caused the bomb.
Moral consequence: Matt is informed of everything that is there to be known about the bombing.
Immoral action: Matt goes on Facebook and sees his family posting links about the bombing from weird websites.
Norm: It's impolite to make rude comments.
Situation: Tom is at an art exhibition.
Intention: Tom wants to discuss the art.
Moral action: Tom turns to the person next to him and asks what they think the painting means.
Immoral consequence: The person next to him turns out to be the artist and is very offended.
Norm: It's impolite to make rude comments.
Situation: Tom is at an art exhibition.
Intention: Tom wants to discuss the art.
Moral consequence: The person next to Tom says that he is the artist and describes the meaning of his art.
Immoral action: Tom turns to the person next to him and says that the art is ugly.
Norm: It is kind to share your insight with your neighbors.
Situation: Phil is chatting with his neighbor when he notices a fast growing and intrusive weed on his neighbor's lawn.
Intention: Phil wants to choose a topic to chat about.
Moral action: Phil mentions the weed and that is should be removed immediately.
Immoral consequence: Phil's neighbor will have a large weed infestation in their lawn.
Norm: It is kind to share your insight with your neighbors.
Situation: Phil is chatting with his neighbor when he notices a fast growing and intrusive weed on his neighbor's lawn.
Intention: Phil wants to choose a topic to chat about.
Moral consequence: Phil's neighbor will have their weed problem taken care of.
Immoral action: Phil mentions the recent sports game and not the weed.
Norm: It's expected that parents be diligent in watching their children.
Situation: Amy is very busy with her career so it's been hard for her spend time with her kids.
Intention: Amy wants her kids to be taken care of.
Moral action: Amy spends less time at work so that she can see her kids more.
Immoral consequence: The nanny is too busy to look after her kids so the kids are not fully taken care of.
Norm: It's expected that parents be diligent in watching their children.
Situation: Amy is very busy with her career so it's been hard for her spend time with her kids.
Intention: Amy wants her kids to be taken care of.
Moral consequence: Amy's kids feel safer knowing that Amy is looking after them.
Immoral action: Amy hires a nanny to look after her kids, because she's too busy.
Norm: It's good to give people rides home.
Situation: Josh is leaving from work when he realizes that his coworkers car has broken down on her.
Intention: Josh wants to go home.
Moral action: Josh offers to drop his coworker off at her home on his way home.
Immoral consequence: Josh's coworker has to wait two hours for someone to have to pick her up.
Norm: It's good to give people rides home.
Situation: Josh is leaving from work when he realizes that his coworkers car has broken down on her.
Intention: Josh wants to go home.
Moral consequence: Josh's coworker is able to wait at her home for someone to pick her up and see about her car.
Immoral action: Josh drives home and doesn't worry about his coworker who was standing outside.
Norm: It's good to help a homeless family member.
Situation: Roger is driving sees a family member that is homeless on the street.
Intention: Roger wants to react to seeing that family member.
Moral action: Roger stops his car and takes his homeless family member to his house to stay.
Immoral consequence: Roger's family member will continue living on the street.
Norm: It's good to help a homeless family member.
Situation: Roger is driving sees a family member that is homeless on the street.
Intention: Roger wants to react to seeing that family member.
Moral consequence: Roger's family member will have a place to stay.
Immoral action: Roger turns his car and drives away from his homeless family member.
Norm: It's wrong to sniff your dog's poop.
Situation: Leon notices there is some blood in his dog's stool.
Intention: Leon wants to figure out what's wrong with it.
Moral action: Leon bags the poop on the way back to the house to take to the vet.
Immoral consequence: Leon slips landing face first right into it, getting it all over.
Norm: It's wrong to sniff your dog's poop.
Situation: Leon notices there is some blood in his dog's stool.
Intention: Leon wants to figure out what's wrong with it.
Moral consequence: The vet looks at it, examines Leon's dog and manages to diagnose and cure it.
Immoral action: Leon bends down to take a whiff to see if he can smell sickness.
Norm: It's bad to be too busy for your family.
Situation: Fred has a heavy work load and his kids ask him to watch a movie with them.
Intention: Fred wants to respond to his kids.
Moral action: Fred tells his kids he can watch a movie with them.
Immoral consequence: Fred's kills will be disappointed.
Norm: It's bad to be too busy for your family.
Situation: Fred has a heavy work load and his kids ask him to watch a movie with them.
Intention: Fred wants to respond to his kids.
Moral consequence: Fred's kids will enjoy a movie with their father.
Immoral action: Fred tells his kids that he has too much work, and they can watch a movie another time.
Norm: You shouldn't overreact in situations.
Situation: Lawrence is cooking bacon on the stove top in his kitchen when the bacon catches fire.
Intention: Lawrence wants to respond to the fire.
Moral action: Lawrence removes the pan from the stove top and contains it.
Immoral consequence: The fire is not contained and spreads to other rooms in Lawrence's house.
Norm: You shouldn't overreact in situations.
Situation: Lawrence is cooking bacon on the stove top in his kitchen when the bacon catches fire.
Intention: Lawrence wants to respond to the fire.
Moral consequence: The fire is put out and does not spread to the rest of Lawrence's house.
Immoral action: Lawrence runs out of the kitchen and says the house will burn down.
Norm: It's encouraged to be generous with others.
Situation: Elizabeth is a small business owner on a tight budget and is taking a prospective financial backer out to lunch to try to convince him to invest in her business.
Intention: Elizabeth wants to make a good impression to the investor.
Moral action: Elizabeth uses her limited to funds to buy an average cost lunch for them, but that enables her to leave a large tip for the waitress.
Immoral consequence: The investor sees how poorly she rewarded the waitress and decides Elizabeth is not the kind of person he wants to invest in.
Norm: It's encouraged to be generous with others.
Situation: Elizabeth is a small business owner on a tight budget and is taking a prospective financial backer out to lunch to try to convince him to invest in her business.
Intention: Elizabeth wants to make a good impression to the investor.
Moral consequence: The investor sees how well Elizabeth rewarded the waitress and decides that Elizabeth is the kind of person he wants to invest his money in.
Immoral action: Elizabeth uses her limited funds to buy an expensive lunch for them, but this requires her to leave a very small tip for the waitress.
Norm: It's bad to take advantage of your parents' generosity.
Situation: Laurel's parents agreed to let her use their credit card to shop for some new school supplies.
Intention: Laurel wants to buy a new cell phone in addition to her basic school supplies.
Moral action: Laurel buys the school supplies with the credit card and puts the cell phone on her own debit card instead.
Immoral consequence: Laurel gets scolded by her parents for buying the cell phone without asking first.
Norm: It's bad to take advantage of your parents' generosity.
Situation: Laurel's parents agreed to let her use their credit card to shop for some new school supplies.
Intention: Laurel wants to buy a new cell phone in addition to her basic school supplies.
Moral consequence: Laurel's parents trust her more in the future.
Immoral action: Laurel uses her parents' credit card to purchase the new cell phone she wanted in addition to the school supplies.
Norm: It's bad for a child to raise themselves.
Situation: Jessica is twelve years old and lives with her family at home.
Intention: Jessica wants to be independent.
Moral action: Jessica asks to cook for her family sometimes and does more things on her own within the family.
Immoral consequence: Jessica puts herself in much danger and her family worries about her.
Norm: It's bad for a child to raise themselves.
Situation: Jessica is twelve years old and lives with her family at home.
Intention: Jessica wants to be independent.
Moral consequence: Jessica feels more responsible and her family is happier and more at peace.
Immoral action: Jessica moves out on the street and lives hand to mouth.
Norm: It's bad to be selfish at Christmas.
Situation: Clarice is a working class single mother of two children and it is Christmas day.
Intention: Clarice wants to spend her money wisely.
Moral action: Clarice goes out of her way to make sure she can provide her children with the Christmas gifts the asked for.
Immoral consequence: Clarice's children have an awful holiday where they receive no presents.
Norm: It's bad to be selfish at Christmas.
Situation: Clarice is a working class single mother of two children and it is Christmas day.
Intention: Clarice wants to spend her money wisely.
Moral consequence: Clarice's children appreciate the gifts and have a truly memorable Christmas.
Immoral action: Clarice decides to buy herself a Christmas gift at the expense of being able to buy her kids anything.
Norm: You shouldn't leave your clothes behind.
Situation: Frank went on vacation to visit a friend in another country.
Intention: Frank wants to enjoy his vacation.
Moral action: Frank plans time to round up his clothes the day before the vacation ends.
Immoral consequence: Frank has to buy a lot of new clothes when he gets home.
Norm: You shouldn't leave your clothes behind.
Situation: Frank went on vacation to visit a friend in another country.
Intention: Frank wants to enjoy his vacation.
Moral consequence: Frank returns home with all of his clothes still with him.
Immoral action: Frank leaves his clothes everywhere and tells his friend to "just keep them" when packing up.
Norm: It's mean to make fun of someone with poor vision.
Situation: Art is in the office break room with Karen, and Jill, who is blind.
Intention: Art wants to say something amusing to Karen.
Moral action: Art Tells Karen the plot to the first Star Wars movie.
Immoral consequence: karen feels that Art is a cruel person, and Jill feels embaressed and ashamed at being ridiculed.
Norm: It's mean to make fun of someone with poor vision.
Situation: Art is in the office break room with Karen, and Jill, who is blind.
Intention: Art wants to say something amusing to Karen.
Moral consequence: Karen hears and interesting story and Art gets to participate in an innocuous social exchange.
Immoral action: Art Says to Karen that Jill has retard eyes.
Norm: It's wrong to disturb someone who is sleeping.
Situation: Peter is hanging out with his friends at summer camp, one late evening, while others are already asleep.
Intention: Peter wants to make his friends laugh.
Moral action: Peter keeps on churning out funny stories.
Immoral consequence: The person who was brutally awakened feels terrible.
Norm: It's wrong to disturb someone who is sleeping.
Situation: Peter is hanging out with his friends at summer camp, one late evening, while others are already asleep.
Intention: Peter wants to make his friends laugh.
Moral consequence: All those already asleep sleep on peacefully.
Immoral action: Peter devises a prank to startle one of the sleepers awake.
Norm: You shouldn't retaliate against people.
Situation: Lydia has been bullied for a long time at school by a group of mean girls.
Intention: Lydia wants the mean girls to be punished for what they did to her.
Moral action: Lydia forcefully denounces the mean girls' bullying behaviors to the authorities.
Immoral consequence: Lydia is exposed as the author of the prank and ends up being punished for it.
Norm: You shouldn't retaliate against people.
Situation: Lydia has been bullied for a long time at school by a group of mean girls.
Intention: Lydia wants the mean girls to be punished for what they did to her.
Moral consequence: The mean girls are punished and Lydia is commended for her bravery in denouncing them.
Immoral action: Lydia decides to retaliate and plays an elaborate prank on the mean girls, who suffer greatly from it.
Norm: You should get some therapy if you're suicidal.
Situation: Keara has severe depression and has been having a lot of suicidal thoughts.
Intention: Keara wants to find a way to overcome her depression.
Moral action: Keara finds a mental health professional and schedules an appointment with them.
Immoral consequence: Keara's depression is worsened, and she develops a drinking problem.
Norm: You should get some therapy if you're suicidal.
Situation: Keara has severe depression and has been having a lot of suicidal thoughts.
Intention: Keara wants to find a way to overcome her depression.
Moral consequence: Keara gets professional help which is effective because of the basis in science.
Immoral action: Keara decides to deal with it on her own by self medicating with alcohol.
Norm: It's nice to wrap presents for people.
Situation: It's Jerry's sister's birthday soon and Jerry just bought a nice present for her.
Intention: Jerry wants her sister to think he is generous.
Moral action: Jerry decides to make an extra effort and takes the time to wrap up the gift nicely.
Immoral consequence: Jerry's sister appreciates the nice gift but feels Jerry is a bit sloppy in his gift-giving.
Norm: It's nice to wrap presents for people.
Situation: It's Jerry's sister's birthday soon and Jerry just bought a nice present for her.
Intention: Jerry wants her sister to think he is generous.
Moral consequence: Jerry's sister feels the beautiful wrapping is an other proof of Jerry's affection for her.
Immoral action: Jerry feels it's not necessary to wrap up the present and just puts it in a plastic bag before giving it to his sister.
Norm: You shouldn't roofie your friends.
Situation: James is attracted to his friend Laura, but she turned him down when he asked her out.
Intention: James wants to hook up with Laura.
Moral action: James waits until Laura is bored and horny late one night, and they have sex.
Immoral consequence: Laura goes to the police and James is identified from DNA evidence and convicted.
Norm: You shouldn't roofie your friends.
Situation: James is attracted to his friend Laura, but she turned him down when he asked her out.
Intention: James wants to hook up with Laura.
Moral consequence: The sex is fine, but James eventually realizes he isn't really compatible with Laura and moves on.
Immoral action: James throws a party at his house, slips Rohypnol into Laura's drink, and has sex with her while she's passed out.
Norm: Knowing when a relationship has become toxic is mature.
Situation: Glenda's longtime boyfriend has started being abusive to her, but apologized later and told her he is very stressed at work.
Intention: Glenda wants to give her boyfriend a chance.
Moral action: Glenda gives her boyfriend a few more chances, then leaves him after it becomes obvious he's not trying to change.
Immoral consequence: Glenda feels confused and weak.
Norm: Knowing when a relationship has become toxic is mature.
Situation: Glenda's longtime boyfriend has started being abusive to her, but apologized later and told her he is very stressed at work.
Intention: Glenda wants to give her boyfriend a chance.
Moral consequence: Glenda feels empowered and strong.
Immoral action: Glenda accepts more and more abuse from her boyfriend, always forgiving him.
Norm: You shouldn't push your sibling overboard on a boat ride.
Situation: Edric and his brother are having a boat race to the end of the lake.
Intention: Edric wants to win.
Moral action: Edric takes a shorter route to the finish line.
Immoral consequence: His brother is knocked off the boat and almost drowns.
Norm: You shouldn't push your sibling overboard on a boat ride.
Situation: Edric and his brother are having a boat race to the end of the lake.
Intention: Edric wants to win.
Moral consequence: His brother learns more about the lake after Edric explains his win.
Immoral action: Edric bumps into his brother's boat on purpose.
Norm: It's inconsiderate to name a pet after Hitler.
Situation: Chris is in his early twenties and just got a German Sheppard puppy as a pet.
Intention: Chris wants to name the puppy.
Moral action: Chris names his puppy Max because it sounds like a good name to him.
Immoral consequence: As time goes on and people learn of the dog's name, Chris learns not everybody shares his bad sense of humor.
Norm: It's inconsiderate to name a pet after Hitler.
Situation: Chris is in his early twenties and just got a German Sheppard puppy as a pet.
Intention: Chris wants to name the puppy.
Moral consequence: Everybody who meets Chris and his dog Max don't take any particular note of the dog's name or get offended by it.
Immoral action: Chris thinks it would be funny to name his puppy Adolf since it is German despite knowing his history.
Norm: You shouldn't prevent your child's extended family from seeing them.
Situation: Kayla has an uncle with a criminal past who is interested in seeing her and her son.
Intention: Kayla wants to make sure her uncle does not influence her son badly.
Moral action: Kayla lets the uncle come over but doesn't leave him alone with her son.
Immoral consequence: Her son is confused why he's not allowed to see his uncle.
Norm: You shouldn't prevent your child's extended family from seeing them.
Situation: Kayla has an uncle with a criminal past who is interested in seeing her and her son.
Intention: Kayla wants to make sure her uncle does not influence her son badly.
Moral consequence: Her son has an enjoyable time catching up with his uncle.
Immoral action: Kayla refuses to allow the uncle to spend time with her son.
Norm: You should value personal relationships over inheritances.
Situation: Ray has a rich but mean grandfather who offers him his inheritance if he stops talking to the rest of the family.
Intention: Ray wants to have a happy fulfilling life in his later years.
Moral action: Ray refuses the offer stating that he loves his family and will put them first.
Immoral consequence: Ray is rich when he is older but also lonely and viewed in the same way that his grandfather was.
Norm: You should value personal relationships over inheritances.
Situation: Ray has a rich but mean grandfather who offers him his inheritance if he stops talking to the rest of the family.
Intention: Ray wants to have a happy fulfilling life in his later years.
Moral consequence: Ray is not rich, but he is content and has many strong and happy relationships with his family.
Immoral action: Ray accepts the offer and burns all bridges with his family so that he can get the inheritance.
Norm: It's wrong to reveal someone's sexual identity without their permission.
Situation: Al is talking to his sister Lil, abut her friend Li at a lunch table.
Intention: Al wants to share something interesting abut Li.
Moral action: Al says Li almost made the Olympics one time.
Immoral consequence: Li's privacy is invaded and Li is embarrassed for people to know these things.
Norm: It's wrong to reveal someone's sexual identity without their permission.
Situation: Al is talking to his sister Lil, abut her friend Li at a lunch table.
Intention: Al wants to share something interesting abut Li.
Moral consequence: Lil gets to hear an interesting story, and Al has Al's sister's attention which is validating.
Immoral action: Al tells Lil that Li is secretly gay and does gay sex in private with gay people.
Norm: It's wrong to judge a person based on  material wealth.
Situation: Reya has just registered to a dating site and has a lot of requests.
Intention: Reya wants to accept some friend requests.
Moral action: Reya accepts requests that are from people with similar interests.
Immoral consequence: Reya struggles to connect with the people she's added with this criteria.
Norm: It's wrong to judge a person based on  material wealth.
Situation: Reya has just registered to a dating site and has a lot of requests.
Intention: Reya wants to accept some friend requests.
Moral consequence: Reya finds a good match who is into the same things as her.
Immoral action: Reya accepts requests from people who list a decent income or well paying occupation.
Norm: Grandparents are expected to part of their grandchildren's lives.
Situation: Nico and his grandson Juan had a big argument and Nico told him he never wanted to see him again.
Intention: Nico needs to decide whether to follow through on his statement.
Moral action: Nico decides to call Juan and apologize for what Nico said.
Immoral consequence: Juan grows up without any contact with Nico and suffers emotionally.