Not-qty/ols-moral-stories-2k huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's bad to rely too heavily on technology.
Situation: Max is studying for his math exam on Monday.
Intention: Max wants to do well on his exam.
Moral action: Max spends hours carefully reading the text book and copying his notes.
Moral consequence: Max does well on his test.
Immoral action: Max enters all of the math formulas into his calculator.
Immoral consequence: Max is unable to answer the short answer questions on the exam because he doesn't know the meaning behind the formulas.
Norm: It's good to recognize an employees long tenure.
Situation: Steve is the CEO of a company that has been around for a long time.
Intention: Steve wants to hold a conference where he talks about the emloyees.
Moral action: Steve says the older employees are the foundation of the company and gives them awards.
Moral consequence: The older employees will want to work hard for the company and set a good example.
Immoral action: Steve says the young employees are the future and the older employees are the past.
Immoral consequence: The older employees will feel disgruntled and not want to work as hard.
Norm: It's wrong to overcharge people.
Situation: Kerry is working on the register at the local grocery store.
Intention: Kerry wants to make enough money to save up for a new car.
Moral action: Kerry asks her manager if she can have extra hours every week.
Moral consequence: Kerry's manager lets her work more, and she is able to save the money in no time.
Immoral action: Kerry rings up some of her customers' items several times and pockets the difference in cost.
Immoral consequence: Kerry's store manager catches her, and she loses her job working at the store.
Norm: It's bad to judge other people based on their sins.
Situation: Mark and Bill are talking when Mark admits that he has killed someone in the past.
Intention: Bill wants to respond to Mark's admission.
Moral action: Bill tells Mark that we all make mistakes and that he's sure there was a reason why Mark acted the way he did but that it's all over now.
Moral consequence: Mark feel supported by his friend and thanks Bill for being kind.
Immoral action: Bill tells Mark that he is a horrible human being for taking someone's life and hopes he never sees Mark again.
Immoral consequence: Mark is embarrassed by being called out and begins to cry and relive all the awful feelings from the murder incident.
Norm: You should try to get along with your coworkers
Situation: Bob's coworker always plays their radio very loudly at the office making it difficult for Bob to do his work.
Intention: Bob wants to talk to his coworker about their radio use.
Moral action: Bob explains that the radio is making work difficult for Bob and asks his coworker to turn it down or wear headphones.
Moral consequence: Bob and his coworker come to a compromise about the radio and continue to have a respectful relationship.
Immoral action: Bob yells at his coworker to turn off their radio and threatens to make a complaint to the boss.
Immoral consequence: Bob and his coworker have a poor relationship form then on which creates an uncomfortable work environment.
Norm: You should make an effort to compromise with family
Situation: Theo, his wife Rita, and their three children all disagree on where the family should go on vacation.
Intention: Theo wants to make a decision about where to go.
Moral action: Theo takes the family's suggestions and puts the options up to a family vote to decide where to go.
Moral consequence: The family pick which destination suits them best and have a good time on vacation.
Immoral action: Theo decides by himself that the family will be going to South Carolina to visit Theo's parents and siblings.
Immoral consequence: Rita and the children are angry at Theo for making a unilateral decision and are grumpy during the trip.
Norm: It is good for families to talk through issues.
Situation: Nick's dad is a harcore Trump supporter, but Nick has never talked to him about it.
Intention: Nick has to decide whether to talk to his dad about his support for Trump.
Moral action: Nick talks to his dad about why his support for Trump bothers him.
Moral consequence: Nick is able to get things off his chest and let his dad know how he feels.
Immoral action: Nick never talks to his dad and just chooses to stay away from him.
Immoral consequence: Nick is never able to get along with his dad again.
Norm: It's bad to cancel on friends at the last minute.
Situation: Kenny has been invited to go on vacation with a friend in a few days but just found out he has an important meeting he must attend instead.
Intention: Kenny wants to let his friend know he cannot make it.
Moral action: Kenny immediately tells his friend about the meeting to give his friend as much notice as he had.
Moral consequence: Kenny's friend appreciates the notice and is able to find another friend to go on the trip with.
Immoral action: Kenny spends the next few days planning for the meeting before letting his friend know about it on the day it is happening.
Immoral consequence: Kenny's friend is annoyed by the last moment notification and cannot find anybody else to go with them.
Norm: You shouldn't cut off people who are trying to speak.
Situation: Jonas is listening to Allie tell an exciting story about her backpacking trip.
Intention: Jonas wants to respond to Allie's story.
Moral action: Jonas waits for Allie to finish her story and then says what he wants to.
Moral consequence: Allie will be able to tell her full story without being interrupted.
Immoral action: Jonas starts talking in the middle of Allie telling her story.
Immoral consequence: Allie will think Jonas is rude for interrupting.
Norm: It's wrong to act rudely toward mentally challenged folks.
Situation: Danny was watching his kids play at the park, when a bigger kid came along and took a toy away from one of his children.
Intention: Danny has to get the toy back for his child.
Moral action: Danny walks over to the bigger kid, and it becomes apparent that the child is developmentally challenged, Danny decides to let him keep the toy.
Moral consequence: The child is happy and befriends Danny's children, while Danny is thankful that he controlled his temper and didn't say anything inappropriate.
Immoral action: Danny yells at the bigger kid and tells him to give the toy back, he also refers to the older, bigger child as stupid.
Immoral consequence: The bigger kid gets upset and tells his parents, who come to let Danny know that he is developmentally challenged and not stupid, and Danny feels awful.
Norm: It's hurtful to leave your family.
Situation: Steve's mom yells at Steve far too much, and he is getting annoyed about it.
Intention: Steve wants to do something about it.
Moral action: Steve confronts his mother about how she's been screaming at him too much.
Moral consequence: Steve's mother tells him she didn't know, and says she's going to work on it.
Immoral action: Steve decides to cut off his mother from his life.
Immoral consequence: Steve's mom didn't realize how she was treating Steve and is devastated she can't fix it.
Norm: It is rude to not pay your obligations.
Situation: Jack was down on his luck and John loaned him 100 bucks to pay his rent, and now Jack has recovered financially and John is asking for his money back.
Intention: Jack needs to decide how to respond to John.
Moral action: Jack pays John back the 100 dollars he owed him.
Moral consequence: John appreciates Jack's timely repayment and tells him if he ever needs help again in the future he can feel free to ask him.
Immoral action: Jack tells John he's going to have to wait because Jack's enjoying having money again.
Immoral consequence: John stops being friends with Jack because Jack is unreliable.
Norm: It's rude to tell someone to shut up.
Situation: Bobby is watching a movie at a movie theater and a man behind him begins talking a bit loudly.
Intention: Bobby wants to get the man to stop talking.
Moral action: Bobby turns around and asks the man if he could please stop talking while the movie is on.
Moral consequence: The man feels embarrassed for disturbing Bobby and immediately goes quiet for the rest of the film.
Immoral action: Bobby turns around and rudely tells the man that he need to shut up so everyone can hear.
Immoral consequence: The man behind Bobby gets angry and escalates the scene by trying to start a fight.
Norm: It's wrong to criticize someone's body size.
Situation: Daisy is overweight.
Intention: Leona wants to encourage Daisy to lose weight.
Moral action: Leona expresses concerns about Daisy's health and invites her to the gym.
Moral consequence: Daisy feels supported and like Leona cares about her as a person.
Immoral action: Leona tells Daisy she is too fat to ever be attractive and that she needs to lose weight if she wants to be pretty.
Immoral consequence: Daisy feels shamed and unmotivated to lose weight.
Norm: You are expected to pay for your own alcohol.
Situation: Rob is spending the night drinking at the bar with some friends.
Intention: Rob wants to save money on drinks.
Moral action: Rob orders only a couple cheaper drinks he can afford and pays for himself.
Moral consequence: Rob's friend has an enjoyable night out with him, and they end on a high note.
Immoral action: Rob orders a bunch of drinks and puts it on his friend's tab.
Immoral consequence: Rob's friend ends up having to pay a lot of extra money.
Norm: You should approach sensitive topics gently.
Situation: Jeffrey meets up with a group of friends, including Kevin, to let them know he's transitioning into a woman.
Intention: Kevin wants to learn more about Jeffrey's motivation.
Moral action: Kevin thanks Jeffrey for telling him, and asks if he's comfortable being asked some questions about it.
Moral consequence: Jeffrey feels heard and respected, and opens up with more information, and grows closer with Kevin.
Immoral action: Kevin curls his lip and asks if this means he's turning into some kind of faggot.
Immoral consequence: Jeffrey is hurt, and feels Kevin can not longer be trusted, and pulls away from him as a friend.
Norm: It's good to report things to security.
Situation: Amy is at the airport and sees somebody leave a backpack unattended.
Intention: Amy wants to do something about the backpack.
Moral action: Amy knows that unattended packages are a danger in airports so immediately tells someone with a uniform.
Moral consequence: Security is able to respond to the backpack to take care of it safely and Amy feels good about reporting it.
Immoral action: Amy walks up to the backpack and takes it and then checks what is inside.
Immoral consequence: Amy is later arrested for stealing when the person who lost the backpack reports it stolen and police review CCTV footage.
Norm: It's rude to tell your siblings you hate them.
Situation: Joe watching tv when his brother, Jeff, walks into the room and sits on the couch.
Intention: Jeff wants to play a video game.
Moral action: Jeff waits for the show to end and tells Joe he wants to use the tv.
Moral consequence: Joe relinquishes the tv and the brothers enjoy playing a game together.
Immoral action: Jeff yells at Joe and says he hates him when he won't agree to give up the tv.
Immoral consequence: Joe leaves the room crying and upset thinking his brother doesn't like him.
Norm: You should fire someone who breaks the rules.
Situation: Bela is a manager at a company.
Intention: Bela wants to review employee performance.
Moral action: Bela tells an employee that has numerous violations that they're being released.
Moral consequence: Bela is able to train a replacement employee properly and have increased efficiency.
Immoral action: Bela notices numerous violations on an employee's record but decides to keep them.
Immoral consequence: Bela has to deal with the employee's poor behavior which takes away from other work.
Norm: You shouldn't wear revealing clothes at work.
Situation: Diane has bought a new outfit at the mall that is quite revealing.
Intention: Diane wants to show off her new outfit.
Moral action: Diane's takes a picture wearing the outfit and posts it on social media.
Moral consequence: Diane's coworkers are impressed by how beautiful she looks outside of work.
Immoral action: Diane decides to wear the new and revealing outfit to work.
Immoral consequence: Diane's coworkers struggle to take her seriously as a professional.
Norm: It's wrong to trick people into thinking you can sing.
Situation: Jess would brag that she could do anything, so when one of her friend brought up singing she said she could do that too.
Intention: Jess wants to end the discussion.
Moral action: Jess points out that technically anyone can sing, using auto-tune.
Moral consequence: Her friends all laugh and admit it's technically true and move on to the next thing.
Immoral action: Jess insists that she can sing better than any of them could.
Immoral consequence: Of course no one believes Jess, and when she brags the next time no one believes her then either.
Norm: It is rude to pick your nose in public
Situation: In the middle of a staff meeting Bob feels a big ball of snot in his nose.
Intention: Bob wants to remove the booger.
Moral action: Bob gets a tissue and blows his nose.
Moral consequence: Bob is able to remove the booger without too much trouble.
Immoral action: Bob uses his pinky finger to remove the booger.
Immoral consequence: Bob grosses out the people attending the meeting with him.
Norm: You shouldn't play loud music at night.
Situation: Billy wants to start working out some nights.
Intention: Billy wants to play some music while he works out.
Moral action: Billy puts his headphones in and blasts the music in his ear.
Moral consequence: Billy gets a great, fun workout without disturbing anyone.
Immoral action: Billy puts the music up pretty loud while he is working out at night.
Immoral consequence: Billy's neighbors file a noise complaint, and the police come and tell him to tone it down.
Norm: It's wrong to cheat off other people's work.
Situation: Marilyn has to take an important exam in her biology class tomorrow, and she is not sure she will do well.
Intention: Marilyn wants to get a passing grade on the exam.
Moral action: Marilyn stays up late studying for the exam and does her best work on it in class.
Moral consequence: Marilyn is sure that she will get a passing grade since she worked hard.
Immoral action: Marilyn looks over at her classmates paper and copies some of her answers.
Immoral consequence: The teacher sees Marilyn looking at her classmates work and doesn't allow her to finish the exam.
Norm: It's good to pay for school with your own funds.
Situation: Hank is going to college and is filling out financial paperwork, including if he will take any loans out.
Intention: Hank wants to decide on whether he should take a loan or not.
Moral action: Hank declines the student loan and decides to work for the money instead.
Moral consequence: Hank takes longer to finish his degree but pays only what the college charges him.
Immoral action: Hank takes a student loan that will pay for his entire education.
Immoral consequence: Hank graduates and spends the next 15 years repaying the student loan thanks to interest payments.
Norm: You shouldn't eat loudly around others.
Situation: Frank is at a crowded diner eating his sandwich.
Intention: Frank wants to finish his sandwich.
Moral action: Frank keeps his mouth closed while quietly chewing his sandwich.
Moral consequence: Frank is seen as polite and considerate of others around him.
Immoral action: Frank loudly chews his sandwich.
Immoral consequence: Customers next to Frank are grossed out and thinks Frank is a slob.
Norm: It's good to do what you said you would.
Situation: Timothy partied late last night but promised his mother he'd mow her lawn today.
Intention: Timothy wants to catch up on some extra sleep.
Moral action: Timothy rests a bit, then mows the lawn, then spends the rest of the day resting.
Moral consequence: Timothy's mom is happy and grateful to him.
Immoral action: Timothy sleeps in bed all day and doesn't call his mom or mow the lawn.
Immoral consequence: Timothy's mom is upset and doesn't trust him as much anymore.
Norm: Cutting people off on the street is considered rude.
Situation: Late to work,Charlotte drives on the leftmost land in a crowded highway, and her gps tells her to exit right.
Intention: Charlotte wants to get to work.
Moral action: Charlotte asks the navigating system to send her on another route.
Moral consequence: The route Charlotte takes ends up being faster which results in her being early to work.
Immoral action: Charlotte forces her way to the right lane, and she moves in front of someone attempting to enter the lane before her.
Immoral consequence: Charlotte hears horns honking at her when she exits the highway.
Norm: You are not obligated to lend your possessions to others.
Situation: Chase is at home where he owns many tools and his brother is on the phone talking about the house project he is working on.
Intention: Chase wants to be a good brother.
Moral action: Chase's brother mentions many tools he needs for the house project that Chase owns, so Chase explains to his brother the value of owning your own tools for projects.
Moral consequence: Chase's brother invests in some tools of his own and Chase is able to have his own tools at his disposal.
Immoral action: Chase's brother mentions many tools he needs for the house project that Chase owns, so Chase thinks it is his brotherly duty to offer the tools.
Immoral consequence: Chase's brother begins to expect that Chase's tools are at his disposal any time, even when it is inconvenient for Chase.
Norm: You should let your kids over more often.
Situation: Herman is bored at home and gets an invitation from his son to hang out.
Intention: Herman wants to do something to pass the time.
Moral action: Herman lets his son come over to hang out.
Moral consequence: Herman and his son have fun playing games for hours.
Immoral action: Herman goes to the club by himself.
Immoral consequence: Herman has fun, but his son is disappointed.
Norm: You shouldn't aspire to do well just to gloat.
Situation: Lisa has always stood in her older sister Naomi's shadow.
Intention: Lisa wants to be successful.
Moral action: Lisa strives to reach her goals in areas that please and interest her.
Moral consequence: Lisa is able to reach a level of success that brings her happiness.
Immoral action: Lisa works hard in her studies and work so that she may one day rub her sisters face in her success.
Immoral consequence: Lisa's success feels hollow as she has been working to prove herself to someone else.
Norm: It's wrong to hog all of someone's food.
Situation: Kristen is looking in the refrigerator.
Intention: Kristen wants something to eat.
Moral action: Kristen takes out a bowl of leftovers and only eats as much as she needs to feel full.
Moral consequence: When Kristen's mom gets home from work there is still enough leftovers for her to have a meal too.
Immoral action: Kristen takes out a bowl of leftovers and decides she might as well finish it off.
Immoral consequence: When Kristen's mom gets home from work, there's nothing left for her to eat.
Norm: It's good to eat home cooked meals.
Situation: Dominique is a married truck driver who goes for week-ling trips and needs to eat away from home.
Intention: Dominique wants to eat on the road.
Moral action: Dominique asks his wife to cook him food for his long trips, then takes the food with him.
Moral consequence: Dominique enjoys his wife's food and avoids putting on a lot of weight.
Immoral action: Dominique visits truck stops and eats fast food wherever he goes.
Immoral consequence: Dominique gets fat from the food and lack of exercise.
Norm: It's wrong to lie just to get a reward.
Situation: Angel is selling cookies for her scout troop.
Intention: Angel wants to win the award for top seller.
Moral action: Angel sets up a cookie stand at a busy intersection.
Moral consequence: Angel sells the most cookies and wins the award.
Immoral action: Angel fudges the number of cookies she sells on her sales sheet.
Immoral consequence: Angel is kicked out of the competition for cheating.
Norm: It's good to recycle.
Situation: Ralph just finished having lunch with his friends and is walking to the trash area of the cafeteria with his tray.
Intention: Ralph wants to get rid of his pop can.
Moral action: Ralph puts the can into the recycle bin before dumping the rest of the tray into the trash can.
Moral consequence: His friends follow his lead and sort out their recyclable items too.
Immoral action: Ralph doesn't feel like sorting the items on his tray, so he dumps it all into the non–recyclable can.
Immoral consequence: His friends are embarrassed and think Ralph is lazy and inconsiderate.
Norm: It's bad to hide things from your parents.
Situation: Kyle takes the family car out without his parents' permission and gets a scratch on the door.
Intention: Kyle wants to get the scratch fixed.
Moral action: Kyle comes clean about the scratch and offers to pay for the fix.
Moral consequence: Kyle's parents make him pay for the fix, but only ground him for a week because he was honest with them.
Immoral action: Kyle tries to hide what he did by fixing the scratch himself.
Immoral consequence: Kyle's repair is very obvious, and Kyle is grounded for a month for taking the car without permission.
Norm: You shouldn't be friends with people that ridicule you.
Situation: Lily is part of a friend group where she is often the butt of the jokes.
Intention: Lily doesn't want to be lonely.
Moral action: Lily cuts the toxic friends out of her life and joins a cooking class.
Moral consequence: Lily meets new people with similar interests and learns a new skill.
Immoral action: Lily stays in the friend group even though they make her feel bad.
Immoral consequence: Lily misses out on the opportunity to meet new and better people.
Norm: It is mean to ignore and exclude people
Situation: Henry is at a sales conference for technology companies.
Intention: Henry wants to sell some of his products.
Moral action: Henry works as a team with his sales partner Kelsey, so they can make more sales together.
Moral consequence: Henry and Kelsey together make more sales than either one would have individually.
Immoral action: Henry leaves his sales partner Kelsey behind because he doesn't want competition from her.
Immoral consequence: Kelsey is left on her own and has to make her own sales, and never works with Henry again.
Norm: You should clean it up if you spill your drink.
Situation: Teddy is driving to pick up his date when he spills a drink all over the front seat.
Intention: Teddy wants his date to have a good time, so she'll go out with him again.
Moral action: Teddy stops to clean up the drink on the front seat because that's where his date is going to sit.
Moral consequence: Teddy's date is impressed by how clean Teddy's car is and thinks he's a put-together guy.
Immoral action: Teddy stops to buy a bouquet of flowers to give to his date when he picks her up.
Immoral consequence: Teddy's date sits in the front seat where Teddy spilled his drink and it soaks her dress and ruins her evening, despite getting the flowers.
Norm: It is good to refrain from cheating
Situation: Mary doesn't feel satisfied with her current relationship which has become monotonous.
Intention: Mary wants to be in an exciting romance.
Moral action: Mary is open about her feelings, and they decide to break up.
Moral consequence: Mary's partner finds it easier to move on because they agreed to end things.
Immoral action: Mary starts to see someone outside of her relationship while still in it.
Immoral consequence: Mary's partner finds out and is devastated by what happened.
Norm: It's good to celebrate someone's life when they die.
Situation: Kim's mother has passed away and Kim's father Larry has come to ask Kim whether she is coming to her mother's wake.
Intention: Kim wants to respond to her father.
Moral action: Kim tells her father that of course she will be at the wake as her mother is the most important thing to her.
Moral consequence: Larry is in mourning but feels a sense of strength from his family and is happy that Kim will be there.
Immoral action: Kim tells her father that she will not be going to the wake as she is too tired and it'll be too boring for her to be there.
Immoral consequence: Larry is devastated and begins to question whether Kim is capable of loving anyone.
Norm: You shouldn't skip out on your chores.
Situation: Malcolm is at home and his mother told him to do some chores for her before going out.
Intention: Malcolm wants to get out of the house.
Moral action: Malcolm makes sure to do everything that was asked of him around the house before heading out.
Moral consequence: Malcolm has a fun time out and enjoys the earned trust he has with his mother.
Immoral action: Malcolm sneaks out right away without finishing any tasks that were asked of him.
Immoral consequence: When Malcolm gets home he is punished by his mother for not doing his chores before leaving.
Norm: You shouldn't honk your horn at people if you're angry.
Situation: Jason is stuck behind a slow driver.
Intention: Jason wants the driver to be out of his way.
Moral action: Jason passes the slow driver at the dotted yellow line.
Moral consequence: Jason is free of the slow driver.
Immoral action: Jason honks his horn at the driver.
Immoral consequence: The driver becomes angry and yells at Jason.
Norm: It's wrong not to apologize to people.
Situation: Edward accidentally breaks a neighbor's window while playing baseball with his little brother, and the neighbor starts shouting at them.
Intention: Edward wants to explain what happened to their neighbor.
Moral action: Edward says sorry to the neighbor for breaking his window, and he tells the neighbor that it was an accident.
Moral consequence: The neighbor tells Edward and his little brother they can pay back the window by helping with some chores.
Immoral action: Edward tells the neighbor that it was all his little brother's fault.
Immoral consequence: Edward's little brother calls him a liar and the two get in a fight, while the neighbor calls their parents.
Norm: It's wrong to break your good habits.
Situation: Phil is a recovering alcoholic who goes to support group meetings, but still has urges to drink from time to time.
Intention: Phil wants to respond to his urges.
Moral action: Phil calls his friend from the support group, and they talk him through his urges.
Moral consequence: Phil continues to stay sober, and his urges become less and less frequent.
Immoral action: Phil begins to drink again, and soon is drinking as much as before he quit.
Immoral consequence: Phil loses his job because he is always late and hungover.
Norm: It's mean to bully your classmates.
Situation: Steve is in class with a nerdier kid Billy and his friend Stephen.
Intention: Steve wants to make Stephen laugh.
Moral action: Steve tells a joke that he saw on Reddit the morning of.
Moral consequence: Billy laughs along with Stephen, enjoying the joke a lot.
Immoral action: Steve makes a joke at Billy's expense, making fun of how he looks.
Immoral consequence: Billy feels low, and very hurt by the joke Steve told.
Norm: You shouldn't abandon people.
Situation: Madison is shopping with her friend Jill, when a good looking guy, Ken asks her if she wants to grab a bite to eat.
Intention: Madison wants to go eat with Ken.
Moral action: Madison tells Ken she would love to grab a bite to eat as long as Jill can come too.
Moral consequence: Jill thinks Madison is a good friend and the three of them have fun together.
Immoral action: Madison just walks away with Ken to get food, leaving Jill behind.
Immoral consequence: Jill feels betrayed and alone by Madison's actions.
Norm: It's responsible to call animal control to come get animals.
Situation: Charlie notices a stray dog that is wandering around his neighborhood, and it looks lost or homeless.
Intention: Charlie wants to help the dog.
Moral action: Charlie calls animal control services to report the stray dog.
Moral consequence: The dog is taken to the animal shelter, where its family finds it and takes it home.
Immoral action: Charlie catches the dog and takes it home to live with him.
Immoral consequence: The dog never makes it home and the family who lost it grieves over losing part of their family.
Norm: You should let elderly people ahead of you in line.
Situation: Ty was in line at the grocery store when he sees an old man with a cane standing right behind him.
Intention: Ty wants to check out.
Moral action: Ty lets the man check out ahead of him in line.
Moral consequence: The old man is able to get back to his car and off of his feet sooner.
Immoral action: Ty ignores the man with the cane and checks out ahead of him.
Immoral consequence: The old man's legs and feet hurt by the time that he is able to check out.
Norm: It's good to obey company policies.
Situation: Eric is having a really rough morning at his job and is really exasperated with it.
Intention: Eric wants to head out early from work.
Moral action: Eric goes to his boss and asks if he can take some personal time and leave right away.
Moral consequence: Eric gets to go home early and relax after his stressful time at the office.
Immoral action: Eric slides out a side door after lunch without telling anyone he is leaving.
Immoral consequence: Eric is written up by his supervisor for not finishing his shift.
Norm: You shouldn't forget to pick up your kids.
Situation: John has a bunch of errands to run, including picking up the kids from soccer practice and buying groceries for dinner.
Intention: John wants to make sure he what he needs to cook dinner.
Moral action: John goes to pick up the kids from soccer practice and buys groceries on the way back.
Moral consequence: John's kids enjoy a delicious dinner and thank him for taking care of them.
Immoral action: John goes to the grocery store and picks up what he needs, and then heads home.
Immoral consequence: John's kids feel neglected and have to ask someone else for a ride.
Norm: It's poor form to date a friend's former partner.
Situation: Serra, who is single, used to flirt with her friend Gloria's handsome boyfriend and just learned that Gloria broke up with him.
Intention: Serra wants a handsome boyfriend.
Moral action: Serra decides against dating Gloria's ex and starts dating another handsome man she just met.
Moral consequence: Gloria feels comfortable knowing that her ex will not share intimate details about her with Serra.
Immoral action: Serra starts dating Gloria's ex boyfriend, and he tells her about Gloria's sexual fantasies.
Immoral consequence: Gloria finds out about it and feels violated.
Norm: It's good to pray when you're religious.
Situation: Mike wakes up early and has an hour before the day starts.
Intention: Mike wants to do some religious activites.
Moral action: Mike prays and asks God for help with his day.
Moral consequence: Mike develops a personal relationship with God.
Immoral action: Mike reads a spiritual book written by a guru.
Immoral consequence: Mike enjoys the book, but fails to connect with God.
Norm: It's good to let your employees have the weekend off.
Situation: Brian has been promoted to president of this company.
Intention: Brian wants to increase profits at the company.
Moral action: Brian hires an expert who helps to streamline operations to increase profit.
Moral consequence: The employees are happy that their jobs run more smoothly.
Immoral action: Brian decides to continue operations seven days a week causing some employees to add weekend hours to their schedules.
Immoral consequence: The employees are upset and look for new jobs elsewhere.
Norm: People are expected to be generous on Halloween.
Situation: Thelma likes to see the kids' costumes on Halloweeen and is giving out candy, so they'll visit.
Intention: Thelma wants to keep some of the Halloween candy.
Moral action: Thelma buys an extra bag of candy, so she has enough for the kids and herself.
Moral consequence: The kids love her candy and visit her again next year.
Immoral action: Thelma only allows each kid to have one tiny piece of candy.
Immoral consequence: Thelma gets a reputation for stinginess, and the kids don't visit her next Halloween.
Norm: It's fun to go out with your buddies.
Situation: Timothy is playing a video game by himself when a buddy calls and tells him and invites him to hang out with them.
Intention: Timothy wants to play his video game.
Moral action: Timothy agrees to hang out with them for a while, and then goes back to his video game when he gets home.
Moral consequence: Timothy and his friends have a good time and hang out again later.
Immoral action: Timothy turns his buddy down and goes back to his video game.
Immoral consequence: Timothy's buddy doesn't bother to call him the next time they hang out.
Norm: You shouldn't throw rocks.
Situation: Barry wants to practice pitching for the baseball team, but doesn't have a ball.
Intention: Barry wants to improve his throw,.
Moral action: Barry ignores the stone and instead goes to a neighbor to ask to borrow a baseball.
Moral consequence: Barry practices his throw all afternoon and performs great at his next team practice.
Immoral action: Barry uses a stone as a baseball and when he throws it he pulls a muscle.
Immoral consequence: Barry can't play on the team with an injury.
Norm: It's wrong to drift apart from your partner.
Situation: Maria and Roy are a new couple who don't share very many common interests.
Intention: Maria wants to pursue a hobby.
Moral action: Maria expresses interest in learning more about Roy's hobbies, and she chooses one that sounds interesting to her that they can enjoy it together.
Moral consequence: Maria and Roy's relationship improves, and they grow closer through their common activities while getting to know more about each other.
Immoral action: Maria decides to pursue only the things that she truly enjoys, ignoring Roy's lack of interest in those activities, causing them to drift apart.
Immoral consequence: Maria and Roy end up breaking up after not too long since they have nothing in common that they enjoy doing together.
Norm: It's bad to shower only once every 2 weeks.
Situation: Ace is camping for a month and it's only 40 degrees Fahrenheit outside.
Intention: Ace doesn't want to get cold.
Moral action: Ace warms up some water every day to take a hot sponge bath.
Moral consequence: Ace comes back smelling like a normal person, as well as his equipment.
Immoral action: Ace stays bundled up at all times and doesn't shower in the cold water.
Immoral consequence: Ace's clothing and camping equipment stink terribly when he returns.
Norm: It's wrong to not be supportive of coworkers.
Situation: Katie's coworker Brad is very nervous about giving a presentation to the CEO today.
Intention: Katie wants to go to lunch.
Moral action: Katie asks Brad if he wants to go to lunch with her, and she can help him prepare for his presentation.
Moral consequence: Brad is thankful for Katie's help and is able to go into the presentation more relaxed and prepared.
Immoral action: Katie tells Brad she doesn't really have time to talk about it because she is on her way to lunch.
Immoral consequence: Brad feels more nervous and let down that Katie wouldn't listen to him.
Norm: It's good to have a job.
Situation: Jessica just graduated college.
Intention: Jessica wants to be happy and take it easy.
Moral action: Jessica looks for a job and lands one and lives on her own.
Moral consequence: Jessica feels good about herself and her parents are happy too.
Immoral action: Jessica moves in with her parents and lives off of them.
Immoral consequence: Jessica's self-esteem goes down and her parents become upset.
Norm: It's not okay to be voyeuristic of other peoples abuse.
Situation: Horatio lives in a high-rise apartment complex where he often sees someone living across the street beating his wife, and witnesses it again today.
Intention: Horatio has to decide whether to interfere.
Moral action: Horatio decides enough is enough and calls the authorities to put an end to the cycle of violence.
Moral consequence: The wife is freed from the tyranny of her abusive spouse.
Immoral action: Horatio settles in to watch the daily altercation, figuring he shouldn't interfere because it's not his problem.
Immoral consequence: The wife suffers injuries that are worse than normal and is hospitalized.
Norm: You shouldn't maintain secret relationships behind another lover's back.
Situation: Daniel is starting to experience tension in his relationship with his wife.
Intention: Daniel wants to have a stress free relationship.
Moral action: Daniel talks to his wife and works hard to help resolve the issues they have in their relationship.
Moral consequence: Daniel's wife appreciates the effort and works with him, and they manage to save their marriage.
Immoral action: Daniel starts to see another woman through a dating service that he has a fun and casual relationship with.
Immoral consequence: Daniel's wife finds out about the secret relationship and divorces him.
Norm: It's bad to make a creepy move on someone.
Situation: Benjamin is at a party and meets Tina who is exactly his type.
Intention: Benjamin wants to show Tina he is interested.
Moral action: Benjamin engages with Tina about her interests and compliments her on her personality.
Moral consequence: Tina appreciates Benjamin's attention and becomes interested in Benjamin.
Immoral action: Benjamin makes some suggestive comments towards Tina and drapes his arm around her.
Immoral consequence: Other partygoers notice that Benjamin is making Tina uncomfortable and call him out for being a creep.
Norm: It's wrong to not tip someone.
Situation: Tom is eating out at a restaurant and the kitchen has overcooked his food.
Intention: Tom wants to show that he is unhappy with his meal.
Moral action: Tom points out the problem with his food but tips the server on his way out and later leaves a negative yelp review.
Moral consequence: The server is relieved that they got a tip even though the order was messed up.
Immoral action: Tom complains about the meal and proceeds to leave no gratuity.
Immoral consequence: The server is punished for the mistake of the kitchen staff.
Norm: It's kind to mourn the loss of human life.
Situation: Mike is attending the funeral of his grandfather on a cold morning.
Intention: Mike wants to express his feeling.
Moral action: Mike feels grieved and sorrow  because he misses his grandfather so much.
Moral consequence: His relatives come close to Mike and hug him warmly.
Immoral action: Mike thinks that a man should be tough, so he appears to be cool, calm, and collected in front of his relatives.
Immoral consequence: His relatives feel that Mike is apathetic and insensitive.
Norm: You should not make a partner feel inadequate.
Situation: John,who has a PhD, is at a family dinner with his new girlfriend Martha who left college without a degree.
Intention: John wants to talk about himself and Martha.
Moral action: John tells stories about his time with Martha and holds Martha's hand.
Moral consequence: Martha feels loved and appreciated.
Immoral action: John brags about his PhD while making jokes about Martha's education status.
Immoral consequence: Marsha's self esteem lowers resulting in her crying.
Norm: It's good to pay for what you want to buy.
Situation: James was about to go on his first real date and knew that he needed condoms, but he felt embarrassed about buying them.
Intention: James wants to obtain condoms.
Moral action: James asks his friend to buy the condoms for him.
Moral consequence: James has safe sex and doesn't have to been seen buying condoms.
Immoral action: James waits until the cashier is distracted and shoplifts the condoms from the drugstore.
Immoral consequence: The next time James goes to the drugstore with his family, the same clerk loudly says, "Hey, that's the kid who stole the condoms!".
Norm: It's bad to take animals out of their natural environment.
Situation: Matt is hiking through the forest.
Intention: Matt wants to respect nature.
Moral action: Matt picks up garbage along the trail left by other hikers.
Moral consequence: Matt is thanked by the park rangers for making the nature preserve look nicer.
Immoral action: Matt picks up a fawn that he sees lying in the woods and brings it to the vet.
Immoral consequence: Matt is berated by the vet because the fawn will not survive without it's mother.
Norm: You shouldn't put all the responsibility on certain family members.
Situation: Anne has decided to live with her parents while she is attending college.
Intention: Anne wants to save money to pay tuition.
Moral action: Anne agrees on a small amount of rent to pay her parents each month.
Moral consequence: Anne's parents are able to cover her costs with the rent she pays.
Immoral action: Anne relies fully on her parents to pay for all her living expenses.
Immoral consequence: Anne's parents have a difficult time making ends meet and are struggling.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of your friend's looks.
Situation: Benny is hanging out with his friend Amy who wants to know his opinion of her new haircut.
Intention: Benny wants to give Amy some feedback.
Moral action: Benny tells Amy that he thinks the haircut is an interesting look for her.
Moral consequence: Amy is glad to hear Benny's feedback, and it improves her self-confidence.
Immoral action: Benny laughs at Amy and tells her that the haircut makes her look like a chimpanzee.
Immoral consequence: Amy feels mortified and becomes very self conscious about her appearance.
Norm: You shouldn't curse at others.
Situation: Jeff is trying to merge onto the highway when another car cuts him off.
Intention: Jake wants to convey his displeasure at the other driver.
Moral action: Jake bites his tongue and instead honks his horn at the driver who cut him off.
Moral consequence: Jake feels better after the display of passive-aggressiveness and continues driving.
Immoral action: Jake hurls profanities at the other driver, who stops when he hears them and squeezes his 7ft frame out of the car.
Immoral consequence: Jake gets a quick trip to the emergency room after the altercation.
Norm: It's frowned upon to lie to family.
Situation: Abe is invited to a family gathering, but is very tired.
Intention: Abe wants to get out of going to the gathering.
Moral action: Abe tells his family that he's exhausted and will come next time.
Moral consequence: His family understands and saves him some food to eat.
Immoral action: Abe makes up a story about how he broke his leg and can't come.
Immoral consequence: A family member sees Abe walking the next day and calls him out on his lie.
Norm: You shouldn't waste a policemen's time.
Situation: Jill was out walking her dog when she saw a strange man waking through her neighborhood.
Intention: Jill wants to make sure no one in her neighborhood is the victim of a crime.
Moral action: Jill approaches the man and asked if he moved into the neighborhood recently.
Moral consequence: The man says he just moved in from Colorado, and Jill realizes he's quite a charming, trustworthy neighbor.
Immoral action: Jill calls the police and claims that the man is acting suspiciously.
Immoral consequence: The police come question the man, realize he lives in the neighborhood, and scold Jill for wasting their time.
Norm: It's good to tell your children you love them.
Situation: Jason is coming back from a meeting with his son's teachers.
Intention: Jason wants his son to be successful in school.
Moral action: Jason tells his son that he loves him very much and that he wants him to be successful so that he can have a good life.
Moral consequence: Jason's son feels loved and supported by his dad, and works harder, which makes him more successful in school.
Immoral action: Jason tells his son that he is disappointed in him and that he will punish him if he doesn't work harder.
Immoral consequence: Jason's son becomes more successful but feels his dad doesn't care about him.
Norm: It's good to help out your family financially.
Situation: Tommy's parents have accrued debts and don't know how they will solve the issue - they ask Tommy for financial help.
Intention: Tommy wants to help his parents.
Moral action: Tommy lends his parents money.
Moral consequence: Tommy's parents feel Tommy is supportive and loves them.
Immoral action: Tommy knows his parents need a loan but instead of lending them money, he gives them advice on the best lenders on the market.
Immoral consequence: Tommy's parents feel Tommy does not really care about their problems.
Norm: You shouldn't make racist comments.
Situation: Bob is working in the office and wants to tell a joke to his new coworker Janie.
Intention: Bob wants to break the ice.
Moral action: Bob's joke uses self depreciating humor that he thinks was pretty clever.
Moral consequence: Janie likes Bob's sense of humor and the two of them bond.
Immoral action: Bob's joke uses stereotypes that relate to black folks.
Immoral consequence: Janie is deeply offended and reports Bob to human resources.
Norm: It's frowned upon to cheat on a loved one.
Situation: Jack, who is married, is at the bar with some friends when he's asked by an attractive stranger, Janet to go home with her.
Intention: Jack wants to respond to Janet's proposal.
Moral action: Jack tells Janet that there's absolutely no chance she'll ever have a piece of him.
Moral consequence: Jack's friends are delighted to see Jack upholding his vows and staying faithful to his wife.
Immoral action: Jack tells Janet that she won't have to ask him twice since she's so good looking.
Immoral consequence: Jack's friends are disgusted how cheap and loose Jack is and how he's betraying his wife.
Norm: It's bad not to pay people what you owe them.
Situation: Bart sees a concert coming to town that he wants to attend, but his rent is due, so he borrows the cash from his friend Gary.
Intention: Bart wants to go to the show.
Moral action: Bart enjoys the band and pays back Gary next payday.
Moral consequence: Gary appreciates Bart paying him back promptly and is willing to lend to him again should he need it.
Immoral action: Bart goes to see the band, but fails to pay back Gary.
Immoral consequence: Gary no longer trusts Bart and will not make the mistake of helping him again in the future.
Norm: It's invasive to search through your sister's laundry.
Situation: John is dared by his friends to get his hands on a pair of women's undies.
Intention: John wants to answer the challenge.
Moral action: John buys a pair of women's underwear and hands them over to his friends.
Moral consequence: John wins the dare without offending anyone.
Immoral action: John goes through his sister’s laundry until he finds a pair of her underwear.
Immoral consequence: John is grounded when his mum catches his stealing underwear.
Norm: It is immoral to commit acts of violence
Situation: Jim is being bullied by Sandy who is insulting him and getting in his face.
Intention: Jim wants to defend himself.
Moral action: Jim brings up all of the times he had to rescue Sally at work.
Moral consequence: Jim earns the respect of everyone including Sally.
Immoral action: Jim pushes Sally away from him hard enough for Sandy to fall onto the floor.
Immoral consequence: Jim gets written up at work by human resources for potentially hurting Sandy.
Norm: You aren't expected to solve everyone else's problems.
Situation: Joe is talking to a friend on the phone who informs him that she is having financial problems and cannot afford many groceries this week.
Intention: Joe wants to stay positive about the situation.
Moral action: Joe suggests that she ask her family for some money to hold her over.
Moral consequence: Joe's friend has to approach her family for the money which discourages her from getting in such a bind again.
Immoral action: Joe tells her not to worry and gives her money for groceries.
Immoral consequence: Joe's friend doesn't understand the severity of her failure and risks repeating this behavior.
Norm: It's wrong to get your animals high.
Situation: Anna is trying to sleep, but her dog is barking at fireworks.
Intention: Anna wants to make her dog stop barking.
Moral action: Anna holds her dog in bed petting them on the head to distract them.
Moral consequence: Anna is able to have a better nights sleep with her dog in her arms.
Immoral action: Anna gives her dog a large dose of a tranquilizer to calm him down.
Immoral consequence: Anna has to take her dog to the emergency room when the dog has problems breathing.