Not-qty/ols-moral-stories-2k huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's inappropriate to share non-work related images on company time.
Situation: John is at work when Bill sends him a text of a woman with enormous breasts.
Intention: John wants to show his coworker William the photo.
Moral action: John waits until lunch break when both William and him are outside and shows William the photo.
Moral consequence: William is delighted to see the breasts, and they both laugh happily.
Immoral action: John walks over to William's desk during work hours to show him the photo.
Immoral consequence: William likes the photo but thinks John is doing a dangerous thing and jeopardizing both of their careers and thus William is angry.
Norm: It's ineffectual to withhold necessary information.
Situation: Dr. Jones was being paid by a pharmaceutical company to prescribe their opioid drug more, but the drug is effective.
Intention: Dr. Jones wants to help his patients.
Moral action: Dr. Jones tells his patients that he's being paid by the company before prescribing the drug.
Moral consequence: Dr. Jones is following the laws required by doctors, and his patients trust him more.
Immoral action: Dr. Jones prescribes the opioid drug to his patients in pain without disclosing that he's getting paid.
Immoral consequence: Dr. Jones gets in trouble for taking money to prescribe a drug without disclosing that.
Norm: You should be careful to not spill your food.
Situation: Lisa has an important meeting after lunch and drives to a nearby shop for a slice of pizza before the meeting.
Intention: Lisa wants to eat before her meeting.
Moral action: Lisa drives back to work, eats as much of the slice as she has time for, and runs in for her meeting.
Moral consequence: Lisa feels satisfied after eating a bit and is able to keep her energy up for the presentation.
Immoral action: Lisa tries to eat her pizza in the car on the way back to work but hits a bump and drops the slice on her dress.
Immoral consequence: Lisa is flustered by the accident and gives a sloppy presentation at the meeting.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of other races.
Situation: Nick and Nancy are a married couple at an old west exhibit where they see a display of Apache Indians in traditional garb.
Intention: Nick wants to comment on the display.
Moral action: Nick tells Nancy that the display is so beautiful and vivid, and he feels as he was with the Apache when he looks at it.
Moral consequence: Nancy is delighted that Nick seems to be enjoying the display and that he's so into it.
Immoral action: Nick tells Nancy that Indians are a ridiculous people for wearing feathers and painting their faces.
Immoral consequence: Nancy is disgusted that Nick is so narrow minded and judgmental of people instead of learning from them.
Norm: It is unusual to prefer obesity in a mate.
Situation: Sebastian watches his overweight girlfriend Melissa get sick after exercising.
Intention: Sebastian wants Melissa to feel better.
Moral action: Sebastian shows Melissa some lower intensity exercises that are good for her fitness level.
Moral consequence: Melissa slowly starts to lose weight.
Immoral action: Sebastian discourages Melissa  from working out telling her he finds her weight attractive.
Immoral consequence: Melissa develops diabetes.
Norm: It's good to show your gratitude toward others.
Situation: Tammy is working as an emergency medical technician during an emergency, and she is processing patients as quickly as she can through the emergency room.
Intention: Tammy needs to get the clerical staff processing people more quickly.
Moral action: Tammy praises the work of the clerical staff, telling them that they are having a great effect on patient care that day, and she appreciates them.
Moral consequence: The clerical workers are motivated by her words to keep working hard and to get people through the system as quickly as possible.
Immoral action: Tammy tells the people processing paperwork for her patients that they aren't moving fast enough and that they're going to cost someone their life.
Immoral consequence: Her words create a shock wave with the people processing patients, but they have a counter motivational effect and the paperwork moves even more slowly.
Norm: It is bad to pollute the environment with carbon emissions
Situation: Greg has had a busy morning around the house and is running late a bit late to work.
Intention: Greg wants to get to work on time.
Moral action: Greg hops on his bicycle and pedals to work as quickly as he can.
Moral consequence: Greg's biking is environmentally friendly and does not release any carbon into the atmosphere.
Immoral action: Greg gets dressed and drives himself to work in his large SUV.
Immoral consequence: Greg's vehicle emits a significant amount of carbon as he drives which pollutes the environment and contributes to global warming.
Norm: It is good to participate in activities at school.
Situation: John has a free period during school.
Intention: John wants to fill the time with something to do.
Moral action: John decides to join a school club that tutors other students.
Moral consequence: John will meet new people and help others.
Immoral action: John decides to hang out in the school parking lot and smoke cigarettes.
Immoral consequence: John will develop a smoking habit and not do anything productive.
Norm: It's wrong not to stop for kids.
Situation: Sam is in a hurry on the way to work.
Intention: Sam wants to get to work on time.
Moral action: Sam waits patiently at the stop sign for the children to cross.
Moral consequence: Sam explains the situation to their boss and is commended for being safe.
Immoral action: Sam sees the stop sign on the side of the bus but attempts to pass it.
Immoral consequence: Sam hits a child crossing and is arrested.
Norm: You shouldn't waste food.
Situation: Craig is tired of always eating at the same restaurants.
Intention: Craig wants to try the new buffet restaurant in town.
Moral action: Craig is mindful of how much he can eat at the buffet and takes only the amount he knows he can finish.
Moral consequence: Craig is happy that her tried the new buffet restaurant.
Immoral action: Craig repeatedly loads his plate with food at the buffet, but then he's too full to finish it all, so he throws the rest out.
Immoral consequence: Craig feels bad for taking more than he was able to eat and wasting food.
Norm: It's frowned upon to drop out of school.
Situation: Sara is struggling in school and can't seem to keep her core grades up.
Intention: Sara wants to take the pressure of school off her shoulders.
Moral action: Sara decides to enroll in summer school in order to catch up.
Moral consequence: Sara is able to pass the classes she failed in summer school.
Immoral action: Sara decides to drop out of school and get her GED.
Immoral consequence: Sara finds it difficult to get a decent job later.
Norm: You should not enjoy hurting living things.
Situation: Sally has just noticed that a bee has gotten into her house.
Intention: Sally wants to remove the bee.
Moral action: Sally traps the bee in a container and releases it outside.
Moral consequence: The bee is free and alive to benefit the environment.
Immoral action: Sally smashes the hornet with a shoe and cheers victoriously.
Immoral consequence: Sally killed a beneficial creature needlessly.
Norm: It's wrong to take other people's property.
Situation: Homer has a neighbor Ned who he often borrows things from.
Intention: Homer wants a riding lawn mower.
Moral action: Homer borrows Neds mower once, asks where he got it and buys one for himself.
Moral consequence: Homer now mows his lawn in a quicker and more enjoyable way.
Immoral action: Homer takes the riding lawn mower from Neds yard and will not give it back.
Immoral consequence: Ned calls the police and presses charges resuling in Homer being arrested for theft.
Norm: It's good to find someone you are interested in.
Situation: Todd has been dating for quite a while and hasn't found anyone yet who he really likes, but he's met a few women who are nice.
Intention: Todd wants to find a long term relationship with someone.
Moral action: Todd decides to wait until he meets someone he finds truly interesting and could love deeply before he commits to a relationship.
Moral consequence: Todd meets someone who he respects and loves, and she feels the same way, they commit to one another and are very happy together.
Immoral action: Todd decides to settle for someone who he doesn't really care for deeply, but she is a good person.
Immoral consequence: The relationship never really takes off because Todd is never able to deeply commit to it, and she is very disappointed.
Norm: It's wrong to make your friend feel bad.
Situation: Cal is watching his friend play basketball and sees his friend miss a shot.
Intention: Cal wants to make a remark about the shot.
Moral action: Cal says his friend will do better next shot.
Moral consequence: Cal's friend will keep trying to play better.
Immoral action: Cal says the shot was one of the biggest misses he's seen.
Immoral consequence: Cal's friend will lose confidence.
Norm: You shouldn't clog toilets.
Situation: John is at a friend's house visiting.
Intention: John wants to finish using the restroom.
Moral action: John performs a courtesy flush before using an appropriate amount of toilet paper.
Moral consequence: John is able to rejoin his friend in the main room after washing up.
Immoral action: John uses half a roll of toilet paper before flushing.
Immoral consequence: John is embarrassed when he floods his friend's bathroom with toilet water.
Norm: It's nice to help your spouse with the housework.
Situation: Jim is reading a book on Saturday afternoon while his wife, Cindy, cleans the house.
Intention: Jim wants to finish his book.
Moral action: Jim tells Cindy that he's just going to finish his book, and then he will do some of the housework, so she can relax.
Moral consequence: Cindy appreciates Jim's offer, without having had to ask him to help out.
Immoral action: When Cindy asks Jim for help he tells her that he just wants to finish his book.
Immoral consequence: Cindy gets frustrated that she is cleaning the house while Jim sits and reads.
Norm: It's wrong to cheat on a test in school.
Situation: Rob is taking his final exams.
Intention: Rob wants to get a high score.
Moral action: Rob stays up all night studying extra hard for the exams.
Moral consequence: Rob is treated to his favorite meal when his parents see his high test score.
Immoral action: Rob hides his study notes in his sleeve and uses them to ace the exam.
Immoral consequence: Rob is flunked when the instructor finds out about him cheating.
Norm: You shouldn't be a creep toward women.
Situation: Gary is walking to attend his class and sees a group of young women on the way.
Intention: Gary wants to walk past the group of the women.
Moral action: Gary says hi and simply walks past the women.
Moral consequence: The women also say hi and Gary feels a sense of glee.
Immoral action: As Gary is passing the group he teases the women.
Immoral consequence: Gary gets suspended from college for his mistreatment of the women.
Norm: It is bad to have bad hygiene
Situation: Zander hasn't showered in a few days and his friends just showed up asking him to go to the bar with them.
Intention: Zander wants to go out and drink with his friends.
Moral action: Zander takes a quick five minute shower and then goes to the bar with his friends.
Moral consequence: Zander has a good time at the bar and a pretty girl compliments him for smelling good.
Immoral action: Zander heads out to the bar with his friends without showering.
Immoral consequence: Zander get's made fun of by people at the bar for smelling bad and it hurts his feelings.
Norm: It's bad to intentionally waste time at work.
Situation: John is overloaded with his assigned tasks at work, which makes him stressed.
Intention: John wants to decrease his stress.
Moral action: John listens to relaxing music on his phone while he continues working.
Moral consequence: John is able to concentrate better with the music, and John manages to finish all his tasks for the day.
Immoral action: John plays several games of solitaire to make himself feel better.
Immoral consequence: John does not get his work done leaving him with more tasks to do the following day.
Norm: Siblings shouldn't intentionally hurt each other.
Situation: Jeff was playing outside in the backyard with his little brother Jack.
Intention: Jeff wanted Jack to leave him alone.
Moral action: Jeff told his brother he was going play at a friend's house.
Moral consequence: Jeff was able to play without having to worry about his brother.
Immoral action: Jeff punched Jack and told him to stay away from him.
Immoral consequence: Jeff's mother scolded him, and he ended up being punished for a week.
Norm: It's wrong to drink and drive.
Situation: Jack is out having a fun night with his friends and has had a few more drinks than he expected when he drove to the bar.
Intention: Jack wants to go home and go to bed.
Moral action: Jack decides he doesn't want to risk his life and others and gets an Uber to bring him home.
Moral consequence: Jacks' friend calls him the next day and asks how he got home, he tells Jack he is proud of him for leaving his car behind and being responsible.
Immoral action: Jack decides he only lives a few blocks away, so he may as well drive anyway.
Immoral consequence: Jack gets pulled over on his way home and gets charged with a DUI.
Norm: It is rude to disturb the people around you.
Situation: John is at the school library trying to study for finals surrounded by other students.
Intention: John wants to ask a fellow student who's not present a question about study materials.
Moral action: John steps outside the library to make his phone call to the other student.
Moral consequence: Other students in the library appreciate John being so considerate.
Immoral action: John calls his fellow student from the library and has a long animated discussion with him.
Immoral consequence: Other students are aggravated with John because he's disturbing their studies.
Norm: It's bad to worry to much about other peoples' opinions.
Situation: Emily has a very overbearing mother, who is always on her about her weight, even though she is fairly skinny.
Intention: Emily wants to stay thin.
Moral action: Emily stands up to her mother, realizes her weight is fine, and learns to like the body she has.
Moral consequence: Emily retains her self-esteem and lives a long, healthy life.
Immoral action: Emily hides her eating, starts purging when she eats, and she eventually becomes bulimic.
Immoral consequence: Emily's teeth rot away from the vomiting, and she eventually dies from the stress on her body.
Norm: It's deceitful to cheat on your spouse
Situation: Max isn't happy with his marriage to his wife and has a crush on a coworker.
Intention: Max doesn't want to get divorced from his wife.
Moral action: Max tells his wife that they should go to counseling to work on improving their marriage.
Moral consequence: Max's wife is encouraged by Max's willingness to work on strengthening their marriage.
Immoral action: Max has a secret affair with his coworker and goes to great lengths to hide it from his wife.
Immoral consequence: Max's wife wonders why Max is so distant from her and becomes unhappy.
Norm: You shouldn't violate professional ethics at your job.
Situation: Keith, who works for the IRS, wants to get revenge on Blaine, but he doesn't know where Blaine lives.
Intention: Keith wants to find Blaine's home address.
Moral action: Keith uses google and other search engines to find Blaine's social media which shows where he lives.
Moral consequence: Keith manages to find Blaine without anyone suspecting him and enacts his revenge.
Immoral action: Keith uses his IRS computer to search for Blaine and locates his address inside his tax file.
Immoral consequence: Keith is investigated by IRS internal security and is fired for violating taxpayer confidentiality.
Norm: You shouldn't let money destroy your family.
Situation: David inheretied a million dollars from his parents and it's his job to figure out what to do with it.
Intention: David wants to divy out the inheritance to his family.
Moral action: David gives the inheritance to all his siblings.
Moral consequence: David's siblings are glad David didn't destroy the family and David is proud.
Immoral action: David only gives the inheritance to half of his siblings.
Immoral consequence: The other half of David's siblings never talk to David again, and David feels guilty.
Norm: You shouldn't get so angry at people.
Situation: Dave is walking through the mall with his wife Wendy when he's bumped into accidentally by Bill.
Intention: Dave wants to react to Bill bumping into him.
Moral action: Dave tells Bill to please be more careful and watch where he's going next time.
Moral consequence: Bill is apologetic and realizes he might have hurt Dave when he bumped into him and is happy Dave isn't angry.
Immoral action: Dave screams at Bill to get his attention then threatens to beat up Bill  in a fit of rage.
Immoral consequence: Wendy is shocked that her husband is being so violent and out of control and even fears for her own safety.
Norm: It is good to talk through situations with partner.
Situation: Jane has been married to her partner for three years.
Intention: Jane wants to move on from a disagreement she is having with her partner.
Moral action: Jane and her partner sit down and discuss their disagreement and communicate openly.
Moral consequence: Jane and her partner get over the disagreement and grow closer to one another thanks to the communication.
Immoral action: Jane and her partner bury and ignore the issue as if it never happened.
Immoral consequence: Jane becomes more passive aggressive and resentful towards her partner eventually leading to their separation.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore your friends and slip away from them.
Situation: Randy just recently started dating Theresa, a young woman that he finds very attractive and interesting.
Intention: Randy wants to spend more time getting to know Theresa.
Moral action: Randy invites Theresa to join him when he's hanging out with his group of friends.
Moral consequence: Randy's friends get to know Theresa as well, and they grow really fond of her.
Immoral action: Randy slowly spends more and more time with Theresa instead of with his friends who rarely ever get to see him anymore.
Immoral consequence: Randy's friends stop inviting him to hang out, and they eventually grow distant.
Norm: It's wrong to tell someone their partner is crazy.
Situation: Andy is annoyed by some things that his wife has done recently.
Intention: Andy needs to vent his frustration.
Moral action: Andy talks to a good friend about his frustrations and his friend makes suggestions.
Moral consequence: Andy feels better after getting it out and getting some advice.
Immoral action: Andy talks to a woman he knows is attracted to him about how awful his wife is.
Immoral consequence: Andy has an affair and gets caught.
Norm: It is ungrateful to waste a gift.
Situation: Ian gets a nice pair of headphones from a fellow friend who doesn't need them any more.
Intention: Ian wants to use the headphones.
Moral action: Ian puts the headphones in a protective case and uses them while sitting.
Moral consequence: Ian's friend is impressed with how Ian cares for things and gives him more expensive gifts.
Immoral action: Ian puts the headphones in his backpack and uses them everywhere, quickly breaking them.
Immoral consequence: Ian's friend complains that the headphones cost a lot of money and that he's a fool for breaking them.
Norm: It's wrong to take your own life
Situation: Casey examines her life as she lay on the couch, she feels hopeless and depressed.
Intention: Casey has to decide what to do about her feelings of hopelessness.
Moral action: Casey makes a call to an anonymous hotline to talk with someone about the way she is feeling.
Moral consequence: The call leads Casey to find the help that she needs to live a happy, enjoyable life with her friends and loved ones.
Immoral action: Casey decides that there is no purpose in life, and she doesn't want to continue living, then she takes her own life.
Immoral consequence: The people who care about Casey are overcome with grief and Casey missed a part of her life that would have been very happy and rewarding.
Norm: It is good to not smoke around kids.
Situation: Jackson takes his kids to the playground and sits on a bench.
Intention: Jackson wants to pass the time.
Moral action: Jackson jogs around the playground to regain energy.
Moral consequence: His kids feel that he is healthy and is a good dad.
Immoral action: Jackson takes out his vape pen and starts enjoying it.
Immoral consequence: His kids feel irritated and go to an area far away from him.
Norm: It is unacceptable to call other people rude names.
Situation: Craig is in line at the movie theater concession stand waiting to get some popcorn.
Intention: Craig wants to hurry up and get into the theatre before the movie starts.
Moral action: Craig asks the person in front of him if he can switch places because his movie is about to start.
Moral consequence: Craig moves up in the line and gets his popcorn in time to catch his movie.
Immoral action: Craig steps up to make his order but a woman cuts in front of him, so he calls her a rude name.
Immoral consequence: Craig is asked to leave the theater for using profane language toward the woman.
Norm: It's wrong to hate others.
Situation: Josh is not accepted by a group of students at his school because he dresses different, and they often tease him for his style.
Intention: Josh wants to be left alone by the teenagers.
Moral action: Josh talks to a counselor about the student's negative remarks and the counselor talks to the students, where they start being nice to Josh.
Moral consequence: The students decide to treat Josh with kindness and Josh later becomes great friends with them.
Immoral action: Josh starts having extremely negative emotions towards the students and threatens them, where they are scared and stay away from him.
Immoral consequence: The students report Josh to the principal for the threat, which leads to Josh being expelled for school.
Norm: You shouldn't sleep with different people every week.
Situation: Bryan goes to the bar by himself and starts to feel like he needs some company.
Intention: Bryan wants to find someone to spend the evening with.
Moral action: Bryan meets someone at the bar and starts a conversation, finding that they have lots of things in common, and they begin a dating relationship.
Moral consequence: Bryan feels less lonely and more like part of a real relationship, the girl he is dating is happy to have someone in her life who cares for her.
Immoral action: Bryan finds a lonely-looking girl and asks her back to his house for the night, only to blow her off in the morning to find someone else next weekend.
Immoral consequence: Bryan feels empty and alone for the rest of the week and the girl he brought home feels as though she has been treated very poorly.
Norm: You shouldn't back out of a commitment you've made.
Situation: Tim is asked to go to a party.
Intention: Tim wants to relax.
Moral action: Tim goes to the party but leaves early.
Moral consequence: Tim relaxes the rest of the night guilt free.
Immoral action: Tim blows off the party and stays home.
Immoral consequence: Tim's friend's stop inviting him to parties.
Norm: It's good to always wear your wedding ring.
Situation: Every day Daisy would take off her wedding ring to do the dishes, her husband found out and got upset.
Intention: Daisy wants her husband to stop being upset.
Moral action: Daisy decides to keep wearing it so her husband won't complain.
Moral consequence: The dishwater wears out the ring over time and Daisy gets her husband to get her a much nicer new ring.
Immoral action: Daisy started making sure to only put the ring where her husband can't find it.
Immoral consequence: Daisy eventually put it somewhere where SHE couldn't find it either.
Norm: You shouldn't ditch your family during the holidays.
Situation: Molly needs to visit her family for the holiday and be present for the family dinner.
Intention: Molly wants to spend time with her boyfriend.
Moral action: Molly invites her boyfriend to her family dinner for the holiday.
Moral consequence: Molly's family is happy that she made it and are excited to meet her boyfriend.
Immoral action: Molly decides to skip the dinner and go out to eat with her boyfriend instead.
Immoral consequence: Molly's family's feelings are hurt and saddened by her skipping out.
Norm: You should complete a project on time.
Situation: Jack has been assigned a project which will count for a large part of his grade in class.
Intention: Jack wants to complete the project.
Moral action: Jack spends time everyday working on the project and submits quality work on time.
Moral consequence: Jack gets a really good grade in the class.
Immoral action: Jack puts the project off until he has too little time left and asks his professor for more time to complete it.
Immoral consequence: Jack risks getting a much lower grade.
Norm: It's good to clap to encourage performers.
Situation: Jones is at a concert with his friends and the band finishes a song.
Intention: Jones wants to decide to clap or not.
Moral action: Jones claps for the band even though it wasn't his favorite song.
Moral consequence: Jones friends clap for the song and the band as well.
Immoral action: Jones didn't like the song, so he thinks the band is lucky he's not booing.
Immoral consequence: Jones's friends think that Jones is being a jerk to not clap.
Norm: It's good to stay faithful to your partner.
Situation: Newly engaged Rob runs in to an old boyfriend and makes plans to meet him for drinks.
Intention: Rob wants to reconnect with his former paramour.
Moral action: Rob invites his partner to join him and his ex for drinks.
Moral consequence: Rob's fiancee spends the whole night bragging about how wonderful Rob is.
Immoral action: Rob drinks beyond moderation and ends up sleeping with his old flame.
Immoral consequence: Rob's fiancee pawns the ring Rob gave him and moves to another state.
Norm: You should run errands for people who need help.
Situation: Shelly is leaving for the local supermarket and has an elderly neighbor who doesn't get around too well.
Intention: Shelly wants to purchase a few items for herself.
Moral action: Shelly thinks of her neighbor's situation and makes sure to ask them if they need anything from the supermarket.
Moral consequence: Shelly is able to make her purchases as well as some much needed supplies for her elderly neighbor who appreciates the gesture immensely.
Immoral action: Shelly goes to the supermarket and just buys the things she needs personally without considering that her elderly neighbor may need something.
Immoral consequence: Shelly's elderly neighbor goes without a necessity until the next time they are able to get out themselves.
Norm: You shouldn't pull someone's hair.
Situation: Jack is hanging out with some friends, and they are all telling jokes and goofing off.
Intention: Jack wants to get his friends to laugh.
Moral action: Jack tells a funny anecdote about pulling hair instead of actually pulling hair.
Moral consequence: Everyone has a laugh and enjoys Jack's story and everyone has a good time.
Immoral action: Jack pulls his friends hair hard to try to get a laugh from the others.
Immoral consequence: The friend is hurt and everyone is wondering why Jack did that because it is not funny.
Norm: It's bad to stalk someone on their break.
Situation: Jon knows that his female coworker with big breasts is on her lunch break right now.
Intention: Jon has to decide whether to creep on his coworker.
Moral action: Jon doesn't want to creep out his coworker, so he decides to let her be.
Moral consequence: Jon's coworker is able to enjoy her lunch break without anyone bothering her.
Immoral action: Jon goes into the break room and gets to a spot where he has a good view of her breasts.
Immoral consequence: The coworker knows that Jon is staring at her and is thinking about reporting him.
Norm: It's wrong to exclude people from public areas
Situation: Dean is a police officer whose patrol is around the public park.
Intention: Dean wants to keep the park clean.
Moral action: Dean tells park visitors that the park is open, but they have to clean up after themselves.
Moral consequence: The visitors will enjoy the park and Dean will be able to maintain a clean park.
Immoral action: Dean tells park visitors that the park is closed and can't be used.
Immoral consequence: The visitors will not be able to enjoy the park and will report Dean for misconduct.
Norm: It's bad to never speak to your family again.
Situation: Sherry found out that her parents stole massive amounts of money from her bank account.
Intention: Sherry wants to confront her parents.
Moral action: Sherry lets her parents apologize and decides to keep a rapport with them.
Moral consequence: Sherry's parents feel less worried and Sherry moves onto thinking about something else.
Immoral action: Sherry tells her parents that she is never going to talk to them again.
Immoral consequence: Sherry and her parents engage in a long arguments afterward.
Norm: It's rude to ignore your pet's health.
Situation: Luke has a dog that he brings to the dog park.
Intention: Luke wants to play fetch with his dog.
Moral action: Luke notices the dog is hurt and decides to go back home so the dog can rest.
Moral consequence: The dog gets better faster and is up and active sooner.
Immoral action: Luke noticed his dog has a limp but continues to throw the ball which the dog can’t resist chasing.
Immoral consequence: The dogs leg gets worse, and he is more severely injured.
Norm: It's rude to raise your voice to people.
Situation: Taylor is in a work meeting in a small room where plans are being discussed.
Intention: Taylor wants to voice her opinion.
Moral action: Taylor states her opinion at a volume that is clear.
Moral consequence: The other workers will listen to what Taylor has to say.
Immoral action: Taylor projects her voice strongly while others are sitting closely.
Immoral consequence: The other workers will be taken aback by Taylor's volume.
Norm: You should keep an eye on your children.
Situation: Tori is outside playing catch with her children when she hears the phone ringing from inside the house.
Intention: Tori wants to answer the phone.
Moral action: Tori asks her kids to pause the game while she runs inside and watches them from the window as she takes her call.
Moral consequence: Tori's kids remain safe in the yard, and she rejoins them immediately after her phone call.
Immoral action: Leaving her kids to play, Tori runs inside to answer the phone.
Immoral consequence: Tori's son runs out into the street to catch the ball and is nearly hit by a car.
Norm: It's bad to copy off of someone else's schoolwork.
Situation: Trent is on the verge of failing math class, and he just forgot to do a homework assignment.
Intention: Trent wants to save his grade.
Moral action: Trent talks to his math teacher about his struggles with the class, and they put together a study plan.
Moral consequence: Trent improves at math and is able to pass the class and actually learn.
Immoral action: Trent asks a friend to copy his homework, so he can turn something in.
Immoral consequence: Trent and his friend are both caught and get detention.
Norm: You shouldn't find self-harm attractive.
Situation: Priscilla is very depressed after losing her mother to cancer and feels numb.
Intention: Priscilla wants to feel something.
Moral action: Priscilla calls a therapist and goes for therapy once a week.
Moral consequence: Priscilla learns to feel better and isn't depressed anymore.
Immoral action: Priscilla takes a razor blade and cuts her arms until she bleeds.
Immoral consequence: Priscilla is taken to hospital where she almost dies.
Norm: It's wrong to give underage kids alcohol.
Situation: Wes is looking for a drink in the fridge when his little brother Max ask for something to drink.
Intention: Wes wants to give Max a drink.
Moral action: Wes grabs a bottle of orange juice and pours a glass for Max.
Moral consequence: Max drinks the juice and asks Wes if he can have more.
Immoral action: Wes reaches in the back of the fridge and gives Max a beer.
Immoral consequence: Max drinks the beer and instantly throws up on the floor.
Norm: It's wrong to expose yourself to unwanting eyes
Situation: Don lives in a busy suburban neighborhood where many kids play outside all day.
Intention: Don wants to relax comfortably in his house on the weekend.
Moral action: Don finds comfortable tshirts and shorts to wear when he is home.
Moral consequence: Don can relax while comfortable and interact with neighbors without offending anyone.
Immoral action: Don walks through his house nude without checking his windows through the day.
Immoral consequence: The neighbors complain and Don is fined by the town for indecent exposure.
Norm: You should spend your vacation time with your loved ones.
Situation: Jon has been working really hard all year and has some vacation time accrued.
Intention: Jon wants to take some time off.
Moral action: Jon executes a pleasant vacation for the whole family.
Moral consequence: Jon's family is happy, and they make happy memories during this vacation.
Immoral action: Jon goes on vacation by himself because he feels like he deserves it.
Immoral consequence: Jon's family is sad that they don't get to go with him.
Norm: It's wrong to abandon a depressed friend.
Situation: Elaine is at her friend Sally's, who has been very sad and mentioned harming herself, but Elaine is supposed to meet her boyfriend in a few minutes.
Intention: Elaine wants to react to Sally's feelings.
Moral action: Elaine calls her boyfriend to say that Sally really needs her right now, and she stays and talks with her through the night.
Moral consequence: Sally feels much better that Elaine took the time to work through her issues.
Immoral action: Elaine tells Sally that she has plans with her boyfriend, but to not do anything stupid.
Immoral consequence: Sally feels very alone and then decides to attempt suicide.
Norm: It's bad to sling insults at someone.
Situation: Ken is sitting on his porch one afternoon when he sees a girl go jogging by.
Intention: Ken wants to speak to the girl.
Moral action: Ken waves to the jogger and asks her how many miles she has run today.
Moral consequence: The jogging girl smiles and answers Ken, and the two of them have a nice conversation.
Immoral action: Ken yells insults towards the girl and makes fun of her weight.
Immoral consequence: The jogging girl tells all the neighbors about Ken's behavior, and they all begin to shun him.
Norm: It's wrong to get involved with coworkers.
Situation: Fran is hired at a new company.
Intention: Fran wants to get ahead at work.
Moral action: Fran spends a lot of time working nights and weekends at her job.
Moral consequence: The president of the company is impressed by Fran's hard work and gives her a promotion.
Immoral action: Fran has an affair with her boss, so he will give her a promotion.
Immoral consequence: The president of the company finds out about the affair and fires Fran.
Norm: It's bad to litter.
Situation: Lee is heading back to work after grabbing some lunch from the Wendy's drive-thru.
Intention: Lee wants to get rid of his fast food wrappers.
Moral action: Lee put his fast food trash in garbage can when he returns to the office.
Moral consequence: Lee keeps his city looking clean and attractive for other residents and tourists.
Immoral action: Lee tosses his burger wrapper out of his car window.
Immoral consequence: Lee gets a ticket for littering when a cop sees what he has done.
Norm: You shouldn't damage other people's cars.
Situation: John made a mean joke at his co-worker Jim's expense leaving Jim feeling upset.
Intention: Jim wants to react to the joke.
Moral action: Jim pulls John aside and privately expresses his negative feelings about the joke.
Moral consequence: John apologizes for making the joke and Jim is left feeling much better.
Immoral action: Jim reacts to the joke with extreme retaliation and decides to key John's car.
Immoral consequence: John calls the police and Jim is arrested for vandalism after being caught by the security camera.
Norm: It's wrong to steal a purse from another person.
Situation: Mary is leaving a bar when she notices a purse sitting on a bench unattended.
Intention: Mary wants to go home.
Moral action: Mary picks up the purse and gives it to the bar manager to find the owner, then drives home.
Moral consequence: Mary feels good that she made sure the purse was safe until the owner could be found.
Immoral action: Mary picks up the purse and takes it home with her.
Immoral consequence: Mary is seen on security  video taking the purse and is arrested for theft.
Norm: It is good to be part of a community.
Situation: Earl lives in a small tight knit neighborhood.
Intention: Earl wants a peaceful quiet life.
Moral action: Earl makes tiem for himself but has a few close friends and chats with the neighbors when he sees them.
Moral consequence: When COVID comes and Earl needs to quarantine, neighbors are there to help get what he needs delivered.
Immoral action: Earl keeps to himself has no friends and never talks to any of his neighbors.
Immoral consequence: When Earl has a health crisis no one is there to help him with errands or comfort him.
Norm: It's polite to split the cost of things.
Situation: John and his friend take a taxi together and his friend asks John to pay half the fare.
Intention: John wants to reply to his friend about the taxi fare.
Moral action: John says he'll pay half the cost of the taxi ride and his friend pays the rest.
Moral consequence: John's friend thinks that each person paying half the cost is fair and thinks John is being reasonable.
Immoral action: John says his friend should pay the whole fare because it was their idea to take a taxi, so they reluctantly do so.
Immoral consequence: John's friend thinks John isn't fair for not paying half the cost of the taxi that he used.
Norm: You shouldn't keep pestering people that won't listen.
Situation: Greg has an overweight coworker who has no interest in anything health-related that Greg tells him.
Intention: Greg wants his coworker to get healthier.
Moral action: Greg asks his coworker if he wants to go out walking or for some physical activity whenever the chance arises.
Moral consequence: Greg's coworker gets more exercise from Greg including him and learns to enjoy it.
Immoral action: Greg continues to tell his coworker about ways to improve his health and gives him books about it.
Immoral consequence: The coworker gets so annoyed with Greg that he completely cuts off their friendship.
Norm: You should never yell at anyone.
Situation: Michael's son Joe is washing dishes, but there's still food left on the dishes.
Intention: Michael wants to get the dishes cleaned.
Moral action: Michael shows Joe how to properly clean a dish and let's him finish the rest.
Moral consequence: Joe washes all of the food from the dirty dishes.
Immoral action: Michael raises his voice at Joe to tell him to wash the food from the dishes.
Immoral consequence: Joe looks sad and tears enter his eyes while he washes the dishes.
Norm: It's rude to turn off a show someone was watching.
Situation: Bob and his wife are watching Oprah.
Intention: Bob wants to watch the baseball game.
Moral action: Bob goes to the bedroom and watches the game on the TV in there.
Moral consequence: Bob gets to watch the game, his wife gets to watch Oprah.
Immoral action: Bob switches channels to the game without asking his wife.
Immoral consequence: Bob's wife is very angry and starts to yell.
Norm: It's bad to physically harm your children.
Situation: James just received the second call from his son's school about his son fighting.
Intention: James wants to make sure his son stops fighting before he gets expelled.
Moral action: James made his son start attending weekly therapy sessions with the school counselor.
Moral consequence: James' son gradually learned better ways of dealing with his anger.
Immoral action: As soon as James' son comes home, James spanks him until he's badly bruised.
Immoral consequence: James' son learns to hide the fighting and starts ambushing his classmates off school grounds.
Norm: You shouldn't fire someone after they get surgery.
Situation: Kevin is a manager at work, and his employee Zach just had his pancreas removed, so Zach's work is not getting done.
Intention: Kevin wants Zach's work to get done.
Moral action: Kevin hires temporary help to handle Zach's workload until he recovers.
Moral consequence: Zach returns to work and does an excellent job, as before.
Immoral action: Kevin fires Zach and hires a new employee to take his place.
Immoral consequence: The new employee lacks Zach's experience and doesn't fit the position.
Norm: It's bad to interuppt others.
Situation: Arnie was talking about something with his friends.
Intention: Arnie wants to keep talking.
Moral action: One of Arnie's friends wants to comment and Arnie lets him finish, then replies, then continues.
Moral consequence: The other friends eagerly try to get in on the comments and dialouge.
Immoral action: One of Arnie's friends wants to comment and Arnie interrupts him.
Immoral consequence: Arnie's friends eventually don't want to listen to Arnie anymore.
Norm: It's expected that humans take care of the planet.
Situation: Lance lives in the country and has several bags full of recyclable trash in his house.
Intention: Lance wants to dispose of the trash.
Moral action: Lance takes the trash to recycling center in the nearest large city.
Moral consequence: The trash is remade into useful products and decreases people's consumption of non-renewable resources.
Immoral action: Lance goes out into the woods and dumps the trash in a hole that he finds.
Immoral consequence: The trash sits in the woods and poisons the creatures who come near it to eat.
Norm: You shouldn't just let stray dogs wander the streets.
Situation: Tamara is walking home from work when she sees a couple of stray dogs in her neighborhood.
Intention: Tamara wants her neighborhood to be free of stray dogs.
Moral action: Tamara calls animal control and tells them about the dogs.
Moral consequence: Animal control comes and picks up the dogs and returns them to their rightful owners.
Immoral action: Tamara assumes that the dogs owners will find them and does nothing.
Immoral consequence: The dogs break into a bunch of trash cans that night and leave a huge mess that the residents have to clean up.
Norm: It is good to get your work done.
Situation: Jim has work left to do that his boss wanted done that day even though it's already the time he usually goes home.
Intention: Jim wants to go home.
Moral action: Jim stays at work an extra hour and finishes all his work before going home.
Moral consequence: Jim is commended by his boss for staying late and getting all his work done.
Immoral action: Jim goes straight home leaving his work unfinished because he feels tired already.
Immoral consequence: Jim is reprimanded by his boss the next day for not finishing his work on time.
Norm: It is wrong to show off at work.
Situation: Jennie is notified that she has won employee of the month today by her boss.
Intention: Jennie wants to celebrate winning.
Moral action: Jennie shakes her boss's hand in thanks and orders lunch for herself and office mates for the occasion.
Moral consequence: Jennie boss keeps Jennie in mind for a promotion due to her humbleness and kindness.
Immoral action: Jennie takes a very vocal victory lap around the office while everyone watches.
Immoral consequence: Jennie's boss reprimands her for disruptive behavior and takes away the award.
Norm: You shouldn't spread gossip at work.
Situation: Bill is told by Jane a rumor that Gary is going to be fired.
Intention: Bill wants to determine what to do with this information.
Moral action: Bill says nothing about it because it's just gossip.
Moral consequence: The rumor fades into obscurity and some new rumor takes it's place.
Immoral action: Bill tells Jack and John and James and Jessie and Jill and...
Immoral consequence: Gary ends up hearing and resigning his position over the rumors.
Norm: It's rude not to share with others.
Situation: John is at a restaurant with his friends, their food has just arrived and John notices that his plate of fries is humongous.
Intention: John wants to eat some fries.
Moral action: After putting some fries on his plate, John moves it into the middle of the table and invites his friends to help themselves.
Moral consequence: John is offered some food from his friends' plates in return.
Immoral action: John eats all the fries on his plate.
Immoral consequence: John feels really gross and has a stomach ache all evening.
Norm: It is good to always put forth your best effort
Situation: Andrew is starting a workout routine and has a hard time lifting even light weights.
Intention: Andrew wants to finish his workout routine.
Moral action: Andrew pushes himself hard and just barely finishes the routine before collapsing.
Moral consequence: Andrew's muscles grow and the weights become easier to handle, eventually accomplishing his goals.
Immoral action: Andrew lowers the weights a bit, so he can finish his routine easily and with energy to spare.
Immoral consequence: Andrew never gets stronger because the weights are too light and don't push his body to its limits.
Norm: It's wrong to Heckle at sporting event
Situation: Jeff is in the stadium of a live sporting event.
Intention: Jeff wants to express his excitement with the game.
Moral action: Jeff shouts positive encouragement toward his own team.
Moral consequence: The team players hear this and appreciate the encouragement.
Immoral action: Jeff starts loudly chanting that the opposing team should go home and learn how to play the game.
Immoral consequence: People around Jeff are annoyed and uncomfortable, and he is ruining their viewing.
Norm: Calling a child a name is mean.
Situation: John and his friend Steve are in the ice cream parlor and there is an obese child buying ice cream there.
Intention: John wants to make Steve laugh.
Moral action: John tells Steve a funny joke he heard on the Fallon show last night.
Moral consequence: Steve laughs at the joke and John feels good about himself.
Immoral action: John calls the obese child a fatty and tells him that he should be eating vegetables instead of ice cream.
Immoral consequence: The child begins to cry and the owner of the ice cream parlor throws John out.
Norm: You shouldn't be a reckless driver.
Situation: Kim drives her car to work in the morning every day.
Intention: Kim wants to get to work early.
Moral action: Kim sets her alarm clock a half an hour earlier than usual.
Moral consequence: Kim gets to work a half hour earlier than she usually did.
Immoral action: KIm drives ten miles over the speed limit on her way to work.
Immoral consequence: Kim gets pulled over by a police officer and gets a speeding ticket.
Norm: It isn't okay to be overly dependent on other people.
Situation: Jake lives at his parents house rent free and is playing video games when his mom Jenny bursts in and asks him when he's going to get a job.
Intention: Jake wants to answer his mom's question.
Moral action: Jake tells his mom that he'll get his act together and get a job as soon as there's an opening.
Moral consequence: Jenny is delighted that her son is taking his future seriously and is planning on unburdening her and her husband of his presence.
Immoral action: Jake tells his mom he's not really planning on getting a job since he can live with her and dad for free.
Immoral consequence: Jenny is infuriated that her son thinks it's OK to continue to mooch off her and her husband forever.
Norm: You shouldn't lie about having an addiction.
Situation: Fred has been drinking excessively everyday when his friend Alan asks him about his drinking.
Intention: Fred wants to respond to Alan.
Moral action: Fred tells Alan his drinking is out of control, and he can't stop.
Moral consequence: Alan will try to get help for Fred.
Immoral action: Fred tells Alan he only drinks a little bit and he is fine.
Immoral consequence: Alan will think Fred does not have a problem and will not help him.