Not-qty/ols-moral-stories-2k huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to do things to harm yourself.
Situation: Ray is sore after pushing himself to the limit weightlifting, but he doesn't want to leave the gym.
Intention: Ray wants to continue exercising.
Moral action: Ray does some light cardio before doing some streches.
Moral consequence: Ray becomes more flexible after doing the stretches.
Immoral action: Ray continues lifting heavy weights ignoring his body.
Immoral consequence: Ray's muscles give out causing him to drop the weight onto his foot.
Norm: You shouldn't make people who sacrificed for you mad.
Situation: Tad's mother was working extra hours so that he could take guitar lessons.
Intention: Tad wants to go to his friend's house.
Moral action: Tad takes his bicycle to get to his friend's house down the street.
Moral consequence: Tad's mother picks him up later to bring him to his lessons.
Immoral action: Tad takes his mother's car to his friend's house without asking.
Immoral consequence: Tad's mother stops paying for his lessons and grounds him for a month.
Norm: It is good to trust someone in a relationship.
Situation: Mary's boyfriend John is part of a big project at work and has taken to sometimes pulling all-nighters.
Intention: Mary wants to feel secure in her relationship.
Moral action: Mary is honest with John about her insecurities.
Moral consequence: Mary is better able to handle the temporary distance after John adjusts his schedule to give her more attention.
Immoral action: Mary follows John and confronts him when he goes for a meal with coworkers after work.
Immoral consequence: After embarrassing John in front of his coworkers Mary and John grow further apart.
Norm: It's rude to spread rumors about other people's health care.
Situation: James hears a rumor about a girl Jane in his school about having herpes.
Intention: James wants to have fun with his friends.
Moral action: James and his friends scold people for spreading that rumor and end up taking Jane to a movie and have a lot of fun.
Moral consequence: Jane makes a new friend group and thanks James and his friends for being good people.
Immoral action: James and his friends spread the rumor that Jane has herpes and finds it fun in the moment.
Immoral consequence: Jane has a mental breakdown in school and ends up dropping out and ruining her education.
Norm: It's wrong to plagiarize for class.
Situation: Susan has a big paper coming up for her ethics class.
Intention: Susan wants to achieve an A on the paper.
Moral action: Susan finds a paper about the same topic online and reads it then drafts an alternative position.
Moral consequence: Susan achieves an A on the paper and is given an award by her professor for her diligence.
Immoral action: Susan finds a paper about the same topic online and copies large portions of it.
Immoral consequence: Susan achieves an A on the paper but avoids talking about her paper with others.
Norm: It's good to recycle and reuse products as hand-me-downs.
Situation: Eric lives at home with 2 older brothers, needs clothes and is poor.
Intention: Eric wants some more clothes for himself.
Moral action: Eric asks his older brother for some of his nice shirts that he no longer wears.
Moral consequence: Eric has no financial stress and feels thrifty.
Immoral action: Eric buys expensive clothes at a store on his credit card.
Immoral consequence: Eric is more financially stressed out and can't pay his bills.
Norm: You shouldn't spy on your significant other
Situation: Gary hears his girlfriend whispering in the next room, he suspects that she is talking on her phone.
Intention: Gary wants to find out who his girlfriend was talking to in the next room.
Moral action: Gary expresses his concern that his girlfriend was speaking so softly on the phone and asks her if everything is alright in their relationship.
Moral consequence: Gary's request for an honest conversation about his concerns are met with an honest reply and their relationship becomes stronger as their bond of trust increases.
Immoral action: Gary waits until his girlfriend is asleep and looks through her phone history.
Immoral consequence: Gary violates the trust that his relationship is built upon and weakens the bond between himself and his girlfriend.
Norm: It's wrong not to take your job seriously.
Situation: Will just got a new job and was invited by some less career-focused coworkers to go drinking during their lunch break.
Intention: Will wants to fit in with a group at work.
Moral action: Will says he'll pass on lunch but makes plans to meet up with them after work for a happy hour.
Moral consequence: Will works hard and sets a good impression during the day, and he has a good time at happy hour after work.
Immoral action: Will goes to a long lunch with his coworkers that takes over a couple hours, and he drinks several beers.
Immoral consequence: Will gets called into his boss's office to talk about the long lunch break and is fired when his boss smells the beer on his breath.
Norm: It's wrong to spread your illness to another person.
Situation: Tim has been terribly sick at home with the flu for the past few days.
Intention: Tim wants to get some soup to feel better.
Moral action: Tim orders a soup with contact-less delivery.
Moral consequence: Tim protects others from getting the flu.
Immoral action: Tim goes out to the store to buy some cans of soup.
Immoral consequence: Tim exposes customers and employees to the flu and infects them.
Norm: It's commendable to treat service workers with kindness.
Situation: Dave is at a restaurant when his waitress says there will be a delay with his order.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to the waitress.
Moral action: Dave reassures the waitress that the wait is fine and tries calm her anxiety over the situation.
Moral consequence: The waitress feels good that at least some customers act like decent people.
Immoral action: Dave rudely yells at the waitress and tells her that she is incompetent.
Immoral consequence: Dave's waitress is hurt to be treated so unkindly when she is already under enough stress.
Norm: It's good to try to maintain long-term friendships.
Situation: Olivia, who recently started a new job, is planning her wedding but doesn't have enough room to invite all the people she would like to.
Intention: Olivia wants to finalize her guest list.
Moral action: Olivia invites her old friends who she hasn't seen in years and decides to bring her coworkers wedding favors as a small apology for not being able to invite them.
Moral consequence: Olivia has a great time reconnecting with all her old friends at the wedding and is glad she kept in touch with them.
Immoral action: Olivia decides to invite her new co-workers at the expense of some old friends that she hasn't seen in a long time.
Immoral consequence: Olivia becomes more popular at work but falls out of touch with her old friends.
Norm: It's bad to put a person out on the street.
Situation: Terrance attempts to collect the past due rent from a family to whom he is renting an apartment.
Intention: Terrance needs to get the money owed to him, for his rental unit.
Moral action: Terrance explains to the family that he understands financial trouble, but that he expects a payment arrangement to be made so that their account will be brought up to date.
Moral consequence: The family is grateful for his flexibility, and they work hard to bring the account current, they keep renting and Terrance keeps making money.
Immoral action: Terrance informs the family that they have one week to either pay the back rent in full, or vacate the apartment.
Immoral consequence: The family has to quickly find somewhere to live and Terrance doesn't get any of the money that he is owed.
Norm: It's not okay to break up siblings.
Situation: Gilbert works at his country's border and is responsible for sending immigrant orphans to different orphanages.
Intention: Gilbert wants to serve his country.
Moral action: Gilbert knows that humanity sometimes supersedes the written rules, and makes sure to keep two orphan immigrant brothers he encounters during his work together with one another.
Moral consequence: The two brothers that Gilbert kept together are very happy to have one another.
Immoral action: Gilbert follows the letter of the law of his country and finds himself in a situation where he sends two brother orphan immigrants to separate orphanages.
Immoral consequence: The brothers that Gilbert separates become frightened and grow up to resent the separation that was forced on them.
Norm: People might think you're cruel for abandoning a puppy.
Situation: Theo realizes that his new puppy is too much for him to handle.
Intention: Theo wants to get rid of the puppy.
Moral action: Theo puts an ad online and finds someone that takes the puppy.
Moral consequence: Theo is seen as admirable for finding the puppy a good home.
Immoral action: Theo takes the puppy to a busy street corner and leaves it on the curb.
Immoral consequence: Theo is seen as an awful person for leaving the puppy on the side of the road.
Norm: You shouldn't let your kids hear you having sex.
Situation: Samantha and her husband enjoy a healthy sex life, but they live with their 12 year old son Joe in a small apartment.
Intention: Samantha wants their son to be educated about sex.
Moral action: Samantha has a discussion about sex with Joe that emphasizes treating people with respect and personal responsibility.
Moral consequence: Joe grows up to have a healthy sex life.
Immoral action: Samantha thinks that the best way to teach her son about sex is to let him listen to her and her husband have sex through their door.
Immoral consequence: Joe tells his teacher about his parents having sex and the school sends him to a psychologist.
Norm: You should not tell your partner who to communicate with.
Situation: Gerry is dating Allana, and Gerry finds Allana's friend Lucy very annoying.
Intention: Gerry wants to avoid Lucy.
Moral action: Gerry tries to be away from home when Lucy is around.
Moral consequence: Lucy notices Gerry avoids Lucy and tries to set things up so that they meet when Gerry isn't around.
Immoral action: Gerry tells Allana that Lucy is annoying and that she can't talk with her anymore.
Immoral consequence: Allana tells Gerry to go somewhere unpleasant and breaks up with him on the spot.
Norm: You should show sympathy to people in hard times.
Situation: Ann's neighbor is undergoing hard times and Ann is acutely aware of this.
Intention: Ann wants to avoid loaning money to her neighbor.
Moral action: Ann visits her neighbor and finds ways to help other than financially.
Moral consequence: Ann and her neighbor become good friends.
Immoral action: Ann avoids her neighbor.
Immoral consequence: Ann becomes disliked in the neighborhood.
Norm: It's good to share with your roommate.
Situation: Amber is quite poor and hungry, her roommate Sky just got a large donation of food that will expire soon and can't finish it by herself.
Intention: Sky wants to use the food before it expires.
Moral action: Sky offers the food to Amber and the two of them look up how to preserve it to make it last much longer than the expiration dates.
Moral consequence: Amber and Sky preserve the food together and make sure that it's all either eaten or stored properly, they feel closer as friends and roommates.
Immoral action: Sky binges on all of the food at once after smoking a lot of marijuana to make sure none of it goes bad.
Immoral consequence: Amber judges Sky for being selfish and feels excluded, she doesn't want to help Sky feel any better even though she's sick to her stomach.
Norm: It's good to offer food to your friends.
Situation: John and his friends are having a movie night at John's house.
Intention: John wants to get something to eat.
Moral action: John prepares a spread of snacks and shares it with his friends.
Moral consequence: Johns friend's have a great time at his house and agree to bring snacks with them to share as well for the next movie night.
Immoral action: John grabs himself some leftovers from lunch and sits down to watch the movie while eating.
Immoral consequence: John's friends all plan to go out to dinner without him after the movie but don't invite him along since he already ate.
Norm: It's good to get a job during high school.
Situation: Jeremy is in high school and learns about a high school school dance that requires a purchased ticket to attend.
Intention: Jeremy wants to find a way to get a ticket to the dance.
Moral action: Jeremy gets a part time job to earn money to pay for a ticket.
Moral consequence: Jeremy will learn how to earn money to through working.
Immoral action: Jeremy begs his parents to buy him a ticket to the dance.
Immoral consequence: Jeremy will not learn how to work for the things he wants.
Norm: It's rude to forget somebody gave you a gift
Situation: Steve is at John's house and notices that John is still using the small rug Steve bought him years ago and says 'oh wow you still like that rug huh?".
Intention: John wants to respond to Steve's statement about the rug.
Moral action: John tells Steve that yeah he does love that rug and is so glad Steve gifted it to him years ago.
Moral consequence: Steve is delighted that his friend is getting such long use out of his gift and that he remembers he gave it to him.
Immoral action: John tells Steve that yeah he does as he likes the style, but he cannot remember where he bought it.
Immoral consequence: Steve is annoyed that John doesn't even remember that Steve bought it for him and thinks he bought it himself.
Norm: It's morally unacceptable to support a terrorist organization.
Situation: Ben has money to spare to donate to an organization pushing for world change.
Intention: Ben wants to pick an organization to donate to that will change the world.
Moral action: Ben chooses to donate his money to Doctors Without Borders.
Moral consequence: The money is used to help people in disadvantaged countries and helps save lives.
Immoral action: Ben chooses to donate to ISIS and sends his money to them.
Immoral consequence: ISIS uses the money to recruit more fighters, who then kill and oppress people in the Middle East.
Norm: It's rude to not share with others.
Situation: Fred's brother asks him to share a cookie.
Intention: Fred wants to respond to the request.
Moral action: Fred shares a cookie with his brother.
Moral consequence: Fred's brother is happy and excited.
Immoral action: Fred refuses to share any of his cookies with his brother.
Immoral consequence: Fred's brother is sad and begins to cry.
Norm: It's good to help customers with their problems.
Situation: June is nearing the end of a long shift at her retail job when a customer approaches her for help with a time consuming problem.
Intention: June wants to clock out, so she can get off her feet.
Moral action: June helps the customer until the next shift arrives then hands the customer issue over.
Moral consequence: June gets a customer compliment that her boss uses in her annual review.
Immoral action: June tells the customer to wait for the next shift to come and help her, then leaves the customer to wait.
Immoral consequence: June gets written up when her boss discovers the customer waiting.
Norm: You shouldn't run in crowded places
Situation: Nate is attending a charity event, and he notices one of his good friends on his way out of the crowded hall.
Intention: Nate wants to get to his friend before he leaves the event.
Moral action: Nate calls his friend and asks him to wait for him, then heads towards him, careful not to disturb the people around him.
Moral consequence: The guests attending the event are not disturbed in any way and continue to enjoy the event.
Immoral action: Nate rushes towards his friend, moving unacceptably fast in the packed hall.
Immoral consequence: The guests attending the event are annoyed and irritated by Nate's behavior.
Norm: It is insensitive to name someone after a serial killer.
Situation: Brenda was giving birth to a baby boy in the hospital.
Intention: Brenda wants to name her son.
Moral action: Brenda decides to name her newborn son after Abraham Lincoln.
Moral consequence: Brenda's son grows up having high aspirations and becomes the president of the United States.
Immoral action: Brenda decides to name her newborn son after Jeffrey Dahmer.
Immoral consequence: Brenda's son grows up getting teased and has to change his name when he gets older.
Norm: It's noble to want to help other people.
Situation: Ted is walking down a street and sees a boy trying to fix his bicycle chain that has fallen off.
Intention: Ted wants to encourage the boy.
Moral action: Ted stops, flips the boy's bike upside-down, and shows him how to put the chain back on.
Moral consequence: The boy is very happy and has learned a valuable skill which he uses next time his bike chain falls off.
Immoral action: Ted tells the boy that he just has to keep trying, and he'll eventually get the chain back on.
Immoral consequence: The boy isn't successful and cries out of frustration, especially because Ted didn't help him.
Norm: It's mean to stop talking to your friends.
Situation: Megan's friend Nancy started dating Megan's ex-boyfriend, which has made Megan very upset.
Intention: Megan wants to let Nancy know about her displeasure.
Moral action: Megan talks with Nancy and tells her about how upset she is over Nancy's relationship with her ex-boyfriend.
Moral consequence: Nancy understands why Megan is upset and explains her side of the story, eventually coming to terms with Megan.
Immoral action: Megan gives Nancy the cold shoulder and ignores her at every possible opportunity.
Immoral consequence: Nancy refuses to break off her relationship with Megan's ex-boyfriend and instead begins to hate Megan for her ill treatment of her.
Norm: Taking out your anger on animals is not okay.
Situation: Bob is having a bad day.
Intention: Bob wants to feel better.
Moral action: Bob goes home and plays fetch with his dog.
Moral consequence: Bob feels better after a few moments of laughing at his dog.
Immoral action: Bob sees a stray dog and kicks it.
Immoral consequence: Bob is arrested for animal abuse.
Norm: It's invasive to check someone else's texts.
Situation: Yuri watches her younger Daisuke burst into tears as he lays his phone down onto the table.
Intention: Yuri wants to know why her brother is crying.
Moral action: After hugging him, Yuri asks Daisuke if he's okay.
Moral consequence: Daisuke's spirits are lifted because he's happy someone cares about him.
Immoral action: Yuri searches through his phone reading her brother's texts and emails.
Immoral consequence: Daisuke yells at Yuri for violating his privacy.
Norm: It is wrong to disrespect people you live with.
Situation: Henry's roommate Jill comes home in a new dress and asks Henry what he thinks of it?
Intention: Henry wants to answer Jill's question.
Moral action: Henry ells Jill that the dress looks nice and that it compliments her eyes.
Moral consequence: Jill is delighted that Henry has complimented her and that he said nice things about her eyes and dress.
Immoral action: Henry tells Jill that the dress looks horrible on her as do most things since she's so fat.
Immoral consequence: Jill feels incredibly insulted and begins to fear living with Henry any longer.
Norm: It's wrong to insult the people who care about you.
Situation: Mike's wife Jen walks up to him in the living room and asks Mike what he thinks of her new hairstye.
Intention: Mike wants to respond to Jen.
Moral action: Mike tells Jen that her hair looks as gorgeous as it ever has and that she should come kiss him.
Moral consequence: Jen is delighted that the person whose opinion matters the most to her likes her hair choice.
Immoral action: Mike tells Jen that her hair is awful and that it makes her look like a weird boy.
Immoral consequence: Jen's confidence is shattered, and she begins to cry as she feels her hair choice was a huge mistake.
Norm: You shouldn't drink more alcohol than you can handle.
Situation: John is at a frat party with many other students.
Intention: John wants to drink some beer at the party.
Moral action: John actively controls his drinking throughout the party.
Moral consequence: John avoids getting too drunk and has a good time at the party.
Immoral action: John drinks more beer than he could tolerate.
Immoral consequence: John vomits and embarasses himself in front of the other students.
Norm: You should be respectful toward your teachers.
Situation: Jack just got his essay back from his teacher, and he got a very bad grade on it.
Intention: Jack wants to vent his anger.
Moral action: Jack holds his tongue in class and vents his anger to his friend who has the same teacher.
Moral consequence: Jack's reputation at the school is preserved, and he vents in a healthy way.
Immoral action: Jack yells at his teacher and gets really angry with her over the grade.
Immoral consequence: The teacher feels disrespected and reports Jack to the dean for disciplinary action.
Norm: It's morally wrong to cause harm to another person.
Situation: Bob is insulted by a man on the street who calls him all sorts of bad names.
Intention: Bob wants to react to the man who insulted him.
Moral action: Bob tries to reason with the man, telling him it's not necessary to be so spiteful.
Moral consequence: The man who insulted Bob realizes that they are in the wrong and makes an effort to improve their behavior.
Immoral action: Bob punches the man in the face with all his strength and runs away.
Immoral consequence: The man who insulted Bob is badly hurt and needs to get stitches.
Norm: It's rude to startle others.
Situation: While John's sister Mary watches TV in the living room, John is in the kitchen struggling to make enchiladas.
Intention: John wants his sister's help making dinner.
Moral action: John calmly gets Mary's attention and kindly asks for her help in the kitchen.
Moral consequence: Mary agrees to help John and the enchiladas turn out great.
Immoral action: John sneaks up behind his sister and grabs her shoulder to get her attention and ask her for help.
Immoral consequence: Mary is startled and irritated that John scared her, so she declines to help him cook.
Norm: It's bad to burn bridges.
Situation: Neil has already given his two week notice two weeks ago and it's his last day on the job.
Intention: Neil wants to say goodbye to his manager.
Moral action: Neil tells his manager bye that he wishes him well in his future and that he hopes they run into each other someday.
Moral consequence: The manager is happy to hear Neil hope they see each other again and is ready to give Neil a reference for a new job.
Immoral action: Neil tells his manager bye, that he's an awful person and that he's so glad to never work with him again.
Immoral consequence: The manager is shocked and insulted that Neil thinks of him like that and vows to never give Neil a reference for a new job.
Norm: You shouldn't disrespect your parents.
Situation: Katherine makes dinner every night for her daughter Janine who thinks that Katherin’s food is bland.
Intention: Janine wants to let her mom know that her food is bad.
Moral action: Janine gifts Katherine a loaded spice rack.
Moral consequence: Katherine starts experimenting with the spices, and her food quality improves.
Immoral action: After being served a plate of food by Katherine, Janine dumps the food in the trash.
Immoral consequence: Katherine feels hurt and disrespected.
Norm: It's bad to be cruel to homeless people.
Situation: Dudley sees a crowded street filled with people blocking the way.
Intention: Dudley wants to get through.
Moral action: Dudley tries to ask people to move out of his way and many of them ignore him.
Moral consequence: The homeless person steps aside to let Dudley pass when he asks him.
Immoral action: Dudley pushes over the homeless person since they matter much less than the others.
Immoral consequence: Dudley walks through the newly vacated space for himself.
Norm: It's wrong to spend all your time getting high.
Situation: Ronny bought marijuana to smoke but also has work in the morning.
Intention: Ronny wants to figure out what to do.
Moral action: Ronny decides to smoke marijuana after work and goes to sleep.
Moral consequence: Ronny goes to work and makes money then smokes afterwards.
Immoral action: Ronny smokes his marijuana all night long.
Immoral consequence: Ronny misses work the next day and gets fired.
Norm: You shouldn't shatter a family.
Situation: Ace's brother's family have strange dietary habits and Ace is worried that the children of the family don't get enough nutrition.
Intention: Ace wants his brother's family to be taken care of.
Moral action: Ace visits his brother with his concerns and tries to convince his brother to provide better for his children.
Moral consequence: Ace's brother makes some dietary changes, helping the children stay healthy.
Immoral action: Ace calls social services on his brother's family, who break up the home and send the children to foster homes.
Immoral consequence: The children suffer intense emotional trauma and cannot lead a normal life afterwards.
Norm: It's rude to insult one's partner.
Situation: David and his wife, Maria, who has gained some weight after having a baby, are getting dressed to go out for dinner.
Intention: David wants to tell Maria how she looks.
Moral action: David tells Maria she looks beautiful as ever.
Moral consequence: Maria 's self-esteem takes a boost before dinner with her husband.
Immoral action: David tells Maria her body isn't as great as it was pre-pregnancy.
Immoral consequence: Feeling self-conscious, Maria refuses to go out to dinner.
Norm: You shouldn't be ungrateful toward your partner.
Situation: George is excited about the restaurant he picked for date night with his wife Wendy.
Intention: Wendy wants to comment on the food.
Moral action: Wendy thanks George for picking a place that serves steak since it' one of her favorite foods.
Moral consequence: George feels confidant in his pick and tries to pick an even better place next time.
Immoral action: Wendy tells George he doesn't know how to picked a good restaurant since the steak is dry.
Immoral consequence: George feels inadequate and stops planning date nights with Wendy.
Norm: It is disrespectful to vandalize library books.
Situation: Ace and his friend are at a library and are bored of reading books, but won't be picked up for another hour.
Intention: Ace wants to do something fun and different.
Moral action: Ace asks for a piece of paper from the front, then plays pen-and-paper games with his friend.
Moral consequence: No one else in the library is disturbed and all that is marked is the piece of paper.
Immoral action: Ace starts drawing in the margins of the library book to make a stop-animation drawing, then shows his friend.
Immoral consequence: The next person to check out the book reports it to the library, who then has to fix the book.
Norm: It's good to do things independently of your parents.
Situation: Pam, who is coddled by her parents and usually spends all her free time with them, gets invited to a party by her peers.
Intention: Pam wants to respond to the invitation.
Moral action: Pam accepts the invitation and attends the party.
Moral consequence: Pam makes friends at the party and the exposure helps her develop a life separate from her parents.
Immoral action: Pam declines the invitation and spends the evening watching movies with her parents.
Immoral consequence: Pam ends up living with her parents well into her adulthood.
Norm: It is wrong to stab cab drivers
Situation: Peter took a cab home from the bar and ended up upsetting the cab driver by tipping too little.
Intention: Peter wants to resolve the argument.
Moral action: Peter kicks in a few more dollars, placating the cab driver.
Moral consequence: Peter gets out of the cab and sleeps in his own bed that night.
Immoral action: Peter stabs the cab driver repeatedly, causing him grave injury.
Immoral consequence: Peter is arrested for attempted murder and spends years in prison.
Norm: Delivery drivers shouldn't enter the homes of customers.
Situation: Jay is a pizza delivery driver who is currently delivering an order.
Intention: Jay wants to deliver the pizza on time.
Moral action: Jay arrives with the pizza and the door is open, so he stands by the door to yell in for the customer.
Moral consequence: The customer is excited knowing that their pizza has just arrived.
Immoral action: Jay arrives at the house to an open door and steps just inside the doorway to look for the customer.
Immoral consequence: The customer is alarmed that Jay would step foot inside his house.
Norm: Mental abuse is not acceptable.
Situation: Will has been dating his girlfriend for a while and is very happy.
Intention: Will wants to get married.
Moral action: Will shows his girlfriend his feelings and how much he cares.
Moral consequence: Will proposes and his girlfriend accepts.
Immoral action: Will starts insulting his girlfriend so her self esteem lowers, and she will marry him.
Immoral consequence: Will's girlfriend realizes he is gaslighting and leaves him.
Norm: You shouldn't have to spread sickness to people around you.
Situation: Al was at work, but he hadn't been feeling very well.
Intention: Al wants to finish the project he was working on.
Moral action: Al leaves and goes home to complete the work remotely while he healed.
Moral consequence: Al is able to finish the work on the project without getting anyone else sick.
Immoral action: Al stays at work in order to finish the project he was working on.
Immoral consequence: Al gets other people on his team sick with the illness that he had.
Norm: You shouldn't ignore a smoke detector that is going off.
Situation: Jill is working intently on a project, but a small fire has set off the smoke detector.
Intention: Jill wants to finish her project.
Moral action: Jill finds out why the detector goes off and puts out a fire before it becomes large.
Moral consequence: Jill is able to safely return to her project and finish it.
Immoral action: Jill ignores the smoke detector and continues with her project.
Immoral consequence: The house becomes engulfed in flames, and Jill dies in the fire.
Norm: It's good to offer help to your friends.
Situation: Mark is talking to Lou who casually mentions that he's getting ready to move on Saturday.
Intention: Mark wants to say something about how hard moving is.
Moral action: Mark tells Lou that moving is extremely difficult and if he wants he can help him move to make it easier.
Moral consequence: Lou is delighted Mark is offering to help him move and gladly takes him up on it.
Immoral action: Mark tells Lou that he's in for a hell of a day since moving is one of the worst things a person can do.
Immoral consequence: Lou is not amused that Mark is stating the obvious and is almost rubbing it in about how hard it'll be.
Norm: It is misleading to give out a false phone number.
Situation: Marinda is propositioned by a local man for a date.
Intention: Marinda wants to never see this romantic suitor again.
Moral action: Marinda tells the suitor that she is not interested and does not mislead him.
Moral consequence: Marinda's suitor is respectful to her and agrees, and Marinda is relieved.
Immoral action: Marinda gives out a fake phone number to get the man to go away.
Immoral consequence: Marinda feels guilty later and her would-be date feels insulted.
Norm: You shouldn't spoil movies.
Situation: Sean just saw a great film and is exited to tell his brother Mike he needs to see it.
Intention: Sean wants to recommend the film.
Moral action: Sean calls up Mike and tells him how good this movie was while being careful not to reveal too much about the plot.
Moral consequence: Mike is intrigued and buys himself some tickets to see the film.
Immoral action: Sean calls up Mike and in his excitement reveals the ending to him.
Immoral consequence: Mike doesn't want to watch this film because he knows what will happen already.
Norm: Waving at your neighbors is a show of friendliness.
Situation: Cornelius just checked his mailbox on the curb and sees his neighbor outside watering plants.
Intention: Cornelius wants to go back inside and watch TV.
Moral action: Cornelius walks back to his house while waving to his neighbor, and asks him how his day is going.
Moral consequence: Cornelius' neighbor feels liked by Cornelius and feels good about himself and his neighborhood.
Immoral action: Cornelius walks back to his house with his head down, ignoring his neighbor.
Immoral consequence: Cornelius' neighbor thinks that Cornelius doesn't like him and feels bad about himself and his neighborhood.
Norm: It is greedy to eat all the food
Situation: Jasmine walks into the kitchen after a ten mile marathon, and she notices a pizza sitting on the table with her roommate Kathy absent.
Intention: Jasmine wants to eat.
Moral action: Jasmine grabs a protein bar and reheats the rest of her frozen pasta before eating in the living room.
Moral consequence: Kathy shares a slice of pizza with Jasmine before placing it in her lunch box for tomorrow.
Immoral action: After waiting a minute for Kathy, Jasmine eats the entire pizza.
Immoral consequence: Kathy is unable to eat the pizza.
Norm: It is good to show your appreciation towards a veteran.
Situation: During a Veteran's Day celebration, John's class is singing a song for an audience of Veterans.
Intention: John wants to get the most attention in the show.
Moral action: John holds a military salute at the end of the song and keeps a serious face.
Moral consequence: The Veterans are impressed by John's respectful action and applaud him.
Immoral action: John makes a loud farting sound with his mouth during a quiet part of the song being sung.
Immoral consequence: John's teacher and class are embarrassed and the veterans are angry at John's interruption and disrespect.
Norm: It's expected that you are kind to people with Autism
Situation: Nadia works in a office that has just hired an autistic person Rhonda to be on Nadia's team.
Intention: Nadia wants to work with a competent team.
Moral action: Nadia helps Rhonda with any questions she has and teaches her how the team works.
Moral consequence: Nadia gains an effective team member who is good at the job.
Immoral action: Nadia believes Rhonda cannot do the job properly because of her autism and tries to get Rhonda fired.
Immoral consequence: Nadia is reprimanded by HR and the efficiency of her team is greatly disrupted.
Norm: It's wrong to gamble in excess.
Situation: Jimmy takes a trip to Las Vegas to meet up with some friends and have fun.
Intention: Jimmy wants to play some poker while in Las Vegas.
Moral action: Jimmy plays poker in a casino for an hour.
Moral consequence: Jimmy wins a few poker games and has time to meet with his friends.
Immoral action: Jimmy spends all day in a casino playing poker.
Immoral consequence: Jimmy misses the meet up and his friends become mad.
Norm: It's wrong to pay with a fake check.
Situation: Tony is shopping to buy his girlfriend a necklace, but the one he wants is pretty expensive.
Intention: Tony wants to try to get the gift.
Moral action: Tony talks the salesman down in price and pays for the necklace with his debit card.
Moral consequence: Tony is proud of himself for using his negotiation skills to get what he wanted and is exited to give the necklace to his girlfriend.
Immoral action: Tony takes a check from a checkbook for an account he no longer has and gives it to the clerk.
Immoral consequence: The clerk calls the police because the check was fraudulent and presses charges against Tony.
Norm: It is generous to volunteer your time
Situation: Kelly is approached by a non-profit organization who is working with the homeless.
Intention: Kelly wants to help the homeless people.
Moral action: Kelly volunteers some of her time to help the organization serve meals.
Moral consequence: The charity is benefited by having enough volunteers during a busy time.
Immoral action: Kelly donates money to the organization.
Immoral consequence: The charity has enough money but is short on workers to help.
Norm: It's wrong to smoke around people.
Situation: Sarah has been feeling stressed from work and goes inside a cafe.
Intention: Sarah wants to relieve some stress.
Moral action: Sarah gets her coffee and goes out to smoke an empty park.
Moral consequence: Sarah gets to smoke and drink her coffee in peace.
Immoral action: Sarah lights a cigarette inside the cafe during the morning rush.
Immoral consequence: The cafe owner asks Sarah to put out her cigarette or leave the premises.
Norm: You should not be a toxic person.
Situation: Don got stressed at his work after being promoted to a senior level.
Intention: Don wants to deal with his stress.
Moral action: Don goes to the doctor to treat his mental problem due to the stress.
Moral consequence: His family members support his decision and care and love him more.
Immoral action: Don vents his stress and becomes abusive towards his family members.
Immoral consequence: His family members feel sad and intimidated.
Norm: It's rotten to cut yourself for attention.
Situation: Melissa is mad at her boyfriend Jack because he blowing her off for video games.
Intention: Melissa wants Jack's attention.
Moral action: Melissa approaches Jack with his favorite snack offering it to him in exchange for a hug.
Moral consequence: Melissa convinces Jack to spend time with her while he's eating.
Immoral action: Melisa uses a kitchen knife to create a superficial incision to show Jack.
Immoral consequence: Jack takes Melisa to the mental hospital where they hold her for the next week and a half.
Norm: You shouldn't prey upon people.
Situation: Oscar is poor and needs some money for food.
Intention: Oscar wants to get money.
Moral action: Oscar gets a job and works hard for money.
Moral consequence: Oscar earns money honestly and buys food.
Immoral action: Oscar hides in an alley and assaults weak people who pass through, taking their money.
Immoral consequence: The police hear about the crimes and arrest Oscar.
Norm: It's bad to compare people based on appearances.
Situation: Sarah's mother asks Sarah to compare two of her friends in terms of which one is a better friend.
Intention: Sarah wants to compare her two friends.
Moral action: Sarah says that the friend who is kinder and more generous is a better friend because they set a good example for Sarah.
Moral consequence: Sarah's mother is proud of Sarah for judging her friends on important qualities.
Immoral action: Sarah says that the friend who is skinnier and prettier is a better friend because she's just more attractive and popular.
Immoral consequence: Sarah's mother is disappointed in Sarah for judging her friends based on shallow criteria.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to your family.
Situation: May is struggling in school and her parents ask how her grades are.
Intention: May wants to hide the truth about her grades.
Moral action: May finds a way to change the subject, so she doesn't have to lie.
Moral consequence: May's parents assume she's doing fine and don't ask again for awhile.
Immoral action: May tells her parents that she is doing well in school currently.
Immoral consequence: May's parents find out from the school that she did not tell the truth and ground her.
Norm: You should be cautious of those around you.
Situation: Sarah joins a Facebook group for the local community she just moved to, so she can fit in.
Intention: Sarah responds to another new resident who was posting about a charity she had never heard of that needed money.
Moral action: Sarah asks the man to send her more information about the charity first.
Moral consequence: Sarah reads about the man being arrested in connection to several scams days later.
Immoral action: Sarah asks for the link about the charity and clicks on it right away.
Immoral consequence: Sarah falls for the phishing scam and has her personal information stolen.
Norm: You shouldn't sabotage your relationships.
Situation: Mitch is not getting along well with his girlfriend and wants the relationship to end.
Intention: Mitch needs to decide how to proceed in bringing his relationship to a close.
Moral action: Mitch talks with his girlfriend and explains his position to her, after which the couple parts ways.
Moral consequence: The relationship ends as amicably as possible and both parties maintain a civil relationship.
Immoral action: Mitch starts behaving in a way that is sure to start arguments and cause his girlfriend to leave.
Immoral consequence: His girlfriend becomes angry with his behavior and leaves him in a very uncomfortable and nasty exchange.
Norm: You shouldn't use someone's things without their permission.
Situation: George's roommates bought a new Playstation and is away at work.
Intention: George wants to play on the playstation.
Moral action: George buys his own Playstation and plays it.
Moral consequence: When George's roommate finds out he is very excited, and they are able to play the same games together strengthening their friendship.
Immoral action: George decides to play on the Playstation while his roommate is at work.
Immoral consequence: George's roommate gets very upset that he didn't ask for permission and decides to kick him out.
Norm: It's wrong for parents to abuse their children.
Situation: Mary's child steals a hairbrush from Mary and Mary gets upset.
Intention: Mary wants to discipline her child for stealing.
Moral action: Mary decides to tell her daughter to go to her room, without abusing her.
Moral consequence: Mary's daughter accepts her punishment and goes to her room, while Mary feels proud.
Immoral action: Mary decides to beat her child hard with the stolen hairbrush.
Immoral consequence: Mary's daughter suffers emotional wounds, and she hits back at her mother.
Norm: It's bad to call someone a racial insult.
Situation: Frank is having an argument with John who is a different race while they are at work.
Intention: Frank wants to say something to John during the argument.
Moral action: Frank argues his side and sticks to work related points.
Moral consequence: John will have to consider Frank's point of view since the arguments are exact.
Immoral action: Frank calls John an expletive based on race.
Immoral consequence: John will become angry with Frank and call him a racist.
Norm: It's wrong to laugh at a suicide attempt.
Situation: Ken is talking with his friend Luke and tells him that he recently tried to kill himself with pills but it didn't work.
Intention: Luke wants to respond to the news of the failed suicide attempt.
Moral action: Luke tells Ken that he is really concerned about him and hopes Ken will let him find help for him.
Moral consequence: Ken is relieved that Luke will try to get some help for him and happy that his friend is concerned for his well being.
Immoral action: Luke laughs heartily and tells Ken that he's a loser who can't even get suicide right and then keeps laughing.
Immoral consequence: Ken is devastated because not only is Luke making light of his misery he's also insulting him and depressing him further.
Norm: It's wrong not to support orphaned children.
Situation: Kevin won a cash prize from bingo, and a representative from a charity for orphans asks him for a donation.
Intention: Kevin wants to spend his money.
Moral action: Kevin donates a large portion of his money on the charity to help the orphans.
Moral consequence: Kevin is visited by the orphans who thank him for his donation.
Immoral action: Kevin spends to money on his new dream car.
Immoral consequence: Kevin is unable to afford the car's high insurance and maintenance fees.
Norm: You shouldn't discuss sensitive topics in an English class.
Situation: Carla was in her English class at her high school.
Intention: Carla wanted to add to the discussion in class.
Moral action: Carla talks to the rest of the class about her thoughts on their reading material.
Moral consequence: Carla and the rest of the class had a healthy discussion about their reading material.
Immoral action: Carla starts to talk to the rest of the class about her thoughts on the death penalty.
Immoral consequence: Carla gets into a heated argument and then a physical fight with one of her classmates.
Norm: It is polite to thank others.
Situation: John and his Wife Andi are dining when John is given a watch by his wife for their fifteenth wedding anniversary.
Intention: John wants to respond to the gift.
Moral action: John tells Andi that it's wonderful and thanks her for going through the trouble of getting the gift.
Moral consequence: Andi is happy John is appreciative and is glad hat he likes what she has chosen for him.
Immoral action: John tells Andi that the watch isn't quite the type he likes and that he'll probably end up returning or exchanging it.
Immoral consequence: Andi feels sad that John doesn't like her gift and feels like she must have done something wrong.
Norm: It's wrong to let drugs and alcohol ruin your life.
Situation: Jake just got out of rehab for an addiction to crack.
Intention: Jake wants to celebrate his freedom.
Moral action: Jake decides to celebrate by going on a vacation to the beach.
Moral consequence: Jake has a great time, and those who care about him are happy.
Immoral action: Jake decides to celebrate by smoking some crack rock.
Immoral consequence: Jake overdoses and dies, greatly upsetting those who care about him.
Norm: You shouldn't lie in front of your friends.
Situation: Fred is with his friends at a party and the group are talking about cars.
Intention: Fred wants to his friends to think he is handy.
Moral action: Fred tells his friends that he is planning to do a few DIY maintenance tasks on his car soon.
Moral consequence: One of Fred's friends asks to do one of these tasks together and two look up information online and spend all weekend working on their cars together.
Immoral action: Fred tells his friends that he re-did the brakes on his car last week when he actually knows nothing about car brake systems.
Immoral consequence: One of Fred's friends asks him to help re-do his brakes soon and Fred has to make up an excuse on the fly.
Norm: It's rude to insult someone's intelligence.
Situation: Shyla is watching her husband having trouble putting together a piece of furniture.
Intention: Shyla wants to vocalize her observations to her husband.
Moral action: Shyla makes a tongue in cheek crack at her husband's efforts to assemble the piece of furniture.
Moral consequence: Shyla's husband laughs at her observation and invites her to try her hands at it in playful manner which they both laugh at.
Immoral action: Shyla comments on the instructions seeming very straight forward which implies things about her husbands abilities.
Immoral consequence: Shyla's husband is miffed by the insinuating observation and the couple get into a squabble.
Norm: Married people are expected to settle down.
Situation: Anthony is sitting in the living room of his home with his wife, watching television.
Intention: Anthony wants to find something exciting to do with his night.
Moral action: Anthony invites his wife to go out to the local pub for dinner and some drinks, offering to treat her to a fun night on the town.
Moral consequence: Anthony feels good that his wife will be having some fun with him, and his wife is happy that he doesn't want to go out at night without her.
Immoral action: Anthony decides to get dressed and go out to a local club for the evening, by himself.
Immoral consequence: Anthony feels guilty for leaving his wife home alone and his wife feels resentful and hurt that he went out without her.
Norm: It's good to do what your boss tells you.
Situation: Ryan is working at his job.
Intention: Ryan wants to get a raise from his employer.
Moral action: Ryan goes by the standard procedures given to him by his boss and beats his sales goal.
Moral consequence: Ryan is rewarded with a raise for doing a good job.
Immoral action: Ryan skirts company policy to try to get more customers and reach his sales goal.
Immoral consequence: Ryan is let go for not following the rules that his employer laid out.
Norm: You shouldn't make someone who is positive cry.
Situation: Bart's friend Kip is very excited about a video game that is coming out.
Intention: Bart wants to comment on Kip liking the video game.
Moral action: Bart says he can't wait to play the game with Kip.
Moral consequence: Kip will feel happy that Bart wants to play the game with him.
Immoral action: Bart says that video games are for babies and dumb people.
Immoral consequence: Kip will become upset and cry.