Not-qty/ols-moral-stories-2k huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to ignore your spouse.
Situation: Ted didn't sleep well last night and is really tired, but his wife keeps on telling him about something she read.
Intention: Ted wants to take a nap right now.
Moral action: Ted tells his wife that he genuinely wants to hear about her story but that he's so tired he can't focus and needs a nap.
Moral consequence: Ted's wife is glad that he told her how he feels and plans on telling him the story after his nap.
Immoral action: Ted pretends he doesn't hear his wife as she keeps on talking, and he goes to bed.
Immoral consequence: Ted's wife doesn't understand why he's ignoring her and is hurt.
Norm: It's important to be a careful driver.
Situation: Roxy is a taxi driver who receives many time-sensitive emails throughout the day.
Intention: Roxy wants to respond to her emails on time.
Moral action: Roxy sets aside a time every hour to pull over and check her emails.
Moral consequence: Roxy's emails are received in time, and she is able to drive safely.
Immoral action: Roxy receives an email while driving to pick up a passenger and opens it up right away.
Immoral consequence: Distracted by her email, Roxy crashes into another car and never arrives to pick up her next passenger.
Norm: It is kind to help your neighbors.
Situation: Joe is relaxing on his patio, and he sees that his neighbor, Ryan, is having trouble starting his lawnmower.
Intention: Joe wants to react to the situation.
Moral action: Joe offers his help to start Ryan's lawnmower and is able to get it running.
Moral consequence: Ryan thanks Joe for his help and begins mowing his lawn.
Immoral action: Joe tells Ryan that it looks like he's not going to be able to mow his lawn today since his lawnmower won't start.
Immoral consequence: Ryan frowns and tells Joe that he's not being very helpful.
Norm: You shouldn't say mean things to family.
Situation: Lucas was vising his family, and he saw they were treating his siblings much better than him.
Intention: Lucas wants to point this out to his family.
Moral action: Lucas explains they do things for his siblings that they don't do for him.
Moral consequence: Faced with logic Lucas's family apologizes and tries to explain themselves.
Immoral action: Lucas speaks loudly to his family about how much better his siblings are treated than him.
Immoral consequence: They loudly deny it and get into an argument with Lucas.
Norm: It's rude to keep your boyfriend a secret.
Situation: Sara is at a luncheon with some colleagues from work when a male coworker starts flirting with her.
Intention: Sara wants to entertain herself.
Moral action: Sara immediately mentions that she has a boyfriend, but has fun trying to set the male coworker up with someone else.
Moral consequence: The male coworker appreciates Sara's efforts and ends up meeting a number of other women he is interested in.
Immoral action: To pass the time more quickly, Sara reciprocates the flirtatious attention that her male coworker is giving her without ever mentioning her boyfriend.
Immoral consequence: The male coworker thinks that Sara is interested in him and is shocked to later find out via social media that she isn't single.
Norm: It's nice to give people's comments likes.
Situation: Tom sees a Facebook comment his friend made that congratulates him on a sports win.
Intention: Tom wants to interact with his friend's Facebook comment.
Moral action: Tom gives the comment a "like" emoji because he finds it a nice comment.
Moral consequence: Tom and his friend discuss the sports game in a positive manner in subsequent comments.
Immoral action: Tom gives the comment a, "sad face", emoji as a prank.
Immoral consequence: Tom's friend is confused and Tom tries to explain himself later.
Norm: You shouldn't ditch someone you have plans with.
Situation: James promised his friend that he'd attend his improv show, then won free tickets to a concert on the same evening.
Intention: James wants to go to the concert.
Moral action: James scalps the concert tickets for enough money to buy tickets on a non-conflicting date.
Moral consequence: James goes to his friend's show and loudly applauds his performance.
Immoral action: James tells his friend that he got sick and can't come to his show, instead going to the concert.
Immoral consequence: James' friend sees his concert photos on Facebook and gets mad at him.
Norm: It's rude to hit your friend with something.
Situation: John and Liam are wrestling around in a playful manner in John's basement when Liam lightly shoves John.
Intention: John wants to return the favor and hit Liam.
Moral action: John uses his palm to playfully shove Liam in the shoulder making sure it's not too rough.
Moral consequence: Liam smiles and laughs and continues rolling around on the ground enjoying himself.
Immoral action: John picks up a shoe and whacks Liam over the head with the loose shoe.
Immoral consequence: Liam is in pain and is shocked that his friend would hit him with a blunt object like that.
Norm: You should help out your coworkers if they need help.
Situation: Hilda is a manager working on a work project with Tina when Tina tells her she does not know how to use the printer.
Intention: Hilda wants to respond to Tina not knowing how to use the printer.
Moral action: Hilda tells Tina how to use the printer.
Moral consequence: Hilda and Tina's work project will go on uninterrupted.
Immoral action: Hilda tells Tina that she should search online if she wants to know how to use the printer.
Immoral consequence: Hilda and Tina's work project will be delayed because Hilda did not help with the printer.
Norm: You shouldn't hook up with your sibling's friends.
Situation: Jack is home from college for the summer vacation.
Intention: Jack wants to have a fun summer.
Moral action: Jack takes his sister and her friends on fun outings throughout the summer.
Moral consequence: Jack gets to grow closer to his sister and make friends with her friends.
Immoral action: Jack starts going out with his sisters best friend then breaks up with her when he heads back to college.
Immoral consequence: Jack and his sister have a fight over his treatment of her friend and their relationship suffers.
Norm: You shouldn't walk away from people.
Situation: Tammy is walking to work.
Intention: Tammy wants to get to work on time today.
Moral action: Tammy sees a woman needs help calls 911 then takes a taxi to work and is on time.
Moral consequence: The woman gets the help she needed.
Immoral action: Tammy sees a woman needing help but keeps walking and is on time for work.
Immoral consequence: The woman passes out on the street.
Norm: Going to a stripclub is seedy.
Situation: A group of friends including Al are deciding how to spend the evening.
Intention: Al wants the group to have a fun night.
Moral action: Al suggests the group sing Karaoke.
Moral consequence: Everyone in the group agrees that it is an activity that could suit all.
Immoral action: Al suggests going to a strip club.
Immoral consequence: Some of the group members are offended by the aggressive display of sexuality and feel uncomfortable.
Norm: It's rude to annoy and exasperate people.
Situation: Sabrina has received a call from a telemarketer in the middle of dinner, and she is annoyed.
Intention: Sabrina wants the telemarketers to leave her alone.
Moral action: Sabrina tells the the telemarketer she is not interested and to put her number on a do-not-call list.
Moral consequence: The telemarketer is able to end the call quickly and continue doing their job.
Immoral action: Sabrina decides to mess with the telemarketer by pretending to misunderstand and misinterpret everything they are saying until they give up and hang up.
Immoral consequence: The telemarketer is annoyed and upset because they are a minimum wage worker who was just trying to do their job.
Norm: Getting rid of important family items is disrespectful.
Situation: Paula is helping her parents move to a different town and their house has many items such as albums.
Intention: Paula wants to clean out her parent's house.
Moral action: Paula asks her parents about the picture albums she finds and what to do with them.
Moral consequence: Paula's parents will explain the pictures to Paula and teach her about the past.
Immoral action: Paula throws away picture albums she finds.
Immoral consequence: Paula's parents become upset at Paula and saddened the memories are lost.
Norm: It's good to be kind to your parents.
Situation: Linda was going to meet up with her parents later that day.
Intention: Linda wanted to think up something to say to them.
Moral action: Linda thanks her parents for taking care of her.
Moral consequence: Linda's parents thank Linda and feel great about themselves.
Immoral action: Linda berates her parents for every single mistake they made regarding her.
Immoral consequence: Linda's parents are upset and feel awful about it all.
Norm: It is hurtful to ignore friends.
Situation: Jack has been home and has not answered any texts from his friends.
Intention: Jack wants to enjoy his day alone.
Moral action: Jack texts his friend and tells them he wants a day to himself, but asks to hang out in the future.
Moral consequence: Everyone is happy and no one is offended.
Immoral action: Jack does not text back his friends and goes about his day.
Immoral consequence: Jack hurts his friends' feelings.
Norm: It's bad to drug someone so you can rape them.
Situation: Ronald hasn't had sex in a while, and is very attracted to his new co-worker.
Intention: Ronald wants to have sex with her.
Moral action: Ronald speaks his interest in his coworker to her, and asks if she'd be down for a one night stand.
Moral consequence: The coworker happily agrees, being attracted to Ronald as well.
Immoral action: Ronald invites the co-worker to his place and drugs her, so he can rape her.
Immoral consequence: The co-worker comes to after, and files charges, getting Ronald arrested.
Norm: It's hurtful to remind a lover of your past relationships.
Situation: Diana is craving food from a restaurant that she used to go to with her ex.
Intention: Diana wants to eat at the restaurant.
Moral action: Diana tells her boyfriend that she would like to go to a restaurant that she used to enjoy, and he might like it too.
Moral consequence: Diana and her boyfriend have a great meal and Diana makes new memories at the restaurant.
Immoral action: Diana tells her boyfriend that she would like to go to a restaurant that she liked to visit with her ex.
Immoral consequence: Diana's boyfriend is hurt and leaves without going to dinner.
Norm: It's rude to back out on plans with friends.
Situation: Timmy had planned to go on a camping trip with friends, but learns that his cousin is coming to visit him that same weekend.
Intention: Timmy wants to spend time with his cousin.
Moral action: Timmy invites his cousin to come camping with him and his friends.
Moral consequence: Timmy's friends enjoy their time with him and his cousin and have a great time on their camping trip.
Immoral action: Timmy cancels his plans with his friends.
Immoral consequence: Timmy's friends are very disappointed.
Norm: It's wrong to yell at people at memorials.
Situation: John is out for a walk when he sees his friend attending a memorial service.
Intention: John wants to greet his friend.
Moral action: John decides to call his friend later to offer his condolences.
Moral consequence: John's friend appreciates John's sensitivity.
Immoral action: John shouts to his friend to get his attention.
Immoral consequence: John's friend is upset at John's rude behavior.
Norm: It's sad to leave behind a family member.
Situation: Eric's been living with his mom and partner in his mom's house and it's gotten crowded.
Intention: Eric wants to start a family of his own in his own house.
Moral action: Eric and his partner buy a home close by to mom, so she can visit anytime.
Moral consequence: Mom is much happier.
Immoral action: Eric and his partner jet off across the country alone and buy a house six states away from mom.
Immoral consequence: Mom becomes very sad and misses Eric greatly.
Norm: It's rude to clean the toilet with someone's toothbrush.
Situation: The bathroom in Emily's house is very dirty.
Intention: Emily wants to clean the bathroom.
Moral action: Emily uses the appropriate brushes and supplies to clean the bathroom.
Moral consequence: The bathroom is clean and everyone is healthy.
Immoral action: Emily uses her brother's toothbrush to clean hard to reach places.
Immoral consequence: Her brother gets very ill from the germs.
Norm: It's good to show your friends funny things.
Situation: Roger is hosting a social gathering for friends at his house on a Saturday evening.
Intention: Roger wants to entertain his friends.
Moral action: Roger plays a highly rated comedy movie for his friends to watch.
Moral consequence: Roger's guests love the movie and have a great time at the party.
Immoral action: Roger plays a documentary about basket weaving  for his friends to watch.
Immoral consequence: Roger's guests quickly grow bored and do not enjoy the party very much.
Norm: It is deceitful to lie in an auto-biographical tale.
Situation: Dorothy is writing a book about her life and has come to the chapter that covers the years in her life when she used cocaine.
Intention: Dorothy wants to portray herself in the best light.
Moral action: Dorothy writes about her drug use and how she was able to overcome it and lead a clean life.
Moral consequence: Dorothy inspires many addicts that they can get clean.
Immoral action: Dorothy writes that she never touched cocaine in her life and berates the use of drugs in her book.
Immoral consequence: Dorothy is found to be a liar when Dorothy's past relations make Dorothy's past drug use known.
Norm: Is wrong to take money from people who need it
Situation: Joe runs a charity that gathers funds and materials for people.
Intention: Joe wants to use the money that has been gathered.
Moral action: Joe uses the money to feed the homeless people.
Moral consequence: Joe is celebrated as a good person for helping others.
Immoral action: Joe uses the money from the charity for personal expenses.
Immoral consequence: Joe is investigated by the authorities for misappropriating funds.
Norm: It's bad to do someone's homework for them.
Situation: Dexter and his friend Bo are in the same Calculus class, with Bo struggling and Dexter doing well.
Intention: Dexter wants Bo to get a good grade on his next homework assignment.
Moral action: Dexter tutors Bo on the homework material before Bo completes the assignment himself.
Moral consequence: Bo understands the material covered by his homework and ends up getting a good grade on his next test.
Immoral action: Dexter gives Bo the answers to the homework assignment before Bo turns it in.
Immoral consequence: Bo does not learn the material covered by his homework and ends up flunking his next test.
Norm: It is wrong to allow abuse in a relationship.
Situation: Shay and Juan are in a relationship, and Juan recently hit Shay after an argument.
Intention: Shay has to decide how to respond to getting hit.
Moral action: Shay threatens to leave Juan if he ever hits her again.
Moral consequence: Juan never thinks about hitting Shay again, and Shay is seen as assertive.
Immoral action: Shay decides to stay with Juan thinking that Juan just made a mistake.
Immoral consequence: Juan continues to become more and more abusive as time goes on.
Norm: It's important to make your spouse a priority
Situation: Ralph was invited to a party at Paul's, but he has date night planned with his wife, Penny.
Intention: Ralph wants to enjoy his evening.
Moral action: Ralph blows off the party invitation and takes Penny to a nice restaurant.
Moral consequence: Penny and Ralph enjoy getting some time together, and they grow a little closer.
Immoral action: Ralph tells Penny that date night will have to wait, since Paul is having a party.
Immoral consequence: Penny resents Ralph for the disappointment she feels about spending the night home alone.
Norm: You shouldn't exclude people just because they don't drink.
Situation: Peter is friends with a lot of people, including some who don't like alcohol.
Intention: Peter wants to celebrate his birthday at a local bar with some friends.
Moral action: Peter invites as many people as possible to the celebration.
Moral consequence: Peter's non-drinking friends have fun alongside everyone else at the celebration.
Immoral action: Peter only invites his alcohol drinking buddies to the birthday celebration.
Immoral consequence: Peter's non-drinking friends become mad at him for not inviting them.
Norm: It's wrong to cheat in a sporting contest.
Situation: Mario's hockey team is in the final round of the NHL playoffs, and they are preparing for their last game.
Intention: Mario wants his team to win the championship.
Moral action: Mario spends extra time at practice with his teammates, and they win the championship as a result of their hard work.
Moral consequence: Mario celebrates and enjoys the win with his team.
Immoral action: Mario sneaks into the other team's locker room and looks at their playbook, allowing  his team to win the championship.
Immoral consequence: Mario's actions are discovered on a security camera and the championship is revoked.
Norm: You shouldn't talk on your phone in church.
Situation: Andrew has a needy wife who he left at home while he attends a church service.
Intention: Andrew wants to be a good person.
Moral action: Andrew turns his phone on silent so that he can pay attention to the service and learn lessons that will make him a better man.
Moral consequence: The service goes of without a hitch and other people attending and Andrew are able to learn lessons from the service.
Immoral action: Andrew chooses to answer his phone during the service when his wife calls over something frivolous because he believes it is his duty to be a good husband.
Immoral consequence: Other people attending the church service are very annoyed by Andrew's phone conversation in the middle of the service which he feels bad about.
Norm: Partners should be considerate of each others wants and needs.
Situation: Mack and Jen are in a relationship.
Intention: Mack wants to spend time with Jen.
Moral action: Mack and Jen develop a system where the take turn picking the activities.
Moral consequence: They find things which both of them enjoy and the relationship remians strong.
Immoral action: Mack always insists on playing cards and picking the movies despite knowing that they are not Jen's favorite activites.
Immoral consequence: Jen feels neglected and unfulfilled, so she ends the relationship.
Norm: It's wrong and unethical to cheat in school
Situation: It's the night before an important exam and John finds himself unprepared.
Intention: John wants to pass the exam.
Moral action: John spends most of the evening cramming and catching up on the material he hadn't studied.
Moral consequence: John is able to just barely pass the exam since he is super exhausted, which motivates him to plan better for his next class.
Immoral action: John creates a small answer sheet that he plans to stick in his pocket for the exam tomorrow.
Immoral consequence: John passes the exam but doesn't actually know the material, causing him to fail the more advanced class afterwards.
Norm: It's wrong to accuse someone of something they didn't do.
Situation: Sherrie comes home from work and finds her desk has been rummaged through, and the only ones that live with her are her two teens, Liz and Suzie.
Intention: Sherrie wants to find out who went through her things.
Moral action: Sherrie asks Liz and Suzie who went through her things, and Susie owns up to it saying she needed to find tape for a school project.
Moral consequence: Sherrie is glad that her teens did nothing nefarious and thanks Sherrie for her honesty.
Immoral action: Sherrie confronts Liz for looking through her personal items, only to find out that Liz just got home.
Immoral consequence: Sherrie feels bad for scolding Liz and now Liz in angry with her.
Norm: It's mean to steal a homeless person's money.
Situation: Ricky sees a homeless man playing guitar, hoping people will leave tips in his guitar case.
Intention: Ricky wants to reach into the guitar case.
Moral action: Ricky pulls some money out of his wallet and places it into the guitar case.
Moral consequence: The homeless man thanks Ricky and is able to buy himself dinner with the donation.
Immoral action: Ricky sticks his arm into the guitar case, grabbing as much money as he can before running off.
Immoral consequence: The homeless man weeps as he goes to bed broke and hungry.
Norm: You shouldn't be violent.
Situation: Neil is in the park just walking when some guys playing football accidentally hit him with the ball.
Intention: Neil wants to react to being hit with the ball.
Moral action: Neil throws the ball back and tells the guys to be more careful in the future.
Moral consequence: The guys are sorry that they hit Neil and profusely apologize to him.
Immoral action: Neil runs after the guys who threw the ball and tries to kick and punch at them.
Immoral consequence: The guys are terrified that Neil is a nutcase and fear for their safety.
Norm: You shouldn't flirt with people online if you're married.
Situation: Dan is married to Jenny but spends a lot of time online talking to women about gardening, which he loves.
Intention: Dan wants to talk to a woman online about gardening.
Moral action: Dan talks to a woman online about the fruits and vegetables he's going to try to grow next.
Moral consequence: Jenny finds Dan's online chat and buys him seeds for the fruits and vegetables he wants to try to grow next.
Immoral action: Dan talks to a woman online about gardening and makes many suggestive comments about how their body parts resemble different fruits and vegetables.
Immoral consequence: Jenny finds Dan's suggestive online chat, feels betrayed, and makes him sleep on the couch for a week.
Norm: It's mean to ignore suicidal people.
Situation: Jake receives a text message from his friend Jane, who struggles with depression, late at night about how awful she's feeling.
Intention: Jake needs to decide how to respond.
Moral action: Jake decides to call Jane and tell her he's there for her if she needs it.
Moral consequence: Jane appreciates that Jake is willing to help, and feels better for the moment.
Immoral action: Jake decides to ignore the text and go to sleep.
Immoral consequence: Jane feels alone in her struggle and ends up overdosing on some pills.
Norm: You should spend special events with your friends.
Situation: Kyla has is graduating from college and her friends asked her if she wants to celebrate with them after the ceremony.
Intention: Kyla wants to respond to the invite of her friends.
Moral action: Kyla tells her friends that she will go out with them.
Moral consequence: Kyla will create bonds with her friends over graduating together.
Immoral action: Kyla tells her friend that she's going to go home and sleep.
Immoral consequence: Kyla will miss out bonding with her friends over their mutual graduation.
Norm: It is bad to cause a scene in public
Situation: Dora is trying to enter the shopping center, but is turned away because she doesn't have a mask on.
Intention: Dora wants to buy groceries for the week.
Moral action: Dora asks if the store can sell her a mask and is provided one free of charge for her understanding.
Moral consequence: Dora enters the store and is able to get her groceries for the week there.
Immoral action: Dora raises her voice at the employee turning her away and begins fake coughing to try and make her point about being healthy.
Immoral consequence: Police are called and Dora is sent home with a citation and must buy her groceries online.
Norm: It is rude to stare.
Situation: Sue is eating lunch with a friend in a coffee shop and is sitting across from her.
Intention: Sue wants to know what brand jacket her friend is wearing.
Moral action: Sue asks her friend what brand her jacket is, without staring at it for too long.
Moral consequence: Sue's friend is happy to have a conversation, and they talk about their favorite clothing.
Immoral action: Sue stares at her jacket for half an hour to gauge what exact brand it is.
Immoral consequence: Sue's friend gets weirded out at sue for staring and tells her to stop.
Norm: It is good to earn income to support your family
Situation: Phil was trying to find ways to help his family finances.
Intention: Phil wants to help the bottom line.
Moral action: Phil decides that he and his family need to earn more money.
Moral consequence: Phil signs up for Mturk tasks and starts working on HITs all day to earn money.
Immoral action: Phil decides he and his family need to spend less money.
Immoral consequence: Phil manages to cut the water bill in half before his family complains about the shower time limits.
Norm: It's selfish to leave your pet to fend for itself.
Situation: John is on a weeklong vacation but has only hired someone to look after his dog for a week.
Intention: John wants to enjoy his vacation a little longer.
Moral action: John calls the dog-watcher and asks him to look after his dog a few more days.
Moral consequence: John's dog is happy and healthy.
Immoral action: John stays a few days extra on his vacation and doesn't notify the dog-watcher.
Immoral consequence: John's dog becomes anxious and hungry and gets sick.
Norm: It's inappropriate to talk about sexual relationships with colleagues.
Situation: Roger is working at an office with men and women in it.
Intention: Roger wants to talk with his coworkers.
Moral action: Roger talks to his coworkers about the prior night's baseball game.
Moral consequence: One of Roger's coworkers invites him to a ball game the next weekend.
Immoral action: Roger talks about his prior sexual relationships with some of his coworkers.
Immoral consequence: Roger is talked to by HR and is fired for inappropriate behavior.
Norm: It's kind to cook a meal for another person.
Situation: While Susan is driving she spots a homeless man on the street corner who's holding a sign that says he's hungry.
Intention: Susan wants to watch a movie at the theatre.
Moral action: Susan drives home, fixes a nice meal and drops it off with the homeless man on her way to the theatre.
Moral consequence: The homeless man is very grateful and feels loved and no longer hungry.
Immoral action: Susan pretends she doesn't see the homeless man and drives on to the theatre.
Immoral consequence: The homeless man feels rejected and spends another night hungry in pain.
Norm: It's nice to make food for your significant others.
Situation: Jordan is very hungry at home with his family, and has some food ready to prepare for dinner.
Intention: Jordan wants to make a meal around dinner time.
Moral action: Jordan decides to make six servings of food for dinner, which was enough for the whole family.
Moral consequence: Jordan has a great meal with his family, and they all thank him for the meal.
Immoral action: Jordan only makes one serving of food, just for himself, for dinner.
Immoral consequence: Jordan's family feels disappointed at Jordan and chastise him for not making extra.
Norm: You should always try to work hard.
Situation: Kent was just hired to mow grass for a large institution and isn't sure how to handle all of the work.
Intention: Kent wants to earn a paycheck.
Moral action: Kent works overtime to cut all of the grass everywhere.
Moral consequence: Kent gets paid extra for his overtime work.
Immoral action: Kent mows the more well-traveled areas and neglects the more out-of-the-way ones.
Immoral consequence: Kent's supervisor sees the unmowed areas and gives Kent a pay cut.
Norm: You can't expect everyone to attend your party.
Situation: Randy is apologizing to David for not being able to attend his party last week because his daughter was ill.
Intention: David wants to react to Randy's apology.
Moral action: David tells Randy that there's no need to apologize that family comes first, always.
Moral consequence: Randy is relieved that David isn't upset about his absence and happy that David is understanding.
Immoral action: David tells Randy that it's unacceptable, and he cannot forgive him for not attending the party.
Immoral consequence: Randy is stressed out that his relationship with David is falling apart for something so stupid.
Norm: It's wrong to be jealous.
Situation: John is at the bar when Bill shows him a photo of his hot new girlfriend.
Intention: John wants to give his opinion of the picture.
Moral action: John tells his friend that she is very pretty, and he's proud of him for having the courage to ask her out.
Moral consequence: Bill is delighted that his friend is so supportive and so uplifting and has a big smile on his face.
Immoral action: John tells Bill that she's not that hot and looks kind of trashy in fact, and he shouldn't be so proud.
Immoral consequence: Bill is angered that John would say that about her and is not happy that his friend is so callous.
Norm: It is wrong to be a batterer.
Situation: Karl's wife spent all their food money for the month.
Intention: Karl wants to confront his wife.
Moral action: Karl tells his wife he has to sell of her possessions for food money.
Moral consequence: Karl's wife will feel remorse for spending the money.
Immoral action: Karl physically accosts his wife.
Immoral consequence: Karl's wife will call the police to arrest Karl.
Norm: It's wrong to insult other people.
Situation: Jan is driving his new car to the store when another driver cuts him off.
Intention: Jan wants to respond to the situation.
Moral action: Jan decides to just let it go and continues on his way to go shopping.
Moral consequence: Jan is able to avoid a conflict and get his groceries safely.
Immoral action: Jan yells obscenities and flips off the other driver.
Immoral consequence: The other driver notices and throws a drink out of his window which hits Jan's car and scratches the paint.
Norm: It's inconsiderate to steal someone else's lunch.
Situation: Jenny is taking her lunch break in the break room at work and forgot her lunch, but see's her co-worker Alex has a big salad in the fridge.
Intention: Jenny wants to eat.
Moral action: Jenny asks Alex if he would mind giving her some of his salad.
Moral consequence: Alex is happy to help Jenny and shares it with her.
Immoral action: Jenny takes Alex's salad and begins eating it, then Alex walks in and catches her.
Immoral consequence: Alex is angry because now he has nothing to eat, and he knows Jenny stole from him.
Norm: It's rude to tell someone that they eat too much.
Situation: Adrian's sister has been putting on a lot of weight recently, and he is worried about her health.
Intention: Adrian wants his sister to be at a healthy weight.
Moral action: Adrian has a conversation with his sister about how he is worried for her health.
Moral consequence: Adrian's sister tells him that she will try to work on it and ends up losing some weight.
Immoral action: Adrian tells his sister over lunch that she is becoming fat and ugly.
Immoral consequence: Adrian's sister swears at him, storms off, and stops talking to him altogether.
Norm: It is bad to make excuses.
Situation: Grant made an error while writing code and his boss has come to ask him about it.
Intention: Grant wants to explain the error to his boss.
Moral action: Grant tells his boss that he made the error, and he will fix it.
Moral consequence: Grant will learn to be more careful when doing his work.
Immoral action: Grant says the error comes from the application that is used to write the code.
Immoral consequence: Grant will not learn to be responsible about the errors he makes.
Norm: It's rude to yell.
Situation: Four year old Brian has just returned from his first day of school with lots to tell; his mother unfortunately has a headache.
Intention: Brian wants to share his day with his mother.
Moral action: Brian starts talking rapidly, but keeps his voice at an appropriate level for indoor conversation, telling his mother everything about his day.
Moral consequence: Brian's mother listens, smiling and nodding at Brian's enthusiasm.
Immoral action: Brian starts talking very loudly and rapidly, trying to tell his mother everything at once.
Immoral consequence: Brian's mother puts her hands over her ears because the yelling is hurting her headache, "Please use your indoor voice" she pleads.
Norm: It's not okay to be to obsessive about people.
Situation: Leila met a cute guy at a party a few weeks ago and has been on dates a few times with him since then.
Intention: Leila wants the cute guy to think she is someone special.
Moral action: Leila sends a few interesting links to the cute guy along with original and thoughtful texts.
Moral consequence: The cute guy becomes more and more interested by Leila.
Immoral action: Leila can't stop thinking of the cute guy and starts texting him dozens of times a day.
Immoral consequence: The cute guy becomes weary of Leila and tries to avoid her.
Norm: It's bad to be too controlling of family members.
Situation: Shane's daughter wants to go to a concert, but he's worried.
Intention: Shane wants his daughter to be safe.
Moral action: Shane gets her older cousin to go to the concert with her.
Moral consequence: Shane's daughter is just as excited to go to the concert and doesn't have to worry about her safety.
Immoral action: Shane says that she can only go to the concert if he goes with them.
Immoral consequence: Shane's daughter begins to dislike her dad and doesn't feel as excited about going to the concert.
Norm: It's good to celebrate with someone when they are proud.
Situation: Claire thinks gaming is a waste of time, but younger brother proudly announces that he has just won a gaming tournament.
Intention: Claire wants her brother to be successful.
Moral action: Claire congratulates her brother and takes him out to dinner to celebrate and learn more about competitive gaming.
Moral consequence: Claire's brother feels happy to celebrate and tell his sister about gaming.
Immoral action: Claire tells her brother that he should stop wasting his time gaming and work on getting a real job.
Immoral consequence: Claire's brother feels bad that Claire doesn't support his passion.
Norm: It's nice to take in grandchildren.
Situation: Jack's daughter is a drug addict that is being forced to give up her children.
Intention: Jack wants to figure out what to do with his grandchildren.
Moral action: Jack offers to take care of the children from now on.
Moral consequence: Jack's grandchildren are better taken care of, and they feel loved.
Immoral action: Jack agrees to put the kids in an orphanage, because he doesn't want to look after them.
Immoral consequence: Jack's grandchildren are scared and don't have anyone they can trust.
Norm: It's good to care about your parent's mental health.
Situation: Sam's mother is very stressed and is planning dinner for her children, after which she'll go to an important business dinner herself.
Intention: Sam wants to eat something other than what her mother is planning.
Moral action: Sam tells her mother that she'll prepare dinner for everyone, including her own preferred meal, so that she can focus on the business dinner.
Moral consequence: Sam's mother relaxes, gets to the business dinner on time, and represents herself and the company well.
Immoral action: Sam asks that her mother make a special dinner for her in addition to what she's planning for the other children.
Immoral consequence: Sam's mother is overwhelmed by the demands placed on her, breaks down, and misses the important business dinner.
Norm: You shouldn't use the n-word because it's wrong.
Situation: John is watching a news story about black lives matter on tv at home around his wife and kids.
Intention: John wants to feel good about himself.
Moral action: John states that blacks are just as equal and valuable as whites.
Moral consequence: John's wife and kids respect him more and develop in a healthy way.
Immoral action: John states out loud that those n-word people don't deserve any special rights.
Immoral consequence: John's wife and kids respect him less and may develop racist views.
Norm: It's kind to help people who are having trouble.
Situation: Troy is at home when he gets a call from his friend Andrew asking him to borrow some money short term.
Intention: Troy wants to answer Andrew's request.
Moral action: Troy tells Andrew that he will take a quick trip to the bank right now and Andrew can come over in the meantime to grab it.
Moral consequence: Andrew is delighted that his friend is bailing him out and completely relieved that his stress is temporarily gone.
Immoral action: Troy tells Andrew that he can't spare any right now and Andrew should go to a pay day lender.
Immoral consequence: Andrew is sad that his friend can't help him and continues to be stressed out about money.
Norm: You shouldn't get involved with your therapist romantically.
Situation: Debbie is being treated by Dr. Edwards in an effort to help her feel more attracted to the opposite sex.
Intention: Debbie wants to feel more confident in being heterosexual.
Moral action: Karen flirts with Dr. Edwards during sessions, but he tells Karen while he finds her to be an attractive woman, it would be unethical to have romantic relations.
Moral consequence: Dr. Edwards honesty and professionalism leads to Karen's trust, and she is able to continue having productive sessions with him.
Immoral action: Karen seduces Dr. Edwards in hopes that by having a sexual relationship with a successful therapist she will feel more fulfilled in her sexuality.
Immoral consequence: Dr. Edwards relationship is discovered by his secretary, and she reports him to the medical board, which causes him to lose his license.
Norm: It's not okay to be overly concerned with your looks.
Situation: Cassie has to go to her friend's wedding and is getting dressed.
Intention: Cassie wants to look good for the wedding.
Moral action: Cassie puts on her favorite dress and matching shoes that knows look good on her, and gets her hair and makeup done with the bridal party.
Moral consequence: Cassie gets to spend time with her friend and listen to her talk about pre-wedding jitters.
Immoral action: Cassie takes a long time deciding which dress to wear, how to wear her hair, and which angles make her look the best in pictures.
Immoral consequence: Cassie arrives late at the wedding and her friend gets mad at her.
Norm: It's wrong to ruin other people's lives.
Situation: Stan is a lender, and a family is meeting with him to help finance their new home.
Intention: Stan wants to give the family a loan.
Moral action: Stan offers the family a loan that has reasonable terms to pay it off.
Moral consequence: The family is able to pay off the loan eventually and don't feel taken advantage of.
Immoral action: Stan gives the familly a subprime loan that has high interest rates.
Immoral consequence: The family has trouble paying off the loan and might lose their home.
Norm: It's good to offer help to a new mother.
Situation: George is walking down to the subway when he sees a mother having trouble with her stroller on the steps.
Intention: George wants to react to the mother.
Moral action: George offers to carry the stroller down for the mother.
Moral consequence: The mother will be able to get where she is going faster.
Immoral action: George pushes past the mother and walks down into the subway.
Immoral consequence: The mother will become frustrated and have a stressful day.
Norm: It's bad to mislead customers at work.
Situation: John is working at a sports equipment store when a customer walks in asking about fishing rods.
Intention: John wants to respond to the customer.
Moral action: John accurately describes the fishing rods the store has to offer to the customer.
Moral consequence: The customer happily purchases a fishing rod and does more business with the store later on.
Immoral action: John sells a low quality fishing rod to the customer while pretending it was a top notch professional fishing rod.
Immoral consequence: The customer returns the next day and angrily demands a refund for the fishing rod.
Norm: It is rude to be nasty to elderly people.
Situation: Doug's elderly mom needs help going to the doctor once a month.
Intention: Doug wants to save his vacation time at work.
Moral action: Doug decides to hire a caretaker who can take his mom to her appointments and help with other things around the house.
Moral consequence: Doug's mom feels cared for and enjoys the companionship of the caretaker.
Immoral action: Doug tells his mom he's tired of driving the "old bat" around and tells her to find someone else to take her.
Immoral consequence: Doug's mom is hurt and feels let down by her son.
Norm: It's unacceptable to forbid your significant other to do something.
Situation: Anne has plans to go hang gliding alone, but her husband Frank is against the idea.
Intention: Frank wants to keep his wife from hang gliding alone.
Moral action: Frank tells Anne that he wants to go hang gliding with her.
Moral consequence: Anne thinks it's a good idea, and she goes hang gliding with Frank.
Immoral action: Frank tells his wife that he won't allow her to go hang glidng alone.
Immoral consequence: Anne tells Frank that she can do whatever she wants and goes anyway.
Norm: You should be grateful when someone celebrates you.
Situation: Marlon is at the Academy Awards ceremony where he's just been given an Oscar.
Intention: Marlon wants to respond to the prize.
Moral action: Marlon graciously accepts the Oscar and thanks the academy for recognizing him in such a special way.
Moral consequence: The audience is grateful that Marlon recognizes their appreciation for him and clap happily.
Immoral action: Marlon tells the audience that he's not accepting the gift because of their mistreatment of Native Americans and walks off.
Immoral consequence: The audience is aghast at Marlon's indifference to their honoring him and is angry and sad.
Norm: It's wrong to ignore your significant other.
Situation: Bobby and Grace have been working from home since quarantine started, and Grace made it a habit to tell Bobby that she loves him every other hour.
Intention: Bobby wants to get his work done.
Moral action: Bobby takes a moment to embrace Grace and tell her that he loves her too before returning to work.
Moral consequence: Grace and Bobby continue to build upon their relationship through quarantine and grow closer.
Immoral action: Bobby replies to Grace by saying "thanks" without looking away from his screen.
Immoral consequence: Grace feels unloved and decides to break up with Bobby and move in with a friend.
Norm: It's good to get some balloons for a birthday celebration.
Situation: Kevin wants to celebrate his birthday with his friends.
Intention: Kevin wants to get a birthday party.
Moral action: Kevin is sure to get plenty of balloons for his birthday party.
Moral consequence: Kevin's party decorations look just right with the balloons present.
Immoral action: Kevin gets a bunch pf party supplies, but he forgets the balloons.
Immoral consequence: Kevin's decorations just look a bit off without the balloons there.
Norm: It's nice to offer advice when someone is confused.
Situation: Noelle is a supervisor at her company that has new employees who are learning the ropes.
Intention: Noelle wants to talk to a new hire.
Moral action: Noelle encourages the new worker to ask them questions when they don't know what to do.
Moral consequence: The new hire develops a desire to their job well.
Immoral action: Noelle tells the new hire that they'll be let go if they can't learn on their own.
Immoral consequence: The new hire becomes anxious and their performance deteriorates.
Norm: It's good to make yourself smell nice for others.
Situation: Mike, who needs to go to school, just finished a shower and realizes that he is completely out of deoderant.
Intention: Mike wants to get to school on time.
Moral action: Mike finds some scented lotion and puts it under his arms as a substitute, throws on some clothes, and races to school.
Moral consequence: Mike's friends compliment Mike on the new scent and enjoy being near him.
Immoral action: Mike skips the deoderant, gets dressed quickly, and goes to school with his friends.
Immoral consequence: Mike's friends notice that Mike stinks and make fun of him, calling him "Stinky Mikey".
Norm: It's expected that you'll attend a family member's funeral.
Situation: Joe's father died and the funeral is set to take place in the morning.
Intention: Joe wants to remember his father.
Moral action: Joe goes to the funeral with his mother and other family members.
Moral consequence: Joe finds moral support through being with his family through a hard time.
Immoral action: Joe sits at home looking at old photographs during the funeral service.
Immoral consequence: Joe's mom doesn't talk to him for a week because he missed the funeral.
Norm: It's bad to use other's things without their permission.
Situation: Sarah needs a ride to her friend Julie's house, but the only car there is her boyfriend John's, and he's at work.
Intention: Sarah wants to visit Julie.
Moral action: Sarah calls John at work to ask if she can borrow his vehicle.
Moral consequence: John appreciates that Sarah asked, and he tells her she can use it.
Immoral action: Sarah just takes John's car and drives to Julie's without asking.
Immoral consequence: John gets home from work and no longer trusts Sarah because his car is gone.
Norm: You shouldn't smoke marijuana if it's illegal.
Situation: Bob was in his house on Canusa Avenue and wanted to smoke pot.
Intention: Bob wanted to smoke his pot.
Moral action: Bob went outside, crossed the street, THEN smoked his pot.
Moral consequence: Nothing happened to Bob since he was not breaking the law.
Immoral action: Bob smoked his Pot right there inside his house.
Immoral consequence: The police, careful not to accidently cross the border, went to Bob's house and arrested him.
Norm: It's not okay to lie to your children.
Situation: Troy's father was killed in an auto accident, but his mother Susan doesn't know how to tell him.
Intention: Susan wants to talk to Troy.
Moral action: Susan tells Troy that his father is dead, and helps him process the grief.
Moral consequence: Troy is deeply saddened but learns to accept that people die, and bonds with his mother through their grief.
Immoral action: Susan tells Troy that his father abandoned them, feeling unable to tell him the truth.
Immoral consequence: Troy grows up with abandonment issues, always wondering why his father left him.
Norm: You should not want to shoot people.
Situation: Jake is walking down the street when Clark, who is walking past him accidentally steps on his foot.
Intention: Jake wants to react to the pain he's in.
Moral action: Jake whimpers in pain and glances at Clark to illicit sympathy.
Moral consequence: Clark feels remorseful and runs over to Jake to see if he's OK.
Immoral action: Jake pulls out a pistol and points it at Clark demanding Clark apologizes.
Immoral consequence: Clark is terrified and feels he might be about to die, causing him massive amounts of stress.
Norm: You shouldn't drink and drive with kids in the car.
Situation: Samantha is having some wine with a friend and feeling tipsy, and her daughter Helena is getting out of school soon.
Intention: Samantha wants Helena to get picked up.
Moral action: Samantha decides to ride a cab to pick up Helena from school.
Moral consequence: Samantha and Helena are able to remain safe and Helena is pleased she made a sound decision.
Immoral action: Samantha decides to get in the car and picks up Helena from the school.
Immoral consequence: Samantha gets into a car accident because she was inebriated, and he and Helena end up in the hospital.
Norm: You shouldn't criticize your family's religion.
Situation: Mark's family is religious and asks him if he wants to attend Church with them.
Intention: Mark wants to respond to his family's request.
Moral action: Mark tells his family he respects their beliefs, but they are not his beliefs.
Moral consequence: Mark's family will try to be understanding towards him.
Immoral action: Mark tells his family that what they believe is not true and causes bad results for people.
Immoral consequence: Mark's family will be offended and not want to spend time with Mark.