Not-qty/ols-moral-stories-2k huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's wrong to date your sibling's ex.
Situation: Charlie needs a date for the upcoming dance and learns that his big brother Alex just got dumped by his ex-girlfriend Stacy.
Intention: Charlie wants to ask a girl to the dance.
Moral action: Charlie asks a girl named Eve to the dance when he overhears someone saying she needs a date.
Moral consequence: Alex lets Charlie borrow some of his cologne, so he smells good for his date with Eve.
Immoral action: Charlie asks Stacy if she'll go to the dance with him now that she's single.
Immoral consequence: Alex learns that Charlie asked out Stacy and punches him for the act of disloyalty.
Norm: You should help old people out when they are sick.
Situation: On the way to the store, Kevin noticed that the old woman that lived next to him wasn't feeling well.
Intention: Kevin wants to get his groceries.
Moral action: Kevin goes to the grocery store and gets his things alone with soup and medicine for his neighbor.
Moral consequence: Kevin's neighbor starts to feel better after eating the soup and taking the medicine.
Immoral action: Kevin goes straight to the grocery store and returns to his house without checking on his neighbor.
Immoral consequence: Kevin's neighbor ends up getting sicker and has to go to the hospital.
Norm: It is not okay to tell other people's secrets.
Situation: Hank is informed by a co-worker that the workers are planning a surprise party for their boss, who is planning a vacation soon.
Intention: Hank wants the boss to be around for the surprise party.
Moral action: Hank asks for "help on an important project" that just happens to be the same day as the surprise party so the boss will be there.
Moral consequence: The boss is surprised and the surprise party goes exactly as planned.
Immoral action: Hank tells their boss that they're planning a party for him and to make sure to be there.
Immoral consequence: The surprise is ruined and the party is nowhere near as special as they planned.
Norm: You shouldn't lie when you're a journalist.
Situation: Brett has a report due at the end of the day, but is still missing key information.
Intention: Brett wants to complete the article for publication.
Moral action: Brett works twice as hard to tie up the loose ends and finish the article with all the information.
Moral consequence: Brett's editor is pleased with his work and gives him a special assignment.
Immoral action: Brett invents a couple quotes to tie the article together and submits it.
Immoral consequence: People who were misquoted complain to the paper, and Brett gets in trouble.
Norm: It's helpful to tell a coworker when they look unprofessional.
Situation: Jade notices her coworker coming into work in a white sundress.
Intention: Jade doesn't want to hurt her coworker.
Moral action: Jade compliments her coworkers outfit while giving her tips on proper workplace attire.
Moral consequence: Jade's coworker takes her advice coming into work the next day in work appropriate clothing.
Immoral action: Jade greets her coworker normally ignoring her coworker's attire.
Immoral consequence: Her coworker is scolded by HR for dressing unprofessionally.
Norm: It's good to be forgiving.
Situation: Candice watches her sister accidentally break her expensive ball joint doll.
Intention: Candice wants to respond to her sister.
Moral action: Candice gives her sister a hug telling her that accidents happen every now and then.
Moral consequence: Candice does extra chores around the house for enough money to get Candice's doll fixed.
Immoral action: Candice compares her sister to a clumsy monkey in a loud tone, and reminds her sister about her mistake every day for a week.
Immoral consequence: Candice sister's self esteem is ruined.
Norm: It's rude to abruptly cut someone out of your life.
Situation: Ann has a friend who has always been a detrimental influence and lately is becoming more difficult to deal with.
Intention: Ann wants to separate from her friend.
Moral action: Ann is upfront about her intentions and slowly distances herself from the friend.
Moral consequence: Ann's friend understands the consequences of her behavior.
Immoral action: Ann cuts her friend out of her life and deletes her from social media.
Immoral consequence: Ann's friend thinks she did nothing wrong and that Ann is a bad friend.
Norm: It's bad to drink too much alcohol during a meal.
Situation: Mike and his wife Debbie are having dinner at his in-laws, who he doesn't like all that much.
Intention: Mike wants to have some wine.
Moral action: Mike enjoys sipping on a glass of Chardonnay and has a good conversation with his in-laws and Debbie.
Moral consequence: Debbie is proud of Mike for being on his best behavior at her parents house and thanks him.
Immoral action: Mike drinks one too many glasses of Chardonnay  and starts slurring his speech and making crude jokes.
Immoral consequence: Debbie is mortified and when they leave she let's Mike know hoe embarrassed and disappointed she is in him.
Norm: It's insulting to refer to someone as a creep.
Situation: Mary is sitting at a bus stop waiting for her bus when a stranger walks up and starts talking to her.
Intention: Mary wants to be left alone.
Moral action: Mary politely excuses herself from the conversation, letting the person know that she is uncomfortable talking with strangers.
Moral consequence: The person stops talking to Mary, and she feels as though she did the appropriate thing given the situation she was in.
Immoral action: Mary calls the stranger a creep and tells him to get away from her.
Immoral consequence: The person's feelings are visibly hurt and Mary begins to feel badly about how harshly she spoke to them.
Norm: It's wrong not to get recognized for something you created.
Situation: Tim wrote a new software program at work that is going to generate a lot of revenue for his company.
Intention: Tim wants his company to be successful.
Moral action: Tim and his boss present Tim's idea to the management team at his company.
Moral consequence: Tim gets a huge bonus for creating the successful program.
Immoral action: Tim lets his boss take credit for the program thinking that the program will be more likely to be approved that way.
Immoral consequence: Tim doesn't get promoted even though his program is very successful.
Norm: It's bad to work for a business that commits crimes.
Situation: Rory is unemployed and has been approached by a friend who is part of a criminal organization with a job offer.
Intention: Rory wants to earn a high salary.
Moral action: Rory decides to study and get a degree in order to get a high paying job.
Moral consequence: Rory's friend is eventually glad he refused the offer and made something of himself.
Immoral action: Rory decides to take a job with his friend despite knowing what the company does.
Immoral consequence: Rory's friend ends up feeling guilty that he got him into a life of crime.
Norm: People who idolize the Nazis are considered vile by society.
Situation: John is a young man that is searching the internet for entertainment.
Intention: John wants to find a new community to be a part of.
Moral action: John notices that many people are online are following a Nazi personality and decides to try to motivate them to stop.
Moral consequence: John becomes the founder of a group that helps tutor and mentor young men about the dangers of Nazi ideology.
Immoral action: John finds and begins to frequent a website where fans of a Nazi personality socialize and watch his videos.
Immoral consequence: John is indoctrinated into a dangerous belief system that leaves him a danger to the public.
Norm: It's bad to play favorites.
Situation: Dave is speaking to his employees.
Intention: Dave wants to assign work to be done.
Moral action: Dave gives an equal amount of work to everyone.
Moral consequence: Dave is praised by him employees for the way he treats them.
Immoral action: Dave gives the least amount of work to his nephew.
Immoral consequence: Dave has to find new workers when several people quit over his nepotism.
Norm: It's selfish to only think about yourself.
Situation: Kyle is married to Heidi and just won a $200 gift certificate for a fancy restaurant.
Intention: Kyle wants to use his prize.
Moral action: Kyle takes Heidi to the restaurant, and they both enjoy a nice meal together.
Moral consequence: Heidi thinks it was nice of Kyle to take her, and he feels generous.
Immoral action: Kyle, having never been to an upscale restaurant goes alone and orders himself the most expensive items on the menu.
Immoral consequence: Heidi sees Kyle as selfish, and he feels like a glutton afterwards.
Norm: You should only take ADHD medication if you have ADHD.
Situation: Jake has had trouble paying attention in class so his friend offered him some Adderall.
Intention: Jake wants to pay better attention in class.
Moral action: Jake tells his teacher that he's having trouble paying attention, and his teacher gives him advice.
Moral consequence: Jake learns how to better pay attention without having to resort to using drugs.
Immoral action: Jake takes some Adderall in order to better remember what his teacher was teaching.
Immoral consequence: Jake can become addicted to the drug when he realizes how it feels.
Norm: You shouldn't tell someone who they can hang out with.
Situation: Jake is at home watching TV when his wife Anne tells him she's off to see her friend Adam.
Intention: Jake wants to respond to Anne.
Moral action: Jake tells Anne to have a great time and to say hi to Adam for him.
Moral consequence: Anne is delighted that Jake greeted her before she left and that he is thoughtful enough to think of Adam, too.
Immoral action: Jake tells Anne that he does not allow her to hang out with other men and that she cannot see Adam.
Immoral consequence: Anne is infuriated that Jake is trying to tell her who she can be friends with and thinks he's overly controlling.
Norm: It's wrong not to do the dishes when asked.
Situation: Eric has cooked dinner for himself at home where he lives with his roommates.
Intention: Eric wants to relax and take it easy at night after dinner.
Moral action: Eric washes his dishes and puts them away before going to bed.
Moral consequence: Eric's roommates wake up to clean dishes in the morning and are happier.
Immoral action: Eric leaves his dishes unwashed in the sink and goes to sleep.
Immoral consequence: Eric's roommates wake up angry in the morning and have no clean dishes for themselves.
Norm: It's wrong to do drugs.
Situation: Jenny has a free weekend with her friend Bill, a shady drug dealer.
Intention: Jenny wants to decide how to spend the weekend.
Moral action: Jenny decides to spend the weekend writing short stories about morals.
Moral consequence: Jenny is relaxed after spending some quality free time on creative pursuits.
Immoral action: Jenny decides to hang out at Bill's place and smoke his pot all weekend.
Immoral consequence: Jenny spends way too much on junk food and puts on some weight.
Norm: It's good to report criminal activity to the police.
Situation: Reagan is sitting on her porch late one night and sees a woman opening her neighbors garage door with a crowbar.
Intention: Reagan wants to tell her neighbors what she saw.
Moral action: Reagan calls the police immediately and talks to her neighbors that night after police arrive.
Moral consequence: The police catch the woman in the act and the neighbors' avoid having anything stolen.
Immoral action: Since it's late, Reagan goes on to bed and talks to the neighbors about it in the morning.
Immoral consequence: The neighbors had property stolen from the garage and the woman is long gone.
Norm: It's not okay to spy on others or be sneaky.
Situation: AJ is worried that his girlfriend Susan is cheating on him.
Intention: AJ wants to find if Susan is cheating.
Moral action: AJ asks Susan directly if she has been cheating on him.
Moral consequence: Susan answers honestly that she has never cheated on AJ.
Immoral action: AJ spies on Susan whenever she goes out in public.
Immoral consequence: Susan catches AJ and breaks up with him for his lack of trust.
Norm: It's unacceptable to make a scene at family gatherings.
Situation: Mary and Jeff are at Mary's mother's house for a family dinner when Mary whispers to Jeff that she's pregnant.
Intention: Jeff wants to tell Mary he doesn't want another child.
Moral action: Jeff whispers back to Mary that he's not OK with the idea but that they'll discuss it further at home.
Moral consequence: The family doesn't notice anything and continues to laugh and eat having a fun evening together.
Immoral action: Jeff admonishes Mary for not taking birth control and declares that he's not interested in keeping the baby loudly enough for all to hear.
Immoral consequence: The family is shocked and embarrassed on behalf of Mary.
Norm: It's wrong to steal a kid's toy.
Situation: Kyle is at the park and is looking at a friend's baby playing with a toy.
Intention: Kyle wants to play around with the baby.
Moral action: Kyle makes funny faces at the baby.
Moral consequence: The baby smiles and laughs at Kyle.
Immoral action: Kyle takes the baby's toy as a joke.
Immoral consequence: The baby gets upset and starts screaming.
Norm: You shouldn't distract the guard when entering the office building.
Situation: Mario often chats with the guard at his office building, and they will sometimes exchange jokes in the morning.
Intention: Mario wants to tell the guard a new joke.
Moral action: Mario tells the guard a short joke before entering the building.
Moral consequence: Mario and the guard have a short laugh before going back to their respective jobs.
Immoral action: Mario tells the guard a really long joke which takes his attention off of his job,.
Immoral consequence: While the guard is listening to Mario's joke, an unauthorized man enters the office building.
Norm: You shouldn't put down others.
Situation: Greg and Zach are high school students who are both interested in the same girl, Tammy.
Intention: Greg wants to win Tammy's affection.
Moral action: Greg dresses nicely at school acts kindly towards Tammy whenever he has a chance.
Moral consequence: Tammy is impressed by Greg and agrees to go out on a date with him.
Immoral action: Whenever Greg talks to Tammy, he makes sure to mention Zach’s flaws and make himself look better by comparison.
Immoral consequence: Tammy doesn't like the way Greg behaves and decides to date Zach.
Norm: It's bad to want someone to help you get drugs.
Situation: Gary is hanging out with one of his friends after school in his parents' basement.
Intention: Gary wants to try marijuana.
Moral action: Gary talks with his friend about marijuana for the rest of the afternoon before deciding to seek out a source himself.
Moral consequence: Gary's friend isn't aware that Gary bought marijuana and is happy with their friendship.
Immoral action: Gary asks his friend if he can help get him some marijuana.
Immoral consequence: Gary's friend feels nervous, but he helps find a drug dealer and buys marijuana for the two of them.
Norm: It's good to have a relationship with your parents.
Situation: Ivan and Paula are proud of there son Ray being successful and wished they saw him more.
Intention: Ray wants to go visit his parents more often.
Moral action: Ray takes a real vacation and immerses himself in his parents, Ivan and Paula, and making memories together.
Moral consequence: Ray and his parents become close knit and the family bonds becomes strong.
Immoral action: Ray schedules meetings and does business on his phone and laptop for most of his visit with his parents, Ivan and Paula.
Immoral consequence: Ray and his parents become distant and the family loses its support system.
Norm: You should donate things to Goodwill that you can't sell.
Situation: Rick has been having a hard time selling his sofa on Craigslist recently and has given up trying to sell it.
Intention: Rick wants to get the sofa out of the house.
Moral action: Rick takes the sofa and drives it over to the goodwill donaton center.
Moral consequence: The sofa gets a second life and is bought cheaply by someone who gets use out of it.
Immoral action: Rick takes the sofa and throws it on the curb for the garbage collection to pick it up.
Immoral consequence: The sofa is destroyed eventually and no one gets any further use from it.
Norm: It's rude to give a coworker inappropriate attention.
Situation: Due to budget constraints Josh has to start sharing his office with his coworker Penny.
Intention: Josh wants to get along with his new office mate.
Moral action: Josh works to maintain a friendly yet professional in the shared space.
Moral consequence: Josh's attitude puts Penny at ease and the two are able to successfully share the space.
Immoral action: Josh is very attentive to Penny's needs and when he notices her tension he gives her a back rub.
Immoral consequence: Josh gets called into HR to discuss his inappropriate behavior towards Penny.
Norm: It's good to give up your seat to a child.
Situation: Vladimir was riding the bus home from work when he saw a small child struggling to stand up in the aisle.
Intention: Vladimir wants to arrive home safely.
Moral action: Vladimir offers his seat to the child and holds onto the overhead straps to keep himself from falling until he gets to his stop.
Moral consequence: The child feels safe sitting in a seat on the bus.
Immoral action: Vladimir ignores the child and sits in his seat until his stop.
Immoral consequence: The child is scared and continues to struggle.
Norm: It's good to respect the plans of others.
Situation: Jessie is on a date with John, and Maggie, her coworker, needs help with an issue on her project with Jessie.
Intention: Jessie wants to solve the issue.
Moral action: Maggie searches for the solution to the problem on a tech website.
Moral consequence: Maggie gains a deeper understand on the issues surrounding the problem.
Immoral action: Maggie continues pestering Jessie during her date insisting that solving the issue is more important.
Immoral consequence: Maggie spends the evening getting more and more frustrated with Jessie.
Norm: Babies should never be treated poorly regardless of their behavior.
Situation: Nancy is awakened by her screaming baby.
Intention: Nancy wants to sleep.
Moral action: Nancy changes and feeds the baby getting it back to sleep.
Moral consequence: Nancy returns to bed and sleeps well knowing that her baby is cared for.
Immoral action: Nancy grabs the baby and hits it to make it stop crying.
Immoral consequence: Nancy is arrested for child abuse and her baby is taken away.
Norm: It's wrong to boss around your partner in a relationship.
Situation: Helen is at home with her husband and there are a lot of chores to do.
Intention: Helen wants the chores to be done.
Moral action: Helen starts to work on some of the chores letting her husband know evertything that needs to be done.
Moral consequence: Helen's husband join in, and they get everything done which leaves them with some free time with one another.
Immoral action: Helen directs her husband from one chore to the next until he completes them all while keeping him under the impression that he must.
Immoral consequence: Helen's husband grows to resent his wife and their relationship falters.
Norm: It's fun to have a good dessert after dinner.
Situation: Beth is hosting a dinner, and everyone has finished the main course.
Intention: Beth wants to give everyone a dessert.
Moral action: Beth gives everyone a piece of cherry pie with whipped cream.
Moral consequence: The guests rave about the delicious dessert.
Immoral action: Beth gives everyone a mint Lifesaver candy.
Immoral consequence: The guests are satisfied, but no one comments on the dessert.
Norm: It's nice to offer a guest the most comfortable chair.
Situation: Tim invites Dylan over to his house, and they are about to sit down in the den.
Intention: Tim wants Dylan to have fun at his house.
Moral action: Tim offers Dylan the comfy chair and asks Dylan what game to play first.
Moral consequence: Dylan has a blast playing Battleship and Sorry with Tim.
Immoral action: Tim immediately sits in the comfy chair while thinking of games to play with Dylan.
Immoral consequence: Dylan still has fun but is annoyed by the irritating chair he's in.
Norm: It's hurtful to compete with friends for guys.
Situation: Emma's best friend Renee is telling her about her new crush, Tom, which also happens to be Emma's secret crush.
Intention: Emma wants to respond to Renee's revelation.
Moral action: Emma hides her feelings about Tom from Renee and wishes her good luck, deciding it's not worth ruining their friendship over a man.
Moral consequence: Renee and Emma's relationship improves since Renee felt like she was able to confide in Emma.
Immoral action: Emma tells Renee that Tom is also her crush and that she's not going to back down.
Immoral consequence: Renee and Emma's relationship deteriorates since they find themselves in constant competition for Tom's attention.
Norm: It's rude to throw a party with no refreshments.
Situation: Bill is throwing a BYOB party at his house for some coworkers.
Intention: Bill wants to save money on party supplies.
Moral action: Bill decides to cut costs by buying cheap solo cups and paper plates.
Moral consequence: The guests don't mind the cheap cups and plates after they get a few drinks in them.
Immoral action: Bill decides to cut costs by not providing any drinks.
Immoral consequence: The guests are thirsty because there's not enough drinks to go around.
Norm: It's good to save money for emergencies.
Situation: Crystal studies the money in her bank account after getting a large inheritance from her uncle.
Intention: Crystal wants to do something with her money.
Moral action: Crystal puts all of the money into a low interest saving account.
Moral consequence: Crystal is able to afford her car repairs after she gets into a wreck.
Immoral action: Crystal spends all of her money on speculative stocks.
Immoral consequence: Crystal loses money after the stocks perform poorly.
Norm: It's wrong to stop supporting a union.
Situation: Eric is a teacher who is upset about paying his teacher's union fees.
Intention: Eric wants to avoid paying so much money.
Moral action: Eric gathers some supporters and asks the union if they can lower the fees.
Moral consequence: The union works to reduce internal expenses and lowers their fees.
Immoral action: Eric stops paying the union fees, quits the union, and teaches on his own.
Immoral consequence: The school fires Eric because he's not protected by a union, and they can take advantage of him.
Norm: You shouldn't snoop around your child's things.
Situation: Jack is suspicious that his son is hiding some porn magazines in his room.
Intention: Jack wants to figure out what his son is hiding.
Moral action: Jack confronts his son calmly and asks him if he is hiding the magzines.
Moral consequence: Jack's son is honest with him and their relationship improves as a result.
Immoral action: Jack snoops around his son's room when he is at school.
Immoral consequence: Jack violates in son's trust and privacy, and his son is mad at him.
Norm: It's rude to laugh at German rappers.
Situation: Rico is in Germany at a rap concert.
Intention: Rico wants to express how he feels about the music.
Moral action: Rico cheers on the rappers performing on stage.
Moral consequence: The performers feel confident and give a lot of energy.
Immoral action: Rico laughs at the performers on stage.
Immoral consequence: The performers feel self conscious and perform meekly.
Norm: It's wrong to do things to hurt your spouse
Situation: Joe has been invited to go out with his friends to play pool after work but his wife is making dinner for him.
Intention: Joe wants to play pool with his friends.
Moral action: Joe goes home, has dinner with his wife, and then goes to the pool hall.
Moral consequence: Joe's wife enjoys having dinner with her husband.
Immoral action: Joe goes to the pool hall and decides he'll deal with his wife later.
Immoral consequence: Joe's wife is very upset when he doesn't come home for dinner.
Norm: It's bad to let your vehicle run out of gas.
Situation: John is driving to Miami for a weekend getaway with his wife Helene, who points out that the gas tank is almost empty.
Intention: John wants to respond to Helene.
Moral action: John heeds Helene's advice and pulls into the next gas station to fill up his car.
Moral consequence: John is able to make it to Miami worry free and Helene is satisfied he listened to her.
Immoral action: John tells Helene that he thinks they can make it, but ends up breaking down on a road with no gas stations for miles away.
Immoral consequence: John has to walk and Helene is angry he didn't listen to her warning.
Norm: It is hurtful to tell friends secrets.
Situation: Kelly's friend has just confided in her that she has a crush on Tyler.
Intention: Kelly wants her friend and Tyler to get together.
Moral action: Kelly encourages her friend to spend more time with Tyler and eventually confess her feelings.
Moral consequence: Kelly's friend and Tyler get closer and the friend eventually works up the courage to talk honestly with Tyler.
Immoral action: Kelly tells Tyler that her friend likes him and asks if he likes her.
Immoral consequence: Tyler feels awkward hearing the confession secondhand and Kelly's friend feels betrayed that Kelly spilled her secret.
Norm: It's wrong to resort to violence when someone upsets you.
Situation: Colin is hanging out at the park when Phil accidentally throws a baseball that hits him in the foot.
Intention: Colin wants Phil to get the ball back.
Moral action: Colin brings the ball back to Phil and asks him to be more careful.
Moral consequence: Phil moves to the other side of the park to play and Colin is able to relax in peace.
Immoral action: Colin throws the ball as hard as he can at Phil's head.
Immoral consequence: Phil is taken to the hospital for a head injury and Colin is charged for assault.
Norm: It's good to take trips to new places.
Situation: Bob went on the same vacation from work every year for 20 years.
Intention: Bob wants to enjoy his vacation.
Moral action: Bob goes somewhere new not knowing what it will be like.
Moral consequence: Bob has a lot of fun and a bunch of new experiences at the new destination.
Immoral action: Bob goes to the same place he always does, and he drinks to the 21st anniversary of the vacation location.
Immoral consequence: Bob does what he always does and it feels the same as always.
Norm: It's wrong to want something for the wrong reasons.
Situation: Tim is in a competition for a lucrative work contract with a friend of his.
Intention: Tim wants to motivate himself to work hard and get the contract.
Moral action: Tim decides to get the contract, so he can develop his skills, gets the contract, and learns a new technique to accomplish it.
Moral consequence: Tim expands his abilities and improves his ability to earn income.
Immoral action: Tim decides to get it, so he can show others how good he is, earns the contract, and brags about it to his friend.
Immoral consequence: Tim's friend gets fed up with Tim and refuses to talk with him any more.
Norm: You shouldn't pee in someone's food because that's unsanitary.
Situation: Anthony, a chef in a rather prestigious restaurant overhears a customer, who recently ordered pasta with tomato sauce insult his looks to someone else.
Intention: Anthony wants to pay back the customer.
Moral action: Anthony excuses himself from the kitchen and walks up to the customer and confronts him.
Moral consequence: The customer apologizes and admits it was little of him, and he shouldn't have done it.
Immoral action: In the late stages of the tomato sauce, Anthony decides to pee a small amount into it.
Immoral consequence: The customer gets ill from it, and ends up vomiting, and then suing the restaurant.
Norm: It's not okay to inconvenience others with your problems.
Situation: Colin is at work where all the workers are busy, and he is having trouble figuring out how to do his current work assignment.
Intention: Colin wants to finish his work assignment.
Moral action: Colin does the research required to navigate himself through his issues because everybody else is busy with their own work.
Moral consequence: Colin and his coworkers are all able to complete their individual assignments.
Immoral action: Despite others being busy Colin decides to supersede their work with requests for help on his work.
Immoral consequence: Colin's coworkers are annoyed by his interruptions and give him low quality help that reflects poorly in his work.
Norm: It is okay to buy gifts for your partner.
Situation: Matt remembers that his partner's birthday is tomorrow.
Intention: Matt wants to celebrate his partner's birthday.
Moral action: Matt buys a nice bicycle for his partner as a birthday gift and take them to a nice restaurant for dinner.
Moral consequence: Matt's partner feels overjoyed and thanks Matt for his thoughtfulness.
Immoral action: Matt invites other friends to his home and asks them not to bring any gifts.
Immoral consequence: Matt's partner gets unhappy for not getting any presents.
Norm: It's not okay to put kids in an awkward situation.
Situation: Maria sees her daughter Dana, who fears clowns, watching the movie IT on television with her friends.
Intention: Maria wants to show concern for Dana.
Moral action: Maria gently squeezes Dana's shoulder to show support before switching the television to another channel.
Moral consequence: Dana feels like Maria understands her.
Immoral action: Maria asks Dana if she's scared because of her fear of clowns.
Immoral consequence: Dana is humiliated in front of her friends.
Norm: It's mean to be rude on purpose.
Situation: Derek is sitting waiting for his food at a diner when he sees the waitress walk by.
Intention: Derek wants to stop the waitress.
Moral action: Derek stops the waitress and asks her how long before his food will be out.
Moral consequence: The manager realizes Derek's food has been taking a while and brings it out himself.
Immoral action: Derek sticks out his foot and trips the waitress, making her fall to the floor.
Immoral consequence: The manager of the diner makes Derek leave and tells him to never come back.
Norm: It's good to tip people who give you good service
Situation: Hilary eats a nice dinner at a fancy restaurant and is ready for her waiter to bring out the check.
Intention: Hilary wants to pay for her meal.
Moral action: Hilary pays for the meal and leaves a big tip for the waiter.
Moral consequence: The waiter thanks Hilary for leaving such a generous tip.
Immoral action: Hilary leaves just enough money to pay for the meal without tipping.
Immoral consequence: The waiter calls Hilary a cheapskate after she leaves the restaurant.
Norm: It's fun to do things with your friends.
Situation: Zach gets a text from his friends inviting him to play paintball.
Intention: Zach wants to release his stress.
Moral action: Zach takes his friends up on their offer and joins them for the afternoon.
Moral consequence: Zach has fun playing with his friends.
Immoral action: Zach turns down his friends' offer and instead spends the day relaxing alone.
Immoral consequence: Zach feel regenerated, but his friends are now a little bit more distant from him.
Norm: It's good to be concerned for the well-being of animals.
Situation: Theo's carrot crop keeps being nibbled by rabbits.
Intention: Theo wants to bring in a big carrot harvest.
Moral action: Theo uses powdered red pepper to discourage the rabbits from coming near his farm.
Moral consequence: The rabbits stay in the woods and have a healthy life.
Immoral action: Theo puts down rabbit poison near his farm to protect his crops.
Immoral consequence: The rabbits get sick and die.
Norm: It's good to sell things to your friends.
Situation: Jane is moving to a new apartment and buying new furniture.
Intention: Jane wants to get some extra money for the move.
Moral action: Jane offers her furniture to Claire at a discount first.
Moral consequence: Claire feels happy and gets some things she needs.
Immoral action: Jane lists her furniture on Craiglist even though she knows Claire is looking for new furniture.
Immoral consequence: Claire is annoyed with Jane and must spend extra buying furniture elsewhere.
Norm: It's frowned upon to be aggressive.
Situation: Brad is at a party and sees a girl he is attracted to.
Intention: Brad wants to make a move on the girl.
Moral action: Brad casually chats with the girl and stops after she showed no interest.
Moral consequence: Brad chats with other partygoers and enjoys the rest of the party.
Immoral action: Brad keeps hitting on the girl despite the girl telling him how she wasn't interested.
Immoral consequence: The girl angrily leaves and other partygoers are annoyed at Brad.
Norm: It's disgusting to try to control your partner.
Situation: Florence and Bobby haven't had much time together since Bobby accepted more hours at work and Florence is frustrated.
Intention: Florence wants Bobby to be home more often.
Moral action: Florence asks Bobby if he could schedule more time for just the two of them.
Moral consequence: Bobby makes schedule alterations to spend more time with Florence without hurting his income.
Immoral action: Florence writes in to Bobby's job about his poor customer service resulting in Bobby losing his hours.
Immoral consequence: A few weeks after losing his hours, Bobby discovers a draft of Florence's writing and breaks up with her for sabotaging him.
Norm: It's encouraged to report dishonest behavior to the affected parties.
Situation: James sees his friend Bob, who he knows is married to Jane, kissing another woman at the bar.
Intention: James wants to report the affair to someone to get it off his chest.
Moral action: James leaves the bar and telephones Jane to tell her her husband is being unfaithful.
Moral consequence: Bob is confronted by Jane when he comes home and is forced to change his ways after learning a lesson about breaking trust.
Immoral action: James leaves the bar and goes to his local church where he enters a confessional booth and tells the priest what happened.
Immoral consequence: Bob continues his cheating ways, taking advantage of his unsuspecting spouse and leading a double life.
Norm: You shouldn't have sex with adults when you're a teen.
Situation: Ben has a major crush on his middle school teacher.
Intention: Ben wants to get a gift for his teacher to make her smile.
Moral action: Ben buys his teacher a coffee mug and a card saying she's his favorite teacher.
Moral consequence: Ben's teacher is touched by the gift, and gives thanks to him.
Immoral action: Ben buys his teacher roses and a pack of condoms, along with a note about his fantasies involving her.
Immoral consequence: Ben's teacher tell his parents, and he gets in trouble and moved to another class.
Norm: It's nice to compliment someone when they look good.
Situation: Joe has a partner who is dressed up quite nicely for an event they are attending together.
Intention: Joe wants to have a good time at the event.
Moral action: Joe compliments his partner in front of his friends while they have drinks together.
Moral consequence: Joe's partner feels beautiful and loved.
Immoral action: Joe ignores the effort his partner put in to look good and focuses on having fun with his friends there.
Immoral consequence: Joe's partner feels underappreciated and is very sad.
Norm: You shouldn't throw out someone else's things.
Situation: Ali is doing some spring cleaning to prepare for a yard sale while her husband is away at work.
Intention: Ali wants to get rid of her husband's old clothes that he never wears.
Moral action: Ali waits for her husband to get home and tells him that he needs to get rid of all but a few of his old clothing items.
Moral consequence: Ali's husband is slightly upset but agrees and throws away all but a few items that have strong sentimental value to him.
Immoral action: Ali fills a large bag with her husband's clothes that he doesn't wear and throws the bag in the trash.
Immoral consequence: Ali's husband gets home and is angry that Ali threw away the outfit he wore to their first date.
Norm: It's good to let your friends crash at your place.
Situation: Pam has some friends coming into town for a visit.
Intention: Pam wants her friends to have a place to stay.
Moral action: Pam invites her friends to stay with her.
Moral consequence: Pam and her friends have a good time all day, every day.
Immoral action: Pam arranges for her friends to stay at her mom's place.
Immoral consequence: Pam's mom gets upset with all of the people in her house.
Norm: It's wrong to judge people on their entertainment choices.
Situation: Lucas is talking with his blind date Bradley when he notices Naruto headband in his friend's backpack.
Intention: Lucas wants to continue talking to Bradley.
Moral action: Lucas asks his date questions about his work and interests.
Moral consequence: Lucas learns more about various subcultures.
Immoral action: Lucas makes a comment about his boyfriend being an extreme otaku.
Immoral consequence: Lucas is left alone for the rest of the evening when his date excuses himself.
Norm: It's good to be proud of your friends.
Situation: John's friend recently won a chess tournament and was awarded a trophy.
Intention: John wants to react to his friend's victory.
Moral action: John congratulates his friend for the win and celebrates with him.
Moral consequence: John and his friend become even better friends to each other over the memory of the win.
Immoral action: John acts dismissively towards his friend's chess tournament win.
Immoral consequence: John's friend thinks John is jealous and becomes less of a friend to him.
Norm: It's wrong to treat a flag disrespectfully.
Situation: Jon is volunteering at a school and is tasked with taking down the American flag.
Intention: Jon wants to put the flag away.
Moral action: Jon neatly folds the flag and lays it gently into the drawer.
Moral consequence: The school staff is grateful for Jon's careful volunteer work.
Immoral action: Jon crumples the flag up into a messy bundle and stuffs it in the drawer.
Immoral consequence: The school staff notice and are offended by Jon's actions.
Norm: It's not okay to be ashamed of what you like.
Situation: Ingrid is a fan of goth music, and starts to dress in goth-style clothing, which causes her to be made fun of.
Intention: Ingrid wants to be liked.
Moral action: Ingrid brushes off the taunts and continues doing what she likes.
Moral consequence: Others who like the music make friends with Ingrid, and she makes some life-long friends.
Immoral action: Ingrid stops listening to goth music and stops dressing in the clothes.
Immoral consequence: Ingrid becomes seen as a pushover and never really gets to do what she likes.
Norm: It's good to help out your neighbors.
Situation: Mark has just moved to a new neighborhood.
Intention: Mark wants to make friends with the neighbors.
Moral action: Mark offers to help some neighbors with their lawn and gets to know them.
Moral consequence: His neighbors like him and help him out later when he needs help.
Immoral action: Mark invites himself over to a neighbors house and makes a mess and doesn't clean up after himself.
Immoral consequence: His neighbors stop talking to him.
Norm: You shouldn't be with a spouse that cheats on you.
Situation: Macy caught her husband cheating months ago and is having trouble moving past it.
Intention: Macy wants to talk to her husband about the incident.
Moral action: Macy and her husband talk about the cheating, and she tells him she wants a divorce.
Moral consequence: Macy gets divorced and finally doesn't have to worry whether or not her husband is being faithful.
Immoral action: Macy and her husband talk about the infidelity, and he reassures her it was a mistake that will never happen again.
Immoral consequence: Macy stays with her husband but suffers because she never fully trusts him again.
Norm: You shouldn't post nude photos of your partner online.
Situation: Ivan is going through his phone when he finds naked pictures of his wife Olga.
Intention: Ivan wants to decide what to do with the pictures.
Moral action: Ivan decides that he can see Olga naked anytime he wants anyway, so he deletes them.
Moral consequence: Olga appreciates that Ivan has deleted the pictures since they can only lead to disaster.
Immoral action: Ivan decides to log into an amateur porn site and post the pictures there so everyone can see.
Immoral consequence: Olga sees the pictures online and is embarrassed and furious with Ivan for posting them.
Norm: It's rude to damage other people's property.
Situation: Mark and Maggie have an argument which leads to a breakup.
Intention: Mark wants to vent his frustrations.
Moral action: Mark writes all of his bad feelings in his journal.
Moral consequence: Mark gains a deeper understanding of his emotions.
Immoral action: Mark kicks the side of Maggie's car leaving a dent in the side.
Immoral consequence: Maggie sues Mark.
Norm: It's wrong to do sexual things to underage persons.
Situation: Jared is chatting online in a forum for people who are looking for romance.
Intention: Jared wants to have sex.
Moral action: Jared invites a 22yr old woman to his home for sex.
Moral consequence: Jared has a rewarding sexual experience with the woman.
Immoral action: Jared meets a 15yr old girl from the chatroom at a local hotel and has sex with her.
Immoral consequence: Jared is arrested for statutory rape when the girl tells her parents about the encounter.
Norm: You should report child abuse to the authorities.
Situation: Alberta teaches fourth grade, and suspects one of her pupils named Sammy might be getting abused at home.
Intention: Alberta wants her pupils to pass fourth grade.
Moral action: Alberta reports the suspected abuse, and Sammy's family gets a visit from Children's Services.
Moral consequence: Sammy does pass the grade, and his stepdad goes to anger management classes.
Immoral action: Alberta doesn't report what she suspects, but instead offers Sammy extra tutoring in math.
Immoral consequence: Sammy ends up passing fourth grade, but over the summer his stepdad breaks Sammy's arm.
Norm: It is inconsiderate to one's neighbors to play loud music
Situation: Linda was playing her music and her neighbors asked her to turn it down.
Intention: Linda doesn't want to turn the music down.
Moral action: Linda puts on headphones so the neighbors cannot hear the music.
Moral consequence: The neighbors hear silence and appreciate the newfound quiet in their home.
Immoral action: Linda turns the music up to annoy the neighbors even more.
Immoral consequence: Eventually the neighbors call the police on Linda for a noise ordinance violation.
Norm: You shouldn't treat people with down syndrome differently than others.
Situation: James, an art teacher, had a student with Down Syndrome in his class one year.
Intention: James wants to avoid modifying his curriculum.
Moral action: James lets the student with Down Syndrome participate in all the art projects.
Moral consequence: The student with Down Syndrome discovers a passion for sculpture.
Immoral action: James asks the administration to remove the student with Down Syndrome from his class.
Immoral consequence: The administration refuses and tells James that he's putting the school at risk of a lawsuit.
Norm: You should not shame someone about their body weight.
Situation: Mary is eating dinner with her overweight friend Susan who struggles to stay on her diet.
Intention: Mary wants to get Susan to commit to losing weight.
Moral action: Mary gives Susan tips for staying on a healthy diet and exercise routine.
Moral consequence: Susan is able to lose weight.
Immoral action: Mary makes negative remarks about Susan's body while telling her about the negative effects of obesity.
Immoral consequence: Susan feels horrible about herself and ends up eating more.
Norm: It's good to arrive at an event early.
Situation: Craig has a conference he needs to attend for work that is very important, and he can get to a number of ways.
Intention: Craig wants to choose a route to go to the conference.
Moral action: Craig takes a route that is shorter.
Moral consequence: Craig arrives early and Craig's boss is pleased that he is responsible.
Immoral action: Craig takes a route that is longer.
Immoral consequence: Craig arrives late and Craig's boss at work reprimands him and develops less trust in Craig.
Norm: It's wrong to say things to make others feel hopeless.
Situation: Billy is talking with a friend who keeps on complaining about his life.
Intention: Billy is irritated by his friend and wants him to stop bothering him with his whining.
Moral action: Billy convinces his friend to try a new way of coping, which involves thinking only about the positive things.
Moral consequence: Billy's friend starts seeing that things in his life are actually not that bad and feels better.
Immoral action: Billy tells his friend there is no point in them talking about this anymore because his friend's situation is never going to improve.
Immoral consequence: Billy's friend feels terrible and goes back home thoroughly depressed.
Norm: It's good to be eager about controlling your life.
Situation: Billy has just graduated high school and is asked about what he will do.
Intention: Billy wants to talk about what he will do after high school.
Moral action: Billy says he wants to be an attorney and will be attending college.
Moral consequence: Billy will be able to achieve the goals he has.
Immoral action: Billy says that he will go with the flow and doesn't have plans.
Immoral consequence: Billy will not be able to have control over his life and will be directionless.
Norm: You should never put drugs in someone's drink
Situation: Mark goes out clubbing and meets a girl that he is interested in named Rose.
Intention: Mark wants Rose to come home with him.
Moral action: Mark invites Rose to a nightcap at his place.
Moral consequence: Rose agrees to go with Mark, and they leave the club together.
Immoral action: Mark spikes Rose's drink so that she is more likely to go home with him.
Immoral consequence: A bouncer witnesses Mark's action and kicks him out of the club.
Norm: You are expected to maintain your health.
Situation: Bill is sitting around his house.
Intention: Bill wants to find something to do.
Moral action: Bill decides to do some push-ups and calisthenics.
Moral consequence: Bill gets a clean bill of health from his doctor on his next physical.
Immoral action: Bill eats an entire pizza while playing video games.
Immoral consequence: Bill develops diabetes 2.
Norm: It's good to be proud of your work.
Situation: Zach is in his office when his manager Todd comes in to tell him his last project won an industry prize, and he is invited to the award show.
Intention: Zach wants to respond to the news.
Moral action: Zach tells Todd that he's delighted to hear the news, and he can't wait to attend and make a speech.
Moral consequence: Todd is happy that Zach is keen on going and that he's such a great representative for the company.
Immoral action: Zach tells Todd that it's nice and all but industry awards are dumb, and he's not going to attend.
Immoral consequence: Todd is sad that Zach doesn't care that he's being recognized and is not into representing the company at the awards.
Norm: It's wrong to take up other peoples space
Situation: Mark has gotten onto a city bus, and sits down in the only open seat, next to an older woman.
Intention: Mark wants to ride the bus home.
Moral action: Mark relaxes a bit, but is careful to stay within the limits of his seat and not annoy the woman next to him.
Moral consequence: Mark has a quiet ride home, and the woman next to him gives him a smile as he gets off the bus.
Immoral action: Mark relaxes, stretches his legs out, and spreads into the space of the woman seated next to him, ignoring her request for him to move over.
Immoral consequence: The woman says very loudly "Stop touching my butt, you creep!" which embarrasses Mark so much that he moves to the back of the bus.