Not-qty/ols-moral-stories-2k huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't throw your future away.
Situation: Steve is trying to decide on what he wants to do with himself after school.
Intention: Steve wants to take it easy for a while after high school.
Moral action: Steve takes two night classes a week to keep educated and involved.
Moral consequence: Steve takes a little longer than normal to get through school, but finds a great job after.
Immoral action: Steve decides to scrounge off his parents for a few years, doing absolutely nothing.
Immoral consequence: Life passes Steve by, and nobody wants to hire him for the gaps in his resume.
Norm: Tipping a cashier is nice
Situation: Kevin just arrived at a restaurant to pick up his takeout order.
Intention: Kevin wants to pay for his meal.
Moral action: Kevin pays for the meal with cash and tells the cashier to keep the change.
Moral consequence: The cashier is very grateful and feels happier and more motivated.
Immoral action: Kevin hands the cashier exact change for his meal.
Immoral consequence: The cashier feels disappointed that they didn't receive a tip and like their work is unappreciated.
Norm: It's good not to waste food.
Situation: Greg is a Chinese restaurant that serves buffet style food and is at the rice station.
Intention: Greg wants to put some rice on his plate.
Moral action: Greg takes two ladles worth of rice and puts them on his plate.
Moral consequence: The other patrons hardly notice Greg as he makes his way back to his table.
Immoral action: Greg takes the ladle and pours six ladles worth of rice on his plate so the rice is overflowing and dropping on the ground.
Immoral consequence: The other patrons are disgusted that Greg is wasting food when there's no need to hoard.
Norm: It's wrong to call people making complaints cry babies.
Situation: Nathan looks out of the window annoyed as his classmate Charles makes negative comments about their field trip and conditions of the bus.
Intention: Nathan wants Charles to stop talking about negative things.
Moral action: Nathan tells Charles that they should play a game on the ride home.
Moral consequence: In the future Charles plays the game whenever he's in a car with someone.
Immoral action: Nathan tells Charles that his criticism is akin to a two year old having a temper tantrum, and that he should stop before he continues to embarrasses himself.
Immoral consequence: Charles blushes and sinks down into his seat completely humiliated.
Norm: It's wrong to be abusive towards children
Situation: Ted sees that his son has started to make bad grades on his report card.
Intention: Ted wants his son to make better grades.
Moral action: Ted encourages his son by taking him to a movie every time he does well on a test.
Moral consequence: The teacher calls Ted and tells him that his son is doing so much better in school.
Immoral action: Ted beats his son every time that he makes a bad grade on a test.
Immoral consequence: The teacher reports Ted to the authorities, and he goes to jail for child abuse.
Norm: It's wrong to lash out at people.
Situation: Scott's feelings are hurt when his friend George insults his new haircut.
Intention: Scott wants to let George know how he feels.
Moral action: Without raising his voice, Scott lets George know how his words were hurtful to him.
Moral consequence: George apologizes to Scott and the two of them make up and remain good friends.
Immoral action: Scott raises his voice to a high level and tells George what he thinks of his words in an aggressive way.
Immoral consequence: George and Scott are both upset and decide to not be friends anymore.
Norm: It's impolite to make rude comments.
Situation: Tom is at an art exhibition.
Intention: Tom wants to discuss the art.
Moral action: Tom turns to the person next to him and asks what they think the painting means.
Moral consequence: The person next to Tom says that he is the artist and describes the meaning of his art.
Immoral action: Tom turns to the person next to him and says that the art is ugly.
Immoral consequence: The person next to him turns out to be the artist and is very offended.
Norm: It's good to care about your child's oral hygiene.
Situation: Lydia notices that her son Maxwell forgot to brush his teeth just as it's time to leave for school.
Intention: Lydia wants to drop Maxwell off at school.
Moral action: Lydia tells Maxwell to go brush his teeth before they leave.
Moral consequence: Maxwell has fresh breath and enjoys sitting with his friends before school.
Immoral action: Lydia tells him to just get in the car figuring one day with unbrushed teeth won't hurt.
Immoral consequence: The kids at school make fun of Maxwell for his smelly breath.
Norm: It's rude to heckle others during games.
Situation: Stephen is watching a basketball game and his least favorite team misses a shot.
Intention: Stephen wants to insult the team for missing a shot.
Moral action: Stephen screams, "boo", along with a few hundred other people.
Moral consequence: Stephen feels he made the right choice and feels part of the crowd.
Immoral action: Stephen calls the fumbling team various expletives while shouting very loudly.
Immoral consequence: Stephen is told by security to tone it down and feels humiliated.
Norm: It's bad to mock someone online.
Situation: Kairi reads an ignorant post by someone on Twitter.
Intention: Kairi wants to interact with the post.
Moral action: Kairi shows the post to her friend, and she likes her friend's post.
Moral consequence: Kairi is thanked by her friend group for sharing the tweet with them.
Immoral action: Kairi retweets the tweet with a comment about the poster's intelligence in a sarcastic tone.
Immoral consequence: Kairi is attacked by the original poster's followers for her words.
Norm: It's encouraged you be nice to your neighbors
Situation: Alisa has had a tough day at work and when she got home her neighbors came and knocked on her door.
Intention: Alisha wanted to be left alone.
Moral action: Alisha answers the door and explains that she needs some time alone.
Moral consequence: Alisha's neighbors respect her wishes but drop off a plate of muffins for her, and she loves them.
Immoral action: Alisha yelled at them through the door to go away.
Immoral consequence: Alisha's neighbors are upset and stop being her friend.
Norm: It's rude to question someone's gender identity.
Situation: Tommy's friend, Brent, surprises him by asking is he would view Brent differently if he knew Brent was really a woman.
Intention: Tommy has to formulate a response to Brent's question.
Moral action: Tommy lets Brent know that his gender identity has no effect on their friendship, that he would respect his friend's identity completely.
Moral consequence: Brent feels more comfortable in his friendship with Tommy and Tommy feels good about his response to Brent’s question.
Immoral action: Tommy tells Brent that the question is preposterous because he is obviously a man.
Immoral consequence: Brent feels offended and saddened that his friend does not respect his identity and Tommy regrets saying something hurtful to his friend.
Norm: It is bad to be mean to your significant other
Situation: Lilly isn't feeling well, so she lays down in bed to rest, when her husband Chris comes in the room to check on her.
Intention: Lilly wants to respond to Chris.
Moral action: Lilly tells Chris that she has a migraine and thanks him for being concerned, so he goes out to the store for some asprin.
Moral consequence: Chris is glad to have helped and Lilly, and she feels better because he brought her medicine.
Immoral action: Lilly instantly tells Chris to get out because he's disturbing her.
Immoral consequence: Chris feels down because he was concerned for Lilly's well being and she feels guilty afterwards.
Norm: It's wrong to disappoint your customers with gross negligence.
Situation: Tom is managing a restaurant and is short-staffed during the busy lunch hour.
Intention: Tom wants to keep up with the customers' orders.
Moral action: Tom puts on an apron and goes into the kitchen to help prepare food during the rush.
Moral consequence: The customers get their food in a timely fashion and all other bases are still covered.
Immoral action: Tom directs one of the bus boys to go into the kitchen and help cook and serve food.
Immoral consequence: The tables don't get cleaned and the customers become disgusted at all of the dirty dishes around.
Norm: You shouldn't let your excitement get the better of you.
Situation: Joe get's an email that says if he sends one thousand dollars to this account, they will send him back double.
Intention: Joe wants to make a good decision.
Moral action: Joe thinks it through, researches online, and finds out this is a scam.
Moral consequence: Joe doesn't lose any cash and learns an important lesson.
Immoral action: Joe is overjoyed and sends the money to the account.
Immoral consequence: Joe never gets anything in return and loses his cash.
Norm: It's wrong to make fun of other people's suffering
Situation: Josh works downtown.
Intention: Josh wants to grab lunch with a friend.
Moral action: Josh brings a homeless man a sandwich after having lunch.
Moral consequence: Josh's friend sees him as a warm hearted and helpful.
Immoral action: Josh tells a homeless man to get a job and stop begging.
Immoral consequence: Josh's friends now sees him as cold hearted.
Norm: You shouldn't make fun of someone for being autistic.
Situation: Kylie is at school when another child, Lisa begins having an autistic fit.
Intention: Kylie wants to verbally react to what she's seeing.
Moral action: Kylie gasps loudly but then tells Lisa that it'll be OK and not to worry.
Moral consequence: Lisa begins to calm down and gain trust for Kylie and it makes her stop having a fit.
Immoral action: Kylie begins to laugh uncontrollably at what she's seeing, pointing at Lisa and calling her a retard.
Immoral consequence: Lisa is embarrassed and overwhelmed and wants to withdraw from the world back to her safe space.
Norm: You should be polite to other people.
Situation: John and Mindy are eating dinner at home and John wants more peas.
Intention: John wants to express himself naturally.
Moral action: John tells Mindy she made the peas well, and he'd love some more.
Moral consequence: Mindy feels appreciated and gladly passes him the peas.
Immoral action: John raises his voice and demands that Mindy pass him the peas at once.
Immoral consequence: Mindy resents John's tone and feels more distant from him.
Norm: You shouldn't expect your friends to do certain things.
Situation: Greg, who loves extreme sports, is on a trip with some friends when he sees a bungee jumping place nearby.
Intention: Greg wants to go bungee jumping.
Moral action: Greg asks his friends to drop him off at the bungee jumping place and to pick him up in a few hours.
Moral consequence: Greg's friends work to please Greg and are grateful that they don't have to do it with him.
Immoral action: Greg tells his friends that they need to go bungee jumping and keeps telling them until they give in.
Immoral consequence: Greg's friends have a bad experience bungee jumping and resent Greg for his selfishness.
Norm: It's good to learn a lesson from your mistake.
Situation: Ashley just replaced her old, glass French press, which she used to keep on the edge of the counter until it fell and broke.
Intention: Ashley wants to find a spot for her new French press.
Moral action: Ashley finds a new secured spot for the French press in one of her cabinets.
Moral consequence: Ashley has to expend more effort every time she uses the new press, but she uses it for years without breaking it.
Immoral action: Ashley decides to keep her new French press in the same spot on the counter and figures she won't knock it over again.
Immoral consequence: Ashley accidentally bumps into the counter one day and knocks her new French press down, breaking it.
Norm: It is shallow to break up with someone over apperance.
Situation: Paola's boyfriend is in the military and returns from duty with several serious scars on his face.
Intention: Paola wants to react to her boyfriend's new look.
Moral action: Paola focuses on her boyfriend's personality and decides to stay with him.
Moral consequence: Paola and her boyfriend remain happy together.
Immoral action: Paola decides to break up with her boyfriend to avoid embarrassment.
Immoral consequence: Paola's boyfriend is heartbroken and loses much self-esteem.
Norm: It's mean to tell someone they don't have talent.
Situation: Katie is going to try out for the talent competition at her school next month.
Intention: Katie wants to get feedback about her singing from a family member.
Moral action: Katie asks her brother to listen to her sing, and he tells her that if she keeps practicing she'll get better.
Moral consequence: Katie tells her brother that she intends to practice every day.
Immoral action: Katie sings a song for her brother, and he says that she shouldn't enter the contest because she has no talent.
Immoral consequence: Katie gets upset and runs out of the room crying.
Norm: It is rude to be materialistic with wedding gifts.
Situation: Karen was going to be getting married, so she set up a registry at a store.
Intention: Karen wanted to get nice gifts for her wedding.
Moral action: Karen included gifts at varying price points on her wedding registry.
Moral consequence: Karen got several gifts, including expensive ones as well as less costly ones.
Immoral action: On the registry, Karen only included gifts that were two hundred dollars or more.
Immoral consequence: Many people couldn't afford the gifts on Karen's list, so she didn't get many.
Norm: It's polite to hold the door open for people.
Situation: It's raining heavily as Paul pulls up to a convenience store, and as he gets out of his car and runs for the door he sees someone else running up.
Intention: Paul wants to get inside.
Moral action: Paul opens the door and holds it open behind him for the stranger.
Moral consequence: The stranger thanks Paul for being so considerate and flashes him a smile.
Immoral action: Paul quickly opens the door to get out of the elements and steps inside.
Immoral consequence: The stranger is annoyed at Paul for not holding the door open for them and calls him a jerk.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about your parents being dead.
Situation: Paulie has just moved to a new school where he does not know anyone and is having trouble meeting people.
Intention: Paulie wants to make friends at school.
Moral action: Paulie joins some after school clubs that he is interested in.
Moral consequence: Paulie meets other students with the same interests as him and befriends them.
Immoral action: Paulie tells everyone he is an orphan because he thinks it will make him memorable and sympathetic.
Immoral consequence: Paulie's lie is quickly discovered and his classmates ostracize him for being a liar.
Norm: It's wrong to put a pet down that isn't sick.
Situation: Jaime has a cat and is moving to an apartment that doesn't allow pets.
Intention: Jaime wants to figure out what to do with the cat.
Moral action: Jaime finds a friend that can adopt the cat.
Moral consequence: The cat will be able to have a new owner.
Immoral action: Jaime takes the cat to a shelter to have it euthanized.
Immoral consequence: The cat will no longer be alive.
Norm: It's good to feel guilty about something bad you did.
Situation: Fiona is driving her car in a parking lot when she hits a parked car and dents it.
Intention: Fiona wants to respond to the car incident.
Moral action: Fiona feels sorry and leaves her contact information on the dented car.
Moral consequence: The owner of the other car will be able to get Fiona's insurance to fix the damage.
Immoral action: Fiona thinks since the other car's owner isn't there it doesn't matter and leaves.
Immoral consequence: The owner of the other car will have to pay out of pocket to fix the damage.
Norm: Leaving your sister on read is disrespectful.
Situation: Jen has a sister who messaged about a problem but also has a serious a work deadline.
Intention: Jen wants to get her work done on time.
Moral action: Jen replies quickly explaining her work deadline that she will make sure to get back to her ASAP.
Moral consequence: Jen's sister understands and thanks her for responding anyway.
Immoral action: Jen sees the message but ignores it and focuses on her work.
Immoral consequence: Jen's sister sees that it was read and is upset after being ignored.
Norm: It's wrong to have intimate relations with someone else's partner.
Situation: Victor is at a bar and is propositioned for sex by a woman whose husband is on a business trip.
Intention: Victor wants to respond to the proposition.
Moral action: Victor turns down the proposition on the account that the woman is married.
Moral consequence: Victor leads a sex life that isn't complicated.
Immoral action: Victor accepts the proposition and has sex with the woman.
Immoral consequence: Victor is entangled in an affair where the husband may be angry with him.
Norm: You shouldn't drink to excess.
Situation: Dan and his friends are all going to the bar together.
Intention: Dan wants to drink alcohol.
Moral action: Dan has a few drinks but stops when he starts to feel that he's had enough.
Moral consequence: Dan has a fun time with his friends and doesn't feel too bad the next day.
Immoral action: Dan has way too many alcoholic drinks, not stopping even when his friends urge him to.
Immoral consequence: Dan gets sick in the bar's bathroom and feels terrible all the next day.
Norm: It's wrong to dirty up other people's things.
Situation: Steven's car is at the mechanic's getting fixed, so his friend Rocco has lent him one of his cars to drive around for the week.
Intention: Steven wants to go fishing.
Moral action: After a day of fishing, Steven changes into clean clothes and puts his fish in a secure cooler before getting into Rocco's car to drive home.
Moral consequence: Rocco's car is returned in perfect condition.
Immoral action: Steven spends a day fishing before returning to Rocco's car in muddy boots and spilling a bucket of fish all over the back seat.
Immoral consequence: Rocco is left to clean up the mess when Steven returns the car and loses his trust in him forever.
Norm: You shouldn't forge someone's signature.
Situation: Delia is student who has recently failed her biology test, and needs to get it signed by her parents.
Intention: Delia wants to avoid getting in trouble.
Moral action: Delia apologizes to her parents about her failed test and promises to study harder for future tests.
Moral consequence: Delia's parents hold her to her word, and she improves her grades.
Immoral action: Delia signs her mom's name on her failed test and returns it to her biology teacher.
Immoral consequence: Delia's biology teacher calls her mom to discuss the failed test, and grounds Delia when she discovers what happened.
Norm: It's good to want kids to get some physical activity.
Situation: Mary's kids are bored staying at home due to the Covid-19 stay-at-home order.
Intention: Mary wants to the kids to do something to pass the time.
Moral action: Mary encourages the kids to do exercises together for 30 minutes each day.
Moral consequence: The kids becomes stronger and healthier while exercising together happily.
Immoral action: Mary bought many video games so that the kids have something to play with.
Immoral consequence: The kids gain weight and become less sociable.
Norm: You shouldn't buy a house for your kids.
Situation: Lisa has two sons named Gary and Wyatt that live in the same room, and they always argue.
Intention: Lisa wants her sons to stop arguing.
Moral action: Lisa puts Gary and Wyatt in separate rooms in the same house.
Moral consequence: Lisa no longer has to deal with Gary and Wyatt arguing.
Immoral action: Lisa buys two separate houses for both Gary and Wyatt to live in.
Immoral consequence: Lisa becomes bankrupt and can't afford to buy anything else.
Norm: It's good to give food to homeless people.
Situation: While Fred is walking to work a homeless man asks him for any food or change he might have.
Intention: Fred wants to respond to the homeless man's request.
Moral action: Fred tells the man to have a nice day and gives him a bagel.
Moral consequence: The homeless man feels happy and well fed.
Immoral action: Fred tells the man to get a job and ignores his request.
Immoral consequence: The homeless man goes hungry and feels bad.
Norm: It's wrong not to want to earn money.
Situation: Dave is at school watching a guidance counselor do a presentation on different career types when she asks Dave what he wants to be when he grows up.
Intention: Dave wants to answer the question.
Moral action: Dave tells the guidance counselor that he wants to be a computer tech like his dad is.
Moral consequence: The guidance counselor thinks Dave is quite bright, and she's happy to see he's thought about his future.
Immoral action: Dave tells the guidance counselor that he wants to get married to a rich woman and that way he won't have to work.
Immoral consequence: The guidance counselor thinks Dave is terribly unambitious and has been raised by awful parents.
Norm: It can be stressful when you're late to work.
Situation: Ross has work in the morning and has to get up at seven o clock.
Intention: Ross wants to set his alarm.
Moral action: Ross sets his alarm clock for five thirty in the morning to get ready for work.
Moral consequence: Ross has plenty of time to get dressed and eat breakfast before taking his time to get to work.
Immoral action: Ross sets his alarm for six thirty in the morning to go to work.
Immoral consequence: Ross is late to work and his boss is on him all day.
Norm: It's wrong to domineer your children.
Situation: John's kids have made a huge mess in the playroom.
Intention: John wants to get his kids to clean up their playroom.
Moral action: John explains to the kids why it's a good idea to clean up.
Moral consequence: They clean up and love their dad.
Immoral action: John tells the kids to clean up, or he will beat them.
Immoral consequence: The kids clean up but are scared of their dad.
Norm: You shouldn't do things that you can't afford.
Situation: Ben is thinking of having a kid but him and his wife are both unemployed.
Intention: Ben has to make a decision on whether to have a kid.
Moral action: Ben decides to wait on having a kid until he can find a job.
Moral consequence: Ben doesn't have to worry about taking care of anyone and can focus on himself.
Immoral action: Ben and his wife decide to have the kid while they still don't have jobs.
Immoral consequence: Ben's child suffers, and Ben is overwhelmed with everything he has to do.
Norm: It's illegal to damage another person's private property.
Situation: Dina and her brother Kim are playing baseball outside when their ball goes into a neighbor's yard.
Intention: Kim wants to get the ball back.
Moral action: Kim leaves a note on the neighbor's door asking for the ball to be returned.
Moral consequence: Kim's neighbor sees the note and brings the ball back later on in the evening.
Immoral action: Kim clips a hole into his neighbor's fence, climbs through it, and gets the ball.
Immoral consequence: Kim's neighbor catches him vandalizing his fence and brings him home to report it to his parents.
Norm: It's rude to interrupt people while they're talking.
Situation: Alex is in a team meeting where one member is presenting something when he comes up with a great idea.
Intention: Alex wants to get his idea out before he forgets.
Moral action: Alex writes his idea down in his notes and waits for the presenting member to finish before sharing it.
Moral consequence: The other team member has a meaningful presentation and receives Alex's idea well.
Immoral action: Alex cuts off the team member who is talking to pitch the idea.
Immoral consequence: The other team member was about to make a good point which wont have the same emphasis now.
Norm: It's bad to date a friend's ex.
Situation: Maya has been single for so long that it's been making her very lonely.
Intention: Maya wants to find someone to date.
Moral action: Maya asks her friend to help her find someone good to date.
Moral consequence: Maya's friend is enthusiastic about playing matchmaker for her friend.
Immoral action: Maya starts to go out with the ex of her friend who she also knows.
Immoral consequence: Maya's friend thinks less of her for dating the ex after her.
Norm: You shouldn't ruin your belongings.
Situation: Adam has some friends over at his house playing video games when one of his friends says something to make him angry.
Intention: Adam wants to silence his friend.
Moral action: Adam challenges his friend to a contest in the game and the loser needs to be quiet for half an hour.
Moral consequence: Adam wins the contest and his friend needs to stay quiet.
Immoral action: Adam picks up the game system and throws it at his friend, which then hits the wall and shatters.
Immoral consequence: Adam and his friends can't play video games any more.
Norm: You shouldn't abuse return policies at stores.
Situation: Ash is unhappy with an item from the store after wearing it a few times.
Intention: Ash wants to get a different item to wear.
Moral action: Ash donates the item to charity and buys something else which is on sale.
Moral consequence: Ash feels good about herself and helps the needy.
Immoral action: Ash pretends the item hasn't been used and returns the item.
Immoral consequence: Ash feels guilty and another customer ends up buying a used item.
Norm: It is good to prevent fights from happening at school.
Situation: James' friend is in an intense argument with a classmate and it has been escalating.
Intention: James wants to respond to the incident between his friend and the classmate.
Moral action: James intervenes between his friend and the classmate to prevent a fight.
Moral consequence: James' friend ends his conflict with the classmate and settles down without further issues.
Immoral action: James takes his friend's side and encourages him to take further actions against the classmate.
Immoral consequence: James' friend ends up in a fight with the classmate and gets suspended.
Norm: You shouldn't slap people with things.
Situation: Mark is reading the newspaper while Maria screams and cries at a television show.
Intention: Mark wants to make Maria stop crying.
Moral action: Mark hugs Maria and offers some interesting behind the scenes facts about the show.
Moral consequence: Marie feels like Mark understands truly understands her which improves their relationship.
Immoral action: Mark wacks Maria with his newspaper to disrupt her thoughts.
Immoral consequence: Maria gets mad at Mark for treating her badly.
Norm: You should not comment on someone's weight.
Situation: Teri and Susan are talking at work when Susan asks Teri what she thinks of her office neighbor Leah.
Intention: Teri wants to answer Susan's question.
Moral action: Teri tells Susan that Leah seems alright, but she wishes Leah would talk to her more.
Moral consequence: Susan is happy that Teri agrees Leah is decent and hopes Teri gets to know her more.
Immoral action: Teri tells Susan that Leah is really chubby so Teri is having a hard time taking her seriously.
Immoral consequence: Susan thinks that Teri is extremely shallow and starts to wonder why she's friends with Teri.
Norm: It's discouraged to become so inebriated you black out.
Situation: Matt receives a craft beer sampler in the mail.
Intention: Matt wants to enjoy the 18 new beers.
Moral action: Matt tries a beer a day after work.
Moral consequence: Matt discovers some new favorites and has a new after work tradition.
Immoral action: Matt drinks them all that evening over a five hour period.
Immoral consequence: Matt wakes up the next morning three hours late for work  with no idea what happened.
Norm: It's good to have high expectations for your child.
Situation: Julie is preparing for the upcoming school year for her kid James.
Intention: Julie wants James to be successful.
Moral action: Julie puts James in classes that are at a higher level, even if it means more work and lower grades.
Moral consequence: James feels challenged every day and becomes a very motivated student.
Immoral action: Julie enters James in the minimum number of the easiest classes, so he can easily get A's.
Immoral consequence: James loses interest in school quickly and develops behavioral problems.
Norm: People shouldn't take advantage of disabled people.
Situation: Ken is a small business owner who is hiring, and he has received an application from a disabled man.
Intention: Ken wants to figure out how much he should pay the man for the job.
Moral action: Ken offers the man a living wage of $15, because he did well in the interview.
Moral consequence: The man is able to live comfortably as he works for Ken.
Immoral action: Ken offers the man a wage that's below the minimum wage.
Immoral consequence: The man accepts the job, because he's not well versed in labor law.
Norm: You should not go to work without a shirt on.
Situation: Keith is getting in his bedroom getting ready for work that morning.
Intention: Keith wants to decide what to wear.
Moral action: Keith decides to wear his gray suit and red tie and goes to work happily.
Moral consequence: Keith's coworkers think he looks quite handsome today and are happy to have a stylish figure in the office.
Immoral action: Keith decides to wear only half a suit and go topless, but he still puts on a tie just in case.
Immoral consequence: Keith's coworkers are shocked when they see him and are uncomfortable working next to a half naked man.
Norm: It's good to pick up trash.
Situation: Tate is at the beach with his family, and they have a lot of trash with them.
Intention: Tate has to figure out what to do with their trash.
Moral action: Tate holds onto the trash until he finds a trash can to put it in.
Moral consequence: The animals in the ocean don't get anywhere near the trash, and they get to thrive.
Immoral action: Tate throws the trash in the ocean while the lifeguard isn't watching.
Immoral consequence: Animals in the ocean suffer, and it affects the entire marine ecosystem.
Norm: People shouldn't talk about their sexual obsessions publicly.
Situation: Chad is hanging out with his crush Randy in their dorm's crowded common room.
Intention: Chad wants to flirt with Randy.
Moral action: Chad compliments Randy's personality and offers to take him out on a date.
Moral consequence: Randy and Chad go on a nice date, and they decide to become boyfriends.
Immoral action: Chad tells Randy what he'd like to do to him in the bedroom.
Immoral consequence: Chad is mocked publicly by the other people in the room.
Norm: It's bad to steal someone's wifi.
Situation: Jason is out on the street and needs to access his email with his phone, so he goes into settings to connect to the internet.
Intention: Jason wants to choose which method to connect to the internet with.
Moral action: Jason goes into data and turns it on and uses the mobile phone network to connect to the internet.
Moral consequence: Jason is able to access his email without problem and get what he needs from it.
Immoral action: Jason goes into wi-fi and finds an unsecured connection which he uses to connect to the internet.
Immoral consequence: Jason is caught by the owner of the network and booted out before he can access his email.
Norm: It's dangerous to leave your baby's head unprotected.
Situation: Eva was at a the park with her newborn baby boy.
Intention: Eva wants the baby to get some fresh air.
Moral action: Eva puts the shade down on the carrier and makes sure her son is wearing a hat.
Moral consequence: Eva's son has a great time outside and is comfortable the whole time.
Immoral action: Eva opens the carrier and lets the sun hit her son directly.
Immoral consequence: Eva's son gets a really bad sunburn and has to see the doctor several times.
Norm: People shouldn't push their religion onto other people.
Situation: Petra's friend has been feeling down lately.
Intention: Petra wants to help her friend feel better.
Moral action: Petra offers to listen to anything her friend needs to say and refers them to a therapist.
Moral consequence: Petra's friend feels supported and starts getting help.
Immoral action: Petra gives her friend a bible and tries to get them to go to church with her.
Immoral consequence: Petra's friend feels like Petra doesn't care about them and is only interested in pushing her religion.
Norm: It's nice to spoil your partner sometimes.
Situation: John and Jane are going to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary.
Intention: John wants to get Jane a gift for the anniversary.
Moral action: John gets Jane a new necklace that is studded with diamonds.
Moral consequence: Jane loves the new necklace and give John a big kiss.
Immoral action: John gets Jane a cheap box of candy from the store.
Immoral consequence: Jane thinks that John doesn't care about her as much as she cares about him.
Norm: You shouldn't lay guilt trips on people.
Situation: Maxwell's wife is a homemaker and Maxwell thinks she should always clean up after him when he gets home from his construction job.
Intention: Maxwell wants to avoid doing chores when he gets home from work.
Moral action: Maxwell makes a deal with his wife that he won't do evening housekeeping during the work week but will do whatever she asks on the weekend.
Moral consequence: Maxwell's wife is happy with their arrangement and gets Maxwell to do important tasks when he's off.
Immoral action: Maxwell tells his wife that his job is much more difficult than hers, so he doesn't help her when he arrives home after working.
Immoral consequence: Maxwell's wife feel she is insignificant and withdraws from Maxwell in their marriage.
Norm: You shouldn't live a life that is a lie.
Situation: Vanessa wants more people to follow her on Instagram, but she thinks that people would be not interested in her boring life.
Intention: Vanessa wants more followers.
Moral action: Vanessa follows people interacting with their posts while uploading pictures of herself taken from different angles.
Moral consequence: Vanessa slowly gains a modest following who interact with her content.
Immoral action: Vanessa edits her pictures creating a fake life for herself on the platform.
Immoral consequence: Vanessa is exposed when one of her friends calls out her lies.
Norm: It's wasteful to throw away a new piece of clothing.
Situation: Jill got a shirt for Christmas that she doesn't like.
Intention: Jill wants to get rid of the shirt.
Moral action: Jill donates the shirt to charity.
Moral consequence: The shirt helps a poor person have clothing.
Immoral action: Jill throws the shirt in the trash.
Immoral consequence: Jill's mom sees the shirt and yells at Jill for wasting money.
Norm: It's frowned upon to overeat.
Situation: Joseph has been invited by his mother to eat at her house.
Intention: Joseph wants to serve himself.
Moral action: Joseph serves himself a moderate amount of food in his plate.
Moral consequence: When Joseph's mother sees that there is a lot of food left over, she tells him to take some home.
Immoral action: Joseph serves himself and eats three servings of the food.
Immoral consequence: Joseph's mother is upset that he ate so much food and doesn't invite him over again for a while.
Norm: It's wrong to lie to the police about a crime.
Situation: Jason steals a candy bar from a convenience store because he's hungry, and is caught by the owner who calls the cops.
Intention: Jason wants to discuss the matter with the authorities.
Moral action: Jason explains to the cops and owner that he's hungry and had no money.
Moral consequence: The police ask the owner if he wants to press charges, but feels sorry for Jason, says no, and Jason goes home free.
Immoral action: Jason tells the cops it wasn't him and blames a random shopper.
Immoral consequence: The police find the items in Jason's pocket, and he gets arrested.
Norm: You shouldn't laugh at someone's singing.
Situation: James and his friends are out at a karaoke bar, and James' friend Linda is singing terribly off-key.
Intention: James wants to spend more time listening to the good singers in his group.
Moral action: James keeps suggesting songs to the best singers in the group.
Moral consequence: James gets to hear relatively talented people singing instead of Linda.
Immoral action: James makes a joke about Linda's singing and gets his whole group of friends laughing at her.
Immoral consequence: Linda storms out of the room and refusing to ever come to karaoke again.
Norm: It is good to lay with your significant other.
Situation: Jim is watching the football game when his wife Amy asks him to get a little frisky in the bedroom.
Intention: Jim wants to respond to Amy's request.
Moral action: Jim tells Amy that he'll be upstairs before she can even blink a lash of her pretty eye.
Moral consequence: Amy gets all excited and is happy that Jim still finds her beautiful after all these years.
Immoral action: Jim tells Amy that he's watching football obviously so no, and wonders why she would even ask.
Immoral consequence: Amy is embarrassed for putting herself out there and self conscious that Jim doesn't find her attractive.
Norm: You shouldn't smoke weed if you're underage.
Situation: Erin is fourteen-years-old and wants to experiment with marijuana, because he’s seen it on television and it looks like fun.
Intention: Erin wants to find some marijuana to try.
Moral action: Erin decides to just wait until he is old enough, in his state, to purchase marijuana from a dispensary.
Moral consequence: Erin is old enough to research the subject before he makes his first purchase, and he enjoys the experience immensely.
Immoral action: Erin decides not to wait until he is old enough to buy from a dispensary, and he tries to find marijuana off the street.
Immoral consequence: Erin doesn't know how much it should cost, so he is taken advantage of, and finds that the whole experience is shady.
Norm: You should not harm your family.
Situation: Ed's children are misbehaving and fighting with each other.
Intention: Ed wants to stop the fighting.
Moral action: Ed walks over and calmly separates the fighting children, talking with them.
Moral consequence: The children calm down and settle their differences.
Immoral action: Ed walks over and hits the children until they stop fighting each other.
Immoral consequence: The children hate Ed and make his life difficult.
Norm: It's good to pay attention to your host.
Situation: Leah is in a circle talking to a few people at a party when her friend who is hosting the party walks up.
Intention: Leah wants to get the attention of a boy at the party.
Moral action: Leah asks the boy she's interested in how he knows the host, sparking a three-way conversation that includes the boy she's interested in.
Moral consequence: Leah's friend sees what Leah is trying to do and helps her hit it off with the boy.
Immoral action: Leah ignores the friend that just walked up and instead tries to start a side conversation with the boy she's interested in.
Immoral consequence: Leah's friend is unhappy and doesn't invite Leah to the next party she hosts.
Norm: It is wrong to solve conflicts with your fists
Situation: Christine has been made fun of by bullies at school.
Intention: Christine wants to be left alone.
Moral action: Christine reports the bullies' behavior to the principal.
Moral consequence: Christine and the bullies are moved into separate classes.
Immoral action: Christine punches a bully in the middle of the school yard.
Immoral consequence: Christine is disciplined by the principal.
Norm: It's good to wear glasses when your vision is bad.
Situation: Gloria has checked her fridge and realized she has no food in it.
Intention: Gloria needs to go get groceries from the supermarket.
Moral action: Gloria puts on her glasses and drives to the supermarket.
Moral consequence: Gloria safety gets back and forth from the supermarket with out incident.
Immoral action: Gloria doesn't like to wear her glasses and drives to the supermarket with out them.
Immoral consequence: Gloria doesn't see the lights change and gets into an accident.
Norm: People expect their friends to help with their big events.
Situation: Dave is on the phone with his friend Phil who invites Dave to a party the next day and asks him to come early to help set up.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Phil's invitation.
Moral action: Dave tells Phil he'll definitely come early and help Phil set up and stay for the party.
Moral consequence: Phil is delighted that Dave is willing to pitch in and that he's not a selfish friend.
Immoral action: Dave tells Phil he'll come to the party, but he has some other plans beforehand, so he can't help set up.
Immoral consequence: Phil is annoyed that Dave only wants to attend the fun part of the evening and refuses to pitch in.
Norm: It's wrong to look down on others.
Situation: Susan is going to go out to a fancy party with Emily, but Emily is wearing jeans and a tshirt.
Intention: Susan wants to attract positive attention.
Moral action: Susan lends Emily a nice dress to wear.
Moral consequence: Emily wears the dress, and they go to the party and have fun.
Immoral action: Susan tells Emily she won't be seen in public with her dressed like that.
Immoral consequence: Emily feels ashamed and goes home instead of the party.
Norm: It is rude to expose others to contagious illnesses
Situation: Umi can't afford to miss a day of work, but she has COVID.
Intention: Umi wants to make money.
Moral action: Umi calls her boss asking her if she can take a paid sick day due to her illness.
Moral consequence: Because she doesn't have to worry about money, Umi is able to focus on her recovery.
Immoral action: Umi arrives at work greeting her coworkers before starting her job.
Immoral consequence: Umi feels guilty when she hears that several of her coworkers get COVID.
Norm: You shouldn't become addicted to alcohol.
Situation: Bob is a frequent drinker who enjoy trying new beers and wines.
Intention: Bob wants to drink to relax.
Moral action: Bob never drinks more than three drinks in a day and three and tries to not drink a few times a week.
Moral consequence: Bob becomes a beer and wine afficianado and enjoys qulaity over quantity.
Immoral action: Bob drinks more and more as time progresses until he get to over 30 drinks a day.
Immoral consequence: Bob is anxious and shaky every morning and the drinking is now to avoid withdrawal rather that feel pleasure.
Norm: It's wrong to be too dependent on your partner.
Situation: Brianna is eating dinner with her parents, and her girlfriend Sarah is feeling sad over the loss of her job.
Intention: Sarah wants comfort to lessen her depression.
Moral action: Sarah decides to hang out with some of her other friends for the evening.
Moral consequence: Brianna enjoys time with her family while Sarah gets some form of emotional support.
Immoral action: Sarah calls and texts Brianna multiple times through the night demanding attention.
Immoral consequence: Brianna is unable to enjoy time with her parents, and Sarah doesn't get the full attention she craves.
Norm: You shouldn't give your employee discount to strangers.
Situation: Jane is working retail at a big box store and has to deal with lots of customers of varying degrees of politeness all day.
Intention: Jane wants customers she interacts with to be satisfied.
Moral action: Jane is dealing with a particularly rude customer and follows protocol by deferring them to her manager.
Moral consequence: Jane's manager handles the situation and then apologizes to Jane that she had to deal with the customer which calms Jane down.
Immoral action: Jane is dealing with an irate customer who is making unfounded complaints so Jane appeases them by offering her employee discount to their purchase.
Immoral consequence: Jane is reprimanded for this behavior by her boss as it violates the rules of her employment.
Norm: It is kind to say goodbye when you are leaving.
Situation: Joe is ready to leave the Christmas party.
Intention: Joe wants to make sure that everyone knows he is leaving.
Moral action: Joe excuses himself and thanks the host for having him.
Moral consequence: Joe leaves the party still respected by his peers.
Immoral action: Joe knocks over the Christmas tree on the way out the door.
Immoral consequence: Everyone at the party is startled and glares angrily at Joe.
Norm: It's polite to offer to cook someone dinner
Situation: Bob's mom works late and just got home, completely exhausted, but Bob hasn't eaten yet.
Intention: Bob wants to eat food.
Moral action: Bob tells his mom that he'll make something simple for dinner, so she doesn't have to, then gets to work.
Moral consequence: Bob's mom gets extra time to rest and enjoys the dinner that Bob makes for her.
Immoral action: Bob comes up to his mom and asks her when they will have dinner, pointing to his stomach.
Immoral consequence: Bob's mom doesn't get rest and wears herself out further cooking dinner for Bob.
Norm: It's wrong to steal something that isn't yours.
Situation: Sun's favorite musician has just put out a new album that Sun has been dying to listen to.
Intention: Sun wants to download the album.
Moral action: Sun decides to purchase the album from a digital store.
Moral consequence: Sun supports his favorite artist and gets to listen to their music on his smart phone.
Immoral action: Sun downloads the album for free via online torrenting.
Immoral consequence: Sun now has the entire album on his smartphone without having to pay for it.
Norm: It's wrong to ruin someone's dinner.
Situation: Delia is cooking dinner for friends.
Intention: Delia wants to season the dinner.
Moral action: Delia adds different herbs and spices to the dinner.
Moral consequence: The food is delicious and the friends eat all of it.
Immoral action: Delia adds a very large dose of chili peppers to the dinner.
Immoral consequence: The food is too spicy and the friends do not eat it.
Norm: It's inconsiderate to leave your waste in a public toilet.
Situation: Mark is shopping at the grocery store, and he stops to use the toilet, but afterward he finds that the toilet will not flush.
Intention: Mark wants to leave the restroom and continue shopping.
Moral action: Mark holds the toilet handle down for a few minutes until the toilet flushes.
Moral consequence: The janitor who cleans the restroom will not have a difficult time cleaning up at the end of the day.
Immoral action: Mark leaves his waste in the toilet and leaves the bathroom to continue his shopping.
Immoral consequence: The janitor who cleans the restroom will have to deal with waste that has been sitting in the toilet.
Norm: You shouldn't try to return an item that you damaged.
Situation: Mackenzie tears a hole in her new sweater when she plays with her dog.
Intention: Mackenzie wants to get rid of her sweater.
Moral action: After cutting off the damaged parts, Mackenzie transforms her sweater into a small hat.
Moral consequence: Mackenzie gets compliments on her new hat.
Immoral action: Mackenzie tells the people at the store that the sweater is a flawed birthday gift.
Immoral consequence: Mackenzie is exposed when someone working that day calls her untrue statement out.
Norm: It's expected that you go to your friend's birthday parties.
Situation: Today is Ton'y best friends birthday, and he has been invited to their birthday party.
Intention: Tony is tired and wants to catch up on rest.
Moral action: Tony let's his friend know how exhausted he is, and shows up to the party to drop a gift off and wish him a happy birthday before going back home.
Moral consequence: Tony's friend invites him out for drinks the next weekend, so they can make up for time lost at the birthday party.
Immoral action: Tony ignores his best friends calls and doesn't go to the party.
Immoral consequence: Tony's friend stops hanging out with him as often, and fails to show up to Tony's birthday later that year.
Norm: It's wrong to steal from a lost wallet or purse.
Situation: Jane was walking through a store when she found a wallet laying on the ground.
Intention: Jane wants to turn the wallet in.
Moral action: Jane gives the wallet to the lost and found after reporting how much cash it contains.
Moral consequence: The wallet is returned to the owner with all the money still in it.
Immoral action: Jane takes the money out of the wallet before putting it in the lost and found.
Immoral consequence: The owner gets their wallet back but loses a lot of cash.