Not-qty/ols-moral-stories-2k huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's good to make food for other people.
Situation: Jason's friend is at Jason's house when Jason starts feeling a little hungry.
Intention: Jason wants to make a sandwich.
Moral action: Jason makes a sandwich for himself and one for his friend who's visiting as well.
Moral consequence: Jason's friend is grateful that Jason was thoughtful enough to make them a sandwich.
Immoral action: Jason makes a sandwich for himself but not for his friend.
Immoral consequence: Jason's friend feels that Jason is very thoughtless for not offering to make them a sandwich too.
Norm: It is good to talk about experiences.
Situation: Caleb is in the break room at work making coffee when a new employee walks in and asks Caleb for advice.
Intention: Caleb wants to get back to his office.
Moral action: Caleb tells the new employee to send him an email about it, and he'll respond soon.
Moral consequence: The new employee trusts Caleb and sends him a detailed email about an hour later.
Immoral action: Caleb tells the new employee that he can't talk right now because he has to get back to working.
Immoral consequence: The new employee thinks Caleb doesn't like him and never initiates another conversation with him.
Norm: It is insensitive to have preference toward biological children.
Situation: Tina and her partner have reached the stage where they are ready to settle down.
Intention: Tina wants to raise children.
Moral action: Tina convinces herself that there are many children who need to be adopted into good homes.
Moral consequence: The kids are adopted into a better home with dedicated parents.
Immoral action: Tina considers some kids in foster care but prefers to give birth to her own.
Immoral consequence: The kids remain in foster care and live a harder life.
Norm: It's wrong to steal parking spots.
Situation: Marla was driving around in the parking lot at the mall.
Intention: Marla wants to park her car.
Moral action: Marla finds an empty parking spot on the other side of the mall.
Moral consequence: Marla gets exercise during her long walk from the car to the mall.
Immoral action: Marla parks her car in a spot that another person was obviously waiting for.
Immoral consequence: The owner of the other car keys Marla's car when she gets out of her car.
Norm: It is important to watch for other people while driving.
Situation: Sara is approaching a roundabout while driving to work.
Intention: Sara wants to get through the roundabout.
Moral action: Sara slows down and notices Bob approaching the crosswalk when she looks to her right.
Moral consequence: Bob waves and gives Sara a nod as she waits for him to cross in front of her.
Immoral action: Sara goes straight into the roundabout without slowing down or looking to her right where Bob is entering the crosswalk.
Immoral consequence: Sara almost hits Bob who is left shaken and remains nervous about crosswalks for years to come.
Norm: It's wrong to disavow saving forever.
Situation: Sebastian is at home and just received news that his savings investment has lost all its value.
Intention: Sebastian wants to decide what to do with his finances going forward.
Moral action: Sebastian decides he will stick to more stable ways to save his money.
Moral consequence: Sebastian is able to save money and is ready for a proverbial rainy day when it arrives.
Immoral action: Sebastian swears off saving and decides he will spend the money he has day to day.
Immoral consequence: Sebastian runs into trouble when he has an unexpected financial emergency and no way to pay for it.
Norm: It's rude be nosy.
Situation: Rose wants to listen to her favorite group's new album on a good sound system, but her roommate is studying.
Intention: Rose wants enjoy her favorite group's new album.
Moral action: Rose lays down in her bed and listens to the album with her high quality headphones.
Moral consequence: Rose spends the afternoon enjoying the new music.
Immoral action: Rose plays the CD on their home theater system in the living room.
Immoral consequence: Rose gets into an argument when the noise prevents her roommate from studying.
Norm: It is rude to expect money from family.
Situation: James has been living in a rented apartment for a long time and is tired of it but doesn't have a lot of money, even though his parents have some.
Intention: James wants to buy a house.
Moral action: James realizes he should be autonomous and saves enough money by spending less.
Moral consequence: James' parents are proud of their son.
Immoral action: James thinks his parents should help him financially and tells them so.
Immoral consequence: James' parents are shocked at how callous and entitled he is.
Norm: It's good to share the parenting load between partners.
Situation: Ann has to finish a project at work before the end of the day and her son is waiting for pickup after school.
Intention: Ann wants to pick up her son on time.
Moral action: Ann asks her husband to pick up her son.
Moral consequence: Ann works on her project undisturbed and finishes it on time.
Immoral action: Ann leaves the office to pick up her son before finishing her project.
Immoral consequence: Ann gets blamed by her manager for missing the deadline.
Norm: A child should not have to financially support their parent.
Situation: Barb spends her money on gambling every Sunday.
Intention: Barb wants more money for food.
Moral action: Barb stops gambling then has more money.
Moral consequence: Barb can afford to eat.
Immoral action: Barb demands her son, Jon, buy her food.
Immoral consequence: Jon disowns his mother, Barb, because she is manipulating him.
Norm: It's wrong to do things that will cheat a business.
Situation: Karen has spent many years shopping at a store that offers a very generous return policy.
Intention: Karen wants to return a TV.
Moral action: Karen returns the TV she bought a week ago in exchange for one that better suits her living room.
Moral consequence: The store's return policy is able to remain as it is for years to come.
Immoral action: Karen returns all of the TV's in her home after years of use, in exchange for new ones at no cost to her.
Immoral consequence: The store realizes what Karen is up to and cracks down on their return policy which changes things for everyone else who shops there.
Norm: You shouldn't micromanage your child's social life
Situation: Harry's son Barry has a huge crush on a girl at his school.
Intention: Harry wants to help Barry get the girl.
Moral action: Harry gives Barry some advice on how to make a good impression.
Moral consequence: Barry uses the advice and gets closer to the girl at school.
Immoral action: Harry writes a love note and gives it to the girl on behalf of Barry.
Immoral consequence: The girl becomes scared and never talks to Barry again.
Norm: It's rude to tell someone they are overweight.
Situation: Jane is attending a high school reunion and is surprised to see how much weight the former prom queen has gained.
Intention: Jane wants to find a topic to discuss with the former prom queen.
Moral action: Jane decides to catch up on their respective families and careers.
Moral consequence: Jane spends a pleasant time catching up.
Immoral action: Jane decides to talk about effective ways that the other woman can use to lose weight.
Immoral consequence: Jane manages to offend the other woman.
Norm: It is bad to call 911 and hang up.
Situation: John is a young child that was just taught about emergency services at school.
Intention: John wants to call 911.
Moral action: John remembers the lesson and only calls 911 later when he witnesses an actual emergency.
Moral consequence: The people in an emergency that John witnessed are saved by emergency workers that John called.
Immoral action: John sneaks away a cell phone and practice calling 911 and hang up when the phone begins to ring.
Immoral consequence: John keeps the emergency lines busy and somebody in a real emergency is unable to get through to 911.
Norm: It's wrong to strike another person.
Situation: Anthony is at school on the playground when he notices a bully going around beating kids up.
Intention: Anthony wants to stop him from hurting anyone else.
Moral action: Andrew runs to a teacher and tells them what the bully is doing.
Moral consequence: The teacher stops the bully and the bully is kicked out of the school.
Immoral action: Anthony tackles him and starts a fight before he can approach another kid.
Immoral consequence: Anthony and the bully both get injured and expelled from school.
Norm: It is bad to spy on others.
Situation: Jack thinks that his girlfriend Kate is having an affair with his best friend Mike.
Intention: Jack wants to check what Kate is doing.
Moral action: Jack goes to Kate's room and sees that Kate is studying for her exam.
Moral consequence: Jack feels good about Kate and goes back to his place to study.
Immoral action: Jack climbs up to the window of Kate's room and peeks inside.
Immoral consequence: Jack notices that Kate is studying, but he slips and falls down hard on the ground.
Norm: Children aren't expected to raise their voice to a parent.
Situation: Joanne glares at her mother Jane who broke her promise to take her to the park for the sixth time.
Intention: Joanne wants to express her disappointment.
Moral action: Joanne writes a note to her mother with her feelings and leaves it on her mother's bed.
Moral consequence: Joanne receives a cookie and an apology from her mother.
Immoral action: Joanne stops her foot on the ground and says that she hates promise breakers in a loud tone of voice.
Immoral consequence: Joanne is sent to her room for being disrespectful.
Norm: It's good to love someone.
Situation: Christine had her heart broken by her ex husband and has decided she is done with love.
Intention: Christine wants to live a happy life.
Moral action: Christine opens her heart to loving others and starts dating a great guy.
Moral consequence: Christine's friends finds her warm and loving.
Immoral action: Christine chooses to be single and rejects all potential suitors, focusing on herself instead.
Immoral consequence: Christine's friends find her aloof and self-absorbed.
Norm: It's polite to be thankful for the kindness of strangers.
Situation: Fred, a stranger, helps Tina load some very heavy bags of dog food into the back of her car.
Intention: Tina wants to tell Fred that she doesn't need anymore help from him.
Moral action: Tina thanks Fred for his help and tells him that if he hadn't been there for her, she couldn't have done it herself.
Moral consequence: Fred feels valued and useful and stops to help a person with a flat tire on the way home.
Immoral action: Tina tells Fred that she wishes he'd loaded the dog food into her car faster, but that he can go now.
Immoral consequence: Fred feels unappreciated and vows not to help anymore strangers because they don't deserve it.
Norm: It's rude to be late.
Situation: Jared is going to the movie theater.
Intention: Jared wants to meet up with his friends to see the same flick.
Moral action: Jared sets his alarm and gets to the theater a half-hour before the movie starts.
Moral consequence: Jared's friends are happy to see him and go see the movie.
Immoral action: Jared wastes time talking on the phone and gets to theater after the movie has started.
Immoral consequence: Jared's friends are mad at him for making them miss the start of the movie.
Norm: It's bad to damage someone's personal property.
Situation: Jason is at a house party and is being rowdy with friends.
Intention: Jason wants to show off to the partygoers.
Moral action: Jason gathers a crowd outside and performs some acrobatic stunts like cartwheels.
Moral consequence: The crowd is impressed and cheers on Jason which makes him feel good.
Immoral action: Jason hurls himself into the air and lands on the dining table of the homeowner's and splitting in down the middle.
Immoral consequence: The crowd is shocked by Jason's actions and escort him out of the party for damaging the homeowner's property.
Norm: It's good to enjoy places in your local area.
Situation: Mary has a day off and makes a plan for herself.
Intention: Mary wants to visit a special place.
Moral action: Mary goes to the hiking trail near her home and hikes for two hours.
Moral consequence: Mary feels relaxed and happy having a nice place so close to her home.
Immoral action: Mary drives 50 miles to another town and visit their museum.
Immoral consequence: Mary feels very tired after the long drive.
Norm: It's bad to ignore a yelping dog.
Situation: Greg's dog is standing at the basement door barking incessantly.
Intention: Greg wants to respond to the barking dog.
Moral action: Greg enters the basement with the dog to see what has the animal agitated.
Moral consequence: Greg discovers a family of raccoons have burrowed into his basement.
Immoral action: Greg takes the dog outside and leaves it in the back yard.
Immoral consequence: Greg fails to notice that there is a problem in the basement.
Norm: It's polite to accommodate your guests' comfort levels.
Situation: Todd has moved into his house and has a large living room.
Intention: Todd wants to host a party.
Moral action: Todd sets the air conditioning to maintain room temperature during the party.
Moral consequence: Todd's guests will feel relaxed and enjoy the party.
Immoral action: During the party Todd turns the air conditioning to very cold.
Immoral consequence: Todd's guests will feel too cold and uncomfortable.
Norm: It's wrong to judge people based on superficial factors.
Situation: Candace is moving into her new college dorm and meeting her new roomate.
Intention: Candace wants to be around the best people at school.
Moral action: Candace asks Janine about her background and finds out she is the first from her family to go to college.
Moral consequence: Janine becomes good friends with Candace and starts school with confidence.
Immoral action: Candace won't hang out with her roommate Janine because Janine wears very plain clothes.
Immoral consequence: Janine feels isolated and lonely and ends up dropping out of school.
Norm: It's wrong not to be fair to others.
Situation: Lisa collects money from all of her friends to buy concert tickets to an upcoming show, but one friend gives her too much money.
Intention: Lisa needs to decide whether to refund the excess money that her friend gave her.
Moral action: Lisa refunds the extra money to her friend, when she gives her the ticket to the show.
Moral consequence: Her friend thanks her for catching the mistake and Lisa feels like a good friend.
Immoral action: Lisa pockets the extra money that her friend had given her, never mentioning that she hadn't spent it on the ticket.
Immoral consequence: Lisa's friend finds out that the tickets were less expensive than she thought and confronts Lisa, Lisa is ashamed and her friend is angry.
Norm: It's not okay to give people false directions.
Situation: Joe is walking down the street and is asked by a couple in a car where a certain restaurant is.
Intention: Joe wants to get on with his day.
Moral action: Joe gives good directions, and the couple thanks them and drive off.
Moral consequence: The couple have a good meal at the restaurant.
Immoral action: Joe gives vague directions that do not get the couple to the restaurant.
Immoral consequence: The couple misses their date and has to go home.
Norm: It's okay to reward people with a little treat
Situation: Mike is a teacher and his class does exceptionally well on an assignment.
Intention: Mike wants to reward his class.
Moral action: Mike buys some cookies and gives some to his students as a reward.
Moral consequence: Mike's students enjoy the cookies and trust him more.
Immoral action: Mike rewards his class with entertaining math problems.
Immoral consequence: The students don't get a break from their studies and resent the "reward".
Norm: It's wrong to discriminate based on gender.
Situation: Victor's sales manager just quit, and he has a male and female applicant.
Intention: Victor wants to hire a replacement.
Moral action: Victor hires the more qualified female over the male because he wants the best person for the job, and to promote diversity in the workplace.
Moral consequence: Victor's new hire exceeds on the job and sales go up dramatically.
Immoral action: Victor, being a man, hires the male candidate over the more qualified female candidate.
Immoral consequence: Victor's new hire doesn't perform well and sales go down.
Norm: It's wrong to want a partner for convenience.
Situation: Billy has been dating two women, one for money and one for love and now has to decide which one to marry.
Intention: Billy wants to choose a woman to propose to.
Moral action: Billy decides to propose to the woman he loves as he feels drawn to her.
Moral consequence: Billy and the woman have a long and happy marriage since their love conquers all their problems.
Immoral action: Billy decides to propose to the woman with money as it'll secure his future.
Immoral consequence: The woman with money and Billy never really agree on anything and live a miserable, unhappy life.
Norm: You shouldn't hire the wrong people for the job.
Situation: Angela is the owner of a small business.
Intention: She wants to hire a new manager.
Moral action: Angela hires a qualified candidate through a professional interview process.
Moral consequence: Angela gains a lot of new business and makes a lot of money.
Immoral action: Angela hires her cousin even though he is unqualified.
Immoral consequence: Angela loses a lot of business and has to declare bankruptcy.
Norm: It's bad to not be supportive of other people.
Situation: Ian's friend Anthony lost a sibling a few weeks ago.
Intention: Ian wants to spend time with Anthony who says that he needs his space.
Moral action: Ian is understand of Anthony needing space but assure him that he is there when Anthiny needs him.
Moral consequence: Anthony calls Ian and few days later and their talk helps Anthony feel much better.
Immoral action: Ian repeatedly pressures Dan to hang out and when he says no states that Anthony is too sensitive and should just move on.
Immoral consequence: Anthony gets fed up and blocks Ian's number.
Norm: Is wrong to alienate people
Situation: Jennifer had a bad argument with Fiona recently.
Intention: Jennifer wants to respond to the event.
Moral action: Jennifer discusses the problem with Fiona frankly.
Moral consequence: Fiona apologizes to Jennifer and agrees to be a good friend again.
Immoral action: Jennifer deletes Fiona from her contact list and refuses to answer any calls from Fiona.
Immoral consequence: Fiona feels isolated and sad.
Norm: It's rude to be mean to people on the internet.
Situation: Someone posts an opposing viewpoint on one of Alex's political opinion, social media posts.
Intention: Alex has to decide how to respond to the person.
Moral action: Alex provides a thoughtful response and explains why he believes that the person has been given some inaccurate information.
Moral consequence: The person still believes that Alex is wrong, but he feels respected and is willing to at least double check the information he believes to be correct.
Immoral action: Alex responds by telling the person why their viewpoint is wrong, and goes on to insult the person's intelligence.
Immoral consequence: The person who expressed a differing opinion feels hurt and disrespected by Alex's response.
Norm: You shouldn't tell strangers what to do
Situation: Annie was walking down the sidewalk towards the theater and saw a panhandler.
Intention: Annie wanted to go to the movies.
Moral action: Annie was walking down the sidewalk, saw a panhandler, gave him money, and then went to the movies.
Moral consequence: Annie was able to walk down the sidewalk without falling.
Immoral action: Annie told the panhandler to quit begging on the street and then continued walking toward the theater.
Immoral consequence: The panhandler stuck out his leg and Annie tripped and fell before getting up and going to the movies.
Norm: It's hurtful to have someone fired.
Situation: Karen and her family are eating dinner at a restaurant and their waiter screws up one of their food orders.
Intention: Karen wants the waiter to know she's unhappy with the service.
Moral action: Karen leaves a below-average tip, writing on the bill please pay better attention next time!
Moral consequence: The waiter takes this recommendation to heart and carefully studies customer orders in the future.
Immoral action: Karen talks to management and demands the waiter get fired, getting her way after an hour of yelling.
Immoral consequence: The waiter has to beg for money on the street to feed their family.
Norm: It's rude to insult someone's fashion choices.
Situation: Pam's friend Joyce just bought her an unflattering outfit for her birthday.
Intention: Pam wants to respond to the gift.
Moral action: Pam keeps her opinions to herself and thanks Joyce for the gift.
Moral consequence: Joyce is pleased that she was able tp make her friend happy.
Immoral action: Pam tells Joyce that the outfit is awful and questions her taste.
Immoral consequence: Joyce is offended and their friednship suffers.
Norm: It's wrong to slap someone.
Situation: Hilda would slap anyone who mildly annoyed her, like siblings, friends, and even her parents.
Intention: Hilda wants to communicate that she's annoyed.
Moral action: Hilda decides to just wear a mood ring so the color will show everyone she's annoyed.
Moral consequence: Hilda's friends and loved ones are relieved that they won't be slapped anymore.
Immoral action: Hilda keeps slapping everyone when she's annoyed and it just annoyes everyone else too.
Immoral consequence: Eventually someone slaps Hilda back, and they get into an endless cycle until someone force quits the slapping.
Norm: It's wrong to leave your pet in a locked car.
Situation: Missy needs to go to the mall on a hot Summer day but doesn’t want to leave her dog home alone, since he starts barking when lonely.
Intention: Missy doesn't want her dog to bother the neighbors with his barking.
Moral action: Missy brings her dog and leaves it in the car but leaves a door unlocked in case something happens.
Moral consequence: Missy's dog gets very hot in the car but some passersby see him having a hard time and get him out of the car and in the shade.
Immoral action: Missy brings her dog and leaves it in the locked car while she runs her errand.
Immoral consequence: Missy's dog dies in the locked car which has become too hot, because passersby cannot open the car to save the dog.
Norm: It's inappropriate to be attracted to a subordinate at work.
Situation: Betty thinks her assistant Dave from work is cute.
Intention: Betty wants to decide whether to ask Dave out or not.
Moral action: Betty decides not to ask him out because of their positions at work.
Moral consequence: Dave continues to work for Betty as an assistant with no interruptions.
Immoral action: Betty decides to ask her assistant Dave out, and she does so quickly.
Immoral consequence: Dave says yes because he thinks Betty will fire him if he says no.
Norm: It's not okay to eat something that isn't yours.
Situation: Jerry is at work and about to go on lunch break.
Intention: Jerry wants to find something to fill him up at work.
Moral action: Jerry goes to the vending machine and buys a sandwich.
Moral consequence: Everyone at work has their own meal and is full.
Immoral action: Jerry notices a coworkers lunch and eats it without asking.
Immoral consequence: The coworker gets upset at Jerry and does t have food of their own.
Norm: It's good to invite people over.
Situation: Julie has a three-day weekend she has been looking forward to after a busy month at work.
Intention: Julie wants to enjoy herself during her break.
Moral action: Julie calls her best friend and asks her if she'd like to spend the weekend with her.
Moral consequence: Julie has a wonderful time with her best friend, watching movies and eating junk food.
Immoral action: Julie decides to turn her phone off and spend the time at home by herself.
Immoral consequence: Julie gets a lot of well-deserved rest and relaxation doing the things she enjoys.
Norm: It's bad to be a cheater.
Situation: Mark is in a hard calculus class.
Intention: Mark needs to pass the next test.
Moral action: Mark studies hard and passes.
Moral consequence: Mark is proud of himself.
Immoral action: Mark buys an answer key online and aces the test.
Immoral consequence: Mark does badly in Calculus 2, because he didn't learn the material.
Norm: It's best have medical issues looked at by a doctor.
Situation: Jack is a smoker who has been coughing a lot lately, but doesn't have a car to get to the hospital.
Intention: Jack wants to avoid having to find a ride to see a doctor.
Moral action: Jack sets up a video conference with his doctor.
Moral consequence: Jack's doctor is able to diagnose and prescribe him medicine from their video chat.
Immoral action: Jack ignores his cough as it worsens.
Immoral consequence: Jack gets lung cancer that could have been prevented if he had seen the doctor earlier.
Norm: You shouldn't attend someone's party if you aren't welcome there.
Situation: Gabe heard that Shelly was having a party, but he wasn't invited.
Intention: Gabe wants to go out and have fun.
Moral action: Gabe meets up with some of his friends to go to the bar.
Moral consequence: Gabe has a great time having a few drinks with his friends.
Immoral action: Gabe gets dressed and drives over the Shelly's party at her house.
Immoral consequence: Shelly tells her friends to throw Gabe out of the party.
Norm: It's good to share your feelings and emotions with others
Situation: Sharon is having a very difficult time in life and her friends are worried.
Intention: Sharon wants to feel better.
Moral action: Sharon opens up to her friends about her struggles and asks for their support.
Moral consequence: Sharon's friends give her helpful advice and a listening ear, making the friendships stronger.
Immoral action: Sharon pushes her friends away and spends time at home drinking alone instead.
Immoral consequence: Sharon's friends get frustrated and stop calling her health suffers from binge drinking.
Norm: It's great to honor loved ones who have passed away.
Situation: Ray's dad, who did not treat Ray well, has died and Ray is visiting his grave with his dad's widow.
Intention: Ray wants to say something in Ray's memory.
Moral action: Ray recounts some of the good memories that he can think of about the time they spent together.
Moral consequence: Ray's widow is comforted and starts recounting her own heartwarming stories.
Immoral action: Ray starts listing all of the things that his dad did to make Ray's life more difficult.
Immoral consequence: Ray's widow starts crying and calls Ray an ungrateful son.
Norm: Is inappropriate cheat on your spouse
Situation: Sam is invited to drinks after work by an attractive coworker.
Intention: Sam wants to respond to his coworker's invitation.
Moral action: Sam declines the offer to go out for drinks and returns home after work as normal.
Moral consequence: Sam maintains a happy and healthy relationship with his wife.
Immoral action: Sam accepts the offer to go out for drinks and later has sex with the coworker.
Immoral consequence: Sam's wife finds out and divorces him.
Norm: You shouldn't put up with a disobedient and rude grandchild.
Situation: Paul has his grandson over for the weekend, and his grandson has been making a lot of sarcastic comments to him.
Intention: Paul wants to get through the weekend.
Moral action: Paul gives his grandson a stern talking to about his attitude and puts him to work until he improves his behaviour.
Moral consequence: Paul's grandson starts to act nicer and his parents are very grateful when they see the change.
Immoral action: Paul doesn't spend much time with his grand son over the weekend and generally stays in different parts of the house.
Immoral consequence: Paul's grandson continues his habit of sarcasm when he gets home, and his parents get fed up with it.
Norm: It's rude to steal someone's underwear.
Situation: Carl is at a gym to workout.
Intention: Carl wants to get dressed after taking a shower.
Moral action: Carl puts on boxer shorts he stored in a locker.
Moral consequence: Carl wears clean clothes and feel refreshed.
Immoral action: Carl takes boxers from a pile of clothes he found and puts them on.
Immoral consequence: Carl is accused of theft and gets into an altercation.
Norm: It's not okay to stalk people.
Situation: Frank's girlfriend recently broke up with him, but he still has strong feelings for her.
Intention: Frank wants to feel better about the breakup.
Moral action: Frank joins some clubs and meets a lot of new people to help him forget about his ex.
Moral consequence: Frank's new friends help him get over his ex, and he soon finds a new girlfriend.
Immoral action: Frank follows his ex girlfriend around and tries to sabotage her attempts to find a new boyfriend.
Immoral consequence: Frank's girlfriend finds out, and he gets reported to the police for stalking.
Norm: You should be grateful when someone helps you.
Situation: Paula is carrying groceries into her apartment when she drops a bag, spilling her groceries everywhere, but her neighbor hears and helps her pick everything up.
Intention: Paula wants to pick up all of her spilled groceries without losing anything.
Moral action: Paula thanks her neighbor for his help and asks if they notice anything else still on the ground.
Moral consequence: Paula's neighbor is happy that Paula thanked him and the two become friends.
Immoral action: Paula ignores her neighbor's help and doesn't say a word to them, instead focusing only on her groceries.
Immoral consequence: Paula's neighbor is disappointed and decides he won't help Paula again.
Norm: You shouldn't kick people out of your group.
Situation: Rick is the leader of a group project that includes Matt, who argues incessantly with the other group members about the assignment.
Intention: Rick doesn't want to listen to Matt arguing with the group anymore.
Moral action: Rick assigns each group member part of the project and tells them to work on their part alone.
Moral consequence: Rick's group goes to a restaurant to celebrate everyone finishing their individual parts which complete the project.
Immoral action: Rick kicks Matt out of the group for being disruptive.
Immoral consequence: Rick's group gets a poor grade on the project because they don't have enough people to do all the work.
Norm: It's inconsiderate to laugh at other people's bad haircuts.
Situation: John is at work when Carol, a coworker, arrives with a new and ugly haircut.
Intention: John wants to react verbally to the haircut.
Moral action: John tells Carol that he notices she got her hair done without saying what he thinks of it.
Moral consequence: Carol assumes John likes it and is happy to have someone notice that she has a new style.
Immoral action: John tells Carol that she looks ridiculous and that it's making him burst out laughing, and he can't help himself.
Immoral consequence: Carol is embarrassed by John's comments and begins to cry at the office.
Norm: It's rude to steal from your family.
Situation: Bob sees the expensive jewelry lying around in his sister's room.
Intention: Bob wants to exit the room.
Moral action: Bob turns around and exits the room and advises his sister to keep those in a safe.
Moral consequence: Bob's sister thanks Bob for the advice and talks about the heirlooms.
Immoral action: Bob takes all of those watches and quickly heads to the pawn shop.
Immoral consequence: Bob's sister is heartbroken because all her heirloom watches were stolen.
Norm: It is expected to help care for older family members.
Situation: Robs parents are getting older Rob lives a hour away from them he knows there health has been declining.
Intention: Rob wants to do well in his new job.
Moral action: Rob talks to his new boss about his parents and his boss is understanding so Rob takes care of his parents and still is doing well at his new job.
Moral consequence: Robs parents are taken care of and live many more years.
Immoral action: Rob ignores his parents calls and goes on with his life like normal he does well at his new job.
Immoral consequence: Robs parents soon pass away and Rob feels very guilty.
Norm: You shouldn't pretend to be someone you're not.
Situation: Jerry finds a wallet on a desk at the library with a credit card inside.
Intention: Jerry wants to react to the wallet.
Moral action: Jerry returns the wallet to the library front desk.
Moral consequence: The wallet owner thanks Jerry for returning his wallet.
Immoral action: Jerry takes the wallet back home and make purchases online using the credit card as if he was the cardholder.
Immoral consequence: The wallet owner feels frustrated and annoyed by Jerry's fraudulent action.
Norm: It's wrong not to feel empathy toward people.
Situation: Chuck's girlfriend got into a fight with her mom and is crying about it over the phone.
Intention: Chuck wants her girlfriend to stop crying.
Moral action: Chuck tells his girlfriend that he knows how she feels and is sorry that she's hurting.
Moral consequence: Chuck's girlfriend feels comforted that someone else understands what she is going through.
Immoral action: Chuck tells his girlfriend to get over it and not worry about her feelings so much.
Immoral consequence: Chuck's girlfriend is offended and thinks that he is an insensitive jerk.
Norm: It's rude to not eat food your parent has prepared.
Situation: Jeff goes downstairs to see that his parents have made soggy, spongy meatloaf for dinner.
Intention: Jeff wants his mother to think that he enjoys her cooking.
Moral action: Jeff scarfs down the meatloaf quickly, ignoring the nasty texture.
Moral consequence: Jeff's mother sees him eating and beams with pride.
Immoral action: Jeff feeds the dinner to the dog when his parents aren't looking.
Immoral consequence: He fools his mother into thinking that he likes meatloaf.
Norm: It's wrong to be a drug dealer.
Situation: Peter works full time, but is falling behind on his bills.
Intention: Peter wants to make some extra cash.
Moral action: Peter mows lawns on the weekends to makes some extra cash.
Moral consequence: Peter makes enough to pay off his bills and go debt free.
Immoral action: Peter decides to sell drugs to make extra cash on the side.
Immoral consequence: Peter gets caught by the police and is sent to prison.
Norm: You shouldn't pay your employees under the table.
Situation: Gary runs a farm and employs outside help to bring in the harvest.
Intention: Gary wants to pay his helpers.
Moral action: Gary pays his helpers and files the tax paperwork for their pay.
Moral consequence: The government gets all of the money that they're owed.
Immoral action: Gary pays his helpers cash and makes no records of the transaction.
Immoral consequence: The government is denied valuable income tax dollars and has more trouble paying for services.
Norm: It's wrong to kiss your relative.
Situation: Mark is drunk at a party with his friends and his sister.
Intention: Mark wants to kiss someone.
Moral action: Mark leans over and kisses his girlfriend who is sitting on the couch with him.
Moral consequence: Mark's girlfriend kisses him back and asks him if he wants to dance with her.
Immoral action: Mark leans over and tries to kiss his sister who is on the couch with him.
Immoral consequence: Mark's sister slaps him across the face and his friends all start to laugh at him.
Norm: It's not good to write nonsense
Situation: Kabia was writing for this very task on Mturk and saw the norm "It's not good to write nonsense".
Intention: Kabia wants to complete the task.
Moral action: Kabia works hard on coming up with a better narrative.
Moral consequence: Kabia's submission is accepted, and he is able to move on to the next task.
Immoral action: Kabia literally writes the word "nonsense" into the action that violates the norm field.
Immoral consequence: Kabia's submission is rejected for failing to follow instructions.
Norm: It's important to take care of vulnerable members of society.
Situation: A young child wandering around the mall alone asks Scott for help.
Intention: Scott wants to respond to the child.
Moral action: Scott escorts the child to mall security to get their help.
Moral consequence: Scott is able to help reunite the child with it's family.
Immoral action: Scott doesn't want to take responsibility, so he tells the kid to go and find a cop.
Immoral consequence: Scott is berated by his friends and family when he relates the story.
Norm: It's not okay to let your lawn be in shambles.
Situation: Jeff was at work all the time and never had time to take care of his lawn.
Intention: Jeff wants to get his lawn mowed.
Moral action: Jeff hires a lawn care service to take care of his lawn every week.
Moral consequence: The homeowner association gives Jeff an award for the nicest lawn in the neighborhood.
Immoral action: Jeff makes sure to mow his lawn at least once every other month.
Immoral consequence: The homeowner association is disgusted with Jeff's lawn and fines him for it.
Norm: It's hurtful to point out problems with a coworker's attire.
Situation: Cara comes into the break room and notices a coworker wearing a mismatched outfit.
Intention: Cara wants to make small talk with the coworker.
Moral action: Cara talks to the coworker and mentions that she likes her top.
Moral consequence: The coworker feels better about the outfit they chose to wear.
Immoral action: Cara points out that the coworker's shirt doesn't really match in jest.
Immoral consequence: Cara ends up making her coworker feel self conscious about her clothes.
Norm: It is gross to pick your nose in public
Situation: Jerry is enjoying a day at the Botanical Gardens.
Intention: Jerry wants to take in all the scents of the flowers.
Moral action: Jerry walks to the bathroom and blows his nose in private.
Moral consequence: Jerry can enjoy the aroma of the flowers.
Immoral action: Jerry realizes his nose is clogged up and starts to pick his nose in public.
Immoral consequence: People start public shaming Jerry, and he gets embarrassed and ashamed.
Norm: You shouldn't expect people to pay for your purchases.
Situation: Jane is out having drinks with friends after work.
Intention: Jane wants to enjoy the night.
Moral action: Jane follows her friends up to the bar as they order their drinks in turn and pay for them individually.
Moral consequence: The friends enjoy their drinks, the atmosphere and the evening together.
Immoral action: Jane tells a friend what she wants to drink when the friend goes up to order a drink for themself.
Immoral consequence: Jane's friend complains that Jane never pays for her own drinks and the mood is ruined for the evening.
Norm: You shouldn't beat someone up.
Situation: Bob is at a bar when a drunk customer begins making trouble in the bar, threatening people with a bottle.
Intention: Bob wants to protect the customers.
Moral action: Bob lunges at the customer, takes away the bottle, and pins the customer to the ground.
Moral consequence: The customer is very angry but unharmed and is escorted out of the bar.
Immoral action: Bob charges the drunk customer, disarms him, and punches him repeatedly.
Immoral consequence: The customer is badly wounded and reports Bob to the police, who then arrest Bob.
Norm: It is never acceptable to swear at someone serving food.
Situation: Karen is dining out with her family when her order is not done accurately.
Intention: Karen wants to get the correct order.
Moral action: Karen points out the mistake in the order and asks if anything can be done.
Moral consequence: Karen is given the correct order and comped a free dessert because of the mistake.
Immoral action: Karen uses expletives in a voice that is audible to customers around them while questionsing the competence of the waiter.
Immoral consequence: Karen is approached by the manager and asked to leave after other customers complain about her behavior.
Norm: It's rude to pressure your friends to drink with you.
Situation: Jeff has arranged a mixer for some of his college classmates.
Intention: Jeff wants everyone to have fun.
Moral action: When an attendee declines any alcohol Jeff makes sure he is not made to feel left out.
Moral consequence: Jeff is pleased that everyone is enjoying themselves.
Immoral action: When one of the attendess declines alcohol Jeff boisterously pushes drink after drink on him.
Immoral consequence: Jeff is dismayed when the guy gets ill from alcohol poisoning.
Norm: It's unacceptable to lie.
Situation: Jamie's friend was shot at a party so cops are questioning people who were at the party, and Jamie knows who did it.
Intention: Jamie doesn't want to look like a snitch in front of his friends.
Moral action: Jamie makes the cops give him witness protection in order to tell them what they want to hear.
Moral consequence: The man who shot Jamie's friend will not be able to harm anyone else in the future.
Immoral action: Jamie tells the cops that he didn't see anything and doesn't know what happened.
Immoral consequence: The person who shot Jamie's friend gets to run free and other lives are at risk.
Norm: Parents should take charge of their children's health.
Situation: Nancy's son skinned his knee while biking outside and is treating the wound.
Intention: Nancy wants the wound to heal.
Moral action: Nancy has her son report to her twice a day to clean and re-bandage the wound.
Moral consequence: The wound heals quickly under Nancy's care.
Immoral action: Nancy instructs her son on how to care for the wound, including cleaning and re-bandaging it.
Immoral consequence: Nancy's son prefers to play instead of care for a wound, so it gets infected.
Norm: It's not normal to Hate Yourself
Situation: Jane is a teenager and is struggling socially at school through no fault of her own.
Intention: Jane wants to stop struggling.
Moral action: Jane seeks out help from her parents, counselors, and doctors in hopes of fixing her problems.
Moral consequence: Jane is able to work out the issues she is having with the professional help and begins to see things in a different light.
Immoral action: Jane begins to blame herself for her problems and grows to resent herself to the point she thinks harming herself is the only fix.
Immoral consequence: Jane suffers further and sadly never comes back out of the emotional hole she made for herself.
Norm: It's bad to get distracted while driving.
Situation: John is driving home from work when he hears his phone alert him to a text message.
Intention: John wants to find out the content of the text message.
Moral action: John waits until he stops at the next traffic light and then looks at his phone.
Moral consequence: John drives home safely and without incident.
Immoral action: John looks at his phone immediately and reads the next message while driving.
Immoral consequence: John fails to notice the car in front of him stop unexpectedly, and he rear ends it.
Norm: It's nice to host guests.
Situation: Thanksgiving is coming and Sue's family is requesting to celebrate the festival at Sue's house.
Intention: Sue wants to respond to the decision.
Moral action: Sue learns to cook a variety of food for the party and decorates her house.
Moral consequence: Sue's family thanks her for being nice and gives her a big gift to show their appreciation.
Immoral action: Sue tells her family that her house is not comfortable enough to accommodate the guests.
Immoral consequence: Sue's family feels bad and decides to cancel the celebration.
Norm: You shouldn't overreact in situations.
Situation: Lawrence is cooking bacon on the stove top in his kitchen when the bacon catches fire.
Intention: Lawrence wants to respond to the fire.
Moral action: Lawrence removes the pan from the stove top and contains it.
Moral consequence: The fire is put out and does not spread to the rest of Lawrence's house.
Immoral action: Lawrence runs out of the kitchen and says the house will burn down.
Immoral consequence: The fire is not contained and spreads to other rooms in Lawrence's house.
Norm: You should try to support your partner
Situation: Ken's wife Debra works a full time job as a server, but is considering quitting to focus on going back to college, and asks for some help financially.
Intention: Ken wants to answer Debra's request.
Moral action: Ken tells Debra that he's glad she wants to better her life, and he would like to assist in any way possible.
Moral consequence: Debra feels that Ken wants what's best for her, and she is appreciative.
Immoral action: Ken tells Debra that he doesn't want to be stuck paying all the bills on his own, so declines.
Immoral consequence: Debra feels that Ken doesn't want to invest in their future and sees him in a different light now.
Norm: Telling someone to mind their own business can be rude.
Situation: Steve is sitting down at the cafeteria lunch table and a fellow student Fred asks him what he brought for lunch.
Intention: Steve wants to respond to Fred's inquiry.
Moral action: Steve tells Fred that his mother packed him a sandwich, carrots, grapes and a cookie.
Moral consequence: Fred is happy to hear the answer and continues to chat with Steve while enjoying his lunch.
Immoral action: Steve tells Fred to buzz off and mind his own business.
Immoral consequence: Fred's feelings are hurt, and he goes to sit at another lunch table.
Norm: It's bad to judge a whole store based on gossip.
Situation: Jon heard about a new pizza place in his area and wanted to check it out.
Intention: Jon wanted to learn more about the pizza place.
Moral action: Jon visits the pizza place after work to see what the hubbub was all about.
Moral consequence: Jon becomes a loyal customer of the pizza place after seeing what it's like in there firsthand.
Immoral action: Jon read online that the pizza place was run by pedophiles, so he decided not to go.
Immoral consequence: Jon is never able to experience what the pizza place is like due to fake news.
Norm: It's polite to abide by others' schedules.
Situation: Jennifer is opening a new joint bank account with her husband, and they need to go to the branch during weekday business hours.
Intention: Jennifer wants to schedule an appointment for their bank meeting.
Moral action: Jennifer asks her husband when his lunch break is and then schedules the meeting for that time.
Moral consequence: Jennifer's husband makes it to the bank and then back to work in time.
Immoral action: Jennifer schedules the appointment for the time that suits her best without consulting with her husband first.
Immoral consequence: Jennifer's husband ends up missing an important meeting at work in order to make the appointment at the bank.
Norm: It's rude to destroy things that were a gift.
Situation: Katya's grandmother knitted her a sweater and a beanie as Christmas gifts.
Intention: Katya wants to use her grandmother's gifts.
Moral action: Katya wears the sweater and beanie when she visited her grandmother.
Moral consequence: Katya's grandmother feels happy that Katya is using her gifts.
Immoral action: Katya pulls apart the sweater and beanie to make a scarf for herself.
Immoral consequence: Katya's grandmother is saddened that Katya didn't appreciate her handmade clothes.
Norm: It's wrong to brag about your things.
Situation: James and Nick are talking about who has the better collection of video games.
Intention: James wants to win the argument.
Moral action: James talks about his rarest game, Nintendo world Championships.
Moral consequence: James and Nick keep talking about their games into the night.
Immoral action: James brags about the big house he can store all of his games in while Nick has to jam all his into a walk-in closet.
Immoral consequence: Nick's feelings are hurt, and he runs out of the argument and stops talking to James.
Norm: You should share with your family.
Situation: Gaby, who lives with her family, is at home watching Netflix, and she has the munchies.
Intention: Gaby wants to order a pizza.
Moral action: Gaby orders a couple larger pizzas, so she can leave some for her family.
Moral consequence: Gaby's family is happy to have pizza and not have to make dinner.
Immoral action: Gaby orders only enough pizza for her to finish off by herself.
Immoral consequence: Gaby's family notices she got pizza and are disappointed there's not enough to go around.