Not-qty/ols-moral-stories-2k huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's bad to think you're better than other people.
Situation: Sandra loves singing and takes part in a singing contest.
Intention: Sandra wants to win the singing contest.
Moral action: Sandra took a singing course before the contest to improve her singing skills.
Moral consequence: Sandra is applauded by the judges and the audience for her excellent performance and wins the contest.
Immoral action: Sandra does not practice her song hard enough before the contest because she thinks that nobody can beat her sweet voice.
Immoral consequence: Sandra does not win the contest because the judges think her singing skills are not good enough.
Norm: Asking someone what they like is considerate.
Situation: Alex sits with a group of friends after an evening meeting of their book club.
Intention: Alex wants to go out and get something to eat.
Moral action: Alex expresses to his friends that he is getting hungry and asks if anyone has any suggestions on where they could go to enjoy a meal together.
Moral consequence: Alex's friends discuss where they should go and decide as a group on a restaurant, everyone enjoys the evening.
Immoral action: Alex informs his friends that he is going out to get some tacos and tells them that they can come along if they want.
Immoral consequence: Alex's friends find it rude that he decided on a type of food, without asking anyone's opinion, and invited everyone else to join him for his choice of cuisine.
Norm: It's not okay to force your religion on other people.
Situation: Xavier is a Christian and was invited to his friend Sam's bar-mitzvah.
Intention: Xavier wants to discuss his church with Sam and the party guests.
Moral action: Xavier discusses how he loves going to church and is glad to have met people who also love their faith.
Moral consequence: Xavier makes friends with Sam's guests, and they all have a great time.
Immoral action: Xavier tells Sam and his friends that, according to his pastor, the only way to get into heaven is through Jesus, and those who don't accept him are sinners.
Immoral consequence: Xavier looks foolish and Sam and friends are noticeably uncomfortable.
Norm: It's good to be an attentive parent.
Situation: Tom's kids were playing in the backyard pool while he was on the deck.
Intention: Tom wanted to get an ice cold beer from his fridge inside.
Moral action: Tom asks his oldest to run inside and grab a soda for himself and get Tom a beer.
Moral consequence: Tom gets a cold beer and his kids get refreshments without dying.
Immoral action: Tom gets up and leaves the children in the pool to get his beer.
Immoral consequence: Tom comes back outside to find his children drowned in the pool.
Norm: It's hurtful to express disapproval of someone's hairdo.
Situation: Jessie had just gotten her hair done and was meeting May at her house.
Intention: May wants to tell Jessie what she thinks about her hair.
Moral action: May tells Jessie that she loves her hair and asks where she had it done.
Moral consequence: Jessie tells May thank you and gives her the name and number of the salon she went to.
Immoral action: May tells Jessie that her hair is awful and starts to laugh at her.
Immoral consequence: Jessie gets mad at May and leaves her house without saying another word.
Norm: You shouldn't lock people out of the house.
Situation: Lori has a friend sleeping over at her house and is having a good time with her while a winter storm rages outside.
Intention: Lori wants to play a joke on her friend.
Moral action: Lori goes outside, sneaks in some snow, and throws some snow balls at her unsuspecting friend.
Moral consequence: Lori's friend recovers, laughs, and grabs the snow, starting an in-house snowball fight.
Immoral action: Lori lures her friend outside, shuts the door, locks it, and laughs at her through the window.
Immoral consequence: Lori's friend starts to freeze and quickly gets frostbite, requiring medical attention to heal.
Norm: It's expected that people love their parents.
Situation: James' elderly mother moved into a nursing home and repeatedly told him that she was lonely.
Intention: James wants to avoid spending time in the creepy nursing home.
Moral action: James visits his mother every weekend to take her into town for dinner and shopping.
Moral consequence: James' mother frequently tells him how much she loves his visits.
Immoral action: James never visits his mother and only calls on her birthday and Christmas.
Immoral consequence: James' mother goes into a decline and dies alone in her room.
Norm: It's bad to let your emotions make you become violent.
Situation: Bob and Judy are a couple that are in a severe argument with each other.
Intention: Bob wants to express the level of anger that he is feeling towards Judy.
Moral action: Bob steps away for an hour and afterwards explains more calmly after why Judy has upset him so much.
Moral consequence: They are able to talk it out and make up within a few hours.
Immoral action: Bob gets angrier and angrier and eventually strikes Judy a couple of times.
Immoral consequence: Judy leaves and go to stay with a friend and is filing a restraining order.
Norm: It's good to stop bad habits.
Situation: Naga, a former smoker, is stressed about life when his friend offers him a cigar.
Intention: Naga wants to lower his stress.
Moral action: Naga excuses himself to his car, and he practices mindfulness exercises.
Moral consequence: Naga becomes more attuned to his emotions.
Immoral action: Naga thanks his friend and smokes the cigar.
Immoral consequence: Naga falls back into his habit of smoking.
Norm: It's good to show compassion towards the disabled.
Situation: Miles needed some help getting to the airport in a wheelchair, so he called his friend Amy.
Intention: Amy wants to decide to help Miles or not.
Moral action: Amy agrees to help Miles at the airport and to take him there.
Moral consequence: Amy helps Miles get to the airport, pushes him up ramps and so on and Miles makes his flight.
Immoral action: Amy doesn't help Miles out, so she can stay home and watch TV.
Immoral consequence: Miles has to find someone at the airport to push him up ramps.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to your children.
Situation: Sam's son asks where babies come from.
Intention: Sam wants to answer his son's question.
Moral action: Sam explains accurately how babies are made.
Moral consequence: Sam's son learns about babies and human biology.
Immoral action: Sam tells his son that babies come from a stork.
Immoral consequence: Sam's son is misinformed and does not know the truth.
Norm: You shouldn't drink if you have drinking problems.
Situation: Greg is an alcoholic who wants to cut back, and he just arrived home after a very hectic day.
Intention: Greg wants to do something to help him relax.
Moral action: Greg puts on a lighthearted comedy movie and relaxes in bed watching it.
Moral consequence: Greg is able to get into the movie and improve his mood in a healthy way.
Immoral action: Greg pours himself a drink and uses it to take the edge off.
Immoral consequence: Greg ends up becoming even more dependent on drinking alcohol.
Norm: It's immoral to deceive or lie to another person.
Situation: Chad is meeting with a woman he found on the Tinder dating app.
Intention: Chad wants the woman to like him.
Moral action: Chad is completely honest with the woman and acts like himself.
Moral consequence: The woman likes how honest Chad is with her and wants to spend more time with him.
Immoral action: Chad tells the woman that he's a doctor even though he's not one.
Immoral consequence: The women eventually finds out and never talks to Chad again.
Norm: You should't kick out your in-laws.
Situation: Meg's mother and father-in-law had been staying with her and her husband for a month because they were out of work.
Intention: Meg wants to be alone with her husband.
Moral action: Meg tells her mother and father in-law that she and her husband will be going out to dinner.
Moral consequence: Meg and her husband are able to enjoy a pleasant night out.
Immoral action: Meg tells her mother and father in-law that they have to leave by the afternoon.
Immoral consequence: Meg's husband is extremely upset when he finds out how she was treating his family.
Norm: It's nice to say 'hi' to people.
Situation: Steve is the new CEO of a struggling call center.
Intention: Steve wants to establish his authority.
Moral action: Steve makes an effort to learn every employees name and encourages anyone to come by his office anytime.
Moral consequence: Morale goes up and employees are inspired to work harder for Steve.
Immoral action: Steve snubs employees who say hello to him in the hall and ignores them as he walks by.
Immoral consequence: He is seen as a snob which lowers morale and increases turnover resulting in the board voting him out after two years.
Norm: You shouldn't feign a mental illness to get someone's attention.
Situation: Jay is a musician who has been having trouble getting attention for his music.
Intention: Jay wants to get his music out there.
Moral action: Jay offers to perform at concerts for an affordable price.
Moral consequence: People become aware of Jay, and Jay feels better about how he's getting attention.
Immoral action: Jay writes a post on social media about making music while being bipolar.
Immoral consequence: Jay's post becomes viral, and Jay becomes popular off of a lie.
Norm: It's rude to ghost people.
Situation: Sam is growing apart from his girlfriend an no longer feels the same spark he used to.
Intention: Sam wants to end the relationship with his girlfriend.
Moral action: Sam sits down with his girlfriend and tells her honestly how he feels and that he wants to end the relationship.
Moral consequence: Sam's girlfriend is surprised but appreciates his honesty and is able to move on.
Immoral action: Sam completely stops responding to his girlfriend's calls and texts and blocks her on social media.
Immoral consequence: Sam's girlfriend feels sad, upset and confused about why Sam won't respond.
Norm: It's okay to sacrifice your happiness for your children.
Situation: Casey is a mother that has been offered the career of her dreams but it would take her away from her children.
Intention: Casey wants to do what is best for her.
Moral action: Casey knows she made the decision to have children and knows they must come first, so she turns down the job opportunity.
Moral consequence: Casey is able to devote herself to raising her children to the best of her abilities, and they grow up well adjusted thanks to it.
Immoral action: Casey decides that the career is not worth passing up and takes on the job.
Immoral consequence: Casey is absent from her children's lives as they grow up, and they never grow close to her.
Norm: It's polite to use somebody's name when talking to them
Situation: Ian is a front liner supervisor at work and has trouble remembering names, and needs to ask his employee Frank to go do something.
Intention: Ian needs to get Frank's attention.
Moral action: Ian quickly glances at Frank's name tag in order to remember Frank's name before calling for him by name.
Moral consequence: Frank stops what he was currently working on and does what Ian asks him to do.
Immoral action: Ian shouts hey you to get Frank's attention, and repeats the phrase until Frank looks up at him.
Immoral consequence: Frank thinks Ian's pretty rude for not calling him by name, and mentions so to Ian's supervisor.
Norm: You should not judge the weight of others.
Situation: Brady is in his office at work when he is introduced to his new manager Pam who is quite obese.
Intention: Brady wants to say something to Pam.
Moral action: Brady tells Pam that he's glad to meet her and looks forward to creating a good working relationship with her.
Moral consequence: Pam is delighted to hear Brady talk about a good working relationship, and she's happy that he seems so professional.
Immoral action: Brady tells Pam that he cannot take direction from her since her weight makes it obvious she has no self control or discipline.
Immoral consequence: Pam is insulted and is infuriated that she's being dismissed as a leader because of her physical size.
Norm: People appreciate having meals cooked for them.
Situation: Eli's friend Joel has been sick and has been in the hospital for while.
Intention: Eli wants to bring food to Joel.
Moral action: Eli goes to the hospital and brings Joel a plate of freshly baked brownies.
Moral consequence: Joel says thank you and eats a few of the brownies right away.
Immoral action: Eli goes down to the hospital cafeteria and gets a plate of food for Joel.
Immoral consequence: Joel doesn't eat any of the food on the plate because he is sick and tired of the food at the hospital.
Norm: It's frowned upon to spread conspiracy theories.
Situation: Kyle hears a friend at school strongly defending their opinion that the Earth is flat.
Intention: Kyle wants to gain his friend's approval.
Moral action: Kyle looks up information online and has a civil conversation with his friend about what he read.
Moral consequence: Kyle is able to convince his friend that his information makes sense and his friend sees him as smart.
Immoral action: Kyle decides to tell others that the Earth is flat when his friend is around and uses his friend's arguments when doing so.
Immoral consequence: Kyle starts to gain a reputation at school for spreading untrustworthy information.
Norm: You shouldn't be biased against Christian people.
Situation: Dan feels unsure about going to his friend's wedding, believing that the Christian family will have strong feelings against Dan bringing his husband as his guest.
Intention: Dan wants to support his friend by going to the wedding.
Moral action: Dan decides to go to the wedding with his husband and try to make the most of it.
Moral consequence: Dan meets a lot of new people, has a great time, and realizes that Christian people are actually very nice and accepting.
Immoral action: Dan decides to go to the wedding with his husband but tries not to talk to anyone and leaves immediately after dinner.
Immoral consequence: Dan leaves feeling sad that he had a bad time at the wedding.
Norm: Attacking someone's sexual preferences is considered petty.
Situation: John has just met Bill and as they are talking with each other Bill mentions that he is gay.
Intention: John wants to respond to Bills declaration of his sexuality.
Moral action: John tells Bill that he appreciates that Bill is brave enough to tell him such a thing and tells Bill that who he loves is his business.
Moral consequence: Bill is happy that John is supportive and non judgmental about his homosexuality and feels safe around John.
Immoral action: John tells Bill that being gay is blasphemous and that his choice to be with men is something he should keep quiet about.
Immoral consequence: Bill is shocked that he is being judged so harshly and is stunned that John is so backwards and hateful.
Norm: You should not post other people's private information online.
Situation: Lori is with her best friend Jenny when Jenny receives an acceptance letter to Harvard.
Intention: Lori wants to congratulate Jenny on social media.
Moral action: Lori writes a congratulatory post on social media to Jenny, without including any personal photos or information.
Moral consequence: Lori and Jenny's social media friends send Jenny well wishes.
Immoral action: Lori posts a picture of Jenny's acceptance letter, address and all, to social media.
Immoral consequence: With Jenny's address plastered all over social media, she receives an influx of prank mail.
Norm: It's good to listen to your grandma.
Situation: Phil is having dinner at his grandmother's house, and she is talking about her newest knitting project.
Intention: Phil wants to change the subject of conversation.
Moral action: Phil lets his grandmother finish the story, before talking about a game he's currently playing.
Moral consequence: Phil's grandmother appreciates him listening, and repays that consideration by listening to him talk about gaming.
Immoral action: Phil interrupts the conversation and starts talking about video games.
Immoral consequence: Phil's grandmother isn't impressed with the new topic, and is annoyed that Phil prevented her from finishing her story.
Norm: You should accept and follow the rules
Situation: Kelly just joined the swim team at school.
Intention: Kelly wants to impress her new teammates.
Moral action: Kelly wants to dive, but instead chooses to show off her breast stroke.
Moral consequence: The other teammates think Kelly is very talented and ask her to help them with their breast strokes.
Immoral action: Kelly sees a sign that says, no diving, but does so anyway to much applause from the rest of the class.
Immoral consequence: The coach sees Kelly dive and cuts her from the team.
Norm: It's wrong to live beyond the means you have.
Situation: Tom is a barista looking for a new car.
Intention: Tom wants to impress women as he drives in the park.
Moral action: Tom buys a small car with low payments.
Moral consequence: Tom meets a nice girl jogging and takes her out weekly.
Immoral action: Tom goes heavily in debt to buy a new Corvette.
Immoral consequence: Tom has no money to spend dating.
Norm: It's wrong to marry someone for their looks alone.
Situation: Jen feels quite ready to settle down and take that next step in life.
Intention: Jen wants to marry someone very attractive.
Moral action: Jen waits to find the perfect guy who is both attractive and has many other good things going for him.
Moral consequence: Jen is extremely fulfilled in her marriage.
Immoral action: Jen ends up marrying a very cute guy who has no other redeeming qualities.
Immoral consequence: Jen ends up unhappy in the marriage.
Norm: You should smoke outside so you don't make anything stink.
Situation: Jonathan and his wife are having friends for dinner tonight and his wife cleaned the house from top to bottom.
Intention: Jonathan wants to smoke a cigarette right now, but it's raining.
Moral action: Jonathan decides to put his raincoat on and go smoke his cigarette outside.
Moral consequence: The living room smells fresh and clean and Jonathan's wife is delighted.
Immoral action: Jonathan decides to smoke his cigarette in the living room to avoid the rain.
Immoral consequence: The living room reeks of cigarette smoke and Jonathan's wife is disgusted by the smell.
Norm: It is wrong to drug others.
Situation: Jeffrey is spending the night at a club.
Intention: Jeffrey wants to go home with a lady.
Moral action: Jeffrey strikes up a conversation with a woman using a clever pick-up line.
Moral consequence: Jeffrey is invited by the lady to spend more time her after the club closes.
Immoral action: Jeffrey slips some GHB in a woman's drink.
Immoral consequence: Jeffrey is arrested when the bartender notices him altering the woman's drink.
Norm: It's nice to call your relatives.
Situation: Chad's aunt is in the hospital suffering from COVID-19.
Intention: Chad wants to know how his aunt is doing.
Moral action: Chad calls his aunt directly in order to find out how she's doing.
Moral consequence: His aunt feels better knowing that Chad is thinking about her.
Immoral action: Chad asks his mom to tell him how his aunt is doing.
Immoral consequence: His aunt didn't know that he asked about her and feels bad knowing that he didn't contact her.
Norm: It's rude to dictate what your children's surnames will be.
Situation: John and Andrea are expecting their first child, which they know will be a boy from the ultrasound.
Intention: John wants to name his new son after his grandfather, Bob.
Moral action: John explains that he was very close to his grandfather and appeals to Andrea to allow him name their first son Bob.
Moral consequence: Andrea agrees that if they can pick a name that they both like, they will use Bob as a middle name, as a compromise.
Immoral action: John insists that the name of their first son will be Bob, and he will not entertain any other ideas.
Immoral consequence: Andrea gets angry and tells John that she will not approve the name Bob, no matter what, leaving both new parents upset.
Norm: If it's wrong to falsely accuse somebody of something
Situation: Bill is living in a dorm with a roommate and one day he could not find his wallet inside the dorm.
Intention: Bill wants to talk to his roommate about his missing wallet.
Moral action: Bill asks his roommate about his lost wallet and sees if he knows anything.
Moral consequence: Bill's roommate tells Bill what he knows and decides to help Bill find the missing wallet.
Immoral action: Bill flat out accuses his roommate of taking his wallet.
Immoral consequence: Bill's roommate is extremely annoyed by the false accusation and plans to stop being roommates with Bill.
Norm: It's wrong to think you're a failure.
Situation: Lyle made a bad grade on his test, and he is walking home from school.
Intention: Lyle wants to think about the future.
Moral action: Lyle realizes that he can get better grades if he studies more.
Moral consequence: Lyle is able to make a better grade the next time that he takes a test.
Immoral action: Lyle thinks that the bad grade on the test means that he is a total failure.
Immoral consequence: Lyle starts to believe that he is horrible and turns into a criminal.
Norm: It's bad to ignore your grandparents.
Situation: Fiona has a big date this evening but it happens to be on the day her grandparents are visiting her and her family.
Intention: Fiona wants to look good for her date.
Moral action: Fiona spends a few minutes of quality time  with her grandparents and then works quickly to look nice for her evening out.
Moral consequence: Fiona's grandparents are over joyed that their granddaughter spends time with them.
Immoral action: Fiona skips chatting with her grandparents and focuses on putting together a complete look for her date.
Immoral consequence: Fiona's grandparents both cry that they did not get to see their precious granddaughter on this trip.
Norm: It's irresponsible to have a baby as a teenager.
Situation: Rosa wanted to have kids with her boyfriend Nate now so that they'd be grown before they were middle aged.
Intention: Rosa wants to have kids with Nate.
Moral action: Rosa and Nate decide to wait until they're married and out out college first.
Moral consequence: Their families help put them through college first.
Immoral action: Rosa and Nate have their kids right away like they want.
Immoral consequence: Turns out their families don't agree with them and stop supporting them financially.
Norm: Its wrong to report someone for something they didn't do.
Situation: George witnesses a robbery but doesn't see the perpetrator's face and can't identify him.
Intention: George wants to give a statement to the police about the crime.
Moral action: George tells the police the height and weight of the man he saw committing the robbery.
Moral consequence: The police use George's description plus other evidence to identify and arrest the robber.
Immoral action: George tells the police that a man who lives in his building committed the robbery.
Immoral consequence: The police arrest the man who lives in George's building even though he is innocent.
Norm: Parents and children should discuss their issues calmly without anger.
Situation: Pablo is tired of his children not feeding and walking the dog like they promised when they got him.
Intention: Pablo wants to remind his children what their responsibilities are with the dog.
Moral action: Pablo gathers his children and explains to them what their responsibilities are with the dog.
Moral consequence: Pablo's children agree to make a schedule showing when each child is responsible for walking and feeding the dog.
Immoral action: Pablo gathers his children together and yells at them at the top of his lungs about their duty to feed and walk the dog.
Immoral consequence: Pablo's children are scared of their dad and in the future don't share problems they experience for fear he'll get mad at them.
Norm: It's rude to leave your dirty laundry laying around.
Situation: Max walks home from the gym, and he has to be at work in thirty minutes.
Intention: Max wants to be at work on time.
Moral action: Max goes into work and changes into the spare work uniform in his office.
Moral consequence: Max is able to make good progress on his work before everyone arrives.
Immoral action: Max leaves his dirty gym clothes on the floor after he changes.
Immoral consequence: Max is scolded by his roommate for leaving his belongings on the floor.
Norm: It's noble to fight for the rights of other people.
Situation: Lando is reading a headline in the local newspaper about local workers who are being exploited.
Intention: Lando wants to understand why the workers are being exploited.
Moral action: Lando marches down to the worker's place of employment and joins a demonstration demanding the employer explain themselves.
Moral consequence: Lando feels a part of something bigger than himself.
Immoral action: Lando reads the article below the headline to satisfy his curiosity.
Immoral consequence: Lando soon forgets about the workers plight after finishing the article.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to people about having a disease.
Situation: Jarold needs money and is thinking about claiming he has cancer in order to solicit donations.
Intention: Jarold wants to consider saying he has cancer.
Moral action: Jarold resists claiming how he has cancer and looks for a more proper way to make money.
Moral consequence: Jarold manages to make some money without resorting to lies.
Immoral action: Jarold tells everyone he has cancer in order to get some donations.
Immoral consequence: Eventually Jarold's lie gets discovered, and he runs into legal problems.
Norm: It's bad to bully others just because they bullied you.
Situation: Jake has been bullied in the past by Ray but has been working out and sees Ray.
Intention: Jake wants to talk to Ray.
Moral action: Jake tells Ray that he won't let him bully him, but he's moving on and won't take revenge against Ray.
Moral consequence: Jake will be able to move on from being bullied and live a fulfilling life.
Immoral action: Jake tells Ray that Ray will be doing whatever Jake says from now on.
Immoral consequence: Jake will develop a habit of forcing people to do what he wants.
Norm: It's bad to have sexual relations with a step sibling.
Situation: James' step sister is about his age and very attractive.
Intention: James wants to have sex with someone attractive.
Moral action: James asks his step-sister if any of her attractive friends are currently single.
Moral consequence: James' step-sister hooks him up with one of her friends' cousins.
Immoral action: James invites his stepsister out drinking, and they end up sleeping together.
Immoral consequence: When James' mother and stepfather find out, they're extremely upset and tell the two step-siblings to stay away from each other.
Norm: It's good to intern for things and gain experience.
Situation: Courtney is in college and it is time for summer break.
Intention: Courtney wants to do something during the summer.
Moral action: Courtney applies for an internship and interns during the summer.
Moral consequence: Courtney learns how to operate in a working environment.
Immoral action: Courtney spends her time shopping at the mall during the summer.
Immoral consequence: Courtney spends money and does not learn anything.
Norm: It is normal to have a celebration on your birthday
Situation: Mike is socializing with friends and it is Mike's birthday.
Intention: Mike wants not make a big deal of his birthday.
Moral action: Mike asks his friends to keep things quiet but suggests they buy a round of drinks since it is his birthday.
Moral consequence: Mike's friends have fun celebrating their friend's birthday.
Immoral action: Mike excuses himself from the group and goes home without telling them.
Immoral consequence: Mike's friends are left wondering what is wrong with their friend.
Norm: It is nice to encourage others to keep trying.
Situation: Sam is a guidance counselor who is meeting with a student about pursuing art as a career after losing a local art competition.
Intention: Sam wants to make sure the student realistically understands their goal in life.
Moral action: Sam cautions the student towards the perils of pursuing art but tells them to not give up on their passion after one setback.
Moral consequence: The student is invigorated and works harder towards being an artist.
Immoral action: Sam tells the student that art is financially impractical, and they should switch focus after the loss.
Immoral consequence: The student feels unsupported and never returns to Sam for advice.
Norm: It is bad to violate your child's trust.
Situation: Eve is Mike's mother, and has promised Mike she will attend his big soccer game today, though she is feeling tired.
Intention: Eve wants to take a nap.
Moral action: Eve sets an alarm to wake up in time to make Mike's soccer game.
Moral consequence: Mike hears Eve cheering for him an is happy to see her in the stands.
Immoral action: Eve takes a nap without setting an alarm and sleeps right through Mike's game.
Immoral consequence: Mike stops trusting Eve and doesn't bother telling her about his games anymore.
Norm: It's good to be honest about your sexual orientation
Situation: Bill, who is gay, is out with some hetero friends when they ask him if he thinks a girl at the bar is hot.
Intention: Bill wants to answer the question.
Moral action: Bill tells the guys that he doesn't find her hot because he likes to date men actually.
Moral consequence: The guys are surprised but are proud of Bill for telling them his secret and are supportive of him.
Immoral action: Bill  tells the guys that she is hot and that he would totally go with her if he could.
Immoral consequence: The guys goad Bill into hitting on the girl creating an uncomfortable situation for Bill.
Norm: You should respect someone's food choices.
Situation: Olivia is a vegan who is friends with Megan, a omnivore.
Intention: Olivia wants to have lunch with Megan.
Moral action: Olivia has lunch with Megan and respects her food choices the same way Megan respects hers.
Moral consequence: Olivia and Megan continue to lunch together despite their difference in food preferences.
Immoral action: Olivia gives Megan a lecture on why you shouldn't eat meat after she orders a steak salad.
Immoral consequence: Not wanting to be lectured for her food choices, Megan never has lunch with Olivia again.
Norm: People should never feel obligated to have sex.
Situation: Jean's husband Pete's birthday is today, and he' asked her if she wants to make love, but she is tired.
Intention: Jean wants to answer Pete's question.
Moral action: Jeans let's Pete know she is exhausted but would like to have a rain-check, and he is understanding.
Moral consequence: Jean is happy Pete respected her enough not to press the issue and sees him as a good man.
Immoral action: Jean tell's Pete to just hurry and get it over with, so she has sex with him, but isn't into it.
Immoral consequence: Jean feels used after Pete is finished and see's him as selfish.
Norm: It's not okay to kill a helpless animal.
Situation: Lina has just spotted a mouse run across her kitchen and is terrified of mice.
Intention: Lina wants to get rid of the mouse.
Moral action: Lina traps the mouse with a container and releases it outside.
Moral consequence: Lina feels relieved that the mouse has been removed humanely.
Immoral action: Lina gets a broomstick and uses it to end the mouse's life.
Immoral consequence: Lina feels guilty after having killed such a small creature.
Norm: It's wrong to bother people relentlessly.
Situation: Derrick loaned his friend some money, and his friend promised to pay him back.
Intention: Derrick wants to be repaid.
Moral action: Derrick waits a few weeks before bringing up the loan again.
Moral consequence: Derrick's friend pays him back.
Immoral action: Derrick asks his friend every day if he has the money.
Immoral consequence: Derrick's friend gets mad at Derrick for asking so much.
Norm: It's bad to overstay your welcome.
Situation: Miguel had been staying at Mike's house for almost a month.
Intention: Miguel wants to go to sleep.
Moral action: Miguel finds his own place to live and brings his things from Mike's place.
Moral consequence: Mike is relieved that Miguel is no longer living at his home.
Immoral action: Miguel goes to sleep on the couch at Mike's house again.
Immoral consequence: Mike eventually tells Miguel that he has to find a new place to live.
Norm: It's wrong to lie about your past.
Situation: Jon is talking to a new love interest who wants to know more about him.
Intention: Jon wants to talk about his past experiences.
Moral action: Jon shares an interesting story about his past which he is comfortable being honest about.
Moral consequence: The girl is compelled by the story and is more interested.
Immoral action: Jon exaggerates his past in order to appear in a better light.
Immoral consequence: The girl finds out the truth and is upset she was lied to.
Norm: You shouldn't kill yourself.
Situation: Mary is saddened by her breakup with her boyfriend recently.
Intention: Mary wants to overcome her sad feeling.
Moral action: Mary signs up for a yoga class to improve both her physical and mental health.
Moral consequence: Mary feels much better and meets another man in the class who starts to date her.
Immoral action: Mary commits suicide to end her problem.
Immoral consequence: Mary is dead and her family is heartbroken.
Norm: It's wrong for workers to steal tips from each other.
Situation: Tom is working as a waiter at the local diner.
Intention: Tom wants to make as much money as he can.
Moral action: Tom works hard all night and helps his fellow workers when he's not busy.
Moral consequence: Tom gets a commendation and raise from his boss for being a good employee.
Immoral action: Tom takes the tip money off a table that was assigned to a fellow worker.
Immoral consequence: Tom is fired from his job for theft.
Norm: It's important to be careful when moving heavy objects.
Situation: Rudy is moving to a new house in the city and is unpacking the moving truck.
Intention: Rudy wants to move the bulky boxes inside his new home.
Moral action: Rudy moves the boxes one by one using a back brace and a dolly to get them inside.
Moral consequence: Rudy finishes unpacking the moving truck in less than an hour and feels proud of his work.
Immoral action: Rudy stacks two boxes on top of one another and lifts using his back.
Immoral consequence: Rudy pulls his back and can't lift any longer.
Norm: You should not comment on other people's bodies.
Situation: Gerard is about to play tennis and sees a very overweight person playing on the court he reserved.
Intention: Gerard wants to get the person to leave the court, so he can use it.
Moral action: Gerard kindly explains that he has the court reserved and asks the person if they can wrap up playing soon.
Moral consequence: The person understands, packs up their stuff, and moves to a different court.
Immoral action: Gerard calls the person a fatty and tells them to stop wasting time on a court that a fit person could be using.
Immoral consequence: The overweight person is furious and refuses to leave the court.
Norm: It is good to help others prepare for a presentation.
Situation: Jonah's colleagues are in a hurry to wrap up fine-tuning their upcoming presentation and ask him for help, but he is busy on an important project of his own.
Intention: Jonah wants to be recognized as an outstanding worker.
Moral action: Jonah decides to help his colleagues polish their presentation and stays late to work on his own project.
Moral consequence: Jonah's colleagues' presentation is a big success because it's so well rounded and elegant.
Immoral action: Jonah doesn't help his colleagues and intensely focuses on his project.
Immoral consequence: Jonah's colleagues' presentation is not well received because it's a bit rough around the edges.
Norm: It's good to offer to help someone moving heavy boxes.
Situation: Jon's friend called him to help him move heavy boxes to his new apartment.
Intention: Jon wants to order a pizza.
Moral action: Jon says he will help his friend if they can get pizza to eat after.
Moral consequence: Jon's friend pays for the pizza to show he was thankful.
Immoral action: Jon tells his friend he is too busy and goes out to eat pizza.
Immoral consequence: Jon's friend doesn't talk to him for three weeks because he didn't help.
Norm: You should say thank you when someone gives you money.
Situation: Ginger receives a cash gift from her grandmother.
Intention: Ginger wants to respond to the gift.
Moral action: Ginger thanks her grandmother for the gift.
Moral consequence: Ginger's grandmother hugs her.
Immoral action: Ginger tells her grandmother that she should have given more cash.
Immoral consequence: Ginger's grandmother takes the gift back.
Norm: You shouldn't be pushy with people with medical conditions.
Situation: Gayle is a supervisor and wants to reward her sales reps for exceeding their monthly quotas.
Intention: Gayle wants to give her employees a free lunch buffet.
Moral action: Gayle provides a free lunch and extra time so that her disabled sales rep has ample time to get their food and eat.
Moral consequence: The sales rep feel appreciated and continue to work extra hard, leading to exceeding the next month's quota.
Immoral action: Gayle orders a large lunch buffet for her sales rep during their 30 minute lunch, but rudely rushes a handicapped sales rep through the line.
Immoral consequence: The sales rep become angry towards Gayle for her treatment of their medically disabled coworker and become less efficient in sales.
Norm: It's rude to make fun of someone's hands.
Situation: Erika watches her classmates making fun of the shy girl sitting in the corner of the room.
Intention: Erika wants her classmates to accept her.
Moral action: Erika tells her classmate a joke about their teacher.
Moral consequence: Erika's joke makes everyone including the shy girl laugh making her more popular.
Immoral action: Erika compares the shy girl's hands to a hairy gorilla.
Immoral consequence: Erika feels bad when her shy classmate slips her hands into her jacket and cries.
Norm: You shouldn't text people late at night.
Situation: After a long night of drinking with his friends, James felt the urge to text his ex.
Intention: James wants to see if his ex is reconsidering their breakup.
Moral action: James writes a heartfelt text to his ex, which he saves as a draft to edit sober.
Moral consequence: The next morning, James rereads the last several messages his ex sent him when they broke up, and realizes the relationship is over for good.
Immoral action: James sends his ex several long, drunken, rambling texts.
Immoral consequence: James' ex texts him back that this kind of late night nonsense is exactly why they broke up.
Norm: It's good to be there in case someone needs you.
Situation: Jane is a parent of four and is financially secure.
Intention: Jane wants to feel more fulfilled.
Moral action: Jane retires to spend as much time as she can with her four children as they grow.
Moral consequence: Jane's children grow up healthy and prepared for what the world has to offer them.
Immoral action: Jane decides to indulge in her guilty pleasure of shopping and leaves her children at home.
Immoral consequence: One of Jane's children is gravely injured trying a feat it had never done on its own.
Norm: It's bad to cheat on assignments.
Situation: Emily is taking a test that she didn't prepare for.
Intention: Emily wants to do well.
Moral action: Emily does her best on the test, and knows to study in the future.
Moral consequence: Emily doesn't do well on this test, but she does well on future exams.
Immoral action: Emily looks at the person next to her and copies their answers.
Immoral consequence: Emily's teacher realizes Emily cheated, and she fails the class.
Norm: It's good to give sick people medicine.
Situation: Bayleigh is a mother at home with her child who has fallen ill.
Intention: Bayleigh wants to care for her child.
Moral action: Bayleigh gives her child the proper medication to treat what is ailing it.
Moral consequence: Bayleigh's child eventually recovers from the sickness and feels better.
Immoral action: Bayleigh uses home remedies to try to treat her child's symptoms.
Immoral consequence: The home remedies are not effective and Bayleigh's child's condition worsens.
Norm: It's rude to make fun of a sibling.
Situation: Maria asks her brother Ray how she looks in her large blue hat.
Intention: Ray wants to respond.
Moral action: Ray tells Maria that the hat looks good on her.
Moral consequence: Maria is happy that Ray likes how she looks.
Immoral action: Ray tells Maria that she looks funny in the hat.
Immoral consequence: Maria throws the hat down and runs away while crying.
Norm: It's not okay to take out your emotions on pets.
Situation: Wilbur is feeling upset and frustrated because his dad has punished him for a minor reason.
Intention: Wilbur wants to relieve his tension.
Moral action: Wilbur takes the dog out for a long walk, so he can clear his head.
Moral consequence: Wilbur's dog is happy to spend time outside with someone it loves.
Immoral action: Wilbur disciplines the dog even though it has done nothing wrong, so he can feel like he still has some power.
Immoral consequence: Wilbur's dog is confused and starts to become afraid of Wilbur.
Norm: It's good to help a disabled person.
Situation: George is on his way to work and sees a disabled man struggling to move his wheelchair over the curb to cross the street.
Intention: George wants to decide whether to stop and help the man or continue on his way.
Moral action: George goes over and helps the disabled man into the crosswalk.
Moral consequence: The disabled man is very thankful and is able to cross the street and get where he's going.
Immoral action: George acts like he doesn't notice the disabled man and keeps on walking to work.
Immoral consequence: The disabled man turns back because he is unable to get over the curb to cross the street.
Norm: You shouldn't use your cats to cover your drug dealing.
Situation: James is a drug dealer who sells marijuana and cocaine.
Intention: James wants to hide his drugs from the cops.
Moral action: James hides the marijuana under his bathroom sink with a cat-proof lock.
Moral consequence: James' cats try to open the cabinet but are unable to access the drugs.
Immoral action: James hides his marijuana in his cats' balls and stuffed toys.
Immoral consequence: The cats tear open the balls, eat the marijuana, and are very sick and confused for an afternoon.
Norm: It's good to celebrate someone's life.
Situation: Alice's grandmother is celebrating her 80th birthday, and the family is having a big party, but Alice's friends are also having a party.
Intention: Alice wants to party with her friends.
Moral action: Alice goes to her grandmother's birthday party and attends her friends' party afterward.
Moral consequence: Alice's grandmother is delighted to see her at the party.
Immoral action: Alice skips her grandmother's party and goes to her friends' party.
Immoral consequence: Alice's grandmother is sad that she didn't show, and Alice's parents are angry with her.
Norm: You shouldn't yell at your teachers.
Situation: John is in class passing notes when his teacher Mary notices him and takes the note away.
Intention: John wants to react to what just happened.
Moral action: John apologizes to the teacher for being distracted during class and distracting others as well.
Moral consequence: Mary is glad to see John taking responsibility for his mistake and it makes her smile.
Immoral action: John screams at the teacher to give his note back to him, that it's his and that she's mean and unfair.
Immoral consequence: Mary is taken aback by how aggressive and violent John is being and is afraid for her safety.
Norm: It's wrong to enable your friend to be a bully.
Situation: Jim sees his friend pick on and abuse a smaller boy.
Intention: Jim wants to react to his friend's behavior.
Moral action: Jim tells his friend that he is a coward for picking on the smaller child.
Moral consequence: The smaller child feels good that somebody stuck up for them.
Immoral action: Jim laughs at the smaller child and tells his friend to keep picking on them.
Immoral consequence: The smaller child is left with painful memories of being bullied.
Norm: It's wrong not to take photos with your partner.
Situation: Bart and his wife Lessie are on a trip to Thailand, and Lessie asks if they can take a picture together in front of some monkeys.
Intention: Bart wants to respond to his wife.
Moral action: Bart agrees to get in the picture together with his wife.
Moral consequence: Lessie is happy that Bart is in the picture with her, and the picture comes out really well.
Immoral action: Bart says he doesn't want to be in any pictures and refuses to join her.
Immoral consequence: Lessie is upset and feels that they missed a good opportunity to get an interesting photo of their trip.
Norm: You shouldn't cat-call people.
Situation: Liam sees a pretty girl waiting in line at the ice cream shop.
Intention: Liam wants to talk to the pretty girl.
Moral action: Liam asks the girl what her favorite ice cream is.
Moral consequence: The two bond over their favorite ice cream flavors and both have made a new friend.
Immoral action: Liam walks by the girl, yelling out sexually inappropriate innuendos.
Immoral consequence: The girl is thoroughly afraid and embarassed, and steps out of line to leave.
Norm: It is wrong to speak ill of a partner's family.
Situation: Aaron observes his brother-in-law, Anthony, stealing money out of his wallet.
Intention: Aaron needs to let his wife know what happened.
Moral action: Aaron tells his wife what he saw and lets her know that he would like to support her as she decides what she wants to do about the problem.
Moral consequence: She asks for Joe's help in talking with her brother and appreciates that she is not alone in working the problem out.
Immoral action: Aaron tells his wife that he has never trusted Anthony and that he doesn't want him around their house anymore.
Immoral consequence: Aaron put his wife in a very difficult situation by taking such a hard line against her brother, and she has a hard time dealing with the situation.
Norm: It's good to protect the vulnerable and defenseless.
Situation: Jess sees an hooded man hit an elderly woman while trying to pull her purse from her.
Intention: Jess wants to remain safe.
Moral action: Jess uses her taser on the robber.
Moral consequence: The robber falls to the ground and Jess gets the elderly woman home.
Immoral action: Jess runs away while the elderly woman gets beaten and robbed.
Immoral consequence: Jess escapes to safety, but feels guilty for leaving the old woman.
Norm: You shouldn't pick on someone for liking a girl.
Situation: Jane finds out that her brother Mike had a crush on Sarah.
Intention: Jane wants to decide what to say to Mike.
Moral action: Jane tells Mike she can't blame him for liking Sarah since she likes her too.
Moral consequence: Mike is surprised by this, but they both agree not to peruse Sarah.
Immoral action: Jane tells Mike he's ridiculous and that he could never get someone like Sarah.
Immoral consequence: Mike feels depressed and with him out of the way Jane tries to get Sarah herself.
Norm: It's immoral to support racism.
Situation: Eric is applying for colleges.
Intention: Eric wants to win a competitive scholarship.
Moral action: Eric works hard on his scholarship application essay.
Moral consequence: Eric becomes a finalist for the scholarship.
Immoral action: Eric begins a campaign against affirmative action by the scholarship committee and disparages minorities and their abilities.
Immoral consequence: Eric is out of contention for the scholarship and is blacklisted by many colleges.
Norm: It's rude to smoke around others.
Situation: James, a chain smoker, hasn't had a cigarette in over two hours while at his friend's house.
Intention: James wants a cigarette immediately.
Moral action: James excuses himself and goes into the garden to smoke.
Moral consequence: James' friends call him on his phone, so he can still hear their conversation.
Immoral action: James pulls out his cigarettes and starts smoking inside the friend's house.
Immoral consequence: The friend scowls and makes James go into the back garden.