Not-qty/ols-moral-stories-2k huggingface dataset:
Norm: It's rude to use your phone in a theater.
Situation: Robin is in the movie theater watching a new movie.
Intention: Robin wants to tell her mother about one of the previews she just watched.
Moral action: Robin decides to wait until the movie is over and then call her mother.
Moral consequence: She has a fun time watching the movie and ends up making plans with her mother to see another movie.
Immoral action: Robin decides to pull out her phone to shoot her mom a text about the preview.
Immoral consequence: Robin's gets a phone call and her phone rings very loudly causing her to get kicked out of the theater.
Norm: It's rude to record a friend without their permission.
Situation: Sam is walking near school when he hears his friend Wayne singing.
Intention: Sam wants to record Wayne.
Moral action: Sam compliments Wayne and asks if he can record him singing.
Moral consequence: Wayne agrees and sings for Sam while being recorded.
Immoral action: Sam walks up unseen, pulls out his phone, and records Wayne.
Immoral consequence: Wayne eventually sees Sam and demands that he delete the recording.
Norm: Excluding one member of your family from something is hurtful.
Situation: Brooke doesn't get along with her brother, and she is celebrating her birthday.
Intention: Brooke wants to have a great birthday.
Moral action: Brooke celebrates her birthday with her boyfriend at home binge watching her favorite show.
Moral consequence: Brooke has a great time with the person that matters most to her.
Immoral action: Brooke invites everyone but her brother to her birthday dinner celebration.
Immoral consequence: Brooke's brother gets mad and keys her car the next time they are visiting.
Norm: It is rude to yell at someone with a disbaility.
Situation: Jerry is forced to be in a wheel chair and accidentally runs over David's toe at a party.
Intention: David wants to release his sudden anger.
Moral action: David turns around and hops away grunting under his breath.
Moral consequence: Jerry does not notice that he hurt David and continues his time at the party.
Immoral action: David yells at Jerry and tells him to watch where he's going.
Immoral consequence: Jerry's feeling are hurt as he is yelled at, and he is sad.
Norm: It's rude to be antisocial at work.
Situation: John has been suffering in his personal life but still has to work with others.
Intention: John just wants to get through his work day and have it over with.
Moral action: John keeps his personal life out of the workplace and tries to stay busy at work so the day goes by faster.
Moral consequence: John's co-workers are undisturbed by John's problems which are not theirs, and they work flow goes smoothly for the day.
Immoral action: John avoids people all day at work because of his sour mood about his personal life hoping it'll make the day easier for him.
Immoral consequence: John's co-workers find him difficult to work with and John becomes a bottleneck for everybody's work flow.
Norm: It's good to visit new places.
Situation: Igor is on vacation from work which he has been looking forward to for a long time.
Intention: Igor wants to enjoy his vacation time.
Moral action: Igor decides to travel during his vacation to see parts of his country he had only read about.
Moral consequence: Igor gets new perspectives and makes good memories during his travels.
Immoral action: Igor decides to stay inside watching movies and eating badly all vacation to relax.
Immoral consequence: Igor's vacation is over before he knows it, and he is left feeling like he didn't do anything worthwhile.
Norm: It's wrong to get revenge on your partner.
Situation: Julie walked in on her boyfriend cheating with another woman.
Intention: Julie wants to teach her boyfriend a lesson.
Moral action: Julie tells her boyfriend how much he hurt her and asks how he would feel if she cheated on him.
Moral consequence: Julie cries with her boyfriend as they discuss the next steps for their relationship.
Immoral action: Julie screams at her boyfriend, throwing a glass at his head.
Immoral consequence: Julie gets arrested for domestic violence and goes to jail.
Norm: It's not okay to drink before you are of age.
Situation: Joey is at a high school party with alcohol.
Intention: Joey wants to be liked by others.
Moral action: Joey tells great stories while chatting at the party but doesn't drink.
Moral consequence: Joey is popular for his stories.
Immoral action: Joe drinks a lot of shots of alcohol to show he's a party animal.
Immoral consequence: Joey is hungover the next day and feels sick.
Norm: It's nice to support your siblings decisions in life.
Situation: John's brother decides to take a risk to start his own business.
Intention: John wants to talk to his brother about the decision.
Moral action: John praises his brother for starting a business and offers to help.
Moral consequence: John and his brother becomes successful, wealthy and closer to each other.
Immoral action: John berates his brother for taking the risk to start a business.
Immoral consequence: His brother becomes successful and cuts off contact with John.
Norm: It's rude to laugh during a serious movie.
Situation: Keith is at the movies watching a movie where a man just died.
Intention: Keith wants to express himself at the scene in the movie.
Moral action: Keith starts to cry silently from his seat in the theater.
Moral consequence: Another person in the theater gives Keith a tissue to wipe his eyes.
Immoral action: Keith starts to laugh loudly at the scene in the movie.
Immoral consequence: The other people in the theater are annoyed and tell Keith to shut up.
Norm: It's good to recommend places to your friends and family.
Situation: Jane was talking to her friend Amanda about restaurants in the city.
Intention: Jane wants to finish the conversation.
Moral action: Jane helps Amanda with several recommendations for restaurants that day.
Moral consequence: Amanda enjoys a fantastic meal at one of those recommendations that evening.
Immoral action: Jane doesn't recommend any places because she wants to keep them to herself.
Immoral consequence: Amanda ends up choosing a terrible restaurant to eat at that evening.
Norm: It's wrong to spy on colleagues.
Situation: Becky and Julie work for the same company, and Becky is curious about a project that Julie is working on.
Intention: Becky wants to find out more about the project.
Moral action: Becky goes up to Julie and asks her if she is comfortable talking about her project.
Moral consequence: Julie is happy to tell Becky more about it, and they end up talking all afternoon.
Immoral action: Becky reads through Julie's email while Julie is away in a meeting.
Immoral consequence: Julie finds out that Becky has read her email without permission and reports her to HR.
Norm: It is good to help animals.
Situation: James notices a skinny looking stray cat outside of his house one night.
Intention: James wants to make sure the cat is okay.
Moral action: James adopts the cat into his home.
Moral consequence: The cat lives a better life in James' home.
Immoral action: James calls animal control about the cat.
Immoral consequence: The cat is taken by animal control and euthanized.
Norm: It's good to praise your kids.
Situation: Laura's child built a birdhouse and shows it to her.
Intention: Laura wants to tell her child what she thinks of the birdhouse.
Moral action: Laura says the birdhouse is well crafted.
Moral consequence: Laura's child will be proud of their work.
Immoral action: Laura says the birdhouse is low quality.
Immoral consequence: Laura's child will be hurt emotionally.
Norm: It is hypocritical to not practice what you preach.
Situation: Nate often posts outspoken opinions about family values and morality on facebook.
Intention: Nate wants to live his life as he sees fit.
Moral action: Nate stays married for 50 years and lives by example while giving advice to those who ask.
Moral consequence: Nate is respected by many and has many good lifetime friends.
Immoral action: Nate, in reality, is on his third marriage and is known for his poor treatment of women.
Immoral consequence: Nate is seen as a hypocrite and eventually exposes as one on facebook by people who reply.
Norm: It's good to go home when you're not feeling well.
Situation: Mark is at work when he realizes he has a fever.
Intention: Mark needs to get his work done.
Moral action: Mark goes home and finishes his work online so that everyone is protected.
Moral consequence: No one else gets sick.
Immoral action: Mark stays at work because he has so much to get done.
Immoral consequence: Mark infects several people in his office.
Norm: You shouldn't do other people's homework.
Situation: Calvin is sitting in the school library.
Intention: Calvin wants to find something to do.
Moral action: Calvin goes to the non-fiction section picks out a book to read.
Moral consequence: Calvin learns a lot of new facts from reading the book.
Immoral action: Calvin does a friend's homework for them when they ask him for help.
Immoral consequence: Calvin is put on probation for violation of the school's honor code.
Norm: It's wrong to yell at your elders.
Situation: Carol is visiting her grandparents when they begin to tell racist jokes that Carol finds offensive.
Intention: Carol wants to convince her grandparents to stop telling racist jokes.
Moral action: Carol explains that the jokes are offensive and asks them to change the subject.
Moral consequence: Carol's grandparents realize they've crossed the line and move on in the conversation.
Immoral action: Carol loses her temper and begins to shout at her grandparents over their jokes.
Immoral consequence: Carol's grandparents feel defensive and upset about her behavior.
Norm: It's rude to try to make customers leave.
Situation: Rudy is the manager of a Costco, and people want to come into the store without wearing masks.
Intention: Rudy wants to come up with a compromise.
Moral action: Rudy buys a bunch of masks that he can give to customers that arrive without a mask.
Moral consequence: The customers cannot be mad if they're not allowed inside when they're given a mask.
Immoral action: Rudy tells the customers to go home if they're not willing to put on a mask.
Immoral consequence: The customers will be less likely to ever come back to the store.
Norm: You shouldn't brag about what you own.
Situation: King Rick, who has a lavish treasure room, is receiving a group of royal ambassadors from another country.
Intention: King Rick wants to impress the ambassadors.
Moral action: King Rick shows the ambassadors around a bit and talks about the honorable subjects under his rule.
Moral consequence: The ambassadors are impressed by the visit and the happiness of the people, giving a good report to their master.
Immoral action: King Rick gives the ambassadors a tour of his treasure room, detailing what everything is an how much it is worth.
Immoral consequence: The ambassadors let their country know that King Rick is rich, leading the country to send an army and plunder his kingdom.
Norm: It's harmful to spread fake news as truth.
Situation: Anton is a manager for a large firm and his employee's productivity has started to suffer.
Intention: Anton wants his employee's to be productive.
Moral action: Anton sets up additional paid training for his employee's.
Moral consequence: Anton's employee's benefit greatly from the training and the firms overall productivity skyrockets.
Immoral action: Anton spreads a fake story that his company will be firing unproductive employee's.
Immoral consequence: Anton's boss finds out that he spread a fake news story and fires him.
Norm: It's good to accept your partner's child from another relationship.
Situation: Nick recently got married to Charlene, who has two kids from a previous marriage.
Intention: Nick wants to decide how to react to the kids.
Moral action: Nick tells the two kids that he is happy to be part of their family, and he will always be there for them.
Moral consequence: Charlene is so moved by Nick's treatment of her kids that it makes her love him even more.
Immoral action: Nick treats the kids poorly and tells them they will never be considered family to him.
Immoral consequence: Charlene is put off by Nick's treatment of her children, and their marriage eventually fails.
Norm: It's inappropriate to get involved with your ex's friends.
Situation: Andy's friend Scott breaks up with Andrea after they dated for two years.
Intention: Andrea wants to have a new boyfriend.
Moral action: Andrea severs ties with Andy despite always seeing him as nice.
Moral consequence: Andrea meets someone new shortly after and is still on good terms with Scott.
Immoral action: Andrea decides that she is interested in Andy and starts to date him shortly after.
Immoral consequence: Scott accuses Andy of being the reason for the break up Andrea and stops being friends with both of them.
Norm: It is immature to keep training wheels on your bike.
Situation: Nick, who still uses training wheels on his bike, is invited to go out and ride with some of his friends.
Intention: Nick wants to join his friends in a bike ride.
Moral action: Nick takes off the training wheels and goes out riding, although he's a bit shakey.
Moral consequence: Nick takes a few falls while riding but bonds with his friends.
Immoral action: Nick goes out riding with his friends and keeps the training wheels on in case he falls.
Immoral consequence: Nick's friends see the training wheels, start laughing uncontrollably, and make jokes about Nick.
Norm: It's bad to take advantage of someone when they're intoxicated.
Situation: Harry was in New Orleans for Marti Gras.
Intention: Harry wanted to party on Bourbon Street.
Moral action: Harry finds a guy passed out on the curb and goes to check on him and make sure he is okay.
Moral consequence: His friends come out of the bar to find the man and thank Harry for helping him.
Immoral action: Harry finds a guy passed out on the curb and takes money from his wallet and his watch.
Immoral consequence: Harry gets caught in a police sting and is arrested for theft.
Norm: It's good to care for a pet.
Situation: Ben is driving in the car with his dog on a hot summer day.
Intention: Ben wants to buy groceries.
Moral action: Ben leaves his dog in the car with the windows down under a shade tree and spends only a few minutes shopping at the store.
Moral consequence: Ben's dog does not die from the heat and Ben feels like a good dog owner.
Immoral action: Ben leaves his dog in the car with the windows rolled up and spends 1 hour shopping at the store.
Immoral consequence: Ben's dog dies from heat stroke and Ben is arrested for animal cruelty.
Norm: You shouldn't exclude your family members.
Situation: Jane is trying to decide whether to invite her socially awkward sister to her Emmy viewing party.
Intention: Jane wants everyone at the party to have a good time.
Moral action: Jane invites her sister and coaches her on some possible small talk topics.
Moral consequence: Everyone at the party is engrossed in watching the Emmys, and Jane and her sister both enjoy themselves.
Immoral action: Jane tells her sister that she can't come to the party because she's too weird.
Immoral consequence: Jane's sister locks herself in her room and blasts black metal while Jane and her friends try to watch the TV downstairs.
Norm: It's expected to set rules for you child.
Situation: Jenna is trying to work from home while her son keeps begging to play video games instead of doing his math homework.
Intention: Jenna wants her son to leave her alone, so she can work.
Moral action: Jenna puts her son in an empty room out of earshot with only his textbooks, a pencil, and a desk.
Moral consequence: Jenna can no longer hear her son complaining, and they both are able to concentrate on work.
Immoral action: Jenna gives in and lets her son play games without doing his homework.
Immoral consequence: Jenna gets her work done, but her son fails that weekend's assignments, causing his grades to drop and Jenna to yell at him.
Norm: You shouldn't be around people that drink if you're underage.
Situation: Ross, a sixteen year old, is at a crowded party alone.
Intention: Josh wants to make friends.
Moral action: Josh walks into the pool area and talks to some people he knows from school.
Moral consequence: Josh gets his classmates phone number, and they decide to hang out every weekend.
Immoral action: Josh joins a group of twenty five year olds who are doing body shots.
Immoral consequence: Josh feels lonely because he can't drink with everyone.
Norm: It's rude to eat food that doesn't belong to you.
Situation: Andy and Bobby are roommates that share a refrigerator and kitchen.
Intention: Bobby wants to make himself something as a late night snack.
Moral action: Bobby makes himself a sandwich for his midnight snack, leaving Andy's ice cream alone.
Moral consequence: Bobby is full and has a nice night sleep after eating.
Immoral action: Bobby makes himself a late night snack which happens to be Andy's ice cream and eats it.
Immoral consequence: Bobby gets very sick from eating Andy's ice cream as Andy put laxatives in it.
Norm: One is expected to return money that another person drops.
Situation: Mary is paying for her groceries when she notices a woman walking out the door drop a $50 bill.
Intention: Mary wants to make a decision.
Moral action: Mary picks up the money and hands it back to the woman.
Moral consequence: The woman is grateful because now she can still afford all her bills.
Immoral action: Mary picks up the cash and shoves it into her pocket.
Immoral consequence: The woman can't afford her water bill and has it shut off.
Norm: It's bad to play pranks if they're harmful to people.
Situation: Jim's sister Ann put a fake spider in Jim's bed to scare him.
Intention: Jim wants to get back at Ann.
Moral action: Jim throws a rubber snake in Ann's room.
Moral consequence: Ann screams and runs out of the room.
Immoral action: Jim lights a firecracker and throws it in Ann's room.
Immoral consequence: The firecracker explodes injuring Ann.
Norm: It's good to move on after a breakup.
Situation: Josh's girlfriend Shannon just broke up with him, and he is devastated.
Intention: Josh needs something to occupy his attention.
Moral action: Josh spends time signing up and creating profiles on dating sites.
Moral consequence: Shannon appreciates that Josh was able to handle the breakup so maturely.
Immoral action: Josh spends his time following Shannon around, seeing if she's dating someone else now.
Immoral consequence: Shannon is creeped out that Josh is stalking her and gets a restraining order.
Norm: It's wrong not to pay something you owe.
Situation: Charles receives a call from his cousin Pat, who asks Charles to pay back some money that Pat loaned him.
Intention: Charles wants to respond to Pat.
Moral action: Charles tells Pat he will transfer the money to him immediately.
Moral consequence: Pat is pleased to get his money back and remains willing to help Charles in the future.
Immoral action: Charles tells Pat to get over it and stop bothering him about the money.
Immoral consequence: Pat no longer trusts Charles and refuses to help him ever again.
Norm: It's bad to want to experience mania.
Situation: Amber is suffering from drug addiction and is sitting around her home bored and sober.
Intention: Amber wants to feel better.
Moral action: Amber calls a close friend and confesses her state of addiction and asks for help.
Moral consequence: Amber takes the first steps to recovery from her addiction.
Immoral action: Amber misses the feeling of when she first did uppers, so she takes twice as much as normal.
Immoral consequence: Amber over doses trying to chase down that elusive feeling she seeks.
Norm: It is bad to rude to others.
Situation: Adam is hungry and is in a hurry to go get some food when he encounters a large crowd in his way.
Intention: Adam wants to get to the food store.
Moral action: Adam asks people to move as he navigates the crowd.
Moral consequence: Everyone moves out of Adam's way, and he is able to get to the food store and feed himself.
Immoral action: Adam shoves his way through the crowd calling everyone names.
Immoral consequence: Some people in the crowd decide to beat Adam up.
Norm: Terrorism is cowardly and criminal.
Situation: Jamie is angry to hear that her government is unwilling to address the climate change crisis.
Intention: Jamie needs to do something to motivate her government officials to take climate change more seriously.
Moral action: Jamie writes a thoughtful letter to her congressional representative and copies several high profile news outlets on the content of the message.
Moral consequence: Her message is received and published for others to read, validating her argument and furthering her cause.
Immoral action: Jamie starts a fire in a government building to show her disapproval of government policy related to climate change.
Immoral consequence: Jamie's message is misrepresented and nobody even knows that she was protesting climate change policy and people are injured in the explosion.
Norm: You shouldn't drive your parent's car without their permission.
Situation: Dakota receives a call from the pharmacy that her medications are ready for pickup, and her parents are asleep.
Intention: Dakota needs to pick up her medications.
Moral action: Dakota calls a friend asking them to pick up her medication.
Moral consequence: Dakota has a fun night with her friend when they drop by her house to deliver the medication.
Immoral action: Dakota borrows her dad's car to complete her errands.
Immoral consequence: Dakota is scolded by her father who could not drive to work after waking up.
Norm: You should not expect to get things for free.
Situation: Karen goes to the clothing store but the line to checkout is too long.
Intention: Karen wants a shirt.
Moral action: Karen waits patiently in line until she is waited on at the register.
Moral consequence: Karen brings the shirt home to wear at the party later.
Immoral action: Karen demands to get the shirt for free because the line was too long.
Immoral consequence: The manager of the store bans Karen for a year for causing a scene.
Norm: It's wrong to skip detention.
Situation: Billy threw a rock at a classmate during recess and was given detention after school as a punishment.
Intention: Billy wants watch his favorite baseball team after school.
Moral action: Billy goes to detention and asks if the teacher could provide updates on the score of his favorite baseball team.
Moral consequence: The teacher likes Billy's politeness and ends up letting him watch the game in detention.
Immoral action: Billy skips detention and goes home to watch his favorite baseball team on television.
Immoral consequence: Billy enjoys the game but is punished by now having to serve three detentions in the next week.
Norm: It's hurtful to cut contact with siblings.
Situation: Jamie just had the worst argument she's had with her sister, who made some very hurtful comments.
Intention: Jamie wants to show her sister how upset she is.
Moral action: Jamie distances herself from her sister and doesn't make much time for her in the future.
Moral consequence: Jamie's sister realizes that this is because of the things she said during the fight.
Immoral action: Jamie blocks her sister's phone number as well as her social media, cutting off all contact.
Immoral consequence: Jamie's sister thinks she is overreacting and focuses on how she blocked her own sister.
Norm: It's good to do activities with your kids.
Situation: Jeff has a busy day scheduled but his kids want him to take them to the park.
Intention: Jeff needs to figure out what he's doing for the day.
Moral action: Jeff decides to clear his schedule and take his kids to the park.
Moral consequence: Jeff's kids appreciate that their father was willing to spend time with them and have a lot of fun.
Immoral action: Jeff tells his kids to go watch TV while he spends the day running errands.
Immoral consequence: Jeff's kids feel their father does not care about them.
Norm: It's wrong to not take raising a child seriously.
Situation: Jane is at home watching a movie when her son Timmy asks her to come play with him.
Intention: Jane wants to enjoy her afternoon.
Moral action: Jane agrees to play with Timmy, so they end up building a fort in the back yard, and she has a lot of fun doing so.
Moral consequence: The time spent together improves Jane and Timmy's relationship and Timmy develops more social skills.
Immoral action: Jane tells Timmy that she's busy and that he should just go play some video games online while she finishes her movie.
Immoral consequence: Timmy ends up playing video games a lot and starts neglecting his schoolwork.
Norm: It's good to buy expensive gifts for people.
Situation: Max has a wedding coming up, and is getting married.
Intention: Max wants to buy a ring for his wife.
Moral action: Max decides to splurge on the ring, and get something expensive for his wife.
Moral consequence: Max's wife thanks Max so much for the expensive gift, and Max is elated.
Immoral action: Max decides to buy the cheapest ring available.
Immoral consequence: The ring breaks while Max's wife wears it and Max and his wife feel humiliated.
Norm: It's wrong to beat women.
Situation: Victor has come home from work to find his wife cheating on him with another man.
Intention: Victor wants to respond to his wife cheating on him.
Moral action: Victor gets very angry, but keeps his hands off her and tells her he is leaving her.
Moral consequence: Victor and his wife divorce, and Victor finds a new girlfriend.
Immoral action: Victor raises his voice very loud and starts beating his wife.
Immoral consequence: Victor's wife calls the police, and Victor is arrested for battery.
Norm: It's noble when someone resists peer pressure.
Situation: Bill is told that everyone in the school is going to miss the day tomorrow.
Intention: Bill wants to decide what to do.
Moral action: Bill ignores the pressure and just goes to school like normal.
Moral consequence: Bill is surprised to see that everyone else is in fact in school.
Immoral action: Bill skips school thinking he won't get caught because everyone else is also skipping.
Immoral consequence: Bill was actually the only one skipping school and is caught easily.
Norm: You shouldn't take your ex's things.
Situation: Samantha and Billy have broken up, it was amicable, but still some hurt feelings.
Intention: Samantha really wants Billy's hoodie.
Moral action: Samantha asks Billy if she could have the Hoodie, or buy it off him.
Moral consequence: Billy says she can have it for he still cares for her as a friend.
Immoral action: While Samantha is packing her things and moving out of Billy's house, she slides the hoodie in her suitcase.
Immoral consequence: One of Billy's friends see her wearing it the next day and report her to the police, she gets embarrassed.
Norm: It is good to reject alcohol if you are 17.
Situation: Brian has just turned seventeen and his friend is offering him a bottle of beer.
Intention: Brian wants a drink.
Moral action: Brian asks his friend if he can have a soda to drink instead.
Moral consequence: Brian enjoys his glass of water and is fine to drive home that night.
Immoral action: Brian takes the beer and chugs it in front of his friend.
Immoral consequence: Brian gets drunk and is grounded when his parents find out.
Norm: You shouldn't abuse Adderall.
Situation: Douglas is having trouble studying before his biology test when he sees his roommates Adderall bottle laying on the table.
Intention: Douglas wants to do well on his test.
Moral action: Douglas drinks some coffee and does jumping jacks to wake himself up before studying.
Moral consequence: Douglas studies and goes to the test full of energy.
Immoral action: Douglas uses some of his roommates Adderall to study and take the test.
Immoral consequence: Douglas has a panic attack because the Adderall raises his levels of anxiety.
Norm: You shouldn't share certain things with other people.
Situation: James' best friend is staying at his house for a sleepover and forget his toothbrush.
Intention: James wants to help his friend brush his teeth.
Moral action: James tells his friend to order a new toothbrush from Amazon with 2-hour Prime delivery.
Moral consequence: James' friend orders a new toothbrush, and they continue enjoying the sleepover.
Immoral action: James tells his friend that he can use James' toothbrush for that night.
Immoral consequence: James' friend calls him gross and insists on being driven home to get his toothbrush.
Norm: Refusing to show sportsmanship in a game is rude.
Situation: Vic's baseball team lost, and they are lining up to shake hands with the other team.
Intention: Vic wants to show the other team how he feels.
Moral action: Vic shakes the other team's hands and say good game.
Moral consequence: The other team will think Vic is a good person.
Immoral action: Vic is unwilling to shake the other team's hand while walking down the line.
Immoral consequence: The other team will think Vic is a sore loser.
Norm: It's not okay to hurt others for your own enjoyment.
Situation: Josh is spending the night at a party with friends having some drinks.
Intention: Josh wants to entertain the others.
Moral action: Josh tells some dad jokes that he knows of.
Moral consequence: People are entertained by the silly but humorous jokes.
Immoral action: Josh makes jokes directed at a friend of his.
Immoral consequence: People laugh but Josh's friend takes the jokes too personally.
Norm: You shouldn't uninvite your friends from your party.
Situation: Hank invites people to a party when he realizes that the location won't hold all of his friends.
Intention: Hank wants to avoid overfilling the party location.
Moral action: Hank finds a larger place to have the party so everyone can come.
Moral consequence: Everyone comes and enjoys the party.
Immoral action: Hank contacts some friends and tells them that there's not enough room for them to come.
Immoral consequence: The friends Hank calls think that Hank doesn't like them as much as others and get jealous.
Norm: It's rude to tip someone an extremely low amount.
Situation: Kenny just finished some drinks at the bar, and was served by a top-notch bartender.
Intention: Kenny wants to leave a gratuity.
Moral action: Kenny pays for his tab and leaves the bartender a 20 dollar bill to keep.
Moral consequence: The bartender is grateful for the generous amount and looks forward to the next time Kenny comes in.
Immoral action: Kenny digs into his pocket and takes out 25 cents for the bartender to keep.
Immoral consequence: The bartender is offended by the tiny amount and promises himself next time not to provide as good of service.
Norm: It's rude to refuse a gift.
Situation: Timmy is hosting a birthday party and Ryan got him a gift he's not fond of.
Intention: Timmy wants to respond to Ryan regarding the gift.
Moral action: Timmy will tell Ryan thanks for the gift and accept it.
Moral consequence: Ryan will feel happy that Timmy thanked him.
Immoral action: Timmy tells Ryan he doesn't like the gift and won't accept it.
Immoral consequence: Ryan will feel hurt about Timmy not liking his gift.
Norm: It is rude to sneak around someone else's property.
Situation: Lucy has just moved into a new neighborhood.
Intention: Lucy wants to get to know her next door neighbor.
Moral action: Lucy rings the neighbor's doorbell and introduces herself.
Moral consequence: Lucy starts developing a friendly relationship with the neighbor.
Immoral action: Lucy tries to sneak around the neighbor's house and peek into their windows to see what they're like.
Immoral consequence: Lucy gets caught and her neighbor wants nothing to do with her because she violated their boundaries.
Norm: It's not normal to put your life in danger
Situation: Carey is driving on the highway at night, and gets stuck behind two trucks side by side in each lane.
Intention: Carey wants to get past the trucks.
Moral action: Carey flashes her headlights to let them know she wants to pass, then waits for an opening.
Moral consequence: The trucks eventually stagger their positions, and Carey is able to drive past them.
Immoral action: Carey drives between the trucks, scraping along each side of her car.
Immoral consequence: The trucks swerve to the sides and Carey nearly crashes her car.
Norm: You shouldn't demand money from your partner.
Situation: Thomas notices that his fiancé makes quite a bit more money than he does, and he feels resentful that the household bills are split evenly.
Intention: Thomas wants his fiancé to accept more of the responsibility for paying that household bills.
Moral action: Thomas talks with her and explains that he would like to save more money, and asks if she could help by paying a larger share of the bills.
Moral consequence: Both parties feel respected, and they come to a financial arrangement that will be best for the entire household.
Immoral action: Thomas insists that she immediately begin contributing more toward the monthly expenses.
Immoral consequence: She feels as though she is being unfairly attacked and builds a sense of resentment, while Thomas feels badly for lashing out at her.
Norm: You shouldn't flirt with people when you're in a relationship.
Situation: Luna, who is married, is at work where she is friends with many coworkers.
Intention: Luna wants to enjoy work.
Moral action: Luna makes wise cracks with her coworkers and keeps things light throughout the work day.
Moral consequence: Luna has fun at work and her coworkers enjoy working with her.
Immoral action: Luna gets physically close and leads on a coworker who doesn't know she is married.
Immoral consequence: Luna is looked down upon by those that do know she is married.
Norm: Abandoning people can be seen as cold.
Situation: Jill was called at 2 in the morning by her friend Sarah, who asked for a ride home.
Intention: Jill wants to get off the phone quickly.
Moral action: Jill agrees to pick her up and hangs up the phone right away.
Moral consequence: Jill drives Sarah home and Sarah is grateful for the help.
Immoral action: Jill tells Sarah not to call her so late at night and hangs up.
Immoral consequence: Sarah tries to walk home and gets sick, the next day all of their friends blame Jill.
Norm: It's rude to talk while at a live performance.
Situation: Nick is at an orchestral performance with a friend who has never been to the orchestra before.
Intention: Nick wants to inform his friend about what will happen in the performance.
Moral action: Nick pulls out his phone, looks up the performance, and hands it to his friend to read.
Moral consequence: The performance continues uninterrupted and everyone enjoys the live program.
Immoral action: Nick leans over to his friend and starts telling him about the performance and the composer.
Immoral consequence: The conductor stops the orchestra, turns around, points his baton at Nick, and tells him to be silent.
Norm: It's good to befriend those who are lonely.
Situation: Jane is in grade school and is enjoying a recess.
Intention: Jane wants to play with other children.
Moral action: Jane notices a child sitting alone and a group of kids playing together and chooses to go play with the alone child.
Moral consequence: The alone child becomes good friends with Jane and has a fun school year.
Immoral action: Jane notices a child sitting alone and a group of kids playing together, and she chooses to go play with the group.
Immoral consequence: The child who was sitting alone stays alone and never makes friends all school year.
Norm: You should dress professionally at work
Situation: Keith is getting ready for work in his bedroom and is looking at his closet of clothes.
Intention: Keith wants to decide what to wear to work.
Moral action: Keith decides to put on his gray suit with a white shirt and blue tie before going to work.
Moral consequence: Keith's boss sees Keith and thinks that he looks quite sharp that morning.
Immoral action: Keith decides to put on short biker spandex shorts and a sleeveless tanktop before going to work.
Immoral consequence: Keith's boss is angry that Keith came to work looking like he's going to the gym and sends him home to change.
Norm: People shouldn't harm children.
Situation: Harper watches her two year old sister break into a screaming fit after Harper refuses to buy her a toy at Target.
Intention: Harper wants her sister to stop screaming.
Moral action: Harper makes a silly face to distract her sister then promises to play with her when they return home.
Moral consequence: Harper's sister laughs at Harper, and she starts planning what they'll do when they get home.
Immoral action: Harper twists her sister's wrists ordering her to be quiet, or she'll grip down harder.
Immoral consequence: Harper gets into trouble after her sister tells her mother about the incident in the store.
Norm: It's rude to make tea during foreplay.
Situation: Ruben is an avid tea drinker who often gets tired after sex and doesn't want to fall asleep right afterward, and is about to go down on his girlfriend Sarah.
Intention: Ruben wants to stay awake for a while after sex.
Moral action: Ruben waits until after the deed is done before rolling out of bed and going to boil some water for tea.
Moral consequence: Ruben is wide awake and alert after he drinks the tea he made, and Sarah lies back contentedly.
Immoral action: Ruben begins to slowly kiss Sarah's belly, making his way downwards, but then stops and runs to the kitchen to get some water boiling for tea.
Immoral consequence: The romantic mood between the two is ruined as Ruben spends too long outside the bedroom, and they spend several hours arguing.
Norm: It's good for children to show their parents respect.
Situation: Niles has lots of schoolwork to get through today and his dad comes in.
Intention: Niles wants to get back to his schoolwork.
Moral action: Niles tells his dad that he's busy with schoolwork today.
Moral consequence: Niles dad takes one look at the schoolwork and decides to leave him alone.
Immoral action: Niles tells his dad to leave the room, so he can finish the schoolwork.
Immoral consequence: Niles gets grounded for the rudeness to his father.
Norm: You should back up so you can let people park.
Situation: Jed is parked at a busy shopping mall when people are looking for spots and is tired.
Intention: Jed wants to sleep in his car.
Moral action: Jed sees the other drivers and moves his car offroad somewhere and sleeps there.
Moral consequence: The other drivers are grateful to Jed and no one is upset.
Immoral action: Jed pretends there's no one looking for his spot and puts his seat back and dozes off.
Immoral consequence: Other drivers become very upset and tap on his window and wake him up.
Norm: It is important to get along with your coworkers.
Situation: Paul is part of a tight-knit team at work that has just added a new member, Brenda, whose personality and interests are very different from the rest of the team.
Intention: Paul wants to maintain a good working environment.
Moral action: Paul gets to know Brenda better and finds ways to include her with the rest of the group.
Moral consequence: Paul makes a new friend in Brenda and the team continues to work together well.
Immoral action: Paul begins excluding Brenda from social settings because she doesn't fit in with the group and makes things awkward.
Immoral consequence: Brenda makes a complaint against Paul for bullying and Paul is reprimanded.
Norm: It's rude to tell someone they're bad at something.
Situation: Jack and Tim are playing golf when Jack misses an easy putt.
Intention: Tim wants to respond to Jack's last golf stroke.
Moral action: Tim tells Jack that we all miss sometimes and that he'll get the next one.
Moral consequence: Jack's confidence is boosted, and he's happy to have a supportive friend.
Immoral action: Tim tells Jack that he sucks at putting and that his grandma could have made that putt.
Immoral consequence: Jack is embarrassed and has lost all the will to continue playing golf for the day.
Norm: It's unfair to recognize some people's birthdays but not others.
Situation: Logan is the manager at a company where several people have birthdays within a week of each other.
Intention: Logan wants to celebrate the birthdays.
Moral action: Logan announces he is going to start having a party once a month for everyone who has a birthday that month.
Moral consequence: Everyone feels like they are being recognized and respect Logan as a leader.
Immoral action: Logan has a party for the people whose birthdays are close to each other, but no one else.
Immoral consequence: The people who are not celebrated feel snubbed and treat Logan with suspicion.
Norm: You shouldn't do things behind your wife's back.
Situation: Henry, who is married with two children, has a very stressful job that is eating away at his mental health.
Intention: Henry wants to take a break to relax.
Moral action: Henry tells his wife he needs a break from work and that their family is going on vacation for a while.
Moral consequence: Henry's wife and kids are happy to be able to spend time with Henry for a while.
Immoral action: Henry tells his wife he is going on a business trip for a few days, but he actually checks into a golf resort by himself.
Immoral consequence: Henry's wife finds the receipts and is very upset and threatens to divorce Henry.
Norm: It's pays to be careful with strangers.
Situation: Nora is walking down the street when a stranger offers her a ride home.
Intention: Nora wants to get to her house.
Moral action: Nora declines the offer and is very careful on the rest of her walk home.
Moral consequence: Nora manages to get home safely after a short walk to her house.
Immoral action: Nora accepts the ride from the man even though she has never seen him before.
Immoral consequence: The man takes Nora to a secluded area and beats her to death.
Norm: You shouldn't award scholarships to students with awful grades.
Situation: Mr. Green was the head of a college that Harry had applied to.
Intention: Mr. Green wants Harry to play on his football team even though he has bad grades.
Moral action: Mr. Green tells Harry to reapply after working harder at a junior college.
Moral consequence: When Harry attends Mr. Green's college, he excels in both his schoolwork and on the field.
Immoral action: Mr. Green gives Harry a scholarship even though his grades aren't up to par.
Immoral consequence: Harry fails all his classes and is not eligible to play football anyway.
Norm: Neighbors are expected not to disturb each other.
Situation: Amanda invites Emily over after midnight.
Intention: Amanda wants to have fun.
Moral action: Amanda and Emily decide to put together a puzzle while drinking coffee.
Moral consequence: Derrick, Amanda's neighbor, sleeps through the night.
Immoral action: Amanda and Emily decide to watch a horror movie at a high volume.
Immoral consequence: Derrick, Amanda's neighbor, can not sleep over the noise from the movie.
Norm: It's bad to disrespect your parents.
Situation: Jenny's parents just denied her request to go on a ski trip with some of her high school friends.
Intention: Jenny wants to respond to her parents decision.
Moral action: Jenny gets some of her friends to come over and help her beg her parents to let her go.
Moral consequence: Jenny and her friends combined effort persuades her parents.
Immoral action: Jenny hurls insults at her parents out of frustration.
Immoral consequence: Jenny is punished for her behavior.
Norm: You should tell people to love themselves.
Situation: Gary's brother lost his job, and he is worried about being able to pay his bills.
Intention: Gary wants to speak to his brother about his unemployment.
Moral action: Gary meets with his brother to have a chat with him, encouraging him about his numerous job prospects and not to be hard on himself.
Moral consequence: Gary's brother feels motivated by his talk with his brother, which boosts his self confidence and helps him land a stellar job.
Immoral action: Gary goes to his brother's house and tells him that he is a failure because he is unemployed and let his family down.
Immoral consequence: Gary's brother becomes depressed because he no longer feels like he can turn to his brother to help him when he needs to talk.
Norm: You should always pay for things you buy.
Situation: Jack is at the electronics store and sees a graphics card he'd like to have.
Intention: Jack wants to acquire the graphics card.
Moral action: Jack takes the graphics card to the cashier and pays for it.
Moral consequence: Jack will be able to use the graphics card in his computer.
Immoral action: Jack takes the graphics card and runs out of the store without paying for it.
Immoral consequence: Jack will be banned from returning to the store.
Norm: It's wrong to have imaginary friends if you're an adult.
Situation: Damien has been having a rough few months and is becoming depressed.
Intention: Damien wants someone to talk to about his problems.
Moral action: Damien calls around and ends up booking a therapy session.
Moral consequence: Damien achieves profound personal growth through the insight his therapist offered.
Immoral action: Damien invents an imaginary friend to tell his problems to.
Immoral consequence: Damien's neighbor overhears him talking to himself and has him committed to a psych ward.
Norm: It's bad to make plans to commit a crime.
Situation: Joel, who lives with his mother, is low on cash and needs to pay for his prom tuxedo.
Intention: Joel wants to get some money.
Moral action: Joel gets a job at a local sandwich shop making sandwiches.
Moral consequence: Joel earn enough money to pay for the prom tuxedo.
Immoral action: Joel comes up with a plan to rob a local sandwich shop for money.
Immoral consequence: Joel is grounded by his mother when she finds out his plans.
Norm: It's good to be available when others need you.
Situation: James works at a school and the school asks him to pick up a large order of groceries from a distant city.
Intention: James wants to give them an answer.
Moral action: James agrees and clears out his schedule, so he can pick up the food.
Moral consequence: The school gets the food that they ordered, and they don't need to sacrifice someone else to do it.
Immoral action: James says that he is busy and declines to get the food for the school.
Immoral consequence: The school needs to find someone else to get the order and that person can't do what they need to.
Norm: It's good to move somewhere to live with your partner.
Situation: David has been dating his girlfriend Hanna for a while.
Intention: David wants to move out from his mother's home.
Moral action: David gets an apartment with his girlfriend Hanna who is also moving from home.
Moral consequence: David and Hanna save more money than if they had rented an apartment themselves.
Immoral action: David moves out and lives in his car in the alley.
Immoral consequence: David is arrested for violating vagrancy laws in his town.
Norm: You are expected to be happy for other people's accomplishments.
Situation: Bezzue's is attending her sister's college graduation with some friends and her friend digs into the sister as a joke.
Intention: Bezzue wants to react to the comment.
Moral action: Bezzue looks disapprovingly at the joker, who looks away.
Moral consequence: Bezzue feels proud that she held her morals.
Immoral action: Bezzue laughs at the remark and her friend sees it.
Immoral consequence: Bezzue's sister finds out and Bezzue is exposed as jealous.
Norm: It's bad to undermine the self-esteem of a grandchild.
Situation: Joan granddaughter confides that she wants to be an actor when she gets older.
Intention: Joan, a failed actor, wants to respond to her granddaughters declaration.
Moral action: Joan is cautionary but encouraging to her granddaughter wish.
Moral consequence: Joan's support gives her granddaughter a boost of confidence.
Immoral action: Wanting to curtail what she feels is a fruitless dream Joan decides to crush her granddaughters dream before it grows too big.
Immoral consequence: Joan's harsh response leads her granddaughter to lose faith in her ability to succeed.