Not-qty/ols-moral-stories-2k huggingface dataset:
Norm: Sometimes it's a mercy to put down an ailing creature.
Situation: Kacy's dog is very old and can no longer control it's bladder.
Intention: Kacy wants to have clean carpet.
Moral action: Kacy brings the dog to the vet who advises her to have the dog put down because of quality of life issues.
Moral consequence: Kacy's dog dies feeling loved in the arms of Kacy.
Immoral action: Kacy puts the dog in a cage in her basement and checks on it once a day.
Immoral consequence: Kacy's dog eventually dies by itself in the basement.
Norm: It is wrong to steal someone's identity
Situation: Tony finds a wallet on the ground when he is walking through the park.
Intention: Tony wants to see who the wallet belongs to.
Moral action: Tony looks up the address listed on the driver's license he finds in the wallet.
Moral consequence: Tony is given a hundred dollar reward for the return of the wallet.
Immoral action: Tony takes the driver's license from the wallet and uses the information on it to create a new identity.
Immoral consequence: Tony is later arrested by the police when he is trying to buy things online using the false information.
Norm: It's good to let family members stay at your place.
Situation: Candice's mom's home is being renovated.
Intention: Candice's mom needs to find somewhere to live.
Moral action: Candice offers her spare bedroom to her mom.
Moral consequence: Candice's mom stays with Candice and saves money.
Immoral action: Candice's mom has to stay at a hotel.
Immoral consequence: Candice's mom spends a lot of money for her room.
Norm: You shouldn't yell at your employees.
Situation: Joe is the CEO of a company and has to deal with a major mistake from one of his employees.
Intention: Joe wants to address his employee's mistake.
Moral action: Joe shows understanding and calmly explains the mistake to the employee.
Moral consequence: The employee never makes the same mistake again and Joe gains more respect from his employees.
Immoral action: Joe yells at the employee responsible for the mistake in front of the other employees.
Immoral consequence: The work atmosphere becomes toxic and the employee that was yelled at eventually leaves the company.
Norm: It's good to compliment the beauty of others.
Situation: Russel is at home with his wife who just had a long day.
Intention: Russel wants to make his wife feel better.
Moral action: During a quiet moment Russel earnestly compliments his wife's physical looks.
Moral consequence: Russel's wife knows he is speaking from the heart and is warmed by his compliment.
Immoral action: Russel suggests that his wife may enjoy a bath because she looks worn out.
Immoral consequence: Russel's wife misinterprets the intention of Russel's suggestion and assumes he is pointing out how bad she looks.
Norm: It's wrong for a girlfriend to cheat on her boyfriend.
Situation: Marcy is out with some friends while her boyfriend Dave is at home when she is approached by a handsome guy Clark who asks her to come home with him.
Intention: Marcy wants to respond to Clark's request.
Moral action: Marcy tells Clark that she cannot go home with him as she has Dave waiting at home for her.
Moral consequence: Marcy comes home to Dave, and they share stories about the night with each other happily.
Immoral action: Marcy tells Clark that since he's so handsome she'll definitely go home with him tonight.
Immoral consequence: Dave finds out that Marcy has violated his trust and feels sad, depressed and used.
Norm: It is rude to ignore a greeting.
Situation: Hannah walks into work and sees Matt, who she doesn't know very well, working at his desk, so she says, hello.
Intention: Matt wants to react to Hannah.
Moral action: Matt gives a big smile and says good morning to Hannah.
Moral consequence: Hannah feels that Matt seems like a nice guy and plans to talk with him in the future.
Immoral action: Matt looks up at Hannah, but quickly looks down, returning to his work.
Immoral consequence: Hannah thinks Matt isn't very nice, and doesn't bother trying to talk with him anymore.
Norm: It's irresponsible to let your children run amok.
Situation: Molly's young son Jaden has a birthday coming up.
Intention: Molly wants to take Jaden out to dinner for his birthday.
Moral action: Molly teaches Jaden dinner manners and enforces them.
Moral consequence: Jaden is so well-behaved at dinner that the waiters bring him a complimentary ice cream for his birthday.
Immoral action: Molly ignores Jaden while she goes over the dinner menu.
Immoral consequence: Jaden runs around the restaurant and bumps into a waiter, causing him to spill food everywhere.
Norm: You shouldn't give money to people for gifts.
Situation: Clara will be attending her friend Taylor's birthday party but has been struggling to find her a gift.
Intention: Clara wants to find a gift quickly.
Moral action: Clara calls up her friend group and asks what they intend to gift Taylor.
Moral consequence: Clara gets ideas from her friend group and is able to gift Taylor something that is thoughful.
Immoral action: Overwhelmed by gift shopping, Clara decides to gift Taylor with cash.
Immoral consequence: Taylor feels that Clara put little thought into her gift.
Norm: Calling a person crippled is considered rude.
Situation: Alex is in an argument with a guy in a wheelchair over a parking spot he pulled into.
Intention: Alex wants to express his frustration.
Moral action: Alex tells the man just because he isn't in a wheelchair, doesn't mean he doesn't deserve the spot.
Moral consequence: Alex gets the spot, the wheelchair guy wheels off irritated, but understanding.
Immoral action: Alex laughs at the wheelchair guy and calls him a cripple to his face.
Immoral consequence: Someone overhears and records it, and it goes viral on twitter and Alex gets fired.
Norm: You shouldn't pull pranks on people.
Situation: Tony is visiting a friend and feels bored one afternoon while his friend is out buying something to eat.
Intention: Tony wants to put some excitement in his life.
Moral action: Tony turns on one of his friend's movies really loud and acts it out while in the living room.
Moral consequence: Tony's friend comes home, sees what Tony is doing, and joins Tony in acting out the film.
Immoral action: Tony gets some wires and hooks up the front door knob to the house's 110V AC current.
Immoral consequence: Tony's friend comes home, grabs the doorknob, and shakes uncontrollably, dropping the food and injuring him.
Norm: It is good to treat everyone as equals.
Situation: Anne talks to the various people around her in the pub.
Intention: Anne wants to talk to lots of people.
Moral action: Anne talks to everyone she sees pretty much equally.
Moral consequence: Lots of people on the pub have fun talking to Anne.
Immoral action: Anne keeps talking to the richer people first and the poor people last.
Immoral consequence: Lots of people start assuming Anne's a gold-digger or otherwise after money.
Norm: You shouldn't be rude to people about how they look
Situation: Alice went to her sister's wedding dress fitting.
Intention: Alice wanted to give her honest opinion.
Moral action: Alice tells her sister that she looks gorgeous.
Moral consequence: Alice's sister thanks her and tells her she is glad she came.
Immoral action: Alice tells her sister that her dress looks grotesque on her.
Immoral consequence: Alice's sister starts to tear up.
Norm: It's bad to be late for dinner.
Situation: Josh is playing soccer in the backyard with some friends and his mother Janet yells from the window, to be inside to eat in 15 minutes.
Intention: Josh wants to finish playing soccer.
Moral action: Josh makes on last goal then tells his friends they can all meet up to play ball again tomorrow.
Moral consequence: Josh is able to sit down with his mom, and he enjoys a nice hot meal.
Immoral action: Having fun playing ball, Josh loses track of time and comes in to eat an hour later than he was supposed to.
Immoral consequence: Josh is scolded by his mom, and now has to eat a cold meal that doesn't taste very good.
Norm: It's bad to steal apples from the orchard.
Situation: Dan lives near an orchard and see delicious apples on the trees.
Intention: Dan wants to eat apples.
Moral action: Dan asks the owner of the orchard if he can have some apples.
Moral consequence: The owner of the orchard gives Dan a few apples.
Immoral action: Dan takes apples without asking the owner of the orchard.
Immoral consequence: The owner of the orchard accuses Dan of theft.
Norm: It is not okay to brag
Situation: Jan's friend is talking to her about the new purse she bought, but Jan's purse is much more expensive.
Intention: Jan wants to compare her friend's purse to hers.
Moral action: Jan tells her friend that she likes her purse more than her own.
Moral consequence: Jan's friend gains confidence in her purchasing decisions and feels that Jan is modest.
Immoral action: Jan tells her friend that her purse is so much nicer than Jan's.
Immoral consequence: Jan's friend feels insecure and feels that Jan thinks she's better than her.
Norm: You shouldn't meddle in your children's lives.
Situation: Sue called her adult son when she heard from a friend he'd been fired for being chronically late.
Intention: Sue wanted to know the reason her son didn't go to work on time.
Moral action: Sue spoke to her son about general conversation in hopes he would freely tell her about his job termination.
Moral consequence: Sue's son expressed that he had been feeling ill and been late for work several days, which lead to him getting fired.
Immoral action: Sue aggressively question her son about his lateness and demanded he call his boss to try to get his job back.
Immoral consequence: Sue's son became angry and told his mother to stay out of his life before he hung up on her.
Norm: It's annoying when people are too thrifty.
Situation: Willy has a lot of coupons which can be applied to the same item with the right strategy.
Intention: Willy wants to save money.
Moral action: Willy decides to only use one coupon since there is a line forming.
Moral consequence: The people in the queue are happier to have a shorter wait time.
Immoral action: Willy holds up the line at the store by getting the clerk to apply every coupon he has.
Immoral consequence: The people in line are annoyed with Willy.
Norm: Lying is wrong.
Situation: Gal is applying for a job as an accountant even though they don't have any experience.
Intention: Gal wants to become an accountant.
Moral action: Gal tells the interviewer she is willing to start off as an intern.
Moral consequence: Gal gets a job and is able to learn how to be an accountant.
Immoral action: Gal tells the interviewer that she's currently a full-time accountant.
Immoral consequence: Gal gets the job, but she is not able to successfully complete tasks.
Norm: It's wrong to give away something that isn't yours.
Situation: Oakley needs to make his student loan payment, and someone wants to pay him forty dollars for his roomate's favorite figure.
Intention: Oakley wants to get money.
Moral action: Oakley sells some of his old things at a thrift store for cash.
Moral consequence: Oakley feels less stressed after paying for his student loans.
Immoral action: Oakley sells his roomate's figure to get cash.
Immoral consequence: His roommate takes Oakley's apartment key and locks him out of the house for a week.
Norm: It's wrong to use someone else's pictures without their consent.
Situation: Mark wants to advertise the new wigs from his store.
Intention: Mark wants to capture people's attention.
Moral action: Mark asks his graphic designer friend to create a creative graphics for his store's twitter and website.
Moral consequence: The pictures Mark uploads goes viral, and Mark sells out of his new wigs.
Immoral action: Mark places a picture of an instagram influencer with hair similar to his wig in an advertisement.
Immoral consequence: Mark is sued by the instagram model for using her picture.
Norm: It's good to learn new thing when you're a child.
Situation: Barry is at the playground.
Intention: Barry wants to do a project.
Moral action: Barry buys a kit that he's never tried before.
Moral consequence: Barry is challenged by the kit and feels proud when he finishes.
Immoral action: Barry buys a model kit similar to one he had before.
Immoral consequence: Barry is bored and doesn't have much fun.
Norm: It is rude to ditch friends
Situation: Amy is at the bar with her friend who has become quite drunk and is behaving badly.
Intention: Amy wants to leave the bar.
Moral action: Amy coaxes her friend into calling it a night and guides her out of the bar.
Moral consequence: Amy gets her friend home safely and her friend is able to sleep off the night.
Immoral action: Amy pays her tab and leaves the bar without telling her friend because she doesn't think her friend would leave with her.
Immoral consequence: Amy's friend gets more drunk and is taken advantage of without Amy around to look out for her.
Norm: It's kind to return someone's wallet when you find it.
Situation: Dave is on an evening walk when he finds a wallet belonging to a man named Theo.
Intention: Dave wants to take the wallet home.
Moral action: Dave goes home and looks up Theo's name on social media, then messages him to let him know he has his wallet.
Moral consequence: Theo is thoroughly relieved to have his wallet back and is able to pay his rent on time.
Immoral action: Dave goes home and takes the cash out of Theo's wallet before discarding it.
Immoral consequence: Theo loses all of his important documents as well as his rent money.
Norm: It's good to visit your partner for a holiday.
Situation: Fred and his partner are both off for holiday break, and they are in a long distance relationship.
Intention: Fred wants to surprise his partner for the holidays.
Moral action: Fred shows up at his partner's place to celebrate the holidays.
Moral consequence: Fred's partner is pleasantly surprised and has good company during the break.
Immoral action: Fred sends his partner an unexpected gift.
Immoral consequence: Fred's partner likes the gift but is forced to spend the holidays alone.
Norm: You shouldn't let a drunk friend walk home alone.
Situation: Joe and Bill have been catching up over drinks but Bill has overindulged and is quite drunk by the end of the night.
Intention: Joe wants to get some sleep before work the next day.
Moral action: Joe escorts Bill home and then heads home himself.
Moral consequence: Joe is able to look back at an enjoyable evening spent with his friend.
Immoral action: Joe parts ways with Bill outside the bar and heads home.
Immoral consequence: Joe is dismayed when he finds out that Bill was found passed out and mugged in an alley.
Norm: It is expected people don't cheat on eachother.
Situation: Patty and Deb have been in a committed relationship for 20 years, but Patty has been flirting with Sue at work recently.
Intention: Patty wants to have a romantic relationship with Sue.
Moral action: Patty asks Deb about entering into a polyamorous relationship and gets Deb's approval.
Moral consequence: Patty and Sue begin dating and eventually become romantic partners.
Immoral action: Patty tells Sue that she will leave Deb someday soon and pursues her romantically.
Immoral consequence: Deb discovers Patty cheating and uses it against her in court during their divorce.
Norm: It's not okay to make racist comments or jokes
Situation: James is trying to come up with a dark comedy routine for a party.
Intention: James wants to make people laugh.
Moral action: James calls his friends and spends the evening coming up with fresh material.
Moral consequence: James is proud when his friend laughs at his jokes.
Immoral action: James makes his jokes based on racial stereotypes.
Immoral consequence: James is called out for being a racist later by the angry crowd.
Norm: It's improper to modify someone's order at a restaurant.
Situation: Jake is a waiter at a restaurant and a customer named John has just ordered his expensive steak extra well done to the point of being burnt.
Intention: Jake wants to ensure that the steak is at best medium if not rawer.
Moral action: Jake spends a minute extolling the virtues of a steak done at medium or medium rare.
Moral consequence: John is convinced by Jake to switch his choice to medium rare and to his surprise enjoys the steak more.
Immoral action: Jake writes down John's order but changes the steak to be medium before relaying the order to the chef.
Immoral consequence: John is livid when he sees his steak is not burnt to a crisp and demands that Jake return the meal.
Norm: It's wrong to eat something that doesn't belong to you.
Situation: Leigh is at a dinner buffet at a fine restaurant in town.
Intention: Leigh wants to try a bit of everything on the menu.
Moral action: Leigh notices an item she wants has run out, so she asks the service staff if they have more.
Moral consequence: Leigh gets to enjoy that item after they bring out a fresh batch.
Immoral action: Leigh sees the spare ribs have run out, so she grabs one from the plate of the person in front of her.
Immoral consequence: Leigh is caught doing this, and barred from the restaurant.
Norm: It's good to wait your turn patiently.
Situation: Sara is excited for the newest Harry Potter book and makes plans to wait in line for the release.
Intention: Sara wants to read the newest Harry Potter book as early as possible.
Moral action: Sara waits her turn and buys the new book that nigiht.
Moral consequence: Sara gets to go home and read until she is done with the new book.
Immoral action: Sara gets impatient in line and offers someone money to let her go in front of them.
Immoral consequence: The others in line get angry and complain to the store owner who throws Sara out, so she can't buy the book.
Norm: Kicking someone out of anger is immature.
Situation: Donovan has just lost a game of monopoly against his little brother.
Intention: Donovan wants to react to losing.
Moral action: Donovan tells his brother they should play again.
Moral consequence: Donovan's brother will get to play monopoly again.
Immoral action: Donovan goes over to his brother and kicks him.
Immoral consequence: Donovan's brother will cry because he was kicked.
Norm: You shouldn't expect people to take short showers.
Situation: Steve wants to cut back on the family's water bill during a drought.
Intention: Steve wants to save on water.
Moral action: Steve starts mandating that you turn the water off while brushing your teeth.
Moral consequence: Steve's family starts following this rule and saves 5 gallons of water each brush.
Immoral action: Steve limits showers to 4 minutes long to save on water.
Immoral consequence: Steve's family is furious with Steve regarding that rule.
Norm: It's improper to urinate outside of restrooms.
Situation: Ben is stuck at the checkout line in the store and needs to use the restroom.
Intention: Ben wants to avoid using a public restroom.
Moral action: Ben holds it until he gets back home.
Moral consequence: Ben feels much cleaner using his own bathroom.
Immoral action: Ben relieves himself in the bushes by the store.
Immoral consequence: Ben feels unsanitary because he can't wash his hands.
Norm: Don't interject yourself into the romantic relations of others.
Situation: Karen sees her best friends's boyfriend talking with another girl.
Intention: Karen wants to be a good friend.
Moral action: Karen thinks there must be a reason for him talking to another girl and minds her own business.
Moral consequence: Karen finds out that the friend's boyfriend was just talking to his sister and doesn't cause problems in her friend's relationship.
Immoral action: Karen thinks her best friend's boyfriend is flirting with the girl and calls her best friend right away to inform her.
Immoral consequence: Karen's best friend screams and yells at her boyfriend and their relationship is damaged.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to people about how much you read.
Situation: Fran has finally gotten a date with Jeff a top student at her college.
Intention: Fran wants to impress Jeff with her intelligence.
Moral action: When Jeff asks Fran about her reading preference she laughing admits that she is an avid magazine reader.
Moral consequence: Jeff is charmed by her honesty.
Immoral action: Fran tells Jeff that she’s an avid reader, even though she only reads magazines.
Immoral consequence: Jeff eventually realizes that Fran lied and is disappointed.
Norm: It's wrong to skip out on your family member's memorial.
Situation: James grandfather has passed away from a heart attack.
Intention: James wants to go on a trip with his friends.
Moral action: James attends his grandfather memorial and meets his friends the next day.
Moral consequence: James and his family are happy they attended the memorial together.
Immoral action: James skips his grandfathers memorial and goes on his trip with his friends.
Immoral consequence: James family is very disappointed and stop speaking to him.
Norm: You shouldn't use other peoples stuff without permission.
Situation: Stacy, whose car has broken down just before going to work, is roommates with Jill, who has a bike.
Intention: Stacy wants to borrow Jill's bike.
Moral action: Stacy asks Jill if it is OK to take Jill's bike to work today.
Moral consequence: Jill allows Stacy to borrow the bike, and Stacy can get to work and back.
Immoral action: Stacy takes Jill's bike without asking and rides it to work.
Immoral consequence: Jill calls the police and reports the bike stolen, and kicks Stacy out when she discovers Stacy took it.
Norm: It's not expected that you'll be abusive toward your parent.
Situation: Cal's dad keeps bothering him about not being able to get a job.
Intention: Cal wants his dad to stop bothering him.
Moral action: Cal decides to find a job and save up money to find his own place.
Moral consequence: Cal is no longer bothered by his dad, and he gets more freedom.
Immoral action: Cal decides to fight his dad and ends up putting him in a hospital.
Immoral consequence: Cal's dad sues Cal, and Cal is kicked out of the house.
Norm: It's wrong to use something that isn't yours without permission.
Situation: Hank wanted to use his grill, but he was out of propane, and he saw his neighbor Dale had plenty.
Intention: Hank wants to grill something quickly.
Moral action: Hank quickly rushes to the store where he restocks on propane as quickly as possible.
Moral consequence: Hank is pleased that he has refilled his propane supply.
Immoral action: Hank decides to take some of Dale's propane to start grilling.
Immoral consequence: Dale decides to keep mocking Hank for running out of propane.
Norm: It's bad to get into physical fights.
Situation: Joe is having a heated argument with his classmate and it is escalating.
Intention: Joe wants to consider hitting his classmate.
Moral action: Joe resists getting into a physical confrontation with his classmate and just walks away.
Moral consequence: Joe and his classmate cools down without any further trouble.
Immoral action: Joe throws out a fist straight into the face of his classmate.
Immoral consequence: Joe's classmate retaliates against Joe and both of them gets suspended.
Norm: You should not lay around in self-pity after a break-up.
Situation: After a long time of unhappiness Lily breaks up with Mark.
Intention: Mark wants to work through his feelings after the break up.
Moral action: Mark goes out with his friends and family and takes up new hobbies.
Moral consequence: Mark works through his feelings by relying on others and developing himself, strengthening his bonds and cultivating a better person.
Immoral action: Mark decides the best course is to shut himself off from his family and friends and mourn his breakup alone.
Immoral consequence: Mark will isolate himself when he is at his most emotionally vulnerable preventing him from healing.
Norm: Partners are not expected to have secrets from one another.
Situation: Kelly has a shopping addiction and one of her friends just invited her to go to the mall.
Intention: Kelly wants a new pair of shoes.
Moral action: Kelly calls her husband to ask if she can buy a pair of new shoes at the mall, and he agrees if they're under 100 dollars.
Moral consequence: Kelly buys the shoes and her husband is okay with the purchase.
Immoral action: Kelly purchases an expensive pair of new shoes using a credit card that she keeps hidden from her husband.
Immoral consequence: Kelly racks up debt and ends up ruining her credit score and preventing her family from buying a house.
Norm: It is responsible to report criminals to law enforcement.
Situation: Jenny sees the face of a man who shoots a store owner.
Intention: Jenny wants to keep her identity hidden.
Moral action: Jenny sends an anonymous tip to the police.
Moral consequence: The shooter is arrested.
Immoral action: Jenny stays silent about the crime.
Immoral consequence: The shooter strikes again.
Norm: It's dangerous to mislead people on the internet.
Situation: Jake has been talking to a girl online and has developed a crush on her.
Intention: Jake wants to impress the girl.
Moral action: Jake listens to the girl and finds ways to show that he understands and respects her.
Moral consequence: Jake's relationship with the girl is able to develop.
Immoral action: Jake uses someone else's pictures and tells the girl that he has a high-paying job even though he doesn't.
Immoral consequence: Jake is unable to ever come clean to the girl and their relationship cannot go anywhere because Jake needs to cover his tracks.
Norm: Listening while someone speaks is respectful
Situation: Jessica is in the living room while her mother is talking to her.
Intention: Jessica wants to watch her favorite television show which is playing.
Moral action: Jessica pauses the show on the television while her mother speaks.
Moral consequence: Jessica is able to finish watching her favorite show after her mother leaves the room.
Immoral action: Jessica turns the volume on the television louder, so she can hear it.
Immoral consequence: Jessica's mother turns the television off and sends Jessica straight to her room.
Norm: You shouldn't get involved romantically with your friend's partner.
Situation: Jackson is hanging out with his best friend's girlfriend Lindsey when Lindsey starts flirting with him.
Intention: Jackson doesn't want to hurt Lindsey.
Moral action: Jackson brings up  memories with his best friend and Lindsey while resting his hand on Lindsey's shoulder.
Moral consequence: Jackson is thanked by Lindsey who realizes that she lover her boyfriend.
Immoral action: Jackson flirts with Lindsey getting into a relationship with her.
Immoral consequence: Jackson loses his friendship when he best friend catches him with Lindsey.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat on your partner with your friend.
Situation: Elisa has a boyfriend and is meeting an old friend named Jim for dinner who is hitting on her.
Intention: Elisa wants to respond to Jim's flirtations.
Moral action: Elisa tells Jim that they're friends, but she's already in a relationship.
Moral consequence: Elisa will maintain the integrity of her relationship.
Immoral action: Elisa tells Jim that they can have a side relationship without her boyfriend knowing.
Immoral consequence: Elisa will have to lie constantly to her boyfriend.
Norm: You shouldn't cheat on your wife with a mistress.
Situation: Earl is in a relationship which has lost a lot of it's initial passion.
Intention: Earl wants an exciting and intimate experience.
Moral action: Earl thinks of something new he can try with his wife in the bedroom.
Moral consequence: Earl's wife enjoys the new experience and her passion is also renewed.
Immoral action: Earl begins to engage with a new woman physically outside his marriage.
Immoral consequence: Earl's wife finds out about the other woman and wants a divorce.
Norm: It's not okay to question what people buy for themselves.
Situation: Lacy is hanging out with her friend Joan when Joan shows Lacy her new expensive watch.
Intention: Lacy wants to comment on the watch.
Moral action: Lacy tells Joan that it's good Joan buys things that make her happy.
Moral consequence: Joan will think that Lacy is an agreeable person.
Immoral action: Lacy tells Joan that the watch is a waste of money.
Immoral consequence: Joan will not want to hang out with Lacy anymore.
Norm: You should make sure you take medicine prescribed to you.
Situation: Joshua, who believes in natural medicine, has depression and is given a prescription to manage it.
Intention: Joshua wants to deal with his depression.
Moral action: Joshua takes the anti-depression medication on his regular schedule.
Moral consequence: Joshua's mind remains sane and he thinks clearly.
Immoral action: Joshua uses natural methods to deal with his bouts of depression.
Immoral consequence: The natural methods don't work and Joshua's behavior becomes highly erratic.
Norm: Is wrong to fight over silly things
Situation: Todd is really irritated at his friend Paul after he heard Paul talked behind his back.
Intention: Todd wants to get to the bottom of why Paul talked bad about him.
Moral action: Todd asks Paul why he did that, and says he wants to fix things.
Moral consequence: Paul apologizes and says it was because he was jealous, and they make up.
Immoral action: Todd walks up to Paul and shoves him while screaming at him.
Immoral consequence: Paul punches Todd right in the face and knocks him out.
Norm: You shouldn't harass your family members.
Situation: Roy and Pat are brothers who have are looking forward to watching two shows that come on at the same time.
Intention: Roy wants to watch the show he's looking foward to seeing.
Moral action: Roy pays Pat $20 to let him watch the show.
Moral consequence: Pat takes the money and agrees to let Roy watch his show.
Immoral action: Roy hits Pat repeatedly to get him to leave the television to him.
Immoral consequence: Pat tells on Roy and Roy doesn't get to watch his show.
Norm: It's wrong to not be courteous when living with roommates.
Situation: Bobby has been living in the same apartment with Justin.
Intention: Bobby wants to have company over.
Moral action: Bobby asks Justin if he minds having company over on the weekend.
Moral consequence: Bobby and Justin have a good time visiting with Bobby's friends.
Immoral action: Bobby invites his friends to come over to visit late at night.
Immoral consequence: Justin isn't able to sleep because of the noise that Bobby and his friends are making.
Norm: You shouldn't overfeed animals.
Situation: John is getting ready to take a 3 day trip.
Intention: John needs to figure out how to feed his pets while he is away.
Moral action: John hires a friend to feed his pets each day.
Moral consequence: The pets are taken care of.
Immoral action: John leaves 3 days of food sitting out for the animals.
Immoral consequence: They eat it all right away and get sick.
Norm: You should always return things to their rightful owner.
Situation: Mike is an Uber driver, and his last passenger left their wallet in his car.
Intention: Mike has to decide whether to give the wallet back.
Moral action: Mike drives all the way to the passenger's house to give the wallet back.
Moral consequence: The passenger feels grateful and no longer has to worry about it.
Immoral action: Mike decides to keep the wallet and tells the passenger he didn't find it.
Immoral consequence: The passenger has to wait to get another licence and loses any money in it.
Norm: IS it not good to get your friends into trouble
Situation: Dan was at a party that involved underage drinking, and police are asking him about it.
Intention: Dan doesn't want to get in trouble.
Moral action: Dan tells the police that he's not aware of any underage drinking that was going on at the party.
Moral consequence: Dan's friends feel grateful for Dan, and they gain trust in him.
Immoral action: Dan snitches on his friends for drinking alcohol when they're under the legal age.
Immoral consequence: Dan's friends get into a lot of trouble, and their parents lose trust in them.
Norm: Hugging someone is a good way to show appreciation.
Situation: Brian had paid for Jeff's lunch when they went out to eat.
Intention: Jeff wants to show his appreciation.
Moral action: Jeff gives Brian a hug and tells him thank you before they leave the restaurant.
Moral consequence: Brian is happy to take Jeff out to eat again in the future.
Immoral action: Jeff slaps Brian on the butt before they leave the restaurant.
Immoral consequence: Brian is freaked out by Jeff's action and doesn't invite him out to eat again.
Norm: You shouldn't be sassy toward your parents.
Situation: Isabelle, who was recently grounded, watches her mother struggle to remove viruses from her computer.
Intention: Isabelle wants to comment on her mother's situation.
Moral action: Isabelle spends time explaining and teaching her mother about computer viruses.
Moral consequence: Isabelle's mother orders chocolate cake to thank Isabelle for helping her.
Immoral action: Isabelle crosses her arms and tells her mom that most normal people would have eliminated the virus by now.
Immoral consequence: Isabelle is grounded an extra day for her attitude.
Norm: it's a good habit to save money when possible.
Situation: Sally has a new job at a law firm where she needs to dress conservatively.
Intention: Sally wants to get a new wardrobe.
Moral action: Sally visits some local second hand stores that have nice suits for work, and she gets a lot for her money.
Moral consequence: Sally pays all of her bills on time and does not have to worry about her bank balance too much.
Immoral action: Sally goes online and buys five new suits from a designer website.
Immoral consequence: Sally struggles to pay her bills the next month because she spent her whole paycheck on clothes.
Norm: You shouldn't do things behind your husband's back.
Situation: Fiona has been invited to join some of her single friends on a trip to Atlantic City but is unsure how her husband will react.
Intention: Fiona wants to go on the trip.
Moral action: Fiona tells her husband about the planned trip to AC and asks him to trust her while she is away.
Moral consequence: Fiona is able to go on her trip with her husbands approval.
Immoral action: Fiona tells her husband she is visiting her parents for the weekend but goes to AC instead.
Immoral consequence: Fiona gets into an argument with her husband when he discovers her deception.
Norm: You shouldn't cut ties with siblings.
Situation: Steve's on the phone with his brother, Jonah, who tells Steven that he's gay.
Intention: Steven wants to respond to Jonah's statement.
Moral action: Steven tells Jonah that he supports him and that he'll come with him when Jonah tells their parents.
Moral consequence: Jonah feels relieved that he's being accepted and delighted that Steven will be there for him when he tells his parents.
Immoral action: Steven tells his Jonah that he disapproves of his "lifestyle choice" and that he doesn't want to speak to him again.
Immoral consequence: Jonah feels devastated that his brother hates him and begins to cry and contemplate suicide.
Norm: You shouldn't mess up your house.
Situation: James was feeling very stressed and short on time as a major deadline approached at work.
Intention: James wants to cut out unnecessary wastes of time.
Moral action: James stops playing video games and starts ordering takeout for every meal.
Moral consequence: James' friends and family are impressed by how hard he's been working.
Immoral action: James stops cleaning his house and lets trash and dirty dishes pile up.
Immoral consequence: James' friends and family refuse to visit him until he cleans his house up.
Norm: It is inappropriate to snoop on other people.
Situation: Alexa is home alone because her best friend and roommate is out on a date.
Intention: Alexa wants to avoid being bored.
Moral action: Alexa decides to find a TV show to watch and relaxes on the couch until her friend comes back from her date.
Moral consequence: Alexa's best friend gets the thrill of telling Alexa all the details of her date.
Immoral action: Alexa decides to go to the same bar she knows her best friend went on a date to and watches the date from across the room.
Immoral consequence: Alexa's friend eventually notices Alexa and feels that Alexa has lost some of her trust.
Norm: You shouldn't expect your coworkers to pick up your slack.
Situation: Lisa works at an accounting firm.
Intention: Lisa wants to work on a consulting business on the side.
Moral action: Lisa schedules firm work during the week days and consulting work on the week ends.
Moral consequence: Lisa is able to complete all her work at the firm and for consulting at a high level of quality which pleases all her clients.
Immoral action: Lisa neglects her firm work leaving it to junior associates to complete while she focuses on consulting work.
Immoral consequence: Lisa's firm work suffers from lack of oversight and displeases the firm's clients.
Norm: It is bad to abuse pain killers.
Situation: Jake is recovering from having his wisdom teeth removed and is on Vicodin for the pain.
Intention: Jake wants to numb the pain.
Moral action: Jake takes the recommended dosage for the pain.
Moral consequence: Jake's pain is relieved and it gets him through the worst part of the healing process.
Immoral action: Jake takes double the recommended dosage because the pain is so bad.
Immoral consequence: Jake falls into a coma and nearly dies.
Norm: It's good to get your friends' opinions about something.
Situation: Casey books a trip for ten to Cancun.
Intention: Casey wants to plan a vacation that she can enjoy with friends.
Moral action: Casey meets with her friends about her idea and asks where they want to do.
Moral consequence: They all decide on Cancun,  are excited to make the trip and appreciate Casey for the effort.
Immoral action: Casey books the trip on a whim without asking her friends what they think.
Immoral consequence: Many of her friends dont want to go there and Casey is out the cost of a few tickets.
Norm: It's okay to accept someone's invitation.
Situation: Randy is working away in his office when he's interrupted by Paul who asks him if he'd like to go out for drinks after work.
Intention: Randy wants to respond to Paul's invitation.
Moral action: Randy tells Paul that he'd love to come, he'll meet him in the lobby after work.
Moral consequence: Paul is delighted that he has a drinking partner for tonight and tells Randy he's looking forward to it.
Immoral action: Randy tells Paul that he doesn't want to go out and spend money, he'd rather just be home after work.
Immoral consequence: Paul is a little bit insulted that Randy has rebuffed him and thinks Randy must live a boring life.
Norm: It's good to respect everyone's opinion about an issue.
Situation: Sam's coworker expresses an opinion he doesn't agree with during a work meeting.
Intention: Sam wants to respond to him.
Moral action: Sam respectfully acknowledges his coworker's view.
Moral consequence: Sam's coworker feels heard and respected.
Immoral action: Sam tells his coworker he is stupid and that his opinion is wrong.
Immoral consequence: Sam's coworker is offended and leaves the meeting.
Norm: It's not okay to tread a significant other disrespectfully.
Situation: Dave and his wife Cindy are out with friends when one of the friends, Tony says that Cindy is gaining weight.
Intention: Dave wants to respond to Tony's comment.
Moral action: Dave tells Tony to apologize right away and that he's being incredibly rude.
Moral consequence: Cindy is delighted that her husband is standing up for her against the disrespectful Tony.
Immoral action: Dave tells Tony that he totally agrees that Cindy is getting quite fat and it's making her unattractive to him.
Immoral consequence: Cindy is mortified that her weight is being discussed out in the open and that  Dave is allowing Tony to disrespect her.
Norm: It is rude to comment on people's personal hygiene.
Situation: Sally is in the break room at work getting coffee and chatting with coworkers when Sam walks in.
Intention: Sally wants Sam to join in on the conversation she's having.
Moral action: Sally tells Sam that she should hang out and chat for a bit before heading back to work.
Moral consequence: Sam agrees and ends up having a friendly conversation with Sally for the next several minutes.
Immoral action: Sally remarks to Sam that she must have a had a rough week because it looks like she hasn't showered in days.
Immoral consequence: Sam is offended by Sally's comment and exits the break room as quickly as possible.
Norm: It is rude to be disruptive when people are eating.
Situation: Kyle who is a waiter is watching over his customers Pam and Sam who are eating their meal.
Intention: Kyle wants to make sure Pam and Sam's meal is OK so far.
Moral action: Kyle walks into the field of view of Pam and Sam and does a thumbs up gesture while raising his eyebrows.
Moral consequence: Both Pam and Sam return the gesture to let him know they're good and appreciate that he didn't make them speak.
Immoral action: Kyle walks up to Pam and Sam's table and asks them while they're chewing if everything is good.
Immoral consequence: Both Pam and Sam are annoyed as they feel rushed to chew through their current bite to answer Kyle's question.
Norm: You shouldn't be over-critical of your partner.
Situation: Janet has been forgetful lately due to a new medication and has forgotten to pack Jim's lunch.
Intention: Jim wants to express the importance of his lunch to Janet.
Moral action: Jim expresses understanding of Janet's struggles and asks if she can work harder to remember the lunch.
Moral consequence: Janet takes steps to remember things like lunches more.
Immoral action: Jim gets angry and yells at Janet, calling her incompetent.
Immoral consequence: Janet tells Jim that she doesn't want to remain in a relationship with him.
Norm: It feels bad to be alone on your birthday.
Situation: Jon has a birthday tomorrow and doesn't have any plans yet.
Intention: Jon wants to do something different for his birthday.
Moral action: Jon invites a group of friends to try a fine dining restaurant.
Moral consequence: Jon has a memorable birthday and cherishes the memory for a long time.
Immoral action: Jon eats at a fine dining restaurant which is normally out of his budget.
Immoral consequence: Jon feels lonely eating such a nice dinner at the restaurant alone.
Norm: You should learn family recipes before the  elder pass away.
Situation: Jenna came home from college on a diet, but her cancer-stricken grandma wanted to teach her how to make mac-and-cheese.
Intention: Jenna doesn't want to eat fattening food.
Moral action: Jenna asks her grandma if she knows any recipes for less fattening food.
Moral consequence: Jenna's grandmother teaches her how to make croutons and Balsamic vinaigrette from scratch.
Immoral action: Jenna tells her grandma that no one wants to eat fattening food anymore and meets her friends at a salad bar.
Immoral consequence: Jenna's grandmother dies later that night, sad and alone, and the family recipe for mac-and-cheese is lost.
Norm: It's gross to smell bad.
Situation: Jake gets up late and realizes that the bus to town is leaving too quickly for him to take a shower.
Intention: Jake wants to get ready to leave in a hurry.
Moral action: Jake skips the shower and quickly puts on some deodorant before dressing and leaving.
Moral consequence: Jake makes the bus and masks the bad smell with the deodorant.
Immoral action: Jake skips a shower, ignores the deodorant, throws on some clothes, and leaves for the bus.
Immoral consequence: Jake makes the bus, but his body odor offends the people near him.
Norm: It's wrong to give people false hope.
Situation: Penny is the judge for an art contest her friend has entered and her friend keeps asking about what the judges are planning to do.
Intention: Penny wants to spare her friend's feelings because she does not believe her friend's art is good enough.
Moral action: Penny lets her friend know that others have submitted very good entries and the judges will probably pick one of them.
Moral consequence: Penny's friend is a little disappointed but understands.
Immoral action: Penny dodges her friend's questions and gives vague answers about how she thinks her friend still has a good chance.
Immoral consequence: Penny's friend gets her hopes up and ends up very disappointed when she doesn't win.
Norm: It is bad to want to be away from family.
Situation: Barry has a wife and kids and has the week off from work.
Intention: Barry wants to do something during his week off.
Moral action: Barry plans a road trip for he and his family to go on.
Moral consequence: Barry's family will enjoy the trip he planned.
Immoral action: Barry books a trip for himself to go to Las Vegas for the week.
Immoral consequence: Barry's family will think he does not like them.
Norm: It's rude to pressure your children to diet.
Situation: Michelle is preparing dinner for her family.
Intention: Michelle wants her son to be healthy.
Moral action: Michelle serves her son carefully measured portions of lean protein and vegetables.
Moral consequence: Michelle's son maintains an appropriate body weight.
Immoral action: Michelle tells her son not to eat so much, so he won't get fat.
Immoral consequence: Michelle's son develops an eating disorder and has to have therapy.
Norm: You should not embarrass others in a group.
Situation: Ann and Mary are attending a party and Ann is wearing a dress that Mary doesn't like.
Intention: Mary wants to comment on Ann's dress.
Moral action: Mary tells Ann that a brighter dress suits her skin color more while they are in the bathroom.
Moral consequence: Ann thanks Mary for her good advice and feels confident in choosing her clothes in the future.
Immoral action: Mary says that Ann's dress makes her look older while they are chatting with other girls in the party.
Immoral consequence: Ann feels belittled and frustrated, so she decides to leave the party earlier.
Norm: It's rude to hate people.
Situation: Jack walks around in his shirt that says **** [politician] and **** you if you vote for them.
Intention: Jack wants to decide if he should keep wearing the shirt.
Moral action: Jack decides not to wear this shirt everywhere since broadcasting his hate everywhere is rude.
Moral consequence: People don't see Jack as anywhere near as annoying.
Immoral action: Jack keeps wearing his shirt everywhere and always talks about how much he hates [Politician].
Immoral consequence: Jack is seen as quite rude and annoying, epically to those uninterested in politics.
Norm: You should always greet people.
Situation: Sarah is in an office building waiting for a job interview and Amanda enters the room.
Intention: Sarah wants to finish waiting and get to the interview quickly.
Moral action: Sarah greets Amanda and wishes her good luck on her interview.
Moral consequence: Amanda replies thank you, but also that she's the interviewer, not a candidate.
Immoral action: Sarah ignores Amanda as she enters the room and says nothing.
Immoral consequence: Sarah is called into the interview 10 minutes later and Amanda is the person interviewing her.
Norm: It's wrong to sleep while on the job
Situation: Doe is tired at work and has four hours left on a slow day, with her boss out of sight.
Intention: Doe wants to do something about her tiredness.
Moral action: Doe makes and drinks some coffee.
Moral consequence: She fights through her shift easier.
Immoral action: Doe takes a short nap at her desk.
Immoral consequence: Her boss walks in on her and yells at her.
Norm: It's inconsiderate not to tip for good service
Situation: Ken is footing the bill at an expensive restaurant and is worried about the cost.
Intention: Ken wants to save some money on the food bill.
Moral action: Ken eats only an appetizer and doesn't order dessert to save money.
Moral consequence: Ken's server is relieved after service because the tip was much needed.
Immoral action: Ken ends up leaving no tip in order to save on the pricey bill.
Immoral consequence: Ken's server ends up not making enough money for the day.