Not-qty/ols-moral-stories-2k huggingface dataset:
Norm: It is reckless to drive while drunk.
Situation: Barney is out of beer and the evening is young.
Intention: Barney wants more beer to drink.
Moral action: Barney plays it safe and finds an alcohol delivery service.
Moral consequence: Barney remains safe at home while still being able to enjoy more drinks.
Immoral action: Barney drives to the store despite feeling quite buzzed thinking that he is okay.
Immoral consequence: Barney is pulled over when seen swerving and charged with a DUI.
Norm: It's wrong not to visit your family.
Situation: Perry is out driving around.
Intention: Perry wants to enjoy time other people.
Moral action: Perry goes over to his parents house and spends the afternoon chatting with them.
Moral consequence: Perry becomes closer to his parents who complement him for being such a thoughtful son.
Immoral action: Perry stops at the park and hangs out with the stoners.
Immoral consequence: Perry has to call his Dad to bail him out of jail when he's arrested for smoking weed in the park.
Norm: You shouldn't fall for someone you don't know.
Situation: Mark is lonely and only has strangers as Facebook friends, and they are the only people he talks to.
Intention: Mark wants to build a relationship with someone off Facebook.
Moral action: Mark decides to have a platonic, casual friendship with someone from his Facebook network.
Moral consequence: Mark and his friend have a lot of good chats together online.
Immoral action: Mark starts a romantic relationship with a stranger from his Facebook network.
Immoral consequence: The romance falls apart due to lack of knowledge about each other and Mark feels bad.
Norm: It's good to use secure passwords for your banking accounts.
Situation: Art's phone bill is due and due to being ill he won't be able to pay it in person.
Intention: Art wants to set up an online banking account, so he can pay his phone bill.
Moral action: Art follows the instructions and creates a very complicated password and then proceeds to pay his bill.
Moral consequence: His bill is paid on time and now he can pay other bills online as well.
Immoral action: Art creates an account online and sets up a weak password, so he can quickly make the payment.
Immoral consequence: A week later his account is compromised and all of his funds are stolen.
Norm: It's nice to give gifts for the holidays.
Situation: Raymond knows his lonely friend doesn't get many gifts for Christmas and is thinking about buying him a gift.
Intention: Raymond wants to consider buying his lonely friend a gift.
Moral action: Raymond thinks about what gift his lonely friend would want and buys it for him.
Moral consequence: Raymond's lonely friend is ecstatic on Christmas and feels very grateful towards Raymond.
Immoral action: Raymond decides to skip on a gift for his lonely friend.
Immoral consequence: Raymond's lonely friend feels depressed on Christmas since he didn't get any gifts again.
Norm: It is wrong to lose contact with a grandparent.
Situation: Grace, who is very close to her grandma, just graduated from university and doesn't have any jobs lined up.
Intention: Grace wants to spend a few years travelling the world.
Moral action: Grace makes sure to send her grandma postcards detailing her travels on a regular basis and calls to check up on her whenever she can.
Moral consequence: Grace's grandma is very happy for Grace and eagerly awaits her phone calls.
Immoral action: Grace goes on her traveling adventures and doesn't attempt to contact anyone while she's away.
Immoral consequence: Grace's grandma gets very worried about Grace and misses her dearly.
Norm: It's nice to win something for your sibling.
Situation: April is playing a carnival game, and her young brother Steve is helping her out.
Intention: April wants to win the game.
Moral action: April wins and lets Steve pick out the prize for himself.
Moral consequence: Steve feels grateful and helps his sister out in return.
Immoral action: April wins the game and selects a prize only for herself.
Immoral consequence: Steve is depressed because he can't get a prize like April.
Norm: It's rude to call someone at dinnertime.
Situation: Gabrielle broke the toilet, and her roommate is having dinner with her mother.
Intention: Gabrielle needs help fixing the toliet.
Moral action: Gabrielle watches tutorials on fixing toilets on youtube.
Moral consequence: Gabrielle stops relying on others because she can take care of her own problems.
Immoral action: Gabrielle calls her roommate several time through the night.
Immoral consequence: Gabrielle is scolded by her roommate later for butting in on her time with her mother.
Norm: You shouldn't laugh at people who are feeling embarrassed
Situation: Milo is in his 1st grade class and accidentally urinates in his seat while his classmate Joe looks on, and Milo feels humiliated.
Intention: Joe wants to react to Milo's accident.
Moral action: Joe whispers to Milo to quietly tell the teacher he needs to go to the school clinic.
Moral consequence: Milo feels a little better that he received good advice and can avoid further embarrassment.
Immoral action: Joe starts giggling and loudly tells the teacher that Milo peed in his pants.
Immoral consequence: The rest off the class erupts in laughter and Milo feels even worse than before.
Norm: Using fake pictures on a dating site is misleading.
Situation: Marco is setting up a listing on a dating site and is deciding what pictures to use.
Intention: Marco wants to get someone to reply to his listing.
Moral action: Marco puts up current pictures that show what he looks like today.
Moral consequence: The person that replies to his ad likes him for what he looks like now, and they hit it off.
Immoral action: Marco puts up pictures of a male model that looks nothing like him.
Immoral consequence: When someone does reply to his ad, they find out he looks nothing like his pictures and stop seeing him.
Norm: It's wrong not doing your fair share in a group.
Situation: Lara is scheduled to work on a group project on Saturday with two of her classmates.
Intention: Lara wants to go out and party on Friday night.
Moral action: Lara goes to a party on Friday but leaves early so that she won't be tired at the group meeting on Saturday.
Moral consequence: Lara's group members are happy with her and the team gets a good grade.
Immoral action: Lara goes out and parties on Friday where she drinks heavily, causing her to be hungover and not contribute much at the group meeting.
Immoral consequence: Lara's group members are frustrated with her and the team gets a low grade.
Norm: It is rude to cancel on someone for a date.
Situation: Ezra is about to go on a date with Shelly he met online when he notices Shelly's new profile picture makes her look drastically different.
Intention: Ezra wants to go on a date.
Moral action: Ezra asks Shelly about her dramatic change in appearance before he agrees to go on their date.
Moral consequence: Shelly becomes more confident in herself as Ezra warms up to her.
Immoral action: Ezra ditches his original date for another young woman who works at the bar.
Immoral consequence: Shelly is heartbroken that Ezra canceled their date.
Norm: You should give an employee a warning before firing them.
Situation: Jim has received notice that the department needs to be downsized starting with the lowest performers.
Intention: Jim wants to raise his department's overall quality of work.
Moral action: Jim hands out warnings to those struggling with performance.
Moral consequence: The employees put in extra effort in order to keep their jobs.
Immoral action: Jim fires the employee with the worst performance to set an example.
Immoral consequence: The employees feel demoralized and work under stress which is a hindrance.
Norm: You should never settle for less than you're worth.
Situation: Jane is interviewing for a job as a marketing manager.
Intention: Jane wants to work for this company.
Moral action: Jane is offered the job but details reasons why she is worth more than the original offer.
Moral consequence: Jane is hired at a higher salary, and she is able to afford many more things the rest of her life.
Immoral action: Jane is offered the job but does not negotiate her salary and takes one lower than average.
Immoral consequence: Jane will always make less money the rest of her career because she started off making lower.
Norm: It's frowned upon to be rude.
Situation: Zach who isn't wearing  a watch is asked by a stranger, Nick if he knows what time it is.
Intention: Zach wants to tell Nick he doesn't know the time.
Moral action: Zach tells Nick that unfortunately he doesn't own a watch, so he has no idea.
Moral consequence: Nick tells Zach thanks anyways and continues to walk down the street.
Immoral action: Zach tells Nick that he's a moron for not seeing that he's not wearing a watch so Nick should realize that he doesn't know.
Immoral consequence: Nick is angry that Zach responded so aggressively to such a simple question and wonders if Zach isn't mentally ill.
Norm: It's good to be helpful and kind.
Situation: It snowed heavily and Randy sees his elderly neighbor Joe trying to shovel his driveway.
Intention: Randy wants to tell something to Joe.
Moral action: Randy tells Joe he will shovel his driveway for him.
Moral consequence: Joe will think Randy is a good neighbor and nice.
Immoral action: Randy tells Joe he's old and will break his back if he shovels too hard.
Immoral consequence: Joe will think Randy is annoying and not helpful.
Norm: It's bad to not care about your mental health.
Situation: Dani is critically depressed because she's working on a project with some toxic coworkers.
Intention: Dani wants to complete the project.
Moral action: Dani takes a day off from work to give herself a break before requesting her toxic coworkers to be removed from her team.
Moral consequence: Dani thrives in her new work environment completing the project several months before the deadline.
Immoral action: Dani ignores her depression as she continues working with the same people for months.
Immoral consequence: Dani has a major breakdown in the office.
Norm: It's good to defend your family.
Situation: Cindy insults Katie's family, going through the problems of each relative.
Intention: Katie wants to decide how to react.
Moral action: Despite agreeing with Cindy Katie tells her to stop talking about her family like that.
Moral consequence: Katie feels good about defending her family like that.
Immoral action: Katie honestly agrees with Cindy because most of her relatives are screw-ups.
Immoral consequence: Katie's relatives find out what she said and their feelings are hurt.
Norm: It's good to be a hard worker.
Situation: Josh just got a job at a local business and showed up for his first day of work.
Intention: Josh wants to make an impression on his boss.
Moral action: Josh does his best to complete his tasks quickly and efficiently.
Moral consequence: Josh's boss notes that Josh might be future management material.
Immoral action: Josh works at a leisurely pace throughout the day, taking frequent breaks and checking his phone constantly.
Immoral consequence: Josh's boss notes that Josh is probably not going to make it very far in the company.
Norm: It's important to get good grades.
Situation: Timothy is a college student on an academic scholarship that has strict requirements regarding GPA.
Intention: Timothy doesn't want to pay his own college tuition.
Moral action: Timothy studies hard and  maintains the minimum GPA required for the scholarship.
Moral consequence: TImothy's father is able to afford a new house because he didn't have to pay for Timothy's tuition.
Immoral action: Timothy asks his father to pay his tuition after failing one of his classes and losing the scholarship.
Immoral consequence: Timothy's father has to get a second job to afford the tuition.
Norm: It's not okay to impose on others and their homes.
Situation: Adam's parents are moving to another state, but he has no desire to move with them and resolves to stay where he is.
Intention: Adam wants to find a place to live.
Moral action: Adam gets a job and finds an apartment to rent with a few other guys to keep the costs down.
Moral consequence: Adam's friends maintain a good relationship with him and Adam preserves his sense of self-worth.
Immoral action: Adam goes to a friend's house and starts living on his couch without paying anything for it.
Immoral consequence: Adam's friend gets disgusted with Adam's lack of responsibility and eventually kicks him out of the house.
Norm: Students shouldn't be disruptive during classes.
Situation: Ralph is sitting with his friends in physics class.
Intention: Ralph wants to see what his friends are doing later that day.
Moral action: Ralph passes a note to his buddy to ask what's going on after class is over.
Moral consequence: Ralph makes plans to go with his friend to grab a coffee and hang out.
Immoral action: Ralph starts talking out loud to his friend sitting next to him.
Immoral consequence: Ralph is asked to leave the class by the professor for interfering with his lecture.
Norm: You should respect your significant other's friendships.
Situation: Jenna was looking forward to watching Netflix with her boyfriend when his best friend called very upset about a breakup.
Intention: Jenna wants to spend time with her boyfriend.
Moral action: Jenna lets her boyfriend go comfort his friend while she takes a nap.
Moral consequence: When Jenna's boyfriend gets home later, they watch Netflix as originally planned.
Immoral action: Jenna tells her boyfriend that if he goes to talk to his friend then he's abandoning her.
Immoral consequence: Jenna's boyfriend stays with her and later finds out his lonely best friend got drunk and crashed his car into a tree.
Norm: It is good to sleep inside.
Situation: Ty has been working all day, and he is starting to get tired.
Intention: Ty wants to take a nap.
Moral action: Ty goes home and takes a nap in his own bed.
Moral consequence: Ty sleeps well and gets a good rest in his comfortable bed.
Immoral action: Ty takes a nap in the middle  of a dark ally in the middle of town.
Immoral consequence: A criminal approaches Ty and mugs him at gunpoint.
Norm: Teaching a child independence is important.
Situation: Ron's child asks for Ron to give him some money, so he can go out with friends.
Intention: Ron wants to help his child.
Moral action: Ron offers to let his child work for the money.
Moral consequence: Ron's child works for the money and learns to support himself.
Immoral action: Ron gives his child the money he wants.
Immoral consequence: Ron's child becomes dependent on him for money and keeps asking for it.
Norm: It's disruptive to call someone out in a movie theater.
Situation: Antoinette is watching a movie in a theater and sees a friend come into the theater five minutes into the movie.
Intention: Antoinette wants to get her friend's attention so the friend can sit with her.
Moral action: Antoinette quietly waits for her friend to get closer to her before making nonverbal movements to usher her friend close.
Moral consequence: Antoinette is able to enjoy the rest of the movie with her friend.
Immoral action: Antoinette makes a loud call for attention to her friend that everybody in the theater can hear.
Immoral consequence: Antoinette gets popcorn thrown at her by other moviegoers for her rude outburst, and she feels embarrassed.
Norm: It is responsible to plan for parenthood.
Situation: Sam and Sally have sex every single night with protection on at all times because they are unable to afford a child, and don't believe in abortion.
Intention: Sam wants to try something different.
Moral action: Sam asks Sally to have sex with him in the woods instead of at home.
Moral consequence: Sam and Sally have very exciting sex, both feeling thrilled.
Immoral action: Sam tells Sally he wants to try it with no condom, and promises her he will pull out in time.
Immoral consequence: Sam is unable to pull out in time, and Sally gets pregnant.
Norm: You should value personal relationships over inheritances.
Situation: Ray has a rich but mean grandfather who offers him his inheritance if he stops talking to the rest of the family.
Intention: Ray wants to have a happy fulfilling life in his later years.
Moral action: Ray refuses the offer stating that he loves his family and will put them first.
Moral consequence: Ray is not rich, but he is content and has many strong and happy relationships with his family.
Immoral action: Ray accepts the offer and burns all bridges with his family so that he can get the inheritance.
Immoral consequence: Ray is rich when he is older but also lonely and viewed in the same way that his grandfather was.
Norm: It's rude to act out against your babysitter.
Situation: Ken hired a new babysitter to help him with his kids but the babysitter did not put the kids to bed at 8 pm.
Intention: Ken wants to respond to the babysitter's failure.
Moral action: Ken tells the babysitter that the kids were not in bed by 8 pm and that he would like this to be resolved next time.
Moral consequence: The babysitter continues to work for Ken and gets the kids in bed by 8 pm next time.
Immoral action: Ken raises his voice against the babysitter over her failure to get the kids in bed by 8 pm.
Immoral consequence: The babysitter never works for Ken again and Ken struggles to find another babysitter.
Norm: You shouldn't kick out your partner.
Situation: Lisa is enraged when her husband once again comes home drunk after being out all night with his buddies.
Intention: Lisa wants to confront her husband about his behaviour.
Moral action: Lisa waits until her husband is rested and sober then lets him know how she is feeling.
Moral consequence: Lisa is able to convince her husband to adjust his behavior.
Immoral action: After a heated exchange Lisa tells her husband to leave their home.
Immoral consequence: Lisa has a hard time making up with her husband once he is out of the house.
Norm: It's wrong to make your parents do things by themselves
Situation: Kelsey is a senior in high school who has outgrown her bedroom decor.
Intention: Kelsey wants to ask her mom for a room makeover.
Moral action: After asking her mom to redo her room, Kelsey and her mom go shopping for new furniture.
Moral consequence: Kelsey is able to bond with her mom before leaving to college in a year.
Immoral action: After asking her mom to redo her room, Kelsey leaves her with a wishlist then goes off to have fun with her friends everyday.
Immoral consequence: Kelsey's mom is left to do everything herself, and Kelsey ends up not liking her room.
Norm: It's wrong to break the trust of a good friend.
Situation: Tommy told Steve a really funny secret that he didn't want him to tell the rest of his friends.
Intention: Steve wants to make his friends laugh.
Moral action: Steve tells a funny joke he read on the internet the previous night.
Moral consequence: Tommy laughs loudly, along with the rest of their friends.
Immoral action: Steve tells Tommy's secret to his friends, prompting a lot of laughter from them.
Immoral consequence: Tommy feels completely betrayed in Steve, and refuses to ever talk to him again.
Norm: It's good to do your chores.
Situation: Sam is in the kitchen where he sees on the fridge a list of chores left for him by his wife.
Intention: Sam wants to decide what to do next.
Moral action: Sam decides he's going to knock out the first item on the list of chores.
Moral consequence: Sam's wife sees that Sam is doing chores that she asked and is delighted about it.
Immoral action: Sam decides he's going to make himself a giant sandwich and proceeds to mess up the kitchen doing so.
Immoral consequence: Sam's wife is angered when she sees that Sam ignored her list and instead made a bigger mess.
Norm: It is wrong to want to die.
Situation: Scott went through a traumatic experience and is now depressed.
Intention: Scott wants to deal with the emotional pain.
Moral action: Scott sees a therapist to help him deal with the traumatic experience.
Moral consequence: Scott becomes a more pleasant person, cheering up everyone around him.
Immoral action: Scott becomes obsessed with dying and tells people about his intentions to commit suicide.
Immoral consequence: Scott's friends and family worry greatly about Scott's well-being.
Norm: Having stains on your clothes makes you look dirty.
Situation: Frank is about to leave for an important work meeting one morning when he notices a stain on his shirt.
Intention: Frank wants to get to the work meeting on time.
Moral action: Frank quickly uses a Tide pen to remove the stain before rushing to work.
Moral consequence: Frank looks clean and professional and his colleagues value his contributions at the meeting.
Immoral action: Frank ignores the stain and hops in his car to drive to work.
Immoral consequence: Frank's colleagues notice the stain on his shirt and snicker at his slovenly and unprofessional appearance.
Norm: It's wrong to constantly mess up.
Situation: When James started his new job as an fMRI technician, he was supposed to read a long technical manual.
Intention: James wants to have lots of free time after work.
Moral action: James reads the manual in short chunks over his lunch break.
Moral consequence: James always follows the safety procedures and is commended for his knowledge.
Immoral action: James doesn't bother reading the manual or learning the safety procedures.
Immoral consequence: James brings metal into the fMRI machine and causes hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of damage.
Norm: It is good to treat animals kindly
Situation: Billy sees a few crows in his front yard.
Intention: He wants to interact with them.
Moral action: Billy feeds some pieces of bread to the crows.
Moral consequence: The crows begin to trust Billy and start bringing him interesting trinkets.
Immoral action: Billy throws rocks at the crows to chase them off.
Immoral consequence: The crows fly over Billy and poop on his head.
Norm: It's bad to give your significant other an ultimatum.
Situation: William and his wife Anne are having an argument regarding Ann's excessive use of the family credit card.
Intention: William wants to tell Anne that she should spend less money.
Moral action: William gently explains to Anne that mathematically they're on a path to bankruptcy, and he doesn't want to see their future in jeopardy.
Moral consequence: Anne feels like William really cares about their family and although she feels slightly ashamed about the situation she is determined to do better.
Immoral action: William curtly tells Anne that if she doesn't stop using the credit card immediately, he is going to leave her and ask for a divorce.
Immoral consequence: Anne begins to feel insecure about the relationship and beings to question whether William is controlling.
Norm: It's wrong to spy on your partner.
Situation: Drew and his girlfriend Diana have been together for a while, and Drew suspects she's bored witht he relationship.
Intention: Drew wants to find out if Diana might leave him.
Moral action: Drew asks Diana if she's happy with the state of their relationship.
Moral consequence: Diana appreciates Drew's concern over the health of the relationship, and they stay together.
Immoral action: Drew starts hacking into Diana's e-mails and social media, trying to see if she's talking to any guys.
Immoral consequence: Diana finds out Drew's been violating her privacy and dumps him.
Norm: It's wrong to cyber-stalk an ex-partner.
Situation: Rhonda finds her ex-boyfriends Facebook left open and logged into her computer.
Intention: Rhonda wants to browse the web right now on the only computer in the room.
Moral action: Rhonda exits out of Facebook to browse Google alone.
Moral consequence: Rhonda's ex-boyfriend thanks Rhonda for exiting out of his Facebook account.
Immoral action: Rhonda goes onto Facebook and browses her ex-boyfriends activities.
Immoral consequence: Rhonda's ex-boyfriend notices someone is browsing his account, and he reprimands Rhonda.
Norm: It's wrong to become addicted to illegal drugs.
Situation: Mark has been using cocaine for several years and his health is deteriorating.
Intention: Mark wants to feel better.
Moral action: Mark stops using cocaine and starts taking walks around the block instead.
Moral consequence: Mark's health takes a turn for the better and pretty soon he is in peak condition.
Immoral action: Mark buys some more cocaine to take, so he can numb the pain and emptiness.
Immoral consequence: Mark's health gets worse and eventually he has to be sent to  the hospital.
Norm: It's rude to not give people change.
Situation: Jim is selling his TV at a yard sale for $50 and Patrick has just handed him a $100 bill.
Intention: Jim wants to make more money.
Moral action: Jim offers to throw a blu-ray player in with the TV for $15 more.
Moral consequence: Patrick takes Jim up on the offer, so Jim gives Patrick $35 back.
Immoral action: Jim brings the money inside and talks to Patrick long enough for him to forget about getting his change.
Immoral consequence: Patrick later realizes he's been fooled and goes to Jim's house to demand payment through threat of violence.
Norm: It is wrong to cyberstalk people.
Situation: Steven hasn't heard from Shawn in a while, and has been curious what he's been up to.
Intention: Steven wants to learn about what Shawn has been doing.
Moral action: Steven calls Shawn up and asks him what he's been up to, and where he's been.
Moral consequence: Shawn explains he's just been super busy, but will start reaching out soon.
Immoral action: Steven starts looking into Shawn's facebook, looking into all of his recent follows and adding them.
Immoral consequence: Shawn finds out that Steven is digging into his business and cuts him off forever.
Norm: It is bad to steal from your job.
Situation: Belinda works at a retail store, but has fallen behind on her bills lately.
Intention: Belinda wants to get more money to pay her bills.
Moral action: Belinda does some side jobs online for extra money when she is not at work.
Moral consequence: Belinda soon has enough money to pay all her bills .
Immoral action: Belinda skims from the register to get the money for her bills.
Immoral consequence: The manager finds out Belinda is stealing when her drawer is short and fires her on the spot.
Norm: It's bad to hide your age from a romantic partner.
Situation: Becca is a 15-year old girl who just started dating Matt, an 18 year old boy who is unaware of her age.
Intention: Becca wants to tell Matt how old she is.
Moral action: Becca tells Matt that she's 15 years old, and they break up.
Moral consequence: Matt appreciates her honestly and is relieved that things didn't get physical between the two of them.
Immoral action: Becca tells Matt she's 18, and they continue to date.
Immoral consequence: Matt is eventually arrested for statutory and becomes a registered sex offender.
Norm: It's miserly to not share your bounty with your spouse.
Situation: Dino brings home a basket of chocolates that he had won at work and his wife Anne asks if she can have one.
Intention: Dino wants to answer Anne's question.
Moral action: Dino tells Anne that she can have as much as she wants since he can't possibly eat it all.
Moral consequence: Anne is delighted and happy that she'll have some chocolate and that her husband is loving and shares his things with her.
Immoral action: Dino tells Anne that he won the prize, not her, so no she can't have any she can get her own.
Immoral consequence: Anne is disgusted that her husband is so selfish and gluttonous as to take all that chocolate for himself.
Norm: People shouldn't get married when inebriated.
Situation: Terry and his friend Karen are fairly drunk one night in Las Vegas, and Karen suggests they get married.
Intention: Terry wants to respond to Karen's suggestion.
Moral action: Terry laughs at the suggestion and tells Karen he doesn't think it would be a great idea.
Moral consequence: They both agree that it would be silly to marry while drunk, and they go and find a diner with coffee instead.
Immoral action: Terry agrees to the marriage while in his drunken state, and they find a quick chapel to get married in.
Immoral consequence: They both regret their decision the next morning, and they have to pay a lot to get the marriage annulled.
Norm: It's bad to play a joke that damages someone's property.
Situation: Daniel and his brother Jake celebrate April Fool's Day every year.
Intention: Daniel wants to play a memorable joke on Jake for the holiday.
Moral action: Daniel puts a bucket of water at the top of Jake's door.
Moral consequence: Jake opens the door, the water falls on him, and he laughs.
Immoral action: Daniel puts sugar in the gas tank of Jake's car.
Immoral consequence: Jake's car won't start, and he becomes furious.
Norm: You shouldn't ruin your marriage over money.
Situation: Dean and Kristi have been married for a little over a year and Dean just lost his job, so the two of them have been fighting over finances.
Intention: Dean wants to find a way to generate income.
Moral action: Dean finds a job overseas and explains to Kristi they will be better off if they make the journey together.
Moral consequence: Dean and Kristi are proud of themselves for sticking through rough times together and both feel their marriage is stronger.
Immoral action: Dean finds a job working overseas and because of his anger at Kristi as of late, decides to go alone.
Immoral consequence: The long distance relationship doesn't work out and Dean and Kristi divorce.
Norm: It's not okay to call people names or be insulting.
Situation: Maria is in a crowded mall parking lot, and someone just parked into the spot she was trying to park in.
Intention: Maria wants to vent out her anger.
Moral action: Maria loudly comments about the other driver, but keeps her windows closed so the other woman doesn't hear.
Moral consequence: Maria feels better, yet the other woman has not been insulted.
Immoral action: Maria yells rude things at the woman in the other car.
Immoral consequence: The woman yells back at her, and they both feel terrible.
Norm: It's good to help people out when they're physically weak.
Situation: Frank works as a cashier at a busy grocery store and is coming off break, and sees an old lady struggling to lift a case of water into her cart.
Intention: Frank needs to get to the register he works at.
Moral action: Frank stops and quickly lifts the case into the woman's cart, before continuing on to the register.
Moral consequence: The woman thanks him and gives him a tip when she pays for her stuff.
Immoral action: Frank ignores the woman and continues up to the register, starting to ring up customers.
Immoral consequence: The old woman collapses under the weight of the case of water.
Norm: Men are not expected to wear women's clothing.
Situation: Bill and Mary are getting ready for work in the morning in their bedroom.
Intention: Bill wants to put on clothing to go to work in.
Moral action: John puts on a black suit and white collared shirt as well as a black tie.
Moral consequence: Mary thinks John looks dapper in his suit and feels extra love for her manly man.
Immoral action: Bill puts on Mary's black pantyhose and her stretchy black dress as well as her black heels.
Immoral consequence: Mary is horrified that her husband is a closet transvestite and admonishes him for hating Jesus.
Norm: It's wrong to intentionally disrupt someone when they're working.
Situation: Wendel and Nancy are plumbers who like to prank each other, and Nancy is working on a pipe with a blowtorch.
Intention: Wendel wants to scare Nancy with a prank.
Moral action: Wendel waits until Nancy is done with the blowtorch to prank Nancy.
Moral consequence: Nancy is startled, then laughs and says she'll get Wendel next time.
Immoral action: Wendel decides to prank Nancy while she is soldering the pipe.
Immoral consequence: Nancy jumps in fear and burns her hand with the blowtorch.
Norm: It's good to clean your hands after petting someone's animal.
Situation: After rubbing his hands on Greg's cat for an hour, Nick is feeling hungry.
Intention: Nick wants to get something to eat.
Moral action: Nick washes his hands and makes a sandwich.
Moral consequence: Nick becomes full from the meal.
Immoral action: Nick grabs an apple and eats it.
Immoral consequence: Nick gets sick.
Norm: It's good to share your things with others.
Situation: Sally has a roommate who is getting ready for a date but has misplaced some make up.
Intention: Sally wants to recommend her favorite brand of make up.
Moral action: Sally recommends the brand she uses and lets her roommate try some of her's now.
Moral consequence: The roommate feels more confident on the date having all her make up on.
Immoral action: Sally tells her roommate what her favorite brand is and where to buy it.
Immoral consequence: The roommate has to go without the make up because of time constraints.
Norm: It is not acceptable to yell at your minor students.
Situation: James' students had been passing notes and playing on their cell phones instead of listening to him.
Intention: James wants his students to pay attention.
Moral action: James makes the students put their phones face down on their desks and reads the confiscated notes out loud.
Moral consequence: The students are more attentive and answer more of James' questions.
Immoral action: James raises his voice and tells his students they'll all be lucky to get jobs at Burger King.
Immoral consequence: A few of James' students start crying and many of them complain to their parents.
Norm: It's good to confess to your crush.
Situation: George has been developing strong feelings for a girl named Beth in his high school English class.
Intention: George wants to talk to someone about his feelings.
Moral action: George pulls Beth aside one day after school and confesses his feelings for her.
Moral consequence: Beth tells George she feels the same way, and she agrees to go out on a date with him.
Immoral action: George tells his best friend that he has a crush on Beth.
Immoral consequence: George never works up the courage to talk to Beth and his love remains unrequited.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to your friends about being ill.
Situation: Sawyer receives a text message from his friends inviting him to hang out with them today.
Intention: Sawyer wants to spend his Saturday lounging at home.
Moral action: Sawyer tells his friends that he doesn't feel like going out today.
Moral consequence: Sawyer's friends accept his explanation after sharing their concerns, and Sawyer spends the day relaxing by himself.
Immoral action: Sawyer tells his friends that he is sick with the flu.
Immoral consequence: Sawyer's friends come over to give him soup, but discover he's well and end up trusting him less.
Norm: You can't expect people to always manage their money well.
Situation: Logan is starting a college fund for his son and is telling his son about it.
Intention: Logan wants to create a bank account for his son's college fund.
Moral action: Logan opens the account but only gives himself access to it, planning to change access rights later.
Moral consequence: Logan saves up a lot of money and his son goes to college without problems.
Immoral action: Logan opens an account and gives his son full access to it, so he doesn't need to change access later.
Immoral consequence: Logan's son pilfers the account to buy petty things and has nothing left for college.
Norm: It's rude to contact someone when others are normally asleep.
Situation: Josh is having a very tough night and is feeling very lonely.
Intention: Josh wants to spend some time with someone.
Moral action: Josh goes to sleep and calls the girl in the morning.
Moral consequence: The girls invites him over for breakfast, and they have a fun breakfast together.
Immoral action: Josh calls a girl from school that he likes.
Immoral consequence: The girls parents answer, ground the girl for a week, and she is upset at josh for getting her in trouble.
Norm: You should be careful around aggressive dogs.
Situation: Lucas sees Sarah's new dog barking loudly and growling.
Intention: Lucas wants to meet the dog.
Moral action: Lucas asks Sarah if he can meet and pet the dog.
Moral consequence: Sarah explains that he is a rescue dog who is skittish around people but allows lucas to throw him some treats from a safe distance.
Immoral action: Lucas runs over to the fence and grabs at the dog to pet them.
Immoral consequence: The dog bites lucas's arm and lucas needs to get stitches.
Norm: It's wrong to use someone else's things without their permission.
Situation: Matt is getting ready to go to work but his is running behind because his roommates had the shower tied up for a long time.
Intention: Matt wants to get to work quickly.
Moral action: Matt calls an Uber to get to work faster than taking the subway.
Moral consequence: Matt arrives on time to his job.
Immoral action: Matt grabs one of his roommates car keys and takes their car to work instead of riding the bus.
Immoral consequence: Matt has the police show up at his work when his roommate calls them saying his car was taken without permission.
Norm: You shouldn't criticize a teammate's work.
Situation: John's coworker asks for questions or feedback after giving a work presentation.
Intention: John wants to respond to the coworker.
Moral action: John provides his coworker with praise and constructive comments.
Moral consequence: The coworker feels proud and effective.
Immoral action: John tells his coworker that the presentation was terrible and a waste of time.
Immoral consequence: John's coworker feels bad for the rest of the day.
Norm: It's good to be there for your kids.
Situation: Pat's son is really bad at baseball, but his son has a baseball game today.
Intention: Pat has to decide whether to go to the game.
Moral action: Pat decides to go to the game since he knows it means a lot to his son.
Moral consequence: Pat's son feels relieved knowing that his dad is in the stands.
Immoral action: Pat decides not to go to the game since he thinks his son isn't dedicated enough.
Immoral consequence: Pat's son looks for Pat in the stand and is hurt not to be able to find him.
Norm: You should always clean up after your pets.
Situation: Meagan is walking her dog on a beautiful day and a man is also walking in their direction.
Intention: Megan wants her dog to poop.
Moral action: Megan's dog defecates on the grass next to the sidewalk, and she picks it up with a paper and puts it in the trash.
Moral consequence: The man approaching walks over the spot where the dog pooped, but because Megan cleaned up, his shoes stay clean, and she feels like a responsible dog owner.
Immoral action: Megan's dog defecates on the grass next to the sidewalk, but she doesn't pick it up.
Immoral consequence: The man approaching steps in dog poop and Megan feels foolish.
Norm: It's not okay to make others do things for you.
Situation: Jay has a recently purchased a boxed shed in his backyard.
Intention: Jay wants to have a shed assembled.
Moral action: Jay and John work together to get the shed built in no time.
Moral consequence: Jay is happy with his shed and promises to help John in the future.
Immoral action: Jay asks his friend, John, to help build the shed, but instead lets John do most of the work.
Immoral consequence: John gets pissed off and doesn't do any more favors for Jay.
Norm: You shouldn't worry your parents.
Situation: Karen had a date planned with her boyfriend, but she hadn't told her parents yet.
Intention: Karen has to decide whether to tell her parents where she's going.
Moral action: Karen tells her parents about her date and gives them his phone number.
Moral consequence: Karen's parents are glad that she was willing to tell them where she's going.
Immoral action: Karen sneaks out of her house and doesn't tell her parents what she's doing.
Immoral consequence: Karen's parents find out that she's gone and start to worry.
Norm: It's mean to criticize your host.
Situation: While at a cocktail party hosted by her friend a waiter spills red wine on Patty's dress.
Intention: Patty wants to inform her friend of what happened.
Moral action: Patty informs her friend of what transpired and asks for help removing the stain.
Moral consequence: Patty's friend is mortified and offers a change of clothes as well as to pay for her dry cleaning.
Immoral action: Patty angrily condemns her friend for hiring incompetent staff for her party.
Immoral consequence: Patty's friend excludes her from all future events that she is hosting.
Norm: It is wrong to go behind a friend's back.
Situation: Mary is having lunch with John at a fancy restaurant.
Intention: Mary wants to talk with john about her friend Kate who works for John.
Moral action: Mary tells John that Kate helps her family financially.
Moral consequence: John decides to give Kate a raise.
Immoral action: Mary tells John that Kate's parents were in jail for shoplifting.
Immoral consequence: As Mary goes to the restroom, John calls Kate and inquires about her parents, which makes her cry.
Norm: You should practice self control while eating.
Situation: Grant meets some Girl Scouts at the door and buys 10 boxes of cookies from them.
Intention: Grant wants to enjoy some Girl Scout cookies.
Moral action: Grant has 2-3 cookies with his lunch and savors every single one.
Moral consequence: Grant controls his weight and blood sugar effectively and makes the cookies last.
Immoral action: Grant eats a box of cookies every day until they are gone, then orders more.
Immoral consequence: Grant gains a lot of weight and begins to have blood sugar issues.
Norm: Partners are expected to be truthful with one another.
Situation: Stacey asks her boyfriend, Ron, how she looks, and Ron notices her make-up is applied a little bit more heavily than normal.
Intention: Ron has to decide whether he should tell her what he thinks about her make-up.
Moral action: Ron tells Stacey that she should double check to make sure she is happy with her make-up, because she usually applies it differently than she did today.
Moral consequence: Stacey appreciates Ron's honesty because she doesn't like to wear too much make-up and accidentally applied more than she meant to wear.
Immoral action: Ron tells Stacey that she looks great and doesn't mention that he thinks her make-up is applied too heavily.
Immoral consequence: Stacey notices that her make-up is applied more heavily than she normally likes it, so she asks Ron why he didn't let her know when she asked earlier.
Norm: You should always be there for your employees.
Situation: Jimmy, the manager of a company, has recently assigned a big project to his team members to finish without three days, and today is his wedding anniversary.
Intention: Jimmy wants to celebrate the wedding anniversary with his wife.
Moral action: Jimmy postpones the celebration to next week after the project is finished, and works overtime with his team members.
Moral consequence: His team members feel supported and work overtime happily together.
Immoral action: Jimmy goes to a restaurant for dinner to celebrate the wedding anniversary with his wife tonight, despite the imminent project deadline.
Immoral consequence: His team members feel angry and refuse to work overtime for the project.
Norm: It's wrong to bail on an academic obligation.
Situation: Mr. Smith could see that Andy was doing poorly in Algebra, so he offered to tutor Andy and Andy agreed to it.
Intention: Andy wants to get better at Algebra.
Moral action: Andy stays after class and gets taught some tips on how to learn Algebra better by Mr. Smith.
Moral consequence: Andy is better able to do well in the class, and he learns a lot.
Immoral action: Andy decides to study Algebra on his own so that he doesn't have to spend too much time on it.
Immoral consequence: Andy ends up getting a substandard education and continues to do poorly in class.
Norm: You shouldn't talk to your ex behind your partner's back.
Situation: Emily  feels lonely because hasn't seen her boyfriend in three weeks, and her ex boyfriend Ethan sits beside her to discuss her new relationship.
Intention: Emily wants to feel less lonely.
Moral action: Emily excuses herself and calls her boyfriend asking him out on a date.
Moral consequence: Emily has fun spending time with her boyfriend.
Immoral action: Emily talks to her ex, and spends the afternoon hanging out with him at the arcade.
Immoral consequence: Emily gets into a fight with her boyfriend after her ex uploads a picture of them on social media.
Norm: It's wrong to hate women.
Situation: Gary just found out that he lost out on a promotion to one of his female coworkers.
Intention: Gary wants his coworkers to think that he is competent.
Moral action: Gary accepts that he didn't get the promotion and tells his coworkers that we will work even harder in the coming months.
Moral consequence: Gary's coworkers respect how humble he is and speak positively about him to his boss.
Immoral action: Gary tells his colleagues that he only lost out on the promotion because of diversity hiring and that women can't do as good a job without special help.
Immoral consequence: One of Gary's male colleagues shares this message with his boss and Gary gets reprimanded.
Norm: It's bad to annoy people.
Situation: Berry runs home after a long day of school, and he sees his mother working on her laptop.
Intention: Berry wants to do something fun.
Moral action: Berry runs upstairs to play an online video game.
Moral consequence: Berry makes new friends while playing the game.
Immoral action: Berry asks his mother to play outside with him over and over again while poking her leg.
Immoral consequence: Berry's mother forces him to spend the rest of the afternoon locked in his room.
Norm: It's wrong for partners to spy on each other.
Situation: Donald is concerned that his girlfriend, Wilma, has been acting secretively lately.
Intention: Donald wants to find out why Wilma has been acting secretively.
Moral action: Donald tells Wilma that he has noticed some secretive behavior in her actions lately and asks to talk about what's going on with her.
Moral consequence: Wilma explains the behavior that he has noticed, and they have an open conversation about it, leaving them both feeling more secure in their relationship.
Immoral action: Donald goes through Wilma's phone and the browser history on her laptop, while she is showering.
Immoral consequence: Wilma catches Donald walking away from her computer when she gets out of the shower and feels violated, and Donald feels guilty.
Norm: It's weird to tell about people about your masturbatory habits.
Situation: Bill is out on a first date with a woman named Sally who asks Bill to tell her more about himself.
Intention: Bill wants Sally to know more about him.
Moral action: Bill tells Sally about his family and where he grew up.
Moral consequence: Sally is interested and intrigued to hear more about Bill's background.
Immoral action: Bill tells Sally in great detail about his masturbation habits.
Immoral consequence: Sally is creeped out and turned off by this overly personal information.
Norm: It is wrong to get upset with your significant other.
Situation: Nancy comes home and tells her husband Omar that she dented the family car.
Intention: Omar wants to respond to Nancy's news.
Moral action: Omar tells Nancy that it's OK as long as she didn't get hurt, it's just a car.
Moral consequence: Nancy is relieved that Omar doesn't care about the dent and is delighted that he loves her so much he's more concerned with her health.
Immoral action: Omar tells Nancy that she's irresponsible for damaging the car which will cost a lot of money to fix and that he's furious with her.
Immoral consequence: Nancy is embarrassed for denting the car and stressed out about what Omar thinks of her now.
Norm: It is disrespectful to swear at your parents.
Situation: Jim comes home past his curfew and his waiting parents tell him he's grounded for a month.
Intention: Jim wants to show his displeasure about being grounded.
Moral action: Jim explain to his parents that he was late because their was a wreck on the highway.
Moral consequence: Jim has his grounding lifted when his parents check the news and see the accident report.
Immoral action: Jim curses out both his parents for being so strict and for grounding him.
Immoral consequence: Jim gets grounded for 6 months instead of 1 month.