Not-qty/ols-moral-stories-2k huggingface dataset:
Norm: You shouldn't take other people's belongings.
Situation: Jane has stumbled across a cute looking skirt in her roommates room.
Intention: Jane wants to wear the skirt.
Moral action: Jane approaches her roommate and asks her if she can borrow the skirt.
Moral consequence: Jane's roommate doesn't really like the skirt, so she just gives it to her.
Immoral action: Jane simply takes the skirt and keeping it as if it belongs to her.
Immoral consequence: Jane's roommate sees her wearing the skirt and considers her a thief.
Norm: You shouldn't pretend to be suicidal just to get attention.
Situation: Marla has several siblings and her parents work a lot so she if feeling neglected.
Intention: Marla wants her parents to pay more attention to her.
Moral action: Marla tells her parents about how she is feeling neglected.
Moral consequence: Marla's parents will understand her and try to help remedy the situation.
Immoral action: Marla pretends to consume an entire bottle of pills and lays on the ground for her parents to find her.
Immoral consequence: Marla's parents will be very worried then very angry at her deception.
Norm: You shouldn't swap someone's water for alcohol.
Situation: Ben was at a party with his friends, but he didn't like to drink alcohol.
Intention: Ben's friends wanted to hand Ben his drink.
Moral action: Ben's friends handed Ben his bottle of water for him to drink.
Moral consequence: Ben thanked his friends for passing him the water.
Immoral action: Ben's friends put vodka in his water bottle before giving it to him.
Immoral consequence: Ben took a sip and spit it out all over his friends.
Norm: It's rude to lie to someone about your backstory.
Situation: Bill is preparing his resume for his ongoing job search.
Intention: Bill wants to get a good job.
Moral action: Bill is forthright about his work experience and impresses an interviewer with his honesty at a respected company.
Moral consequence: Bill is hired and is given an interesting position with excellent advancement prospects.
Immoral action: Bill purposefully writes his resume in a way that makes it seem as if he has more supervisory experience than he really has.
Immoral consequence: Bill gets a good position, but is in constant fear that his lies will be found out.
Norm: It's hurtful to make fun of your classmates.
Situation: Jim was in class when his classmate answered one of the teacher's questions wrong.
Intention: Jim wants his classmate to know the answer was wrong.
Moral action: Jim tells his classmate the right answer and offers to help him after school.
Moral consequence: Jim's classmate is grateful to Jim and learns more with his help.
Immoral action: Jim starts to laugh at his classmate and tells him he is stupid for not knowing the answer.
Immoral consequence: Jim's classmate starts to cry because Jim makes him feel like he his useless.
Norm: It's bad to like underage girls.
Situation: Joe goes to a summer picnic that is organized annually by his neighborhood.
Intention: Joe wants to meet some woman and potentially date them.
Moral action: Joe sees a new neighbor who appears to be around his age and strikes up a conversation with her.
Moral consequence: They chat for a bit and hit it off well enough to agree to a date next Friday.
Immoral action: Joe hangs around the teenage daughters of some of the neighbors and tries to flirt with them.
Immoral consequence: The girls are creeped out and one of the fathers punches Joe out.
Norm: It is wrong to date someone out of spite.
Situation: Jane has been being pestered by a co-worker for years to date him.
Intention: Jane wants the pestering to end.
Moral action: Jane contacts he workplace's human resources department and files a complaint against the pestering co-worker.
Moral consequence: The co-worker is reprimanded for their behavior and asked to transfer to another office far away from Jane.
Immoral action: While angry one day, Jane relents and offers to go on a single date with the co-worker.
Immoral consequence: The co-worker does not get the hint that it is a one off thing and begins to stalk Jane outside of work.
Norm: You shouldn't jump people.
Situation: Frank lives in the city and finds out that a "friend" of his just stole a lot of his money.
Intention: Frank wants to get justice on this friend.
Moral action: Frank reports the friend to the police and describes the theft in detail.
Moral consequence: The police arrest the friend and recover the stolen goods.
Immoral action: Frank gets some friends, finds the thief when he's alone, and attacks him.
Immoral consequence: The thief fights back, escalates the conflict, and turns it into an all-out war.
Norm: It's greedy to eat too much
Situation: Matt is starving after a long day at school and is sitting down for dinner with his family.
Intention: Matt wants to eat food to satisfy his hunger.
Moral action: Matt eats a reasonable portion of the various foods his mother has prepared for dinner.
Moral consequence: Matt's family have a pleasant and enjoyable dinner together.
Immoral action: Matt eats all the dinner rolls before any of his family members can have a single one.
Immoral consequence: Matt's family is disappointed and upset that he was selfish and ate all the rolls.
Norm: You shouldn't be with a partner that verbally abuses you.
Situation: Andrea loves her boyfriend Jimmy, but he constantly berates her causing her to feel sad.
Intention: Andrea wants to be in love.
Moral action: Andrea decides to break up with Jimmy and find someone who respects her.
Moral consequence: Andrea realizes she is so much happier being with someone who is kind to her.
Immoral action: Andrea stays with Jimmy because she believes their love is worth it.
Immoral consequence: Jimmy continues to berate Andrea, slowly bringing down her confidence and happiness.
Norm: You shouldn't look at your phone while driving.
Situation: Tabitha is driving through heavy traffic when she hears someone texting her.
Intention: Tabitha wants to know the information in the text.
Moral action: Tabitha taps the button on her phone for the voice assistant, and she asks the assistant to read her text messages.
Moral consequence: Tabitha learns about the information in the texts.
Immoral action: Tabitha grabs her phone and glances at the text while slowing down.
Immoral consequence: Tabitha gets into a wreck when the person in front of her stops.
Norm: Parents shouldn't shower with their children.
Situation: Paul and his two kids are at the beach and need to rinse off before leaving.
Intention: Paul wants to be respectful of others at the beach.
Moral action: Paul puts his children in a separate stall, and showers himself in another stall.
Moral consequence: Beachgoers are spared the uncomfortable sight of watching a grown man shower with children.
Immoral action: Paul showers with his two children in view of other beachgoers.
Immoral consequence: Beachgoers disapprove but appreciate that the family does not take up three separate stalls.
Norm: It's unusual to stay up all night.
Situation: Sarah went to her friend's house for a slumber party even though she has to work at a fast food restaurant the next day.
Intention: Sarah wants to have a good time with her friends.
Moral action: Sarah tells her friends that even though she wants to hang out more, she should probably get some sleep because she has to work.
Moral consequence: Sarah's manager is pleased with Sarah's performance when she comes to work rested.
Immoral action: Sarah stays up all night with her friends and then goes to work.
Immoral consequence: Sarah's manager is angry since she appears to tired to work.
Norm: It's mean to hold things from your children.
Situation: Marc sees his daughter's phone on the floor where she has dropped it, and he picks it up and puts it in his pocket.
Intention: Marc wants to teach his daughter to be more careful with her things.
Moral action: Marc tells his daughter that he found her phone on the floor and tells her he will give it back if she promises to be more careful with her things.
Moral consequence: Mary is happy and relieved to get her phone back, grateful to her father, and she keeps her promise to keep better track of her possessions.
Immoral action: Marc keeps the phone in his pocket, and he lets his daughter think that it is lost when she comes looking for it.
Immoral consequence: She is genuinely panicked when she thinks she has lost her phone and all she learns when he tells the truth is that she can't trust him completely.
Norm: It is not okay to lie about things.
Situation: Chad had broken the vase in his mother's house playing catch with his brother.
Intention: Chad wants to tell his mother that the vase is broken.
Moral action: Chad tells his mother that the vase is broken and that it's partially his fault.
Moral consequence: Chad's mother is somewhat upset, but she tells Chad she is proud of him for telling the truth.
Immoral action: Chad tells his mother that the vase was knocked down by the dog running through the room.
Immoral consequence: Chad's mother finds out what really happened, and she grounds him for a week.
Norm: You shouldn't ruin your partner's important events.
Situation: Jack's fiancee is graduating form university and a ceremony is being held the honor the graduates.
Intention: Jack wants to attend his fiancee's graduation.
Moral action: Jack goes to his fiancee's graduation and stays on his best behavior.
Moral consequence: Jack's fiancee feels the graduation is a proud moment she will always remember fondly.
Immoral action: Jack gets tremendously drunk at the graduation, yelling at people and starting a fight.
Immoral consequence: Jack's fiancee feels her graduation was an embarrassment and a black mark on her reputation.
Norm: You shouldn't let people trick you.
Situation: Steve bet Bob $1 he couldn't answer this question: "Is the following true or false: My name is Steve, or I am a human".
Intention: Bob wants to answer the question.
Moral action: Bob asks if the word "or" is inclusive or exclusive in the context of the riddle.
Moral consequence: Steve is forced to answer Bob's question and ultimately pay Bob the $1.
Immoral action: Bob takes a guess at the riddle thinking he'll be right half the time.
Immoral consequence: No matter what Bob says, Steve tells him he's wrong and tricks Bob.
Norm: It's rude not to answer someone's message.
Situation: Ken is a professor, and one of his students emailed him since they missed the last class.
Intention: Ken has to decide whether to respond to the student.
Moral action: Ken feels bad, so he decides to give the student the PowerPoint slides he used for class.
Moral consequence: The students feels grateful and gets to prepare herself for any future exams.
Immoral action: Ken decides that the student should've shown up to class if they wanted help.
Immoral consequence: The student feels like she did something wrong and still needs help.
Norm: It's good to get help with your mental issues.
Situation: Brody has been feeling depressed and run down the last few days.
Intention: Brody wants to take some pills.
Moral action: Brody goes to the doctor's office and gets a prescription for antidepressants.
Moral consequence: Brody starts to feel better a few days after starting to take his medicine.
Immoral action: Brody takes a handful of pills from the medicine cabinet at his mother's house.
Immoral consequence: Brody overdoses on the pills that he takes and has to go to the hospital.
Norm: It is wrong to punch children.
Situation: Bobby's son John knocks over their big screen TV and breaks it.
Intention: Bobby wants to punish his kid and teach a lesson.
Moral action: Bobby holds his anger in and sends his son to his room telling him to be more careful around electronics.
Moral consequence: John makes sure to be careful around the house and his relationship remains strong with Bobby.
Immoral action: Bobby allows his anger to take hold of him, and he punches his son in the arm as punishment.
Immoral consequence: John stops liking his dad Bobby and their relationship deteriorates to nothing.
Norm: It's not nice to cause problems in public places.
Situation: Laura is at the mall and sees a few garbage cans overflowing with garbage.
Intention: Laura wants to attract the attention of authorities to the problem of garbage at the mall.
Moral action: Laura quietly goes to a security guard at the mall and asks him to contact his boss about the garbage issue.
Moral consequence: The security guard calls his boss, who thanks him for letting him know about the issue.
Immoral action: Laura goes to a security guard at the mall and loudly takes him to task about the garbage cans.
Immoral consequence: A small crowd gathers and starts accusing the security guard of negligence.
Norm: It's good to tell people about harmful work environments.
Situation: Jim works for a shipping company that has a lot of workplace accidents.
Intention: Jim wants to stop getting yelled at by his boss for injuries to workers.
Moral action: Jim decides to start informing his workers every day about potential safety risks.
Moral consequence: Jim is happy that his employees are no longer getting hurt as frequently.
Immoral action: Jim decides to just stop reporting injuries that occur.
Immoral consequence: Jim is fired for unethical reporting practices and is now broke.
Norm: It's bad to lie to someone.
Situation: Devon is asked by his teacher if he read the homework assignment last night.
Intention: Devon wants to respond to his teacher.
Moral action: Devon tells his teacher he was unable to finish all the reading.
Moral consequence: Devon is given some extra time at the beginning of class to catch up on the reading assignment.
Immoral action: Devon says that he did the reading last night, neglecting to mention that he fell asleep half-way through.
Immoral consequence: Devon fails a pop quiz the teacher gives him about the reading.
Norm: It's good to make sure your pets have food.
Situation: Gina plans to go to the beach for a weekend without her cats.
Intention: Gina wants to avoid hiring a cat sitter.
Moral action: Gina purchases an automatic cat feeder and makes sure that both the food and water tanks are filled to the brim.
Moral consequence: Gina's cats remain healthy while she enjoys herself at the beach.
Immoral action: Gina purchases an automatic cat feeder but only fills the water portion.
Immoral consequence: Gina's cats go two days without food and are lethargic when she returns from her trip.
Norm: It is rude to embarrass a class mate.
Situation: Tim is at school and notices that his classmate Bill has a piece of toilet paper stuck to his shoe.
Intention: Tim wants to inform Bill about the toilet paper on his shoe.
Moral action: Tim waits until class is over and discretely informs Bill about the toilet paper on his shoe.
Moral consequence: Bill is thankful to Tim and removes the toilet paper without anyone else noticing.
Immoral action: Tim tells Bill that there is toilet paper stuck to his shoe in front of the whole class.
Immoral consequence: Many of the students laugh at Bill, and he feels embarrassed.
Norm: It is unacceptable to tell someone what to wear.
Situation: Donald hears that his daughter will be attending her first prom today.
Intention: Donald wants to prepare his daughter for prom.
Moral action: Donald asks his daughter what she wants help with, which turns out to be driving to the prom.
Moral consequence: Donald's daughter gets to the prom on time, and both Donald and his daughter are excited.
Immoral action: Donald tells her daughter exactly what to wear, including colors involved.
Immoral consequence: Donald's daughter tells Donald he is overbearing, and they argue for hours.
Norm: Never ignore another humans cry for help.
Situation: Bryce is on his phone on the bus when a woman in red sitting across from him holds up a small sign that says 'Help, I'm being trafficked'.
Intention: Bryce wants to finish his phone call.
Moral action: Bryce tells his conversational partner he will call them back and hangs up the phone before attempting to help the woman in red.
Moral consequence: Bryce is able to separate the woman from the people trafficking her and helps her get to a police station.
Immoral action: Bryce puts his sunglasses on to avoid looking at the woman and continues talking until his conversation is finished.
Immoral consequence: The woman in red falls victim to international sex trafficking and is terribly abused.
Norm: Adults are expected to give out candy on Halloween.
Situation: It's Halloween and George has just gotten home after a rough day at work.
Intention: George wants to unwind.
Moral action: George spends the evening giving out candy and joking with the kids.
Moral consequence: George has a good time interacting with his neighbors and their kids.
Immoral action: George pretends he is not home and relaxes with a few beers.
Immoral consequence: George gets a reputation as the neighborhood grump.
Norm: Being organized is good because it saves time.
Situation: Charles lives in a messy house where he's always losing things, and is constantly wasting time trying to find stuff.
Intention: Charles wants to become more efficient.
Moral action: Charles decides to clean up his bedroom, so he's no longer wasting time looking for things.
Moral consequence: Charles manages to find his personal items quickly every day from then on.
Immoral action: Charles decides to start speed walking around the house, avoiding piles of clutter in order to save time.
Immoral consequence: Charles trips on a pile of junk in his bedroom one day and twists an ankle.
Norm: It's wrong to tell other people secrets
Situation: Steve told his close friend Bill a very big and embarrassing secret about himself, and Bill remembers it while hanging out with some friends.
Intention: Bill wants to amuse some friends.
Moral action: Bill decides to pull out his phone and show them a funny cat video.
Moral consequence: Steve appreciates Bill continuing to keep his secret and trust.
Immoral action: Bill tells the group of people Steve's secret spur of the moment.
Immoral consequence: Steve eventually finds out, and never trusts Bill with anything again.
Norm: It's good to discuss disagreements calmly with your spouse.
Situation: Jack and Jill are at the hardware store looking at paint swatches as they plan a slight house renovation.
Intention: Jack wants to pick a color to paint the living room.
Moral action: Jack tells Jill calmly why his color preference is different than hers, and they each explain their sides, deciding to sleep on it.
Moral consequence: Jill comes around to Jack's color preference and the two excitedly begin their renovation.
Immoral action: Jack scoffs at Jill after she states her preference for a different color than his.
Immoral consequence: Jill, visibly upset by Jack, agrees with his color, though creating an unmistakeable tension in their marriage.
Norm: It's wrong to harass someone because of religious differences.
Situation: John doesn't know any Jewish people but notices one at the bus stop.
Intention: John wants to talk to the Jewish person.
Moral action: John introduces himself to the Jewish person as he would do so with anybody else.
Moral consequence: The Jewish person enjoys a friendly little chat with John.
Immoral action: John uses slang terms to get the Jewish person's attention and asks a question that alludes to stereotypes about Jewish people.
Immoral consequence: The Jewish person is greatly offended by John's remarks and yells at John.
Norm: It is good to only do it with one person.
Situation: Nate is invited to an orgy by Jane.
Intention: Nate wants to have sex.
Moral action: Nate only has sex with Jane at the orgy.
Moral consequence: Nate has a fun time.
Immoral action: Nate has sex with multiple people at the orgy.
Immoral consequence: Nate gets an infection.
Norm: You should never abuse prescription medication
Situation: John is so depressed that his girlfriend broke up with him.
Intention: John needs to do something to make himself feel better.
Moral action: John calls a friend and they get together to talk.
Moral consequence: John feels better.
Immoral action: John takes some leftover opiods.
Immoral consequence: He feels better but becomes addicted.
Norm: It's brave to ask someone out.
Situation: Keith was going to be going to the school dance the next week.
Intention: Keith wanted a date to the dance.
Moral action: Keith gathers his courage and asks out a girl in his class to the dance.
Moral consequence: The girl says yes, and she and Keith go to the dance together.
Immoral action: Keith got his friend to ask a girl out to the dance for him.
Immoral consequence: The girl turned Keith down because he didn't ask her himself.
Norm: It's good to have your kids get some fresh air.
Situation: Keisha is at home with her two children and is cooking dinner.
Intention: Keisha wants to keep her kids occupied.
Moral action: Keisha decides to grill dinner so her kids can run around outside while she keeps an eye on them.
Moral consequence: Keisha's kids get exercise and stay healthy.
Immoral action: Keisha gives her kids their tablets and tells them to play games, so she can concentrate on cooking.
Immoral consequence: Keisha's kids get in the habit of laying around the house and staring at screens.
Norm: It's wrong to belittle a victim of abuse.
Situation: John is at home when Mindy brings her sister Annette over to the house who has just come from a battered women's shelter.
Intention: John wants to feel good about himself.
Moral action: John asks how Annette is doing and comforts her and offers her some food.
Moral consequence: Annette is grateful and happy and grows fond of John.
Immoral action: John tells Annette that she probably deserved the battering she got.
Immoral consequence: Annette breaks down crying and resents John a lot.
Norm: It's good to stand up for friends.
Situation: Freddy and his friend Ben are at school together when a bully tells Ben to give him his lunch money.
Intention: Freddy wants to react to the Bully's demands.
Moral action: Freddy tells the bully to get lost and no one is giving him their lunch money.
Moral consequence: Ben will think Freddy is brave and will have admiration for Freddy.
Immoral action: Freddy tells Ben to give the bully his lunch money to avoid conflict.
Immoral consequence: Ben will think Freddy is a coward and will be ashamed of Freddy.
Norm: It's rude to dismiss the teaching profession.
Situation: John meets Peter at a charity fundraiser and Peter tells John that he is a high school teacher.
Intention: John wants to respond to Peter's statement.
Moral action: John tells Peter that he's doing a thankless job that benefits society greatly and that teachers don't get enough credit.
Moral consequence: Peter is delighted that John is so understanding of what he does every single day.
Immoral action: John scoffs at Peter and tells him that school is an evil place that instills bad liberal ideas into children's heads.
Immoral consequence: Peter is sad that John is being disrespectful towards his Job and is shocked at John's narrow mind.
Norm: It gross to use someone else's tooth brush.
Situation: Jack is getting ready for bed.
Intention: Jack needs to brush his teeth but can't find his toothbrush.
Moral action: Jack gets a new toothbrush out of the closet and brushes his teeth.
Moral consequence: His teeth are clean and no one is mad at him.
Immoral action: Jack uses his brother's toothbrush.
Immoral consequence: When he brother finds out, he punches Jack for being so gross.
Norm: You shouldn't let your dog bite your family members.
Situation: Patty has a dog, Spot, that is known to be a bit rowdy with the family.
Intention: Patty wants the dog to play with people.
Moral action: Patty trains the dog to be less aggressive, while still being playful.
Moral consequence: Patty's dog and the family get along well and have many happy years together.
Immoral action: Patty ignores the dog's increasing aggression, and tells them that the biting is just play.
Immoral consequence: The dog bites one of the kids hard enough to require medical attention, and Spot must be put down.
Norm: It's wrong to spite someone.
Situation: James is a school counselor, and his least favorite student just gave him a scholarship application to submit.
Intention: James wants to teach the student some humilty.
Moral action: James submits the scholarship application and subjects the student to an hour-long lecture about humility.
Moral consequence: The student can't leave without James' permission and is forced to silently listen to the lecture.
Immoral action: James deliberately sends in the application late so the student doesn't get the scholarship.
Immoral consequence: The principal finds out and threatens to fire James if he's similarly incompetent in the future.
Norm: It's wrong to stalk a person you're attracted to.
Situation: Warren likes a woman who goes to the same coffee shop as him.
Intention: Warren wants to find out more about the woman.
Moral action: Warren introduces himself to the woman and asks her for her name.
Moral consequence: The woman tells Warren her name, and they have a conversation.
Immoral action: Warren follows the woman in his car when she leaves the coffee shop.
Immoral consequence: The woman becomes scared and drives to a police station.
Norm: It's good to keep someone dying company.
Situation: Adrian's favorite band is having a concert this weekend, but his mother has been hospitalized with cancer.
Intention: Adrian wants to attend the concert.
Moral action: Adrian visits his mother at the hospital, and the two of them watch a stream of the concert.
Moral consequence: Having fun allows Adrian and his mother to open up about their struggles and feelings.
Immoral action: Adrian goes to the concert with his friend.
Immoral consequence: Adrian doesn't get to speak with his mother before she passes away.
Norm: Lying about a theft is irresponsible.
Situation: Jimmy stole a shared toy from his classroom the previous day, and now the teacher is asking everyone in the class if they know where it could be.
Intention: Jimmy wants to respond to the teacher's question.
Moral action: Jimmy tells the teacher that he took the toy and will bring it back tomorrow.
Moral consequence: The teacher thanks Jimmy for his honesty and tells him he will not be punished.
Immoral action: Jimmy tells the teacher that he thinks he saw someone from the neighboring classroom come in and grab the toy.
Immoral consequence: The teacher thanks Jimmy and plans to go to the other classroom after class to investigate further.
Norm: People should not overstay their welcome as a guest.
Situation: Rachel is visiting a friend's house for dinner and her friend has work in the morning.
Intention: Rachel wants to enjoy herself.
Moral action: Rachel makes sure to catch up with her friend over the meal and leaves soon after they finish eating, so that her friend can get enough sleep.
Moral consequence: Rachel's friend enjoys Rachel's visit and gets a good night's rest which leaves her ready for the work day.
Immoral action: Rachel lingers at her friend's house well after the meal is complete and into the night because she is enjoying the conversations.
Immoral consequence: Rachel's friend is too polite to ask her to leave and ends up losing sleep which makes her work performance suffer the next day.
Norm: It's irresponsible to abandon another person.
Situation: Matt and Cindy are driving when their car breaks down in a shady part of town.
Intention: Matt wants to get help.
Moral action: Matt and Cindy leave the car to find help nearby.
Moral consequence: Matt and Cindy get to a phone and are both safe.
Immoral action: Matt leaves Cindy with the car and goes to find a store to use a phone.
Immoral consequence: Cindy gets attacked and robbed while Matt is away.
Norm: It's wrong to strike a little kid.
Situation: Grant is coaching a youth baseball team, and they are performing poorly at practice.
Intention: Grant wants to motivate his team to play better.
Moral action: Grant comes up with an encouraging speech for his players and offers them a reward if they can meet a goal.
Moral consequence: The kids start to play better and are able to earn the promised reward.
Immoral action: Grant smacks one of the kids on the head, insinuating that he will do it to others if they don't pick up their play.
Immoral consequence: The kids tell their parents, and many of them are pulled from the team.
Norm: It's bad to teach your kids to be racist.
Situation: Chris and Monica recently moved next to a black couple in a new neighborhood.
Intention: Monica wants to explain skin color to her children.
Moral action: Monica explains that people are lots of different colors all over the world, and that it doesn't make them any different.
Moral consequence: Monica's son understands why their new neighbors look different and knows not to judge them for it.
Immoral action: Monica explains that their neighbors are black because they are dirtier types of people.
Immoral consequence: Monica's children become bullies at their new school and continue spreading their racist ideas.
Norm: You shouldn't lie to get free food.
Situation: Jorge decides to eat out at a restaurant to avoid cooking dinner, but he has limited funds.
Intention: Jorge wants to spend less money on his meal.
Moral action: Jorge orders cheaper items from the menu and uses a coupon code.
Moral consequence: Jorge enjoys his meal and is glad he saved some money.
Immoral action: Jorge tells the server that it is his birthday which is actually not for a few months.
Immoral consequence: Jorge feels embarrassed for getting a free meal by lying.
Norm: It's wrong to judge a person by their significant other.
Situation: It is John's first day of work at his new job.
Intention: John wants to get to know his co-workers.
Moral action: John introduces himself to another co-worker after already having an unpleasant run in with their spouse.
Moral consequence: John finds out that the co-worker shares many of his interests.
Immoral action: John dismisses a co-worker after they explain that their spouse likes a sports team John loathes.
Immoral consequence: John gets off on the wrong foot with his new co-worker and will have to spend months building up a relationship.
Norm: You shouldn't ask your siblings to pay you.
Situation: Greg and his brother Frank are going to the movies.
Intention: Greg wants to have fun with his brother and spend time with him.
Moral action: Greg doesn’t ask for reimbursement and decides it was nice to treat his brother for this movie.
Moral consequence: Greg and Frank go out to eat and Frank decides to pay the bill this time.
Immoral action: Greg pays for the movie but afterwards asks his brother to pay him back for the cost.
Immoral consequence: Frank feels like Greg shouldn’t have asked if he wasn’t going to pay and feels upset.
Norm: It is wrong to be controlling of your girlfriend.
Situation: Max has been thinking about seeing a comedy movie with his girlfriend Tina, but she wants to see a romance movie.
Intention: Max wants to see the comedy movie.
Moral action: Max suggests that he and Tina watch the comedy and romance movies in the same day.
Moral consequence: Tina agrees with the idea, and they buy tickets for both movies.
Immoral action: Max tells Tina that she will only watch the movies he wants to watch.
Immoral consequence: Tina doesn't like Max's controlling tone and breaks up with him.
Norm: It's bad to want to shoot people for no reason.
Situation: James is having a rough time adjusting to his first year away at college and is currently doing poorly in his classes.
Intention: James wants to distract himself from his problems.
Moral action: James joins a video game club on campus and becomes a regular at their get togethers.
Moral consequence: James makes several friends who help him study and improve his grades.
Immoral action: James fantasizes about shooting up the campus and them having to close it down for the semester.
Immoral consequence: James becomes increasingly neurotic and continues to do poorly in his classes.
Norm: It's good to care about your community.
Situation: Galvin has time off after returning from his business trip, and his hometown has been damaged by floods.
Intention: Galvin wants to do something in town.
Moral action: Galvin volunteers at a community food drive handing out food to people in need.
Moral consequence: Galvin makes new friends over the day.
Immoral action: Galvin is having a picnic at the park, and he leaves his trash on the ground.
Immoral consequence: Galvin is fined by the police for littering.
Norm: You should always teach your kids good manners.
Situation: James is at the dinner table with his children when his daughter Karen burps loudly.
Intention: James wants to respond to Karen's burp.
Moral action: James tells Karen that burping in front of others is impolite.
Moral consequence: Karen apologizes to her father for being impolite and promises not to do it again.
Immoral action: James laughs and tells Karen that what she just did was funny.
Immoral consequence: Karen goes to school the next day and burps during class and is sent to the principal's office.
Norm: It's not acceptable behavior to yell in other people's faces.
Situation: Matt asks his sister Jenny a question, but she doesn't hear him because she is listening to music on her headphones.
Intention: Matt wants to get Jenny's attention.
Moral action: Matt calmly taps Jenny on the shoulder to get her attention.
Moral consequence: Jenny takes off her headphones and kindly asks what Matt needs.
Immoral action: Matt walks over to Jenny and yells loudly right in her face so that she hears him.
Immoral consequence: Jenny is started and frightened by Matt's sudden shouting.
Norm: You should report people for this misconduct on the job.
Situation: Jeff is at work when his boss make a sexist remark about a coworker.
Intention: Jeff wants to be promoted.
Moral action: Jeff reports the comment his boss made to the human resources department.
Moral consequence: The human resources department thanks Jeff and offers a supervisor position.
Immoral action: Jeff ignores the comment and laughs about it with his boss.
Immoral consequence: The boss takes a liking to Jeff and recommends Jeff for a promotion.
Norm: You shouldn't refuse to meet your friend's partner.
Situation: John and his lifelong best friend are having a conversation on the phone about his best friend's new girlfriend.
Intention: John wants to be clear with his friend.
Moral action: John explains to his best friend that even though he feels uncomfortable meeting his new girlfriend, that he will do it for him.
Moral consequence: John's friend thanks John for understanding and appreciates that John will step out of his comfort zone for a friend.
Immoral action: John explains to his best friend his true feeling in that he has no desire to meet his new girlfriend.
Immoral consequence: John's friend his hurt that John doesn't want to meet somebody important to him.
Norm: You should try to pay bills you owe.
Situation: Dave got a much higher than usual electricity bill this month and can't afford to pay it.
Intention: Dave wants to avoid getting in trouble with the electricity company.
Moral action: Dave borrows money from his family and makes a plan to get his finances under control.
Moral consequence: Dave maintains his electricity and puts himself in a better position to be able to pay the bills.
Immoral action: Dave moves out of his apartment and moves in with a friend, hoping the electricity company won't track him down for such a small bill.
Immoral consequence: Dave gets tracked down and is given a much higher penalty with potential legal consequences.
Norm: It's gross to eat out of the garbage can.
Situation: Robin is at his apartment and notices his roommate threw away half of a salad in the trash.
Intention: Robin doesn't want the food to go to waste.
Moral action: Robin removes the salad from the trash and walks it outside to throw it in the compost pile.
Moral consequence: Robin's friend notices the move and compliments Robin for thinking about putting it in the compost instead of the trash.
Immoral action: Robin carefully removes the salad from the bin and decides it is safe to eat because it was on top.
Immoral consequence: Robin's roommate sees him eating the salad and makes fun of Robin for being disgusting.
Norm: It's not okay to want to show off or brag.
Situation: Courtney is a wealthy girl who attends a school with kids from varying socioeconomic backgrounds, and her dad recently bought her a designer backpack.
Intention: Courtney wants to wear her new backpack to school.
Moral action: Courtney takes her backpack to school without mentioning it to anyone.
Moral consequence: Courtney is able to wear her bag without hurting anyone's feelings.
Immoral action: Courtney points out her new backpack to all of her classmates, being sure to mention the designer and price tag.
Immoral consequence: The lesser well-off kids in Courtney's class feel that what they have is inadequate.
Norm: It is wrong to abuse your power over other people.
Situation: Kerry owns a company and has an employee named Joe that works at the company as an office assistant.
Intention: Kerry wants to give Joe work tasks.
Moral action: Kerry tells Joe to refill the printers with paper and ink.
Moral consequence: Joe works hard so that he can get promoted in the company.
Immoral action: Kerry tells Joe to go to Kerry's house and clean the bathrooms.
Immoral consequence: Joe quits the company because cleaning Kerry's home bathrooms is not part of his job.
Norm: It's wrong not to have sympathy for your partner.
Situation: Albert's girlfriend Jessica told him that she was let go from her job.
Intention: Albert wants to respond to Jessica.
Moral action: Albert tells Jessica she'll find a better job.
Moral consequence: Jessica will feel enthusiastic about looking for a new job.
Immoral action: Albert tells Jessica she was let go because she was a poor performer.
Immoral consequence: Jessica will not have confidence in finding a new job.
Norm: It's wrong to threaten to hurt someone for any reason.
Situation: Alex is in his car at a red light when Quincy, coming up from behind, rear ends his car, hard.
Intention: Alex wants to show Quincy his displeasure.
Moral action: Alex gets out of the car and calmly tells Quincy that his driving was awful and his insurance will have to pay for everything.
Moral consequence: Quincy is remorseful and knows he's about to get a huge increase in insurance because of his mistake.
Immoral action: Alex gets out of the car and screams at Quincy telling him he's going to kill him.
Immoral consequence: Quincy is terrified and locks himself in his car before clumsily attempting to back up and drive away, almost killing a bystander.
Norm: It's nice to say thank you to strangers.
Situation: Doris holds the door open for Dina as she enters the local supermarket.
Intention: Dina wants to enter the store.
Moral action: Dina thanks Doris for holding the door and wishes her well as she goes into the store.
Moral consequence: Doris feels good about having helped someone out and has a lovely day.
Immoral action: Dina shuffles past Doris quickly, accidentally hitting her with her bag.
Immoral consequence: Doris feels discouraged about  doing a good deed and doesn't do it as often anymore.
Norm: It is bad to throw away a good jacket.
Situation: Janice just bought a new winter jacket but then decides she doesn't like how it looks.
Intention: Janice wants to get rid of her new jacket.
Moral action: Janice returns the new jacket to the store she bought it from and exchanges it for a different style.
Moral consequence: Janice wears her newest winter jacket once it gets cold and her friends compliment her on it.
Immoral action: Janice puts her new jacket in the garbage and leaves it on the curb to be collected.
Immoral consequence: Janice has to spend more money on another jacket once it gets cold.
Norm: It is unacceptable to have prejudiced views.
Situation: Kathy is with her friends outside, and they see a classmate who is Muslim.
Intention: Kathy wants to comment on the Muslim classmate.
Moral action: Kathy says they should invite the classmate to hang out with them.
Moral consequence: Kathy and the Muslim classmate hang out and have a good time together.
Immoral action: Kathy says the classmate must be a terrorist and says he should go back to the Middle East.
Immoral consequence: Kathy's friends are appalled and call her racists and stop hanging out with her.
Norm: You shouldn't blast your music.
Situation: Tobias bought a new sound system and is hosting a house party to celebrate.
Intention: Tobias wants to show off his new sound system.
Moral action: Tobias plays the music at a moderate level, so that everyone can hear but not loud enough to disturb his neighbors.
Moral consequence: Everyone at the party compliments Tobias on how good the sound system is.
Immoral action: Tobias cranks the volume up as loud as it will go.
Immoral consequence: The neighbors call the police and Tobias is issued a large fine.
Norm: You should always do what you say you will
Situation: Tim promised Susan that he'd drive her to her physics final exam, but it's at the same time as his favorite team's hockey game.
Intention: Tim wants to watch the hockey game.
Moral action: Tim records the hockey game on his DVR and drives Susan to her exam like he said he would.
Moral consequence: Susan arrives at her exam on time, passes it, and passes the course.
Immoral action: Tim buys a ticket and goes to the hockey game, leaving Susan to get to her exam on her own.
Immoral consequence: Susan doesn't make it to her exam on time, gets a zero, and fails the course.
Norm: It is bad to defecate in the shower or bathtub
Situation: While taking a shower after working out at the gym Frank is suddenly overcome with the urge to poop.
Intention: Frank wants to void his bowels as soon as possible.
Moral action: Frank exits the shower and goes to the nearest toilet to poop.
Moral consequence: Franks gym membership is not put at risk, so he continues to attend the gym.
Immoral action: Since he is alone in the shower area Frank decides to poop in the shower and hopes it goes down the drain.
Immoral consequence: A fellow gym member walks in on Frank and reports him to the staff which results in Franks gym membership being revoked.
Norm: It's not right to throw food at people.
Situation: Bill is at dinner with his wife Judy, and they're seated at opposite ends of a long table when Judy asks Bill to pass her a bread roll.
Intention: Bill wants to move the bread roll from the basket to Judy's hand.
Moral action: Bill grabs the whole basket of bread rolls and walks it over towards Judy, so she can take one.
Moral consequence: Judy is delighted that Bill hand delivered the bread to her and smiles as she takes a roll and thanks him.
Immoral action: Bill picks up one of the bread rolls and launches a hard arcing throw so the roll lands in Judy's hand.
Immoral consequence: Judy is angry at Bill for disrespecting the food like that and for putting his germ laden hands on her bread roll.
Norm: It is bad to lie to people.
Situation: Jane is at a job interview and finds out that she doesn't have a qualification the recruiter is looking for.
Intention: Jane wants to make a good impression on the recruiter.
Moral action: Jane is honest with recruiter about lacking the qualification but says she will work towards getting it if hired.
Moral consequence: The recruiter admires Jane's honesty and drive, and she gets the job.
Immoral action: Jane tells the recruiter that she has the qualification although she does not.
Immoral consequence: The recruiter checks Jane's claim and doesn't hire her when he finds that she was lying.
Norm: You should not try to control what your ex-partner does.
Situation: Al is furious when he sees his ex-wife Jean sitting in his favorite coffee shop with her laptop, because she knew that was his spot.
Intention: Al wants Jean to not be there when he drinks his coffee.
Moral action: Al decides that it is too distracting to visit the coffee shop when Jean is there, so he leaves and then comes back later in the day.
Moral consequence: There is no embarrassing or unpleasant confrontation and both Al and Jean are able to continue enjoying the coffee shop.
Immoral action: Al approaches Jean and tells her that she is encroaching on one of his places and that she needs to leave immediately.
Immoral consequence: Jean informs Al that he has no special right to the coffee shop, which she enjoys too, and Al can't ban another person from a public place.
Norm: It's wrong to come to work sick.
Situation: Lucas feels sick this morning and wonders whether he should go to the office today.
Intention: Lucas wants his boss to think he is a good employee.
Moral action: Lucas calls his boss and tells him he won't go to the office today because he doesn't want anyone in the office to catch his bug.
Moral consequence: Lucas stays home and his colleague stays healthy.
Immoral action: Lucas goes to the office and doesn't mention feeling sick.
Immoral consequence: Lucas' colleague catches Lucas' virus.
Norm: It's rude to spew body fluids on other people intentionally.
Situation: Marcus is on his way home from work, driving a bit faster than he should and gets pulled over for speeding.
Intention: Marcus wants to get home quick enough to catch the end of the Celtics game.
Moral action: Marcus, annoyed at getting pulled over, complies with the officers instructions.
Moral consequence: The officer lets Marcus off with a warning after a few minutes and Marcus is able to get home in time for the second half of the game.
Immoral action: Mark annoyed at the cop for pulling him over spits at him.
Immoral consequence: The cop gets furious and arrests Marcus for assaulting a police officer.
Norm: It is important to teach people about our history
Situation: Riley is homeschooling her kids, and her kids haven't learned about slavery yet.
Intention: Riley has to decide whether to teach her kids about slavery.
Moral action: Riley tells her kids everything she knows about the African slave trade.
Moral consequence: Riley's kids gain perspective and are more aware of how awful humans can be.
Immoral action: Riley pretends that slavery didn't happen and doesn't tell her kids.
Immoral consequence: Riley's kids will have awkward encounters in the future, and they will be less considerate.
Norm: It is not good to be rude to your family
Situation: Dave's parents need to go to work to earn a living and Dave needs to do house work for his parents.
Intention: Dave wants to cook a meal for his parents.
Moral action: Dave makes a very nutritional and delicious meal for his parents.
Moral consequence: His parents thanks Dave for making a wonderful meal and agrees to take him to Disneyland next year.
Immoral action: Dave is angry and just cooks plain noodle for his parents.
Immoral consequence: His parents feel bad and deducts allowance for Dave.
Norm: It's good not to cancel plans.
Situation: Ally had plans with Mike to go to the movies, but she has to work late.
Intention: Ally wants to stay late at work.
Moral action: Ally calls Mike to see if he can reschedule his plans with her.
Moral consequence: Mike and Ally are able to go to the movies the next day.
Immoral action: Ally cancels her plans with Mike and stays late at her job.
Immoral consequence: Mike doesn't want to reschedule or do anything with Ally again.
Norm: It is expected for babysitters to enforce rules with children.
Situation: Jill is babysitting a ten-year-old and a five-year-old who keep asking to walk to the store by themselves.
Intention: Jill wants the kids to stop nagging her.
Moral action: Jill says they have to stay with her, but she'll let them watch a new movie on Disney+.
Moral consequence: The kids are distracted by the movie and forget to keep pestering Jill.
Immoral action: Jill lets the kids walk to the store by themselves, crossing several roads in the process.
Immoral consequence: The kids get lost on the way back and Jill has to spend half an hour searching for them.