| Characteristics of the ethical evaluation | Approach |
| Social processes (mores) | Constructive Technological Assessment Social Shaping of Technology |
| Substantial moral norms | Triangular model |
| Common morality (shared norms in society) | Coherence Analysis Principlism Wide Reflective Equilibrium |
| Common sense (shared maxims) | Casuistry |
| Maieutic (question based: fact/values) | Socratic approach |
| Values | Axiology |