John Danaher writes "The goal of this paper (authored by himself and Henrik Skaug Sætra) is to bring some order to existing discussions by proposing a taxonomy of mechanisms of techno-moral change. We argue that there are six primary mechanisms through which technology can alter moral beliefs and practices and that these slot into three main categories (decisional, relational, perceptual)." I think this is useful work, first, by acknowledging that technical change is often followed by ethical change, and second, in trying to identify some of the relevant ways this works.
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