Table 1

Responsibility and justification

Reflective analysis (descriptive)Tracking responsibilities: who is responsible for what? Who is accountable to whom? What moral understandings are at play in the situation?
Critical reflection (normative)Does everyone share the operative moral understandings? Are they justifiable in their own moral terms? Do they serve only the interests of the powerful?
Normative reflection (normative)Where do the shared understandings get their legitimacy? Do we know, or can we imagine, more morally sound ways to proceed?