Meta-narratives

Our action is framed; within the meta-narratives of our time, that feed the assumptions we make.
(OU, 2010, pp. 64-)

OU (2010, pp. 67-8) discusses "worldview commonalities and clashes". For example, one's "theory of change" may include the big questions;

1 What is the nature of human beings?
2 What are the nature and sources of power?
3 What are the nature and sources of truth and authority?
4 What is your analysis of the causes of social problems?
5 What is the role of individuals and institutions in social change?
6 What is your vision of the way it can or should be?
7 What do you consider as mechanisms of change?
(from OU, 2010, p. 68).

I would add 'How do you view technology/technologies, and one's relationship with this?', as significant especially in our 'modern times'. See also Social (and anti-social) technologies.

In 'Being ethical', Ison (2010, pp. 103-4) quotes Foerster's "epistemological choice"; to see oneself as "citizen of an independent universe", or "participant in a conspiracy".