Hi @alberto, sorry for not replying to this sooner.
I feel that the question of agency is tremendously important nowadays - for any given individual the agency must be bigger than it was in previous centuries. The human rights, the technology, medicine, preservation, everything is more advanced than ever before and progressing and developing at a faster speed. There is almost in all cases more exposure, more opportunity. Do we have a responsibility to think and act - I think we do. And I do agree that it is very stressful, which you outlined in a great way in your example of research.
I also think that the huge complexity of any given issue has contributed in making more noise in each of our heads when making decisions and choosing which way to act, even when it’s not about the big ethical questions. Although, some might say that all the choices we make are now related to big moral codes - from buying vegetable for a salad to anything else (do you buy locally produced, are you sure it’s fair trade, do they wrap it in plastics, etc).