I think that technologies are morally neutral until we apply them. It's only when we use them for good or for evil that they become good or evil.
No matter what the character is, I just say to myself 'If I, Melissa George, was in that situation, how would I react?' and once you do that you can just go for it, and hopefully the performance comes through.
There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.