As mere instruments, they can be used for morally good or bad ends, but technical artifacts themselves, independent of these ends, are value neutral; they do not by themselves embody moral values.

How do technological artefacts embody moral values?

According to some philosophers of technology, technology embodies moral values in virtue of its functional properties and the intentions of its designers. ... That is, they depend on intrinsic as well as extrinsic properties of the artefact. We have reason to value these properties.

What are technological values?

1. The user's benefits (perceived and actual) over the costs (perceived and actual) created by the use of technology.