Technology profoundly shapes human life, influencing how we live, work, and understand the world. This chapter explores various philosophical perspectives on technology, highlighting instrumental, mediation, and pragmatic perspectives. The instrumental perspective regards technology as a neutral tool whose ethical implications depend solely on human use. In contrast, the mediation perspective argues that technology actively shapes human perceptions, experiences, and interactions, embedding inherent normative influences within its very structure. The pragmatic or contextual perspective expands this discussion by illustrating how technology reshapes societal norms and practices, affecting fundamental aspects of social systems such as communication and urban planning. Significantly, digital technologies—and software in particular—stand out as a unique form of technology, prompting the need for specialized ethical considerations. Unlike traditional physical technologies, software is characterized by ease of replication, rapid scalability, pervasive invisibility, and the capacity to mediate complex human experiences and decisions. By analyzing these distinct features and their ethical implications, the chapter underscores that software producers carry a significant ethical responsibility. They are not merely creators of neutral tools but stewards of technology that profoundly mediates and shapes human life and social structures.