Some design scholars have questioned whether focusing on people and activities is enough to account for what really matters, encouraging designers to consider human values77 Friedman, B., & Hendry, D. G. (2019). Value sensitive design: Shaping technology with moral imagination. MIT Press. . For example, instead of viewing a pizza delivery app as a way to get pizza faster and more easily, we might view it as a way of supporting the independence of elderly who do not have the mobility to pick up a pizza on their own.
I think this way of thinking about design is really cool, the idea of designers helping people live in service of their values is really inspiring. I hadn't ever really considered values as an aspect that could be designed for, or at least not explicitly. I also imagine this way of thinking is helpful when choosing between good options, like if several prototypes solve the problem you're intending to solve, using one that helps the intended users achieve human values could be a good discerning factor.