“You shouldn’t kill people because X” actually contains two statements: “You shouldn’t kill people” and “If X, you shouldn’t kill people”. I believe you presume only the latter to be meta-ethical (and yes, you need that hyphen, given how many ae-digraphs we have).
“You shouldn’t kill people because X” actually contains two statements: “You shouldn’t kill people” and “If X, you shouldn’t kill people”. I believe you presume only the latter to be meta-ethical (and yes, you need that hyphen, given how many ae-digraphs we have).