Your framing is interesting. I’m confused because some parts seem to suggest you’re seeking a single atheistic foundation contra a single theistic foundation, but I don’t see either as something to assume.

  • Why would there need to be a single reason for killing to be wrong?
  • Why would two different atheists, or two different theists, necessarily share the same reason?
  • How do wrong and evil relate?

It might prove fruitful to personalize the core question: When do you feel killing is wrong, and why? Then worry about everyone else after. ;)

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