I think you're mixing up the laws and the implementation/enforcement. There's nothing wrong with moral laws around behavior (you shall not kill), but you're right that society-wide enforcement requires laws and repercussions. It sounds more like to agree with the laws and want them enforced.
I had a similar thought, that parent commenter sounded like they were in Canada or something. Interesting that their solution is to impose constraints on technological process, rather than finding novel ways to elevate individual and collective human functioning in spite of our limitations. Ironically it's his view that is more anti-human