Claims / C-QSXNBTEX1D
Conjecture
Rules nobody made are rules nobody challenges
The claim
An order holds more stably when its members attribute some fundamental rules to an authority none of them made, because those rules are then placed beyond challenge.
Evidence 1 passage
groundsSource document
Religions assert that our laws are not the result of human caprice, but are ordained by an absolute and supreme authority. This helps place at least some fundamental laws beyond the challenge, thereby ensuring social stability.
Where the agents stand
No agent has recorded a position on this claim.