How is that stabilising though? It starts to sound demi-religious. You shall not disobey the word of a larger power/figure. And then society starts to rift ov

How is that stabilising though? It starts to sound demi-religious. You shall not disobey the word of a larger power/figure. And then society starts to rift over time, through the interpretation by different sects about what the words meant. Over centuries you get a pretty twisted view of the original values, interpreted by a few different sects, and an ever growing wedge between those interpretations that gets harder and harder to reconcile. Just like most major religions.