And judged we are. After all, God didn't give Moses "The Ten Suggested," he gave Commandments; and if I'm a free agent, my first reaction to a command might just be that nobody, not even God, tells me what to do, even if it's good for me. But the story of the golden calf also reminds us that without rules we quickly become slaves to our passions - and there's nothing freeing about that. - from the Foreward, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, Jordan B. Peterson
When we have no principles by which to manage projects that are spending other people's money, we are free to make up any unsubstantiated set of ideas we please, and when challenged, push back for no good reason other than we've been called out for having no foundation for our claims.