In his speech, Cameron put emphasis on wider shareholding, stronger markets and less regulation and said strong markets promoted morality.
The Conservative party had shown that progress was not achieved by abandoning the free market, which actually promoted morality, he said, adding: "I believe that open markets and free enterprise are the best imaginable force for improving human wealth and happiness.
"Where they work properly, open markets and free enterprise can actually promote morality.
"I would go further: where they work properly, open markets and free enterprise can actually promote morality.
We rejected the argument that no rational basis existed to justify the law, pointing to the government's interest in promoting morality.
It is a sign that the new president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, will continue the move under Mr. Putin to be more active in promoting morality and optimism about Russia's future.
Peyote, like most other hallucinogenic drugs, is not considered to be addictive and is reputed by cultists and some observers to promote morality and ethical behavior among the Native Americans who use it ritually.
Plato was not averse to providing new myths to perform this same social function as is seen in his conception of the "noble lie," or the invention of myths to promote morality and order, in the Republic.
MARTIN D. JAFFE Scottsdale, Ariz., Dec. 24, 2012 The writer is the author of "The Primal Instinct: How Biological Security Motivates Behavior, Promotes Morality, Determines Authority and Explains Our Search for a God".
"One can be left cold by the doctrines of the Christian Trinity and the Buddhist Eightfold Path and yet at the same time be interested in the ways in which religions deliver sermons, promote morality, engender a spirit of community, make use of art and architecture, inspire travels, train minds and encourage gratitude at the beauty of spring," de Botton writes.
As society enlarges and interdependence within families and local groups weakens, social instincts weaken also weaken, and reason must take over from natural selection in promoting morality.
