Here, too, the neoliberals were close to conservative Christians. Such views were echoed by the Lebanese UN delegate Charles Malik, who drafted the Universal Declaration's preamble with its ringing assertion that the 'inherent dignity of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world'. For Malik, who insisted on the inclusion in the UDHR of 'religious ciphers' such as 'inherent', 'inalienable', 'endowed', it was 'Western civilization' that contained at its core 'the truest reality of human dignity'. In contrast, he argued that 'certain elements in Islam admit of an interpretation that accords with Communism'. Malik singled out the 'blind fatalism of Marx', and called on the West to take action to ensure that the 'alliance between Communism, radical nationalism, anti-Westernism, xenophobia and religious reaction and fanaticism need not be the last word'.

Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, loc. 126