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This article discusses the status of animal rights, and more particularly whether these rights may be defended from a natural rights perspective or from an ethical perspective. I argue that both options fail. The same analysis applies in the case of mankind. ‘Mankind’ does not bring with it the acknowledgement such rights, nor does a focus on what is arguably characteristic of mankind, namely, reason. Reason is decisive, though, in another respect, namely, the fact that reasonable beings can claim and lay down rights. It does not follow from this that animals should have no rights, since human beings may be motivated to constitute such rights, while this provides the most solid basis for them.
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The relationships between the inward foreign direct investment and the export dynamics, on the one hand, and the economic growth, on the other, are studied. Panel econometric estimates confirm the hypotheses for an export-oriented and/or (domestic and foreign) investment-based economic growth for the EU New Member States in the past fifteen years. A factor contribution analysis reveals the leading role of exports as well as the positive contributions of a similar magnitude of domestic and foreign direct investment for the economic activity dynamics. The implementation of economic policies by the EU New Member States aimed at promoting the export orientation of domestic production and maintaining an attractive business environment for foreign direct investors could be recommended based on these empirical results.
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The article points out the need and benefits from environmental protection when indemnifying damages, caused by the environmental risk upon its realization. The aims and goals of environmental insurance are presented. The role and function of the environmental insurance category are defined from the point of view of insurance theory. The correlation between the liability insurance against environmental protection and other insurance types is highlighted; analyzing the current condition and the opportunities for its development on the national insurance market; justifying the need of environmental pollution liability insurance for the economy of the country.
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