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Old 10-12-2012, 06:10 PM   #84
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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn View Post
It is actually still that way in Sweden, but the requirements for showing good faith are a lot stricter than they used to be. If you bought something for half the re-sale value you were still within the confines of good faith, these days, not so much. If you're the victim you will obviously be recompensated by your insurance company.
That "half the re-sale value" standard is an interesting way to deal with the question of evaluating whether there is actual "good faith" in a sale.

Your last sentence illustrates the way that the existence of insurance warps moral decisions by introducing economic considerations.
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