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When memorial charity doesn't match the person's actual character

My sister died and people want to make donations in her memory but she was actually pretty selfish in life and it feels dishonest to pretend otherwise.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Social expectations around honoring the dead conflict with honest assessment of their moral legacy.

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