Posthumous dignity is not a right held by the dead but is the reason why the living have duties of respect and protection toward the dead.

Evidence

The Posthumous Dignity of Dead Persons (University of Groningen)

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
  • XREF: connects to: Small acts of decorum toward corpses matter more than practical logic — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 483; We should respect corpses because violating them would be a violation of human dignity, and it is still a violation — What is the philosophical basis for respect of human corpses; Not all legal regulations regarding treatment of human corpses are spelled out in the language of dignity; some offenses express special disrespect against the deceased — How to conceive the dignity of the dead? A dispositional account (+5 more)