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Depends I suppose. If it matters to the estate and the fan base then perhaps. But to line the pockets of the publishers is downright morbid and sort of profiting off the publicity of the death.
I can't remember reading that many posthumously completed and published books that I've read. The only one I recall is relatively recent and was the completion of Heinlein's Variable Star by Spider Robinson. It was, well, not stellar. Yet at the same time it was done with care and love for Heinlein and his wife Virginia. Plus I think it was good for Robinson as he had a huge man-crush on RAH.
But really I see both sides of the coin and as a fan I am leery of reading something that is based on an outline or at least a complete first draft. I just don't want to remember the book as disappointing. I would rather just have them end where the end. Ultimately that is how life works, right? Everything just ends and as they say it ends with a whimper not a bang. Maybe an author's works should do the same. Sure keep the catalog alive but let the last few words just hang in the air incomplete.
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