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And yet courts overturn wills all the time, not always because the heirs are greedy, as seems to be the opinion here, but because often the person making the will is an ass. Ass-ery is not unique to heirs.
What's the greater good here? I think that's the real question. Steve's a professional writer, he seems to think that absolute control beyond the grave is his greater good.
How would burning Kafka's works have benefited anyone? It may have been his wish, but it couldn't have been to his benefit, because he's dead.
I'm all for respecting the wishes of the departed as long as those wishes don't harm the living, but I see the loss of art as a very great harm.
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