A Mortician's Tale [point & click about ethics]
0I absolutely loved this, and I can only encourage you to go buy it yourself. I have to admit that I am not sure if it's also available on itch.io, I bought it on Steam. There are pages upon pages of info on the ethics of burials, and dealing with dead people. it's super interesting, but I did not read it all.
I can tell you a story from the real world tho, cause ages ago (19 years) when I buried my dad, and again we're back to the cultural norms, cause in Denmark the norm is to cremate people, after the funeral. So I wanted one of those urns that turn into a tree, but that was not allowed anywhere here, so I bought an urn that would biodisintegrate over time, and as a result of that I had to have him buried somewhere super far from where I live, I don't even know where it is. He is buried at a anonymous urn grave so it doesn't matter too much.. it's just that I am all for green burials, but I can only urge you to read up on it in your area, cause maybe it's like here in Copenhagen, where most graveyards are too close to the underground water reserves, and that is why you can't bury biodegrateable urns there. I think it's absolutely the right to do, but I also understand why you wouldn't because maybe it's like with my dad, that your loved one has to be buried really far away.
My personal stance on this, is that all my relatives and probably including myself come that time, is buried at the unnamed/anonymous urn graves, so there isn't a headstone or a grave. There is not a single person in my family all the way back to my great, great grandparents, who have a headstone or a grave place. And honestly I like that, I like to celebrate that I knew people and how they enriched my life, I don't need a place to mourn their death. And if I feel like placing flowers at their graves, well there is always a place to leave them, like a momument on the lawn at the graveyard. I sorta like that you leave flowers for everyone, including those who never get any. With that said, I never did, I don't know where anyone of my relatives are buried, I simply don't care. They are not there, they are in my memories.
Also I might mention that I actually wanted to be a mortician when I was younger, right around I was 20. Then I got pregnant and somehow gave up on that dream. Maybe I should look into it again some day, it's never too late after all, amirite?