Statue of Responsibility
The Statue of Responsibility is a proposed structure to be built on the West Coast of the United States. The prototype, sculpted by project artist Gary Lee Price, consists of a pair of clasped hands oriented vertically, symbolizing the responsibility that comes with liberty.
The Statue of Responsibility was suggested first by scholar Viktor Frankl in his book Man's Search for Meaning. He recommended "that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast should be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast." He wrote: "Freedom, however, is not the last word. Freedom is only part of the story and half of the truth. Freedom is but the negative aspect of the whole phenomenon whose positive aspect is responsibleness. In fact, freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness."[1][2]
Plans
The project started out being managed by the Statue of Responsibility Foundation until 2013. The project progressed slowly under the original Statue of Responsibility Foundation until 2013, when the project was taken over by the Responsibility Foundation.[3]
The statue foundation would like to build it in one of five locations: Long Beach, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Seattle.[4]
The foundation intends to incorporate following elements of the Statue of Liberty into the Statue of Responsibility:
- Be erected on an island or waterfront location
- Have a total height 305 feet (93 m) above ground level, the same as the Statue of Liberty
- Have internal access to an observation deck on top of the monument
- Be located in the harbor of a major city
- The property will eventually be offered as a national park
References
- ↑ Frankl, Viktor Emil (1956) Man's Search for Meaning, p. 209-210.
- ↑ Warnock, C. (2005) "Statue of Responsibility," Daily Herald. Retrieved, July 8, 2009.
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- ↑ Rodriguez, Ashlie. (26 August 2010). "300 foot tall statue in San Diego's future?". Sign On San Diego. Accessed 3 September 2011.