Yet the initiative is daring, since it raises the broader question of a country's continuing responsibility for unsavory actions carried out in its name generations or even centuries earlier.
Curators are hoping that their blue whale, which will be accompanied by interactive exhibits highlighting its evolution, natural habitats and current plight, will serve to represent both human responsibility for pushing a species to the brink of extinction and our continuing responsibility for its protection and recovery.
Part III analyzes the legal consequences of exit, including the withdrawing state's continuing responsibility for violations that occurred before a denunciation or withdrawal takes effect.
As I pondered, the thought came to me that if there are particular culprits who are conspicuously and flamingly behind Wall Street's unholy predicament, and who bear continuing responsibility for its day-to-day worsening, they are the rating agencies.
In this capacity Getty partially continued his responsibility for relations with the federal government, as energy policy was a major sticking point between the two governments (at one point, federal Energy Minister Donald Macdonald called Getty "dripping with venom").
The spending cuts will continue, while responsibility for growth will continue to be outsourced to the Bank of England.
"I really don't think we have much choice but to accept the defendant back if the bond company doesn't want to continue taking responsibility for it," Judge Obus said.
"It has become difficult for me to continue bearing responsibility for decisions that I do not agree with and whose consequences I fear.
And they continued joint responsibilities for the maintenance of the incense halls.
