ABSTRACT
This part conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters. The part describes some of the distortions of cost-benefit concepts and techniques that have occurred in the water-resources area, but points out that, even, the priorities are more rational than they would be otherwise. Moral values pertain to the act itself, as in slaughtering the buffalo, whereas ethical values pertain to the goals. The part addresses this problem, suggesting the need to place all major Service decisions into a framework where each decision could be seen in terms of its relevance to explicit Service objectives. It considers that there is a very strong moral consideration underlying the Service's policies and argues, in order to develop a "moral assessment". The moral prescription that human beings relate to other species in a natural manner implies that the Service's protection policies stand as justified until proven otherwise.
