The worthwhile pursuit of public administration as a vocation is discussed in terms of the Blacksburg
Manifesto's (Wamsley, 1990a) call to arms and Weber's (1947) ethics of personal behaviour for public
administrators. The question of who is more likely to be called to a vocation of public administration is
addressed. Finally, just how the public administration can go about cultivating a true sense of administrative
service is discussed.
