The Ferrater Mora Chair organized, together with the Department of Philology and Philosophy, this summer course, which took place from July 11 to 13, 2001, with the participation of professors J.-M. Terricabras (UdG), R Alcoberro (UdG), M. Ballester (Epson Foundation, Tecnoética), A. Florensa (IQS), M. Boladeras (UB), S. Riera (UB) and E. Faura (ETPC). The course offered an introduction to the main problems of applied ethics and the most important answers that have been offered recently.