Thursday 28th May 2009

8.30 - 9.30 Registration

9.30 – 10.00 Welcome and inauguration:

Francesc Xavier Pereda Gámez: Director of the Observatory of Ethics Applied to Social Intervention

Anna Pagans Gruartmoner: Mayor of Girona

Carme Capdevila Palau: Minister of Social Action and Citizenship

10.00 – 11.00 Inaugural lecture: Ethics, social services and citizenship

Adela Cortina Orts: Full professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy at the University of Valencia and Director of the Étnor Foundation.

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 13.30 First presentation: Concept and justification of paternalism

Macario Alemany Garcia: Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Alicante (45 min)

Discussion:

Joan M. del Pozo Àlvarez: Professor of Philosophy at the University of Girona
(15 min)

Amadeu Mora Durán: Social worker and Director of Social Services for the City of Girona (15 min)

Open debate (45min)

13.30 – 15.30 Lunch break

15.30 – 17.30 Panel discussion sections