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Categorical imperative

“Ich kann den kategorischen Imperativ von Kant in einfachen Worten wiedergeben und eine Handlungsregel damit prüfen.”

Strand: Acting well: values, norms and conscience
Grade band: Grade 9/10
Source: Kerncurriculum Hessen, Sekundarstufe I – Gymnasium, Ethik (Hessisches Kultusministerium, 2011), Inhaltsfelder; abgeglichen mit den Fragenkreisen des Kernlehrplans Praktische Philosophie NRW (2008) und dem LehrplanPLUS Ethik Bayern

The chain

What you need before and what comes after, step by step.

Builds on · 11

Step 1

Naming feelings · strand Self and identity
Basic human needs · strand Self and identity
Good and evil

Step 2

Delayed gratification · strand Self and identity
Perspective-taking · strand Others and living together
Recognising values

Step 3

The Golden Rule directly
Duties to oneself and others

Step 4

Inclination and duty directly
Human dignity · strand Law, state and justice

Step 5

Persons as ends in themselves · strand Law, state and justice directly

This building block · Step 6

Categorical imperative

Built on directly by

Step 7

Deontology and utilitarianism

The whole chain in the map by steps

When is it taught?

Each curriculum sets in which grade a building block is taught. Without a chosen curriculum, the map shows the grade band.

Placement	Grade	In the curriculum	Status
Grade band	9/10	holds where no curriculum is chosen or captured	kept in the catalog
Other states (16)	–	–	not captured yet

Other states, not captured yet: Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia

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