Hesse Abitur Ethics GK study materials
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Hesse Abitur Ethics GK cheat sheet

Hesse Abitur Ethics GK · Keep the key ideas within reach.

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Knowledge, reality and philosophical argument

  • Separate premises, conclusion, validity and soundness.

  • Reconstruct the actual claim without strengthening it.

  • Compare reason, experience and justification carefully.

  • Distinguish what exists from how it can be known.

  • Support philosophical commentary with concepts, evidence and argument.

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Human beings, freedom and political life

  • Distinguish a philosophical model from a complete empirical description.

  • Compare mind-body positions through their claims and problems.

  • Analyze agency, coercion, knowledge and responsibility without inventing legal rules.

  • Contrast social-contract theories rather than merging them.

  • Evaluate justice through specified principles, affected people and constraints.

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Ethical frameworks and moral justification

  • Distinguish descriptive, normative, metaethical and applied questions.

  • Kantian reasoning examines maxims, duty and respect for persons.

  • Utilitarian arguments require an account of welfare and consequences.

  • Virtue ethics emphasizes cultivated character and practical wisdom.

  • Compare justifications, not only whether conclusions happen to agree.

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Applied ethics, media and responsibility

  • Clarify facts, uncertainty, options and affected parties first.

  • Distinguish moral reasoning from empirical and legal claims.

  • Analyze autonomy, care, harm and justice with appropriate context.

  • Evaluate media truthfulness together with context, privacy and public responsibility.

  • State conditions and limits rather than promising a universal decision formula.