KANT’S CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE AS A BASE FOR PHILOSOPHY OF

Kant’s philosophy has in it some bases of moral actions which he outlines as categorical imperatives. This philosophical base advocates for moral duties for duty sake and not for exterior motives. Many moral problems have been identified in Nigerian society as ensuing from actions or behaviours arising from exterior motives as the bases for actions. Testing Kant’s moral principle against the moral requirements in the context of Social Studies Education, it has been found out that Kant’s moral imperative if adopted in Social Studies Education as a philosophical base will enhance effectiveness of Social Studies as a discipline aimed at producing morally positive citizens in the multicultural and multidimensional actions that can be found in Nigeria. From the above study, some recommendations were made