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Later Developments

The summum bonum has continued to be a focus of attention in Western philosophy, secular and religious. Hegel replaced Plato's dialectical ascent to the Good by his own dialectical ascent to the Real.

G. E. Moore placed the highest good in personal relations and the contemplation of beauty – even if not all his followers in the Bloomsbury Group may have appreciated what Clive Bell called his "all-important distinction between 'Good on the whole' and 'Good as a whole'".

Lacan considered that "the sovereign good, if this confusing term must be retained, can be found again only at the level of the law", i.e. the symbolic order, offsetting Kant with De Sade to undercut nobler but one-dimensional notions of the Good. Earlier he had regretted the way the psychoanalyst must know, "Not only doesn't he have that Sovereign Good that is asked of him, but he also knows there isn't any".

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Immanuel Kant

The doctrine of the highest good maintained by Immanuel Kant can be seen as the state in which an agent experiences happiness in proportion to their virtue. It is the supreme end of the will, meaning that beyond the attainment of a good will, which is moral excellence signified by abiding by the categorical imperative and pure practical reason, the attainment of happiness in proportion to your moral excellence is the supreme, unconditional motivation of the will. Furthermore, in virtue of the doctrine of the highest good, Kant postulates the existence of God and the eternal existence of rational agents, in order to reconcile three premises: (i) that agents are morally obligated to fully attain the highest good; (ii) that the object of an agent’s obligation must be possible; (iii) that an agent’s full realization of the highest good is not possible

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The doctrine of the highest good maintained by Immanuel Kant can be seen as the state in which an agent experiences happiness in proportion to their virtue. It is the supreme end of the will, meaning that beyond the attainment of a good will, which is moral excellence signified by abiding by the categorical imperative and pure practical reason, the attainment of happiness in proportion to your moral excellence is the supreme, unconditional motivation of the will. Furthermore, in virtue of the doctrine of the highest good Kant postulates the existence of God and the eternal existence of rational agents, in order to reconcile the three premises that (i) that agents are morally obligated to attain in full the highest good; (ii) that the object of an agent’s obligation must be possible; (iii) that an agent’s full realization of the highest good is not possible

Three References (added 19 Feb 2020)

Tomasi, Gabriele, "God, the Highest Good, and the Rationality of Faith: Reflections on Kant's Moral Proof of the Existence of God"

Basaglia, Federica, "The Highest Good and the Notion of the Good as the Object of Pure Practical Reason"

Silber, John R. "Kant's Conception of the Highest Good and Immanent and Transcendent"

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Peer-Review Feedback 3/3/2020

(1) "The content is well-written, overall. However, the terms "categorical imperative" and "pure practical reason" need to be defined, even though you explained how they create the good will. In the third sentence a comma should be placed after "in virtue of the doctrine of the highest good", before "Kant postulates." Also, for clarity's sake, the "the" before "three premises" as well as the "that" before the first premise you list should be taken away, and replace the "that" with a colon. For the first premise, it would sound clearer to move the "in full" to the end of the sentence, or to change the phrase "in full" to "completely" or some other synonym. Although I said all that, your work is well-written overall-- just a couple of slight adjustments to make your writing flow a bit better."

---According to the advice of my peer-reviewer, I made slight revisions to my paragraph. Firstly, I adhered to this advice "In the third sentence a comma should be placed after "in virtue of the doctrine of the highest good", before "Kant postulates." Also, for clarity's sake, the "the" before "three premises" as well as the "that" before the first premise you list should be taken away, and replace the "that" with a colon. For the first premise, it would sound clearer to move the "in full" to the end of the sentence, or to change the phrase "in full" to "completely" or some other synonym."--- Regarding the Categorical Imperative and Pure Practical Reason, I added links to other wikipedia articles because I felt that explaining them here would be too off topic. I also added a link to the will (philosophy) where I mentioned the good will.

(2) "The content written is neutral. However, there needs to be more written about any opposition to Kant's view of summum bonum since there may have been philosophers who thought one of the other ideas of summum bonum was better."

--- Regarding Christopher's tone and balance evaluation, I'm hesitant to write any critiques or defenses of the summum bonum by critics of Kant or Kant scholars, out of the desire to maintain as neutral a perspective as possible. This is why I've chosen to stick with a basic description of the highest good (summum bonum) which may help any curious student of Immanuel Kant to get a general idea of what it's about.

(3) "The content is backed up by reliable secondary information sources. The mentioned sources reflect some literature on the topic. Do not worry about currency, since the humanities does not have the imperative of having everything as up-to-date as the sciences. Unfortunately, there is a problem: two of your sources, "The Highest Good and the Nature of the Good as Object of Pure Practical Reason" and "God, the Highest Good, and the Rationality of Faith: Reflections on Kant's Moral Proof of the Existence of God", are not accessible. I tried to access them, but I could not even log-in since De Gruyter does not have the University at Albany as one of the institutions with which to obtain the opportunity to log-in. Was there another route through which you got those sources that can be accessed publicly? If there is, just update the citations on where you got them from."

--- Regarding Christopher's suggestion that I provide links to accessible sites in my citations, unfortunately I've found that such a thing is not possible.

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