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CABALLERO-LOPEZ, Daniel. The Senses of the Highest Good and Their Complementarity in Kant’s Critical Philosophy. Tópicos (México) [online]. 2026, n.74, pp.165-197.  Epub 23-Mar-2026. ISSN 0188-6649.  https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v740.3092.

This article aims to demonstrate that the idea of the high- est good, in the critical philosophy of Kant, has two distinct but complementary senses, namely, the practical one, the realization of which can only take place in a supersensible world-i.e., the transcendent sense-and the architectonical one, which must be realized in the sensible world or nature-i.e., the immanent sense. Thus, against the current interpretations that maintain the exclusive disjunction between both senses, we argue in favor of their inclusive character. To this end, we clarify the framework that enables us to understand each of the senses. We then demonstrate their complementarity insofar as both are mutually conditioned: the practical sense conditions the validity of the architectonical one, but the latter functions as the teleological condition of the former according to the systematic demands of Kant’s philosophy.

Palabras llave : highest good; moral law; practical philosophy; architectonic; morality; final end; nature; metaphysics; reason; Kant.

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