Dante's Inferno and the teaching of law and digital citizenship in secondary schools

At the heart of the narrative of Dante’s Inferno is a descending hierarchy of categories, referring to human behaviour and attitudes, which is largely an expression of the theological and moral (as well as legal, as far as moral judgements are linked to a legal judgements) thinking of his time. Starting from the application of this system to the framework of human conduct that takes place in the ‘other world’ of the web, this essay aims to reflect on the pure narrative power of the inverted climax of Dante’s Inferno, and above all on its potential applications in the teaching of law and of civic and digital citizenship.