The application of the concepts discussed in the previous section to Lear 's work allows to go deeper in the analysis of his work on irony. In this sense, I suggest to contextualize A Case for Irony within Lear 's broader production. In particular, if irony as a spiritual practice is involved in our enquiry concenring our moral sources, it is crucial to ask what is the moral source – that is, the Good – which Lear identifies as rooting his view of the human condition. As we shall see, Lear 's work not only confirms the connection between irony and the achievement of humanity with ethical enquiry as an enquiry into our moral source. Crucially, he argues that irony itself is a product of our moral source. In this sense, our fundamental Good