Morals In Dante's Inferno

Morals today may have the same roots of the morals in Dante’s world, but the sources of our morals become extremely different. In The Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, we explore morals set in place by the Christian church. In modern times, one source of morals does not dictate our , and we have different moral paths surrounding us, with teachings coming from our community, family, culture, as well as other outside sources. Similar to Dante, many of us find ourselves under wrong or flawed morals, and become “morally lost”. Morals have adapted and changed over time but choosing the correct moral path in a world where morals become dictated by our culture continues to be a difficult and confusing process just as Dante demonstrates when he finds himself morally lost.
Dante possess quite different morals thano modern times, the most obvious being the fact that his morals get dictated by his church. Dante, the pilgrim, a fantastic example of a “commoner”, becomes morally lost under

. With so many choices in this modern era, many of us, the people, become morally lost, much like Dante. In an essay by G. E. M. Anscombe, Anscombe speaks of Immanuel Kant's moral beliefs and states Kant's idea of “legislating for oneself”. She later rebutes that “the concept of legislation requires superior power in the legislator”. The “legislator” speaks of the ‘monitor’ of a specific moral path. A “superior power” speaks of the proctor of a moral pathway. Contrary to Anscombe, Kant’s idea of “legislating for oneself” explains the idea of being your own ‘moral proctor’. Dante, the poet, expresses this thought of “legislating for oneself” through Dante, the pilgrim, by creating a journey through hell in which Dante must flip his wrong morals by seeing the church’s corrupt ways. This idea of “legislating for oneself” has been a struggle for forever, the only thing changing being the proctors of incorrect