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Ethics Politics and Justice in Dante

What does Dante say about justice?
“Justice incited my divine Creator; Created me divine Omnipotence, The highest Wisdom and the primal Love…” These words that appear over the entrance to Hell and famously end with “All hope abandon, ye who enter in” indicate that God was compelled by justice to create Hell.
How was Dante involved in politics?
He was elected to the council that selected the Priors of Florence, a panel of six magistrates who were the highest governing body in the land.
By 1300, Dante had become a Prior himself.
Florence was then engulfed in a dramatic feud between two of its most prominent families, the Donatis and the Cerchis.
What is the ethics of Dante's Inferno?
Inferno affirms that moral offenders ought to be punished according to the extent of their sins because, as the poem progresses, it transits from small sins to big sins, denoting that punishment varies with the degree of sin.
Final answer:
Dante's political life is mentioned in the Inferno through details such as his exile from Florence, his criticism of Pope Boniface VIII, and his support for the Holy Roman Empire.

What does Dante say about justice?