[alephknoll]

> The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality

This is not true. The 'neutrals' were not even granted the honor of a place in one of the circles of hell.

'These souls are forever unclassified; they are neither in Hell nor out of it, but reside on the shores of the Acheron. Naked and futile, they race around through the mist in eternal pursuit of an elusive, wavering banner (symbolic of their pursuit of ever-shifting self-interest) while relentlessly chased by swarms of wasps and hornets, who continually sting them'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_(Dante)

And they certainly weren't anywhere near the hottest places in hell. If we are to assume the lowest circles to be the hottest then it would be the lowest part of the 8th circle which housed the falsiers and counterfeiters. The 9th circle, which housed satan, was actually a frozen lake. While we think satan is burning in hell, he's actually freezing in hell according to dante.