Hume's Moral Distinctions

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…against a multiple murder of many women. In conclusion, Hume does succeed in proving that reason is not solely important with regard to morality. Yet this was not entirely his purpose. Hume intended to show that reason could not motivate actions at all, and in turn, had no grip on morality. In this area, he would seem to have failed. Hume is therefore correct in his assertion that morality is not concerned solely with reason.