What is Hume's theory on moral philosophy?

Question: What is Hume's theory on moral philosophy!?

I don't get how he thinks reasoning has nothing to do with moral judgment!. And what's the strongest aspect of his moral understanding!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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It has to do with his proof in book 2 of the treatise about how the will can be affected by the passions only!. Go back and read that, I think it's called "Regarding the motives of the will" or something!. It tries to prove that reason is the discovery of truth or falsehood, and passions/actions cannot be "true" or "false" as such!. So he says that this proves directly that the moral worth of actions can't be based on accordance with reason (since they can't be true or false), and also indirectly, since the reason can't direct the will and therefore can't affect actions' morality!.

So he concludes that people have a sort of inherent "moral sentiment" that is different from the faculty of reason, and is derived from the passions!.Www@QuestionHome@Com