Humeans, anti-humeans, and motivation

In 'THe Human Therory of Motivation' Micheal Smith attempts two takss: he offers an account of the debate about motivation between Humeans and anti-Humeans and he provides arguments that are designed to show that the Humeans win.¹ While the paper is of great virtue in clarifying the debate, I believe that it falls short of both its goals. It does not highlight the really central issue between Humeans and anti-Humeans and it does not provide arguments which would settle that issue in favour of the Humean side.Smith makes three points in setting up the debate between Humeans and anti-Humeans.