 We noted earlier that contemporary philosophers tend to think of modern philosophers as being either rationalists or sentimentalists about morality. We also noted that Reid does not fit comfortably in either category, as his views tend to blend together both rationalist and sentimentalist commitments. This becomes especially evident in Reid’s discussion of the moral sense. (See Davis 2006 for a discussion of how Reid’s account of the moral sense is influenced by the legal practices of his day.)