 Sextus provides an example of the latter situation when he imagines the Skeptic being compelled by a tyrant to commit some unspeakable deed, or be tortured (M XI 164–66). Critics propose that the Skeptic’s choice will necessarily reveal his evaluative convictions, and thus his inconsistency in claiming to have no such convictions. But Sextus replies that he will simply opt for one or the other in accordance with his family’s laws and customs. In other words, he will rely on whatever moral sentiments and dispositions he happens to have. These cognitive states will be neither the product of any rational consideration nor will they inform any premises for moral reasoning or philosophical deliberation. Like Sartre’s existentialism, Sextus’ skepticism offers a way to respond to moral dilemmas without supposing there is a correct, or even objectively better, choice.