"David Trimble's party actively opposed civil partnerships - it just seems a wee bit perverse that the person advising their leadership leaves the country and enjoins in one [civil partnership] in another country," he said.
In addition, though different persons can of course differ in particular judgments, it is also obvious that our judgments coincide to a remarkable extent: it would be odd or perverse for any person to deny that a perfect rose or a dramatic sunset was beautiful.
Wolf proposes that he is neither free nor morally responsible because his upbringing has undermined his capacity to distinguish right from wrong: "[i]t is unclear whether anyone with a childhood such as his could have developed into anything but the twisted and perverse sort of person that he has become" (Wolf 1987, 54).
Kant considers someone with a perverse will an evil person (Kant 1793, Bk I, 25).
She didn't like the tax assessor who wanted to raise her rate, and informed him that her buildings' views to the park could be considered a valuable asset only if a person was perverse enough to enjoy looking at a comfort station.
The perverse notion that a person doesn't look destitute or sickly enough to be granted asylum contains a fundamental lack of understanding about what being a refugee means.
Following this reasoning, they considered homosexual practices to be a person's own perverse choice; in essence, they blamed the homosexual for choosing to live in sin.
Rolling into work the following Monday would be almost unthinkable for the average person, a decision as perverse as winning the lottery and insisting on business as usual.
Thanks to the perverse tax cap, Liliane Bettencourt – France's richest person – received a €30m repayment.
Typically perverse, I seem to be the only person I know who reckons this is a bad idea.
