Yes, Amy Jellicoe is a laudable corporate whistle-blower, but the only person in her life still willing to speak to her as the final episode of Enlightened drew to a close was her troubled, former addict ex-husband.
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The only time I ever saw Chris lose his temper was when we were sharing a double room our last year, and some less enlightened brothers decided to make a bunch of noise late at night during finals week.
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In a line of thought popular among German conservatives between the two World Wars, Kagan holds that liberals are dreamers who believe that nations will behave decently once they are part of a rational world order, where all are free to pursue their enlightened self-interests within a framework of internationally agreed-on rules, as promulgated by such institutions as the League of Nations and the United Nations.
America has profited by providing a more enlightened climate than the shuttered clubs of Europe.
In terms of how you deal with people and the kind of environment you create, his was a very enlightened approach.
But he was by then being backed and managed by McLaren, who took a wonderfully enlightened long term view of their protege's career.
It would be nice to think the increased presence of rappers in movies indicates a more enlightened attitude towards casting black actors in major roles.
Moving towards a more enlightened treatment of bankruptcy will not be easy, particularly for poor countries with inefficient legal systems and retributive attitudes to debt.
But rather than look at slavery through the 21st-century prism of a more enlightened society, this exhibit presents the facts, stripped of any moral or political commentary, and looks at the business of the slave trade.
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However, Kirchner is not exactly a model of an enlightened leader who respects the principles of the free market, or the laws of a true republican democracy.
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If critical paranoia poisoned visual and imaginative pleasure, that was unavoidable: a toll of enlightened consciousness.
One, the enlightened world we inhabit is a result of 200-plus years of growth, starting with the Industrial Revolution.
Others see the law as appropriate, even enlightened, giving dying patients a much-needed choice when heroic medical procedures cannot help.
In the best traditions of his profession he enlightened and engaged readers on a wide array of topics in clear, vivid prose.
Innovative cultures maximize learning by nurturing a mindset of enlightened trial and error that allows managers to take advantage of errors to offer new insights.
Buchanan, though, was the model of a patient and enlightened scholar.
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This is because their promises and the figures they bandy about are fact-checked in real time , by journalists and experts, ensuring a simultaneous and enlightened subtitle service that underlines the politicians' rolling spiel.
This shift in societal attitudes, led by a handful of enlightened thinkers of the day, is what Mokyr (2005) labels the Great Enlightenment, Jacob (1981) the Radical Enlightenment, McCloskey (2010) the Bourgeois Revaluation, and Goldstone (2002) the Engineering Culture.
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My background was in Trading Systems for banks, so I decided to learn about GPS, how to programme a mobile phone (smartphones were just appearing then) and developed a server to hold the parking regulations and geographic data taken from a couple of enlightened authorities.
But as a philosophical statement and approach to business, I was pleasantly enlightened by my conversation with Pamela Bellesen who sells a successful wholesale jewelry line from her metalworking studio called Wide Mouth Frog Designs.
Now, in more enlightened times, Google has added a visual, functional calculator to its search results.
Well, that's - I think, generally speaking, the average sports fan is a little bit more enlightened in that regard than maybe they would have been 30, 40 years ago.
Diminishing social mobility, the cult of the celebrity society, the decline in serious learning, the increasing disregard for empiricism and social attitudes verging on valuephobia threaten to cast a shadow on the enlightened western liberalism which has taken us so far.
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My interviews with people such as Warren Beatty, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemmon, Barbra Streisand, Mel Brooks, Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, James Caan, Robin Williams, Christian Slater, Lucille Ball, Meryl Streep, Sharon Stone, Julia Roberts, Sir Ian McKellen, Lynn Redgrave, Tom Cruise, Carrie Fisher, Whoopi Goldberg, Lauren Bacall, and Bruce Willis (just to name a few) have enlightened me about the art of acting and the history of Hollywood.
But in fact, far from being a brute, Stanley was enlightened by the standards of his day.
And none of these places can guarantee a romantic, quiet or enlightened stay.
Inside he will find a paradox: an institution as complex as a civilisation, both more enlightened and benighted than he imagines.
It is a world whose keynotes are enlightened hedonism and scientific curiosity.
Eventually Malaysia will rejoin the world under a new, more-enlightened leadership.
So as you reflect on your year ahead, make sure you ask yourself which you will be: a blind hunter or an enlightened gardener.
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