But when the over-all design of the picture becomes clear, we feel cheated rather than enlightened.

NEWYORKER: My Own Private Idaho

This is enlightened self-interest rather than altruism.

WSJ: Central Banks' Action

In Kenya the government took the enlightened approach of allowing M-PESA to go ahead, rather than tying Safaricom in red tape.

ECONOMIST: Mobile-money services

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.

WSJ: Human Transactions | Spirits of the Passage | Frazier History Museum | By Mark Yost