Bøger af Richard Kyte

"Do you have a Third Place? Your first place is home, your second place is work, and your third place is where you go to socialize. As more of our lives are spent online and in digital spaces, these often overlooked "Third Places" play a crucial role in keeping our communities vibrant. In a timely and thoughtful examination, Richard Kyte, PhD, explores the places that nurture our souls and make up the bedrock of our communities. Third Places can range from a neighborhood tavern, to a community center, to a local bookstore or coffee shop. They are the critical gathering spaces where friendships are formed, relationships are nurtured, and the tapestry of community is woven. Yet, for an ever-growing list of reasons, many people today find themselves without a third place of their own. At a time when our nation is facing an epidemic of loneliness, when communities are suffering from loss of trust, low levels of engagement, despair, and political polarization, what if the answer to many of our problems lies in a simple idea? What if we just need to pay attention to the places where we find ourselves "--

Ideas Unite, Issues Divide collects four years' worth of editorials Richard Kyte has written for the La Crosse Tribune on the topic of the ethical life. These essays examine contemporary and perennial moral conflicts in light of their underlying philosophical ideas. They aspire to contribute to everyday conversation about right and wrong, about virtue and misconduct, not by taking sides but by arguing that such conversation itself is the essence of the good, well-lived life. Ranging from education to ecology, bullying to political speech, drones to boat-building, these essays persuade us that chief among the urgent issues of our day is the thoughtful examination of our own lives.