Miguel Martinez-Saenz
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Don Collins Reed

dreed@wittenberg.edu

 

Don Collins Reed Professor of Philosophy, specializes in ethics and moral psychology, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Moral Education. Reed presents his research at the annual conference of the Association for Moral Education and other professional meetings. His scholarly research focuses on Lawrence Kohlberg (1927-1987), a psychologist and philosopher of moral development.  The University of Notre Dame Press published his Following Kohlberg: Liberalism and the Practice of Democratic Community (1997, available through amazon.com & barnesandnoble.com). During the 1996-97 academic year, Reed was a Fellow of the National EndowmentReed with WittSem class, New Student Days, August 2004 for the Humanities, when he began biographical research on Kohlberg. Reed is currently working on a book titled Kohlberg's Promise: The Project for a Scientific Moral Philosophy. He received his B.A. from Hendrix College and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. Reed came to Wittenberg in 1989.  He is a member of the Board of Education of Springfield City Schools, having served during 2006 as Board President.
Reed photographing an Eastern section of the Great Wall (photo by Ty Buckman)
Courses being taught Fall 2008:
Phil 103R: Ethics & Identity
Phil 310: Ancient & Medieval Philosophy
Courses taught Spring 2008:
Phil 203R: Self & Soul
Phil 380: Plato Seminar
Other courses taught recently:
Phil 303: Ethics & Psychology
Phil 400: Senior Seminar
WittSem: Story & Truth in Christian Scriptures
WittSem: Christianity - Philosophical Problems & Solutions

"Lay theologian" essays for the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio:

"Letting go" (Interchange, September 2008) [scroll down to p. 23]
"Imago Dei"
(Interchange, June 2008)
[scroll down to p. 15]
"SPAM and the self" (Interchange, May, 2008) [scroll down to p. 15]
"The mystery of the Word"
     "Part I of III" (Interchange, January, 2008) [scroll down to p. 15]
     "Part II of III" (Interchange, February, 2008) [scroll down to p. 15]
    
"Part III of III"
(Interchange, March, 2008) [scroll down to p. 14]

"The communion of saints"
(Interchange, November, 2007) [scroll down to p. 34]

"I am who I am" (October, 2007)
"What will it mean to be Anglican"
(Interchange, September, 2007) [scroll down to p. 11]

"Cash therapy"
(Interchange, August, 2007)

"A period of consequences" (Interchange, July 2007) [scroll down]
"The problem of the soul"
(Interchange, June 2007)
[scroll down]
"The Bishop" (Interchange, May, 2007)
"The authority of Scripture"
(Interchange, Apr. 2007)
[scroll down]
"No child left behind" (Interchange, Mar. 2007) [scroll down]
"The inner thoughts of many" (Interchange, Feb. 2007) [scroll down]
"Hallowed by thy Name" (Interchange, Jan. 2007) [scroll down]
"Emmanuel shall come to thee" (Interchange, Dec. 2006) [scroll down]
"Politicians" (Interchange, Nov. 2006) [scroll down]
"Not for the sake of food" (Interchange, Sept. 2006) [scroll down]
"Windsor Report response: A place at the table" (Interchange, Aug. 2006)
"Where strange is normal" (Interchange, July 2006)
"One holy catholic and apostolic" (Interchange, June 2006)
"Easter life" (Interchange, May 2006)
"Bible Face-Off" (Interchange, Apr. 2006)
"Mark of our mortal nature" (Interchange, Mar. 2006)
"Ye who are weary come home" (Interchange, Feb. 2006)
"New Year's resolutions" (Interchange, Jan. 2006) [scroll down]
"Intelligent design" (Interchange, Dec. 2005) [scroll down]
"Can we keep our Mr. Longs?" (Interchange, Nov. 2005) [scroll down]
"Church conflict: Rules for fighting" (Interchange, Oct. 2005)
[scroll down]
"This hole in my heart" (Interchange, Sept. 2005) [scroll down]
"The meaning of patriotic religion" (Interchange, July/Aug. 2005) [scroll down]
"Stones and snakes for needy children" (Interchange, June 2005) [scroll down]
"Faith of our fathers" (Interchange, May 2005) [scroll down]
"John the Baptist and the call to repentance" (Interchange, Mar. 2005) [scroll down]
"Mid-winter sadness and the Psalms" (Interchange, Feb. 2005)
"Approaching Scripture" (Interchange, Jan. 2005) [scroll down]
"The Law of Low-Carb (Interchange, Dec. 2004) [scroll down]
"All earthly anxieties" (Interchange, Sept. 2004)
"'Revival Week' at the Episcopal Divinity School [Cambridge, Mass.]" (Interchange, June 2004)

   

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