Professor and Chair 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 Endowment
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. degree from Hendrix College and the 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, and he facilitates the work of TASK (Take A Stand for Kids), a Clark County grassroots organization working for school funding reform in Ohio.
Courses taught Fall 2007:
Phil 103R: Ethics & Identity
Phil 310: Ancient & Medieval Philosophy
WittSem: Story & Truth in Christian Scriptures
Courses taught Spring 2007:
Phil 203R: Mysteries of Self & Soul
Phil 303: Ethics & Psychology
Other courses taught recently:
Phil 400: Senior Seminar
Phil 380: Plato Seminar
WittSem: Christianity - Philosophical Problems & Solutions
"Lay theologian" essays for the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio:
"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)