Don Collins Reed (born in

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) is an emeritus professor of ethics and

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at Wittenberg University.Don Collins Reed, Ph.D. – Wittenberg University
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/ref> Reed's early research has focused on the work of the ethicist Lawrence Kohlberg. In '' Following Kohlberg: Liberalism and the Practice of Democratic Community'', published in 1998, Reed outlined the extension of principles of

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, developed by Kohlberg and

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, to that of

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. Between 2003 and 2009, Reed observed and volunteered in

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and preschool classrooms in

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, and served on the

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of Springfield City Schools. His current research involves developing an integrated, multi-level model of human moral functioning based on recent scientific research on morality.

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