Thomas Hill has written extensively in ethics, the history of ethics, and political philosophy. Publications include:

A Blackwell Guide to Kant’s Ethics, edited, (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009) A new edition of Kant: Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, co-edited with Arnulf Zweig (2003); Human Welfare and Moral Worth: Kantian Perspectives (2002); Respect, Pluralism and Justice: Kantian Perspectives (2000); Dignity and Practical Reason in Kant's Moral Theory (1992); and Autonomy and Self-Respect (1991). Sample essays include: "Servility and Self-Respect," The Monist (1973); "The Hypothetical Imperative," Philosophical Review (1973); "Symbolic Protest and Calculated Silence," Philosophy and Public Affairs (1979); "Humanity as an End in Itself," Ethics (1980); "Moral Purity and the Lesser Evil," The Monist (1983); "Kant's Argument for the Rationality of Moral Conduct," Pacific Philosophical Quarterly (1986); "Weakness of Will and Character," Philosophical Topics (1986); "Kant's Theory of Practical Reason," The Monist (1989); "The Message of Affirmative Action," Social Philosophy and Policy (1991); "Making Exceptions Without Abandoning Principle," in Violence, Terrorism, and Justice, ed. by Frey and Morris (1991); "A Kantian Perspective on Moral Rules," Philosophical Perspectives (1992); "Moral Dilemmas, Gaps, and Residues," in Moral Dilemmas and Moral Theory, ed. by Mason (1996); "Reasonable Self-Interest," Social Philosophy and Policy (1997); "Kant on Race," co-authored with Bernard Boxill,Race and Racism (2001); "Questions About Kant's Opposition to Revolution," Journal of Value Inquiry (2002); "Treating Criminals as Ends in Themselves," Annual Review of Law and Ethics (2003); and "Kantian Normative Ethics" in The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory, ed. by Copp (2006); "Moral Construction as a Task: Sources and Limits," Social Philosophy and Policy (2008); "Kant and Humanitarian Intervention,” Philosophical Perspectives, 2009, “Moral Responsibilities of Bystanders,” Journal of Social Philosophy, 2010, “Kant on Weakness of Will,” in Weakness of Will from Plato to the Present, ed. by Hoffmann (Catholic University of America Press, 2008), "

Legislating the Moral Law and Taking One’s Choices to be Good,” Philosophical Books (2008), and "Kant” in John Skorupski, ed., The Routledge Companion to Ethics (Routledge Publishing Co., 2010) Forthcoming papers include “Kant’s Doctrine of Virtue as Normative Ethics,” in Lara Denis, ed., Kant's 'Metaphysics of Morals': A Critical Guide (Cambridge University Press, 2010); “Kant on Imperfect Duties to Oneself,” in A Commentary on Kant's Doctrine of Virtue, eds. Oliver Sensen and Jens Timmerman (de Gruyter), "Kantian Constructivism as Normative Ethical Theory” Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics, Oxford University Press, 2011, “Varieties of Constructivism,”  invited, in Reading Onora O’Neill, edited by Archard, Deveaux, Manson, and Weinstock (Routledge, 2011), and "Scanlon’s Moral Dimensions,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

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