Abstract
This article discusses what it means to be a good qualitative researcher. The aim is to deliberately blur the distinction between epistemic and ethical goodness by arguing that there is a close connection between being a good qualitative researcher in the epistemic and the ethical senses. First, the relation between researcher and researched is articulated as a power relation giving rise to certain ethical demands. Second, some similarities between the discourses on ethics and qualitative research are brought forth, and it is argued that many key capabilities that enable qualitative researchers to deal well with their subject matter are also moral virtues. Finally, the concepts of objectivity and validity in qualitative research are discussed as moral matters.
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