ABSTRACT
This chapter defends the claim that there is a distinct category of intellectual virtues that are uniquely other-regarding in that their concern is distinctively with promoting epistemic goods in others’ inquiries. It is an unfortunate fact about contemporary virtue epistemology that it has been largely inattentive to what would appear to be good candidates for such virtues. This chapter proposes that one justification for this inattention would be if all intellectual virtues are equally other-regarding. It is argued here that while it may be true that all intellectual virtues in their fullest expressions have other-regarding dimensions, this does not negate the fact that some intellectual virtues are other-regarding in ways others are not. In particular, there are some intellectual virtues the possession of which requires the other-regarding motive to promote epistemic goods in others’ inquiries. These are the virtues of intellectual dependability.
