Transforming of the ethics of science subject at the present stage of science development

The features of the establishment and transformation of the subject of ethics of science in the middle 20th – early 21st centuries are considered. It is proved that the subject of ethics in science varies depending on the characteristics of the development of science and technology. Particularly actual at the present stage of development of science are ethical issues in the field of interdisciplinary research, and to a greater extent those fields with a person as a central object of research. It is stated that the subject of ethics in science is linked with science, ethics, and morality, including ethical evaluation of science, ethical conduct and regulation of scientific activity, the moral dimension of science, the moral basis of scientific activity, the relationship of science and humanism, the humanistic foundations of science etc.