Research ethics: author’s freedom and unification

Abstract

Contemporary problems of the science development combine very acute issues — human freedom as a moral value and the need to create common principles of understanding and interaction, a certain standardization that allows disseminating of knowledge and conducting joint research. Standardization of diverse information flows, especially in modern conditions of global communications, is focused on the development of unambiguous and, therefore, quite rigid systems of description of research activities. However, when individual and collective formats of interaction come into contact, there is a risk of losing important for human life and philosophy of life qualitative characteristics of knowledge, which is especially important for the effectiveness of scientific research. This problem is quite evident in the humanities, in particular in the field of ethics and law.