Ethics and science.The responsibility of the scientist

The article discusses the relationship between science and morality, the history of this relationship, and the reasons for a recent surge of interest in this issue. An attempt is made to identify internal and external mechanisms that regulate morality. The authors reason that among the most important of them are conscience, responsibility, and public opinion. The paper specifically addresses the problem of the responsibility of science, the structure of responsible actions, as well as new social relations emerging in the modern world.