From competence when doing to accountability when acting: ethics and research in Human Sciences ; De la competencia en el hacer a la responsabilidad del acto: la ética y la investigación en Humanidades ; Da competência no fazer à responsabilização no agir: ética e pesquisa em Ciências Humanas

This paper proposes a discussion of the relation between Science and ethics, highlighting the ethical dimension implied in the scientific research. Qualitative research was developed based on ´bibliographic survey. The theoretical background addresses modern science through a historical-conceptual approach, showing the troubled consequences of its epistemological totalitarianism which overlaps the competences when doing (techné) with the accountability when acting (práxis). Next, it defines the concept of ethics and presents its levels: ethics of norms, principles and relations, showing their respective depths from the standpoint of the human sense underlying it. Finally, the paper summarizes the process that results in the formation of Research Ethics Committees (CEP, Brazilian Portuguese abbreviation). The results revealed the possibility to question the epistemological relevance of the scientific research regulation in the Human and Social Sciences by a Committee guided by paradigms of the biomedical areas. The conclusion reflects upon the need of a new organization of the Research Ethics Committees based on the epistemological specificity of the areas of the projects submitted to regulation. Keywords: Science. Technique. Research. Ethics. Human Sciences. ; Este artículo tiene como objetivo discutir la relación entre la ciencia y la ética con énfasis en la dimensión ética implícita en la investigación científica. Se trata de una pesquisa cualitativa basada en la investigación bibliográfica. La teoría es una exposición histórica y conceptual de la ciencia moderna, que muestra las consecuencias problemáticas de sus habilidades se superponen un totalitarismo epistemológico en la toma de decisión (techné) a la acción (praxis). A continuación, define el concepto de ética y los niveles presentes: normas éticas, principios y relaciones, mostrando sus respectivos grados de profundidad desde el punto de vista del sentido humano que subyace en ellas. Por último, presenta, en resumen, el proceso que da lugar a la ...