Competition as a moral and ethical category in the post-Soviet state

The article describes the evolution of approaches to competition as a moral and ethical category in economic science of Ukraine. Negative attitude towards competition in our country was conditional ideological factors. Shows the effect of developments of world scientists to drastic changes in respect to the understanding of competition as a factor of scientific and technical progress. It is proved that the forms and methods of competition have changed dramatically, and we can expect that in the near future competition in our country will match international best practice.