A Criterion for Determining Legal and Ethical Boundaries in Medical Research With Regard to Realizing the Constitu-tional Principle of Sustainable Development

The aim of this article is to discuss and evaluate selected axioms functioning in the field of medicine and sciences and supporting its development and to indicate, as far as possible, an axiom of universal significance. Formulating such an aim is essential with regard to the constitutional principle of sustainable development, which cannot be ignored in medical science. In the present study we accept the hypothesis that the axiom that human dignity is the highest value in the world of nature can and should constitute the universal, effective, and timeless criterion determining legal and ethical boundaries in medical research. This axiom is also the fundamental axiom for realising sustainable development.