Crime and Punishment as it relates to my big question

As far as I can deduce, Dostoevsky answers this question with a yes. Sonya, for example, is forced to foresake her morals and obtain a yellow passport to help herself and her family survive. Her innocence is corrupted, yet she still obtains a sense of purity in that she is devout in beliefs and in her relationships to those she loves. It seems that one will do everything in their power to help ensure the comfort of those they love, even if it means the corruption of themselves. Raskolnikov, however, has trouble with this predicament. He is the recipient of many acts of kindness and compassion from those that love him, and he cannot understand the rationale involved in such decisions. He recognizes that he does not deserve their love, and is frustrated that they continue to stand by him even if it is not in their best interest in a moral-preserving sense or any other for that matter. This is completely irrational, and Rodya believes throughout most of the novel that most people should merely leave him alone. Yet he finally changes his perspective at the end of the novel when he finds love. I think that it is then that he understands why everyone has stood by him for so long, and loses some of his rationality for the sake of some sometimes-irrational emotions such as compassion. Sometimes people must sacrifice morals for those they love, for love is the binding glue that keeps us sane and preserves out will to continue living.