pure ethics She lives in poverty She sells herself to feed her family Yet she never loses faith When Raskolnikov confesses to her Sonia cries but forgives She says Who has made me a judge to decide who is to live and who is not to live These words show Dostoyevsky s ethics no human can play God Compassion and mercy are stronger than judgment Ethics and Justice Porfiry Petrovich the investigator shows another face of ethics He does not rush with proof He questions Raskolnikov about his theory He tells him that the truth will bring freedom When another man falsely confesses Raskolnikov says You must have been torturing that poor Nikolay psychologically This shows how justice can be misused But Dostoyevsky finally shows real ethics confession true justice and moral change Raskolnikov s prison term in Siberia becomes his ethical rebirth So Dostoyevsky s ethics in Crime and Punishment teach three things First crime destroys human peace Second compassion is higher than law Third justice must come with truth and repentance Through Raskolnikov Sonia and Porfiry Dostoyevsky shows that ethics is the path to salvation