at it does matter to be good and not to hurt others. One cannot solve society's problems unless one truly believes that what is done has a purpose. That is not the way because when one starts looking at humanity as a whole one will not find many good things and one will never have any happiness. Only by looking at the individual can one acquire a moment of happiness and exaltation of the soul, such as Alyosha's experiences in the field. Faith is not rational path, but it equips one with love. Only by having certain values and love for others can the family as the basic unit of the society survive. Family Karamazov is certainly a vicious example of what the society may come to if society does not hold values which produce love: we are all responsible for each other and we have to forgive each other. To improve the society and social conditions and to free people from evil on Earth is impossible. The belief that there is immortality of the soul and that there is God who takes care of humans is necessary. Dostoevsky goes further than Voltaire. He believes that you have to have true faith in order to attain happiness and to create the ground for better life. Intellectual discussion and the acknowledgment of the necessity for the God as an idea or a Prime Mover becomes worthless the moment it is meant as a lie. It has to be the Truth, there has to be faith. If one lives a lie his bitterness that the dream and the ideal are impossible will only lead to madness, hate, and ultimately suicide or murder. One has to give active love. So the ultimate answer to the suffering and the injustice in the world is love. What higher feeling and more positive there is in human existence? Again there is no rational way to explain and to really lead one on that path of faith. The possibility of such belief is real because humans are able to love. That means that they must be able to suffer for others, they also must be able to forgive. "Love all men, love e...
