Are Raskolnikov and Porfiry more similar than they are usually made out to be?

As a lot of us know, R's philosophy of the great man states that the great man has the right of way to remove obstacles and transcend common morality as they see fit in accordance with their own aim of achieving a goal. However, as a society (Porfiry represents society because he is a police chief) we have our own goals(equality, scientific advancement, low crime, etc) and follow our own ( diluted but christian-based) morality in accordance with reaching these goals. What R and Porfiry both have in common is that they believe obstacles to the reaching of one's/society's goals should be removed (by killing or by imprisonment). Does society accept R's theory by applying it to everyone because we value equality? Does this come from slave morality, that a single person must not be responsible for great leaps and bounds but rather we all deserve praise? To cut it short, P and R both believe in removing obstacles while reaching a goal but R thinks individually and P thinks in terms of a group. Is this idea stupid?