When is stealing ok?

This article in the New York Times brings up the question is it ok to steal?  Students are encouraged to think about these questions:
How you feel about this moral gray area?
Would you agree with the academics who separate these actions into the three levels described above?
Would you say that taking food to feed your starving family is okay, while looting a plasma-screen TV is not? Why or why not?
 How do you think you would behave in such a situation?



http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/weekinreview/07mcneil.html?_r=1