The big issue with the Heinz situation is that it is looking at the situation from a perspective that fails to address logic, and instead attempts to work of ethical and emotional considerations. As such, the answer varies greatly.

I, personally, would say that though the Doctor is cruel, and Heinz is "good", Heinz is still in the wrong.

The essential thing to grasp here is that civilization is necessarily founded upon agreements between people on what they can and can't do. Nowadays, these agreements exist as laws. Everyone living in a particular society must stand by its laws—ideally, everyone would find a society that has laws they agree with, but we all know it is highly unlikely to find such a perfect distribution of people on such large-scale groups as are necessary for the level of trade and thus civilized advancement we know have the benefit of being a part.

If the society disagrees with its laws, then those laws should be changed. For example, in this case, I assume Heinz would be an advocate for socialistic health care programs. However, because he is part of this particular society, he needs to spend money to save his wife, and thus needs to steal.

By stealing from the Doctor, Heinz has disconnected himself from the society's rules. Rules that are in place so that mutual benefit may be shared between people by pre-arranged agreements. Once he stole, he suddenly decided that he need not follow the rules, separating him from this society. If he does not have to abide by the responsibilities society places on him, he has no right to any of the benefits. It should logically follow then that absolutely everyone should have the right to steal from him.

However, because this would lead to general complications of governance, and quickly, anarchy, as people arbitrarily decide to "abandon" society, a new, essential rule had to be formed: [i]you cannot abandon society[/i]. Once in it, you can't leave. And so punishments were created.

By stealing, he undermines society. He may be benefiting himself and his wife, but at a macro level, people will lose more than gain. If [i]most[/i] people disagree with the Doctor's motives, and feel that Heinz [i]should[/i] get the medicine, then the system must change. Until the system changes, Heinz is in the wrong, and damaging more people than the one life he saves.

Such sacrifices are necessary, and though perhaps distasteful, they also give comfort. Rest easy knowing lovers won't attack you on the street so they can transplant your spare organs into their loved ones, because you refused to give up something you technically don't need.