Just saw a GREAT question about ethics

[thesquanderer]

5. OTOH the people who have the bread are probably not "hoarding" it.

Now, if you're using "bread" as a metaphor for needs of all sorts, the conversation can go in other directions. But ethical questions usually depend on the specifics, and this common question is specifically about bread (which for the most part I think kind of neatly side-steps the hoarding argument).

I wonder if this was a common ethical question before Les Miserables...