The_Duck comments on Why Don't People Help Others More? - Less Wrong
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It's perfectly possible to study the empirical question of how to influence how altruistic people are, without making any sort of argument for why people should be altruistic. This empirical question seems to be what peter_hurford is writing about.
Yes. But the post's title is unfortunate:
Can be read to imply the author is surprised by people helping others less than expected.