The first forbidden transition would be the very first one, of course - it would be a heck of a coincidence to get the first few steps right but not know what you're doing.

This is just guessing, but it seems like "more altruism" is the sort of thing one thinks one should say, while not actually being specific enough to preserve your values. This goes to leplen's point: there isn't any single direction of improvement called "more altruism."

Asking for more altruism via some specific, well-understood mechanism might at least illuminate the flaws.