The basic form of my question is: If, once a person reaches the highest level of altruism, they suddenly drop to the bottom of Houchin's measurement of altruism, what is the point of trying to become more altruistic?
If Houchin is correct, then it seems that there is no point. While he claims that there is always room for improvement as far as altruism is concerned, it seems to me that one might reach a point where the only more altruistic act is to die for some worthy cause. At this point, I do not think that one should feel obligated to try and become more altruistic at the cost of one's life. One can instead continue being somewhat altruistic in smaller ways as more situations present themselves, and I do not think that Houchin's penalizing this sort of behaviour as less worthy than that of people at a lower level of altruism trying to improve their overall behaviour is warranted.
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