I think so too, because you can’t really talk about ethics without a timeframe. I wasn’t trying to argue that people don’t use timeframes, but rather that people automatically use total timeline utilitarianism without realizing that other options are even possible. This was what I was trying to get at by saying:
Usually when people talk about different types of utilitarianism they automatically presuppose “total timeline utilitarianism”. In fact, the current debate between total and average utilitarianism is actually a debate between “total total utilitarianism” and “total average utilitarianism”.
I think so too, because you can’t really talk about ethics without a timeframe. I wasn’t trying to argue that people don’t use timeframes, but rather that people automatically use total timeline utilitarianism without realizing that other options are even possible. This was what I was trying to get at by saying:
Got it, I must have just misread your post then! :) Thanks for your patience in the clarification!