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It's a form of ethical handwashing of the kind the American justice system is built on. It's much easier to point out that taking a certain set of actions will lead to a certain set of outcomes than it is to judge whether the outcomes are fair or just, since those are abstract concepts that require critical thinking and making value judgments.
"If you do X then you can expect Y" is a tautology built on observation that divorces the observer from any responsibility for the outcome Y.