The "ends justifying the means" is not a fallacy, unless you think Consequentialism is completely wrong[1]. In this case, it seems a lot of people do think the

The "ends justifying the means" is not a fallacy, unless you think Consequentialism is completely wrong[1]. In this case, it seems a lot of people do think the ends justify the means. In other words, the risk was morally justified given the results. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequentialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequentialism