Well, assuming the existence of some High Council, the transparency ranking would go like this:
You see a witch being burned at the stake. You assume the High Council ordered this.
The High Council proclaims “Let the witch be burned!”.
The High Council proclaims “Let the witch be burned for she consorted with Clippy!”.
The High Council proclaims “Let the witch be burned for reasons A, B, and C which we deem more important then the mitigating circumstances X and Y.”
The High Council proclaims “Let the witch be burned, and, by the way, here are the minutes of the meeting where we decided she is to be burned.”
The High Council proclaims “Behold the witch! We will now debate in public whether she ought to be burned. What makes you think she is a witch?” A LessWronger: “She turned me into a newt!” The public: “A newt?!” The Lesswronger: “I got better”.
Well, assuming the existence of some High Council, the transparency ranking would go like this:
You see a witch being burned at the stake. You assume the High Council ordered this.
The High Council proclaims “Let the witch be burned!”.
The High Council proclaims “Let the witch be burned for she consorted with Clippy!”.
The High Council proclaims “Let the witch be burned for reasons A, B, and C which we deem more important then the mitigating circumstances X and Y.”
The High Council proclaims “Let the witch be burned, and, by the way, here are the minutes of the meeting where we decided she is to be burned.”
The High Council proclaims “Behold the witch! We will now debate in public whether she ought to be burned. What makes you think she is a witch?” A LessWronger: “She turned me into a newt!” The public: “A newt?!” The Lesswronger: “I got better”.