Not only have we seen the passing of a universally admired and much-loved woman who, as Queen Elizabeth, dedicated her life to the service of her people. We are also witnessing the decline of reasoning, even rationality, and the self-evident truth of issues upon which these depend. In fact, the shadows are not just over my homeland of New Zealand but over other Western democracies including Canada, where, shockingly enough, the sixth-leading cause of death is euthanasia.