id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt race-1997-41 race-1997-41 1997 .txt text/plain 1930 68 46 Moreover, if the purpose of rights is primarily to protect minority cultures from the political decisions of the majority, then clearly the functional equivalents of rights practices can sometimes be found in non-Western traditions. When countering specific trade-off arguments for rights violations, one can question either the premise that the society under question is actually facing a social crisis requiring immediate political action or the idea that curbing minority rights is the best means of overcoming that crisis. cache/race-1997-41.txt txt/race-1997-41.txt