Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-06-30]: Great controversy has aroused from the nomination of the Booker International Prize (a known literary prize) to author Philip Roth [source: BBC News]. Philip has been accused of being a misogynist and anti-semitic. Is literature judging a place for personal opinions or just a place to honor writing talent? Maybe Oscar Wilde was right after all when he said that a critic should not read too much the books he writes critics about. If you do, you get too much involved with the content and you may start taking the whole endeavor all too personal…
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