Problematic

Now Explain What the Problem Is. When people use the academic term problematic, they should say what they’re objecting to.

Academics like me love to describe things as “problematic.” But what do we mean? We’re not saying that the thing in question is unsolvable or even difficult. We’re saying—or implying—that it is objectionable in some way, that it rests uneasily with our prior moral or political commitments.

The author: Teresa M. Bejan is an associate professor of political theory at Oxford and author. 

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