The Road to Integrity: Men's Group
In a culture increasingly confused about manhood, The Road to Integrity offers a space for men to gather, reflect, and speak honestly about what it means to live well as a man.
Hosted by the Austin Institute, this monthly program invites undergraduate, graduate, and professional men into serious, fraternal conversation about the challenges and responsibilities unique to modern men. Some sessions involve a shared reading—drawn from classic texts or contemporary reflections—while others are built around open discussion or guided conversation. Meetings are led by male staff or friends of the Institute, and from time to time, guest speakers join to enrich the conversation with their own experience and wisdom.
Together, we take up the enduring questions: What is a man for? How should he live? What virtues shape a good life? Themes include vocation and work, friendship and brotherhood, marriage and family, freedom and duty, courage and sacrifice.
This is a group for men who want more than comfort or distraction—for men who desire integrity, and the hard but meaningful life.
Schedule - Fall and Spring
15
September.
Revisiting the Greek Virtue of Manliness (Andreia)
A short lecture by Professor Daniel Bonevac
06
October
Rediscovering Courage
Reading through ancient and contemporary accounts of the classical virtue
03
November
The End of Courtship
A seminar led by a special guest
01
December
Can We be Friends?
Investigating the possibility of friendship with women
02
February 2
A Crisis of Desire: The Modern Man’s Epidemic
Examining the desireless soul of the 21st century
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02
March 2
The Economics of Sex
A short lecture by Professor Mark Regnerus on the current state of the dating and marriage market
02
April
An Antidote to the Madness: Recovering the Love of Reading
04
May
Becoming a Gentleman: Cultivating the Mind
On the intellectual life