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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

The Economics of Sex

A discussion led by Professor Mark Regnerus on the current state of the dating and marriage market

02

March 2

Moral Education Through Literature

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02

April

Where are we going?

A discussion led by Professor Jacob Howland about how we should think about and engage technology well

04

May

Becoming a Gentleman: Cultivating the Mind

On the intellectual life

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