In the article the author used the three rhetorical appeals, which are ethos, pathos and logos.
The author used the ethos that helped her establish credibility between the readers and herself. As Nussbaum studied liberal-arts curricula of U.S. college and universities as well as she is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago. She was with the idea of teaching humanity and was involved as she addressed the readers directly and identified herself with the reader when she said “To cultivate our students “inner eyes” we need carefully crafted instruction in the arts and humanities.”
Besides, the language was according