Human Capacities and Moral Status examines how one s capacity active or passive, lower-order or higher-order, etc. are relevant to one s moral status. Ideas are drawn from the moral frameworks of John Rawls and Martha Nussbaum to support the outlinedMoreHuman Capacities and Moral Status examines how one s capacity active or passive, lower-order or higher-order, etc. are relevant to one s moral status. Ideas are drawn from the moral frameworks of John Rawls and Martha Nussbaum to support the outlined argument.