Before I comment on the difference between cognitive and moral abilities, let me get this straight: do you actually mean this??
Tolkien mentions in UT people who thought that Drugs were creatures of Morgoth (with no special refference to the Rohirrim) or those who maintained that "there had been a remote kinship, which accounted for their special enmity; Orcs and Drugs each regarded the other as renegades [Author's note]". It is also worth mentioning that UT it is stated the Anglo-Saxon root of Puckel-men means "goblin, demon". It would seem that Tolkien took care in presenting the drugs and their culture in a rather unfavorable light, even if only through the eyes of other races.
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They are a culture on the cusp of becoming literate, and at the verge of becoming fully civilised.
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Wit their low nativity rate and with many of their women unwed, I find that hard to believe. Their life style, of living in tents, caves and shelters, isn't indicative of that either.