Question

Hello,
I wanted to ask: how are Maimonides’ words regarding a resident alien to be reconciled—where if he keeps the commandments only on the basis of “the judgment of reason,” he is not considered “pious”—with what he wrote in the Eight Chapters, that rational prohibitions such as “Do not murder” should be observed in a way of “I would not want to,” that is, on the basis of reason.
I have some inclination to say that perhaps this itself is part of the command: that the Holy One, blessed be He, Himself wants us not to murder on the basis of reason.
What do you think?
And perhaps this is connected to the introduction of the Aglei Tal about joy in Torah study, which requires further analysis.