Nolan's commentary isn't that Dr. Man is a bad guy/villain, but short sighted. The characters in the movie all fail in their efforts to save humanity. Even in the end Coop accidentally stumbles upon the answer as he regrets leaving his family behind. Interstellar's biggest motif is how we sacrifice in the present to preserve a future, when that future arrives we all look back on our decisions with regret because we can see how all our actions and rewards in life are meaningless compared to things that we perceive as small and insignificant
E.g having 5 more minutes with your daughter on a dying planet is worth sacrificing all of humankind.

Dr. Man is at this crisis point where he just wants that 5 minutes back more than anything.

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He was motivated entirely by wanting to save himself to the extent of dooming other people. It’s an understandable and human flaw but he was weak

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