Replies

"He was weak. The logic that our Kirk shared with him on actively fighting the Empire was there all along ..."

He wasn't weak, or even indecisive. He was simply waiting out the inevitable, having no certainty that anything he did would have a lasting effect. It's the same thing that paralyzes all of us to some extent.

What Kirk and his crew urged Mirror-Spock to do was to precipitate change, and to take part in it, because he could make a difference sooner. And that that logical contribution would be the ethical thing to do.

Mirror-Spock made no commitment, saying only that he would consider it. As an added inducement, Kirk offered his access to secret technology that would make Mirror-Spock more intimidating.

"Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger."

― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake

But note that nothing is said in this as to what such a scholar's motivations might be.

It's 21° here and sunny in a slightly-overcast sky. I expect that we
will have broken clouds that will move over the Sun throughout
the day. So long as we have sunshine, we will have free solar heat.

Our two new cats, Midnight and Tootsie, adopted last Saturday, are
doing well so far. Midnight has some nasty knots on his neck, and
he sneezes a lot. We are going to take him to the vet this weekend
to get the knots cut off and find out why he sneezes so much.

Midnight and Tootsie:

And I must confess that Tootsie looks a LOT like Tiger, Bryan's and
my very first cat. She is a little sweetie, four years old, and very much
in charge, just like Tiger.

Mirror-Spock made no commitment, saying only that he would consider it.

Therein lies the evil. Man is not a thing. A nuclear bomb is neither good nor evil but can be used for either. A man (or a Vulcan) is responsile. Someone like Spock who could comprehend, and could even calculate the odds, had a responsibility to decide.

I know not everyone is a Christian, but Jesus said that he would rather someone be hot or cold than luke warm. Mirror Spock was luke warm - someone who could figure out the right thing to do, but didn't bother until someone pressed him to think.