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Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 2, of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.

CASSIUS. Ay, do you fear it?
Then must I think you would not have it so.

BRUTUS. I would not, Cassius; yet I love him well.
But wherefore do you hold me here so long?
What is it that you would impart to me?
If it be aught toward the general good,
Set honour in one eye and death i'th' other,
And I will look on both indifferently;
For let the gods so speed me as I love
The name of honour more than I fear death.

What moral dilemma does this excerpt express?

Brutus has to decide between loyalty to Cassius and freedom.
Brutus has to decide between loyalty to Caesar and his own honor.
Cassius has to decide between loyalty to Brutus and his own honor.
Cassius has to decide between loyalty to Caesar and loyalty to Antony.

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Brutus has to decide between loyalty to Caesar and his own honor.

He says he loves Caesar but asks that anything proposed be "toward the general good," and that he will weigh "honour" against "death"—declaring he values honor above fear of death. This shows the dilemma: whether to remain loyal to Caesar or act (even violently) for what he believes is honorable and for Rome.