Summarize the characteristics and actions associated with Ahura Mazda.

What is ethical dualism?

For Zarathustra the one true God was Ahura Mazda, the Wise Lord. Ahura Mazda is eternal and universal goodness, controlling the cosmos and the destiny of human beings.

Ethical dualism. the belief in universal forces of good and evil, is Zoroastrianism’s most distinctive feature. In Zarathustra’s theology, the one God, Ahura Mazda, who is universal goodness, is opposed by the Lie, depicted by Zarathustra as an evil, cosmic force.