Philosophical arguments

Plants react to stimuli and can send chemical signals to each other.

You can't save everyone anyway—one more vegan or one less doesn't change anything.

The vast majority of people support animal products, so it can't be wrong.

The meat in the supermarket is already dead, so it makes no difference whether I buy it or not.

We breed animals—without us, they wouldn't exist at all.

You only live once, so treat yourself!

Everything in moderation—eating meat only once a week is acceptable.

If you were stranded on a deserted island, you would eat other animals too.

Animals perceive things differently than humans—maybe they don't feel pain at all.

If I don't see how the animal dies, then it doesn't affect me.

Animals die eventually anyway, so it's not wrong if we kill them.