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Because then it would argue from features that are built into us. If we can prove the existence of these features with high certainty, then it could perhaps serve as guidance for our decisions.
On the other hand, it is reasonable that evolution does not create such goals because it is an undirected process. Our actions are unrestricted in this regard, and we must only bear the consequences of the system that our species has come up with. What is good is thus decided by consensus. Still, the values we have converged to are shaped by the way we have evolved to behave (e.g. empathy and pain avoidance).
Our culture is just as backed into us as our DNA. It's all memes.
What are the implications of that on how we decide what is are the right things to do?
Moral philosophy is a huge topic and it's discourse is not dominated by looking at DNA.