It made him a new enough man to want to sacrifice himself for Martha, when they were drowning in the trap a long time ago, and to want to help Clark, but...

Not enough to cease his mind-fucking Lex (Clark is a better son than you, etc), nor put him above using Clark in order to get his hands on incriminating evidence to keep himself out of harm' way with the law.

So, Lionel is a hybrid.